Factors Affecting Employee Motivation Towards Employee Performance: A Study on Banking Industry of Pakistan

The study provides the cognitive support for developing employee’s motivation level at optimized level through consciousness towards applied approach and unrealistic ideas. The diligence of the research is to present the factors that help to motivate the employees to perform their job well. Whereas, the study restrains empirical and descriptive analysis of variables which comprehensibly highlight the significant relationship among the independent variable and dependent variable; the close-ended questionnaire is constructed to compute the statistical data. The study identifies the strong relationship among the defined factors that enhance the employee’s motivation level in banking sector. Although the research is also aware the management and the managers of banks about the most preference factors that improves the employee motivation in the banks. This study valued the integrating knowledge, experience, action to groom skilled employees in the banks. Moreover, the main contribution of the research evaluating the role of the motivational factors in banking industry

A Proposed Model

Rocha-Penedo, R., Cruz-Jesus, F., & Oliveira, T. (2021). Opposite Outcomes of Social Media Use: A Proposed Model. In S. K. Sharma, Y. K. Dwivedi, B. Metri, & N. P. Rana (Eds.), Re-imagining Diffusion and Adoption of Information Technology and Systems: A Continuing Conversation - IFIP WG 8.6 International Conference on Transfer and Diffusion of IT, TDIT 2020, Proceedings (pp. 524-537). (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology; Vol. 618). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-64861-9_46Social media are probably one of the most influential and disruptive technology of the present times. It is ubiquitous and has the capability to influence virtually every aspect of one’s life while, at the same time, also influence the way firms and public organizations operate and communicate with individuals. Although there is a plethora of studies in the IS literature focused on SM adoption and outcomes, studies hypothesizing positive and negative outcomes together are scarce. We propose a comprehensive research model to shed light on SM positive and negative outcomes, and how these affect one’s happiness. We also explore how personality traits can influence these relationships.authorsversionpublishe

In-depth analysis and simulation study of an innovative fuzzy approach for ranking alternatives in multiple attribute decision making problems based on TOPSIS

In this paper, an innovative fuzzy approach for ranking alternatives in multiple attribute decision making problems based on TOPSIS is presented in-depth and studied through simulation comparison with the original method. The TOPSIS method provides the principle of compromise that the chosen alternative should have the shortest distance from the ideal solution and, simultaneously, the farthest distance from the negative ideal solution. However, the TOPSIS method does not always produce results in harmony with this principle due to an oversimplified definition of its aggregation function which does not grasp the contradictory nature of the principle's formulation. Our approach addresses this issue through the introduction of a fuzzy set representation of the closeness to the ideal and to the negative ideal solution for the definition of the aggregation function which is modeled as the membership function of the intersection of two fuzzy sets. This model enables a parameterization of the method according to the risk attitude of the decision maker. Thus, a class of methods is formulated whose different instances correspond to different risk attitudes of the decision makers. In order to define some clear advises for decision makers facilitating a proper parameterization of the method, a comparative analysis of the proposed class of methods with the original TOPSIS method is performed according to well defined simulation techniques. The results of the simulation experiment show on the one hand that there is no direct correspondence between the proposed class of methods and TOPSIS, and on the other hand that it is adequate to distinguish three instances that correspond respectively to risk-averse, risk-neutral and risk-seeking decision makers. Finally, a numerical example pertaining to the problem of service provider selection is presented to illustrate the application of the proposed class of methods and its functioning. © 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved

Staccato reperfusion prevents reperfusion injury in patients undergoing coronary angioplasty: A 1-year follow-up pilot study

Background: Adjunctive interventions protect from reperfusion injury during primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), but it is not known whether they are also protective during elective PCI. We sought to assess the efficacy of staccato reperfusion (SR) during PCI. Methods: Thirty seven patients with recent acute coronary syndrome and target lesions of 85-100% were randomized to SR (n = 18), consisting of 6 periods of 10-s balloon inflation/deflation (total time, 120 sec) or abrupt reperfusion (AR, n = 19), consisting of a single continuous 120-s balloon inflation; subsequently, all underwent stent implantation. Left ventricular wall motion score was echocardiography determined at baseline, 10 days and 1 year later. The oxidative markers malondialdehyde (MDA) and nitrotyrosine were assessed at baseline, 3 and 18 min after PCI. Patients were also followed for 1 year for major events (death, non-fatal myocardial infarction or revascularization). Results: Wall motion score index (SR: 1.34 ± 0.29 (baseline), 1.17 ± 0.17 (10-day), 1.08 ± 0.12 (1-year); AR: 1.33 ± 0.22, 1.27 ± 0.20, 1.24 ± 0.22, respectively) improved significantly as a result of SR (F = 8.951, p = 0.002). Similarly, the biomarkers of oxidative injury, MDA (1.74 ± 0.49 μmol/L in SR vs. 2.45 ± 1.26 μmol/L in AR, p = 0.002) and nitrotyrosine (5.23 ± 5.58 nmol/L in SR vs. 9.79 ± 7.83 nmol/L in AR, p = 0.003) measured 18 min after PCI were significantly lower in SR. No major events occurred. Conclusions: SR can improve long-term wall motion score during PCI, at least partly through the attenuation of a reperfusion-type oxidative injury that also occurs in these patients. © 2008 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved

Diagnosing pulmonary embolism in outpatients with clinical assessment, D-dimer measurement, venous ultrasound, and helical computed tomography: a multicenter management study.

PURPOSE: To evaluate a diagnostic strategy for pulmonary embolism that combined clinical assessment, plasma D-dimer measurement, lower limb venous ultrasonography, and helical computed tomography (CT). METHODS: A cohort of 965 consecutive patients presenting to the emergency departments of three general and teaching hospitals with clinically suspected pulmonary embolism underwent sequential noninvasive testing. Clinical probability was assessed by a prediction rule combined with implicit judgment. All patients were followed for 3 months. RESULTS: A normal D-dimer level (<500 microg/L by a rapid enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay) ruled out venous thromboembolism in 280 patients (29%), and finding a deep vein thrombosis by ultrasonography established the diagnosis in 92 patients (9.5%). Helical CT was required in only 593 patients (61%) and showed pulmonary embolism in 124 patients (12.8%). Pulmonary embolism was considered ruled out in the 450 patients (46.6%) with a negative ultrasound and CT scan and a low-to-intermediate clinical probability. The 8 patients with a negative ultrasound and CT scan despite a high clinical probability proceeded to pulmonary angiography (positive: 2; negative: 6). Helical CT was inconclusive in 11 patients (pulmonary embolism: 4; no pulmonary embolism: 7). The overall prevalence of pulmonary embolism was 23%. Patients classified as not having pulmonary embolism were not anticoagulated during follow-up and had a 3-month thromboembolic risk of 1.0% (95% confidence interval: 0.5% to 2.1%). CONCLUSION: A noninvasive diagnostic strategy combining clinical assessment, D-dimer measurement, ultrasonography, and helical CT yielded a diagnosis in 99% of outpatients suspected of pulmonary embolism, and appeared to be safe, provided that CT was combined with ultrasonography to rule out the disease