Antecedents of employee turnover intention: A proposed theoretical framework

What makes employees leave their organizations has been of interest to both researchers and managers.As turnover is costly, it is important to understand what leads to such turnover.Is it the organizational culture? Is it job satisfaction? Is it the lack of organizational commitment? Is it lack of training? Is it the employees’ perceived support of both the supervisor/manager and the organization as a whole? This concept paper sheds some light on the literature and identifies the antecedents of intention to leave. The paper proposes a theoretical framework that shows the variables that explain the phenomenon of turnover intention

Breast Cancer in a Young Female with Antipsychotic-induced Hyperprolactinemia: A Case Report

Introduction: The relationship between prolactin (PRL) and breast cancer in humans has been a controversial issue for a long time. Although some animal and human in vitro studies illustrated an undeniable effect of PRL in inducing and promoting mammary cancer, epidemiological studies have been lees conclusive. There have been few reported cases of breast cancer in patients with hyperprolactinemia due to prolactinoma.Case Presentation: We present a case of bilateral, multifocal, metastatic, triple negative breast cancer in a 33-year-old female with long-standing, antipsychotic-induced hyperprolactinemia.Conclusion: [There is a growing body of evidence on the carcinogenic effect of prolactin on mammary tissue]. Studying tumor biology in patients with long standing hyperprolactinemia might prove useful in delineating the relationship between PRL and breast cancer in humans

Job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and intention to leave: A study on visiting lecturers in Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM)

Employee retention, the opposite of turnover, has been of importance to both researchers and practitioners. This study intended to answer the following questions (1) how satisfied are the visiting lecturers of UUM, (2) how committed are they to UUM, (3) do they have intention to leave in the short or the long run, and (4) do job satisfaction and organizational commitment impact intention to leave?.The study implemented a mixed methodology where both quantitative data and qualitative data were collected.Ninety eight (98) questionnaires were distributed and four interviews were conducted. Out of the 98 questionnaires, only 35 were returned and analysed.The quantitative data results showed that the majority of the visiting lecturers are satisfied (mean=6.2), quite committed (mean=5.7), their intention to stay is also noticeably high (mean5.2), and their intention to leave is quite low (mean3.05). In addition, the qualitative results also showed that the visiting lecturers were satisfied with their job. However, the interviewees showed some concern about the working culture (the absence of integration between local staff and visiting lecturers) and bureaucracy (time wasted to get things done). This study could serve as a reminder to UUM top management that taking care of the working culture and bureaucracy could contribute to more commitment and less turnover intention.It is worth mentioning that satisfying foreign lecturers who came from different cultures and who have different expectations could be a point of concern to UUM top management.It is important to merge the visiting lecturers into the system and make them feel they are part of the family so that they could be more committed and hence deliver more

The impact of personality and leadership styles on leading change capability of Malaysian managers

This study was conducted to investigate the influence of the Big Five Dimensions of personality of the Malaysian Managers and the leadership styles these managers use on their leading change capabilities. Total sample of 105 managers was used in this study. The results of this study revealed that the Malaysian managers tend to enjoy personalities that are conscious and open to experience. These managers tend to use consultative leadership style. However, they use autocratic, democratic and some of them use laissez-fair, but the respondents of this study scored higher in consultative leadership style. The results of the study showed that Extroversion personality trait as well as involvement leadership style were positively related with Leading Change. Both Openness to Experience and Emotional Stability were significantly and positively correlated with Consultative Leadership Style that the managers use. Involvement Leadership Style was found to be significantly and positively correlated with Leading Change (R2=.38) In conclusion, this study showed a positively significant correlation between personality of managers, their leadership styles and their leading change capabilitie

Relationship Between Organizational Culture And Innovativeness Of Public Listed Housing Developers

The benefits of innovation and the need to be innovative have been highlighted by many. However, it is doubtful whether the players in the housing industry, in particular the housing development firms, have the characteristics that are favourable for innovation. The study seeks to examine the relationship between organizational culture and innovativeness of public-listed housing developers in Malaysia. A survey was conducted to all housing developers that were registered with the Bursa Malaysia. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, reliability test and correlation analysis. The results revealed that 4 out of 8 dimensions of the organizational culture were statistically significant with organizational innovativeness with moderate strength. Specifically, performance orientation, humanitarian and assertiveness culture had highly significant relationships with organizational innovativeness while future orientation had a significant relationship with organizational innovativeness

The Organizational Innovativeness of Public Listed Housing Developers in Malaysia

This paper investigated the organizational innovativeness of public listed housing developers in Malaysia. We conceptualized organizational innovativeness as a multi-dimensional construct consisting of 5 dimensions: market innovativeness, product innovativeness, process innovativeness, behavior innovativeness and strategic innovativeness. We carried out questionnaire survey with all accessible public listed developers in Malaysia and received a 56 percent response. We found that the innovativeness of public listed housing developers is low. The paper ends by providing some explanations for the results

Delineation of Groundwater Potential Area using an AHP, Remote Sensing, and GIS Techniques in the Ifni Basin, Western Anti-Atlas, Morocco

An assessment of potential groundwater areas in the Ifni basin, located in the western AntiAtlas range of Morocco, was conducted based on a multicriteria analytical approach that integrated a set of geomorphological and hydroclimatic factors influencing the availability of this resource. This approach involved the use of geographic information systems (GIS) and hierarchical analytical process (AHP) models. Different factors were classified and weighted according to their contribution to and impact on groundwater reserves. Their normalized weights were evaluated using a pairwise comparison matrix. Four classes of potentiality emerged: very high, high, moderate, and low, occupying 15.22%, 20.17%, 30.96%, and 33.65%, respectively, of the basin’s area. A groundwater potential map (GWPA) was validated by comparison with data from 134 existing water points using a receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve. The AUC was calculated at 80%, indicating the good predictive accuracy of the AHP method. These results will enable water operators to select favorable sites with a high groundwater potential

Microwave signal propagation on oil palm trees: measurements and analysis

This paper presents the study of microwave signal attenuation on oil palm trees at 0.9 GHz, 1.8 GHz and 2.3 GHz frequencies. The main objective is to investigate the characteristics of propagation phenomenon by analysing the received signal strength. The experiments were made at the estate where there are straight line uniform canopies of mature oil palm trees. The measurements were carried out on the same transmission paths with different number of trees and height at trunk, leaves and fruits which obstructing the signal paths. The results have shown that excessive attenuation is due to scattering, depolarisation, fluctuation and absorption. It is strongly aggrees with the previous studies. Further studies on other types of vegetation and environments, and its seasonal differences are important as future research

The Gamma-Flash data acquisition system for observation of terrestrial gamma-ray flashes

Gamma-Flash is an Italian project funded by the Italian Space Agency (ASI) and led by the National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF), devoted to the observation and study of high-energy phenomena, such as terrestrial gamma-ray flashes and gamma-ray glows produced in the Earth's atmosphere during thunderstorms. The project's detectors and the data acquisition and control system (DACS) are placed at the "O. Vittori" observatory on the top of Mt. Cimone (Italy). Another payload will be placed on an aircraft for observations of thunderstorms in the air. This work presents the architecture of the data acquisition and control system and the data flow.Comment: 4 pages, 1 figure, Astronomical Data Analysis Software and System XXXII (2022