Although the retention of competent workers is critical in all organizations, retaining social workers in nonprofit organizations is especially important because they mainly determine the quality of social services. This paper explores the factors which have an impact on turnover intentions,...

The paper is written in four sections for the holistic purpose of illustrating a broad and a specific perspective of engaged scholarship (ES). The first section concerns what is broadly known about the theories that are considered relevant and, therefore, informing about the perception of ES...

Emotional intelligence has been a buzzword of the 21st century. Whereas the previous 100 years revolved around IQ and its implications the modern digital economy lays more stress on the vitality of emotional intelligence and how it can be a pivotal factor in the growth and success of an...

This research paper focuses on “Mystery Shopping”, making mystery shoppers the target respondents of this research study. While previous studies have taken into consideration the motivational aspect, this research extends the scope to consider EI and its mediation between motivation and job...

On 1 January 2015 a new statutory minimum wage of € 8.50 per hour of work was introduced in Germany. Using a difference-in-differences approach, we estimate effects on worker-level outcomes of continuing employees. The results reveal a meaningful absolute increase in the affected workers' pay...

This study explores the role of salary raises and the perception of employees of these salary raises on employees' intended retention and turnover. By using a unique survey data set from an American university, this study investigates a novel hypothesis that faculty perceptions of salary raises,...

Low employability among specific populations (e.g., religious/traditional women, the elderly, disabled workers, immigrants) has unfavorable consequences on the: unemployed individual, society, and the state economy. The latter include: poverty, a heavy toll on welfare budgets, diminished growth,...

It has been claimed that many workers in modern economies think that their job is socially useless, i.e. that it makes no or a negative contribution to society. However, the evidence so far is mainly anecdotal. We use a representative dataset comprising 100,000 workers from 47 countries at four...