Causes of Attrition of B-school Faculty Members at Bangalore, India: An Empirical Study | Chapter 5 | Progress in Language, Literature and Education Research Vol. 9

 

In the scenario of increasing demand for management education, the number of B-schools has mushroomed, but unfortunately, required quality is not maintained, which has led to a lack of job opportunities and high expectations from employers. Knowing the dearth of quality education and increased rate of faculty member attrition in the last few years with the increase in the number of B-schools in Bangalore, the management has the challenge of conjoining its goals with the faculty aspirations, in order to successfully overcome the problem of high attrition and attracting and retaining the best performers. To solve the problem of attrition of faculty members, retention of faculty members is inevitable for the success of B-schools. In order to ensure quality education, there is a need for strategies for recruiting and retaining talented faculty members. The researcher has used 12 variables/dimensions to address the research questions. For the study, the sample size is 455 (407 faculty members from VTU and BU affiliated B-schools and 48 management members from the same VTU and BU affiliated B-schools). The proposed study is a descriptive qualitative research. The investigation is carried out at B-schools affiliated with VTU and BU in the city of Bangalore. The data collected is tabulated and analyzed using the SPSS 20.0 version, correlation analysis, group statistics, and ANOVA with more emphasis on factor analysis, percentage and ranking methods. To know in detail the general causes of attrition of faculty members in B-schools and its impact on individuals and organizations has also been studied and presented.

The important findings depicted that the majority of the management respondents agree that the attrition is less. But the majority of the faculty members, have agreed that, they joined the institution because of vacant positions, and this has recorded the highest percentage against the joining of faculty members because of the increase in the intake of students. An interaction with a few ex-faculty members, based on their exit interviews in a few institutions revealed that there is a gap between the responses of management and faculty members. The need of the hour for every B-school is, motivating and retaining such faculty members and to think and adopt a vigorous human resource policy which would really give confidence about the institute in their minds. Faculty members are keen on such strategic career moves which assure employment and satisfaction towards job security.

 

Author(s)details:-

 

Dr. Roopa Temkar (M.Sc., MBA(HR), NET, KSET, Ph.D.)
SJB Institute of Technology, India.

 

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Impact of Cooking and Frying on Retention of Antioxidants in Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batatas) | Chapter 8 | Current Perspectives in Agriculture and Food Science Vol. 7

 Free radicals are chemicals that damage cells and cell membranes and are associated with the development of conditions like atherosclerosis, diabetic heart disease, and colon cancer. It is known that heat treatment can lead to physical and chemical changes that can decrease or alter the properties of food. This study determines the impact of cooking and frying on the antioxidants (vitamin A, vitamin C and vitamin E) present in sweet potato. The variety of sweet potato used is the orange type that was free from diseases and defects. Two of the commonest ways of processing sweet potatoes for consumption are cooking and frying. These methods of processing sweet potato for consumption make sweet potato palatable but they also have adverse impact on the proximate compositions of the sweet potato. Portions of prepared orange sweet potato samples were fried under a regulated temperature of 70oC for different time intervals of 10 minutes and 15 minutes while some other portions were cooked at 100oC for 10 minutes, 15 minutes and 20 minutes. Analysis of vitamin A, vitamin C and vitamin E contents was carried out on raw, fried and cooked sweet potato samples using the nutritional guidelines of Association of Official Analytical Chemists. Differences between the mean values of the treatments were determined by the least significant difference (LSD) test at 5% level of significance. There were significant differences in vitamin A, vitamin C and vitamin E contents of cooked and fried orange sweet potato. Both frying and boiling treatments resulted in a significant increase in vitamin A contents of orange sweet potato. In particular, the boiling process caused the higher reduction in the vitamin A contents of orange sweet potato. More of the nutritional contents, especially vitamins A and C were retained in cooked sweet potato than in fried one. Cooked sweet potato is recommended for the elderly and small children since it contains more vitamin A which enhances good eyesight. Consequently, boiling rather than frying may be recommended as a preferred processing option for orange sweet potato for human consumption.

Author(s) Details:

Ogbonnaya Chukwu,
Department of Agricultural & Bioresources Engineering, Federal University of Technology, Minna, PMB 65, Minna, Niger State, Nigeria.

Ndidiamaka G. Nwachukwu,
Department of Agricultural & Bioresources Engineering, Federal University of Technology, Minna, PMB 65, Minna, Niger State, Nigeria.

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Unveiling Barriers to Timely Graduation and Strategies for Enhancing College Student Academic Completion | Chapter 11 | Research Highlights in Language, Literature and Education Vol. 7

 This episode investigates the factors that impede pupils from graduating lyceum within the expected four-period timeframe and presents strategies to improve graduate academic completion and memory. Employing Appreciative Inquiry, the research explores current perspectives on the argument, focusing on higher education in the USA. The judgments highlight the challenges things and institutions face and underscore the significance of implementing a group providing support to members to facilitate timely commencement. Effective resolution of the primary hurdles to on-time commencement necessitates comprehensive date across the entire campus and forceful collaboration between different institutional functions. Specifically, university institutions should supply instructions providing sufficient academic, public, and cultural support to cater to the singular needs of international, minority, reduced-income, and first-production college students. This study sheds arrive students' main graduation obstacles, comparing those of household and international students to better do their individual needs in higher education.

Author(s) Details:

Juhee Kim,
Department of Leadership & Counseling, University of Idaho, USA.

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Disorders in Urinary Sphincter of Neurological Origin: A Prognostic Aspects | Chapter 8 | Current Progress in Medicine and Medical Research Vol. 2

 This unit evaluated  the prognosis of urinary sphincter disorders all the while neurological environments. Complications of Urinary sphincter disorders of neurological origin maybe life threatening. The usual micturition process requires the decent function of both the bladder and urethral sphincters. Normal service of the detrusor muscle and a physiologically competent within and external urethral sphincter should to maintain healthy urinary performance and continence.We conducted an examining, prospective study for a ending of six (6) months from January 6 to June 6, 2020 in the neurology department of the Ignace Deen National Hospital in Conakry. A total of 1081 cases were selected among whom, 324 bestowed (TSUON), that is to voice a frequency of 30%, which worried subjects aged 57.3±16.4 age with a slight female reign 50.3%. Urinary incontinence (80.6%) was associated with confusions such as urinary tract contamination with a extreme proportion of cerebral damage (92.3%). The study demonstrated that urinary incontinence was the most average reason for consultation. HIV contamination (P=0.015), bedsores (P=0.049), and inhalation pneumonia (P=0.001) were the main poor prognostic determinants.Urinery sphincter abnormalities are components of a remote possibility, both lively and functional, in elderly victims with excretion incontinence.The factors doing the regression were human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) contamination, pressure sores and breathing pneumonitis.

Author(s) Details:

Bangoura Mohamed Asmaou,

Neurology Department, CHU in Conakry, Guinea.

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Research on the Impact of Mobile-Assisted Language Learning by Means of Tiny Cards App on the Vocabulary Learning and Retention of Intermediate EFL Learners | Chapter 3 | Research Highlights in Language, Literature and Education Vol. 4

 Emerging sciences have significantly changed the teaching and education processes, and there is no doubt that the fast advancement of electronics has altered the habit English teachers transfer information to their students. As a result, this study looked into the impact of MALL utilizing the Tiny Cards app on the vocabulary knowledge and retention of middle EFL learners. Vocabulary  is a very important style component that is nearly used in improving and pushing all other word skills. In this all-inclusive study, a quasi-exploratory design was used. A Quick Placement Test was used to choose 40 middle EFL students the one were enrolled in an English course at Farzan English Language Institute in Rasht, Iran, as homogenous colleagues. They were then split into equal exploratory and control groups in a non-random tone. To confirm the learners' initial information of vocabulary articles, a pretest of vocabulary was likely before the start of treatment. The exploratory group then received jargon instruction by way of Tiny Cards app over eight sessions, while the control group taken those items by way of traditional design of instruction without MALL. Overall, the effects of independent-samples t-tests for the posttest and slowed posttest of vocabulary disclosed a statistically significant dissimilarity in performance between two together groups on the posttest and delayed posttest of terminology learning and memory. The study came to the end that teachers, material builders, and educational authorities ability use the findings to educate MALL vocabulary to EFL juniors.

Author(s) Details:

Majid Pourmohammadi,
English Language Department, Rasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Rasht, Iran.

Zahra Anvarpour Dero,
English Language Department, Rasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Rasht, Iran.

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Study on Critical Analysis of Talent Management Strategies on Medical Employees Retention in Public Hospitals in Kenya: A Case of Kenyatta National Hospital | Chapter 07 | New Innovations in Economics, Business and Management Vol. 5

 A significant component of successful workforce retention is hiring a skilled and talented staff and creating a programme to retain these people. However, creating a workplace of choice where people desire to stay for a long time is one of the issues facing managers in Kenya's health industry today. The primary responsibility of any business is to retain the best employees, which can only be accomplished by effectively managing employee talent to keep them content and motivated. The study's goal was to look into talent management strategies for medical personnel retention in Kenyan public hospitals, with a focus on Kenyatta National Hospital. The availability of professional development options, the character of the workplace climate, the levels of training and development opportunities offered, and the attractiveness of salary and perks were the research sub-independent variables. The social exchange theory was the focus of the theoretical framework. The study's entire population included 800 employees from the Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya (92 medical physicians and 708 nurses). The sample size for the study was determined to be eighty (80) by calculating ten percent of the study population. At a 95% confidence level and 0.05 level of significance, a regression analysis model was utilised to determine the association between the dependent and independent variables.

Author(S) Details

Grace K. Karemu
School of Business and Economics, Mount Kenya University, Kenya.

Daniel Kachori
School of Business and Economics, Mount Kenya University, Kenya.

Veronese M. Josee
School of Business and Economics, Mount Kenya University, Kenya.

Walter Okibo
School of Business and Economics, Jomo Kenyatta University, Kenya.

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Text Representation and Cognitive Processes: How the Mind Makes Meaning in e-Learning | Chapter 12 | New Visions in Science and Technology Vol. 10

 Because e-learning still mainly relies on text-based learning, having a fundamental understanding of how the mind interprets discourse is quite beneficial. The goal of this research is to learn more about how different types of textual representation work in the e-learning environment and how to apply what we've learned to create more successful instructional materials, activities, and evaluations. The study discovered that multiple cognitive processes for producing meaning are triggered by surface code, textbase, and placed text, implying that instructional and e-learning designers should choose tactics that will boost the processes. The study also discovered that textbase and surface textual patterns are lost the fastest, however information contained within a narrative and connected through tale to experience is forgotten more slowly, or preserved.

Author(S) Details

Susan Smith Nash
The University of Oklahoma, US.

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Discussion on Getting Past the Gateway: An Exploratory Case on Using Utilitarian Scientific Literacy to Support First-Year Students At-Risk of Leaving STEM| Chapter 2 | Modern Perspectives in Language, Literature and Education Vol. 2

 In the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM pipeline among college students, Gateway courses act as the initial barrier to persistence. First-year students entering college to obtain a STEM degree continue to face obstacles across the STEM pipeline (Chen, 2013; Leu, 2017). In this case study, researchers investigate the influence of a utilitarian scientific literacy-based academic intervention on the retention of first-year students in STEM using a mixed method approach. These introductory courses are important for STEM majors because they act as the first experience for coursework relevant to the major. In a credit utilitarian science literacy course, a sample (n = 116) of first-year students classified as at-risk of not persisting in STEM were enrolled. The semester long course participants were then compared with a control group of first-year students classified as a risk of STEM persistence. A two-proportion z test was conducted to measure the mean differences between students and a survey to gauge student impressions was given to participants of the course. Quantitative findings (φ 0.34, p < 0.05) suggest that the utilitarian science literacy course had a statistically important effect on the retention of STEM persistence among first-year students at risk. For all students looking for STEM degrees and careers, higher education institutions must take care of shifting the narrative. In addition, qualitative evidence from participant responses identify internal and external development as positive intervention-related outcomes.

Author(s) Details

Brittany Chambers
School of Education, Clark Atlanta University, 223 James P. Brawley Dr., Atlanta, GA 30314, USA.

Amy Salter
Morehouse College, 830 Westview Drive SW, Atlanta, GA 30314, USA.

Lycurgus Muldrow
Morehouse College, 830 Westview Drive SW, Atlanta, GA 30314, USA.

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