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    The Effect of Orthodontic Appliances on the Evaluation of the Professionalism and Esthetics of an Adult Employee

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    This study explored the influence of fixed and removable orthodontic appliances on participants’ ratings of the job performance, intelligence, and attractiveness of an adult female. Ninety-four adult subjects were recruited from the Graduate School of Management at Marquette University. Each subject received an identical employee performance review with an attached photograph of a female employee. The smile of the photo was manipulated to represent one of four conditions: no orthodontic appliance, a metal orthodontic appliance, a ceramic orthodontic appliance, or a clear aligner. Subjects then rated the employee on three continuous Likert scales. Ratings of job performance, intelligence, and attractiveness were not correlated. There were no significant differences between the types of orthodontic appliance for overall ratings of job performance, intelligence, and attractiveness. However, when analyzed by the subject’s gender, there was a significant interaction between gender and type of orthodontic appliance pictured for intelligence ratings. Female respondents rated the photos with the metal appliance with lower intelligence than the photo with the clear aligner while male respondents answered in the opposite manner. Background facial attractiveness may be a better predictor than smile esthetics of the psychosocial ratings of individuals. However, both gender and the presence or absence of an orthodontic appliance can influence assessments of perceived intelligence or similar qualities in the workplace

    The effect of occupational stress, psychological stress and burnout on employee performance: Evidence from banking industry

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    This paper presents an empirical investigation on the effects of occupational stress, psychological stress as well as job burnout on women’s employee performance in city of Karaj, Iran. The proposed study designs a questionnaire in Likert scale and distributes it among all female employees who worked for Bank Maskan in this city. In our survey, employee performance consists of three parts of interpersonal performance, job performance as well as organizational performance. Cronbach alpha has been used to verify the overall questionnaire, all components were within acceptable levels, and the implementation of Kolmogorov-Smirnov test has indicated that the data were not normally distributed. Using Spearman correlation ratio as well as regression techniques, the study has determined that while psychological stress influenced significantly on all three components of employee performance including interpersonal performance, job performance as well as organizational performance, the effect on job performance was greater than the other components. In addition, occupational stress only influences on organizational as well as interpersonal performance. Finally, employee burnout has no impact on any components of employee performance

    PENGARUH KONFLIK PEKERJAAN KELUARGA TERHADAP KINERJA KARYAWAN PEREMPUAN

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    Employee performance is the behavior and actions of employees related to goals in the organization, which can be controlled by the individual himself. Work-family conflict is a role conflict that arises because on the one hand you have to work in the office, on the other hand you have to take care of your family, which affects employee performance. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of family work conflict on the performance of female employees. The method used in this research is quantitative. The number of subjects was 237 married female employees using purposive sampling technique. The measuring instruments used in this study were the work family conflict scale ( = 0.855) and the work performance scale ( = 0.883). Data analysis using simple linear regression. The results showed that work family conflict on the performance of female employees has a significant influence. The amount of contribution of family work conflict to the performance of female employees is 77.5%. The rest, influenced by other variables not examined in this study

    Why do employers give discretion? Family versus performance concerns.

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    Using a large data set of Western European employees, I examine two sets of reasons behind employers' decisions to give discretion: performance concerns (firms give discretion in order to improve performance) and family concerns (firms wish to improve the employees' work–family balance). I find more support for the former than for the latter. Discretion is positively related to the use of "high-performance" work practices and to employee position and ability, and is smaller in larger establishments, which suggests that loss of control matters to employers. Evidence about family concerns is less compelling. Female participation in the labor force has a positive effect on discretion over work schedules, but women have less discretion than men, and employees with small children do not have more discretion than other employees. Large and governmental organizations, which are expected to care more about work–family balance, do not offer more discretion over work schedules than other types of organizations.

    The effect of female leadership on establishment and employee outcomes: evidence from linked employer-employee data

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    In this paper we use a large linked employer-employee data set on German establishments between 1993 and 2012 to investigate how the gender composition of the top layer of management affects a variety of establishment and worker outcomes. We use two different measures to identify the gender composition of the top layer based on direct survey data: the fraction of women among top managers, and the fraction of women among working proprietors. We document the following facts: a) There is a strong negative association between the fraction of women in the top layer of management and several establishment outcomes, among them business volume, investment, total wage bill per worker, total employment, and turnover; b) Establishments with a high fraction of women in the top layer of management are more likely to implement female-friendly policies, such as providing childcare facilities or promoting and mentoring female junior staff; c) The fraction of women in the top layer of management is also negatively associated with employment and wages, both male and female, full-time and part-time. However, all of these associations vanish when we include establishment fixed effects and establishment-specific time trends. This reveals a substantial sorting of female managers across establishments: small and less productive establishments that invest less, pay their employees lower wages, but are more female-friendly are more likely to be led by women

    The Impact of Recruitment, Selection, Promotion and Compensation Policies and Practices on the Glass Ceiling

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    Glass Ceiling ReportGlassCeilingImpactofRecruitmentno13.pdf: 27713 downloads, before Oct. 1, 2020

    Onward and upward? An empirical investigation of gender and promotions in Information Technology Services

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    The shaky ascent of women up the organizational ladder is a critical factor that may contribute to the lack of women in information technology (IT). In this study, we examine the effect of gender on the likelihood of employee promotions. We further examine whether women get an equal lift in promotion likelihood from performance improvements, work experience, and training as men. We analyze archival promotion data, as well as demographic, human capital, and administrative data for 7,004 employees at a leading IT services firm located in India for the years 2002–2007 and for multiple levels of promotion. We develop robust econometric models that consider employee heterogeneity to identify the differential effect of gender and performance on promotions. We find that, contrary to expectations, women are more likely to be promoted, on average. However, looking deeper into the heterogeneous main effects using hierarchical Bayesian modeling reveals more nuanced insights. We find that, ceteris paribus, women realize less benefit from performance gains than men, less benefit from tenure within the focal firm, but more benefit from training than men. These results suggest that despite the disparity in returns to performance and experience improvements, women can rely on signaling mechanisms such as training to restore parity in promotions. We find that the effects of gender and performance vary with the level of employee promotion; although not as much as men, women benefit more from performance gains at higher organizational levels. Our findings suggest several actionable managerial insights that can potentially make IT firms more inclusive and attractive to women

    Employees’ Choice of Method of Pay

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    Who chooses what type of pay? The costs and benefits of “flexible” and “cafeteria-style” benefit plans have been discussed for some time. Additionally, many papers have considered the potential costs and benefits of certain types of pay plans (e.g. salaries versus piece rates). In this paper, we use detailed data from a specific firm that annually set the total compensation level for each of its employees but then did something extremely unusual. At the start of each pay year, the firm set an exchange rate for the dollar trade-off between cash pay and stock option pay. It then gave every employee nearly complete choice over the fraction of their pay that was contingent (stock options, bonus) versus guaranteed (salary). There are several empirical findings. There is substantial variation in the choice of contingent pay with some workers choosing almost all base pay and others choosing almost entirely stock options. Younger employees, more experienced employees, higher paid employees, and male employees are more likely to allocate a larger fraction of their total compensation to at-risk alternatives. The robustness of these results varies somewhat depending on the empirical specification and set of covariates used

    Pengaruh Peran Ganda, Stres Kerja Dan Motivasi Kerja Terhadap Kinerja Karyawan Perempuan Di PT Phapros Tbk Kota Semarang

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    The work force in Indonesia along the development of the changes. One of the amendments that is an influx of women in the work force. PT Phapros Tbk is one of the companies in semarang have female employees who in 2013 until 2016 an up and down in attendance or absentee fluctuant. Both are permitted employee performance can be seen from the dual role, job stress and motivation work.The purpose of this research is to find influence the dual role, job stress and motivation work on performance female employees in pt phapros tbk semarang city. Type research is explanatory research, to technique data collection through the questionnaire and interview. The sample techniques used technique purposive sampling. Sample 100 respondents were is an employee women pt phapros tbk semarang. This research using a technique the quantitative analysis. The quantitative analysis use the validity, reliability test, a correlation coefficient, regression analysis simple and multiple, the coefficients determination, the significance ( test T and test F ).This research result indicates that there was a correlation in the category of strong between variables the dual role, job stress, and motivation work of the performance of employees where the value of r of 0,579. Variable free third was proven have a positive influence and significantly to employee performance. Evidenced by the results of the test positive regression of 0,146 to the dual role, 0,025 for stress work and motivation 0,307 to work. The f count of 16,168 greater than f table (2,703).Based on the results of the study, the researchers suggest PT Phapros tbk. to be able to create a pleasant working environment, manage stress well, pay attention to the quality and quantity of results of work of employees
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