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Showing 1 to 20 of 60 for “"Work activities"”.
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Identification of essential managerial work activities and competencies of physical therapist managers employed in hospital settings
… of this study were to describe the managerial work and competencies required by hospital-based physical therapist managers to perform their work. Data describing work and competencies were gathered using a web-based application called SkillObject™ Process. A group of subject matter experts …
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Community Pharmacists' Work Activities, Challenges, and Solutions to the Provision of Patient-Centered Care in Nebraska
Objective: To: 1) explore the work activities of Nebraska independent community pharmacists within the context of the pharmacy profession’s transition from a medication product focus to a patient-centered care focus; and 2) determine if a formal enhanced pharmacy service network impacted the …
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Workplace learning through structured interactions
… a competitive advantage in the economy. The workplace is thus being recognised as a legitimate environment for learning new skills and knowledge, through participation in everyday work activities. This recognition has led to numerous studies that connect learning and the workplace, giving …
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Keeping the "Shiny Side Up" and the "Hammer Down": The Subculture of American Truck Drivers
… American truck driver including demographics, work activities, attitudes, opinions and illegal activities.
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A study on the work of MIT Mechanical Engineering graduates
… rich data about Mechanical Engineering alumni's work lives using qualitative and interpretive social research methods. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with several alumni from the MIT Mechanical Engineering department. Main topics discussed in theses interviews were current work …
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An exploration of non-work destinations in Singapore
Non-work destinations refer to the locational choices of people regarding where they go for non-work activity. My exploration focuses on the daily trips with a primary purpose of shopping, entertainment, dining and refreshment in Singapore. The uniqueness of non-work trips, compared with …
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Grip strength of telecommunication workers thirty to forty years of age
The hand is used in nearly all physical work activities and is the recipient of more work injuries than any other part of the body except the trunk. In 1983 there were 360,000 disabling injuries to the hand and fingers (Accident Facts, 1984) . Accident statistics in some industries suggest that …
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Automation and its impact on occupations and employment
… threaten to dislocate a large number of workers, given their ability to perform many work activities. This thesis aims to give a complete overview of the effects of automation on employment and consists of three papers. The first paper reviews prior studies investigating how automation …
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Agency Through Ambiguity: Women NGO Workers in Jalalabad, Afghanistan
Pashtun women working for international NGOs and development organizations in Jalalabad Afghanistan balance the requirements of their employment with a set values, known as doing pashto, that guide their behavior as Pashtuns. These two influences on their lives are often contradictory. Based on …
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Boundary -work in United States psychology: A study of three interdisciplinary programs
… social practices. Psychologists used "boundary-work" as a means to control the influx of these various practices. Boundary-work connotes activities that promote scientists' epistemic authority in society. Boundary-work also serves to demarcate a science's particular collection of knowledge from …
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A cultural analysis of information technology offshore outsourcing: an exercise in multi-sited ethnography of virtual work
… research phenomena. Research focused on the work activities of one American client organization and its Indian IT service provider situated in the global virtual field of Information Technology (IT) offshore outsourcing. The Principal Investigator adapted and applied an ethnographic approach …
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Loneliness and Use of Coping Mechanisms Among U.S. Military Personnel Deployed to the Middle East
… to predict loneliness with participation in non-work activities in the presence of another moderator (locus of control) and various demographic factors. As hypothesized, the results indicated that 1) the best non-work activity predictors of loneliness were emailing friends and listening to music, …
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Workaholism: how does it impact on people’s lives?
… appears to be considerable popular interest in workaholism, scientific understanding of the construct is very limited. Paradoxically, although many argue that the personal cost of workaholism to workers, families and friends is enormous, these people’s perspectives do not appear to have been …
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Determinants of work-related skin symptons and dermatitis associated with cleaning agents among health workers of two tertiary hospitals in Southern Africa
… and allergic contact dermatitis in health workers (HWs), but limited information is available on predictors for these outcomes. This study investigated the prevalence and risk factors for work-related skin symptoms (WRSS) and skin disease phenotypes in HWs exposed to diverse cleaning agents …
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Human error contribution to nuclear materials-handling events
… the contribution of human error to fuel-handling activities, emphasizing how latent conditions can directly contribute to events. In particular, procedural inaccuracies often create conditions that lead to the development of errors related to maintenance work practices. This would be of …
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Brogrammers, Tech Hobbyists, and Coding Peasants: Surveillance, Fun, and Productivity in High Tech
… the high-tech industry: the rejuvenation of the workforce through disproportionally recruiting young college-educated men and the masculinization of the organizational culture. Drawing on 46 in-depth interviews and 11 months of participant observation, this study argues that these two latest …
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Cheerleaders and Performers: Mental Health Courts in a Midwestern State
… and ethnographic observations to examine the work activities and understandings of the criminal justice and mental health professionals who administer and operate the programs in a Midwestern state. Data were analyzed by combining Goffman's dramaturgical analysis with Dorothy E. Smith's …
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Leaders who care: Exploring empathy as an essential trait in 21st century corporate leadership
… styles, leaders have the capacity to influence worker experiences and organizational outcomes. This study examines particular leadership traits that may influence the overall organizational environment. Specifically, the study proposes that empathy is significant for effective leadership. …
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Identificação dos riscos de distúrbios ocupacionais em uma microempresa de confecção: contribuições da terapia ocupacional
… progressive evolution, linked to occupational activities performed and/or working conditions. Such, based on the increasing number of occupational disorders in the confection branch, this study aims to identify risks of occupational disorders in a small group of seamstresses in the interior of …
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