Business Economic, Communication, and Social Sciences Journal (BECOSS)

COMMUTERS’ PREFERENCES AND THEIR WILLINGNESS TO PAY FOR MODERN PUBLIC UTILITY VEHICLE (MPUV)

Ivy Lalio, Gladys Navarro — Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The study aims to determine the commuter’s preferences and predicts the commuters' Willingness to Pay (WTP) for Modern Public Utility Vehicle (MPUV). The satisfaction and importance of the commuters’ preferences are essential in determining the attitude of commuters, particularly in what the commuters value in terms of comfort and convenience. Personal factors such as gender, classification, satisfaction, and importance level were considered and economic factors such as the monthly household income and transportation expenses of the respondents are included as determinants of their willingness to pay for additional MPUV. The study utilizes descriptive and a quantitative approach or Binary Logistic Regression (BLR) Model. While a tool validated structured questionnaire based on the Contingent Valuation Method (CVM) were used. There were 324 respondents from the two proximate private and public schools in senior high level. The result shows that the overall satisfaction level of commuters with traditional PUVs was just right and are mostly dissatisfied with the factors on environment-friendly and safe or security features of traditional PUVs. Using BLR, the willingness to pay for additional PUV was determined the personal and economic predicting a positive chance that the commuters are willing to pay for Modern PUV, however, these indicators are not significant. Conversely, two indicators yield a significant relationship with the willingness to pay. First is the amount willing to pay and second is the overall level of importance by the commuters. The results assist to improve the transportation infrastructure, services and recommend a market-driven policy matrix.

Role of Psychological Wellbeing in Mediating Impact of Worklife Integration to Organization Commitment

Ignatia Aditya Hapsari — Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000

This research aim to investigate impact Work to Life Integration (WLI) to Organization Commitment (OC) for remote working employee who works in Jabodetabek, Indonesia, and how role of Psychological Wellbeing (PWB) increasing this impact. Due to trend of flexible working arrangement during Covid 19 pandemic and development of technologies that can facilitate it, there are still few references relate to work to life integration’s impacts. In this study researcher choose to investigate its impact to organization commitment which matters for employers. This research is a quantitative study using online survey to 400 employees and used SEM PLS to get the result. Result of the study found that WLI has significant impact to OC and WLI has significant impact to OC through PWB as a mediator, but apparently indirect impact of WLI to OC mediated by PWB is lesser than direct of WLI to OC.

EMPOWERED OR OVERLOOKED? EXAMINING THE ROLE OF EMPLOYMENT STATUS IN PUBLIC WELFARE WORKERS’ SELF-EFFICACY AND JOB SATISFACTION

Gene Kathlyn Aquino — Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Employee well-being is crucial to organizational success, particularly in public service sectors where job satisfaction and self-efficacy directly impact performance. This study explores the relationship between self-efficacy, job satisfaction, and employment status among personnel from a public social welfare agency. A total of 215 employees, including 31 permanent, 53 contractual, and 131 contract of service workers, were randomly selected for participation. Data were collected using the New General Self-Efficacy Scale (NGSE) and the Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire (MSQ). Findings revealed consistently high levels of self-efficacy and job satisfaction across employment types, with no significant statistical differences between groups. A positive correlation was identified between self-efficacy and job satisfaction, indicating that employees with greater belief in their capabilities experience higher job fulfillment. However, this relationship was weaker among contractual employees, likely due to job insecurity. Moreover, the study highlights the vital role of social services and camaraderie in boosting self-efficacy and satisfaction, particularly during times of crisis. These findings imply that the nature of public social workers' jobs, which include assisting disadvantaged populations and delivering necessary services, naturally raises their levels of self-efficacy and job satisfaction across all job categories.

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Muhamad Nanang Suprayogi — Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000