Unethical Leadership and Followers’ Deviance: The Mediating Role of Perception of Politics and Injustice

This paper posits that unethical leadership behavior increases followers’ deviance by increasing perception of injustice and politics in organizations. More specifically, perception of politics and injustice mediates the relationship between unethical leadership behavior and followers’ deviance. By using data from 262 employees of various public organizations in Ethiopia, we confirmed our hypothesis. Further, the result of multiple regression confirmed that the relationship between unethical leadership behavior and followers’ deviance would be stronger when followers develop a perception of politics in the workplace

Analysis of Onion Market Value Chain among smallholder farmers in Rural Ethiopia: A Case Study of South Bench Woreda in Bench Maji Zone, Ethiopia.

This study analyzed value chain analysis of onion market in south Bench Woreda. The data used for the study were obtained from 118 randomly selected samples of households and 65 sample of trader in the study area. The data for the study was collected from both primary and secondary sources. For the primary data collection, questionnaires was designed and pre-tested based on the objective of the study in the study area. The questionnaires schedule was tested at the farm level on 5 randomly selected farm households. The study was employed both descriptive and econometric data analysis methods. Cobb-Douglas production function model was employed to analyze the determinants of onion production supplied to the market by onion producers. Results of econometric model showed that quantity of fertilizer utilized, distance from the nearest market, family size of house hold head, educational level of house hold head, farming experience and Credit access were significantly and positively determined the quantity of onion supplied to the market. The results suggest that these significant variable need to be promoted to boost the amount of the onion market supply.  In order to increase the productivity of onion there is need of public, private, research center and farmer themselves working together so as to increase access and disease resistance seed verity. Keywords: Onion Value Chain Analysis, Marketing Channel, Cobb Douglas Production Function Model, South Bench Woreda. DOI: 10.7176/DCS/11-8-02 Publication date:October 31st 202

A Study Of Employee Perceptions About Performance Appraisal At Transnet Engineering, South Africa

Transnet Engineering is a division of Transnet, which is a key South African state owned enterprise that is responsible for providing railroad, freight and logistics services to South African and international business enterprises. Transnet Engineering is located at Koedoespoort, just outside Pretoria, South Africa. This manuscript is a result of data gathered from 198 employees of Transnet Engineering as part of an attempt made by the company to describe and quantify the perception held by employees of Transnet Engineering on the degree to which the performance of appraisal system used by the company for performance appraisal was suitable enough for its intended purpose. The perception of employees was measured by using a benchmark defined by Pichler (2012) in which similar measurements were made under near-identical circumstances. All measurements were taken based on a standardised, validated and pre-tested instrument. Pearson’s two-by-two chi-squared tests of associations, discriminant analysis and logit regression were used for analyses. The study found that about 63% of participants were happy with the performance appraisal system used by the company, whereas about 37% of participants held a negative perception. The results confirmed that the perception of employees about the performance appraisal system used at Transnet Engineering was affected by the perception of employees on fairness, and the assessment of performance of employees based on key performance indicators. Findings obtained from the study are quite relevant and valuable to all other South African state owned enterprises

The Nutritional Composition, Fermentative Characteristic and Palatability of Desho Grass (Pennisetum pedicellatum) Ensiled With Broiler Litter in Kaffa Goat

In tropical region inadequate quality and quantity of feed are major constraints to livestock production sector. Most of feed resources are low in nutrient content to meet nutrient requirement of maintenance, production and reproduction. Therefore this study was carried out to evaluate the effect of ensiling graded level of broiler litter  with desho grass (Pennisetum pedicellatum) on intake, preference, fermentative and nutritional characteristics of silage in case of Kaffa goat. Broiler litter (Bl) and desho grass (Dg) was ensiled by four treatments; T1 (100%Dg), T2(80%Dg+20%Pl), T3(70%Dg+30%Pl) and T4(60%Dg+40%Pl) in three replications for 30 days. Ten Kaffa goats were used to evaluate the free choice intake of silage in a cafeteria style. The experimental design was complete randomized design (CRD). Data obtained were subjected to analysis of variance and significant means. Ensiling with broiler litter significantly (P<0.05) increased the color quality in T3 (light brown) which is better than T2 (deep brown), T4(brown) and T4(Dark Brown). The smell of T4 (offensive) and T1 (poor) while T3 is very pleasant. The highest pH was recorded in control (6.2) with the least in T4 (4.4). In current study, the percent preference of gost significantly varied (P<0.05) from 20.1 – 33.2 % and the order of preference was T3 > T2> T1 > T4. It is concluded that desho grass ensiled within 20% to 30% broiler litter improved Crude protein (CP) content and intake by Kaffa goat when compared with control and 40% poultry level. Keywords: silage, broiler litter, desho grass, Pennisetum pedicellatum, palatability trail, Kaffa, goa

Psychological adjustment and relational development in Ethiopian adoptees and their families

The number of American families choosing to adopt a child from Ethiopia has increased exponentially since 2004. Over the past five years alone, between 2006 and 2011, 13.5% of internationally adopted children in the U.S. came from Ethiopia. The purpose of this study was to examine psychological adjustment and relational development of Ethiopian adoptees who have been adopted during 2007 -2010 and their families who reside in Montana. Using a convenience-sampling method, data were collected from 25 adoptive parents who adopted a total of 35 children from Ethiopia. All families live in Montana and responded to questions through an online survey. In addition, four families participated in a semi-structured in-depth interview. Descriptive statistics were used to examine the parents’ scores on parental adjustment, cultural competency, parenting intervention skills and their perceptions about their child’s adjustment. To compare the relationships between different variables, one-tailed Spearman’s non-parametric correlations and Mann-Whitney U test were used. The study’s findings suggest that: 1) Parents report a variety of environmental characteristics as risk factors that challenge the relationship development with their adopted child. 2) Ethiopian adopted children are described by their adoptive parents as being generally well adjusted. 3) Adoptive parents also appear to: be well adjusted to the adoption process; have good awareness about their own and their adopted child’s culture; and report good parenting intervention skills. 4) Parents who live in the more urban, populated areas of Montana seem to be better adjusted to adoption compared to parents who live in the rural areas of the state. 5) Parents with biological children seem to have better intervention skills in comparison to parents without any biological children. The correlational analyses of the study also show that perception of lower level of adoptee’s adjustment problems was found to be related to higher levels of parental cultural competency; and, parental adjustment was positively correlated with their cultural competency and to their parenting intervention skills. This study replicates findings of previous studies regarding the relationship between adoptees’ adjustment and parents’ cultural competence. Implications of these findings are discussed