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The Influence of Specialised University Degrees on Employee’s Performance

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Systems, Software and Services Process Improvement (EuroSPI 2021)

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Abstract

The aim of the currently ongoing proposed research is to investigate whether specialised university degrees influence employee performance. Initial results are showing that specialised university degree has an impact on employee performance. This empirical work, based on the SPI Manifesto, has its characteristic as a people centric and value research. The high value derives from the factor people in industries.

Numerous studies have been conducted to find the factors that influence employee performance. None of this research has examined the influence of specialised university degrees on employee performance.

This gap will be addressed by the current research. This research will determine whether a specialised university degree can lead to improved performance and, if so, which factors most significantly influence employee performance. The impact of specialised university degrees on employee performance will be measured through a questionnaire.

Afterwards, the theoretical model which depicts the casual relationships between employee characteristics and organizational performance will be statistically analysed.

The study is the first one which investigates what educational characteristics have an influence on employee performance.

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  1. Edinburgh Business School, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland

    Bahadur Shah & Raphael Edlmann

  2. expertsnaut GmbH, Agnes-Pockels-Bogen 1, 80992, Munich, Germany

    Eren Aykanat

  3. IUBH University of Applied Sciences, Juri-Gagarin-Ring 152, 99084, Erfurt, Germany

    Ehson Shah

  4. Department of Business Administration, University of Applied Science, Am Stadtpark 20, 81243, Munich, Germany

    Thomas Peisl

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Shah, B., Aykanat, E., Edlmann, R., Shah, E., Peisl, T. (2021). The Influence of Specialised University Degrees on Employee’s Performance. In: Yilmaz, M., Clarke, P., Messnarz, R., Reiner, M. (eds) Systems, Software and Services Process Improvement. EuroSPI 2021. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1442. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-85521-5_3

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