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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"High workloads."”.
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Understanding the role of appraisal in the relationship between work overload, work engagement and burnout in South African organisations
… was to investigate how individual appraisal of high workload as a challenge or a hindrance stressor correlates with work engagement and burnout. The work environment is fraught with high workloads, resulting in stress for employees. The cost of employee stress and ill health to organisations and …
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A mutual aid group programme for emergency personnel
… patient care (personal loss, traumatic stimuli, high expectations) and low job and high workloads. The study also investigated psychological, physical and social effects of emergency work. Psychological effects that were identified were mental illnesses such as depression and posttraumatic stress …
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Professional Identity and the Transition from Journalism Practitioner to Journalism Educator
… to become educators and researchers within Higher Education, with a view to better understanding how this transition affects journalism education and the future of the profession. A high proportion of staff in journalism departments originate from a journalism background, often having worked …
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The early workforce experiences of midwives who graduated from two different education courses in Australia
… been associated with these shortages such as high workloads, an inadequate skill mix, low nurse/midwife-to-patient/woman ratios, and heightened acuity, all of which can lead to professional burnout for staff. Connected to these shortages are perceptions of inadequate remuneration, experiences …
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Mindfulness and Job Performance: How is mindfulness perceived to affect job performance, employee wellbeing, and organisational performance in the engineering sector in South Africa?
… engineering employees and organisations deliver high levels of performance to ensure that engineers can continue to contribute value to society. This research study aims to understand mental health in the South African engineering sector, while gaining insights into common sources of stress in …
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Effective management of the Continuous Professional Development Program in selected schools in Oshana Education Region, Namibia
… has a ripple effect on learner performance. Highly equipped teachers enhance and guarantee the smooth academic progression of learners. The impact of continuous professional development on teacher performance has become an important issue considering their role in changing lives. In the …
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Exercise physiology and cardiac function. Aspects on determinants of maximal oxygen uptake
… trained subjects' ability to metabolize fat at high workloads. In Paper IV cardiac pumping mechanics was compared between athletes and controls matched for age and gender. Cardiac pumping was divided into longitudinal pumping and radial pumping. Except for the longitudinal contribution to the …
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Development of a multifaceted ergonomic educational program to prevent work-related musculoskeletal disorders among nurses in intermediate public hospitals in Namibia
… prevalence rate of WRMSDs among nurses was highest at Katutura Intermediate Hospital (76%), followed by Oshakati (73%), Rundu (69%), and Onandjokwe (65%). Over the 12-month period, the lower back was the most affected body part by WRMSDs, with prevalence rates at Katutura (74%), Onandjokwe …
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Satisfying service level objectives in stream processing systems
… challenges such as 1) job input rates that are highly variable across time e.g., more traffic can be expected during the day than at night, 2) transparent components in the jobs' deployed structure that the job developer is unaware of, as they only understand the application-level business logic …