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Al Zeer, Imad; Ajouz, Mousa; Salahat, Mahmoud – International Journal of Educational Management, 2023
Purpose: Considering the importance of employee performance in the changes in state higher education institutions, this study aims to conceptualize the mediating role of employee engagement and empowerment in predicting employee performance. Design/methodology/approach: The study uses a quantitative survey method to collect data from staff members…
Descriptors: Employees, Work Attitudes, Empowerment, Predictor Variables
Glazer, Randy – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Employee turnover continues to be discussed as an outcome in Human Resources (HR), but comparatively few studies have examined the relationship between turnover as the independent variable and institutional outcomes. Although the call to HR practitioners has often been made over the past 20 years regarding the importance of tying HR programs and…
Descriptors: Labor Turnover, Employees, Correlation, Human Resources
Shah, Chandra – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2017
This report provides an analysis of employer-supported training in Australia. Employer-supported training is the largest share of adult education and training in all Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries. It has benefits for individuals, firms, and society. Cross-country studies have shown a positive association…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, On the Job Training, Employers, Supply and Demand
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Raemdonck, Isabel; Gijbels, David; van Groen, Willemijn – International Journal of Training and Development, 2014
Given the increasing importance of learning at work, we set out to examine the factors which influence workplace learning behaviour. The study investigated the influence of the job characteristics from Karasek's Job Demand Control Support model and the personal characteristic self-directed learning orientation on workplace learning. A total…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Influences, Occupational Information, Independent Study
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Becker, William J.; Cropanzano, Russell – Journal of Applied Psychology, 2011
Previous research pertaining to job performance and voluntary turnover has been guided by 2 distinct theoretical perspectives. First, the push-pull model proposes that there is a quadratic or curvilinear relationship existing between these 2 variables. Second, the unfolding model of turnover posits that turnover is a dynamic process and that a…
Descriptors: Job Performance, Models, Employees, Predictor Variables
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Plotnikoff, Ronald C.; Pickering, Michael A.; Flaman, Laura M.; Spence, John C. – Health Education & Behavior, 2010
Cross-sectional studies show that self-efficacy (SE) serves as a partial mediator of the effect that perceptions of workplace environment have on self-reported workplace physical activity (PA). To further explore the role SE plays in the relationship between perceptions of the workplace environment and workplace PA, cross-sectional mediation…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Self Efficacy, Work Environment, Case Studies
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Davidson, Laura; Evans, William P.; Sicafuse, Lorie – Child & Youth Services, 2011
Frontline youth workers' ability to form strong, positive relationships with program youth is a key element in maximizing the benefits of program participation. A recent National Collaboration of Youth (2006) report identified six elements associated with youth workers' competency to complete their professional roles: compensation, training…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Work Environment, Competence, Out of School Youth