HR RESEARCH JOURNAL Volume 8, 2013 Prepared by Consulting Editor Howard Dean for the Institute of People Management of Zimbabwe HISTORICAL BACKGROUND, CONTEXT and EDITORIAL POLICY Seven volumes of this research-based HR Journal were prepared for IPMZ between 1996 and 2002. Twenty-one issues, totalling 330 pages of material summarizing mainly Zimbabwean HR micro-studies were printed and distributed to all IPMZ members during those years. As editor/publisher, my long-term vision was to see the profession move beyond re-cycling common international HR ‘received wisdom’ and, over several decades, to help infuse local HR practice with local research-based knowledge about principles and practices proved useful in local workplaces. The Research Dissertations then being written under supervision for the IPMZ Higher Diploma provided a good source of such micro-studies. Since research is partly a process of aggregating empirical data by a ‘community of scholars’ over decades, I also saw a role for a research-based journal in stimulating and enriching further research, gradually improving both theory and practice. The value of this publishing exercise was summed up in the editorial in Volume 6, Number 2, 2001 of the journal (containing 14 executive summaries of local HR research) as follows – “This substantial and authentic corpus of research-based HR knowledge, built up over 10 years, is reduced within the following pages to clear principles and precepts that practitioners and students alike can use.” Publication of the journal ceased after 2002 due to hyperinflation but I remained convinced of the soundness of the original vision. As a result of an initiative by IPMZ, we are pleased to resurrect the HR Research Journal after a 10-year gap in publication, coinciding with the hyperinflationary ravages of the ‘Lost Decade’. Volume 8 of the Journal summarises and comments on four pieces of research field work carried out by IPMZ Higher Diploma students. The Editorial Policy of the Journal is to report on Research Dissertations prepared by those studying for higher qualifications, such as the IPMZ Higher Diploma. These reports, issued at quarterly intervals as an IMPZ membership service and thereafter consolidated into journal form – · Describe the research methodology used – i.e. Research Question - Hypotheses - Abstract terms - Population and Sample - Instrument used to collect information - Pre-test/Pilot Study - Response Rate - Limitations of the research - Reliability and Validity of information – Collection of data. · Offer observations/suggestions on methodology for the guidance of future HR researchers. · Summarize any Research Findings of possible use to HR practitioners. Harare, Zimbabwe, May 2013 CONTENTS of Volume 8 of the HR RESEARCH JOURNAL THE CAUSES OF INCREASED ABSENTEEISM IN A PRIVATE SECTOR FACTORY Report on 2010 research by GERTRUDE MLEYA THE CAUSES OF POOR PERFORMANCE AND NEGLECT OF DUTY BY PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL EMPLOYEES AT A NATIONAL HOSPITAL Report on 2011 research by GRACE NDLOVU THE CAUSES OF HIGH TURNOVER OF JUDICIAL OFFICERS IN THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE DURING 2006-2007 Report on 2008 research by EDWIN CLARKSON MARAWU HOW A TERTIARY COLLEGE CAN IMPROVE ITS SHARE OF THE MARKET Report on 2011 research by FLORENCE NYADOMBO For further information, contact [email protected]
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