Browsing by Author "Addisu Kebede"

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    Assessment of the Mediating Impact of Development Value on the Relationship between Economic, Social, Application, and Interest Values and Employer Attractiveness: A Case Study of the Ethiopian Banking Industry
    (Addis Ababa University, 2024-10) Addisu Kebede; Adane Atara (PhD)
    The study investigates the mediating role of development value in the relationship between economic, social, application and interest values and employer attractiveness. The analysis covers five prominent banks: Hibret Bank, Abyssinia Bank, Awash Bank, Zemen Bank, and Dashen Bank, representing a diverse cross-section of the sector. Key findings indicate that economic value, including compensation, job security, and promotion opportunities, significantly influence employee perceptions. Development value, encompassing career-enhancing experiences, recognition, and self-confidence gained through work, is critical. Application value, which includes opportunities to teach and apply skills learned, is highly valued. Social value, characterized by good relationships with colleagues and supervisors and a supportive work environment, is important, while interest value, involving innovation, creativity, and exciting work environments, attracts employees. The study employs a quantitative research design using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) to explore relationships among these variables. Data were collected through a structured questionnaire distributed to employees across the five banks, ensuring robust empirical analysis. Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) and other statistical methods validate the relationships between economic, social, application, and development values and employer attractiveness, with development values playing a mediating role. The research confirms Development Value emerged as a crucial mediating variable, significantly enhancing the impact of the other independent variables on Employer Attractiveness. This suggests that when employees perceive opportunities for professional growth and development, they are more likely to view the employer as attractive, regardless of other factors. Key word: Employer branding, Economic value, Development value, Social value, Interest Value, Application value
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    The Experience and Challenges of Mothers in Leadership Position in Caring for their Children: the Case of Burayu Town Administration.
    (Addis Ababa University, 2023-07-01) Addisu Kebede; Firehiwot Jabessa (PhD)
    The study aimed at the experiences and challenges of mothers in leadership positions in caring for their children. A qualitative research method was employed to study the experiences and challenges mothers in leadership positions faced in their life journeys. In-depth semi-structured interview questions were conducted with six mothers in leadership positions and two FGD sessions were conducted with about ten purposively selected mothers based on the selection criteria. Thematic analysis was used to analyze the collected data. The collected data was carefully transcribed; repeatedly reading the transcribed data, carefully coded, organized, and emerged themes were presented in the finding. The key findings of the study were mothers feel happy for being mothers and they believe that God blessed them to give birth to continue the generation. They sacrifice to meet the basic needs of their children as well as to be successful in their leadership. Mothers in leadership positions face a unique set of challenges that can make it difficult to manage their personal and professional responsibilities. Long working hours, weak support systems, and lack of effective self-care were identified as the major challenges mothers faced in the course of performing family career and leadership responsibilities. To overcome the demanding nature of balancing multiple responsibilities, mothers employed different coping mechanisms. These coping mechanisms are sharing their feelings with their family, seeking support from their family and coworkers, working long hours during night time, Spending most of their time for self-care, sleeping, and leisure on child care, house courses, carrier, and leadership responsibilities. It also found that a support system is considered an important resource for mothers in leadership positions to better fulfill their leadership responsibilities.