Dion Greenidge

University of the West Indies | UWI · Department of Management Studies

Despite its revolutionary impact, the sixteen-factor model was subjected to many criticisms and as a result was never as widely accepted as was anticipated (Cervone and Pervin 2016). Indeed, the past few decades has seen an increasing interest in the five-factor model (Digman 1990), which since its emergence (McCrae and Costa 1985), has dominated t...

This article investigated the mediating role of job satisfaction between four ability-based emotional intelligence (EI) dimensions and contextual performance and counterproductive work behaviors (CWBs), and controlled for Conscientiousness, Emotional Stability, and Agreeableness. Based on data collected from 222 employees, results supported the hyp...

Framed within an emotion-centred model, the current study investigated the mediating role of negative and positive emotion between job stressors and counterproductive work behaviours (CWB) and organisational citizenship behaviours, and the moderating effects of personality and ability-based emotional intelligence (EI) on the relationships between j...

In the field of personality psychology there is some consensus among researchers that human personality, at the broadest level, can be described in terms of five fundamental personality dimensions. Universally, these personality dimensions are referred to as the “Big Five” model or the Five Factor Model (FFM) of personality: Extraversion, Conscient...

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Extract Betty Jane Punnett, Priscilla A. Glidden, Carol Mulder and Dion Greenidge INTRODUCTION This chapter discusses the results of research on job attitudes in Barbados, an English-speaking country in the Caribbean. We use the results of this research to discuss how gender relates to job attitudes, such as satisfaction, loyalty, and perceptions...

Purpose This study seeks to determine differences between recruitment processes and methods and training practices used in small and large businesses in the retailing, manufacturing, and tourism sectors in an emerging economy, Barbados. Design/methodology/approach The research utilized a quantitative survey covering 49 retailing, manufacturing and...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore perceptions of fraud detection techniques in the stock and warehouse cycle in Barbados. Design/methodology/approach The study uses a self‐administered questionnaire, adapted and modified from Owusu‐Ansah et al . The sample is comprised of 64 auditors. The study examines the perceived effectiveness of...

This study tested the direct effects of three dimensions of organizational justice – distributive justice, procedural justice, and interactional justice – on contextual performance, counterproductive work behaviors, and task performance. The study also examined the moderating effects of an ability measure of emotional intelligence (EI) on the justi...

The study assessed life satisfaction and perceived stress among undergraduate university students In Barbados. Data were collected from 172 students using a self-report questionnaire. The analysis regressed life satisfaction and perceived stress measures on student demographics. Findings indicate that students were more satisfied with relationships...

This paper sought to test whether student demographics (gender, age, religion, type of degree and number of courses done containing ethics) influenced the likelihood of engaging in unethical business practices. The study involved the use of a questionnaire being administered to a sample of 231 undergraduate students in Barbados. It was found that g...

This paper investigates the relationship between the number of human resource management (HRM) practices adopted and organizational demographics among hotels in Barbados, as well as determining the extent to which strategic human management (SHRM) is practiced. A quantitative survey was administered to 46 hotels out of a population of 75 hotels. Th...

Using the theory of planned behaviour (TPB), we examined absence frequency within a developing market in the Caribbean. The objective was to understand the process underlying absence decisions. We merged survey data from 250 employees in five divisions of a Barbadian firm with company absenteeism records in order to assess whether the TPB fit the d...

Purpose – The purpose of this project was to evaluate the effectiveness of goal setting in improving performance in an emerging economy, Barbados. Design/methodology/approach – There is a substantial body of literature which has shown that goal setting improves performance in the developed world, but there is relatively little research examining th...

This paper examines the relationships of job attitudes (facets of job satisfaction and organizational commitment) and personality characteristics to absenteeism, in five manufacturing companies in Barbados, an English-speaking Caribbean country. The relationships examined are based on well-established theories from the developed world, especially t...

This article measures the effect of human resource management (HRM) on performance in the hotel industry in Barbados. It used a quantitative survey covering 46 hotels out of a population of 75 hotels. The respondents were hotel's management, being either a general manager, human resource (HR) manager or line manager. Similar to Hoque's study of UK...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the role and function of audit committees in public companies in Barbados since the corporate scandals of Enron and WorldCom in the USA. Design/methodology/approach The study used a mixed‐methods approach of self‐administered questionnaires, interviews with directors, audit committee members and audi...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to measure the extent of the adoption of human resource management (HRM), the existence of a formal HR strategy, and the development of the HR function in the Barbados hotel industry compared with Hoque's sample of hotels in the UK. Design/methodology/approach A quantitative survey, covering 46 hotels out of a...