The comparative analysis of FMCG enterprises' vision, mission, and core values focusing on strategic human resources

Purpose: This study focused on a comparative analysis of the FMCG enterprises' vision, mission, and core values focusing on strategic human resources. Research methodology: This study is qualitative, and altogether twenty-three FMCG company's websites have been used for analyzing the company's mission, vision, and core values.  Results: Among the twenty-three companies, only seven (Bombay Sweets and Co. Ltd., Arla, Akij Group, Ispahani Foods Limited, Golden Harvest Agro Industries Limited, Walton Group, and City Group) have no focus on strategic human resources in their mission, vision and core values. Sixteen companies have a concern about strategic human resources in vision, mission, and core values. Limitations: This study only includes results from the FMCG of Bangladesh rather than including other industries like telecommunication, MNCs, and other areas. Again, this study is limited by including only a few FMCGs. Contribution: This study results contribute to strategic human focus in the vision, mission, and core values of FMCG enterprises of Bangladesh through a comparative analysis also emphasizes strategic human focus in the employees' development

Linking Compliance Practices to Employee Turnover Intention in the Jute Industry of Bangladesh: The Moderating Effect of Employee Commitment

Compliance practices in organizations play a vital role because it sets the boundary not only for the employees and workers but also for the organization to comply with the laws, rules, and regulations. It ensures the employee’s rights making them loyal to the organization. Consequently, the present study aims at investigating the relationship between compliance practices and employee turnover intention within the context of the jute industry in Bangladesh. Furthermore, the study examines the moderating effect of employee commitment on the relationship between compliance practices and turnover intention. This study is quantitative in nature. Four hundred (400) jute industry workers from Khulna city, Bangladesh participated in the study. A self-administered questionnaire was used to collect the data from the workers. Correlation moderated regression analysis, and an independent sample t-test was used to test the study hypotheses. The study results show a negative relationship between compliance practices and employee turnover intention. However, a highly significant difference has been found between the male and female workers’ attitudes toward turnover intention implying that the female workers are more likely to leave the organization than the male. The results of the study are very significant and thus applicable to HR professionals, policymakers, and decision-makers in the jute industry. Keywords: Compliance practices, turnover intention, employee commitment, jute industry, Bangladesh. DOI: 10.7176/EJBM/15-9-01 Publication date:May 31st 2023

Relationship between Career Intention and Academic Performance of University Students: A Study Based on Khulna Region, Bangladesh

Every student in their academic life faces dilemmas regarding their career choice and academic performance plays a big role here. This present study seeks to investigate the relationship between career intention and academic performance of University students. Along with these, the study also aims to examine the relationships among multiple demographic variables of University students. Moreover, a self-administered questionnaire survey was conducted to collect data from the participants. Altogether a hundred students studying at different universities participated in the survey. The hypothesis of this study is entitled to determine the relationship between career intention regarding Entrepreneurship and Academic performance. This study also determines the relationship between career intention regarding Corporate job and Academic performance. However, correlation and linear regression analysis were employed to test the research hypothesis. The analysis of cross-tabulation has been conducted to represent the relationship between demographic characteristics and the academic performance of the respondents. The study findings reveal that there is a very weak relationship between entrepreneurial mindset and academic performance. Hence, this study also clarifies that there is a strong relationship between a job-oriented mindset and academic performance. The findings of this research provide a better understanding to the policymakers of universities about developing the curriculum such that the university students can be benefitted while setting their career goals and these will be beneficial for the society as a whole. Keywords: Academic performance, students, career intention, entrepreneurship, job

The trilogy of job stress, motivation, and satisfaction of police officers: Empirical findings from Bangladesh

Purpose: The purpose of the study was to identify the trilogy of job stress and job motivation on job satisfaction. For this purpose, police officers of Khulna city were investigated accordingly. Research Methodology: The questionnaire is quantitative in nature and a standard questionnaire was followed throughout the research study. The survey was done in police stations of Khulna city and information was taken from 100 officers from sub-inspector to police commissioners. Results: The study found that job stress is negatively related to job satisfaction. Along with this, there is a negative correlation between job stress and job motivation. However, a positive correlation exists between job motivation and job satisfaction. Limitations: The study result is based on the police personnel in Khulna city rather than in other cities in Bangladesh. There are not prevailing the same ratio of male and female which could affect the measurement of findings. Contribution: The study will help government practitioners and policymakers to understand job stress, motivation, and satisfaction of police personnel in Khulna city