Job satisfaction. Why is important not only for employees but for the employer too?

        This research aims to analyze job satisfaction and its contribution to organizational profitability in the manufacturing sector.

Purpose:

        This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of how job satisfaction is important for employers as well as employees. Additionally, this paper builds the relationship between job satisfaction and the achievement of organizational goals that ultimately contribute to organizational profitability.

Design/Methodology/Approach:

        Data for this research is obtained from 50 employees at managerial or executive level from 10 organizations as well as from the available case studies, interviews, and other literature available online

Findings:

        A strong and significant relationship between job satisfaction and organizational profitability has found that is caused by the accomplishment of organizational goals. The findings of the research have revealed that job satisfaction is important for both employees and employers because when employees are satisfied from their job, they feel they owe it to their organization and they work with more concentration and loyalty that ultimately positively impacts the organizational profitability.

Originality/Value:

        There is hardly any research that has examined the importance of job satisfaction for employers as well as employees. This study significantly contributes to the literature and provides insights to the employers how job satisfaction helps them achieve their organizational goals and earn more profit.

Keywords:

Job Satisfaction, Organizational Profitability, Organizational Goals, Employee Loyalty.

Framework for managing multicultural project teams

Research Idea:

This research aims to examine cultural diversity and managing differences in teams of cross-cultural projects.

Purpose:

        The purpose of this research is to present the important tools that help to evaluate the diversity management in cross-cultural project teams. The paper highlights the challenges in handling projects that comprise team members from a background that is culturally diverse. The paper discovers how a project manager can effectively manage and influence multicultural project team.

Design/Methodology/Approach:

        market survey results are used as a research approach. Total four questionnaires are designed to characterize: communication style, intercultural competence, a potential role being plated by an employee when he or she is part of the team, and the emotional intelligence level. Five variables are used in the research: nationality, residence (rural or urban), age, profile, and high school graduate.

Findings:

        the proposed framework of the research has implications for project managers who are committed to improve the performance and productivity of the multicultural teams. The proposed framework’s utilization would not transform multicultural teams instantly into a high performing team; however, it identifies the dimensions of cross-culture that should be considered.

Originality/Value:

        Though the advantages of the culturally diverse team are acknowledged in the paper, the cultural difference among the team and challenges to manage culturally diverse teams can cause misunderstanding, conflict, and poor project performance; this is the value added in the literature through this paper.

Keywords:

Project teams, cultural diversity, collaborative team activities

Gender Identity Issues and Workplace Discrimination

Research Idea:

This research aims to examine the problems that transsexuals face at the workplace in a form of discrimination.

Purpose:

        This research, in particular, measures the relationship between gender identity issues and workplace discrimination and its impact on job loss. This paper tries to develop a connection between job loss and discrimination that transgender face at their workplace. This paper discusses how a transgender losses motivation to work and what are the different factors of discrimination to transgender at a workplace.

Design/Methodology/Approach:

            the paper discusses common issues that a transgender face at workplace including dress codes and form fulfilling process. The researcher has somehow managed to approach to 10 transgender who quit their jobs after facing discrimination at a workplace; they were asked open-ended questions to collect the findings for the paper and they were promised that their identity will be kept secret.

Findings:

        There are few cases dealing with discrimination issues and the state laws have so far not been significant or effective at controlling the discriminatory behavior at organizations towards transgender and there is need to introduce a supportive approach in this regard.

Originality/Value:

        there is hardly any research that directly approached transgender who has quit the job due to the discrimination at a workplace to collect the data and reach the findings.

Keywords:

workplace, transgender, law, discrimination