USE THE ORIGINAL DISCUSSION AND
REFERENCES TO RESPOND BACK TO THE 2 CLASSMATES LISTED BELOW.
ORIGINAL
How does employee satisfaction
affect company performance in the technology industry?
Quantitative Research
Question
To what extent does employee satisfaction (independent
variable) influence key performance indicators (dependent variable) in
technology companies?
Variables
Independent Variable
Employee Satisfaction
Definition
The overall contentment and fulfillment experienced by
employees within a technology company.
Measurement
Can be quantified through surveys using Likert scales or
other standardized measures assessing various aspects such as job satisfaction,
work-life balance, career development opportunities, and organizational
culture.
Operationalization
Scores obtained from surveys measuring employee
satisfaction will be used as the independent variable in the research study.
Dependent Variable
Company Performance
Definition
The achievement of objectives and goals by a technology
company is often measured through key performance indicators (KPIs) such as
revenue growth, market share, innovation rate, and customer satisfaction
(Hristov & Chirico, 2019).
Measurement
Quantitative data was obtained from financial reports,
customer feedback surveys, market analysis, and innovation metrics.
Operationalization
KPIs that are specific to the technology industry, such
as revenue growth percentage, market share percentage, innovation rate like
number of patents or new products developed, and customer satisfaction scores,
will be used as indicators of company performance in the research study.
Statistical analysis tools like correlation analysis and
regression analysis will be used to investigate the connection between employee
satisfaction and company performance. Correlation analysis assesses how strong
and in what direction the connection is between employee satisfaction and each
Key Performance Indicator (KPI) separately, while regression analysis can help
identify important factors that predict company performance, including employee
satisfaction (Hayes, 2014). This study using quantitative methods will offer
important information on how employee satisfaction affects the overall
performance and success of technology firms.
References
Hayes, A. F.
(2014). Introduction to Mediation, Moderation, and Conditional Process
Analysis: A Regression-Based Approach. https://ci.nii.ac.jp/ncid/BB1323391X
Hristov, I.,
& Chirico, A. (2019). The role of Sustainability Key Performance Indicators
(KPIs) in implementing sustainable strategies. Sustainability, 11(20),
5742. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11205742
CHARNIECE
Financial information is provided to inform potential
investors and help current shareholders monitor their investment (Beyer et
al., 2010). The SEC requires public companies to adopt Generally Accepted
Accounting Principles (GAAP) for the presentation of financial statements. GAAP
regulations require certain disclosures, but management usually makes voluntary
disclosures as well to share information they deem necessary to relay to the
public (Arena et al., 2023). Management also discloses non-GAAP earnings information
that are outside the scope of auditors. The purpose of providing non-GAAP
information is to provide a better view of core operation results and exclude
temporary items to give a better picture of future results (Son, 2024). However,
critics claim that companies may report pro forma earnings to make performance
look better and investors may
be deceived by overstated reporting. A quantitative research question and variables are
listed below and can be studied using financial data published with the SEC.
Research
Question: What is the impact of non-GAAP projected earnings on future
performance?
Independent
Variable: Non-GAAP projected earnings
Dependent
Variable: Future GAAP earnings and Future proforma earnings
Results
Arena, C.,
Bozzolan, S., & Imperatore, C. (2023). The trade-off between mandatory and
voluntary disclosure: Evidence from oil companies’ risk reporting. Journal
of Accounting, Auditing & Finance, 38(4), 986–1008.
https://doi.org/10.1177/0148558X211025250
Beyer, A.,
Cohen, D. A., Lys, T. Z., & Walther, B. R. (2010). The financial reporting
environment: Review of the recent literature. Journal of Accounting and
Economics, 50(2), 296–343.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacceco.2010.10.003
Son, M.
(2024). Non-GAAP Performance Measures: CPA Journal. CPA Journal, 94(1/2),
59–61
ROSHY
Carmeli et al. (2013) Investigates
whether leader supportive behaviors promote knowledge sharing and improve
employee creative problem-solving, thereby increasing creative performance.
Their findings show that leader support is linked to both internal and external
knowledge sharing, which increases employees’ capacity for creative
problem-solving and improves creative performance, particularly in terms of
originality (Carmeli et al., 2013). These findings highlight leaders’
multifaceted role in facilitating knowledge sharing and creative problem
solving, which ultimately improves organizational creative
performance (Carmeli et al., 2013). In this study, following
variables were studied to understand the relationships between leader
behaviors, knowledge sharing, creative problem-solving capacity, and creative
performance.
Independent
Variables:
Leader
Behaviors
Internal
Knowledge Sharing
External
Knowledge Sharing
Creative
Problem-Solving Capacity
Dependent
Variables:
Creative
Performance
In a
similar field of interest, I want to investigate the impact of leadership style
(LS) and emotional intelligence (EI) on innovation, as well as how the
generational cohort influences this impact. My research questions and variables
are listed below.
RQ1. How do
Leadership styles(LS) impact organizational innovation?
In this research question, independent variable is LS and dependent variable is
organizational innovation.
RQ2. How
does Emotional Intelligence(EI) impact organizational innovation?
In this research question, independent variable is EI and dependent variable is
organizational innovation.
RQ3. How
would the generational cohort influence the impact on innovation?
In
this research question, independent variable is Generational cohort and
dependent variable is organizational innovation.
References
Carmeli, A.,
Gelbard, R., & Reiter-Palmon, R. (2013). Leadership, Creative
Problem-Solving Capacity, and Creative Performance: The Importance of Knowledge
Sharing: Human Resource Management. Human Resource Management, 52(1),
95–121. https://doi.org/10.1002/hrm.21514
