Conference Pristina-2015

ISBN 978-9951-494-557
Proceedings
10 th International Conference
of the Albanian Institute of Sociology (AIS)
How the International Migration
is shaping the Contemporary Society
AAB College, Prishtine - Kosovo
20-21 November 2015
• 202 presentations • 262 authors-co-authors •
24 countries:
Albania, Argentina, Bulgaria, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Greece, India, Italy,
Kosovo, Macedonia, Nigeria, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russia, South Africa,
South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, USA
• Plenary session • 4 Joint and Special Sessions
• 15 Thematic Sessions • First International Conference
of Master Students • 6th Assemble of AIS-ALBSA
Albanian Institute of Sociology
AAB College

TS 09: Organizations, professions and Work
107
dissatisfaction, are some various administrative procedures and salaries. Correlations show
that the higher the job satisfaction the higher will be the tendency of workers to stay in the
current organization and vice versa.
Keywords: Turnover, job satisfaction, work, organization
N°AIS AAB Pristine 2015-13909
Principal Leadership Behaviors Which Teachers at Different Career
Stages Perceive as Affecting Job Satisfaction
Inida BARJAMI
Albanian University, Tirana Albania
E-mail: inida.barjami@yahoo.com;
The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the perceptions of teachers as to
how the leadership of their principal affects their job satisfaction. This study collected the
view of teachers at different career stages and examined their perceptions and needs. The
participants consisted of 3elementary school teachers at Vlora city Albania at three different
career stages (beginning, middle, and late). This study confirmed that principal leadership
effort can affect job satisfaction, and that principals need to be aware of the needs of their
teachers. It also confirms that knowledge of teacher career stages can help principals create
better working partnerships and determine the professional development needs of their
staff. The findings of this study contribute to the literature on teacher job satisfaction and
principal leadership by providing a better understanding of how teacher job satisfaction
can be impacted by the perceptions that teachers have of principal leadership.
Keywords: Job satisfaction, leadership, career stages
N°AIS AAB Pristine 2015-14809
Factors determining motivation at work:
UMB Executive Master Students‘viewpoint
Gazmend ZENELI
University Marin Barleti of Tirana, Albania
gzeneli2000@gmail.com;
Asije KOPRENCKA
University Marin Barleti of Tirana, Albania
Email: student.enrollment@umb.edu.al;
Albana LILA
Raiffeisen Bank, Albania
Email: albana.lila@raiffeisen.al;
Human resource management (HRM) plays a crucial role in the process of
increasing companies’ effectiveness, while motivation factors are amongst the most

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important factors in HRM at all levels of organization. This paper aims to reveal
the motivation factors for Executive Master Program’s students, seen in the light of
existing theories on motivation. The research was based on a survey carried out with
students from UMB who were asked to rank thirteen motivation factors in the order
of their importance. Results indicated that Job security and Good wages were the most
important factors for all students.
Interesting work, promotion in the organization and appreciation of work carried
out were ranked in the top five important factors. These findings suggest that most
efficient motivation system is the one which fulfils a diversity of needs from more than
one category. The approach should not be based solely on intrinsic motivators neither
on extrinsic motivators. The perfect job should be a secure job, well paid, interesting
and offers also a great chance for promotion. Although, it might be hard to offer
a position that satisfies all those needs, organizations should be aware of them. By
following this approach, companies can meet the challenge of attracting, motivating
and retaining the best employees.
Keywords: Employee, Environment, Motivation Theory, Promotion, Rewards, Skills
N°AIS AAB Pristine 2015-15109
Instruments’ evaluation for measuring
the quality of services
and quality of life in residential programs
Entela AVDULAJ
University Ismail Qemali of Vlore, Albania
E-mail: entavd@yahoo.com; entela.avdulaj@univlora.edu.al;
The paper is part of a doctoral thesis on the Systemic analysis of programs in
residential centers in Albania (23 public centers). The programs are designed and
implemented to improve the lives of users, focusing on physical health, well being
and emotional / mental, social development, education and vocational training,
practical independence and employment and material welfare. The paper is focused
in the evaluation of some basic instruments for measuring the quality of services
and quality of life in these centers, taking in consideration two basic instruments
used for these purposes: 1) The quality systems instrument (Wagner and al, 1999)
used for the measurement of quality of services (output system) and 2) GENCAT
Scale (Verdugo and al, 2009), used for measurement of the quality of life (outcome
system). These instruments are validated and used by the primary health institutions
and social care institutions in Europe. The instruments are evaluated about their
reliability, administration, based in a literature research of several papers published in
the online journals: Evaluation and Program Planning, American Journal of Evaluation,
Educational Research and Evaluation, Disability and Society, European Journal of
Social Work. As a part of the largest thesis methodology, the instruments’ evaluation
is an important step for the quality and reliability of the research.
Keywords: Evaluation, measuring instrument, quality of services, quality of life, residential center

TS 12: Ethnic Relations, Human Rights & Collective Goods
123
various types of work and that in reality constitutes a high risk for their age and health.
Child labour is considered as a violation of their rights and a violation of human rights
in general, and is the main cause of their exclusion from school engagement. The roads
have now become the main place for socialization of many children due to lack of proper
care and oversight. This phenomenon is widespread in all countries of the world, but a
precise estimate on the number of these children is impossible. The paper aims to identify
and analyze the causes of the involvement of these children at work and gives a special
contribution to the description of this phenomenon in those areas of Kosovo where it
is widespread. The paper is based on quantitative data issued from a survey conducted
through questionnaires and where the subject of research was precisely those children
who belong to different age groups and genders. At the end of the study, we conclude
that poverty is the main reason to encourage children to work because their income is
insufficient for survival.
Keywords: Child labor, poverty, serious affairs, risk of health.
N°AIS AAB Pristine 2015-14712
Connecting Traditional knowledge and
Genetic resources: reflection of Nagoya Protocol
in the National Biodiversity Strategy
Gazmend ZENELI
University Marin Barleti of Tirana, Albania
E-mail: gzeneli2000@gmail.com;
The Nagoya Protocol (ABS Protocol) aims to share the benefits arising from the
utilization of genetic resources in a fair and equitable way. Based on ABS protocol,
each Party shall take measures, as appropriate, with the aim of ensuring that traditional
knowledge associated with genetic resources that is held by local communities is accessed
with the prior and informed consent or approval and involvement of these indigenous and
local communities, and that mutually agreed terms have been established. By promoting
the use of genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge, and by strengthening
the opportunities for fair and equitable sharing of benefits from their use, the Protocol
will create incentives to conserve biological diversity, sustainably use its components,
and further enhance the contribution of biological diversity to sustainable development
and human well-being. As signatory party of the ABS protocol, Albania is bound by
the relevant ABS provisions of the CBD, which provides the general framework for the
implementation of the Nagoya Protocol.
Considering the interrelationship between genetic resources and traditional knowledge,
their inseparable nature for indigenous and local communities, the importance of the
traditional knowledge for the conservation of biological diversity and the sustainable use
of its components, and for the sustainable livelihoods of these communities, this paper
sheds light on the connections between traditional knowledge and genetic resources as one
of the major objectives of the newly formulated National Biodiversity Strategy of Albania.
Keywords: Access, Biodiversity, Convention, Genetic resources, Traditional Knowledge.