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Item Relationship between Servant Leadership and Turnover Intentions among Academic Staff in Northern Ethiopian Public Universities Using Affective Commitment as a Mediator(Addis Ababa University, 2023-10) Mulu Temere; Belay Tefera (PhD)The main objective of the study was to examine the extent and relationship between servant leadership and turnover intention among faculty in northern Ethiopian public universities. Besides, the study investigated the mediating role of affective commitment in the relationship between servant leadership and turnover intention. By design, this study is both descriptive and correlational. A sample of 153 faculty members from three northern Ethiopian public universities was used as a data source. Moreover, to consolidate the evidences, additional data were collected from nine former faculty members of the sampled universities. A stratified random sampling method was employed to select both the sample universities and the participants. Moreover, a snowball sampling technique was employed to select participants for the interview. Three standardized scales were adapted and employed. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the data. Findings of the descriptive analysis revealed that the levels of servant leadership, affective commitment, and turnover intentions were found to be low, moderate, and above average, respectively. The results of the multiple regression analysis revealed that sociodemographic characteristics did not significantly predict turnover intentions, but servant leadership and affective commitment did. Furthermore, the examination of the mediation analysis shows that affective commitment partially mediates the relationship between servant leadership and the intention to leave the organization. The Implications of the findings for research and practice were discussed. Keywords: servant leadership, affective commitment, turnover intentionItem “Psychological Treatments” Provided to Mental Health Patients in Torhailoch Specialized Hospital: Situation Analysis(Addis Ababa University, 2018-05) Tiruneh, Debebe; Zeleke, Seleshi (PhD)A qualitative research of explanatory case study type was applied to investigate the situation of psychological treatments that are provided to mental health patients in Torhailoch Hospital. Six psychiatric nurses and three psychiatric patients were involved in the study by using purposive sampling method. Interviews, observations and document analysis were also applied to collect data. Four points were identified as findings. The psychiatric nurses who were delivering the psychological service in the hospital had inadequate trainings regarding psychological therapies; the psychiatric nurses did not make use of any theory of psychotherapy while they were conducting group or individual therapy; the prominent psychological service that was given in the hospital was group therapy which comprised of every psychiatric patient in a single group, and focusing on providing psychoeducation; the hospital gave little attention to the use psychological means for the treatment of psychiatric patients. However, it found that the psychiatric nurses and the mental health patients had positive attitudes toward the usefulness of psychological therapies for the wellbeing of patients. Moreover, the psychiatric nurses had high interest to help patients using psychological method.Item Knowledge, attitude and practices of hotel staffs towards Ebola Virus Disease in Bole sub city, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia(Addis Ababa University, 2016-06) Tilahun, Wondwosen; Amare, Berhanu (PhD)Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) is a fatal illness. It has been causing health, economic, social and psychological problems on nationally, regionally as well as globally. The recent outbreak affected West Africa; it could spread to other countries, like Ethiopia, through trade and travel. Prevention was the best option. Hotel staff is one of the vulnerable groups for infectious disease like EVD. To design prevention strategy it is important to know their knowledge, attitude and practice towards EVD. Thus, the aim of this study was to assess the status of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) of hotel staff in Bole sub city, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. To examine this descriptive study design was employed with qualitative and quantitative data collection methods. Self-administered questionnaire was used to collect quantitative data from 9 hotels 396 staffs randomly selected. The questionnaire consisted of six sections with a total of 35 questions. The questions were intended to pertain respondents’ socio demographic data, their knowledge, perception, behavior; attitude towards guest and practice towards EVD. The quantitative data were obtained from hotel managers through in depth interview. SPSS software was used to data entry and data analysis. Hence, Knowledge on the cause of EVD was good among hotel staff however their knowledge on sign, symptom were satisfactory. Majority of the staff believed that their chance of contracting EVD were low. The respondent’s attitude towards guests and health professionals returned from West Africa was fearful and suspicious. Most of the staff believed that EVD could be prevented by avoiding physical contact. The possible reason to their knowledge and believe was multimedia intervention and interpersonal risk communication. Most of the respondents used television as source of information. Further study recommended on post epidemic phase risk communication material review.Item Safety Climate Perception and its contribution for the Prediction of Actual Work Place Injuries among Workers of Kombolcha Textile Factory(Addis Ababa University, 2014-05) Seid, Esmael; Singh, Yeswant (Professor)Textile industry is characterized by a high existence of many potential hazards that can easily inflict occupational injuries among workers. Recent years have witnessed the link between the concepts of safety climate with variety of safety outcomes including accidents and injuries .Yet, safety climate measures are rarely addressed in Ethiopia. Therefore, the objective of this study was to explore the role of employees’ safety climate perception with regard to predicting occurrence occupational injuries. Moreover, the study also examines the difference in safety climate perception based on demographic factors to aid a greater understanding of the many dynamics in predicting injuries among respondents. A cross sectional study design was conducted on 255 employees’ from the three production deportments (spinning, weaving and finishing) of kombolcha textile factory. A pre tested safety climate scale which was originally developed by Cox and Cheyne (2000) was employed in order to assess the prevalent safety climate in the factory. This tool has 43 items within nine dimensions. The prevalence rate of injuries in the factory was 294 per 1000 exposed workers per year. Fingers and hands were the most affected body parts. Workers gender, age and length of service duration also appeared as significant predictors of occupational injuries. Findings from this study show, when all the nine dimensions of the safety climate tool were considered as independent variable and injuries as dependent variable, safety climate perception of employees were significant in predicting occupational injuries. The study also showed certain safety climate dimensions were more salient in predicting injuries. Finally the study implies, by using safety climate surveys as a proactive indicator of safety, organizations can modify their safety condition trough intervening to certain aspects of safety climate dimensions that are linked with injuries. Key words: Employees, demographic factors, Safety Climate Perception, dimension of safety climate, injury,Item The Implementation of Health Communication in Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church: The Case of Mahibere Kidusan Head Office(Addis Ababa University, 2014-05) Abeje, Abraham; Minaye, Abebaw (PhD)This study examined the frequency of health communication of Gibi Gubae Students of AAU in the teachings of Mahibere Kidusan. Two hundred fifty five students have participated after being selected randomly. A five point Linkert Scale of health communication was used. Logistic regression was used to analyze dichotomous variables of health-related factors. Independent sample t-test and chi square tests were applied to investigate the difference between male-female students in Mahibere Kidusan. There is no significant difference between male and female on the healthy style of life score. The proportion of males who responded to prevalence of health communication is not significantly different from the proportion of females. Therefore, it is recommended that health Communication in Mahibere Kidusan should be continuous and encouraged.