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Showing 1 to 20 of 33 for “"work system"”.
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Use of Integrated Process Control Displays in Work System Design
… employees have seen changes in their work environment. Furthermore, the impact of downsizing has resulted in operators becoming responsible for the quality of their own processes. This study tested the impact of various display alternatives of control chart data on decision performance …
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An observational study of care transitions of pediatric patients: modeling the work system and team communication in handoffs
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2022-11-11 without embargo terms
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Experienced high performance work system in the public healthcare sector: Conceptualisation, scale validation and examination of its “dark side"
… been considerable evidence that high performance work system (HPWS) has garnered scholarly interest in the public healthcare context. Despite this growing interest, there remain a number of gaps that need to be addressed. First, human resource (HR) scholars have criticised the HPWS concept as …
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Effective coordination of technical and social components during the design and launch of a new lean manufacturing work system
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management; and Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 1998.
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The relationships between organizational cynicism, high performance work system, perceived psychological contract violation, workplace incivility and organizational citizenship behaviour among secondary school teachers in Johor Bahru, Malaysia
… citizenship behaviour with high performance work system, perceived psychological contract violation and workplace incivility with organizational cynicism as intervening variable. The research framework has been formulated using the expectancy theory. This is a quantitative study. Stratified …
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How does employee engagement improve the bottom line? : analysis of underlying organizational mechanisms
… HR practices, when implemented together as a system (i.e. high-performance work system) have significant and positive impact on organizational outcomes. Yet, the understanding of how such a system achieves the outcomes remains fragmented. The goal of this paper is to review existing empirical …
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Information technology and the employment relationship : an examination of the adoption and use of electronic health records
… dissertation advances theory on the interplay of workplace technological change and features of the employment relationship to inform an active policy debate. In particular, many connect US healthcare's lackluster economic performance -- both historically and relative to other industries -- to its …
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A study investigating perceptions of nurses about wearable devices to predict risk of nurse burnout
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2025-12-01
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Measuring Safety Attitude Differences in the Construction Supply Chain
Construction worker safety is normally a construction activity in the United States, even though there is an emerging body of literature discussing the positive effects of considering safety earlier in the construction lifecycle. This literature has discussed the fragmentation in terms of safety …
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Exploring Engineering Faculty Members' Experiences with University Commercialization Utilizing Systems Thinking
… using Activity Theory as an analytical framework. Each case consists of in-depth, semi-structured interviews with 5-6 engineering faculty members, 1-2 university administrators, and a technology transfer officer, as well as university commercialization documentation (e.g., university …
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Effects of nursing work loads on patients safety in the selected public hospitals in Vhembe District of Limpopo Province, South Africa
Background: The heavy workload of hospital nurses is a major problem globally. Nurses are experiencing higher workloads than ever before due to four main reasons, increased demand for nurses, inadequate appointment of new nurses, reduced staffing and increased overtime and reduction in patient …
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Can Flexibility and Productivity Coexist? Analyzing the Adoption of a Four - Day Work Week or a Hybrid Work Policy
The discussion of changing the standard work week of five days to four days has been a concept considered since the 1960’s. The general discourse has concerned the tension between productivity of workers increasing enough that a workplace would lose an extra day of work. This alone is a large …
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Analysis of resource management in complex work systems using the example of sterile goods management in hospitals
… der Ressourcenmanagement in komplexen Arbeitssysteme am Beispiel das Sterilgutmanagement im Krankenhaus. Stand der Komplexitätsforschung, eine systemorientierte Analyse der Ressourcenmanagement bildt die Grundlage der vorliegenden Arbeit. Mit der Methodik des "Systems Engineering" erfolgt die …
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Unconscious Emission Reductions Through Psychological Safety and Flexible Work
This research examined whether flexible work schedules in psychologically safe environments encourage voluntary, conscious, and/or unconscious behaviours that reduce emissions. Conducted at Imperial Oil’s Quarry Park Campus, the study combined survey data, badge-in attendance records, and …
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A human factors approach to operating a small cooperative house in a college town
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2023-12-04 without embargo terms
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Integrating security services into computer supported cooperative work
… describes the development of a groupware system which adds security services to a Computer Supported Cooperative Work system operating over the Internet. The security services use cryptographic techniques to provide a secure access control service and an information protection service. …
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Data work configurations in the field-based natural sciences: mesoscale infrastructures, project collectives, and data gateways
… ethnographic study investigates data work configurations of research projects in the field-based natural sciences. Project collective data work involves managing data in addition to facilitating digital data archiving. Through qualitative analysis, the concepts of data work arenas, …
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A Macroergonomics Path to Human-centered, Adaptive Buildings
… of U.S. energy) annually. Buildings are complex systems, yet architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) professionals often perform their work without considering the human factors that affect the operational performance of the building system. The AEC industry currently employs a linear …
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The Effects of At-Home Remote Work Environments on Human Cognitive Performance and Work Task Performance Based on Current Societal Conditions
<p>Home-based remote work systems present a unique set of cognitive performance and work task performance challenges to employees without remote work experience. The COVID-19 pandemic forced companies into transforming their work system structures, and their employee roles, without the preparation …
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