January 2024 Volume 24 Issue 1

    1. PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS BETWEEN LOCAL AND FOREIGN CERTIFICATIONS

    Authors: K..K.PAUL
    Abstract

    Professional certification, a proficiency to validate employees' competency and readiness for career development, has recently become a subject of inquiry among researchers. There are concerns about employers' demand for foreign in place of local professional certifications in employment decisions, especially in developing countries. Therefore, this study examines the impact of indigenous and foreign professional certifications on employee career development in developing countries like Nigeria. A survey questionnaire was designed to collect data from certified and non-certified human resource professionals in Nigeria. A structural equation modelling analysis was carried out to explore the relationship between the exogenous and homogenous constructs. Findings revealed that local and foreign certifications influence the career development of the sampled employees. However, the model's explanatory power shows that foreign certification has a greater influence on career development than local certification. The study report suggests that both certifications benefit career development, thus, are relevant in career development and employment decisions.

    Keywords: Foreign Certifications,career development

    2. MANAGERIAL COMPETENCY OF PRIMARY HEALTHCARE FACILITY MANAGERS IN THE SELECTED DISTRICT COUNCILS IN TANZANIA

    Authors: PREM KUMAR
    Abstract

    Understanding the managerial competency of healthcare managers is very important. However, more evidence is needed on the managerial competency of primary healthcare facility managers in low- and middle-income countries. This research examined the managerial competency of primary healthcare facility managers in the selected District Councils in Tanzania. This research is grounded on positivism philosophy, a cross-sectional survey descriptive research design, a complete enumeration sampling strategy, and a survey used to collect primary data from 102 public primary healthcare facility managers located in Kondoa, Iramba, and Sumbawanga District Councils in Tanzania. The study used version 25 of SPSS to analyze the data and adopted the MCAP framework to examine the managerial competency of primary healthcare facility managers. For the communication and relationship management domain, 74.5% were competent, while 25.5% were less than fully competent. Likewise, 65.68% of them were competent, while 34.32% needed to be more competent in the knowledge of the healthcare environment domain. 62.74% and 37.26% of the primary healthcare facility managers were competent and less than competent in operations, administration, and resources management. Correspondingly, 67.65% and 32.35% of primary healthcare facility managers needed to be more competent in evidence-informed decision-making. Similarly, 74.55% and 25.45% were competent and less competent in enabling and managing change. The study used primary data and contributed recently well-worth and highly demanded knowledge on the managerial competency of healthcare managers in the LMICs.

    Keywords: Managerial Competency ,District Councils,Primary Healthcare

    3. WORK-LIFE BALANCE AND ORGANISATIONAL COMMITMENT AMONG MARRIED FEMALE NURSES

    Authors: MISS. NAINA
    Abstract

    This study aims to measure the work-life balance (WLB) and the performance of married female nurses and examine the mediating role of organisational commitment. The current research considers a cross-sectional survey among married female nurses in Iraqi public hospitals. The questionnaires collected the data, and the valid questionnaires were 219 and analysed by Smart-PLS after ensuring the validity and reliability of the model. The results indicated that the WLB of married female nurses significantly impacts their performance and commitment. Furthermore, the commitment of married female nurses significantly impacts their performance and simultaneously partially mediates the relation between the WLB and the performance of married female nurses. Regulating workloads and fostering a pleasant work environment are crucial to lowering job-related stress from excessive workloads. Creating a timetable for married female nurses is crucial to improving their work and personal performance

    Keywords: Work-life Balance, Nurses,Organisational Commitment , performance

    4. INTERNATIONALIZATION OF BULGARIAN TOURISM BUSINESS

    Authors: TANYA,DR,RIDHI
    Abstract

    This research aims to trace the internalization process of the tourism business over the last decades in our country. Several foreign economic factors have reasoned it by virtue of the open character of our national economy, the course of the transition economy reforms, and the peculiarities of the Bulgarian economy EU integration. The relation (internationalization of business - the internationalization of the national economy) is studied in different directions and methodologies, but in the present study, an adapted version of the method developed by Alan Rugman is applied. The primary approach is based on comparing the degree of internationalization in the national economy and the degree of internationalization of a specific type of business. The degree of internationalization is measured with the help of variables and a system of indicators, which are directed respectively to the business environment of the Bulgarian economy and the specifics of the Bulgarian tourism business. As analysis findings of the processes of internationalization in the context of tourism, it is concluded that these processes play an essential role in determining the position of Bulgarian tourism in its inevitable competitive opposition to other tourist destinations and their business. The limitation has been identified in two periods of research on the degree of internationalization of business - the first covers seven years before Bulgaria's accession to the EU, and the second period - is almost ten years after the signing of the membership agreement. The practical implication of the study is that the increasing degree of internationalization of the tourism business in our country complements the overall result of the internationalization of the Bulgarian economy. This is especially clear in the second observed period of the study, which is expected to achieve a general synergy effect for the economy as a whole. The originality of the research consists in the adaptation and approbation of a known methodology for studying the internationalization processes to the specifics of the tourism business and a given economy, such as the Bulgarian one, for two separate periods.

    Keywords: InternationalizationTourism ,Tourism Business
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