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  Factors that motivate employees to work at Northern Luzon Adventist College (NLAC), Philippines : an analysis

  (Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies, 2006-02) Akpa, Victoria Ozioma

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  The purpose was to find out NLAC employees' rankings of the common factors considered to motivate them, and clarify what the employees of NLAC desire for the future in the factors studied. This study was delimited to the selected factors that motivate employees to work at NLAC based on Herzberg's motivation-hygiene theory as perceived and desired by the respondents, and their perception on the currentjob outlook. The population investigated in this study consisted fo all the current employees of NLAC as of December 2005, totaling 97. The researcher utilized the descriptive survey method of research, with questionnaire (Factors Important in the Job and Current Job Outlook) as the main instrument. Out of the 88 questionnaires that were distributed, 86 (97.7%) were completed and returned. The major findings of the study were as follows: The top five motivation factors perceived by NLAC employees were as follows: Competence, knowing the job; Importance of tasks; Work enjoyment; Having enough freedom, responsibility, and authority to do my job; and Originality. The top five hygiene factors perceived by the employees were as follows: Nature of the organization, Good personal relations, Respect for co-workers, Security in my job, and Prestige in the community. On the overall, the desired level of the motivation and hygiene factors of the respondents were consistently higher than the perceived level of the motivation and hygiene factors. There were significant differences in perceived motivation factors when respondents were grouped according to age and worker status. There was significant difference in the desired level of the motivation factors when respondents were grouped according to present monthly salary and worker status. There were significant differences in perceived hygiene factors when respondents were grouped according to age and present monthly salary. There were significant differences in desired hygiene factors when respondents were grouped according to present monthly salary and worker status. The current job outlook profile differed significantly when respondents were grouped according to age, length of service at NLAC, present monthly salary, and worker status. Based on the overall findings that the present job is the best or second best, 60.5% respondents are satisfied with their jobs at NLAC. The rest (39.5%), as the analysis seems to suggest, are not satisfied with their jobs. The current job outlook and the total pcrceived and desired motivation and hygiene factors are all positively and significantly correlated. Recommendations include sustaining the top five motivation factors and stepping up the lower five motivation factors as well as all the hygiene factors so as to minimize the level of dissatisfaction among NLAC employees. NLAC administration is encouraged to work out a long term plan for employee development through training and also clearly define as well as make available to the employees the criteria for promotion within the service and also promote employees adequately when they meet these criteria.

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  Predictors of sixth-grade English-reading performance in Adventist Schools in Mindanao, Philippines

  (Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies, 2006-07) Vasquez, Olivia Borci

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  Proficient reading determines the academic success and eventually the future of the school child. Reading is among the important skills upon which other academic learning can be achieved by school children. In the Philippines, reading is an interactive process of getting and making meanings of prints. This process involves the personal characteristics, home environment, and school influences. The main purpose of this study was to determine the significant child, home, and school reading-related predictors of the sixth-grade English-reading performance. Employing the step-by-step cluster random sampling, 10 Adventist schools located within the city of Mindanao, Philippines, were selected. From these schools, 335 sixth graders participated in this study. This study is basically quantitative using the descriptive-correlational design. The combined literal and inferential comprehension of the sixth-graders as English-reading performance was predicted by being a girl (0 = .22 at p < .001), having positive attitude towards reading (P = .19 at p < .01), and having a college graduate mother (P = .16 at p < .01). Varied classroom-reading events such as teacher direct- whole-class instruction, teacher-class interaction, answering worksheets independently, and other events being paired with specific skills were also predictors. It was established by this study that personal characteristics, as well as the home and school environments, are factors of English-reading performance of the sixth graders. It is important to note that gender, attitude, mother's education, and exposure to the varied classroom reading events are significant considerations in the nurture of a school child towards academic success.

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