Job Satisfaction for Employees: Evidence from Karachi Electric Supply Corporation

Research has been conducted in order to critically evaluate and examine the level of employees’ satisfaction as well as the factors of dissatisfaction among the employees of Karachi Electric supply Corporation (KESC). The purpose of this study is also to observe and analyze the factors which create job dissatisfaction especially among the hardworking managers, and to find out the reasons which make them realize that they don not have a clear career path along working with KESC. The primary data for this study was compiled through questionnaire filled in on a one-to-one basis by 60 respondents from a representative sample of employees of (KESC) in Karachi district in the last quarter of 2008. The results have shown that Working Environment, Total Compensation, Growth Opportunities and Training & Development are significant factor and these four are affecting Job Satisfaction and correlated with each others. The study was faced by certain limitations and those limitations included time constraints and resources constraints, which limited this research to only the Karachi Head office of the KESC organization. According to a number of literatures studied, lack of job satisfaction is a serious issue in various organizations and job dissatisfaction has become a major obstacle in employees’ productivity and company’s growth. There are numbers of factors which can create job dissatisfaction among employees but in this study the very critical factors are discussed upon which KESC management should really work on.KESC, Factors; Employees’ Job Satisfaction; Productivity; Growth; Compensation

Design and modeling of a linear array of longitudinal slots on substrate integrated waveguide

In this thesis, the design of a broadside resonant linear array antenna of longitudinal slots on substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) for uniform aperture distribution and for a symmetric tapered distribution is presented. The concept of SIW has been proposed and used in which an "artificial" waveguide is synthesized and constructed with linear arrays of metallized via-holes or posts embedded in the same substrate used for the planar circuit. The SIW has been suitably converted to an equivalent rectangular waveguide. Elliott's modified design procedure including the internal higher order mode coupling, suitable for the usual range of thickness of the substrate, has been followed to obtain the optimum dimensions and positions of slots. The data for 'self-admittance' of an isolated slot as a function of its length and displacement, a requisite in Elliot's design procedure, has been generated by a commercially available full-wave finite element package Ansoft HFSS using an equivalent circuit for the slot with a subsequent extraction of Stegen-type curves. The validity and accuracy of the methodology have been compared with available published results for a slot on an X-band waveguide at 9.375 GHz

N-[4-(Phenyl­imino­meth­yl)phen­yl]acetamide 0.67-hydrate

The title compound, C15H14N2O·0.67H2O, was prepared by the reaction of 4-acetoamine­benzaldehyde and aniline. The asymmetric unit contains six organic mol­ecules and four water mol­ecules. The dihedral angles between the aromatic ring planes in each organic mol­ecule vary from 42.4 (2) to 53.8 (2)°. In the crystal, an extensive network of inter­molecular N—H⋯O, O—H⋯N and O—H⋯O hydrogen bonds link the mol­ecules into [010] chains

Synthesis, characterization and biological evaluation of three new Schiff bases derived from amino acids and their Ag(I) complexes

ABSTRACT. Three Schiff base ligands which were derived from glycine, asparagine and alanine L1, L2 and L3 were designed and used to synthesized their Ag(I) complexes. 1H NMR, FT-IR, UV-Visible and conductance techniques were used to characterize the ligands and their metal complexes. The synthesized compounds showed antioxidant activity against 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH). Schiff bases and their Ag(I) complexes were screened for antimicrobial activity, in vitro antibacterial activity against three gram negative bacteria Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Salmonella typhi with two gram positive bacteria Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus subtilis by micro plate almar blue assay (MABA), antifungal activity against Candida albicans and Candida glabrata by agar tube dilution protocol. In vitro anti-inflammatory activity was performed by heat induce denaturation method and in vivo anti-inflammatory activity was performed by induced paw edema method. Cytotoxicity of the synthesized compounds was recorded against cyclohexamide by MTT assay. Ag(I) metal complexes showed more significant biological activities as compared to ligands.                 KEY WORDS: Schiff bases, Metal complexes, Cytotoxicity, Antifungal, Antibacterial, Anti-inflammatory Bull. Chem. Soc. Ethiop. 2022, 36(1), 45-56.                                                                    DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4314/bcse.v36i1.5                                                       &nbsp

Bis(2-chloro­benz­yl)dimethyl­ammonium bromide

In the title compound, C16H18Cl2N+·Br−, the dihedral angle between the aromatic ring planes is 57.73 (5)°. In the absence of any strong hydrogen bonds, the structure results from a large number of competing weaker inter­actions including Cl⋯Cl [3.4610 (5) Å] and C—H⋯Cl contacts and both (aryl) C—H⋯Br and N+—Csp 3—H⋯Br− cation–anion inter­actions

Job Satisfaction for Employees: Evidence from Karachi Electric Supply Corporation

Research has been conducted in order to critically evaluate and examine the level of employees’ satisfaction as well as the factors of dissatisfaction among the employees of Karachi Electric supply Corporation (KESC). The purpose of this study is also to observe and analyze the factors which create job dissatisfaction especially among the hardworking managers, and to find out the reasons which make them realize that they don not have a clear career path along working with KESC. The primary data for this study was compiled through questionnaire filled in on a one-to-one basis by 60 respondents from a representative sample of employees of (KESC) in Karachi district in the last quarter of 2008. The results have shown that Working Environment, Total Compensation, Growth Opportunities and Training & Development are significant factor and these four are affecting Job Satisfaction and correlated with each others. The study was faced by certain limitations and those limitations included time constraints and resources constraints, which limited this research to only the Karachi Head office of the KESC organization. According to a number of literatures studied, lack of job satisfaction is a serious issue in various organizations and job dissatisfaction has become a major obstacle in employees’ productivity and company’s growth. There are numbers of factors which can create job dissatisfaction among employees but in this study the very critical factors are discussed upon which KESC management should really work on

Job Satisfaction for Employees: Evidence from Karachi Electric Supply Corporation

Research has been conducted in order to critically evaluate and examine the level of employees’ satisfaction as well as the factors of dissatisfaction among the employees of Karachi Electric supply Corporation (KESC). The purpose of this study is also to observe and analyze the factors which create job dissatisfaction especially among the hardworking managers, and to find out the reasons which make them realize that they don not have a clear career path along working with KESC. The primary data for this study was compiled through questionnaire filled in on a one-to-one basis by 60 respondents from a representative sample of employees of (KESC) in Karachi district in the last quarter of 2008. The results have shown that Working Environment, Total Compensation, Growth Opportunities and Training & Development are significant factor and these four are affecting Job Satisfaction and correlated with each others. The study was faced by certain limitations and those limitations included time constraints and resources constraints, which limited this research to only the Karachi Head office of the KESC organization. According to a number of literatures studied, lack of job satisfaction is a serious issue in various organizations and job dissatisfaction has become a major obstacle in employees’ productivity and company’s growth. There are numbers of factors which can create job dissatisfaction among employees but in this study the very critical factors are discussed upon which KESC management should really work on

Performance of Some Advance Desi Chickpea Genotypes against Pod Borer, Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner) Resistance

Abstract.-Twelve advance desi chickpea ( Cicer arietinum L.) genotypes developed at Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology, Faisalabad were evaluated along with check variety for resistance against chickpea pod borer (CPB), Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) infestation in a field trial during 2006-2007. None of the tested genotypes showed complete resistance against CPB after studying larval population, pod damage and grain yield parameters. Pod damage ranged from 10.9 to 22.8% among different genotypes. With respect to the check (CM 98) the minimum damage was −35.9% and maximum as 33.1%. Grain yield increase was recorded up to 100% over check in CH 16/02. Comparison of resistance among the genotypes against CPB showed that CM 188/01, CH 07/02, CH 20/02 and CH 84/02 possessed good resistance with increased grain yield over check. Intermediate resistance was evinced in CH 11/02, CH 15/02, CH 17/02 and CH 85/02. While genotypes CM 72/02, CM 246/02, CM 282/02 and CM 98 possessed minimum resistance against CPB. So genotype CH 16/02 showed over all better resistance against CPB, with low larval population, low pod damage and high grain yield