The Influence of Corporate Culture Dimensions on Organizational Commitment: Case Study of Two Government Organizations in Alor Setar, Kedah Darul Aman

The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of four dimensions of corporate culture,namely,communication, teamwork,training and development, and reward and recognition on employees’ organizational commitment within two government organizations, namely, Kedah State Development Corporation (PKNK) and Alor Setar City Council (MBAS) located in Alor Setar, Kedah Darul Aman. Despite extensive research on corporate culture, very little empirical research has examined this area of study, especially for public sectors in Kedah. 300 set of questionnaires was distributed to both organizations and 218 sets of completed questionnaires have returned. Regression analyses were employed to test the research hypotheses. The results of this study revealed that communication, training and development, reward and recognition, had positively influences employees’ commitment. This study contributes to a better understanding of the influence of corporate culture on organizational commitment among employees within the government organization in Kedah

Systematic investigation of quadrupole properties in deformed and transitional nuclei

In the present work, we address a long-standing problem in nuclear physics on how to decipher the nature of collective motion from electromagnetic transition probabilities. A systematic analysis of the $B(E2)$ transitions is performed for thirty nuclei using the triaxial projected shell model (TPSM) approach. It is shown that $I \rightarrow (I-2)$ transitions for the $\gamma$-bands depict a staggering phase and this phase reverses with the inclusion of the quasiparticle excitations for all the nuclei, except for the six nuclei of $^{76}$Ge, $^{112}$Ru, $^{170}$Er, $^{182}$Os, $^{192}$Pt and $^{232}$Th. This feature is analogous to the energy staggering phase obtained for these nuclei. It is noted that the energy staggering phase with even-spin-down (odd-spin-down), which is considered as a signature of $\gamma$-softness ($\gamma$-rigidity), corresponds to even-spin-up (odd-spin-up) staggering phase of the $B(E2)$ transitions. Further, TPSM predicted values for both energies and transition are shown to be in good agreement with the corresponding experimental values.Comment: 24 pages, 28 figure

Triaxial projected shell model approach for negative parity states in even-even nuclei

The triaxial projected shell model (TPSM) approach is generalized to investigate the negative parity band structures in even-even systems. In the earlier version of the TPSM approach, the quasiparticle excitations were restricted to one major oscillator shell and it was possible to study only positive parity states in even-even systems. In the present extension, the excited quasiparticles are allowed to occupy two major oscillator shells, which makes it possible to generate the negative parity states. As a major application of this development, the extended approach is applied to elucidate the negative parity high-spin band structures in $^{102-112}$Ru and it is shown that energies obtained with neutron excitation are slightly lower than the energies calculated with proton excitation. However, the calculated aligned angular momentum ($i_x$) clearly separates the two spectra with neutron $i_x$ in reasonable agreement with the empirically evaluated $i_x$ from the experimental data, whereas proton $i_x$ shows large deviations. Furthermore, we have also deduced the transition quadrupole moments from the TPSM wavefunctions along the negative-parity yrast- and yrare- bands and it is shown that these quantities exhibit rapid changes in the bandcrossing region.Comment: 14 pages, 17 figure

Elevating organizational commitment through corporate culture: a case of public service agencies in Malaysia

Despite various contextual factors being reported to have infl uenced organizational commitment among employees, more empirical evidences are required. This is important as to reaffi rm such assertion in the growing body of literature on organizational commitment. In line with that, this study attempts to examine the infl uence of corporate culture on organizational commitment. Corporate culture is assessed in terms of communication, teamwork, training and development, and reward and recognition. A survey was conducted among public servants of selected government agencies in the Northern Region of Peninsular Malaysia. Based on the statistical analyses, the fi ndings reported that communication, training and development, and reward and recognition have a signifi cant and positive infl uence on organizational commitment. In the discussion section, all signifi cant factors in enhancing organizational commitment among public servants are elaborated. Finally, recommendations as well as theoretical and practical ramifi cations are brought to fore