Posredni učinak pravedne raspodjele na odnos između određivanja plaća i zadovoljstva poslom

This study was conducted to investigate the mediating effect of distributive justice in the relationship between pay design issues (i.e., pay structure and pay level) and job satisfaction. A survey method was used to gather 190 usable questionnaires from academic employees who have worked in Malaysian public community colleges (PUBLICOLLEGE). Outcomes of stepwise regression analysis showed that relationship between pay design features (i.e., pay structure and pay level) significantly correlated with job satisfaction. This result confirms that distributive justice plays an important role as a mediating variable in the pay design models of the organizational sector sample. In addition, implications of this study to compensation theory and practice, conceptual and methodological limitations, as well as directions for future research are discussed.Ovo istraživanje provedeno je da bi se ispitao posredni učinak pravedne raspodjele na odnos između problema određivanja plaća (struktura i visina plaća) i zadovoljstva poslom. Primijenjena je metoda ankete u cilju prikupljanja 190 korisnih upitnika koje su ispunili akademski zaposlenici na malezijskim državnim koledžima (PUBLICOLLEGE). Rezultati postupne regresivne analize potvrdili su da način određivanja plaća (struktura i visina plaća) značajno utječe na zadovoljstvo poslom. Ovaj rezultat potvrđuje da pravedna raspodjela ima važnu ulogu kao posredna varijabla u modelima određivanja plaća u organizacijskim sektorima. Povrh toga, u radu se diskutira o implikacijama provedenog istraživanja na kompenzacijsku teoriju i praksu, konceptualna i metodološka ograničenja, kao i o smjernicama za buduća istraživanja

Where has the joy gone? A qualitative exploration of academic university work during crisis and change

Universities continue to evolve and adapt to changes brought about by external events such as the COVID-19 pandemic, shifts in government policy, technological advancements, and geopolitics. A significant body of research has focused on negative workplace conditions within universities that contribute to psychosocial hazards. In contrast, this paper reports on the experiences and perceptions of 36 fulltime, continuous, academic staff to explore how they and their colleagues found and/or experienced joy in work set against the backdrop of crisis and change as their universities responded to the impacts of COVID-19. Responses clustered around four key dynamics: joy/student, joy/teaching, joy/research, and joy/colleague. Despite being in work environments characterised largely in negative terms, where agency and voice are constrained, these joys sustained and evoked feelings of purpose, belonging, and connection. This research highlights the need to reconsider how to provide and support healthy work conditions to optimise opportunities for the academic workforce to experience greater joy in their work. The implications for future research are presented

The whole of university experience: retention, attrition, learning and personal support interventions during undergraduate business studies

The Whole of University Experience (WoUE) project examined factors underpinning attrition in the first, second and third year of a business degree at six Australian universities – Griffith University, Monash University, Murdoch University, University of South Australia, University of Southern Queensland, and University of the Sunshine Coast. A questionnaire completed in 2008, 2009, and 2010 by a total of 7,486 students enabled gathering of data relating to demographics; students’ experience of university; their use and perceptions of the usefulness of student support interventions; open-ended comments about the best and worst aspects of the university experience; and aspects in need of improvement. In each year a small number of students were also interviewed for the purpose of fleshing out the survey data and exploring the interactions between various factors associated with attrition. Overall, the data strongly indicates that factors related to attrition are generally university-specific and reflect both student characteristics and their responses to the specific institutional culture and environment. The only attrition triggers which span most universities and most years of study are ‘lack of a clear reason for being at university’ and ‘the feeling of having insufficient ability to succeed at university’. Correlation analysis relating 70 statements probing students’ experience of university to the strength of their intention to leave before completing a degree revealed notable differentiation in attrition triggers on the basis of year of study. Follow-up analysis in one university indicated further differentiation in the triggers for attrition, semester by semester. It seems that many different factors underpin attrition decisions in any one institution and for any one individual, for whom attrition appears to be the result of the aggregation of diverse factors generally followed by ‘the straw that broke the camel’s back’. When responses are grouped by demographic variables some difference in the factors associated with domestic and international student attrition is apparent, but no difference in the factors associated with their sense of satisfaction or belonging is obvious. In the responses of international and domestic students to issues of teaching quality, differences primarily related to expectations regarding teaching staff approachability, availability and helpfulness. For students enrolled part-time or full-time different factors underpin attrition, and attrition triggers also differ on the basis of time spent on campus and average grades. Preliminary analysis suggests that having to take a loan or engage in full-time work to fund studies is a greater attrition risk factor in most universities than is the receipt of Centrelink benefits (which may be seen as a proxy indicator for low socio-economic status). Analysis of responses to questions about the use and usefulness of student support interventions indicates that, in general, when students use personal support interventions these are mostly seen as very useful. However, data also indicate that many, and often the majority of, students have either not used or are not aware of the support services available. Practically, the project has delivered, and will continue to deliver, significant value to the higher education sector. On the basis of evidence from the project, partner universities have begun addressing high-value student retention issues and it is expected that this evidence will continue to influence institutional decision-making for several years beyond the life of the project. Dissemination activities external to partner universities, including publication of five journal articles and numerous workshops or presentations, have assisted staff in other universities to reflect upon issues critical to student retention in both first year and beyond. Further publication outcomes are expected. Critically, as indicated in the independent project evaluation, “the project has directed much needed attention to factors associated with attrition in later years of the student experience (second and third years) … facilitated discussion around frameworks for evidence-based institutional responses that constitute effective interventions … [and] reinforced the need for institutions to collect their own data on the student experience to inform individual institutional responses and interventions”

Empirically testing the relationship between income distribution, perceived value money and pay satisfaction

Compensation management literature highlights that income has three major features: salary, bonus and allowance. If the level and/or amount of income are distributed to employees based on proper rules this may increase pay satisfaction. More importantly, a thorough investigation in this area reveals that the effect of income distribution on pay satisfaction is not consistent if perceived value of money is present in organizations. The nature of this relationship is less emphasized in pay distribution literature. Therefore, this study was conducted to measure the effect of the perceived value of money and income distribution on pay satisfaction using 136 usable questionnaires gathered from employees who have worked in one city based local authority in Sabah, Malaysia (MSLAUTHORITY). Outcomes of hierarchical regression analysis showed that the interaction between perceived value of money and income distribution significantly correlated with pay satisfaction. This result confirms that perceived value of money does act as a moderating variable in the income distribution model of the organizational sample. In addition, discussion and implications of this study are elaborated.Peer Reviewe

Plant biodiversity assessment through pollen DNA metabarcoding in Natura 2000 habitats (Italian Alps)

11openInternationalInternational coauthor/editorMonitoring biodiversity is of increasing importance in natural ecosystems. Metabarcoding can be used as a powerful molecular tool to complement traditional biodiversity monitoring, as total environmental DNA can be analyzed from complex samples containing DNA of different origin. The aim of this research was to demonstrate the potential of pollen DNA metabarcoding using the chloroplast trnL partial gene sequencing to characterize plant biodiversity. Collecting airborne biological particles with gravimetric Tauber traps in four Natura 2000 habitats within the Natural Park of Paneveggio Pale di San Martino (Italian Alps), at three-time intervals in 1 year, metabarcoding identified 68 taxa belonging to 32 local plant families. Metabarcoding could identify with finer taxonomic resolution almost all non-rare families found by conventional light microscopy concurrently applied. However, compared to microscopy quantitative results, Poaceae, Betulaceae, and Oleaceae were found to contribute to a lesser extent to the plant biodiversity and Pinaceae were more represented. Temporal changes detected by metabarcoding matched the features of each pollen season, as defined by aerobiological studies running in parallel, and spatial heterogeneity was revealed between sites. Our results showcase that pollen metabarcoding is a promising approach in detecting plant species composition which could provide support to continuous monitoring required in Natura 2000 habitats for biodiversity conservation.openLeontidou, Kleopatra; Vokou, Despoina; Sandionigi, Anna; Bruno, Antonia; Lazarina, Maria; De Groeve, Johannes; Li, Mingai; Varotto, Claudio; Girardi, Matteo; Casiraghi, Maurizio; Cristofori, AntonellaLeontidou, K.; Vokou, D.; Sandionigi, A.; Bruno, A.; Lazarina, M.; De Groeve, J.; Li, M.; Varotto, C.; Girardi, M.; Casiraghi, M.; Cristofori, A

Educomunicação e diversidade: múltiplas abordagens

Esta coletânea de capítulos intitulada “Educomunicação e Diversidade: múltiplas abordagens” reúne estudos apresentados no VI Encontro Brasileiro de Educomunicação e III EducomSul, realizado em Porto Alegre em 2015. Nessa obra, percebe-se que as dimensões interculturais, transversais e cidadãs suscitadas pela educomunicação vêm contribuindo para o aumento de intervenções comunicacionais diversas, em termos de linguagens e de conteúdos, em práticas educativas formais e não formais. Denotando a diversidade como uma área em expansão na educomunicação

Cartografías afectivas en el cine documental chileno contemporáneo: una mirada comparativa hacia el documental argentino reciente

Tesis para optar al grado de Magíster en Estudios LatinoamericanosEsta tesis propone la existencia de una tendencia particular en el cine documental chileno reciente (2000-2015) en la que se advierte la voluntad de representar el espacio geográfico desde un punto de vista afectivo y la necesidad de desplegar la propia subjetividad en forma espacializada, dando cuenta de un doble movimiento que dice relación con el giro espacial y el giro afectivo experimentados por las ciencias sociales, las artes y las humanidades desde fines del siglo XX. A su vez, a modo comparativo, la tesis se propone vislumbrar en qué medida esta tendencia puede aplicarse al panorama del cine documental argentino de las últimas décadas. Hablamos de documentales cartográficos, provistos de una “conciencia cartográfica” cuando se trata de películas definidas por una intención de delimitar, recorrer, registrar y reinventar el territorio, que se estructuran en términos audiovisuales como la lectura de un espacio. Dicha lectura tendrá un enfoque afectivo, es decir, constará de una representación del territorio articulada en torno a la figura de una primera persona documental. Al explorar las diversas capas de su identidad personal, las realizadoras y realizadores incursionan en los perfiles del imaginario geográfico y arquitectónico de sus naciones, recolectando paisajes disímiles que van de la Antártida al desierto, de la tierra firme a las islas, de la naturaleza indómita al laberinto de la ciudad. En concordancia con la cada vez más frecuente disposición subjetiva y afectiva de las humanidades a la hora de abordar sus objetos de estudio, las películas que definen este corpus, tal como gran parte del cine documental latinoamericano contemporáneo, recurren al uso de la primera persona para vincularse con lo real. Lo particular es que en este caso, la indagación personal de la realidad excede la frontera de la propia biografía para abocarse a la lectura y la escritura de un espacio. De esta forma, lo que podría ser un autorretrato o un ejercicio ecográfico, de autoexamen, se transforma en un cine provisto de una fuerte conciencia cartográfica. Un viaje audiovisual por diversos paisajes latinoamericanos, en el cual la subjetividad del realizador parece encontrar en el espacio abierto una nueva superficie discursiva