Browsing by Author "Walelign, Medhanit"

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    Assessment Of Organizational Climate And Employees’ Job Satisfaction In Project Management Context: The Case Of Usaid Joint Emergency Operation Project (Jeop) In Addis Ababa
    (Addis Ababa University, 2021-03-12) Walelign, Medhanit; Atara, Adane(PhD)
    Research on the organizational climate is an old realm of studies which goes back as far as the 1930s and it was commenced by the work of Hawthorne who made the subsequent researchers to focus on the psychological aspects of the organization than the physical one. This study also traced this historical development and focused on the relationship between organizational climate and employees’ job satisfaction. For this study, the experiences of the selected branch of the USAID Joint Emergency Operation (JEOP) in Addis Ababa was used. Since the USAID is a renowned international organization with its big project of JEOP, assessing the organizational climate of the project employees' job satisfaction was particularly of interest area of enquiry. To substantially accomplish the study, concurrent mixed method research approach with a cross sectional time frame was employed. Using this study approach, the research tried to address the descriptive and explanatory function of the mixed method research. The research also employed both the quantitative and qualitative types of data and they were analyzed in an integrated manner. Census was used to collect information from all units in the population or a 'complete enumeration' of the population. So, 124 employees were made ready for questionnaires. Findings show that dimensions of the organization had a great effect on the job satisfaction level of the employees. This relationship was shown by using the Pearson linear regression and chi-square analysis. Furthermore, chi-square expound that there is a different job satisfaction and perception of the organization among the employees based on their gender, educational level, job level and tenure. Therefore, the organization should respond to the factors affecting the job satisfaction among the employees by providing a training and development and salary package, among others.
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    The Relationship Between Parental Substance Abuse and Child Maltreatment
    (Addis Ababa University, 2014-05) Walelign, Medhanit; Assefa, Abebe (PhD)
    Understanding the relationship between parental substance abuse and child maltreatment is crucial in providing better assessments of families at risk and creating better intervention and prevention strategies. This study was conducted to examine the relationship between parental substance abuse and child maltreatment in three selected preparatory and secondary schools of Addis Ababa. In addition, this study also sought to examine the relationship that child maltreatment has with family characteristics and some demographic factors (age, gender, year of schooling and type of the school).A total of 382 (Male =160, Female =222) students from the three secondary and preparatory schools (one private and two government), in Addis Ababa were selected conveniently. Parental substance abuse instrument and international child abuse screening tool (ICAST) were used to measure parental substance abuse and child maltreatment, respectively. Univariate, bivariate and multivariate analysis were used to analyze the collected data. Findings showed that parental substance abuse is significant predictor of child maltreatment. More specifically child maltreatment differs by the type of the substance, pattern of the substance abuse, affiliation with the abuser, and length of the starting time. It was also found that there is a statistically significant relationship between all the demographic factors except gender (age, class level, and year of schooling) and child maltreatment. In contrary, the study revealed a significant gender difference in emotional and sexual abuse. Family characteristics were also found to be significant mediator of the relationship of child maltreatment with demographic factors and parental substance abuse. Conclusion was made and the major findings were discussed in relation to other research findings. Finally the implication for social work education, research, practice and policy was discussed