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Convergence and Divergence of Values
and Type A Behavior Patterns Between Developing
and Developed Countries
-- Bahaudin G Mujtaba, Edward F Murphy (Jr.),
Timothy
McCartney ,
Albert Williams,
Andrew Trumbach , Juliett Reid ,
Regina
Greenwood ,
William Teeple and
Mark D Woodhul
The study examines similarities and differences in the values and Type A Behavior Patterns (TABP)
of working adults between developing countries (Belize and the Bahamas) and developed countries (the
UK and the USA). For value convergence, 30 of the 36 values of the developed and developing countries
were similarly ranked as most important, important or unimportant. For value divergence, the developed
countries placed higher importance on the achievement and competition
values—freedom and independence;
whereas the developing countries placed higher importance on the safety and security
values—a world at peace, national
security, forgiving, helpful,
wisdom, health, and
broadminded. The value system in Belize and
the Bahamas had more similarity (convergence) with the US as compared to the UK. TABP were higher
in Belize and the Bahamas as compared to the US. The study has implications for international
business entrepreneurs.
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Role of Age and Work Experience
in Ethical Behavior
-- Snigdha Sharma
The study examines the role of age and work experience in the ethical behavior of middle level
managerial personnel. The sample consists of 204 middle level managers working in different public and private
sector organizations in India. Ethical behavior of managers is assessed with the help of work
behavior questionnaire developed for the purpose. The Cronbach alpha of work behavior questionnaire is
reported to be 0.86. It is revealed that there is a significant difference in ethical behavior between high and
low age groups and between high and low work experience groups.
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Effect of Psychological Wellbeing on
Organizational Commitment of Employees
-- Pooja Garg and Renu Rastogi
The paper aims at examining the effect of psychological wellbeing on the commitment of employees.
The sample consists of 100 respondents working in different organizations. The results from stepwise
regression analysis indicate a significant effect of psychological well-being on organizational commitment.
The study evaluates wellbeing from the perspective of happiness. Wellbeing has a spillover effect
from one domain of life to another.
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Effects of Stress and Work Culture
on Job Satisfaction
-- A P Singh and Sadhana Singh
The present study was conducted on 210 managerial personnel working in different private
sector organizations. The purpose of the study was to examine the role of life events stress and work
culture on job satisfaction. The statistics employed are Mean, Standard Deviation,
t-test and bivariate correlation. The results of bivariate correlation indicate that job positive and total positive stress are positively
correlated with satisfaction with management and overall satisfaction (job and management), whereas personal
positive stress is significantly positively correlated with overall satisfaction. Results of
t-test indicate that there is significant mean difference in satisfaction with job, satisfaction with management and overall
satisfaction between high and low job positive stress,
personal positive stress and total positive
stress. The difference is found significant for satisfaction with management in the case of high and low work culture,
namely, obligations towards others.
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Gender Differences in Stress Among Bank Officers
of Private and Public Sectors
-- Christo F V Fernandes, Satish Kumar and
Nandakumar Mekoth
This paper investigates the differences of Organizational Role Stress (ORS) among men and women
bank officers of private and public sectors. Ten types of role stress were measured using ORS scale. The
total sample from 456 respondents was divided into two on the basis of gender. Mean was calculated for
each type of role stress and for the total role stress for both the groups. To test the significance of
difference among the above-mentioned groups for each role stress
variable, t-test has been used. Results
indicate that women experience more stress than men on most of the stress parameters. Moreover, women in
private sector banks experience more stress than women in public sector banks.
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