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Effects of Empowering Leadership on Employee Voice Behavior: The Mediating Role of Psychological Empowerment
Jesse Jackson Makwetta,
Yao Deli,
Francis Atta Sarpong,
Victor Sifameni Sekei,
Khurram Zaman Khan,
Megan Emfosi Meena
Issue:
Volume 10, Issue 4, August 2021
Pages:
125-133
Received:
8 June 2021
Accepted:
24 June 2021
Published:
13 July 2021
Abstract: Over the past two decades many organizations are moving towards decentralization approach and hence putting in much effort to ensure that employees acquire the necessary leadership skills. Many organizations have adopted managerial attempts that aim to strengthen and empower leaders to boost organizational performance. Several educational researchers have exploited the relationship that exist between empowering leadership, psychological empowerment. The purpose of this research was to analyze the effects that empowering leadership can have on employee voice behavior, with the mediating role of psychological empowerment. The technique used to gather responses from 151 respondents was mainly quantitative research approach with questionnaires as a tool. The study employed random sampling to involve respondents in the study. Multiple operations such as correlation matrix, regression analysis and bootstrap approach were conducted to analyze data collected from the questionnaire. The findings showed a positive correlation between the variables measured. All hypotheses tested revealed a significant positive relationship between empowering leadership and voice behavior, psychological empowerment and voice behavior, and the mediating role of psychological empowerment. This study is useful in the academic, industrial and organizational sector. Organizations can use it to employ empowering leadership and measure the change in the behavior of employees, attitude, motivation, and empowerment. In terms of academia, this research opens more doors to further investigate the relationship between these variables. The limitations of the study include purely quantitative means of analysis and the use of random sampling. Future researchers can get more insights by employing a qualitative technique and adding more variables to further define the relationship and get better insights.
Abstract: Over the past two decades many organizations are moving towards decentralization approach and hence putting in much effort to ensure that employees acquire the necessary leadership skills. Many organizations have adopted managerial attempts that aim to strengthen and empower leaders to boost organizational performance. Several educational researche...
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Religious Coping Strategies During COVID-19 Outbreak and Anxiety Face at the Total Lockdown Resolution Among Tunisian People
Ajmi Sirine,
Hentati Salma,
Sallemi Rim,
Masmoudi Rim,
Feki Ines,
Masmoudi Jaweher
Issue:
Volume 10, Issue 4, August 2021
Pages:
134-138
Received:
19 June 2021
Accepted:
13 July 2021
Published:
2 August 2021
Abstract: Background: coronavirus, a highly contagious virus, spreads quickly and can be fatal in severe cases. With no specific medicines, it constitute not only threat to the life and health of people but has also a large impact on their mental health and coping strategies. We assessed the religious coping strategies in COVID-19 pandemic and determinate the level of anxiety face to the end of the lockdown in a sample of n = 80 Tunisian. Methods: An online questionnaire survey was conducted from 24 April to 23 May 2020 to evaluate anxiety face to the end of lockdown and religious coping responses face to the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic. We used the brief religious coping scale (R-COPE) and Hospital anxiety and depression scale-anxiety (HADS-A). Results: Two-thirds of the participants exhibited anxiety symptoms at the end of the total lockdown. The negative religious coping was much less prevalent than positive religious coping. Significant relationships were found only for demographic variables: Higher educated reported more positive religious coping. No correlation was found between religious commitment and religious coping. Participants with positive religious coping style have higher level of anxiety during lockdown resolution. In conclusion, the COVID-19 outbreak in Tunisia had an impact on the mental health status of the general public even after the lockdown resolution.
Abstract: Background: coronavirus, a highly contagious virus, spreads quickly and can be fatal in severe cases. With no specific medicines, it constitute not only threat to the life and health of people but has also a large impact on their mental health and coping strategies. We assessed the religious coping strategies in COVID-19 pandemic and determinate th...
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9 Steps Towards Giving New Meaning to Life
Marie Noëlle Salathé-Granès
Issue:
Volume 10, Issue 4, August 2021
Pages:
139-144
Received:
30 June 2021
Accepted:
30 July 2021
Published:
6 August 2021
Abstract: As a practical clinician in psychology for many years, I have accompanied and supported numerous patients in their Gestalt therapy. Together we discovered that the significance they had given to occurrences in their lives kept them in many ways prisoners of judgment, guilt and shame and painful loneliness. This articles proposes to share the nine phases of a courageous journey from incomprehension and confusion, to acceptance of themselves as they are, enabling them to step out of their solitude. Initially, the patient discovers that their usual schemas do not allow them to cope with an unexpected or difficult experience or situation. They are confused, and running a loop in their mind. They reach out to find some understanding. They are not conscious of what is happening to them nor or they curious about it. They are in a place of suffering, vulnerability, loneliness, shame and guilt. They only know their desire to experience more joy and beauty. By creating space for an initial, internal movement I gently and firmly support the patient in the exploration of unresolved occurrences in their life, examining how these relate to current situations. They start to learn how to know themself and identify their core values, strengths and limitations. After this essential internal movement the next step is to restore life and movement: I create a relation based on listening, acceptance and sustenance that allows them to gain self-confidence as they examine the significance of their schemas. As they start to free themself from their feelings and choices, they can also start to take position. Next is a very lonely and difficult phase where the patient opens up to moving forward into new and unknown possibilities in life, whilst accepting that they can not undo the past. I bring special attention to understanding how they have constructed themself, how they have given meaning to their life. In this crucial stage for the patient I hold space with benevolence and respect, helping them to accept their vulnerability without judgement. They are identifying more clearly with their authentic self, able to recognise their legitimacy. Finally the patient is ready to confront reality, to test their new competencies and to integrate their new understandings. By giving new meaning to their life, they gain an astounding new sense of freedom and peace.
Abstract: As a practical clinician in psychology for many years, I have accompanied and supported numerous patients in their Gestalt therapy. Together we discovered that the significance they had given to occurrences in their lives kept them in many ways prisoners of judgment, guilt and shame and painful loneliness. This articles proposes to share the nine p...
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How Does Population Aging Influence Political Polarization
Issue:
Volume 10, Issue 4, August 2021
Pages:
145-159
Received:
14 July 2021
Accepted:
23 July 2021
Published:
31 August 2021
Abstract: The population aging has been considered as a major trend in China. By 2019, people aged 60 or older has exceeded 2.49 m, accounting for 17.9% of the population, while people aged 65 or older has reaches 1.76 m, accounting for 12.6% of the population. However, there were no clear empirical evidences that show how political polarization is affected by the older population. We use a four-round household data from 2012-2018 CFPS of China to construct a large panel data including 14,352 adults each year. This paper computes the polarization index of eight typical public events and combines them to construct an overall index, using Gini coefficient, Theil index, and Atkinson index. We find that the index is larger for the oldest than for the youngest group in overall and eight measures, indicating that political polarization has gradually bifurcated with age. To explain this phenomenon, we focus on the demographic differences in information channel, parental influence, occupation distribution and regional migration between young and old people as evidence of higher polarization. Then, a Tobit model estimated at the age-province level implies that increase in average age is associated with significant grows in polarization index and four channel effects also hold. These findings provide a new perspective to explain the reason for increasing political polarization.
Abstract: The population aging has been considered as a major trend in China. By 2019, people aged 60 or older has exceeded 2.49 m, accounting for 17.9% of the population, while people aged 65 or older has reaches 1.76 m, accounting for 12.6% of the population. However, there were no clear empirical evidences that show how political polarization is affected ...
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