Mexico and Malaysia are contrasting countries, geographically on opposite sides of the globe, with plenty of cultural differences, but with a similar gross domestic product per capita, and a similar banking commercial system. The hypothesis is the the economic compensation systems of bank employees in both countries, salaries, bonus and merit based pay, correlate with the same labor commitment. The research uses the same data collection instrument and results recently obtained in a Malaysian study to compare them to the Mexican case, through multivariate analysis. First results show that the Malaysian instrument is consistently valid and reliable in the case of Mexico. Second, the study confirms that Mexico’s strategy of raising the salary of bankers, or their bonuses, or merit-based payments, may increase organizational commitment but not altogether. Third, results suggest that merit-based compensation schemes are more efficient in countries with low uncertainty aversion, such as Malaysia, and less efficient in countries with high risk aversion, as in the case of Mexico.
Resumen El objetivo de esta investigación consiste en estudiar la eficacia de la policía estatal mexicana por medio del impacto de su diseño organizacional y el desarrollo del factor humano. Para ello se ha utilizado como método el análisis causal multivariado. Los resultados indican que la especia lización de las funciones de los cuerpos policiacos, la falta de agentes, la infiltración del crimen, la ausencia de lealtad y la negligencia, son variables estadísticamente significativas en su eficacia, por lo que se propone un índice considerando aspectos como el número de homicidios, autos asegurados robados, la percepción ciudadana de inseguridad y la calificación ciudadana de la actuación de la policía, lo que podría ser útil para mejorar la eficacia de la policía.
Maslow’s Human Motivation extended Theory, in its late version, proposed transcendence as one of the highest levels, inclusive or holistic in the Human consciousness. Through Meaning Theory, Victor Frankl and Paul Wong suggested that self-transcendence is a fundamental expression of our spiritual nature and a distinctive concept. However, it is not clear whether at present, with an extensive offer of individualistic currents, transcending involves a personal issue or is rather a collective issue, related to community and culture. The objective of this research is to determine if seeking personal transcendence and seeking collective transcendence are two differentiable categories, and if there is a priority among them, which would suggest an extension of the Theory. With the participation of 402 business students in Mexico, and with the help of a structured equation model, it was determined that there is a significant difference between orientation toward “I transcend” and the orientation toward “I help others transcend.” The results obtained from the selected sample indicate that individual transcendence and collective transcendence are distinguishable categories. In addition, it was found that young people prefer to seek a personal meaning rather than a collective one, which suggest that dimension of collective transcendence is prior to personal transcendence. These findings can be used to design job profiles for positions that require staff development, and it can serve as a positive pattern for life education and society.
The purpose of this paper is to further the discussion between the sticky costs and expenses effects. For this reason, it is important to highlight their differences; a cost represents an investment on an asset to be sold, while expenses are assets toconsume. Therefore, sticky costs and expenses must be measured and analyzed separately and differently. Business leaders must understand that costs and expenses will not mirror each other, nor will they mirror income changes. This is in addition to the stickiness effects that represent the management’s inability to effectively reduce the expenses, potentially endangering the firms’ financial health. Furthermore, stickiness rates are significantly more pronounced in income decrease years as compared to income increase years. This is especially risky for administrators during a financial crisis. It is important to note that correctly managing sticky costs and expenses is contingent on businesses remaining competitive. Our multivariable analysis, with a 17-year database, encompasses 60 issuers; it was used to analyze cost and expense stickiness within industrial and publicly traded corporations in Mexico. Understanding the coststickiness theory will enable corporations to adequately manage their operations
La falta o mal uso de herramientas de mejora en la mediana empresa del sector industrial sumado a la sobrevaloración y elección errónea de las mismas originan una mala implementación y poca eficacia en la mejora de procesos. El objetivo de la investigación es evaluar y proponer las herramientas de mejora que logren procesos eficaces en empresas medianas del sector industrial capaces de producir productos y servicios de calidad. La metodología consistió en el diseño, validación y la aplicación de un cuestionario a través de entrevistas estructuradas con expertos en el área de productividad y calidad para identificar y evaluar, mediante una escala de Likert, las herramientas propuestas y en donde se usó el software SPSS-23 para el procesamiento de los datos. La tipología de investigación de este trabajo es del tipo documental-descriptivo, analítico y propositivo. A partir de los resultados se concluye que las herramientas que pertenecen a la ingeniería de calidad son las mejor evaluadas, además de ser utilizadas regularmente en la industria.
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