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this is my final doctoral dissertation and we need to work on amending it according to the reviewer feedback.
am gonna attach the dissertation and the raw file of the quantitative analysis and the reviewer feedback and also the letters to reviewer form to mention all the changes made to brief him about the occured changes.
please make sure the edittor will highlight the changes with different colour for easy tracking, and also please tell him or her to check the reviewer attached feedback and also the additional comments are added on the discussion board and work on it accordingly. Best regards,
Qualitative Interview Questions
I would like to request your collaboration in completing this interview as accurately as possible. The information you provide is essential for successful completion of my DBA studies. The anonymity of your responses is guaranteed to protect your jobs. Thank you for taking the time to complete this interview. All of your answers will be treated as strictly confidential information.
SECTION ONE: GENERAL BACKGROUND
1. Gender: Male Female •
2. Age:
Less than 30 years old
30-40 Years old •
40-50 Years old •
More than 40 Years old •
3. Nationality: UAE
4. Years of experience in the organization:
Less than 5 years Between 5-10 years •
Between 10-15 years •
Above 15 years •
5. Profession: High School •
Diploma •
Bachelor
Higher Education •
6. Working for how many years as a manager: N/A
7. Job Title: Administration Assistant
8. Number of employees under your management:
Less than 3 • Between 4-10 •
Between 11-20 •
Above 21 •
SECTION TWO: QUALITATIVE INTERVIEW QUESTIONS
Q1: What is stress at the workplace?
Participant -1: “I am experiencing at the work place that there is no proper delegation”
A. Could you elaborate on that point?
Participant -1: “I mean that there is no preplan schedule” “I am working according to the need of my supervisor, sometimes I am performing a task then my supervisor comes out of nowhere and requests from me to do another task. That’s really frustrating because at the end of the day I am not able to perform my work”.
B. Can you explain what you mean?
Participant -1: “My supervisor says that I am not finishing my work on time that really stresses me”
C. Would you tell me have you been under stress recently?
Participant -1: “I received from my supervisor data entry task, which could be finished within a week instead it took me a month. My supervisor forgets that he was interrupting me daily to perform his day-to-day task”.
Q2: What are the norms within the organizational culture?
Participant -1: “The norm of this organization, there are situations with personal and professional life are both mixed. The employee cannot refuse the supervisor’s order where the retaliation is a common practice.”
A. Would you tell me a time when you were faced with a stressful situation?
Participant -1: “I used to work in a facility where the supervisor comes to the office and talks about his personal life. At the time I was very busy and needed to finish my task so, I told him that I am busy and to please leave my office so that I could finish my work. The supervisor was very disappointed when he heard that and decided to transfer me to another department.”
B. What is your initial reaction to this situation?
Participant -1: ” I was very upset because I left my previews job and now I have to travel an hour drive to be at work.
C. Would you describe how you fit into stressful culture?
Participant -1: ” I am in a point that I do whatever the supervisor ask me to do”
Q3. How does stress affect your productivity?
Participant -1: ” I am in point that if I have to leave , which I cannot provide the family needs”.
A. In your opinion, tell me more about what is the relationship between stress and productivity?
Participant -1: “there is relationship between stress and productivity were more stress less productivity”.
B. In your opinion, tell me more about your productivity when you are facing with a stressful situation?
Participant -1: ” for sure when I am in stress I perform less”
C. Tell me more about what, if anything, would you change about stress to increase productivity of employees if you could?
Participant -2: “I wish if there is an equal work distribution, proper delegation, less interruption, and retaliation”.
SECTION ONE: GENERAL BACKGROUND
1. Gender: Male Female •
2. Age:
Less than 30 years old •
30-40 Years old
40-50 Years old •
More than 40 Years old •
3. Nationality: USA
4. Years of experience in the organization:
Less than 5 years Between 5-10 years •
Between 10-15 years •
Above 15 years •
5. Profession: High School •
Diploma •
Bachelor •
Higher Education
6. Working for how many years as a manager: N/A
7. Job Title: Consultant
8. Number of employees under your management:
Less than 3 • Between 4-10 •
Between 11-20 •
Above 21 •
SECTION TWO: QUALITATIVE INTERVIEW QUESTIONS
Q1: What is stress at the workplace?
Participant -2: “The boss, the employees, the work”
A. Could you elaborate on that point?
Participant -2: “There is a language barrier between the boss and me. In addition, the employees speak a different language so that is stressful.”
B. Can you explain what you mean?
Participant -2: “The boss and coworkers speak a different language so I don’t know whether they’re talking about me and that causes stress or briefing me about a new project.”
C. Would you tell me have you been under stress recently?
Participant -2: “I received from my supervisor to Identify project outline. My supervisor expects me to finish the work by a week; however, due to lack of facilities I didn’t meet the deadline.”
Q2: What are the norms within the organizational culture?
Participant -2: “My expectation was different, I was expecting that there will be an orientation, monitoring, and proper delegation.”
A. Would you tell me a time when you were faced with a stressful situation?
Participant -2: At the workplace, I feel lonely and left out because everyone speaks a different language, even though the UAE people are very friendly and welcoming and I had a hard time in making friends.
B. What is your initial reaction to this situation?
Participant -2: “I was shy and sad and wanted to change that so, I decided to approach them and to talk to them, they were friendly and very happy and I felt that am gaining friends”.
C. Would you describe how you fit into stressful culture?
Participant -2: ” With talented employees and limited freedom will be no happiness of success sharing the ideas to benefit the organization”
Q3. How does stress affect your productivity?
Participant -2: ” I am not getting the chance in implementing the idea”
A. In your opinion, tell me more about what is the relationship between stress and productivity?
Participant -2: “there is not flexible timing, I believe it will allow me to do the job better way and achieving good results”
B. In your opinion, tell me more about your productivity when you are facing with a stressful situation?
Participant -2: “I am having difficulties in identifying the viewp01oints of employees, which is causing conflict among the team ”
C. Tell me more about what, if anything, would you change about stress to increase productivity of employees if you could?
Participant -2: “I wish if I can choose to ignore the conflict, and can direct and clarify the issue, and challenge to reach a decision through common methods like negotiation or compromise. The question is how conflict has to be dealt with productively and with a plan, or else it’s too easy to get dragged into the argument and generate an even larger mess”.
Participant -2: “I wish if there is an equal work distribution, proper delegation, less interruption, and retaliation”.
SECTION ONE: GENERAL BACKGROUND
9. Gender: Male Female •
10. Age:
Less than 30 years old •
30-40 Years old
40-50 Years old •
More than 40 Years old •
11. Nationality: Jordanian
12. Years of experience in the organization:
Less than 5 years Between 5-10 years •
Between 10-15 years •
Above 15 years •
13. Profession: High School •
Diploma •
Bachelor •
Higher Education
14. Working for how many years as a manager: N/A
15. Job Title: Administration Assistant
16. Number of employees under your management:
Less than 3 • Between 4-10 •
Between 11-20 •
Above 21 •
1. What is stress at the workplace?
Participant -3 “Unsatisfied with the salary package versus experience and qualification”.
A. Could you elaborate on that point?
Participant 3 “Am not policing military, am civilian there is a lot of difference when it comes to the salary scale”.
B. Can you explain what you mean?
Participant -3 “I feel my self-treated as a high school graduate with couple of years experienced with no consideration of the qualification and previous experience background”.
C. Would you tell me have you been under stress recently?
Participant -3 “Yes, I am under pressure in working along with my team 24/7 in meeting deadlines, when I come and compare the level of work versus salary I get depressed and demotivated”.
Q2- What are the norms within the organizational culture?
Participant -3 “The management is not taking this matter seriously by finding a proper solution in giving the rights to qualified civilians equally to policing ranking packages and solving the salary scale for civilians”.
A. Would you tell me a time when you were faced with a stressful situation?
Participant -3 ” The given load to us as civilian and meeting the deadlines in shorter and faster by stressing ourselves working also from home in our private time”.
B. What is your initial reaction to this situation?
Participant 3- ” Due to this I started having body aches mentally not engaged in achieving the best of the work result outcomes
C.Would you describe how you fit into stressful culture?
Participant 3- ” While working in stressful environment, I do my best but I can do much more effective work if there is no pressure on me and given enough time”.
Q3- How does stress affect your productivity?
A. In your opinion tell me more about what is the relationship between stress and productivity?
Participant 3- “If I am sick with all of the fatigue symptoms due to stress it effects on my productivity”.
B. In your opinion tell me more about your productivity when you are facing with a stressful situation? Participant 3-
” I am forcing myself to accomplish the task even though am sick, but again no guarantee it’s free of mistakes”
C. Tell me more about what, if anything, would you change about stress to increase productivity of employees if you could?
Participant 3- ” I will try my best to solve the core of the problem itself in whatever situation, and motivate my employees by providing them a healthy environment to achieve their best of the best outcome.