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Justice-Turnover Relationship:
Commitment as a Mediator
- - Jahanvash Karim
The paper seeks to investigate which component of organizational justice, i.e., distributive or
procedural, is most central to the prediction of organizational commitment and turnover intentions. It examines
the mediating role of organizational commitment in the relationship between organizational justice and
turnover intentions. The study reports responses of 198 middle level managers from two organizations located
in Quetta, Pakistan. Data were collected by using standardized scales of distributive justice,
procedural justice, organizational commitment, and turnover intentions. After establishing the psychometric
properties of the scales, hypotheses were tested using Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling.
Proposed mediation hypothesis were tested using Preacher and Hayes (2008) recommendations. Results
indicate that (1) procedural justice is more likely to predict organizational commitment; (2) distributive justice
and organizational commitment directly influence turnover intentions; (3) organizational commitment
mediates the relationship of procedural justice with turnover intentions; and (4) distributive justice directly
influences procedural justice.
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Effect of Age and Experience on Job Satisfaction
and Organizational Commitment
- - B Pavan Kumar and Vijai N Giri
The paper studies the impact of age and experience of employees on job satisfaction and
organizational commitment. Data were collected from 380 employees at junior, middle, and top level management
from various public and private organizations in India. Standardized scales were used to measure
job satisfaction, and organizational commitment. Results revealed that job satisfaction and
organizational commitment differed significantly across the different career stages of employees. It was further
observed that aged employees had higher job satisfaction and organizational commitment. Job satisfaction
and organizational commitment also differed significantly based on work experience of employees. It was
found that higher the work experience of employees, higher was their job satisfaction and
organizational commitment. The implications of the findings have been discussed.
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Relationship Between Aspirations and
Organizational Citizenship Behavior
- - Vivekanand and Sunil Pevekar
The study was conducted on management students. Two dimensions of Organizational Citizenship
Behavior (OCB), viz., Altruism and Compliance, were measured using OCB Measure developed by Smith et al.
(1983). Seven aspirations representing life goals were measured using Aspiration Index developed by Kasser
and Ryan. Based on the factor analysis of items of aspiration index, six out of the seven aspirations
were categorized as Intrinsic and Extrinsic aspirations. The results indicate that intrinsic aspirations
are associated with altruistic behavior, whereas none of the aspirations relates to the compliance behavior.
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Self-Concept and Social Adjustment:
Effect on Academic Performance of Adolescents
- - Md. Mahmood Alam
The paper aims at exploring the effects of self-concept and social adjustment on academic
performance of adolescents. The sample consisted of 500 students (264 boys and 236 girls) of class IX from
different Government Inter Colleges of Ballia (UP). Children's Self-Concept Scale by Ahluwalia and
Adjustment Inventory for School Students by Sinha and Singh were used in this study. Mean, standard deviation
and t-test were used for data analysis. The findings revealed significant positive relationship of
academic performance with self-concept and social adjustment.
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Performance Appraisal Systems:
A Survey of Organizational Views
- - Arvind Sudarsan
The paper deals with a survey of performance appraisal system in 33 different organizations. Data
was collected by means of an open-ended questionnaire. One respondent was selected from each
organization. Respondents' views were sought on major apprehensions, desired changes, bias removal, and number
of forms required for performance appraisal. It was found that subjectivity and appraiser bias were
most common apprehensions regarding performance appraisal system. Correspondingly, objectivity
and measurable performance were found to be most desirable for improving performance appraisal
systems. Strong needs were felt for identifying measurable performance parameters and providing multiple
feedbacks to reduce appraiser bias. Respondents' views on training of appraisers and importance of performance
review discussion have also been furnished.
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Comparative Study of Organizational Role Stress
Among Technical and Nontechnical Teachers
- - Sandhya Mehta and Sandeep Kaur
Educational researchers have long been concerned with role stress among teachers.
The concept of role and its two related aspects, role space and role set, have
built-in potential for conflict and stress. Comparative
study of Organizational Role Stress (ORS) among technical and nontechnical teachers was carried out in
Ludhiana, using ORS Scale. The study revealed that Resource Inadequacy was higher for technical teachers as
compared to nontechnical teachers for the whole sample and for the lower age group (< 30 years). For the higher
age group (> 30 years), Personal Inadequacy and Role Ambiguity were higher for technical teachers as
compared to nontechnical teachers.
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