Desert vs. Dessert

This is about a common pronunciation error:“What’s for dessert today?”. Dessert in this sentence refers to cake, ice cream etc. which is usually something sweet served as the last course of a meal. This is different from ‘Desert’ as in ‘Sahara desert’. Desert should be pronounced as ‘dez-ert’ whereas Dessert Read more…

art works

Work vs. Works

Incorrect:“I have many works to do today”.Correct:“I have much work to do today”. Normally, work is not countable into individual items. For such things that are not normally countable (water, understanding, information, wood etc.), we use singular and not plural for the noun form. If you want to say you Read more…

employee commitment

Road to employee commitment: The role of empowerment, leadership and culture

This exploratory research seeks to identify the relationships between the leadership, empowerment and commitment within the integrated model of competing values framework (CVF) of organisational culture. A conceptual model which relates the constructs to commitment is developed. The study attempts to use a social constructionist approach and scenario planning, which falls under the broader realm of qualitative analysis. Hypothetical cases are used to develop two scenarios.

Leadership Affective Commitment

The role of job characteristics, leadership complexity and psychological empowerment in building affective commitment

Employees who are committed to their organizations take more initiative, engage in broader roles and contribute better.  When employees have an emotional attachment to and identify with the organization, they are said to have affective commitment.  It is the type of commitment that makes employees want to stay with an organization.  Affective commitment has many benefits including work performance and retention.  Therefore, it is very advantageous to understand how to elicit affective commitment.

Adult learning

Learning

Learning is a joy. It gives you a skill that you seek or an enhancement you wish. True improvement lies in identifying our shortcomings and addressing them. We teach our youngsters/students that a person who asks a question may seem like a fool for a minute but one who doesn’t Read more…