Pangarap Ko, Pangarap Natin: The Role of Hope As A Mediator Between Social Support and School Engagement Among Filipino Public School Students

Most students in the Philippines are enrolled in public schools, and yet conditions inside the classroom make it difficult for a student to stay engaged. Although there are many factors that contribute to school engagement, the current study looks at social support ___ particularly teacher support, parent support and peer help, as predictors of school engagement. The study also looks at hope as a mediating factor between this relationship, given that students are faced with adverse situations both in the school setting and in their communities. The study was conducted among Grade 6 students at a public elementary school in Quezon City. Regression analysis was conducted to look at the mediation between these variables. Based on the results of the study, hope serves as a partial mediator of the relationship between social support and school engagement. Results of the study have implications on factors on school outcomes, as well as school interventions on public schools in the Philippines

Pangarap Ko, Pangarap Natin: The Role of Hope As A Mediator Between Social Support and School Engagement

Most students in the Philippines are enrolled in public schools, and yet conditions inside the classroom make it difficult for a student to stay engaged. Although there are many factors that contribute to school engagement, the current study looks at social support – particularly teacher support, parent support and peer help, as predictors of school engagement. The study also looks at hope as a mediating factor between this relationship, given that students are faced with adverse situations both in the school setting and in their communities. The study was conducted among Grade 6 students at a public elementary school in Quezon City. Regression analysis was conducted to look at the mediation between these variables. Based on the results of the study, hope serves as a partial mediator of the relationship between social support and school engagement. Results of the study have implications on factors on school outcomes, as well as school interventions on public schools in the Philippines

Organizational direction, expectations, and employees’ intention for Green HRM practices in the Philippines: a signaling theory perspective

Green human resource management (HRM) highlights the importance of aligning human resources practices with the environmental goals of organizations. Given that employees are at the core of HRM, it is important to determine how they form intentions for green HRM practices, particularly in contexts such as the Philippines—a country in Asia that frequently experiences disasters. Guided by signaling theory, we assert that organizational directions that are environmentally oriented relay signals to employees about prioritizing environmental sustainability, which influences employees’ intention for green HRM. We also assert that pursuing such organizational directions entails articulating expectations, and employees wanting to deliver these expectations explains why employees will want to institute green HRM. We conducted a survey among 189 employees complemented by interviews with 15 HRM leaders in the Philippines. Our findings advance current understanding of the mechanisms through which employees’ intention for green HRM practices are shaped by and orient efforts to engender employee involvement in environmental sustainability initiatives