Factors affecting job satisfaction of Turkish special education professionals: predictors of turnover

Research has documented higher turnover among professionals working with children with special needs and has suggested a number of reasons for this phenomenon. This study investigated factors affecting job satisfaction of Turkish social professionals working in special education, in terms of work conditions and their work experiences in Turkish special education institutions. Some 245 professionals participated in the study. A questionnaire developed by the authors was administered. The main body of the questionnaire consists of two sections concerning professional background, work status and a Likert-type scale on factors affecting special education professionals’ job satisfaction. Results show the factors affecting special education professionals’ job satisfaction to include lack of printed material, lack of support, lack of audio-visual material, insufficient assessment, pupil attitudes in the classroom, paperwork overload, lack of professional development opportunities, conflicts with colleagues, secondary duties and insufficient salary. Besides, maintenance of lack of administrative support, paperwork overload, after school hours and insufficient salary affect the job satisfaction of professionals and lead them to leave the job. The relationship between work status and planning to leave the job remained insignificant statistically.     

思想教育激励在解决企业人才流失问题中的运用研究

当前 ,越来越多的企业面临着人才流失的困境 ,这种人才的流失给企业带来了严重的损失。如何解决这个问题给企业提出了巨大的挑战同时也给理论界提出了一个新课题。本文首先阐述了思想教育激励理论 ,随后 ,作者将思想教育激励理论运用于解决企业的人才流失问题中 ,从思想教育的角度对如何解决企业人才流失问题提出了一些看法 ,以供管理者参考。     

高科技企业知识型员工流失问题探究

缺乏有效的激励机制和良好的工作环境、人才结构的不合理、员工缺乏对企业的忠诚度、竞争对手的诱引等是造成高科技企业知识型员工流失的主因。只有通过树立知识型员工的危机意识,利用企业文化留住人才,建立公平有效的绩效管理体系以及构建体现人才价值的薪酬制度等策略,才能减少知识型员工流失,增强高科技企业的人才吸纳能力。     

并购中员工离职原因的理论解读:一个文献综述

并购中员工有更强的离职意愿和更高的离职率已经被充分证明,相关研究者继而对并购中员工离职原因进行了很多探讨,并使其成为并购中人力资源整合领域的一个核心研究问题。以往文献主要从三个理论视角对并购中员工离职原因予以研究,即相对地位理论、高层梯队观点、文化差异观点。相对地位理论从并购双方员工的关系属性来分析员工离职问题,高层梯队观点则从并购企业高层管理团队背景特征分析管理者的离职可能,文化差异观点是从并购双方的文化差异和文化冲突角度来解读员工的离职意愿。     

民办幼儿教师离职倾向研究——以江苏省南通市为例

为探索民办幼儿教师离职倾向的现状及影响因素,选取南通地区民办幼儿教师265名,采用离职倾向量表与民办幼儿教师职业发展状况问卷进行调查。结果表明:目前该地区民办幼儿教师离职倾向较为强烈,年龄在36-40岁、学历为研究生、已婚未育、所在班级是大班,所在园月收费标准在1000-2000元的离职倾向相对较高。根据现状,通过量的研究与质的研究,发现对离职倾向影响最大的为外界支持,其次为园所氛围,最后为职业特性。以研究结果为依据,分别从政策保障,提升内力以及社会参与三个方面提出相应对策与建议。     

幼儿教师心理弹性与离职倾向的关系：工作倦怠的中介作用

目的：探讨幼儿教师心理弹性与离职倾向之间的关系,并考察工作倦怠在其中所起的中介作用,从而为幼儿教师离职倾 向的干预提供理论依据。方法：采用心理弹性量表、离职倾向量表、工作倦怠量表对四川省292名幼儿教师进行问卷调查。结 果：（1）幼儿教师心理弹性与离职倾向之间呈显著负相关（r=-0.235,p＜0.01）,心理弹性与工作倦怠之间呈显著负相关（r=- 0.355,p＜0.01）,工作倦怠与离职倾向之间呈显著正相关（r=0.872,p＜0.01）;（2）工作倦怠在心理弹性与离职倾向之间起部分 中介作用,中介效应占比为82.1%（p＜0.05）。结论：提高幼儿教师的心理弹性水平,有助于缓解她们的工作倦怠感,从而降低 她们的离职倾向。     

Employee work-to-family role boundary management in the family business

Family-owned organizations present a unique opportunity to study work-to-family boundary management. Boundary theory suggests that work-to-family boundary dynamics may be different in family businesses, and that family businesses are not a neutral ground for individual employees’ segmentation preferences. The present study draws on the sociocognitive processes underlying boundary theory to explain how the family business context may affect family and nonfamily employees’ work-to-family role management differently. The study examines the work-to-family role boundary configurations of 149 family and non-family employees in family businesses. Results suggest that family employee status buffers against undesirable effects of segmentation preferences in the family business context. For family employees, segmentation preferences were associated with lower work-to-family conflict and unassociated with turnover intentions. For non-family employees, segmentation preferences were associated with higher work-to-family conflict and turnover intentions. Implications for work–family theory and family business successorship and work–family policy are discussed.     

IMPACT–“Increasing the Impact of Assistive Technology”

Abstract

Human service professionals are increasingly pressured to use sophisticated data analysis tools to support service decisions. However, the application of these tools often involves assumptions and nuances that are difficult for the practitioner to evaluate without specialized information. This article helps the practitioner evaluate two different quantitative methods, a logistic regression and a neural network. Both were used on the same data set to develop a model for predicting employee turnover in a regional child protective services agency. The different steps of building and enhancing the model were discussed. Ultimately, the neural network was able to predict turnover more accurately than a logistic regression by only 1%. The article provides advice to practitioners on comparing, evaluating, and interpreting logistic and neural network tools.     

生育政策调整背景下民航女乘务员高离职率和生育的社会支持问题研究

在生育政策调整背景下,民航女乘务员离职率不断升高,对航空公司和民航业都意味着人才流失和资源浪费。其中因生育和家庭原因中断职业的女乘务员占多数,主要是由于孩子太小,加上乘务员职业性质特殊,她们无法朝九晚五正常上下班,为了更好地照顾孩子,不得已放弃工作。为了降低民航女乘务员的离职率,减轻由于生育给她们带来的压力,尽快完善生育的社会支持格外重要。应从国家法律政策支持、企业工会支持和家庭成员支持几个维度,完善生育的社会支持。     

Whether Professional Training Matters: Attitudinal Antecedents to the Turnover Intentions of Social Workers in Guangzhou,China

This study aims to identify whether the professional training of social workers has an effect on the attitudinal antecedents of turnover intention. This study investigated 395 trained and 353 non-trained social workers from the Integrated Family Service Centers in Guangzhou, China. It was found that professional education did not significantly alter the attitudinal antecedents to turnover intention. In both groups, a higher feeling of burnout or a lower level of organizational commitment produced a higher intention of turnover. Furthermore, the significant influences of burnout and organizational commitment were found to be respectively mediated by job satisfaction with professional association or job satisfaction with organizational environment. This study not only provides insights into the stabilization of the emerging workforce of Chinese social workers, but also poses serious questions about social work education.