title: The Influence of Work-Life Balance Benefits on Family-Supportive Organisational Perception and Work Attitudes

authors: Herlin, Paula Kristina

subjects: organisational commitment

abstract: This study investigated the relationship between the availability of, and the use of, work-family balance policies offered by organisations and family-supportive organisational perception (FSOP), work-to-family conflict, continuance and affective commitment, family satisfaction, job satisfaction, turnover intention and psychological strain. The research explored whether individuals’ perceptions of how supportive their organisations were to their non-work responsibilities was related to work attitudes including job satisfaction, organisational commitment (affective and continuance) and turnover intention. One hundred and twelve respondents from New Zealand organisations recorded how they perceived their organisation as being family-supportive and whether this affected their wellbeing, as well as how satisfied they were with their jobs. FSOP was shown to not moderate the relationship between work-to-family conflict and psychological strain; turnover intention; job satisfaction and affective commitment. However, FSOP was found to be significantly and negatively related to both psychological strain and turnover intention. The availability of benefits was significantly and positively related to affective commitment and negatively related to psychological strain and turnover intention. The usage of available benefits was not related to any of the study variables. The research adds to the knowledge of factors that may improve the work environment by increasing employees’ levels of FSOP. The results suggest that organisations could improve staff retention by ensuring the existence of valuable benefits and making them available to all employees, supporting them in their pursuit of a reasonable balance between their daily work and non-work activities.

text: The Influence of Work-Life Balance Benefits on Family-Supportive Organisational Perception and Work Attitudes This study investigated the relationship between the availability of, and the use of, work-family balance policies offered by organisations and family-supportive organisational perception (FSOP), work-to-family conflict, continuance and affective commitment, family satisfaction, job satisfaction, turnover intention and psychological strain. The research explored whether individuals’ perceptions of how supportive their organisations were to their non-work responsibilities was related to work attitudes including job satisfaction, organisational commitment (affective and continuance) and turnover intention. One hundred and twelve respondents from New Zealand organisations recorded how they perceived their organisation as being family-supportive and whether this affected their wellbeing, as well as how satisfied they were with their jobs. FSOP was shown to not moderate the relationship between work-to-family conflict and psychological strain; turnover intention; job satisfaction and affective commitment. However, FSOP was found to be significantly and negatively related to both psychological strain and turnover intention. The availability of benefits was significantly and positively related to affective commitment and negatively related to psychological strain and turnover intention. The usage of available benefits was not related to any of the study variables. The research adds to the knowledge of factors that may improve the work environment by increasing employees’ levels of FSOP. The results suggest that organisations could improve staff retention by ensuring the existence of valuable benefits and making them available to all employees, supporting them in their pursuit of a reasonable balance between their daily work and non-work activities.

year: 2010

title: Security visualization intelligence model for law enforcement investigations

authors: Garae, Jeffery

subjects: computer science

abstract: Data analytic methods and techniques have proven crucial in aiding law enforcement investigations and day-to-day operations. However, the rise of cyber-attacks across transnational jurisdictions creates a challenge to share information across law enforcement agencies. Malware, Bitcoin and social media datasets are some examples. Security visualization is a solution to facilitate information sharing across jurisdictions comfortably in enhancing investigations without revealing the underlying sensitive raw data therefore, reducing the time spent on analysing and processing such large dataset. In this paper we introduce the "Security Visualization Intelligence (SVInt) framework", a visualization intelligence model for investigations and situation awareness deployed for the international law enforcement domain. We provide an effective user-centric visual method of analysing, sharing and exchanging complex datasets using visualization to aid law enforcement investigations. Attribution and evidence preservation without revealing the underlying raw data is the primary goal for SVInt. The SVInt framework provide visualizations of Bitcoin transaction relationships and threat map visualization showing top malware threats using geo-locations. It also provides expendable visualization features for future investigation demands. Finally, we provide possible future work within the law enforcement security visualization domain.

text: Security visualization intelligence model for law enforcement investigations Data analytic methods and techniques have proven crucial in aiding law enforcement investigations and day-to-day operations. However, the rise of cyber-attacks across transnational jurisdictions creates a challenge to share information across law enforcement agencies. Malware, Bitcoin and social media datasets are some examples. Security visualization is a solution to facilitate information sharing across jurisdictions comfortably in enhancing investigations without revealing the underlying sensitive raw data therefore, reducing the time spent on analysing and processing such large dataset. In this paper we introduce the "Security Visualization Intelligence (SVInt) framework", a visualization intelligence model for investigations and situation awareness deployed for the international law enforcement domain. We provide an effective user-centric visual method of analysing, sharing and exchanging complex datasets using visualization to aid law enforcement investigations. Attribution and evidence preservation without revealing the underlying raw data is the primary goal for SVInt. The SVInt framework provide visualizations of Bitcoin transaction relationships and threat map visualization showing top malware threats using geo-locations. It also provides expendable visualization features for future investigation demands. Finally, we provide possible future work within the law enforcement security visualization domain.

year: 2018

title: Context counts : leading educational reform in New Zealand secondary schools

authors: Morrison, Michele

subjects: context

abstract: Educational leadership and organisational literature is replete with syntheses of effective leader behaviours, change sequences and reform models, yet few studies explore the nuanced manner in which individual leaders make sense of and respond to the dynamic influences shaping their thinking and practice over time. In posing the question, how do principals experience leadership during periods of intentional educational change, this study gains insight into the lived experience of five New Zealand secondary school principals as they lead school wide implementation of Phase 5 Te Kotahitanga, a reform initiative designed to reduce disparities in the educational achievement of indigenous Māori students through the introduction of a culturally responsive pedagogy of relations. The case narratives arising from a three year dialogue with participants examine the genesis of each principal’s commitment to equity in educational access, opportunity and outcome; their evolving thinking and practice; and the manner in which people and structures within each school field enable and constrain their leadership endeavours. Findings demonstrate that leading counter-hegemonic change is a situated, complex and demanding undertaking, the intensity of which eludes much of the leadership and change literature. Hermeneutic reading of these rich qualitative accounts of lived experience suggests that, far from being detached observers, leaders both embody and are embedded in context. This exposes the shortcomings of literature that dichotomises the two and makes Bourdieu’s lens on practice as a temporal, embodied, discursive and social activity an important heuristic through which to view the holism of change leadership. The implications arising from this study are fourfold: leadership narratives open windows to natural and vicarious meaning making, personal biography is of central rather than peripheral importance, emotional and micropolitical literacy crucial, and professional mentoring a potentially powerful catalyst in building practice wisdom.

text: Context counts : leading educational reform in New Zealand secondary schools Educational leadership and organisational literature is replete with syntheses of effective leader behaviours, change sequences and reform models, yet few studies explore the nuanced manner in which individual leaders make sense of and respond to the dynamic influences shaping their thinking and practice over time. In posing the question, how do principals experience leadership during periods of intentional educational change, this study gains insight into the lived experience of five New Zealand secondary school principals as they lead school wide implementation of Phase 5 Te Kotahitanga, a reform initiative designed to reduce disparities in the educational achievement of indigenous Māori students through the introduction of a culturally responsive pedagogy of relations. The case narratives arising from a three year dialogue with participants examine the genesis of each principal’s commitment to equity in educational access, opportunity and outcome; their evolving thinking and practice; and the manner in which people and structures within each school field enable and constrain their leadership endeavours. Findings demonstrate that leading counter-hegemonic change is a situated, complex and demanding undertaking, the intensity of which eludes much of the leadership and change literature. Hermeneutic reading of these rich qualitative accounts of lived experience suggests that, far from being detached observers, leaders both embody and are embedded in context. This exposes the shortcomings of literature that dichotomises the two and makes Bourdieu’s lens on practice as a temporal, embodied, discursive and social activity an important heuristic through which to view the holism of change leadership. The implications arising from this study are fourfold: leadership narratives open windows to natural and vicarious meaning making, personal biography is of central rather than peripheral importance, emotional and micropolitical literacy crucial, and professional mentoring a potentially powerful catalyst in building practice wisdom.

year: 2019