The Relationship between Transformational Leadership Behaviors and Employee Engagement and Turnover Intent

The fast food industry is experiencing issues related to employee engagement and retention. Researchers have shown that managers\u27 transformational leadership behaviors impact employee engagement and turnover intent in various work environments; however, no research to date has evaluated its influence on the fast food industry\u27s hourly-wage, nonmanagement workforce. Building on the theoretical research of Burns and Bass, this study was conducted to examine the relationships among managers\u27 5 transformational leadership behaviors of idealized influence attributes, idealized influence behavior, inspirational motivation, intellectual stimulation, and individualized consideration and employee engagement and turnover intent. The Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire , the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale and Turnover Intention Measure were used to assess (N = 116) hourly-waged, nonmanagement fast food employees\u27 engagement and turnover intent. Stepwise regression analyses were used to determine whether managers\u27 transformational leadership behaviors predicted employee engagement and turnover intent. Results indicated that Intellectual Stimulation was a statistically significant predictor of employee engagement and turnover intention at the .05 alpha level. These findings supported the transformational leadership model in a different work environment, potentially increasing its generalizability. Additionally, findings suggest transformational leadership that encompasses facets of intellectual stimulation would be a better fit for the fast food industry. The study findings might promote positive social change by encouraging the fast food industry to train leaders in behaviors that can result in greater employee engagement and lower turnover intent

LANDSAT/coastal processes

The author has identified the following significant results. Correlations between the satellite radiance values water color, Secchi disk visibility, turbidity, and attenuation coefficients were generally good. The residual was due to several factors including systematic errors in the remotely sensed data, errors, small time and space variations in the water quality measurements, and errors caused by experimental design. Satellite radiance values were closely correlated with the optical properties of the water

The Ursinus Weekly, May 8, 1944

Newcomers to take 12 of the 18 roles in Curtain Club play • Dr. Max Lerner to address community forum on post war problems of our democracy • Beverly Cloud to sing in The Red Mill • Hunter explains pharisees\u27 question • Debate clubs active on national question • WSSF sets up hostels for Chinese students • Students to have last vote on proposed constitution • Ursinus library clock is copy of Big Ben • Blood donor unit coming • Land of Oz dancers, committees at work on May pageant to be given May 20 • Four girls, one boy win $350 open scholarships • IRC elects six members • Miss Spangler to present a study of Verdi\u27s Aida • Little Oswald finds beauties on campus • Courtesy on the courts • Bear baseball men wallop Drew nine as Snyder pitches second straight win • Softball team downs Collegeville-Trappe H. S. • Four Ursinus girls enter third round of intercollegiate tennis tournament • Bears swamp PMC 14-0; Snyder twirls one hitterhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1732/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, January 31, 1944

Jackie Loughead will play at sailors\u27 quarterdeck hop • Jupiter Laughs scores campus hit regardless of failure on Broadway • Dr. White will lead discussion on labor • Speaker stresses nurses\u27 education • Dr. Shumaker addresses students at vesper service • Dr. James Dean to speak to pre-medical society • Mrs. Noble will discuss music with French Club • Wednesday dances begin again • Schedule classes this week • Sally Deibler sells $334 in war bonds for second place • February 29 is deadline for next issue of Lantern • German Club will feature group singing at meeting • Y to sponsor comedy team at annual valentine party • Education open to war prisoners through universities of captivity • Music Club features jazz and swing discussions • The Light that Failed to be shown Friday night • Emily Williams to review book • Life in the Navy • Team jolts Philadelphia Marine Depot for bears\u27 fifth consecutive win • Jack Miller sinks free throw in thrilling finish for Ursinus • Girls\u27 team to meet Albright and Rosemont in games this weekhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1723/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, April 24, 1944

New swing band plays sweet and hot as large student audience approves • Haines to head Lantern; new staff will take over • Betty Umstad rules as queen of prom at junior dance • Author tells theme of May pageant • Students will try out for operetta this week • Max Lerner to speak on May 10 at forum • Youth of today have same courage as did heroic pioneers of yesteryear • Dr. Leinbach describes recent surgical progress • English Club members hear review of the American • Pastor vacations in Florida • IRC hears Pan American talk • Freshmen entertain club with take-offs on members • Baby buffalo learn manners at college • Navy flier writes about importance of knowing weather for all pilots • Ursinus nine loses to Swarthmore, 8-3 • Day study defeats Shreiner sextette for basketball cup • Tennis team looks ahead to another good season • McClure releases figures on post-war prospectshttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1730/thumbnail.jp

Diversity and Abundance of Bird Species in Mole National Park, Damongo, Ghana

A survey of birds in Mole National Park in the Northern Region of Ghana between February and May 2016 to identify and determine the diversity and abundance of bird species. Using Point Count Method, all birds were observed at fixed locations using an Opticron Polarex 8×40 field binocular and identification of birds’ species were confirmed by Birds of Ghana and recorded vocal replay of birds. The Gamin GPS device was used to take the coordinate and location of all stations. 366 of individual birds consisting of 59 species were recorded, 45 were identified by sighting and 14 by vocalization, all belonging to 29 families. Species abundance indicated that Helmeted Guineafowl (Numida meleagris) (Relative Abundance (RA)= 4.90%), followed by Red-throated Bee-eater (Merops hirundineus) (RA =4.63%), Red-billed firefinch (Lagonosticta Senegala) (RA =4.36%), Little Weaver (Ploceus lucteolus) (RA =4.09%), Senegal Parrot (Piocephals senegalus) (RA =3.81%), Bar-breasted firefinch (Lagonosticta rufopicta) (RA =3.54%), White faced Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna viduata) (RA =3.27%) and Laughing Dove (Sterptopelia senegalensis) (RA =3.00%), whereas, the Bateleur Eagle (Terathopius ecaudatus) (0.54), African Dwarf Kingfisher (Ceyx lecontei) (0.27) and Klaas’s Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx caprius) (0.27) had low relative species abundance. Estrildidae and Alcedinidae families were highest in abundance, (8.5%) of the total respectively, followed by Columbidae and Malaconotidae with the same relative abundance (6.8%), Ploceidae (5.1%). The practice of bird watching aimed at avifauna conservation can be encouraged in the fringe communities such as; Morgnori, Larabanga and Murugu, to document and protect bird species to improve community livelihood. Further investigations are required to compare avifauna within the off reserve and the protected areas (on reserve). Keywords: Avifauna, Opticron, Polarex, Diversity, Abundanc

Modelling Trade Liberalisation-Poverty Nexus for Ghana

The paper examines the effect of trade liberalisation on poverty incidence for Ghana for the period 1960-2013. The estimation methods are the Johansen test, Vector Error Correction (VECM) test, and the Ordinary Least Square (OLS). The findings of the study suggest that poverty incidence is negatively related to trade liberalisation in the long-run and short-run. The implication of the finding is that poverty incidence is reducing with trade liberalisation. Future studies should consider the current topic in a multivariate modelling

Modelling Trade Liberalisation-Poverty Nexus for Ghana

The paper examines the effect of trade liberalisation on poverty incidence for Ghana for the period 1960-2013. The estimation methods are the Johansen test, Vector Error Correction (VECM) test, and the Ordinary Least Square (OLS). The findings of the study suggest that poverty incidence is negatively related to trade liberalisation in the long-run and short-run. The implication of the finding is that poverty incidence is reducing with trade liberalisation. Future studies should consider the current topic in a multivariate modelling

Development of a synthetic solar irradiance generator that produces time series with high temporal and spatial resolutions using readily available mean hourly observations

Photovoltaics (PV) have seen rapid global penetration into the low voltage (LV) electricity distribution grid year-on-year. The result of high PV penetration levels is grid impacts of voltage fluctuations, harmonic distortions and reverse flow among others. Research that attempts to quantify the maximum allowable PV penetration into the LV grid before experiencing detrimental impacts is an important. The most commonly reported barrier to enabling grid impact analysis is the lacking availability of high-resolution and geographically flexible solar irradiance data. As an alternative, synthetically generated solar irradiance data can be used. There is a distinct lack of synthetic solar irradiance generators that can derive high resolution and statistically accurate solar irradiance data using only readily available inputs. This thesis presents the development of two synthetic generators: the Solar Irradiance Generator (SIG), and the Spatially Decorrelating Solar Irradiance Generator (SDSIG). The SIG proves the concept that synthetic minutely irradiance time series can be generated using readily available mean hourly observations of total cloud amount, atmospheric pressure, wind speed and cloud base height. The SDSIG presents the first ever methodology to synthetically generate unique and spatially decorrelating minutely irradiance time series for any number of uniquely orientated and tilted houses inside a spatial domain using the same inputs as the SIG. The SDSIG employs (1) Markov chains, to derive stochastic weather variable time series, (2) synthetic representations of clouds in the sky, using a novel method called cloud fields, (3) globally flexible irradiance estimation models, and (4) distributions of clear-sky irradiance by total cloud amount, to create the irradiance time series. The SDSIG outputs are temporally validated using metrics of ramp rates, variability indices and irradiance magnitude frequencies against real world observations at two UK sites and two USA sites, representing three distinct climates. Daily 2-sample Kolmogorov-Smirnov tests of each metric passed a minimum of 95.34% of the time with a 99% confidence limit. The lowest CDF correlation coefficient between modelled and observed data for all metrics and sites was R=0.908; the mean was R=0.987. The SDSIG outputs are spatially validated at Oahu, HI USA, showing R=0.955, RMSE=0.01 and MAPE=0.865% when comparing modelled and observed spatial correlation versus site separation. The SDSIG outputs are applied to a grid impacts power flow model of an LV grid with increasing PV penetration to test the over voltage metric of daily on-load tap changer (OLTC) operations. Using correlating irradiance time series at each house in the LV grid overestimates OLTC operations in every instance of PV penetration when compared to using spatially decorrelating irradiance time series from the SDSIG