Pub Date : 2020-09-11DOI: 10.1108/jgr-03-2020-0038
Ihuoma Ikemba-Efughi, R. Raj
This study aims to examine managerial behaviour and corporate social responsibilities of private education providers at the primary education level with a view to establishing the fact that it is indeed the obligatory adoption of ethical policies and socially responsible behaviour that accounts for the positive impact some private education operators have made in the educational sector. The study also examines the areas where the private education providers have not been accountable in their business models, decision-making and operations and thus suggests ways that the private education providers can collaborate with other stakeholders to bring about transformation and better educational outcomes.,The positive image of the corporate, social and environmental performance of any organisation to a very large extent is critical to the success of the organization. To underscore the need for managers to be more responsive to the effect their business policies and operations have on the society, this study examined the managerial behaviour and corporate social responsibility (CSR) of private education providers in Nigeria, especially at the primary level – the foundation of the educational system all over the world. The study adopted a mixed method for data collection, involving a survey and focus group discussion. Simple random sampling and purposive sampling were used, respectively, to select the final sample size of respondents made up of stakeholders of private schools – parents, teachers, school proprietors and officials of the Ministry of Education. The multiple regression procedure on Statistical Package for Social Sciences, version 20 was used to analyse data from the survey, whereas ethnographic content analysis was used to analyse data from focus group discussion. While it is evident that most parents and guardian in the global community are choosing the private schools over the public schools because of their perceived accountability or social responsibility that ensures academic success, findings from the study of private schools, especially in the developing countries show that some private education providers fall short in responsible managerial behaviour and corporate responsibility. Socially responsible managerial behaviour has been found to be a deliberate choice which business-savvy managers make and use to gain competitive advantage and secure their businesses.,Based on the hypothesis testing, the calculated value of the independent variable on the dependent variable is significant because the probability is less than 0.05 (p < 0.05). The variables under consideration – the obligation to deliver quality education (independent variable) correlated significantly with the dependent variable, the establishment of private schools. Thus, the finding shows that the obligation to deliver quality education and services led to the establishment of private schools. Also, results from the focus group discussion show that the motivation for estab
本研究旨在探讨私立教育机构在初等教育层面的管理行为和企业社会责任，以确定一些私立教育机构在教育界产生积极影响的原因，确实是强制性地采用道德政策和社会责任行为。该研究还调查了私立教育机构在其商业模式、决策和运营方面没有问责的领域，从而提出了私立教育机构与其他利益相关者合作的方法，以实现转型和更好的教育成果。任何组织的企业、社会和环境表现的正面形象在很大程度上对组织的成功至关重要。为了强调管理者需要对其商业政策和运营对社会的影响做出更积极的反应，本研究调查了尼日利亚私立教育提供者的管理行为和企业社会责任(CSR)，特别是在初级阶段-世界各地教育系统的基础。本研究采用混合的数据收集方法，包括调查和焦点小组讨论。分别采用简单随机抽样和目的抽样的方法，选取最终样本量由民办学校的利益相关者——家长、教师、学校经营者和教育部官员组成。使用社会科学统计软件包第20版的多元回归程序分析调查数据，而民族志内容分析用于分析焦点小组讨论的数据。虽然很明显，全球大多数家长和监护人都选择私立学校而不是公立学校，因为他们认为私立学校有责任或社会责任，确保学业成功，但对私立学校的研究结果，特别是在发展中国家，表明一些私立教育提供者在负责任的管理行为和企业责任方面做得不够。对社会负责的管理行为已被发现是一种深思熟虑的选择，商业精明的管理者会做出这种选择，并利用它来获得竞争优势和确保他们的业务。根据假设检验，自变量对因变量的计算值显著，因为概率小于0.05 (p < 0.05)。所考虑的变量——提供优质教育的义务(自变量)与因变量——私立学校的建立显著相关。因此，研究结果表明，提供优质教育和服务的义务导致了私立学校的建立。此外，焦点小组讨论的结果表明，一些私立学校经营者开办学校的动机基本上是出于通过带来教育制度的积极变化对社会产生积极影响的需要。本研究的一个主要局限是缺乏这一研究领域的文献——私立学校的企业社会责任。这方面的研究缺乏，因为人们认为私立学校或教育企业家是剥削性的(Mars and Ginter, 2012;保罗,2012)。因此，本研究采用探索性研究方法。这项研究的实际意义在于，私立学校的管理者和经营者需要与利益相关者群体——家长、教师、政府及其监管机构——教育部——合作，以获得更好的教育成果。这项研究的社会意义在于，私立学校的管理者和经营者需要提供具有成本效益的教育，以便更多的学生能够公平地接受教育，而不仅仅是少数特权阶层。这将大大有助于减少学生之间的社会不平等，因为尼日利亚和许多其他发展中国家有更多的学生就读于破旧的公立学校，这些学校很少或根本没有教学活动。本研究对管理行为和企业社会责任作为一种对组织/机构的利益相关者产生积极影响的策略的文献做出了原创性贡献，因为这种策略可能会提高业务绩效并具有竞争优势。教育机构，特别是私立教育机构的管理行为和企业社会责任是一个很少研究的领域，因此，这方面的文献缺乏(Mars和Ginter, 2012;保罗,2012)。 本研究的重点是私立初等教育提供者和经营者的管理行为，这是因为在世界各地，初等教育是教育系统所有各级中最基本和最脆弱的。
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Pub Date : 2020-09-04DOI: 10.1108/jgr-01-2020-0010
M. Ashraf
The purpose of this paper is to examine the direct and indirect effects of demographic factors on employee compensation, job satisfaction and organizational commitment in private higher educational institutes in Bangladesh. Specifically, how do compensation structure and job satisfaction mediate in the link between demographic factors and organizational commitment? To answer this question, a theoretical framework using the theory of employee retention provided by Martin and Kaufman, as its basis was established.,Data (n = 515) were collected from faculty members of the private universities in Bangladesh. Structural equation modeling was used to analyze the data.,Findings indicate that though demographic factors have no direct impact on organizational commitment, they have indirect impacts on organizational commitment through the mediation of compensation structure and faculty job satisfaction. Besides, compensation structure also has a significant mediating role in the link between demographic structure and faculty job satisfaction.,One possible drawback is the number of private universities from which the data were collected. In the sample used here, only 20 private universities were selected to conduct the survey. Besides, the study could not include public universities that are also a significant part and parcel of higher education in the country. So, if more private and public universities were taken into consideration to collect the data, the results might be improved. Thus, the usual cautions about overgeneralizing findings from this sample, to populations for which it is not strictly representative, apply.,From a practical perspective, as a cumulative body of work on organizational commitment, we will be better able to advise policymakers and educators on the elements they need to address to increase the longer engagement of the faculty members in their institutes. In this study, the one area of findings that may help policymakers and educators the most concerns compensation package that affects job satisfaction and organizational commitment. We found that demographic factors and compensation packages are the most important factors for the faculty members to impact on organizational commitment in this study.,The social implication is that policymakers of the private universities can focus on fair justice in terms of demographic factors and compensation package for job satisfaction, motivation and organizational commitment of the faculty members in their universities.,The findings of the study are important for the policymakers of the higher education institutes.
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Pub Date : 2020-09-04DOI: 10.1108/jgr-02-2020-0026
Solon Magrizos
Purpose While teaching of business ethics has been increasing in business schools worldwide, universities still face increasing pressure to do more to proactively defend and help avoid unethical business practices and scandals calling for more responsible education. This study aims to examine teaching business ethics in light of recent technological advances (i.e. teaching via the use of digital devices) and well-established pedagogical practices. Design/methodology/approach This study uses a 2 × 2 experimental design examining the effect of active (vs passive) and presence (vs absence) of digital devices in student learning of 192 US students. Findings The findings suggest that the active learning scenario, the usage of laptops and phones helped students get higher results in the test compared to active learning with no digital devices or passive learning with digital devices. Originality/value Active learning practices such as group discussions and peer assessment or the flipped classroom approach make a difference for business ethics teaching where students need to develop inquiry and interest for the subject and engage in ethical dilemmas and real-life examples. Further, students in the active learning scenario performed better in knowledge tests when they were asked to use their digital devices.
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Pub Date : 2020-08-31DOI: 10.1108/jgr-05-2020-0054
Justin Featherstone, William S. Harvey
Purpose This paper aims to look at the practices within the principal Konyak kingdoms in Nagaland, and how leaders in other cultural contexts can learn from reconciling tough and kind forms of leadership. Design/methodology/approach For centuries, the villages of the principal Konyak kingdoms in Nagaland raided each other to take the heads of men, women and children in ritualised hostilities. Originally to bring fertility and good harvests, this practice evolved almost exclusively into an expression of power and success. One of the authors spent three weeks in January 2020 living in a Konyak village learning about leadership from the last surviving face-tattooed warriors, once successful headhunters. Findings The authors found a servant leadership culture based on kindness and collaboration, in some ways at odds with the brutal tradition associated with their society. Framing this compassionate leader and follower relationship is the concept of matkapu, or standing for the truth of things. Practical implications The authors explore whether contemporary organisations looking to sustain operational excellence and well-being, and often seeking to balance the needs of different stakeholders, can learn from the Konyaks based on centuries of continual conflict and volatility. Originality/value The authors show how contemporary organisations looking to sustain operational excellence and well-being can learn from the Konyaks based on centuries of continual conflict and volatility.
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Pub Date : 2020-08-28DOI: 10.1108/jgr-03-2020-0036
P. Igwe, Mahfuzur Rahman, Paschal Ohalehi, A. Amaugo, Julian Amalachukwu Anigbo
PurposeResponsive educational approaches focus on a set of well-designed practices intended to create engaging, social cohesion, better knowledge outcomes and excellent students’ experience. Therefore, this paper aims to engage in the discourse of the intersection of psych-sociology of learning and student’s engagement, connected to the sense of belonging and theory of planned behaviour (TPB).Design/methodology/approachBy applying an ethnographic approach and interviews of 45 international students from three UK business schools, it proposes that a sense of “belongingness” is a prerequisite for learning, personal and professional development. Owing to the exploratory nature of the subject, the use of qualitative methodology turned out to be particularly useful. Indeed, the conduct of in-depth semi-structured interviews, participative observation enabled us to access perceptions of students and compare different points of view.FindingsThe findings indicate that international students measure their experience by “sense of belonging”, integration and engagement on many interrelated and influential factors. English proficiency and employability skills are the major concerns. The kinds of support they received from their faculties and the quality of feedback from tutors are important for international studies integration and sense of belonging.Originality/valueThe findings of the critical elements of the engagement and experience of international students have both policy and practical implications given the high demand for UK universities by foreign students. Although, this paper is based on findings from UK higher education institutions, the insights are of relevance to many countries such as Australia, Canada, Germany, France and the USA, who have a significant proportion of overseas students.
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Pub Date : 2020-07-29DOI: 10.1108/jgr-01-2020-0017
A. Dean, M. Shubita, J. Claxton
Purpose The purpose of this research is to support responsible decision-making in Higher Education (HE) settings by understanding what type of learning journey satisfies students most in their HE experience and what they want from the learning. Design/methodology/approach This paper analyses the key tool used to assess satisfaction factors for UK students, the National Student Survey (NSS). It adopts peculiar regression statistical tests to identify the NSS items that influence “overall student satisfaction” by reviewing responses over 9 years from accountancy students at business schools located in England. Findings The findings of the study provide evidence that students are most satisfied with a learning journey where they are part of a course that is “well organised and running smoothly”, which provides “intellectual stimulation” that helps in developing their ability to “present themselves with confidence” and provides “academic advice and support”. The findings of the paper show that students are not satisfied so much by utilitarian aspects of learning but rather those that relate to who they are and where they are in their learning journey, the level of intellectual stimulation they have experienced, the self-confidence they have developed and the supportive relationship they have developed with academics. A factor that did not relate highly was “assessment and feedback” which has been the focus of much university resource. Results show the factors that impacted overall satisfaction are most related to students wanting to develop personal responsibility. These findings shape the key principles of responsible design and management of HE programmes and influence strategic decision-making. Practical implications Focussing on helping students experience, the type of learning journey that develops the virtue of responsibility emergent from the analysis will not only satisfy the student but will also have a knock-on effect of improving NSS scores, university league table ranking and accreditation under the Teaching Excellence Framework. The improved reputation aspects would then feed back into increased student satisfaction (Dean and Gibbs, 2015). The findings will also help HE managers and leaders to evaluate their decisions through three lenses: responsibility, students’ experience and students overall learning journey. Originality/value Much of the information published on the NSS have been predominantly descriptive and has resulted in decisions being made for students based on uninformed analysis of the survey’s results. This study uses advanced statistical modelling to evidence the relationship between factors of the NSS and overall student satisfaction providing key information regarding students’ importance to the type of learning journey they value and that this relates to a desire in wanting to develop responsibility. This study shows the link between factors of the NSS to provide useful lenses for HE managers and leaders to us
本研究的目的是通过了解学生在高等教育经历中最满意的学习方式以及他们想从学习中得到什么，来支持高等教育(HE)环境中的负责任决策。本文分析了用于评估英国学生满意度因素的关键工具——全国学生调查(NSS)。通过对英国商学院会计专业学生9年来的反馈进行回顾，采用独特的回归统计检验来确定影响“学生总体满意度”的NSS项目。研究结果表明，学生们最满意的学习过程是，他们参加了“组织良好、运行顺利”的课程，这门课程提供了“智力刺激”，有助于培养他们“自信地表现自己”的能力，并提供了“学术建议和支持”。论文的研究结果表明，学生们并不满足于学习的功利方面，而是那些与他们是谁、他们在学习过程中所处的位置、他们所经历的智力刺激水平、他们所培养的自信以及他们与学术界建立的支持关系有关的方面。一个不太相关的因素是“评估和反馈”，这是许多大学资源的重点。结果显示，影响整体满意度的因素与学生想要发展个人责任感的因素最为相关。这些发现形成了负责任设计和管理高等教育项目的关键原则，并影响了战略决策。实践意义侧重于帮助学生体验，这种从分析中产生的培养责任美德的学习之旅不仅会让学生满意，而且会产生连锁反应，提高NSS分数，大学排行榜排名和卓越教学框架下的认证。声誉方面的改善会反馈到学生满意度的提高(Dean and Gibbs, 2015)。研究结果还将帮助高等教育管理者和领导者从三个方面评估他们的决策:责任、学生的经历和学生的整体学习历程。原创性/价值在NSS上发布的许多信息主要是描述性的，导致学生根据对调查结果的不知情分析做出决定。本研究使用先进的统计模型来证明NSS因素与整体学生满意度之间的关系，提供了关于学生对他们所重视的学习旅程类型的重要性以及这与想要发展责任的愿望有关的关键信息。本研究显示了NSS因素之间的联系，为高等教育管理者和领导者提供了有用的视角，以支持负责任的决策过程。
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Pub Date : 2020-06-30DOI: 10.1108/jgr-04-2019-0038
A. Anlesinya, P. Susomrith
This study aims to systematically review sustainable human resource management (HRM) research with the aim of establishing its research themes, methods and contextual focus to develop a better understanding of the state of the field and the gaps in the research, as well as to propose a future research agenda.,This study uses a systematic literature review method that involves the use of 122 studies from six reputable databases covering January 2003 to March 2020.,There is an over-concentration on the ecological perspective of sustainable HRM and managers dominate the examined population. Moreover, there are geographical imbalances in sustainable HRM research. More so, the idea of bundling sustainable HRM practices together has received scanty research attention relative to the individual sustainable HRM best practices. Consequently, from a strategic HRM perspective, the authors highlight various ways to bundle sustainable HRM practices together. Also, the authors suggest that the ability-motivation-opportunity enhancing (AMO) theory’s perspective provides particularly useful means for this investigation. Furthermore, the findings suggest that sustainable HRM can influence organisations to become more competitive and effective in their quests to ensure economic prosperity, social well-being and ecological outcomes for their stakeholders.,The evidence reveals that there are significant gaps in the literature on the topic and confirms that the field is still at its developmental stage. Hence, there is a need for more rigorous research on the topic to help develop a better understanding of this new field.,This study contributes by providing the first comprehensive review of sustainable HRM themes, methods and contextual focus and by proposing future research agenda. It, therefore, offers a valuable point of departure for those moving into the sustainable HRM domain, as well as valuable insights for those already working in this space.
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Pub Date : 2020-06-03DOI: 10.1108/jgr-10-2019-0098
Annamarie van der Merwe
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide the reader with a high-level overview of the key messages of each of the four King Reports on Corporate Governance for South Africa, published during the period from 1994 to 2017, with a particular focus on the stakeholder-inclusive approach. While confirming the constant themes and messages, it also highlights the unique features and attributes of each of these reports. Design/methodology/approach This paper is based on a review and comparison of the four King Reports of Corporate Governance for South Africa with a particular focus on the stakeholder-inclusive approach. Findings The key findings of this paper are: the concept of “stakeholder inclusivity” is a common theme across all four the King Reports forming part of the review while, at the same time, having a unique flavour in each of the reports and visibly developing over the years. The reliance on human intervention and ethical leaders to appropriately and effectively steer the stakeholder-inclusive approach is obvious. In the absence of this, no corporate governance code will provide adequate safeguards to stakeholders against corporate failures and disasters, whether in South Africa or anywhere else. Originality/value This paper is a part of a special issue which looks at the contribution of the King Reports to governance globally.
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Pub Date : 2020-05-28DOI: 10.1108/jgr-10-2019-0093
J. Judin
Purpose This paper aims to discuss the King Reports and Codes and the development of South Africa’s common law. The role of developing the common law is explicitly recognised in the Constitution, as is the obligation to give effect to the spirit, purport and objects of the Bill of Rights. With decisions of the Supreme Court of Appeal being based on the King Code, the King Code is now an integral part of South Africa’s common law. Design/methodology/approach When the task team drafting King IV commenced their work, one of the important issues raised with Mervyn King, as Chairman, was the challenge to ensure that King IV was aligned to the now firmly entrenched common law principles taken from King I, King II and King III. It is believed that this has been achieved and it is hoped that King IV (and the subsequent King Reports that will inevitably follow because the corporate milieu keeps changing) continues to enrich South Africa’s common law. Findings The King Reports and Codes have been made part of South Africa’s common law. Originality/value This paper fulfils an identified need to study the King Report and Code, as it relates to South Africa’s common law.
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