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Research paper thumbnail of Employee Performance Enhancement through Monetary Incentives

Rekha naidu, 2024

The purpose of this research is to determine the relationship between monetary incentives and the... more The purpose of this research is to determine the relationship between monetary incentives and their impact on employee performance.Its very essential to confirm that monetary incentives are a good motivational tool for employee performance in a society of ours where the cost of living is very high.Its only through the performance of Employees company' goal are influenced,and to ensure that all the employees are on they need to be inspired and motivated.Incentives are said to be one of the tools that the management uses to motivate inspired employees

Research paper thumbnail of Implementing TQM in Higher Education

International Journal of Educational Management, 1992

Examines the emerging paradigm of total quality management and summarizes its implications for hi... more Examines the emerging paradigm of total quality management and summarizes its implications for higher education. Rather than prescribing a set of generic implementation steps, suggests that there are other, more significant, factors to be considered related to the timing of the initiative rather than where it should begin. Discusses four necessary issues: the removal of abstraction from the concept of quality in higher education; organization‐wide understanding of the customer; the importance of assessing the current quality level; and the need for strategic quality planning. Also cites classical organizational facets such as structure, culture, human resource management and leadership as being among the determinants of TQM success – concentration on these key matters attenuates the importance of the method of implementation. Argues that to disregard these harbingers of success is to risk long‐term damage to the organization and considerably reduce the likelihood of sustained and se...

Research paper thumbnail of IMPLEMENTING TQM IN HIGHER EDUCATION

Research paper thumbnail of IMPLEMENTING TQM IN HIGHER EDUCATION

Research paper thumbnail of A Study on Smart Phone Usage Pattern – Purpose and Preference among College Students

Indian Journal of Commerce & Management Studies, 2018

Mobile phone has revolutionized the information access modes for varied purposes like learning, i... more Mobile phone has revolutionized the information access modes for varied purposes like learning, information search, on line shopping and uses of features like camera and security. The user of Smartphone in India by the end of 2017 is expected to reach 299.24 million and by 2019 is expected to pass the five billion mark globally (Statista, 2017) 1. Development of Mobile phone into Smartphone took place with the advent of Android systems in 1990s.Smartphones allow the user to use the phone not only for communication facility but also data computing facilities and use data communication device as computer and networking device as well. Smart phone provides immense informational benefits to its user specially when they are in their 1 https://www.statista.com/statistics/330695/number-of-smartphoneusers-worldwide/ academic learning process. So students use Smartphones not only for communication but also for learning and socialization Objectives of the Study: 1. To study the usage patterns of Smart phone by the students. 2. To analyse the behavioural usage pattern of smart phone among the students. 3. To analyse the use of Smart phone gender among the students related to different features. Hypotheses: Based on the aforementioned objectives the following hypothesis have been framed and tested:

Research paper thumbnail of Childhood depression: recognition of behavioural symptoms and management guidelines for Primary Schools

Research indicates that the prevalence ofchildhood depression is increasing, the onset of depress... more Research indicates that the prevalence ofchildhood depression is increasing, the onset of depression is occurring earlier in life, and that depression coexists with other mental health problems such as anxiety and disruptive behaviour disorders. Teachers are more responsive to behavioural manifestations such as hyperactivity, disruptive behaviour and aggression. They are less responsive to interpersonal difficulties and less disruptive '.',ill foster healthy social and emotional development of all children.

Research paper thumbnail of Comparative Study on Smart Mobile Phone Usage Pattern, and It’s Dependence among Medical and Engineering Students at ANES Campus, Visakhapatnam, India

American Journal of Public Health Research, May 25, 2021

Modern days mobile phones have become an indispensable tool for communication. Recent literature ... more Modern days mobile phones have become an indispensable tool for communication. Recent literature shows the existence of co-morbidity between the use of smartphone, internet addiction, and psychiatric disorders. A study was conducted on the usage pattern and dependence on mobile phones among the students of professional colleges. A cross-sectional study among 100 medical & 100 engineering students, was conducted at Anil Neerukonda Educational Society (ANES), Visakhapatnam, India. Data were collected using a pre-designed & pretested questionnaire from October to November 2018. SAS-SV Scale was used to assess the mobile phone dependence. Collation of data was done using inferential statistical methods. Majority of respondents were females (52.5%) and in the age group of 19 years. Medical group included 32% males & 68% females and engineering group included 63% males & 37% females. 75% of students in both the groups were using mobile phone for a duration of 1-6 hours a day. While 32% students had addiction scale of more than 31 another 33% students were in the addiction scale range of between 22 and 30. An increased dependence of mobile phone usage among medical & engineering students had a negative effect on physical and mental health resulting in poor academic performance.

Research paper thumbnail of The prevalence of depression in primary school children and the factors that contribute to depression

Research paper thumbnail of The Role of Human Resource Management Department in Employee Retention

ECS transactions, Apr 24, 2022

This research paper had the intention of identifying how HRM plays a major role in ensuring emplo... more This research paper had the intention of identifying how HRM plays a major role in ensuring employee retention in an organization. While doing that, this research has initially analyzed the concept of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs and has presented several different activities performed by the HRM department. After that, in the data analysis section, it was found that every activity performed by HRM department fulfills one or more factors or stages from Maslow’s hierarchy of needs such as esteem needs, love-belongingness needs, self-actualization needs, safety-security needs and physiological needs. By fulfilling these needs, HRM department triggers employee motivation and job satisfaction that in turn ensures employee retention. Keywords: Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, human resource management activities

Research paper thumbnail of Socio-psychological Factors and Strategy Use in Singaporean Schoolchildren’s English Literacy Learning

Reflections on English Language Teaching, 2011

Despite the plethora of literature concerning language learning strategies, there is a paucity of... more Despite the plethora of literature concerning language learning strategies, there is a paucity of studies pertaining to the influence of social and psychological factors on young English learners' use of literacy learning strategies in the Asian context. As a multilingual and multicultural Asian society that implements a unique bilingual policy of taking English (which is not native to the majority of the local population) as the dominant language, Singapore provides a good scenario for the exploration of such issues. As part ...

Research paper thumbnail of The Role of Human Resource Management Department in Employee Retention

ECS Transactions

This research paper had the intention of identifying how HRM plays a major role in ensuring emplo... more This research paper had the intention of identifying how HRM plays a major role in ensuring employee retention in an organization. While doing that, this research has initially analyzed the concept of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs and has presented several different activities performed by the HRM department. After that, in the data analysis section, it was found that every activity performed by HRM department fulfills one or more factors or stages from Maslow’s hierarchy of needs such as esteem needs, love-belongingness needs, self-actualization needs, safety-security needs and physiological needs. By fulfilling these needs, HRM department triggers employee motivation and job satisfaction that in turn ensures employee retention. Keywords: Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, human resource management activities

Research paper thumbnail of Childhood depression: recognition of behavioural symptoms and management guidelines for Primary Schools

Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of PhD (Community Psychology)... more Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of PhD (Community Psychology) Faculty of Arts University of Zululand, 2008.

Research paper thumbnail of 9 A Social-psychological Perspective on Singaporean Schoolchildren’s Strategy Use in English Literacy Learning

ABSTRACT: Despite the plethora of literature concerning language learning strategies, there is a ... more ABSTRACT: Despite the plethora of literature concerning language learning strategies, there is a paucity of studies pertaining to the influence of social and psychological factors on young English learners' use of literacy learning strategies in the Asian context. As a multilingual and multicultural Asian society which implements a unique bilingual policy of taking English (which is not native to the local people) as the dominant language, Singapore provides a good scenario for the exploration of such issues.

Research paper thumbnail of The prevalence of depression in primary school children and the factors that contribute to depression

Research paper thumbnail of Childhood depression: recognition of behavioural symptoms and management guidelines for Primary Schools

... is the result of my o",n investigation and research and that it has not been submitt... more ... is the result of my o",n investigation and research and that it has not been submitted in ... disruptive behaviours, violence and aggression, and even suicide (Goldman, 2000, pl). ... depression, substance abuse and psychosis have their peak period ofonset during ...

Research paper thumbnail of Socio-psychological Factors and Strategy Use in Singaporean Schoolchildren’s English Literacy Learning

nus.edu.sg

Despite the plethora of literature concerning language learning strategies, there is a paucity of... more Despite the plethora of literature concerning language learning strategies, there is a paucity of studies pertaining to the influence of social and psychological factors on young English learners' use of literacy learning strategies in the Asian context. As a multilingual and multicultural Asian society that implements a unique bilingual policy of taking English (which is not native to the majority of the local population) as the dominant language, Singapore provides a good scenario for the exploration of such issues. As part of a two-year intervention project aiming at promoting schoolchildren's self-regulated English literacy learning ability, we conducted a preparatory study which was aimed at finding out students' English language learning profile and identifying gaps in their knowledge of literacy learning strategies. We administered a reading survey and a writing survey to 678 Primary 3 pupils from two typical primary schools in Singapore. Results show that our informants did attempt to use different literacy learning strategies, though the average frequency of strategy use was not very high. We also found that learners' gender, motivation, self-efficacy, and out-of-school effort are related to their use of learning strategies, whereas their home languages are not. The findings highlight the necessity of strategy instruction for this group of schoolchildren and the potential importance of gender and psychological factors in literacy strategy instruction programs.

Books by Rekha Naidu

Research paper thumbnail of IMPLEMENTING TQM IN HIGHER EDUCATION

Indian journalof Managwment, 2024

Research paper thumbnail of Employee Performance Enhancement through Monetary Incentives

Rekha naidu, 2024

The purpose of this research is to determine the relationship between monetary incentives and the... more The purpose of this research is to determine the relationship between monetary incentives and their impact on employee performance.Its very essential to confirm that monetary incentives are a good motivational tool for employee performance in a society of ours where the cost of living is very high.Its only through the performance of Employees company' goal are influenced,and to ensure that all the employees are on they need to be inspired and motivated.Incentives are said to be one of the tools that the management uses to motivate inspired employees

Research paper thumbnail of Implementing TQM in Higher Education

International Journal of Educational Management, 1992

Examines the emerging paradigm of total quality management and summarizes its implications for hi... more Examines the emerging paradigm of total quality management and summarizes its implications for higher education. Rather than prescribing a set of generic implementation steps, suggests that there are other, more significant, factors to be considered related to the timing of the initiative rather than where it should begin. Discusses four necessary issues: the removal of abstraction from the concept of quality in higher education; organization‐wide understanding of the customer; the importance of assessing the current quality level; and the need for strategic quality planning. Also cites classical organizational facets such as structure, culture, human resource management and leadership as being among the determinants of TQM success – concentration on these key matters attenuates the importance of the method of implementation. Argues that to disregard these harbingers of success is to risk long‐term damage to the organization and considerably reduce the likelihood of sustained and se...

Research paper thumbnail of IMPLEMENTING TQM IN HIGHER EDUCATION

Research paper thumbnail of IMPLEMENTING TQM IN HIGHER EDUCATION

Research paper thumbnail of A Study on Smart Phone Usage Pattern – Purpose and Preference among College Students

Indian Journal of Commerce & Management Studies, 2018

Mobile phone has revolutionized the information access modes for varied purposes like learning, i... more Mobile phone has revolutionized the information access modes for varied purposes like learning, information search, on line shopping and uses of features like camera and security. The user of Smartphone in India by the end of 2017 is expected to reach 299.24 million and by 2019 is expected to pass the five billion mark globally (Statista, 2017) 1. Development of Mobile phone into Smartphone took place with the advent of Android systems in 1990s.Smartphones allow the user to use the phone not only for communication facility but also data computing facilities and use data communication device as computer and networking device as well. Smart phone provides immense informational benefits to its user specially when they are in their 1 https://www.statista.com/statistics/330695/number-of-smartphoneusers-worldwide/ academic learning process. So students use Smartphones not only for communication but also for learning and socialization Objectives of the Study: 1. To study the usage patterns of Smart phone by the students. 2. To analyse the behavioural usage pattern of smart phone among the students. 3. To analyse the use of Smart phone gender among the students related to different features. Hypotheses: Based on the aforementioned objectives the following hypothesis have been framed and tested:

Research paper thumbnail of Childhood depression: recognition of behavioural symptoms and management guidelines for Primary Schools

Research indicates that the prevalence ofchildhood depression is increasing, the onset of depress... more Research indicates that the prevalence ofchildhood depression is increasing, the onset of depression is occurring earlier in life, and that depression coexists with other mental health problems such as anxiety and disruptive behaviour disorders. Teachers are more responsive to behavioural manifestations such as hyperactivity, disruptive behaviour and aggression. They are less responsive to interpersonal difficulties and less disruptive '.',ill foster healthy social and emotional development of all children.

Research paper thumbnail of Comparative Study on Smart Mobile Phone Usage Pattern, and It’s Dependence among Medical and Engineering Students at ANES Campus, Visakhapatnam, India

American Journal of Public Health Research, May 25, 2021

Modern days mobile phones have become an indispensable tool for communication. Recent literature ... more Modern days mobile phones have become an indispensable tool for communication. Recent literature shows the existence of co-morbidity between the use of smartphone, internet addiction, and psychiatric disorders. A study was conducted on the usage pattern and dependence on mobile phones among the students of professional colleges. A cross-sectional study among 100 medical & 100 engineering students, was conducted at Anil Neerukonda Educational Society (ANES), Visakhapatnam, India. Data were collected using a pre-designed & pretested questionnaire from October to November 2018. SAS-SV Scale was used to assess the mobile phone dependence. Collation of data was done using inferential statistical methods. Majority of respondents were females (52.5%) and in the age group of 19 years. Medical group included 32% males & 68% females and engineering group included 63% males & 37% females. 75% of students in both the groups were using mobile phone for a duration of 1-6 hours a day. While 32% students had addiction scale of more than 31 another 33% students were in the addiction scale range of between 22 and 30. An increased dependence of mobile phone usage among medical & engineering students had a negative effect on physical and mental health resulting in poor academic performance.

Research paper thumbnail of The prevalence of depression in primary school children and the factors that contribute to depression

Research paper thumbnail of The Role of Human Resource Management Department in Employee Retention

ECS transactions, Apr 24, 2022

This research paper had the intention of identifying how HRM plays a major role in ensuring emplo... more This research paper had the intention of identifying how HRM plays a major role in ensuring employee retention in an organization. While doing that, this research has initially analyzed the concept of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs and has presented several different activities performed by the HRM department. After that, in the data analysis section, it was found that every activity performed by HRM department fulfills one or more factors or stages from Maslow’s hierarchy of needs such as esteem needs, love-belongingness needs, self-actualization needs, safety-security needs and physiological needs. By fulfilling these needs, HRM department triggers employee motivation and job satisfaction that in turn ensures employee retention. Keywords: Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, human resource management activities

Research paper thumbnail of Socio-psychological Factors and Strategy Use in Singaporean Schoolchildren’s English Literacy Learning

Reflections on English Language Teaching, 2011

Despite the plethora of literature concerning language learning strategies, there is a paucity of... more Despite the plethora of literature concerning language learning strategies, there is a paucity of studies pertaining to the influence of social and psychological factors on young English learners' use of literacy learning strategies in the Asian context. As a multilingual and multicultural Asian society that implements a unique bilingual policy of taking English (which is not native to the majority of the local population) as the dominant language, Singapore provides a good scenario for the exploration of such issues. As part ...

Research paper thumbnail of The Role of Human Resource Management Department in Employee Retention

ECS Transactions

This research paper had the intention of identifying how HRM plays a major role in ensuring emplo... more This research paper had the intention of identifying how HRM plays a major role in ensuring employee retention in an organization. While doing that, this research has initially analyzed the concept of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs and has presented several different activities performed by the HRM department. After that, in the data analysis section, it was found that every activity performed by HRM department fulfills one or more factors or stages from Maslow’s hierarchy of needs such as esteem needs, love-belongingness needs, self-actualization needs, safety-security needs and physiological needs. By fulfilling these needs, HRM department triggers employee motivation and job satisfaction that in turn ensures employee retention. Keywords: Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, human resource management activities

Research paper thumbnail of Childhood depression: recognition of behavioural symptoms and management guidelines for Primary Schools

Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of PhD (Community Psychology)... more Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of PhD (Community Psychology) Faculty of Arts University of Zululand, 2008.

Research paper thumbnail of 9 A Social-psychological Perspective on Singaporean Schoolchildren’s Strategy Use in English Literacy Learning

ABSTRACT: Despite the plethora of literature concerning language learning strategies, there is a ... more ABSTRACT: Despite the plethora of literature concerning language learning strategies, there is a paucity of studies pertaining to the influence of social and psychological factors on young English learners' use of literacy learning strategies in the Asian context. As a multilingual and multicultural Asian society which implements a unique bilingual policy of taking English (which is not native to the local people) as the dominant language, Singapore provides a good scenario for the exploration of such issues.

Research paper thumbnail of The prevalence of depression in primary school children and the factors that contribute to depression

Research paper thumbnail of Childhood depression: recognition of behavioural symptoms and management guidelines for Primary Schools

... is the result of my o",n investigation and research and that it has not been submitt... more ... is the result of my o",n investigation and research and that it has not been submitted in ... disruptive behaviours, violence and aggression, and even suicide (Goldman, 2000, pl). ... depression, substance abuse and psychosis have their peak period ofonset during ...

Research paper thumbnail of Socio-psychological Factors and Strategy Use in Singaporean Schoolchildren’s English Literacy Learning

nus.edu.sg

Despite the plethora of literature concerning language learning strategies, there is a paucity of... more Despite the plethora of literature concerning language learning strategies, there is a paucity of studies pertaining to the influence of social and psychological factors on young English learners' use of literacy learning strategies in the Asian context. As a multilingual and multicultural Asian society that implements a unique bilingual policy of taking English (which is not native to the majority of the local population) as the dominant language, Singapore provides a good scenario for the exploration of such issues. As part of a two-year intervention project aiming at promoting schoolchildren's self-regulated English literacy learning ability, we conducted a preparatory study which was aimed at finding out students' English language learning profile and identifying gaps in their knowledge of literacy learning strategies. We administered a reading survey and a writing survey to 678 Primary 3 pupils from two typical primary schools in Singapore. Results show that our informants did attempt to use different literacy learning strategies, though the average frequency of strategy use was not very high. We also found that learners' gender, motivation, self-efficacy, and out-of-school effort are related to their use of learning strategies, whereas their home languages are not. The findings highlight the necessity of strategy instruction for this group of schoolchildren and the potential importance of gender and psychological factors in literacy strategy instruction programs.

Research paper thumbnail of IMPLEMENTING TQM IN HIGHER EDUCATION

Indian journalof Managwment, 2024