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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Workplace Research"”.
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Working Construction: Organization and Control of the Labor Process
… process posit that capitalists must control the workplace. Research on the labor process links the logic of capitalism to increasing bureaucratization and mechanization resulting in a loss of workers' control over their work. Mechanization and bureaucratization appear to go hand in hand. The …
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An Activity Based Workspace Project: A study to explore how actual user behaviour reflects original design intention
… organisations are implementing Activity Based Workplaces (ABW), which offer an open and transparent workspace with flexible seating configurations to enhance numerous work activities. Whilst many researchers propose the ABW facilitates interaction, collaboration, concentration, privacy and …
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The association between work-related potential stressors, self-compassion and perceived stress in IAPT therapists.
… (Department of Health [DOH], 2008c). Emerging research has suggested that working as an IAPT therapist can be a demanding and stressful role (Walket & Percy, 2014 ; Westwood, Morison, Allt, & Holmes, 2017). Work-related stressors have been linked to physical and mental health difficulties (e.g. …
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Whistling in the Wind: Examining the Effects of Sexual Orientation Relational Demography on Individual Perceptions of Workgroup Process and Withdrawal
… within groups (Riordan, 2000) and recent research on moderators of the dissimilarity-outcome relationship (e.g., Stewart and Garcia-Prieto, 2008), the study argued that: (1) perceived sexual orientation dissimilarity would be associated with negative group process effects and increased …
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From novice to expert: assessment of the levels of expertise of South African Chartered Accountants and Auditors in an academic and professional programme using the Dreyfus's Five-Stage Model of Skills Acquisition
… acquired in an educational setting, to the workplace setting. The challenge for auditing educators is to facilitate the acquisition and transfer of theoretical auditing knowledge in preparation of and application for the workplace. Research studies suggest that there is a key dilemma within …
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Teaching excellence : an illusive goal in higher education teaching and learning
… roles: community engagement and leadership, research and innovation, and teaching and learning. However, universities are not always regarded as effective in fulfilling the needs of students, business or communities well. This portfolio takes excellence in teaching and learning as its central …
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Connecting School-Based Learning and Work-Based Learning: Perceptions of Students, Their Teachers, and Their Workplace Supervisors
… students for the transition from school to the workplace as employers from business and industry are looking to schools for help in meeting their human resource needs. The School-to-Work Opportunities Act (1994) has stimulated a number of approaches to link school-based learning and work-based …
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Language and translation at work: a grounded theory approach to B2B customer service in an Irish-based multilingual team
Despite the increased focus on workplace-based research in translation studies, limited attention has yet been paid to the translating carried out in international businesses by multilingual staff or non-professional translators and interpreters (NPIT). Acknowledging the translational nature of …
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Allyship Readiness Scale Development and Validation
… strong allies from other members within the workplace to alleviate this load and promote a more equitable environment. Allies are individuals who practice allyship by recognizing their privilege and using their resources, such as their voice, actions, and platforms, to disrupt and dismantle …
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An Investigation into the Relationship between Workplace Friendships, Affective Organisational Commitment, Helping Behaviour, and Intention to Stay
… social, their access to and experience of workplace friendships may introduce the various emotional, cognitive and behavioural benefits associated with friendships in one's personal life to the workplace. Research Purpose: To conduct an empirical study using a sample obtained from the …
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Transcending we/they: a qualitative formative evaluation of the transformative potential of an in-district leadership development program
… staff. The study’s fifth finding contends that researcher positionality can differ from that of an “insider” or an “outsider” to what is defined herein as an “alongsider” due to the nature of program evaluation combined with using a researcher practitioner’s workplace as the research context.</p>
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The experiences of female sport administrators in the Western Cape: gender bias in the Workplace
Research indicates that the advancement of women into top management positions is steadily increasing. However, it seems as if gender divisions in the workforce do not encourage equal opportunities for women in the labor sector. In the world of sport, gender equity has been promoted with some …
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Examining Relationships Between Problem-Solving Style and the Autism-Spectrum Quotient (AQ): Leveraging Adaption-Innovation Theory to Support Autistic Adults in the Workplace
Research shows that approximately 85% of autistic individuals are unemployed or underemployed, highlighting the need for workforce development and leadership training to support this marginalized group. While autism spectrum disorders have increased significantly since the early 2000s, limited …