Workplace Stressors and Coping Strategies Among Public Hospital Nurses in Medan, Indonesia

Background: Nursing is considered as a stressful job when compared with other jobs. Prolonged stress without effective coping strategies affects not only nurses\u27 occupational life but also their nursing competencies. Medan is the biggest city in Sumatera Island of Indonesia. Two tertiary public hospital nurses in this city hold the responsibility in providing excellent care to their patients. Objective: To investigate the relationships between the nurse\u27s workplace stressors and the coping strategies used. Method: The descriptive correlational study was conducted to examine the relationships between workplace stressors and the coping strategies used in nurses of two public hospitals in Medan. The sample size of 126 nurses was drawn from selected in-patient units. Data were collected by using self-report questionnaires and focus group interview. The majority of subjects experienced low workplace stressors, where death/dying was the most commonly reported workplace stressor followed by workload. Religion was the most commonly used coping strategy. Result: Significant correlations were found between subscales of workplace stressors and coping strategies. Most of subjects used emotion-focused and dysfunctional coping strategies rather than problem-focused coping strategies. Conclusion: The nurse administrators in the hospitals need to advocate their in order to use problem-focused coping strategies more frequent than emotion-focused and dysfunctional coping strategies when dealing with workplace stressors

Pengaruh Customer Relationship Marketing (CRM) terhadap Loyalitas Pengguna Matahari Club Card (MCC) pada Matahari Department STORE MAL Ska Pekanbaru

Penelitian ini membahas tentang pengaruh Customer Relationship Marketing yang terdiri dari 5variabel yaitu: komitmen, kepercayaan, orientasi pelanggan/ empati, pengalaman/ kepuasan, dankomunikasi terhadap loyalitas pelanggan.Untuk mengetahui apakah ke-5 variabel Customer Relationship Marketing tersebut berpengaruh nyataterhadap loyalitas pelanggan, baik secara parsial maupun secara simultan, serta untuk mengetahuivariabel manakah yang berpengaruh paling dominan terhadap loyalitas pelanggan.Penelitian ini dilakukan di Matahari Department Store (MDS) Mal SKA Pekanbaru, dengan populasipenelitian adalah pengguna MCC yang terdaftar di MDS Mal SKA Pekanbaru, yang berjumlah 1.115orang. Jumlah sampel yang diambil sebanyak 92 orang responden dengan menggunakan formulaSlovin. Prosedur pengambilan sampel berdasarkan teknik purposive sampling (penentuan sampeldengan karakteristik dan tujuan tertentu). Pengumpulan data dilakukan melalui kuesioner.Selanjutnya, data yang diperoleh dianalisis dengan menggunakan uji validitas, uji reabilitas, analisisregresi linear berganda, uji t, dan uji F.Hasil penghitungan koefisien determinasi (R2) adalah sebesar 0,52, yang artinya; ke-5 variabelcustomer relationship marketing mempengaruhi vatiabel loyalitas sebesar 52%, dan sebanyak 48%pengaruh lainnya disumbangkan oleh variabel lain yang tidak dimasukkan dalam penelitian ini

Dewan Komisaris Dan Transparansi: Teori Keagenan Atau Teori Stewardship?

This paper examined the impact of the board of commissioners on voluntary disclosures provided by listed firmsin Indonesia for the period of year 2004 to 2010. The board of commissioners were characterized by boardcomposition, board size, board role and board intensity. Voluntary disclosure was proximate by an aggregateddisclosure score of non-mandatory, non-financial and financial information. The results indicated that boardsize, board intensity (number of board meetings), or board role (number of audit committe members) was significantlyand positively related to the extent of voluntary disclosure as predicted by the agency theory, while boardcomposition (number of insiders) was significantly and negatively related to the extent of voluntary disclosure aspredicted by the stewardship theory. The result showed that independent board members did not conduct theirmonitoring function on management effectively. Alternatively, insiders were involved in operating firm's activities.This phenomena might be because most firms were owned by family that tended to appoint the board andmanagement team based on the family ties. Hence, using the stewardship theory was more appropriate to analyzethe board's composition than that of using the agency theory

Analisis Pengaruh Corporate Social Responsibility Disclosure terhadap Enterprise Value dengan Earning Management sebagai Variabel Pemoderasi (Studi Empiris pada Perusahaan Bumn yang Terdaftar pada Bursa Efek Indonesia (Bei) Tahun 2006 - 2011)

This research aimed to empirically examine the effect of corporate social responsibility disclosure to enterprise value and earnings management role as a moderating variable in the relationship between corporate social responsibility disclosure and enterprise value. Mechanism of earnings management using discretionary accruals are measured using the model of De Angelo (1986) and developed by Friendlan (1994). Corporate social responsibility disclosure in corporate social measure using disclosure index (CSDI) based on standard items reporting Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) are disclosed in the company's annual report. Enterprise value measurements using Tobin-Q value is based on the company's stock price.This research used samples on state-owned enterprises listed on the Stock Exchange during the years 2007-2011 by using purposive sampling Method. The data used were obtained from the annual report and sustainability report state-owned company listed on the Stock Exchange. There are 14 companies and 60 observations during the years 2007 to 2011 which fulfilling. The method of analysis used in this research is multiple regression analysis. This method was chosen because all the data is matrix data of variables.This research found significant statistically results from the influence of corporate social responsibility disclosure to the enterprise value. The research found no significant effect of earnings management on the relationship between corporate social responsibility disclosure by enterprise value. This study contributes to the literature providing shows that the amount of enterprise value influenced how many corporate social responsibility disclosures made by the company. However, in this research found that earnings management is carried out by the management cannot be effected to the extent of disclosure made by the company

Desain Pengendalian Power System Stabilizer dengan Pole Placement Fuzzy Logic Control

Power system stabilizer (PSS) berguna untuk meredam osilasi elektro mekanik yang menyebabkan gangguan. Beberapa metode desain pengendalian PSS telah dilakukan antara lain adaptive control dan robust control selain itu logika fuzzy juga berperan dalam meningkatkan performansi PSS. Kestabilan dan pencapaian performansi dari kontrol sistem berdasarkan model fuzzy output feedback controller dapat diperoleh dengan menggunakan teknik kestabilan dengan metode pole placement. Selanjutnya dilakukan defuzzyfikasi untuk mendapatkan performansi system. Pada paper ini akan dikaji pembentukan model fuzzy Takagi-Sugeno dengan metode pole placement dan dilakukan perbandingan performansi sistem untuk sistem tanpa kontrol, sistem dengan kontrol pole placement dan sistem kontrol fuzzy pole placement serta dikaji mana yang lebih baik. Kata kuncci : fuzzy Takagi-Sugeno, output feedback controller, PSS, pole placemen

The Determinants of Corporate Community Contributions: Some Insights From Indonesian Firms

Penelitian ini menginvestigasi faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi praktik filantropi (philantrophy/community contributions/giving) di Indonesia, dengan menggunakan dua perspektif teori, stakeholder dan legitimasi teori. 41 Perusahaan publik yang pada periode tahun 2008-2011 digunakan sebagai sampel. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa tipe kepemilikan dan industri mempunyai pengaruh yang signifikan terhadap jumlah rupiah filantropi yang diberikan Perusahaan. Lebih jauh, hasil ini menyatakan bahwa Badan Usaha Milik Negara (BUMN) dan Perusahaan-Perusahaan dalam sektor industri high-profile lebih banyak terlibat dalam aktivitas filantropi (community contributions). Hasil penelitian ini memberikan kontribusi yang signifikan terhadap literatur terkait determinan-determinan aktivitas filantropi (community contributions)

Diagnosis and Treatment of Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth

Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO) is a clinical condition, in which excess amounts of bacteria are found in small intestine. SIBO occurred when normal homeostatic mechanism which control enteric bacteria population disrupted. Elderly patients are more vulnerable to SIBO which can be caused by two conditions, which are gastric acid reduction and disproportionately drugs consumption which then caused hypomotility. There are several methods to diagnose SIBO, but diagnose often begin with suspicion and history of risk factors of SIBO. There are two most frequent tests in SIBO diagnostic, which are bacterial culture examination and breath test. Treatments of SIBO are: (1) Treatment of underlying disease and improvement of medical condition; (2) Eradication of excess bacterial growth; (3) Resolve nutritional deficiencies which related to SIBO

Perbandingan Pengaruh Interbank Ofered Rate Terhadap Indeks Syariah Di Indonesia Dan Malaysia

This study aimed to determine the correlation of interbank offered rate against Islamic stock index associated with behavioral perspective of inves-tors in the stock market of sharia in each country and to examine whether there is a significant difference between the index of sharia that are in Indo-nesia and Malaysia. This study uses an analytical tool that is by simple line-ar regression statistical test to measure the level of effect between variables partially, with a focus on the two countries, Indonesia and Malaysia in the period 2010-2012. Research outcome of the average monthly on secondary data between period 2010-2012, reveals that in Indonesia, independent vari-able affected significantly to Shariah index JII ( Jakarta Islamic Index ) , but there is a difference, compared with Malaysia that the interbank offered rate did not significantly affect KLSI (Kuala Lumpur Sharia Index)

Pengaruh Kecerdasan Emosional, Kecerdasan Intelektual, dan Love Of Money terhadap Persepsi Mahasiswa Mengenai Etika Profesi Akuntan

This objective of this research is to examine the influence of emotional intelligence, intellectual intelligence and love of money toward students' perception of professional accounting ethics. The sample in this study were taken using purposive sampling method of data collection with the criteria of the respondents had taken courses in Management Accounting, Auditing Accounting I and Practicum Accounting. The population of this study is the undergraduate Accounting students in Diponegoro University with a total population of 320 people, with 96 people were chosen as samples. Data analysis was performed with descriptive statistics, classical assumption and hypothesis testing of regression method using SPSS version 21. The empirical results of this study show that both emotional intelligence and intellectual intelligence have significantly positive influence toward students' perception of professional accounting ethics while love of money has a negatively non-significant influence toward students' perception of professional accounting ethics