Work Motivation and Job Satisfaction of Employees before and after Company Reorganization: A Case of an Electric Cooperative in the Philippines

This study was conducted to determine and compare the work motivation and job satisfaction of the employees before and after the cooperative reorganized sometime in 2015. Using descriptive comparative research design with survey questionnaire as data gathering instrument, the study involved 70 purposively chosen respondents from the said cooperative found out that motivation and job satisfaction levels of the respondents significantly increased after the reorganization. The study recommends that the current management continue striving to keep the level high

Opportunities in Higher Education Amidst Health Crisis: A Mixed Method Approach

The world confronts significant hurdles in the event of a pandemic such as the COVID-19. The purpose of this research was to investigate the opportunities that nursing administrators faced in the Philippines\u27 nursing education system. These findings were obtained via the use of an exploratory sequential mixed technique. Attendees included college of nursing administrators such as deans of nursing and clinical coordinators, RLE coordinators, and level coordinators of nursing education programs. This study used a questionnaire to determine the opportunities of nursing administrators and coordinators. Likewise, a semi-structured interview guide to acquire information from key informants on the pandemic\u27s educational opportunities. During the COVID-19 epidemic, a survey was utilized to explore the many possibilities available to the respondents. Furthermore, a different approach was used to examine key informants\u27 perspectives on nursing education opportunities qualitatively. The research made extensive use of theme analysis to uncover patterns in the ideas and emotions of the key informants. The study revealed that the three themes with the greatest frequency were professional growth, participation in webinars, research publishing, and learning. Nursing entrepreneurship was the other topic with the greatest frequency. Despite the widespread COVID-19 pandemic that has impacted everyone, several educational possibilities have been discovered. The fundamental ideas demonstrate that the ongoing health scenario does, in fact, have some favorable aspects

Vulnerability of Soil Organic Matter to Microbial Decomposition as a Consequence of Burning

Ecosystem fires are stochastic and anthropogenic phenomena that affect critical soil processes. Nevertheless, environmental managers, policy-makers, and even scientists have often overlooked the induced transformations that fire does to soil organic matter (SOM), which sustains an ecosystem’s overall health. Here, we investigated the effects of simulated fire conditions on bulk SOM, water-extractable organic matter (WEOM), and vulnerability to microbial degradation. Sequential thermal decomposition experiments were carried out to investigate the effect of increasing temperature on C, N, δ13C, and δ15N of bulk SOM and WEOM. A microbial decomposition experiment was also done to determine the effects of burning on SOM degradability. Intermediate-intensity burns caused significant decreases in C and N concentrations in soils, as well as alterations in bulk SOM and WEOM properties. Conversely, the effects of low-intensity burns were less apparent in terms of bulk SOM content and stable C and N isotope composition. However, the results of the microbial decomposition experiment revealed that low-intensity burning resulted in elevated CO2 emission that were significantly correlated with C concentration, δ13C values, and the C/N ratio of WEOM. These results provide evidence that low-intensity burning can have important consequences for soils, altering its organic components and releasing significant amounts of greenhouse gases. Thus, particular focus must be given to managing ecosystem fires and evaluating their impacts, especially because fire is still widely used in agriculture and forest management with frequency projected to increase in the coming years