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Role of empowerment and leadership in turnover intentions among the Generation Y academicians in Saudi Arabian Higher Educational Institutes

Dr. Nazar Omer Abdallah Ahmed [1]

Faria Rabbi [2]

Muhammad Farrukh [3]

Abdul Waheed [4]

[1] College of Science and Humanities Studies, Business Administration Department, Prince Sattam bin Abduaziz University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

[2,3] Institute of Graduate Studies, Kota Damansara, SEGi University, Malaysia

[4] Donglinks School of Economics & Management

University of Science & Technology Beijing, China

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study is to investigate the factors influencing on turnover intention and how employee engagement mediates the relationship among three independent variables (IDVs) Employee Empowerment, Transformational Leadership and Innovation with turnover intention. Data is collected with distribution of questionnaire to Gen. ‘Y’ academicians working in higher education institutes of KSA. The study will adopt quantitative approach to test the hypothesis with the help of some statistical analysis such as correlation & regression. This study is believed to enhance the literature gap, since, not much research emphasized on mediating effect of employee engagement on turnover intention among Gen Y academicians in KSA HEIs context.

Key words: turnover intentions, Gen Y academicians, employee engagement,

Role of empowerment and leadership in turnover intentions among the Generation Y academicians in Saudi Arabian Higher Educational Institutes

Dr. Nazar Omer Abdallah Ahmed [1]

Faria Rabbi [2]

Muhammad Farrukh [3]

Abdul Waheed [4]

[1] College of Science and Humanities Studies, Business Administration Department, Prince Sattam bin Abduaziz University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

[2,3] Institute of Graduate Studies, Kota Damansara, SEGi University, Malaysia

[4] Donglinks School of Economics & Management

University of Science & Technology Beijing, China

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study is to investigate the factors influencing on turnover intention and how employee engagement mediates the relationship among three independent variables (IDVs) Employee Empowerment, Transformational Leadership and Innovation with turnover intention. Data is collected with distribution of questionnaire to Gen. ‘Y’ academicians working in higher education institutes of KSA. The study will adopt quantitative approach to test the hypothesis with the help of some statistical analysis such as correlation & regression. This study is believed to enhance the literature gap, since, not much research emphasized on mediating effect of employee engagement on turnover intention among Gen Y academicians in KSA HEIs context.

Key words: turnover intentions, Gen Y academicians, employee engagement,

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM IN ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING

Ms. Rutuja Prashant Lele

College of Engineering, Shivaji Nagar, Pune, Maharashtra

motirutu@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

Making decisions based on geography is basic to human thinking. By understanding geography and people’s relationship to location, we can make informed decisions about the way we live on our planet. A geographic information system (GIS) is a technological tool for comprehending geography and making intelligent decisions.

GIS organizes geographic data so that a person reading a map can select data necessary for a specific project or task. A thematic map has a table of contents that allows the reader to add layers of information to a base-map of real-world locations. .

GIS maps are interactive. On the computer screen, map users can scan a GIS map in any direction, zoom in or out, and change the nature of the information contained in the map. They can choose whether to see the roads, how many roads to see, and how roads should be depicted. GIS applications can be embedded into common activities such as verifying an address. From routinely performing work-related tasks to scientifically exploring the complexities of our world, GIS gives people the geographic advantage to become more productive, more aware, and more responsive citizens of planet Earth. For any development project, the protection of water resources is extremely important. Construction over the drainage path or watershed can affect the water resources of the region. The establishment and maintenance of buffer zones along shorelines or streams is a common management practice used in ecological and environmental planning. The buffer analysis tool in GIS helps in setting buffer zones for the water bodies.

Environmental planning also addresses risks of natural hazards and disasters. The use of environmental and GIS data to construct a flood hazard map has been done for many projects.

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The Challenges That Ex-Prisoners Face Upon Release from Prison in Akwa-Ibom State, Nigeria

Ugwuoke, Kelvin Abuchi

Department of Sociology/Anthropology

University of Uyo, Nigeria

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E-mail: ugwukev11@gmail.com

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Otodo Ifeanyichukwu

Department of sociology and Anthropology

University of Uyo, Nigeria

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Abstract:

This study investigate the challenges that ex-prisoners face upon release from prison in Akwa-Ibom State, Nigeria. The study combines secondary information and information from extensive fieldwork with interviews to elicit information on the problems and challenges of ex-prisoners upon release from imprisonment. A total of sixty-three (63) ex-prisoners, selected through snowball sampling method, were interviewed. Data was analyzed qualitatively and with the use of simple percentages. Results show that: (i) ex-prisoners were not effectively prepared for re-integration into the society when they were in prison custody. (ii) ex-prisoners lack the basic necessities of life upon release; and (iii) employers of labour in Akwa-Ibom State are not willing to hire ex-prisoners. Recommendations on how to achieve a proper reintegration of ex-prisoners in Akwa-Ibom state are made.

KEY WORDS: Ex-prisoners, release, reintegration, challenges, imprisonment

BUDGETING SYSTEM IN ETHIOPIA: PROGRAM BUDGET SYSTEM

Tefera Asefa Moreda (MPMP)

Lecturer and Department Head, Public Administration and Development Management, collage of Business and Economics, Dilla University SNNPR

Email: teferaasefa@gmail.com

Abstract

Program budget system is one of the results of the budget reform which is the part of public sector financial management reform initiatives. Different budgetary reform were undertaken in developed as well as developing counties, but most extensively in OECD countries. In the case of Ethiopia, program budgeting system was introduced recently under the expenditure management and control program (EMCP) which is one of the sub-programs of the public sector reform. This budgeting system was not as such applied and implemented in government institutions and levels. In Ethiopia, successful implementation of program budget system has been faced different challenges. Ethiopian government started the program budget without considering necessary condition for the successful implementation of the program. Important institution and institutional framework are under developed in Ethiopia. Despite some progress in introducing program budget at federal level, Ethiopia faced different challenges in successful implementation of the reform program. Lack of sufficient training to the public personnel, absence of basic infrastructures (IFMIS, accrual accounting system and new institutional set-up) which support the reform program are not yet developed and improved in Ethiopia

Socio-Economic problems of lower primary government school teachers with special reference to Senapati District of Manipur, primary government school teachers

Seiminlal Hangsing

A Graduate Teacher of Motbung Government High School under the Office of the Deputy Inspector of Schools, Saitu-Gamphazol, Government of Manipur. The author, however, holds a post graduate degree in Anthropology and Teacher Education (M.Ed.).

Email: ginneo2011@gmail.com

Abstract

This article is a part of a dissertation work for Master in Education and looks at the socio-economic issues of teachers working in the government primary school in Senapati district of Manipur. While teachers in secondary and higher education enjoys a fair share of prestige and economic status in the society, primary-teachers especially lower primary teachers suffered many socio-economic challenges. The study uncovered the pathetic condition of lower primary school teachers, despite government’s efforts to qualitatively improve it. Not only secondary sources, but primary source of data using questionnaires have been used in this study.

Keywords: School teachers, lower primary school, government schools, Senapati, Manipur

The Voice of Humanity: A study of Mulk Raj Anand’s fiction.

Priyanka Kadyan

Assistant Professor in English

Guru Nanak Girls College

Santpura, Yamunannagar

Caste system in India is a kind of stratification based on inequality among human beings in matters of social interaction. Caste system and its manifold divisions are peculiar to Hindu society. It is considered that if a man does sinful acts, he will be reborn in low caste or even as an animal. Thus, birth in a particular caste becomes an index of the soul’s progression towards liberation.

Mulk Raj Anand, a reformist, was against caste system in India. He felt that casteism which is an off-shoot of karma, breeds cruelity and inferiority. Karma is a malignant belief prevailing in the society, propagated by the high caste Hindus, which means that all men suffer in their present existence because of their bad deeds in their previous birth. In order to avoid suffering, Anand placed man at the centre of all things. He believed in equality of all men. He doesn’t see any distinction among man in the form of caste, creed or race. He saw them as obstacles for a human being’s growth.

The present paper is an attempt to show how Mulk Raj Anand through his art tries to awaken our sympathy for the underdogs of the society, which in turn can urge us to take part in the revolt leading to social reform. His first novel Untouchable depicts the wretched condition and ordeals of the oppressed people and their struggle for a better life. He was one of the very few writers who wrote to awaken the social conscience. He was audacious enough to admit that he used literature as a means to some other end, and that this end was the alleviation of the suffering of fellow human beings. Anand wrote novels and short stories with a view of teaching men to recognize the fundamental principles of human living and exercise vigilance in regard to the real enemies of freedom and socialism. It was a lifetime apostasy for him to help raise the untouchables, the peasants, the serfs, the coolies and the other suppressed members of the society to fight for human dignity deliberately denied to them by the privileged sections of the society. He felt that it was his duty and the mission of his life to focus the attention of his readers on the innumerable wrongs, injustices and the injuries that were being continuously perpetrated on these young unfortunate underdogs of Indian society. Although through the repeated efforts of many people strong steps have been taken to protect the rights of these lower caste people but a lot still needs to be done to totally abolish the stigma of caste system in India

Conflict Between Good and Evil in R.K. Narayan’s The Guide

Dinesh Kumar

Asstt. Prof. of English

Dyal Singh College, Karnal

 

Abstract

There is no doubt in denying the fact that R.K. Narayan is one of the dominating figures in Indian Writing in English. The conflict between good and evil is recurrent theme in his fiction. Although, this theme has been dealt by a number of British and American novelists in there fiction, but Narayan has dealt with this theme in an efficient manner. Unlike his novel, The Man of Malgudi, in the present novel, The Guide, he has chosen only onefigure, Raju, an embodiment of both the traits good evil. How this conflict between good and evil leads to his catastrophe , is the central concern of the present novel, The Guide.

Food insecurity and ART non adherence, Nampula, Mozambique.

Paulo Pires[1], Abdoulaye Marega[2], José Craegh[3].

ABSTRACT

Introduction: ART scale up in Mozambique was followed by an under evaluated treatment abandon rate, supposedly due to food unmet needs and low access to health centres. This research will evaluate food security contribution to ART abandon in Nampula Province.

Methods: quantitative research, transversal cohort study in 5 health centres of 5 Nampula Province Districts with high HIV incidence and ART abandon rates, using surveys (patients on ART, patients who have abandoned treatment) and statistic documents consultation to evaluate ART non adherence.

Results: we surveyed 208 patients on ART and 86 abandons in Lalaua, Mossuril, Murrupula, Nacaroa and Nampula districts and 58% consider they do not have enough food. ART adherence for patients on treatment over the last 3 months was estimated at 69%. Last 24 hours food intake survey shows that 21% had only one meal, 22% did not eat any vegetables, 24% did not eat any proteins, 56% any fruits. About who is responsible for food supplies, 58% are themselves. About economic income, 63% work in subsistence agriculture, 29% have informal activity and 18% are employed.

Discussion: the ART adherence for the last 3 months at 69% is far under desirable. Our results show that food insecurity affects deeply this population and allow as confirming it as a determinant abandon factor. We may suggest a diet with beans, peanuts, eggs, cabbage and fruits, locally available, as an ART adherence facilitator.

Conclusion: diet seems to have a direct influence over ART abandon rate in Nampula Province and patient nutritional inhabits show high food insecurity. We recommend implementing a nutritional education programme and rural extension intervention with this group, to better families’ food security.

Key words: ART non adherence, nutrition, ART, Nampula, Mozambique.

[1] MD, FCM, Lecturer, Health Sciences Faculty, Lúrio University, Nampula, Mozambique.

[2] MD, Lecturer, Health Sciences Faculty, Lúrio University, Nampula, Mozambique.

[3] Pedagogic Sciences PhD, Lecturer, Health Sciences Faculty, Lúrio University, Nampula, Mozambique.