Managerial Roles

Harney, Brian

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“…Critical theory provides a solid foundation from which to question intent and explore the dehumanising effects of managerial control. The legacy of critical theory suggests inclusivity through the democratisation of control and decision making (Harney, 2014).…”

Section: Theoretical Framework Critical Theorymentioning

confidence: 99%

United Nations Women and Gender Equality in Nigeria:

Ayodeji,

Ade-Ibijola

2022

AJSD

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Over the years, the United Nations made several attempts to prioritise gender equality through the establishment of international treaties, conventions, and creation of entities dedicated to address the needs of women. The UN Women is one of such laudable initiatives. It is in this connection that this paper examined the challenges of promoting gender equality in Nigeria, focusing on the agenda set by UN Women. Specifically, the paper looks at Nigeria’s progress so far in attaining the four target areas of the UN Women in Nigeria. The target areas include: Peace, Security and Humanitarian Action, Economic Empowerment and Resilience, Leadership and Political Participation, and Ending Violence against Women. The paper leveraged the critical and liberal feminist theories to analyse gender equality issues and the challenges posed to the UN women efforts in promoting gender equality in Nigeria. The paper argues that Nigeria has made some progress in the target areas of the UN Women through the ratification of international treaties, policy formulation, and creation of agencies. The UN women has also demonstrated commitment to its aim of promoting gender equality in Nigeria in its four thematic areas of engagement through campaigns and advocacy, capacity-building, partnerships and strategic alliances; service delivery and improving access to services. However, there are challenges that hinder the promotion of gender equality in the country. These challenges include: the Nigerian law, insecurity, the political terrain, cultural and religious practices, human rights record, funding, poverty; and COVID-19 Pandemic. The findings of this paper reveals that UN Women plays an important role in advancing gender equality in Nigeria. The paper concludes that institutional structures that hinders the progress of gender equality in Nigeria should be addressed so as to solve the socioeconomic problems that has posed a major threat to the UN women programmes and works. This, the paper recommends that a lot can be achieved by creating institutions and implementing policies that encourage and drive economic growth among women in the country. Domesticating international conventions and eliminating discriminatory laws against women in the Nigerian constitution will also help address the challenges of the UN Women in Nigeria.

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Section: Theoretical Framework Critical Theorymentioning

confidence: 99%

United Nations Women and Gender Equality in Nigeria:

Ayodeji,

Ade-Ibijola

2022

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“…This delegation of HRM decisions to line managers will commonly result in a greater scope for disparity and inconsistencies between the policy formulated at HR department level, on the one hand, and, on the other hand, the decisions taken by line managers (McCarthy, Darcy, & Grady, 2010, p. 160). This means that line managers are faced with a possible role conflict in trying to reconcile their HR responsibilities, on the one hand, while also being open and accommodating to the realities of employee experiences, on the other hand (Harney, 2014). Therefore, line managers play a critical role in influencing employee attitudes and behaviors by the way they put forward designed HR policies into practice, and they can be essential in improving organizations' outcomes .…”

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How does work engagement mediate the association between human resources management and organizational performance?

Pombo

Gomes

2018

Problems and Perspectives in Management

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The aim of this paper is to understand how workers’ perceptions and behaviors contribute to understanding the association between human resources management (HRM) and organizational performance (OP). Over the past few decades, theory construction has lagged the intermediate linkages between HRM and OP, and, therefore, there are still many unanswered questions with regards to such an association. To sustain the HRM-OP link, the authors highlight the potential influence of employees’ work engagement (WE), with the aim of exploring some of the intermediating variables, focusing on the perceptions of employees’ attitudes and behaviors. This research emphasizes that line managers have a crucial role to play in stimulating employees’ efforts and in shaping HR-related outcomes. Line managers act as crucial intermediaries in determining how HR policies that lead to OP can be designed and administered. Nevertheless, line managers have the capability to disrupt or stimulate the system, which has a significant impact on employees’ engagement with the organization. The empirical research is based on a sample of 1,609 employees and 40 organizations and was carried out in two settings. Results suggest that line managers and employees’ perceptions of HR policies were positively related to line managers’ perceptions of OP. The results also support a path model, whereby WE strengthens HR systems’ association with enhanced levels of OP. The discussion reviews the implications of these results and suggests future directions for research.

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The Role of the Line Manager in HRM-Performance Research

Harney

Cafferkey

2014

Work Organization and Human Resource Management

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Managerial Roles

Cited by 3 publications

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United Nations Women and Gender Equality in Nigeria:

How does work engagement mediate the association between human resources management and organizational performance?

The Role of the Line Manager in HRM-Performance Research

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