Last Sacrifice Chapter Seven

THE PROBLEM WAS, OF COURSE, that I soon lost myself in the darkness. After living in the wilds of Montana, I was used to how completely the night could swallow you once you stepped away from even the tiniest hint of civilization. I was even used to wandering the twists and turns of dark forests. But the St. Vladimir's terrain had been familiar. The woods of West Virginia were new and foreign, and I had completely lost my bearings. Once I was pretty sure I'd put enough distance between me and the motel, I paused and looked around. Night insects hummed and sang, and the oppressive summer humidity hung around me. Peering up through the leafy canopy of trees, I could see a brilliant sky of stars, totally untouched by city lights. Feeling like a true wilderness survivor, I studied the stars until I spotted the Big Dipper and figured out which direction was north. The mountains Sydney had driven us through had been to the east, so I certainly didn't want to go in that direction. It seemed reasonable that if I hiked north, I'd eventually hit an interstate and either hitchhike or walk my way back to civilization. It wasn't an airtight plan, but it wasn't the worst one I'd ever had, not by a long shot. I wasn't really dressed for hiking, but as my eyes adjusted to the darkness, I managed to avoid most trees and other obstacles. Following the tiny road out of town would have been easier–but was also what Dimitri would expect me to do. I fell into a steady, subconscious rhythm as I made my way north. I decided it was a good time to check in on Lissa, now that I had time on my hands and no guardians trying to arrest me. I slipped into her mind and found her within the depths of the guardians' headquarters, sitting in a hallway lined with chairs. Other Moroi sat nearby, including Christian and Tasha. â€Å"They'll question you hard,' Tasha murmured. â€Å"Especially you.' That was to Christian. â€Å"You'd be my first choice if something illicitly blew up.' That seemed to be everyone's opinion. From the troubled look on her face, I could see Tasha had been as surprised by my escape as I had. Even if my friends hadn't filled her in on the whole story yet, she had probably pieced most things together–at the very least, who was behind it. Christian gave her as charming a smile as he could manage, like a kid trying to dodge being grounded. â€Å"They'll know by now that it wasn't caused by magic,' he said. â€Å"The guardians will have scoured every inch of those statues.' He didn't elaborate, not in public, but Lissa's mind was working along the same lines as his. The guardians would know now the explosion hadn't been elemental. And even if my friends were the primary suspects, the authorities would have to wonder–just as I had–how teenagers would get a hold of C4. Lissa nodded her agreement and rested her hand on Christian's. â€Å"We'll be okay.' Her thoughts turned to both Dimitri and me, wondering if we'd made it out according to the plan. She couldn't focus on finding Tatiana's killer until she knew we were safe. Like me, the breakout had been a hard choice: freeing me put me in more danger than keeping me locked up. Her emotions were keyed up, prickly and a bit wilder than I would have liked. So much spirit, I realized. She's using too much. Back at school, she'd managed it with prescription medication and later through self-control. But somewhere, as our situations grew increasingly complicated, she'd allowed herself to wield more and more. Recently, she'd used astonishing amounts, and we'd come to take it for granted. Sooner or later, Lissa's reliance on spirit would catch up with her. With us. â€Å"Princess?' A door across from Lissa opened, and a guardian peered out. â€Å"We're ready for you.' The guardian stepped aside, and inside the room, Lissa heard a familiar voice say, â€Å"Always a pleasure speaking with you, Hans. We should do it again sometime.' Abe then appeared, strutting out with his usual swagger. He stepped past the guardian in the doorway and gave Lissa and the Ozeras a winning, all-is-right-in-the-world grin. Without a word, he strode past them toward the hall's exit. Lissa almost smiled but reined it in, putting on a sober look as she and her companions entered. The door shut behind them, and she found herself facing three guardians seated at a table. One of them I'd seen around but had never met. I think his last name was Steele. The other two I knew well. One was Hans Croft, who ran the guardians' operations at Court. Beside him–to my astonishment–was Alberta, who was in charge of St. Vladimir's guardians and novices. â€Å"Lovely,' growled Hans. â€Å"A whole entourage.' Christian had insisted on being present when Lissa was questioned, and Tasha had insisted on being present with Christian. If Abe had known the interrogation time, he probably would have joined the group too, undoubtedly followed by my mother †¦ Hans didn't realize he'd dodged a house party. Lissa, Christian, and Tasha sat down opposite the guardians. â€Å"Guardian Petrov,' said Lissa, ignoring Hans's disapproval. â€Å"What are you doing here?' Alberta gave Lissa a small smile but otherwise kept in professional guardian mode. â€Å"I was here for the funeral, and Guardian Croft decided he'd like an outside opinion for the investigation.' â€Å"As well as someone familiar with Hathaway and her, uh, associates,' added Hans. Hans was the kind of guy who got straight to the point. Usually, his attitude bothered me–that was my normal reaction to most authority figures–but I did respect the way he ran operations here. â€Å"This meeting was intended just for you, princess.' â€Å"We won't say a word,' said Christian. Lissa nodded and kept her face smooth and polite, even though there was a trembling in her voice. â€Å"I want to help †¦ I've been so, I don't know. I'm so stunned about everything that's happened.' â€Å"I'm sure,' said Hans, voice dry. â€Å"Where were you when the statues exploded?' â€Å"With the funeral procession,' she said. â€Å"I was part of the escort.' Steele had a pile of papers in front of him. â€Å"That's true. There are plenty of witnesses.' â€Å"Very convenient. What about afterward?' asked Hans. â€Å"Where did you go when the crowd panicked?' â€Å"Back to the Council's building. That's where all the others were meeting up, and I thought it'd be safest.' I couldn't see her face but could feel her trying to look cowed. â€Å"I was afraid when things started going crazy.' â€Å"We also have witnesses to support that,' said Steele. Hans drummed his fingers on the table. â€Å"Did you have any prior knowledge about any of this? The explosions? Hathaway's breakout?' Lissa shook her head. â€Å"No! I had no clue. I didn't even know it was possible to get out of the cells. I thought there was too much security.' Hans ignored the dig on his operations. â€Å"You've got that bond thing, right? You didn't pick up anything through that?' â€Å"I don't read her,' explained Lissa. â€Å"She sees my thoughts but not the other way around.' â€Å"That,' said Alberta, speaking up at last, â€Å"is true.' Hans didn't contradict her but still wasn't buying my friends' innocence. â€Å"You realize, if you're caught concealing information–or aiding her–you'll face consequences almost as serious as hers. All of you. Royalty doesn't exempt you from treason.' Lissa lowered her gaze, as though his threat had frightened her. â€Å"I just can't believe †¦ I just can't believe she'd do this. She was my friend. I thought I knew her. I didn't think she could do any of these things †¦ I never thought she'd murder anyone.' If not for the feelings in the bond, I might have taken offense. I knew the truth, though. She was acting, trying to distance herself from me. It was smart. â€Å"Really? Because not long ago, you were swearing up and down that she was innocent,' pointed out Hans. Lissa looked back up and widened her eyes. â€Å"I thought she was! But then †¦ then I heard about what she did to those guardians in the escape †¦' Her distress wasn't entirely faked this time. She still needed to act like she thought I was guilty, but the news of Meredith's condition had reached her–which truly had shocked her. That made two of us, but at least I now knew Meredith was okay. Hans still looked skeptical at Lissa's change of heart but let it go. â€Å"What about Belikov? You swore he wasn't a Strigoi anymore, but obviously something went wrong there as well.' Christian stirred beside Lissa. As an advocate for Dimitri, Christian grew as irritated as us at the suspicions and accusations. Lissa spoke before Christian could say anything. â€Å"He's not Strigoi!' Lissa's remorse over me vanished, her old, fierce defense of Dimitri kicking in. She hadn't expected this line of questioning about him. She'd been preparing herself to defend me and her alibi. Hans seemed pleased at the reaction and watched her closely. â€Å"Then how do you explain his involvement?' â€Å"It wasn't because he was Strigoi,' said Lissa, forcing her control back. Her heart was pounding rapidly. â€Å"He changed back. There's no Strigoi left.' â€Å"But he attacked a number of guardians–on more than one occasion.' It looked like Tasha wanted to interrupt now and defend Dimitri as well, but she visibly bit her lip. It was remarkable. The Ozeras liked to speak their minds, not always tactfully. â€Å"It wasn't because he was Strigoi,' Lissa repeated. â€Å"And he didn't kill any of those guardians. Not one. Rose did what she did †¦ well, I don't know why. She hated Tatiana, I guess. Everyone knew that. But Dimitri †¦ I'm telling you, being Strigoi had nothing to do with this. He helped her because he used to be her teacher. He thought she was in trouble.' â€Å"That was pretty extreme for a teacher, particularly one who–before turning Strigoi– was known for being level-headed and rational.' â€Å"Yeah, but he wasn't thinking rationally because–‘ Lissa cut herself off, suddenly caught in a bad situation. Hans seemed to have realized quickly in this conversation that if Lissa was involved with recent events–and I don't think he was certain yet–she would have an airtight alibi. Talking to her, however, had given him the chance to pursue another puzzle in my escape: Dimitri's involvement. Dimitri had sacrificed himself to take the fall, even if it meant others not trusting him again. Lissa thought she'd made people think his actions were a former teacher's protective instinct, but apparently, not everyone was buying that. â€Å"He wasn't thinking rationally because?' prompted Hans, eyes sharp. Before the murder, Hans had believed Dimitri truly had become a dhampir again. Something told me he still believed that but sensed there was something big dangling before him. Lissa stayed silent. She didn't want people thinking Dimitri was Strigoi. She wanted people to believe in her powers to restore the undead. But if Dimitri helping a student didn't seem convincing enough to others, all that mistrust might surface again. Glancing at her interrogators, Lissa suddenly met Alberta's eyes. The older guardian said nothing. She wore that neutral, scrutinizing expression that guardians excelled at. She also had an air of wisdom about her, and Lissa briefly allowed spirit to show her Alberta's aura. It had good, steady colors and energy, and in Alberta's eyes, Lissa swore she could see a message, a knowing glint. Tell them, the message seemed to say. It'll create problems–but they won't be as bad as your current ones. Lissa held that gaze, wondering if she was just projecting her own thoughts onto Alberta. It didn't matter who'd come up with the idea. Lissa knew it was right. â€Å"Dimitri helped Rose because †¦ because they were involved.' As I'd guessed, Alberta wasn't surprised, and she seemed relieved to have the truth out there. Hans and Steele, however, were very surprised. I had only seen Hans shocked a few times. â€Å"When you say â€Å"involved,' do you mean †¦' He paused to structure his words. â€Å"Do you mean romantically involved?' Lissa nodded, feeling horrible. She'd revealed a big secret here, one she'd sworn she'd keep for me, but I didn't blame her. Not in this situation. Love–I hoped–would defend Dimitri's actions. â€Å"He loved her,' said Lissa. â€Å"She loved him. If he helped her escape–‘ â€Å"He did help her escape,' interrupted Hans. â€Å"He attacked guardians and blew up priceless, centuries-old statues brought over from Europe!' Lissa shrugged. â€Å"Well, like I said. He wasn't acting rationally. He wanted to help her and probably thought she was innocent. He would have done anything for her–and it had nothing to do with Strigoi.' â€Å"Love only justifies so much.' Hans clearly wasn't a romantic. â€Å"Shes underage!' exclaimed Steele. That part hadn't escaped him. â€Å"She's eighteen,' corrected Lissa. Hans cut her a look. â€Å"I can do the math, princess. Unless they managed some beautiful, touching romance in the last few weeks–while he was mostly in isolation– then there were things going on at your school that someone should have reported.' Lissa said nothing, but from the corner of her eye, she could see Tasha and Christian. They were trying to keep their expressions neutral, but it was obvious this news wasn't a surprise to them, no doubt confirming Hans's suspicions that illicit things had been going on. I actually hadn't realized Tasha knew about Dimitri and me and felt a little bad. Had she known that part of his rejection of her had been because of me? And if she knew, how many others did? Christian had probably tipped her off, but something told me more people were probably starting to find out as well. After the school's attack, my reaction had likely been a big clue about my feelings for Dimitri. Maybe telling Hans now wasn't so big a deal after all. The secret wouldn't be a secret much longer. Alberta cleared her throat, speaking up at last. â€Å"I think we have more important things to worry about right now than some romance that may or may not have happened.' Steele gave her an incredulous look and slammed his hand against the table. â€Å"This is pretty serious. Did you know about it?' â€Å"All I know is that we're getting distracted from the point here,' she replied, neatly dodging the question. Alberta was about twenty years older than Steele, and the tough look she gave him said that he was a child wasting her time. â€Å"I thought we were here to figure out if Miss Hathaway had any accomplices, not dredge up the past. So far, the only person we can say for sure that helped her is Belikov, and he did it out of irrational affection. That makes him a fugitive and a fool, not a Strigoi.' I'd never thought of my relationship with Dimitri as â€Å"irrational affection,' but Alberta's point was taken. Something in Hans's and Steele's faces made me think soon the whole world would know about us, but that was nothing compared to murder. And if it cleared Dimitri of being a Strigoi, then it meant he'd be imprisoned instead of staked if ever captured. Small blessings. Lissa's questioning continued a bit longer before the guardians decided she was free and clear of any part in my escape (that they could prove). She did a good job playing surprised and confused the whole time, even mustering a few tears over how she could have so misjudged me. She spun a little bit of compulsion into her act too–not enough to brainwash anyone, but enough that Steele's earlier outrage transformed to sympathy. Hans was harder to read, but as my group left, he reminded Tasha and Christian that he would be speaking with each of them later, preferably without an entourage. For now, the next person in the hot seat was waiting in the hall: Eddie. Lissa gave him the same smile she'd give any friend. There was no indication that they were both part of a conspiracy. Eddie nodded in return as he was called to the room for his interrogation. Lissa was anxious for him, but I knew his guardian self-control would make sure he stuck to the story. He probably wouldn't pull the tears Lissa had, but he'd likely act just as shocked by my â€Å"treason' as she had. Tasha left Christian and Lissa once they were outside, first warning them to be careful. â€Å"You've gotten out of this so far, but I don't think the guardians have completely cleared you. Especially Hans.' â€Å"Hey, I can take care of myself,' said Christian. Tasha rolled her eyes. â€Å"Yes. I see what happens when you're left to your own devices.' â€Å"Hey, don't get all pissy because we didn't tell you,' he exclaimed. â€Å"We didn't have time, and there were only so many people we could get involved. Besides, you've done your share of crazy plans before.' â€Å"True,' Tasha admitted. She was hardly a role model for playing by the rules. â€Å"It's just that everything's gotten that much more complicated. Rose is on the run. And now Dimitri †¦' She sighed, and I didn't need her to finish to guess her thoughts. There was a profound look of sadness in her eyes, one that made me feel guilty. Just like the rest of us, Tasha had wanted Dimitri's reputation restored. By freeing the queen's accused assassin, he'd seriously damaged any chance at acceptance. I really wished he hadn't gotten involved and hoped my current escape plan paid off. â€Å"This'll all work out,' said Christian. â€Å"You'll see.' He didn't look so confident as he spoke, and Tasha gave him a small, amused smile. â€Å"Just be careful. Please. I don't want to see you in a cell, too. I don't have time for jail visits with everything else going on.' Her amusement faded, and her outspoken activist mode kicked in. â€Å"Our family's being ridiculous, you know. Can you believe they're actually talking about running Esmond for us? Good God. We've already had one tragedy after another around here. At the very least, we should try to salvage something out of this mess.' â€Å"I don't think I know Esmond,' said Christian. â€Å"Moron,' she said matter-of-factly. â€Å"Him, I mean. Not you. Someone's got to talk sense into our family before they embarrass themselves.' Christian grinned. â€Å"And let me guess: you're just the one to do it?' â€Å"Of course,' she said, a mischievous gleam in her eye. â€Å"I've already drawn up a list of ideal candidates. Our family just needs some persuasion to see how ideal they are.' â€Å"I'd feel bad for them if they weren't still being assholes to us,' Christian remarked, watching his aunt walk away. The stigma of his parents turning Strigoi still lingered after all these years. Tasha accepted it more gracefully–despite her complaining–if only to be able to participate in the Ozera family's larger decisions. Christian made no such attempts at civility. It was terrible enough to be treated as less than other Moroi, to be denied guardians and other things royals were entitled to. But from his own family? It was especially harsh. He refused to pretend it was acceptable. â€Å"They'll come around eventually,' said Lissa, sounding more optimistic than she felt. Any response of Christian's was swallowed when a new companion fell into step with them: my father. His abrupt appearance startled both of my friends, but I wasn't surprised. He probably knew about Lissa's interrogation and had been skulking outside the building, waiting to talk to her. â€Å"It's nice out,' said Abe amiably, looking around at the trees and flowers as though the three of them were on a nature walk through Court. â€Å"But it's going to be scorching when the sun comes up.' The darkness that was giving me so much trouble in the woods of West Virginia made for pleasant, â€Å"midday' conditions for those on a vampiric schedule. Lissa gave Abe a sidelong glance. With eyes well-tuned to low light, she had no difficulty taking in the brilliant teal dress shirt under his beige sports jacket. A blind person could have probably seen him in that color. Lissa scoffed at Abe's faked casualness. It was a habit of his, opening with small talk before moving on to more sinister topics. â€Å"You're not here to talk about the weather.' â€Å"Trying to be civilized, that's all.' He fell silent as a couple of Moroi girls passed them. Once they were well out of ear-shot, he asked in a low voice, â€Å"I assume everything went well at your little meeting?' â€Å"Fine,' she said, not bothering to fill him in about â€Å"irrational affection.' She knew all he'd care about was that none of their associates had been implicated. â€Å"The guardians have Eddie now,' said Christian. â€Å"And want me later, but I think that'll be it for all of us.' Lissa sighed. â€Å"Honestly, I have a feeling the interrogation was the easy part, compared to what's coming.' She meant figuring out who had really killed Tatiana. â€Å"One step at a time,' murmured Abe. â€Å"No point in letting the larger picture overwhelm us. We'll just start at the beginning.' â€Å"That's the problem,' said Lissa, kicking irritably at a branch lying across the cobblestone path in front of her. â€Å"I have no idea where to start. Whoever killed Tatiana did a good job covering their tracks and shifting it all to Rose.' â€Å"One step at a time,' repeated Abe. He spoke in that sly tone of his that annoyed me sometimes, but to Lissa today, it was grating. Until now, all of her energy had been focused on getting me out of jail and somewhere safe. That was the goal that had driven her and kept her going in my escape's aftermath. Now, after some of the intensity had faded, the pressure of it all was beginning to crash down on her. Christian put an arm around her shoulders, sensing her dismay. He turned to Abe, unusually serious. â€Å"Do you have any ideas?' Christian asked Abe. â€Å"We certainly don't have any real evidence.' â€Å"We have reasonable assumptions,' Abe replied. â€Å"Like that whoever killed Tatiana would have had access to her private rooms. That's not a long list.' â€Å"Its not short either.' Lissa ticked off people on her fingers. â€Å"The royal guards, her friends and family †¦ and that's assuming no one altered the guardians' records of her visitors. And for all we know, some visits were never logged at all. She probably had secret business meetings all the time.' â€Å"Unlikely she'd have business meetings in her bedroom, in her nightgown,' mused Abe. â€Å"Of course, it depends on the type of business, I suppose.' Lissa stumbled, realization stunning her. â€Å"Ambrose.' â€Å"Who?' â€Å"Hes a dhampir †¦ really good-looking †¦ He and Tatiana were, um †¦' â€Å"Involved?' said Christian with a smile, echoing the interrogation. Now Abe came to a stop. Lissa did the same, and his dark eyes met hers. â€Å"I've seen him. Sort of a pool boy type.' â€Å"He'd have access to her bedroom,' said Lissa. â€Å"But I just can't–I don't know. I can't see him doing this.' â€Å"Appearances are deceiving,' said Abe. â€Å"He was terribly interested in Rose back in the courtroom.' More surprise for Lissa. â€Å"What are you talking about?' Abe stroked his chin in an evil-villain sort of way. â€Å"He spoke to her †¦ or gave her some signal. I'm not really sure, but there was some kind of interaction between them.' Clever, watchful Abe. He'd noticed Ambrose giving me the note but hadn't fully realized what had happened. â€Å"We should talk to him then,' said Christian. Lissa nodded. Conflicting feelings churned inside of her. She was excited by a lead– but upset that it meant kind, gentle Ambrose might be a suspect. â€Å"I'll take care of it,' said Abe breezily. I felt her gaze fall heavily on him. I couldn't see her expression, but I did see Abe take an involuntary step back, the faintest glimmer of surprise in his eyes. Even Christian flinched. â€Å"And I'm going to be there when you do,' she said, steel in her voice. â€Å"Do not attempt some crazy torture-style interrogation without me.' â€Å"You want to be there for the torture?' asked Abe, recovering. â€Å"There won't be any. We'll talk to Ambrose like civilized people, understand?' She stared hard at him again, and Abe finally shrugged in acquiescence, as though being overpowered by a woman half his age was no big deal. â€Å"Fine. We'll do it together.' Lissa was a little suspicious at his willingness, and he must have picked up on that. â€Å"We will,' he said, continuing walking. â€Å"This is a good time–well, as good as any time–for an investigation. Court's going to get chaotic as the monarch elections get under way. Everyone here will be busy, and new people will start pouring in.' A breeze, heavy with humidity, ruffled Lissa's hair. The promise of heat was on it, and she knew Abe would be right about sunrise. It would be worth going to bed early. â€Å"When will the elections happen?' she asked. â€Å"As soon as they put dear Tatiana to rest. These things move fast. We need our government restored. She'll be buried tomorrow at the church with a ceremony and service, but there'll be no repeat of the procession. They're still too uneasy.' I felt kind of bad that she hadn't received a full queenly funeral in the end, but then, if it meant her true murderer was found, maybe she would have preferred it that way. â€Å"Once the burial happens and elections begin,' Abe continued, â€Å"any family who wants to put out a candidate for the crown will do so–and of course they'll want to. You've never seen a monarchial election, have you? It's quite a spectacle. Of course, before the voting occurs, all the candidates will have to be tested.' There was something ominous in the way he said â€Å"tested,' but Lissa's thoughts were elsewhere. Tatiana had been the only queen she'd ever known, and the full impact of a regime change was staggering. â€Å"A new king or queen can affect everything–for better or worse. I hope it's someone good. One of the Ozeras, maybe. One of Tasha's people.' She glanced hopefully at Christian, who could only shrug. â€Å"Or Ariana Szelsky. I like her. Not that it matters who I want,' she added bitterly. â€Å"Seeing as I can't vote.' The Council's votes determined the election's winner, so again, she was locked out of the Moroi legal process. â€Å"A lot of work will go into the nominations,' Abe explained, avoiding her last comment. â€Å"Each family will want someone to further their interests but who also has a chance of getting votes from–‘ â€Å"Oomph!' I was thrust harshly out of the calculating world of Moroi politics and back into the wilds of West Virginia–very painfully so. Something solid and fierce slammed me against the hard-packed earth, leaves and branches cutting my face and hands. Strong hands held me down, and Dimitri's voice spoke in my ear. â€Å"You should have just hidden in town,' he said, a little amused. His weight and position allowed me no room to move. â€Å"It would have been the last place I looked. Instead, I knew exactly where you'd go.' â€Å"Whatever. Don't act so smart,' I said through gritted teeth, trying to break out of his hold. Goddamn it. He was smart. And once again, the closeness of him was disorienting. Earlier, it had seemed to affect him too, but he'd apparently learned his lesson. â€Å"You made a lucky guess, that's all.' â€Å"I don't need luck, Roza. I'll always find you. So, really it's up to you how difficult you want this situation to be.' There was an almost conversational tone to his voice, made all the more ridiculous by the situation we were in. â€Å"We can do this over and over, or you can do the reasonable thing and just stay put with Sydney and me.' â€Å"It's not reasonable! It's wasteful.' He was sweating, from the heat and undoubtedly because he'd had to run pretty hard to catch up with me. Adrian wore a cologne that always made me heady, but the natural scent of Dimitri's warm skin was intoxicating too. It was amazing to me that I could keep noticing these little things–and be attracted to them–even when I was legitimately mad at him for keeping me captive. Maybe anger was a turn-on for me. â€Å"How many times do I have to explain the logic behind what we're doing?' he asked in exasperation. â€Å"Until you give up.' I pushed back against him, trying again to get loose, but all it did was put us closer together. I had a feeling the kissing trick wouldn't work this time. He jerked me to my feet, keeping my arms and hands pinned behind my back. I had a little more room to maneuver than I had on the ground, but not quite enough to break free. Slowly, he began trying to make me walk back toward the direction I'd come from. â€Å"I am not letting you and Sydney risk getting in trouble with me. I'll take care of myself, so just let me go!' I said, literally dragging my feet. Seeing a tall, skinny tree, I stuck one leg out and hooked myself onto the trunk, completely bringing us to a halt. Dimitri groaned and shifted his grip to get me away from the tree. It almost gave me an escape opportunity, but I didn't even manage two steps before he had a hold of me again. â€Å"Rose,' he said wearily. â€Å"You can't win.' â€Å"How's your face feeling?' I asked. I couldn't see any marks in the poor lighting but knew the punch I'd given him would leave a mark tomorrow. It was a shame to damage his face like that, but he'd heal, and maybe it would teach him a lesson about messing with Rose Hathaway. Or not. He began dragging me again. â€Å"I'm seconds away from just tossing you over my shoulder,' he warned. â€Å"I'd like to see you try.' â€Å"How do you think Lissa would feel if you got killed?' His grip tightened, and while I had a feeling he'd make good on his over-the-shoulder threat, I also suspected he wanted to shake me. He was that upset. â€Å"Can you imagine what it would do to her if she lost you?' For a moment, I was out of snappy retorts. I didn't want to die, but risking my life was exactly that: risking my life. No one else's. Still, I knew he was right. Lissa would be devastated if anything happened to me. And yet †¦ it was a risk I had to take. â€Å"Have a little faith, comrade. I won't get killed,' I said stubbornly. â€Å"I'll stay alive.' Not the answer he'd wanted. He shifted his hold. â€Å"There are other ways to help her than whatever insanity you're thinking of.' I suddenly went limp. Dimitri stumbled, caught by surprise at my sudden lack of resistance. â€Å"What's wrong?' he asked, both puzzled and suspicious. I stared off into the night, my eyes not really focused on anything. Instead, I was seeing Lissa and Abe back at Court, remembering Lissa's feeling of powerlessness and longing for her vote. Tatiana's note came back to me, and for a moment, I could hear her voice in my head. She is not the last Dragomir. Another lives. â€Å"Youre right,' I said at last. â€Å"Right about †¦ ?' Dimitri was at a total loss. It was a common reaction for people when I agreed to something reasonable. â€Å"Rushing back to Court won't help Lissa.' Silence. I couldn't fully make out his expression, but it was probably filled with shock. â€Å"I'll go back to the motel with you, and I won't go running off to Court.' Another Dragomir. Another Dragomir needing to be found. I took a deep breath. â€Å"But I'm not going to sit around and do nothing. I am going to do something for Lissa–and you and Sydney are going to help me.'

King Philip VI of France

King Philip VI  was also known as: in French,  Philippe de Valois King Philip VI was known for: Being  the first French king of the Valois dynasty. His reign saw the beginning of the Hundred Years War and the arrival of the Black Death. Occupations: King Places of Residence and Influence: France Important Dates: Born:  1293Crowned:  May 27, 1328Died:  , 1350 About King Philip VI: Philip was a cousin to kings: Louis X, Philip V, and Charles IV were the last of the direct line of Capetian kings. When Charles IV died in 1328, Philip became regent until Charles widow gave birth to what was expected to be the next king. The child was female and, Philip claimed, was therefore ineligible to rule under Salic Law. The only other male claimaint was Englands Edward III, whose mother was the late kings sister and who, due to the same restrictions of Salic Law regarding females, was also barred from succession. So, in May of 1328, Philip of Valois became King Philip VI of France. In August of that year, the count of Flanders appealed to Philip for help in putting down a revolt. The king responded by sending his knights to slaughter thousands at the Battle of Cassel. Not long after that, Robert of Artois, who had helped Philip secure the crown, claimed the countship of Artois; but a royal claimant did so, as well. Philip instituted judicial proceedings against Robert, turning his one-time supporter into a bitter enemy. It wasnt until 1334 that trouble began with England. Edward III, who didnt particularly like paying homage to Philip for his holdings in France, decided to flout Philips interpretation of Salic Law and lay claim to the French crown through his mothers line. (Edward was most likely spurred on in his animosity toward Philip by Robert of Artois.) In 1337 Edward landed on French soil, and what would later be known as the Hundred Years War began. In order to wage war Philip had to raise taxes, and in order to raise taxes he had to make concessions to the nobility, the clergy, and the bourgeoisie. This resulted in the rise of the estates and the beginning of a reform movement in the clergy. Philip also had difficulties with his council, many of whom were under the influence of the powerful Duke of Burgundy. The arrival of plague in 1348 pushed many of these problems to the background, but they were still there (along with the plague) when Philip died in 1350. More King Philip VI Resources: King Philip VI on the Web Philip VIConcise intro at Infoplease.Philippe VI de Valois (1293-1349)Very brief bio at the official website of France. The Hundred Years War Chronological Index Geographical Index Index by Profession, Achievement, or Role in Society The text of this document is copyright  ©2005-2015 Melissa Snell. You may download or print this document for personal or school use, as long as the URL below is included. Permission is not granted to reproduce this document on another website. For publication permission, please   contact  Melissa Snell. The URL for this document is:http://historymedren.about.com/od/pwho/fl/King-Philip-VI-of-France.htm

The Insanity Defense in Criminal Cases

The standard for claiming a defendant is not guilty by reason of insanity has changed through the years from strict guidelines to a more lenient interpretation, and back to a more strict standard again. Although definitions of legal insanity differ from state to state, generally a person is considered insane and is not responsible for criminal conduct if, at the time of the offense, as a result of a severe mental disease or defect, he was unable to appreciate the nature and quality or the wrongfulness of his acts. This reasoning is, because willfull intent is an essential part of most offenses, a person who is insane is not capable of forming such intent. Mental disease or defect does not alone constitute a legal insanity defense. The defendant has the burden of proving the defense of insanity by clear and convincing evidence. The history of the insanity defense in modern times comes from the 1843 case of Daniel MNaghten, who tried to assassinate the prime minister of Britain and was found not guilty because he was insane at the time. The public outrage after his acquittal prompted the creation of a strict definition of legal insanity which is known as the MNaghten Rule. The MNaghten Rule basically said a person was not legally insane unless he is incapable of appreciating his surroundings because of a powerful mental delusion. The Durham Standard The Durham standard was a much more lenient guideline for the insanity defense, but it addressed the issue of convicting mentally ill defendants, which was allowed under the MNaghten Rule. However, the Durham standard drew much criticism because of its expansive definition of legal insanity. The Model Penal Code, published by the American Law Institute, provided a standard for legal insanity that was a compromise between the strict MNaghten Rule and the lenient Durham ruling. Under the MPC standard, a defendant is not responsible for criminal conduct if at the time of such conduct as a result of mental disease or defect he lacks substantial capacity either to appreciate the criminality of his conduct or to conform his conduct to the requirements of the law. The MPC Standard The MPC standard was popular until 1981, when John Hinckley was found not guilty by reason of insanity under those guidelines for the attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan. Again, public outrage at Hinckleys acquittal caused lawmakers to pass legislation that reverted back to the strict MNaghten standard, and some states attempted to abolish the insanity defense altogether. Today the standard for proving legal insanity varies widely from state to state, but most jurisdictions have returned to a more strict interpretation of the definition.

Management of Hospitalized Patient With Diabetes Mellitus...

Mr. Brown is a 45 year old male who has been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), peripheral arterial disease,(PAD), and hypertension (HTN). Mr. Brown requires immediate intra venous therapy of normal saline to re-hydrate and correct his electrolyte imbalance. Mr. Brown was admitted to the ward following a revascularization procedure on his anterior lower right leg, and has a history of Hyperosmolar Hyperglycaemic Nonketotic Syndrome (HHNS) which is a combination of hyperosmolality of extracellular fluid, resulting in dehydration of intracellular fluid, combined with hyperglycaemia, which is defined by a blood glucose level (BGL) over 11mmol/L (Berman, 2012). Andrew (2004, p57.) states that dehydration is a main contributing†¦show more content†¦Subsequently, the nurse would expect to see improvements in Mr. Brown’s clinical signs of dehydration, glomerular perfusion, reversal of the hyperglycaemic state (21mmol/L) Katsilambros (2011,p.64). 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Smart Grid Cyber Security Challenges †Free Samples to Students

Question: Discuss about the Smart Grid Cyber Security Challenges. Answer: Introduction: I created my knowledge about the challenges in cybersecurity for business. The cybersecurity becomes a major problem for the business in current years at the same time it can be evaluated that such kinds of issues are emerged by rapid changes in the technical development at the international level (Elmaghraby, and Losavio, 2014). In addition to this, I have observed that cyber thread is also increased by rapidly enhancement in the practices of computers, mobile, internet, and other devices. I have pointed that there are some significant kinds of factors that create the cyber threats such as network attacks, attacks, and viruses. Along with this, these factors can affect the financial performance of the firm in long-run. Along with this, it is also evaluated the cybersecurity can be beneficial to positively operate the business and obtain the favorable result in long-term (Yang, and Wen, 2017). Along with this, I also learned about the project scope which can support to determine the possibility of the research. I also gained my knowledge about the objectives of project systematically. I created my depth knowledge about challenges of cyber security along with tools and techniques to overcome the challenges in an appropriate manner. Along with this, I learned about some factors that can be caused by the cyber challenge such as phishing, malware, botnet, social engineering, keyloggers, and virus. Along with this, I also gained my knowledge about some factors like lack of leadership in the working place, teamwork issue, lack of awareness and education, and lack of regulation issues. Another factor is rapidly enhancement in the utilization of technology, lack of control, and enhancement in the numbers of internet users. Additionally, it can also be said I also gained my knowledge about the impact of these factors on the performance of an organization. Along with this, it can be said that the cybersecurity can secure the confidential data of an organization in long-term (Scully, 2014). In addition to this, I created my knowledge about the primary objectives of the project. I created my awareness about research question that includes primary and secondary research question. Moreover, I increased my consciousness about the research methodology in depth. The research methodology can be supportive to provide an appropriate technique for completing the research issues in an effective way. At the same time, it can also be said that there are two kinds of research methods that are considered in the research design. These are qualitative and quantitative research that will be also effective to collect the data systematically (Cherdantseva, et. al., 2016). In addition, I also understood that qualitative research is used to collect the theoretical data about the research issues. It will also support to obtain the reliable outcome in less time and cost. It can be said that quantitative research is used to present the numeric data in a systematic manner. Further, the quantitative research is significant to obtain the reliable result (Gunes, et. al., 2014). At the same time, I also learned that the mixed research can support to mitigate the disadvantages of both methods named qualitative and quantitative method. In addition, I also gained my understanding about the reliability and validity of the research. I understood that ethical research could be effective to obtain the favorable outcome in the specified time. In addition to this, it can be said that some significant factors such as applicability, conformability, consistency, transferability, and credibility of the research can affect the reliability and validity of the research (Kumar, et. al., 2014). In addition, I also gained my knowledge about the research approaches that can be significant the research. Moreover, it can be evaluated that there are two kinds of research approac hes such as inductive and deductive approaches. Both inductive and deductive approaches could be essential in the research (Mendel, 2017). I learned that the inductive approach is used to build theory regarding the research issue. Further, the inductive approach is used by the researcher at the time of subjective research. Additionally, the deductive approach is used to prove and reject the research hypothesis in an appropriate manner. Beside this, it can be evaluated that the exploratory design method will be significant in the research wherein two kinds of methods were included like primary and secondary data collection method (Cavelty, and Mauer, 2016). In addition to this, it can be said I also gained my knowledge about the data collection method that will be significant to collect the data in an appropriate manner. There are two kinds of methods such as primary and secondary data collection method. The primary data collection method relies on the new data that will be collected by using some significant factors such as observation, questionnaire, and interview method (Jajodia, et. al., 2015). Moreover, I have pointed that the primary data collection method can be supportive to obtain a reliable result. In opposition to this, I also learned about the secondary data collection method can also be significant to get information about the research dilemma. I learned that there are different kinds of sources that support to collect the data in an effective manner like a journal, academic journal, online and offline sources, books, magazines, and annual report and company websites. Along with this, the depth understanding about research can be effective for me to increase my knowledge as well as support to improve my personal and professional life. Along with this, I also created my consciousness about the evaluation of collected data in an appropriate manner. At the same time, secondary data analysis can include case study, and literature review to evaluate the collected data and obtain the reliable result. In opposition to this, the primary data analysis involve statistical tool to measure the collected data in an effective manner (Patrick, and Fields, 2017). I also created my understanding about the sampling method and sample size. I created my death understanding about convenient sampling method that will be significant in the research. In addition to this, it can be said that the research limitation can also be significant to complete the research in an effective manner. The research limitation can be a barrier to accomplish the research issue in an appropriate manner (Jajodia, et. al., 2015). Moreover, I also increased my knowledge about some significant factors that can influence the research like lack of utilization of personal data in the research, lack of appropriate resources, limited time, and lack of cost. In addition to this, it can also be said that knowledge about research can support to improve my professional life in long-term. In addition to this, it can also be said that I learned about time schedule that supports to complete any act in the specified time. Along with this, it can also be evaluated that the time management skills can support to improve my personal life in long-run. References Cavelty, M. D., and Mauer, V. (2016)Power and security in the information age: Investigating the role of the state in cyberspace. UK: Routledge. Cherdantseva, Y., Burnap, P., Blyth, A., Eden, P., Jones, K., Soulsby, H., and Stoddart, K. (2016) A review of cybersecurity risk assessment methods for SCADA systems,computers and security,56, pp. 1-27. Elmaghraby, A. S., and Losavio, M. M. (2014) Cybersecurity challenges in Smart Cities: Safety, security, and privacy,Journal of advanced research,5(4), pp. 491-497. Gunes, V., Peter, S., Givargis, T., and Vahid, F. (2014) A survey of concepts, applications, and challenges in cyber-physical systems,TIIS,8(12), pp. 4242-4268. Jajodia, S., Shakarian, P., Subrahmanian, V. S., Swarup, V., and Wang, C. (Eds.). (2015).Cyber Warfare: Building the Scientific Foundation(Vol. 56). Berlin: Springer. Kumar, V. A., Pandey, K. K., and Punia, D. K. (2014) Cybersecurity threats in the power sector: Need for a domain-specific regulatory framework in India,Energy Policy,65, pp. 126-133. Mendel, J. (2017) Smart Grid Cyber Security Challenges: Overview and Classification,e-mentor, 1 (68), pp. 55-66. Patrick, H., and Fields, Z. (2017) A Need for Cyber Security Creativity,Collective Creativity for Responsible and Sustainable Business Practice, pp. 42-61. Scully, T. (2014) The cybersecurity threat stops in the boardroom,Journal of business continuity and emergency planning,7(2), pp. 138-148. Yang, S. C., and Wen, B. 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Role Of Employee Motivation Management Essay Essay Example

Role Of Employee Motivation Management Essay Essay Social and economic development have driven houses to hold greater flexibleness in work agreement and employment construction in order to ( I ) expeditiously meet the production demand, ( two ) to react monetary value competition in the market ( American Benefits Council, 2004 ) ( Kalleberg, Reskin, A ; Hudson, 2010 ) and ( three ) to run concern productively ( Gachunga, 2008 ) . Today, HR in organisation is restructured in with minimized figure of lasting staff in the nucleus countries. Many occupations are offered to parttime employees, impermanent employees, free-lance and independent contractors who are named under general term flexible work force or flexible workers. There is a demand to clear up the significance of flexible work force ( FW ) in this research. Academic writers and HR practicians use the term FW to attest two chief types of workers. First, it refers to internal or full-time employees who possess multiple accomplishments both proficient and interpersonal. They are capable to larn more as new demands arise ( Keiser A ; Ferris, 2012 ) and to execute from one undertaking to another ( Kalleberg, 2003 ) . Second, FW characterizes those who work for houses on irregular or parttime footing, or in other words, they are non in the paysheet of companies. They are hired to run into specific demands of companies at specific phases ( Kalleberg, Reskin, A ; Hudson, 2010 ; Dyne A ; Ang, 1998 ) . However, for the intent of this research, the term FW is used to attest the latter type of workers. We will write a custom essay sample on Role Of Employee Motivation Management Essay specifically for you for only $16.38 $13.9/page Order now We will write a custom essay sample on Role Of Employee Motivation Management Essay specifically for you FOR ONLY $16.38 $13.9/page Hire Writer We will write a custom essay sample on Role Of Employee Motivation Management Essay specifically for you FOR ONLY $16.38 $13.9/page Hire Writer FW is non a new construct in human resource direction. At one clip, contingent workers, free agent contractors were perceived chiefly as ways for concerns to set capacity demand in seasonal or peak production, or to replace temporarily places that demand a modest accomplishments ( Lindner, 1998 ) . In other words, FW in the past chiefly provided physical inputs for simple plants. Nowadays, FW are besides mobilized for rational occupations that require complicated accomplishments and strong expertness. Even scientists today work on parttime footing ( Malisheski, 2007 ) . More significantly, both academe and HR practicians observed that FW has become an increasing tendency in labour market place today ( Wilton, 2010 ; Guest, 2004 ; American Benefits Council, 2004 ) , particularly in cognition intensive organisations. Presently, the term FW is frequently used to mention to independent experts, free-lances, independent contractors, impermanent workers and advisers at all degree of accomplishments ( Matusik A ; Hill, 1998 ) . In Vietnam, with the 65 % of Vietnam s work force is unskilled and 75 % of 20-24 old ages olds are either unskilled or skill-trapped ( estimated by ( Eurocham in Vietnam, 2011 ) , it is truly an obstruction for economic development and one of the chief cause of poorness in Vietnam. Therefore, bettering and upgrading the flexibleness and besides skill go one of the Vietnam s cardinal undertakings to run into the demand of rapid labour work force alteration. In the scope of concern, the flexibleness in the work force becomes a tendency to run into the demand of assortment types of concern, cut down the disposal cost, and better the work effectivity. Irregular or parttime work force presents becomes popular non merely in the concern that requires low accomplishment, but besides high accomplishment such as in houses of audience or legal houses, imperativeness and newspaper, etc. Transformation and Change Management Consulting Company ( T A ; C Consulting ) is a Vietnamese consulting house in direction development sphere. The company has been supplying consultancy service to a figure of public and private organisations across sectors: wellness, agribusiness, environment and instruction. Thankss to consultancy service of high quality, T A ; C has gained trust and good repute from clients. Such wide sphere necessitates T A ; C to set up and keep a broad web of parttime advisers with different expertness. This flexible work force consists of high profile lectors, experts from universities, institutes, senior officers from local and international organisations. Undeniably, success of T A ; C has been contributed mostly by competent parttime advisers and their battle is decisive factor for the being and farther development of organisation. However, there is a world that external employees tend to give less clip and energy to clients compared to full-time co-workers as they are in the place to offer their services to different companies ( Edwards, 2008, p. 43 ) . In add-on, due to the nature of relationship, parttime employees are likely to divide themselves from the catching house and considered to hold lower battle than full-time co-workers ( Deloitte, 2011 ) . Particularly, as a immature company, the relationship between T A ; C and this various work force might non be every bit strong as it is with other confer withing houses. Hence, it is of import to actuate parttime to do them engaged to the organisation and stimulate them in plant. However, how to actuate these high qualified workers is uneasy inquiry for directors ( Greenguard, 199 5 ) . Role of employee motive Attracting and retaining adept employees for organisations is the outstanding concern of HR directors, whereas battle and public presentation of employees depends greatly on motive patterns implemented by HR practicians. Low degree of employee trueness may impede the quality, consistence and stableness of services that companies provide to clients and accordingly escalate client s dissatisfaction with the services provided by the companies ( Dysvik A ; Kuvaas, 2010 ) . Therefore Employee motive ( EM ) is a cardinal factor for organisation to keep the continuity of the work in a powerful mode and assist them to last and thrive. Surveies on EM are ample in footings of subjects, types of employees and across sectors. To call a few, ( Perry, Mesch, A ; Paarberg, 2006 ) took a literature reappraisal research on actuating factors to employees in three sectors: private, public and NGOs. ( Macey A ; Schneiner, 2008 ; Saks, 2006 ) concerned motivational factors and employee battle. ( Dysvik A ; Kuvaas, 2010 ) are interested in relationship between intrinsic motive, command end and phenomenon of turnover. Whereas ( Bulgarella, 2005 ) paid attending to the nexus better employee satisfaction and client satisfaction. These researches stressed that hapless motive pattern causes hapless employees public presentation and their turnover ( Kasser A ; Davey, 1992 ) and as a consequence leads to hapless public presentation of the whole organisation. From positive position, good EM patterns will bring forth meaningful results for organisations. It is widely acknowledged that benefits of EM to organisations are multifold. First, employees one time motivated decently will hike productiveness that leads to a autumn in unit costs of production and endeavor is able to sell merchandise at a lower monetary value ( Lindner, 1998 ) . Sing rational employees, they will happen themselves more advanced and originative when they are given an interesting plants. Second, ( Saks, 2006 ) ( Mak A ; Sockel, 2001 ) all believed that appropriate EM impacts positively on employee battle, reduces employee turnover. As a consequence endeavors save disbursal for enrolling and developing new employees, disbursal for overtime working of current staff or cost for engaging impermanent to acquire the work done during choice and preparation of replacing ( Kreisman, 2002 ) . Third, well-motivated employees are content with working lives and they barely have any ground to be absent at the working topographic point therefore the degrees of absenteeism are low ( Mayfield A ; Mayfield, 2009 ) . Fourth, some farther researches in EM country conducted by ( Harter, Schmidt, A ; Hayes, 2002 ; Salanova, Agut, A ; Peiro, 2005 ) indicate that there is a strong relationship between employee satisfaction and client satisfaction. Satisfied employees are motivated and empowered employees. They have the motivational resources such as preparation, duty to present sufficient attempt and attention to clients ( Bulgarella, 2005 ) . In many instances, motivated employees are willing to make more than what they are asked to make and they apparently achieve greater success than others. Those employees evidently are valuable resource for organisation and good theoretical account for other co-workers to follow. Last but non least, motivated employees endow organisations with good repute and thanks to this, organisations are in good place to pull the best workers ( Collins A ; Han, 2004 ) . The importance of EM is apparent. But how to pattern EM decently is an uneasy issue for many HR directors. Employees are non indistinguishable and their outlooks from plants are dissimilar. ( Peterson, 2007 ) . Motivation theories and empirical surveies show that, human existences are motivated to acquire things done due to both intrinsic and extrinsic grounds. The former refers to making something because it is inherently interesting or gratifying while the ulterior refers to making something because it consequences in separate results ( Ryan A ; Deci, 2000 ) . To exemplify, motive of employee could come from work enjoyment or acknowledgment from employer. It could be aspirations to accomplish certain ends such as higher wage, publicity or holding chances to get new cognition and accomplishments. Motivation could besides ensue from satisfactory feeling when employee completes successfully a hard undertaking or when jobs are solved. Furthermore, to many people motive is internal ind ucement which should non be exposed. Motivation is unseeable and consequently it can non be measured straight. HR professionals rely on motive theories in mensurating the discernible looks of work motive ( Ambrose A ; Kulik, 1999 ) . Motivation theories are classified into two major groups Content and Process theories. The former is symbolized by Maslow s Hierarchy of demands theory, Alderfer s ERG theory, Herzeberg s motivator-hygiene theory and McClelland s three-needs. The latter group is signified by Adams equity theory, Vroom s anticipation theory, Edwin Locke and Gary Latham s Goal-setting theory, and Reinforcement theory represent. While Contented theories focus single factors that orient human behaviour, Process theories emphasis on understanding procedure of motive that impacts behaviour ( Miner, 2005 ) . Sing extrinsic factors, wage seems to be the most regular pattern in actuating employee public presentation. Frederic Winslow Taylor ( 1856-1915 ) one of the earliest theoreticians on Management Science who sought to heighten industrial efficiency- highlighted that wage is the most cardinal factor in actuating the industrial workers to hike greater productiveness ( Manzoor, 2012 ) . Thornburg ( as cited in ( Wiley, 1997 ) suggested that wage is an of import wages as it is a agency for employees to purchase goods and services for to run into their basic/physiological demands that in bend enables them to a achieve higher demands such as regards need and self-actualization demand. Hence, harmonizing to this writer, money is a worthy incentive. In pattern, all concern usage money as a major agencies to promote employee public presentation. Other writers supported the thought that money is the important incentiveaˆÂ ¦ that no other inducement or motivational technique comes even cl ose to money with regard to its instrumental value ( Feren et al as cited in ( Rynes, Gerhar, A ; Minette, 2004 ) . However, there is a common position among research workers and practicians that wage is non the cardinal incentive and chiefly generates short-run encouragements of energy, which can hold damaging unintended effects ( Dewhurst, Guthridge, A ; Mohr, 2009 ) . Furthermore, tonss of empirical surveies showed that people who look frontward to fiscal wagess for finishing assignment or for making assignment efficaciously do non execute every bit good as those who expect no wagess at all ( Kohn, 1993 ) . Other writers asserted that extrinsic motivational factors could come from leading and managerial manner ( Hofstede, 1980 ; Miner, 2005 ) . Herzberg ( cited in ( Miner, 2005 ) complemented that duty authorization, publicity and organisation committedness are besides extrinsic grounds ( or hygiene factor in Herzberg s words ) that motivate employee public presentation and battle. However, human existences are non merely motivated by extrinsic factors but besides by internal desires such as to be socially recognized or to self-actualize ( Herzberg as cited in ( Miner, 2005 ) which means the demand for self-improvement or self-fulfillment ( Maslow, 1987 ) . Herzberg ( as cited in ( Steers, Mowday, A ; Shapiro, 2004 ) argued that staff are per se motivated mostly by the challenge degree of work and the chances for acknowledgment and support from making that work. In short, EM is one of the most important patterns of HRM that facilitate organisations to accomplish concern aims. Furthermore, in the context of T A ; C Consulting, parttime advisers are the cardinal beginning for successful operation ; hence EM is the cardinal consideration of the house. For this ground, Motivating parttime advisers at T A ; C Consulting Company Ltd is opted as subject of this research. Overall Research Aim and Individual Research Objectives The overall purpose of this research is to understand the impact of motive to the battle and public presentation of parttime advisers at T A ; C. In order achieve the above overall purpose, it is necessary to derive a general apprehension on high-skilled flexible work force and parttime advisers every bit good as their outlooks through reexamining literature collected from credit-worthy beginnings such as academic diaries, books and professional web sites etc. Give this information, the theoretical model of Motivation and Engagement Wheel introduced and developed by Martin ( 2005 ) will be established to analyze the nexus between motive factors and battle of parttime advisers. Consequently, the three chief factors doing heavy impacts on the battle of employee include adaptative knowledges, adaptative behaviours, maladaptive dimensions and hindering dimensions. For adaptative knowledges, self-efficacy agencies employees belief or trust in their abilities to successfully finish the occupation ; mastery orientation refers to their focal point on occupation satisfaction and executing better than others or being rewarded, valuing of work refers to employees belief that what they do is of import and doing part to the general development of their houses. For adaptative behaviours, be aftering expresses the extent to which employees get it clear what they are required to make, and they know how to finish the occupation, and so supervise their advancement as they are making it ; task direction means the clip direction, prioritizing, and set uping suited conditions for work ; and, continuity refers to the extent to which employees are relentless even in the face of disputing or hard work. In footings of hindering dimensions, anxiousness means the concern and jitteriness in the workplace ; failure turning away refers to employees motive to transport out their work with the primary motive to avoid weakness, doing errors, allowing direction or other workers down, or being seen to execute ill, unsure control refers to employees uncertainness about their capacity to impact results in the workplace. For maladaptive dimensions, self-handicapping refers to employees inclination to set obstructions in the way to success such as cunctation, blowing clip, non seeking really hard and disengagement refers to employees disposition to retreat or vacate from the workplace ( Martin, 2003 ) . Further, empirical informations will be collected through directing questionnaires to researched topics and via in-depth interview with selected staff and directors at T A ; C. Secondary informations available for the research will besides be used to intensify comprehension on the context of T A ; C. Specifically, the research will cover following aims which are interrelated to each other and put in sequential to supply convenience for readers to understand the thesis exhaustively. To hold an overview on highly-flexible work force and parttime advisers To analyze the relationship between motive factors and battle of parttime advisers at T A ; C. To place chief factors driving parttime advisers and extenuating committedness of parttime advisers to T A ; C. To explicate recommendations on motive patterns for T A ; C. Boundary of the Research Even though EM capable attracts involvement of non lone research workers, HR practicians, other line directors but besides current and future employees, it is a wide class. By ground of clip and resource restraints, the boundary of this research is restricted to a certain extent, viz. : First, this research is implemented within the range of T A ; C company Second, this research emphasizes on part-time advisers merely. This research work would be a beginning for T A ; C and other local little consulting houses to understand which activities would actuate flexible work force to lend toward organisational intents. However, rating on actuating parttime adviser might be noncomprehensive and hence this research merely has a comparative and referential value. Structure of the Research This research consists of five chapters as follows: Chapter 1: Introduction This chapter provides the background information on FW and its relevancy to organisational demands. Next, EM is introduced in order to help readers to hold a cardinal apprehension on its multiple benefits to organisations. Furthermore, different groups of motive theories are mentioned and some motive factors are given out to exemplify its influences to public presentation of employee. Sequentially, overall purpose and specific aims are identified to show an orientation for the research. Finally, construction of the research is indicated to assist readers to visualise the agreement of research. Chapter 2: Literature Reappraisal The chapter shall specify the term highly-flexible work force and discuss advantages and disadvantages while utilizing this work force contingently in organisations. Some motivational factors and their relationship with employee battle shall be explored and argued for empirical survey. Chapter 3: Research Methods In this chapter, the writer would wish to present assorted methodological analysis and research methods that are normally applied in academic thesis. The advantages and disadvantages together with elaborate apprehension of each method will be addressed in this chapter. The writer will besides find which type of methodological analysis and research method is most suited for the subject. Chapter 4: Findingss and Discussion The writer will depict the informations aggregation procedure together with measure by measure guideline on the research. A sum-up of informations will be presented. The writer besides applies statistical analysis to place the significance of the gathered information. The consequences of the research are presented in this chapter. Chapter 5: Decision and Recommendations Finally, the writer will consolidate all the information and cognition learned from the subject in the decision. This includes the theories discussed in literature reappraisal and the findings in the research procedure. The decision of information can besides give rise to some utile recommendations and solutions to better the employee motive and satisfaction. The following chapter- literature reviews- examines literature relevant to the aims of this research, get downing with an probe of what is meant by the term highly-flexible work force. Chapter 2- LITERATURE REVIEW Chapter Introduction This Literature Review will look at the chief issues environing high-skilled flexible work force and motive factors that drive battle of this work force. The survey within this reappraisal of literature emphasiss on the first and 2nd aims as introduced in sub-section 1.3 of Chapter 1: To hold an overview on cognition workers and parttime advisers To analyze the relationship between motive factors and battle of parttime advisers at T A ; C. In peculiar, Chapter 2 references three chief parts: I ) Highly-skilled FW and attributes twos ) Motivational factors impacting employee battle ( three ) Measurement method of employee battle. The literature reexamine shall supply a meaningful treatment and analysis on actuating FW, in structured mode, with hope that readers will be intelligent a critical apprehension of the major issues in this research every bit good as account on the demand for empirical research in the undermentioned chapter. To get down with, this chapter shall look into the formation of highly-skilled FW. The properties of FW shall be explored to grok the challenges and benefits for organisation utilizing this type of workers. Formation of Highly-skilled Flexible workers and parttime advisers Different footings are used interchangeably to attest FW, to call a few: non-traditional employees, non-standard workers, contingent workers, impermanent employees, parttime employees, insecure workers or fringe workers ( Davis-Blake, 2003 ; Dyne A ; Ang, 1998 ; Mayfield, 2006 ; Kalleberg, 2003 ; Kalleberg, 2009 ; Kalleberg et Al, 2010 ) . However, FW seems to be the most general phrase to show different property of this labour ( American Benefits Council, 2004 ; Pettinger, 1998 ) . As said earlier in the introductory chapter, map of FW has been regarded as undertaking day-to-day activities which are necessary but non critical to organisations. However, the intensified competition in planetary context has driven formation of highly-skilled FW on top of low-skilled workers. 62 % employers in Global Firm Survey conducted by Economist Intelligence Unit in mid 2010 expect to hold more proportion of contingent workers in their work force, in other words they looked frontward to a greater sum of contract-employment. In add-on, personal grounds have besides encouraged tendency of FW, particularly among highly-skilled workers. They decide to be free agents, working for organisations they choose and at any clip they plan. ( Economist Intelligence Unit, 2010 ) . Furthermore, new coevals of FW is grown up, experient and knowing. They are at a phase of their callings or their lives when flexibleness has become really of import ( Berchem, 2012 ) . They desire to hold work-life balance. Work flexibleness helps them equilibrate their outlook to carry throughing both professional life and personal life ( Malisheski, 2007 ) . Furthermore, they argue that flexible work agreements facilitate cognition workers to experience more independent and to be able to bring forth and reassign more cognition. Indeed, literature on direction supports their statement that flexible work direction is non merely relevant but besides indispensable in cognition intensive organisations ( Powell A ; Snellman, 2004 ) . High-skilled flexible work force today largely involve in rational occupations. Knell ( 2000 ) and Arthur A ; Rousseau ( 1995 ) ( as cited in ( Guest, 2004 ) portion a position that free cognition workers are those win in calling, have high degree of independency and employability. They carry knowledge as a valuable resource which they, instead than organisation possess ( Horwitz, Heng, A ; Quazi, 2003 ) . Therefore, they are in powerful place to negociate with employer about working conditions that prioritize them foremost and the company second. Furthermore, they are evaluated to be committed more to occupation than organisation ( Horwitz, Heng, A ; Quazi, 2003 ) . Significantly, highly-skilled FW today have a higher making, higher populating standard, more full-blown than workers in old epochs. They tend to seek for meaningful and honoring occupations and have a assortment of opportunities to obtain those occupations. However, other surveies showed the grounds that contingent employees are less desirable than full-time employees. Likewise, parttime workers are found to hold lower degree of occupation satisfaction comparatively to full-time co-workers ( Wilkens A ; Nermerich, 2011 ) . However, since they are endowments, organisations compete to pull and retain them based on the meaningfulness of their occupations ( Kreisman, 2002 ) . ( Deloitte, 2011 ) a celebrated planetary consulting house stresses that contingent work force is a critical endowment section. If these workers are managed decently, they could go a chief beginning of competitory advantage of organisations. They help to minimise labour cost and direction cost, let organisations to react rapidly to altering market conditions and to make full workforce spread every bit good as cognition spread. Part-time advisers organize a important portion of highly-skilled FW and portion similar properties with this FW, by and large as follows: Posses knowledge and/or accomplishments that are in high demand Be endowments Earn high income Be a critical to public presentation and long-run success of organisation Demand work-life balance Tend to be committed more occupationally instead than organizationally These features of FW conveying about both benefits and challenges to employers. The fate of organisations depends on the battle of this work force. Even in current context of planetary economic downswing characterized by downsizing and head counts decrease, organisations still need to pull and retain highly-skilled workers. HR practicians so are required to develop motive program that responds outlook of highly-skilled FW in order to advance the public presentation of organisation. Understanding on Motivation Countless organisations, particularly those are based on cognition production position people as the most of import plus. Harmonizing to ( Inyang, 2010 ) , HR is the most powerful and cardinal, lending significantly to corporate bottom line and fight . Supporting to this sentiment, ( Chang A ; Huang, 2005 ) province that while traditional beginnings such as natural resources, economic system of graduated tables, merchandise engineering still leverage competitory borders, are less powerful ( Chang A ; Huang, 2005 ) whereas human resource has progressively become the most of import beginning of competitory advantage of organisation thanks to their cognition, accomplishments and experience. Besides, literature on highly-skilled FW suggests that free workers are strategic beginning for competitory advantage and critical to organisational public presentation. Highly-skilled flexible workers must be motivated earnestly ( Deloitte, 2011 ; Wilkens A ; Nermerich, 2011 ) . To get down, this sub-section explores how motive is defined among research workers. Reaping on different definitions from psychological text editions, ( Huitt, 2008 ) summaries that motive is an internal province or status that East and energize behaviours. Other writers besides emphasize internal drivers and procedure of motive. Harmonizing to ( Ford, 1992 ) motive is combination of three psychological facets personal aims, emotional aggravation procedures and personal bureau beliefs- that map to direct, stimulate, and modulate purposive activity. This means, people who are decently motivated will take action so as to accomplish their established aims. In other advancement, Herzberg has been consistent in his all surveies that motive must deduce from the work itself and from internal desires such as acknowledgment, possibility of growing acknowledgment, promotion, duty, instead than from hygiene factors like wagess, working environment, policy etc. ( Miner, 2005 ; Myers, 1998 ) . J. Stacy Adams identifies motive from another angle, motive for work come from equity. For the most general apprehension, employee is motivated when his inputs or investings are equal to what he perceived ; or similar inputs of different employees should be treated or paid every bit, otherwise possible for unfairness may originate ( Miner, 2005 ) . From the aforesaid paragraph, it is non hard to recognize that motive is barely unitary phenomenon ( Ryan A ; Deci, 2000 ) . Peoples are motivated otherwise and at different degrees. This research regards the definition delineated by Pinder ( 1998 ) as cited in ( Latham A ; Pinder, 2005 ) as the best contemplation on motive. This definition is formulated based on plants of motive theoreticians: Motivation is a set of energetic forces that originate both within every bit good as beyond an person s being, to originate work-related behaviour and to find its signifier, way, strength, and continuance . In this definition, motive is seen from both internal and external forces. Motivation comprehension of Pinder is supported by survey on intrinsic and extrinsic motive carried out by ( Ryan A ; Deci, 2000 ) . Intrinsic motive is driven by internal desire to make and/or complete something while extrinsic motive is driven by external touchable result. Following sub-section shall look into theoretically the factors that affect significantly to the battle and public presentation of employees. Motivating factors and battle Understanding on employee battle Battle of employees, particularly of gifted workers has consumed the idea of directors. It is believed that employee battle leads to higher productiveness, better concern result and sustainable development of organisation ( Macey A ; Schneiner, 2008 ; Saks, 2006 ) . Despite this, there remains a moderate figure of critical academic literature on this subject and likewise reasonably small information on how battle could be impacted by direction patterns. Recently, Global Engagement study in 2012 showed positive grounds that employee battle additions after old ages of worsening. In Asia Pacific battle mark is reported at 58 % in 2011 versus 55 % in 2010 and contributes to the lifting tendency of planetary battle ( Woods, 2012 ) . The study besides reveals that retaining endowment becomes progressively hard and imperative for organisations to understand and step drivers for battle of employees, consequently to develop effectual motivational patterns. So what is employee battle? In academic literature, employee battle is defined as the harnessing of organisation members egos to their work functions ; in battle, people employ and express themselves physically, cognitively, and emotionally during function public presentations ( Kahn, 1990 as cited in ( Saks, 2006 ) . Harmonizing to ( Macey A ; Schneiner, 2008 ) , battle is desirable province, has organisation intent and consequences in fond regard, committedness, passion and enthusiasm. So employee battle consists of both behavioural and attitudinal components. There is no given consistent defition of employees battle. However, it is undeniable that there is much battle between a house and its employees whether the working environment must run into the undermentioned standards: The employees want to work for their houses in long term The employees are proud to present their company and recommend that it should be nice to work here The employees understand that the battle with their company brings many benefits other than salary and fillip The employees engage to the company s values Why either directors or staffs attach much importance to engagement in the workplace? A simple ground explicating for the above inquiry is the higher battle the employees achieved, the lower turnover rate the company has. And therefore, there is a nexus between the motive factors and the employees battle in the workplace. Harmonizing to a recent study of Globoforce ( 2007 ) , if a company has a dedicated squad, it will obtain much higher productiveness. Furthermore, the squad feels that they are happy with their work and acquire ready to do part to the success of their house because the single end is alining with the concern end. Harmonizing to a research consequence of Profiles International, there is a annual shortage of about USD 350 Billion due to there is no battle between the houses and their employees. The research was conducted with 8000 staffs working in many different sectors. The research consequences show that the employees can be divided into six groups as follows: The group doing much part but does non desire to prosecute: 15 % . In their sentiments, the occupation value is the short term economic end. The group holding positive attitude but does non believe of battle: 19 % . In their sentiment, they are gaining for life and occupation is non their precedence in life. The group working freely: 15 % . In their sentiment, they consider their occupations as the chances to alter and bring forth felicity in their lives. The redevelopment group: 14 % . For them, working creates long term values other than short term benefits and involvements. The traditional balance group: 20 % . In their sentiments, working is for higher places in the hereafter. They consider the occupation publicity is their top precedence in their lives The successful part group: 17 % . For them, working gives the chances to go an built-in portion of a successful house. The directors play important function in the edifice and maintaining of employees battle. Constructing an engaged working environment is non the undertaking of the Human Resource Department merely. If the directors to a great extent focus on create positive factors to their employees, they will construct a on the job environment fulfilled of battle. In instance that the directors ever focus on critizing or checking or observing the employees mistakes, the employees will non fulfill with the working environment. 2.3.2 Relationship between wage and battle of parttime adviser Concept of wage Harmonizing to Investopedia, Payroll is The sum sum of all compensation that a house must pay to its employees for a period of clip or on a given day of the month, normally at the terminal of a month. Payroll is normally managed and transferred/distributed by the accounting section of a house. Specially, little sized houses paysheets may be handled straight by the proprietor. Simply put, paysheet is a type of compensation. The paysheet is the amount of money that organisation and houses paid for their employees in a fixed day of the month of every month. The Relationship between wage and battle of parttime adviser The research consequences of A recent World at Work survey presents the public presentation wage has a important impact on the battle of high-performing employees, while the Corporate Leadership Council stated that it has a important influence on employees discretional attempt. However, the Institute for Employment Studies ( IES ) work in the NHS emphasized that the paysheet and benefits made immense part to staff battle. Therefore, paysheet in peculiar and compensation in general can actuate and assist to prosecute. But, as economic science professor Simon Burgess s meta-analysis of public presentation wage concludes, Employees do react to hard currency inducements, frequently in sophisticated ways that may or may non profit the organisation . Engagement is non merely about the motive to accomplish public presentation ends but besides a echt sense of mutualness with the long-run involvements of the employer ( Simon Burgess, 2009 ) . All in all, the higher salary or payroll the parttime advisers received, the higher engagement degree they achieved. The trial for the correlativity between the variable defined as paysheet and the dependant variable defined as the engagement degree is considered to be high. H1: Wage motivates battle of parttime advisers 2.3.3 Relationship between periphery benefit and battle of parttime adviser Concept of periphery benefit Harmonizing to investopedia, Fringe benefits include wellness insurance, group term life coverage, instruction reimbursement, child care and aid reimbursement, cafeteria programs, employee price reductions, personal usage of a company owned vehicle and other similar benefits. Simply put, A periphery benefit is considered as a benefit other than salary, pay or other hard currency wage, derived from employment. Such benefits normally apply more often to salaried employees non covered straight by awards or certified understandings and may include old-age pension, low involvement loans, proviso of autos or auto allowances, subsidised repasts, etc. Relationship between periphery benefit and battle of parttime adviser Peoples go to work for many grounds. Salary, pay or other types of hard currency wage is non the lone motive for employees when they work. For some, hard currency wage is even non the most of import benefit. By supplying periphery benefit, company can do employees experience more satisfied. Peoples are happy when the employer can supply them with a broad assortment of benefits, both touchable and intangible. Fringe benefit is considered a value added benefit that shows the attention of company to its employees. In add-on, parttime staffs should be given the same intervention and just benefits compared to permanent or full-time staffs. This is how the company creates a just and crystalline corporate civilization. In add-on, by giving periphery benefit together with chief wage, company can demo respect to parttime staffs. Therefore, their satisfaction will significantly better. H2: Fringe benefit motivates battle of parttime advisers 2.3.4 Relationship between organisational committedness and battle of parttime adviser Concept of Organizational committedness Organizational committedness refers to the person s psychological attitude towards an organisation. Committedness means attachment and trueness ( Stride, C. , Wall, T. and Catley, N. 2007 ) . The degree of committedness and trueness is rather subjective and depends on each person. To mensurate the degree of committedness, the organisation can find its employee turnover rate, occupation public presentation or staff behavior. There are many factors, both external and internal, that influence the attitude of employees towards their employer. Organizational committedness is of import for concern to retain its gifted employees. In add-on, it is besides the strong foundation to pull good people to the company. Strong staff committedness is the ambitious end for human resource. Relationship between organisational committedness and battle of parttime adviser It is difficult to keep high employee satisfaction and committedness. Particularly in the competitory market where concerns are contending against each other to pull gifted people, keeping high organisational committedness and low staff turnover is a ambitious end. The degree of committedness for parttime staffs is by and large lower than lasting and full-time employees. This is the common instance for many concerns in the market since parttime occupation holders tend to believe of their occupation as a impermanent place. A bulk of parttime employees aim at happening a full-time place. They can easy exchange to other employers once they find a full-time place. Therefore, it is really of import that company understand this particular feature of parttime employees and develop suited scheme to keep high committedness in them. H3: Organizational committedness motivates battle of parttime advisers 2.3.5 Relationship between Social pattern and battle of parttime adviser Concept of Social Practice Social pattern is a complicated construct related to an attack to life that incorporates a broad assortment of factors environing the person such as environment, civilization, relationship, etc. Social pattern attempts to explicate the significance behind societal activities. It besides describes how people in different societies or states around the universe shape their civilization and their life environment ( Zetterberg, H. 2002 ) . Social pattern is a complex and subjective. The action of human being alterations in different environment and context. Therefore, it is of import to place the relationship between the societal pattern and the societal context or state of affairs. Relationship between Social pattern and battle of parttime adviser Social pattern includes some art schemes such as societal formation, democracy, pluralism, etc. that can be applied in certain context and environment to animate the audience ( Walsh, J. 2009 ) . Social pattern besides plays a critical function in the direction of employees in general, including both parttime and full-time staffs. It is the art of the leaders or directors to make a suited societal environment and corporate civilization of the organisation. Different types of company, in different industries, should hold different civilization. Some organisations require creativeness and dynamic working while others demand rigorous and high bureaucratism. The directors should take advantage of societal pattern to develop suited working environment for the concern. Such civilization should impact parttime employees in a positive manner ( i.e. increase their work public presentation, better satisfaction, maintain committedness ) . H4: Organizational Social patterns motivate battle of parttime advisers 2.3.6 Relationship between self-actualization/job enrichment and battle of parttime adviser Concept of self-actualization/job enrichment Self-actualization refers to a province of head in which the individual has the motive to realize himself, to show and trip all the capacities of the being ( Helgoe, R. 2002 ) . A individual who reaches the self-actualization degree has an unfastened position to the universe. Such individual is non bound by lack in stuffs. He creates his ain value and follows his ain judgement on what is right and incorrect. Harmonizing to the Maslow Hierarchy of Needs, self-actualization is the highest degree ( King, P. 2009 ) . Very few people could make this degree in their thought. Job enrichment, on the other manus, refers to the chances that the concern provides its employees to utilize their broad scope of abilities. By leting staffs to make a broad assortment of undertakings, the concern can assist employees better their accomplishments in many Fieldss. This can besides make opportunities for staffs to place their concealed endowment and better their accomplishments in many countries. Relationship between self-actualization/job enrichment and battle of parttime adviser Many organisations fail to acknowledge the importance of parttime employees. Due to the limited clip and work contributed to the concern, many companies give simple and insistent undertakings to parttime employees. Therefore, the chance to turn and better of these staffs is low. This, in bend, reduces the satisfaction and makes parttime occupation holders leave the company. Company must understand such quandary and find the suited solution to this job. Even parttime employees should hold the just chance to dispute themselves in new countries and diversified undertakings. Supplying new undertakings and chance to revolve to different sections or squads are wise solution for parttime employees. A good corporate civilization with ethical consciousness besides allows employees to make their self-actualization degree. H5: Self-actualization/job enrichment motivates battle of parttime advisers High accomplishment is an of import factor that leads to personal success. High winners plants on their ain success by making everything personally and by having feedback that is important for them How to mensurate battle of parttime advisers Battle is mensurable ( MacLeod A ; Clarke, 2009, p. 10 ) There are many ways to mensurate the degree of battle and committedness for employees, including parttime staffs. Although committedness is a subjective variable and it is difficult to mensurate accurately, the concern can use certain measuring methods to develop an overview of the committedness of employees towards the organisation. Several factors that can be taken into consideration when mensurating employee committedness include: Job public presentation: if an employee is non happy and committed to the occupation, he or she will probably execute severely. If the public presentation of the employee significantly reduces, it can be a signal of low satisfaction and low committedness ( Mitchell, D. 1987 ) . The ground for negative public presentation should be analyzed exhaustively. There are many causes of low public presentation such as unqualified accomplishments or cognition, low wellness position, personal job, etc. The company must clearly find the ground for low committedness to develop solution for it. Employee study: employee study is a utile tool to find if the staff is engaged with his occupation. The study should let privateness and protection to personal information so that employees can reply the inquiries candidly and openly. It is of import that company understands its state of affairs and identifies the appropriate inquiries for the study. The consequence can be statistically analyzed for a thorough apprehension of employee motive. Staff turnover rate: high staff turnover rate is non a good mark for the corporate. The rate of staffs ( peculiarly in this instance, parttime staffs ) go forthing the company should be kept path of ( Bucknall, H. and Wei, Z. 2006 ) . When an employee leaves the company, the trough should inquire the ground whey he or she decides to go forth. The replies from these employees can supply insightful understanding on jobs confronting by parttime staffs. From such cognition, the concern can find solutions to better the employee committedness. Chapter Summary Chapter 2 presented general characteristics of high-skilled FW and summarized motive theories. The literature revealed that motive is a complicated issue in HRM and there is no common expression for actuating employees. Next, several peculiar research subjects associating to motive hold been taken into consideration and their relationship with employee battle has been argued with following hypotheses: H1: Pay significantly motivates battle of parttime advisers H2: Fringe benefit motivates battle of parttime advisers H3: Organizational committedness significantly motivates battle of parttime advisers H4: Organizational Social patterns significantly motivate battle of parttime advisers H5: Self-actualization/job enrichment significantly motivates battle of parttime advisers These hypotheses will be tested through empirical informations collected in the following phase of the research. Chapter 3 will detail the research methods to be applied to garner the empirical informations, including inside informations on the research scheme to be employed, informations aggregation techniques, sample choice and direction of the research worker s function. Chapter 3: Research Methodology 1. Introduction The writer will critically discourse the applied methodological analysiss in this research paper to accomplish the defined aims of this thesis. The methodological analysis is considered as series of methods or a system of research methods that will be applied to roll up informations and information from both primary beginning and secondary beginning to make each aim of the research paper. The three ends of the thesis were antecedently defined. Consequently, the writer will choose the appropriate research methods and methodological analysiss that may assist the writer to roll up and analyse the information and information to obtain the aims of the research in the best manner. The writer selects the methodological analysiss and research methods in the footing of what information and information needed to verify the aim. The first aim of this thesis is to hold an overview on cognition workers and parttime advisers. The writer will to a great extent concentrate on the research consequences obtained from desk-study and observations with high dependability and cogency and so pull the decisions from the findings. The 2nd end of this thesis is to analyze the relationship between motive factors and battle of parttime advisers at T A ; C. through the informations and information collected from the distributed questionnaire and interviews. The following aim of this thesis is to place chief factors driving parttime advisers and extenuating committedness of parttime advisers to T A ; C. The writer will acquire informations and information for verifying and making this research end from designed questionnaires, conducted interviews and observations so jump to the concluding decisions. The concluding purpose is to give the recommendations on motive patterns for T A ; C. The writer besides acquire informations and information in the questionnaire, viz. from the opend-ended inquiry and the interviews with 3 directors. 2. Profile of Transformation and Change Management Consulting Company ( T A ; C Consulting ) In the context of the robust growing of The Vietnam economic system, many local houses are on the move to do organisational alterations to increase their competitory advantages and achive better concern public presentation every bit good as generate successes in a really fast altering concern environment. In the procedure of organisational alterations, the increasing demand for professional consulting service of the organisation clients is molded and progressively dramas of import portion in today s fierce concern environment. To run into the clients demands, T and C Consulting Company was found. T and C Consulting Company to a great extent focuses on supplying professional consulting service and developing including: Pull offing strategic transmutation, human resource development, constructing corporate civilization. In human resource development, the company specializes in puting up public presentation measuring system, buiding up corporate civilization, and talent direction. In supplying distribution channels, the T and C confer withing company specializes scanning or carry oning analysis of concern environment and possible clients of an organisation, measuring market and carry oning industry analysis. T A ; C Company s strengthens in deeply apprehension of local context to supply its clients with the best services. 3. Research scheme Methodology is a system of theories and point of views which are related to the natural universe which will plan research methods, define the range and possibilities to use research methods and steer the research and explotation and application of research methods. On the other custodies, methodological analysis is the theories of research methods including the system of research methods, natural universe of the research workers and the regulations or rules to decide the research issues. Collis and Hussey ( 2003 ) argued that methodological analysis refers to the overall attacks and positions to the research procedure as a whole and methodological analysis is related to the chief issues including: why the research workers collect informations and information ; what information and information to be obtained or collected ; where and how to roll up these informations and information. Harmonizing to, methodological analysis is chiefly devided into two attack including Positivistic attac k and phenomenon attack. In this portion, the writer wants to critically discourse the pros and cons of each method to choose the most approproate method to follow in this thesis. 3.1 Positivist attack Positivist attacks are characterised by a degage attack to research that seeks out the facts or causes of any societal phenomena in a systematic manner. Positivist attacks are created on a belief that the survey of human behavior should be conducted in the same manner as surveies conducted in the natural scientific disciplines. And therefore, the dependability of research documents that was conducted by positivic attacks is high. Positivist attacks are to place and measure every bit good as do assessmement or behavior analysis of any phenomena and to supply rational account for it. This account will set up causal links and relationships between the different variables of the research topic and associate them to a peculiar theory or pattern. In this applied research paper, the given factors that might hold impacts on the motive and battle of employees will move as the independent variable. 3.2 Phenomenological attack Phenomenological attacks are from the position that human behavior is non easy measured as phenomena in the natural scientific discipline because human action and behavior is shaped and created by factors that are non ever discernible, e.g. interior thought procedures. Therefore, it is hard to mensurate, analyze and conclude human action from observation of behavior entirely. Furthermore, people the action or behavior of people does non ever co-occur with the manner others have interpreted them. This perspective assumes that people will frequently act upon events and act in unpredictable ways that upset any constructed regulations or identifiable norms they are frequently actors on a human phase and determine their public presentation depending on a broad scope of variables. Phenomenological attacks are peculiarly related to understanding behavior from the participants ain subjective frames of mention. And therefore, Research methods are selected if the writer wants to interpret a nd explicate every bit good as interpret events from the positions of the people who are the topic of the research. All in all, both Positivistic attack and Phenomenological attack are necessary in a research paper. The research workers across the Earth normally applied both of them. And there are many grounds explicating why the research workers must follow the two mentioned above methods. For case, if the research worker ditributes questionnaires for n repondents to acquire informations and information, it means that the research worker is using the positivic attack in their research paper. However, the studies besides contain qualitative work from the observations of participants or respondents. Everything has two sides, after critically sing the pros and cons of the two methodological analysiss ; the writer decides to choose both of them for the writer s research to increase the high dependability of the research paper. The following tabular array will exemplify the sub-categories for the two mentioned above methodological analysiss. The ten present the methodological analysiss to be selecte d: Positivic attack Phenomenological attack Surveies ( Questionnaire and Interview ) ten Case Studies ( Participant Observation ) ten Experimental Surveies Action Research Longitudinal Surveies Ethnography Cross-sectional Surveies Parcitipative Enquiry Feminist Perspective Grounded theory Surveies are to choose randomly a representative and indifferent sample of topics drawn from the group that the research workers want to carry on research and survey. The chief attacks of inquiring inquiries are by face-to-face or telephone interviews, by administering questionnaires for 100 respondents or participants. Almost research paper applied the mixture of the two attacks including interviews and questionnaires. There are two chief types of study. The first type to be identified is the descriptive studies which related to idetify and number or mensurate the frequence of a peculiar response among the study group. The 2nd type is the analytical study which concerned with the analysis of the relationship between different variables in a sample group. Surveys help the research workers to obtain informations about patterns, state of affairss or positions at one point in clip through questionnaires or interviews. Quantitative analytical techniques are so used to pull illations from this information sing bing relationships. The usage of studies permits a research worker to analyze more variables at one clip than is typically possible in research lab or field experiments whilst informations can be collected about existent universe environments. In this thesis, the writer would wish to choose studies as one of the most appropriate methodological analysiss because the research consequences of findings and analysis chiefly generate from questionnaires and interviews. And therefore, study plays an of import function in roll uping informations and information to verify and research the research inquiries and rearch each aim of the research paper. The writer will randomly choice 100 respondents as a sample of this thesis and behavior interviews with 3 directors including HR director, Business Development Manager, Project Coordinator. The writer strongly believes that study is the most suited and proper method to roll up informations and information that the writer ne eds in the procedure of verifying the hypothesis and deciding the research jobs. Case surveies involve in an effort to depict relationships that exist in world, really frequently in a individual organisation. Case surveies may be rationalist or interpretivist in nature, depending on the attack of the research worker, the informations collected and the analytical techniques employed. World can be captured in greater item by an observer-researcher, with the analysis of more variables than is typically possible in experimental and study research. In add-on to strengths of instance surveies, this type of research methodological analysis exposes many failings. The most disadvantageous point of this type is the writer can non utilize informations and information of a individual organisation to verify the state of affairss in natural universe because each organisation generates informations and information which differs from others. However, after critically taking its advantages and disadvantages in considerations, the writer still decides to choose this method because the writer is now working for T and C Consultant to the instance survey methodological analysis is proper. A instance survey offers an chance to analyze a peculiar topic, viz. an oranization or a group of people, and normally related to assemblage and analyzing information ; information that may be both qualitative and quantitative. Case surveies can be used to explicate theories including Descriptive, Illustrative, Experimental and Explanatory ( Scapens, 1990 ) . Case surveies could be used to mensurate or measure the influences of variables, such as societal category, gender and educational experiences on calling development and calling patterned advance, or deficiency of it, within an administration. However, the disadvantage of this methodological analysis is clip devouring procedure because it requires trust to be built and earned between the research workers and the concerned participants or respondents. 4. Research Paradigm and Design 4.1 Qualitative vs. Quantitative Research: Quantitative research is to roll up and analyse the numerical information. Quantitative to a great extent focuses on mensurating the graduated table, scope, frequence etc. of the phenomena in the natural universe. This type of research is normally extremely elaborate and structured and the Research consequences can be easy reached and presented statistically. Harmonizing to, Quantitative research refers to the systematic empirical probe of societal phenomena via statistical, mathematical or computational techniques. The aim of quantitative research is to develop and use mathematical theoretical accounts, theories and/or hypotheses refering to phenomena. The procedure of measuring is cardinal to quantitative research because it provides the cardinal connexion between empirical observation and mathematical look of quantitative relationships. By contrast, Qualitative research is more subjective in nature than Quantitative research and related to analyzing and reflecting on the less touchable facets of a research capable including values, attitudes and perceptual experiences. Although this type of research can be easier to get down, it can be frequently hard to construe and show the findings and the findings and analysis can besides be challenged more easy because this methodological analysis to a great extent depends on the thoughts, sentiments or point of views of the participants. After sing the pros and cons of Quantitative and Qualitative research, the writer decides to use both of them in this thesis with the end of increasing the dependability of the research paper. Furthermore, the writer non merely distributes questionnaires for respondents in individual but besides conducts interviews with related participants to acquire information and information on the research issues. And therefore, the research consequences will include both qualitative work and quantitative work. 4.2 Basis Research V. Applied Research The purpose of Basic Research is to better cognition by and large without any peculiar applied intent. It means that Basis Research is related to theory merely, non to be applied in the natural universe, in a certain state of affairs or in other instance surveies. By contrast, Applied Research is designed from the start to use its findings to a peculiar state of affairs. In this thesis, the writer conducts this research paper to be applied in the existent universe for happening the ways to actuate parttime advisers in T and C Company. It is besides one of the defined aims of this thesis. 3.3.4 Deductive Approach vs. Inductive Approach In this portion, the writer wants to critically see the two methods including deductive attack and inductive attack. Deductive attack alleged top-down attack evaluates the job from a general to a specific position. By contrast, in inductive method, the research worker must travel from specific observations to broader theories, alleged bottom-up method. The difference between the two methods is inductive method uses the information to bring forth thoughts while the deductive method starts with an thought or theoretical model and uses informations to turn out or confute the beginning thought. Researchers normally apply both of the two attacks. A research worker may get down with an inductive method, seeking to place forms in the information and set up classs by which the staying information is coded. In the following measure, some theoretical concepts can be consulted to explicate and measure the classs. Using deductive attack, research worker can develop a hypothesis utilizing the ory. Data will be collected from a broad scope of beginnings to reject or corroborate the hypothesis that has been established at the beginning of the thesis. On the other manus, inductive attack is described as the analysis progresses, more concrete subjects evolve through the acknowledgment of similarities in the observations ( Tesch, 1990 ) . In this thesis, the writer will use both inductive method and deductive method to diversify the manner the writer reaches the aims of the thesis. 5. Research Hypothesis The independent variables were given to mensurate the relationship between the given independent including paysheet, Fringe benefit, Organizational committedness, Organizational Social patterns and Self-actualization and the dependant variable that is the battle of employees. H1: Wage motivates battle of parttime advisers H2: Fringe benefit motivates battle of parttime advisers H3: Organizational committedness motivates battle of parttime advisers H4: Organizational Social patterns motivate battle of parttime advisers H5: Self-actualization/job enrichment motivates battle of parttime advisers These hypotheses will be tested through empirical informations collected in the following phase of the research 6. Datas Collection Roll uping informations is really important measure to maintain on record for farther usage, to do of import determinations about different issues and other personal intents, and in this thesis, roll uping informati