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Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 20-04-2022
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 11-04-2022
DOI: 10.1177/00910260221085583
Abstract: This article explores the impact of inclusive leadership behaviors on Indigenous voice and the perception of workplace inclusion by Indigenous employees in Vietnam public agencies. Drawing from qualitative research with managers and Indigenous employees in three public organizations, we found that, first, inclusive leadership behaviors promoted workplace ersity by supporting Indigenous presence through recruitment training and development opportunities and promotion into decision making roles. Second, inclusive leadership facilitated Indigenous belongingness by accepting Indigenous employees as important group members, and sympathizing with their challenges. Third, in the context of a Confucian and collectivist-influenced country, inclusive leadership played a crucial role in valuing Indigenous uniqueness by encouraging their voice over their work valuing their contributions and respecting their differences. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.
Publisher: Ho Chi Minh City Open University
Date: 21-06-2022
DOI: 10.46223/HCMCOUJS.SOCI.EN.12.1.2182.2022
Abstract: This study aims to investigate female employees’ perception of their work-life balance during remote working under the Covid-19 pandemic. It also explores the techniques that female employees implemented to keep a balance between their work and lives. The study employs a quantitative approach with a survey of 269 female respondents in Ho Chi Minh City. The study focuses on female employees who had experiences of work-from-home during Covid-19. Descriptive analysis is utilized to interpret the data. Prior to that, measurement scales have tested the reliability and validity. Findings show that Vietnamese working women perceived themselves as stressed and difficult to maintain their work-life balance. Cognitive crafting (i.e., prioritizing work) was reportedly the most common practice among women. The study suggests that future research should investigate work-life balance practices in different approaches, and organisations should consider how their employees’ practices adjust their policies to attract and maintain employee retention.
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 06-05-2020
Publisher: Ho Chi Minh City Open University
Date: 29-06-2021
DOI: 10.46223/HCMCOUJS.SOCI.EN.11.1.1889.2021
Abstract: This paper aims to explore factors impacting Vietnamese international students’ satisfaction in Taiwan universities. The study was based on a process design of two sub-studies. Study 1 was qualitative research with focus group discussion, and open-ended survey questions were applied to explore essential factors of Vietnamese international students’ perception of their satisfaction. Study 2 was a quantitative study in 20 Taiwan universities, in which 192 Vietnamese students participated to answer the formal questionnaires. In this Study 2, a statistical procedure was employed to analyze the data. The findings from Study 1 indicated that instructor, learning material and facility, dormitory services, and extracurricular activity constitute Vietnamese international students’ satisfaction in Taiwan universities. Findings from Study 2 showed that Vietnamese students are satisfied with these factors. While instructor, dormitory service, and extracurricular activity were considered strong predictors of these students’ satisfaction, learning material and facility were relatively low. Also, it found that scholarship-sponsored students had lower satisfaction than self-supporting students. These findings could provide theoretical and practical implication as it addresses the lack of research on international students’ satisfaction with universities in host countries. Also, practitioners could find interesting points from this paper to design marketing strategies for international student recruitment.
Publisher: Emerald
Date: 27-06-2023
Abstract: Through a case study of the Po Klaong Girai temple in Vietnam, this paper explores how indigenous community perceive tourism benefit sharing (TBS) associated with their cultural tourism at sacred living-heritage sites and how this TBS enhances the equality and inclusion for indigenous community in the context of tourism in Vietnam. This study employed ethnographic fieldwork and semi-structured interviews with 35 indigenous Cham priests directly associated with managing and preserving the Po Klaong Girai temple. This research found that Cham community perceive inequality and exclusivity on tourism benefit sharing at this religious site. While Cham Ahier priests face economic barriers in providing these services to the community, annual tourism revenue is allocated to local government budgets. Such economic pressure forces the priests to seek alternative economic avenues to support their families at the expense of their traditional commitments to communal, cultural and religious activities, significantly impacting sustainable heritage conservation. This has led to strained relations between the local community and local authorities. This research provides evidence to improve living heritage management practices by proposing tourism development policies for equality and inclusion among stakeholders, especially minorities and disadvantaged groups. This can be an experiential and necessary lesson for “dealing” with sustainable heritage management in heritage living sites in other ethnic minority areas in Vietnam and globally. The findings from this study address the knowledge gap on equitable revenue sharing in heritage tourism, where financial benefits from the commodification of minority cultures should be used to support local communities and the custodians of indigenous heritage.
Publisher: IEEE
Date: 27-11-2020
Publisher: Emerald
Date: 29-07-2021
Abstract: This paper provides critical insights into the contextual challenges of researching indigenous people in Vietnam's public sector organisations. Drawing on a study of indigenous employee voice and inclusion in public sector organisations in three locations in the Central Highlands region, the researcher engages in self and methodological reflections to explain the challenges faced. This paper identifies and discusses the challenging issues of political sensitivity, data access, availability and consistency of quantitative data, and characteristics of indigenous participants in the context of Vietnam. This paper benefits directly those who are interested in researching Vietnam's indigenous people in future. Further, it contributes to the global conversation on the challenges of conducting indigenous research, particularly in reaching out to indigenous populations and obtaining reliable data in order to capture indigenous voice and experiences. There is a dearth of knowledge of indigenous research in non-Western countries where indigenous people are not recognised officially by the government. This paper addresses this knowledge gap by focusing on cultural, political and societal issues of indigenous research from Vietnam.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 16-06-2023
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