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Showing 1 to 20 of 396 for “"workplaces"”.
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Social media in manufacturing workplaces
This research study and dissertation was designed to evaluate any connection between the use of social media for learning, communication and collaboration in a manufacturing environment and improved performance in quality and delivery metrics in those organizations. As the competition throughout …
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Virtual workplaces : when metaphors breakdown
… our model is changing. Today's virtual workplaces are grounded in models of work that have been reformed from our experiences using current technology in physical workspace. However we are discovering opportunities and possibilities for work in collaborative, virtual environments that …
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Cross-Cultural issues at Icelandic workplaces
… current situation of multiculturalism at workplaces in Iceland. 46 foreign workers and 36 Icelandic workers at various organizations answered the online questionnaire. The result shows that about half of workplaces of participants noticed increase in number of foreign employees, and most …
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Domesticated Office: Designing to Foster Culture in Virtual Workplaces
Remote work enables flexible time and space for knowledge workers (i.e. whose jobs involves developing and using knowledge rather than producing goods or services), and it has shown increased productivity compared to working from physical offices (Chavez-Dreyfuss, 2020). However, it challenges the …
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When helping hurts: understanding resource recovery in nonprofit workplaces
The present study examined the relationship between recovery experiences and strain within the nonprofit context, and identified the role that work calling, boundary permeability, and relaxation remorse had on recovery and the relationship between recovery and strain. Participants (n = 124 …
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Business Ethics, Social Responsibility and AIDS in Workplaces in Zimbabwe
… businesses implement to combat the epidemic at workplaces enhances effective collaboration and the harnessing of appropriate resources among interested stakeholders. Knowing the nature of ethics, business principles and human rights elements helps create a framework for reflecting, formulating …
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Community and collaboration : new shared workplaces for evolving work practices
… are broadening the spectrum of alternative workplaces and offer footloose workers a professional home base and network. Collaborative community workplaces fall into several typologies that embody unique approaches. They typically emphasize community and collaboration among independent …
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Novices learning ‘positioning’ informally in Thai tourism workplaces: five case studies
This is a study of 5 new Thai graduates, three men and two women who entered employment in small intermediary service industry enterprise work places in the key tourism sector of the Thai economy in 2005 and 2007. Its main aim was to identify how these novices coped with the work that they were …
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Mediation as a practical tool for conflict resolution within workplaces in Iceland
… utilization of mediation’s methodology within workplaces has been gradual over the years because businesses find it efficient, flexible, and time- and costeffective conflict resolution. Thus, the current study’s hypothesis stated that mediation would be a practical tool for conflict resolution …
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Ba in the American context : an exploration of Japanese in U.S. workplaces
<p>This study investigated the influences of the Japanese sense of ba on their patterns of perceiving the working environment and work-related human~relations in the U.S. social context. Ba in this study refers to the frame of relationships that is shared among the individuals in a certain specific …
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Evaluating sources of volatile organic compounds in Colorado workplaces via positive matrix factorization
… have characterized VOC exposure, particularly in workplaces, where people may spend a significant portion of their time. The work presented in this thesis addresses this knowledge gap through analysis of a comprehensive empirical study of VOC concentrations in 50 diverse workplaces across the …
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Cross-disciplinary strategies for advancing equity, diversity, and inclusion in geoscience education and workplaces
This thesis investigates systemic marginalization in the geosciences with the aim of creating more inclusive working and learning environments. Geoscience remains one of the least diverse STEM disciplines, shaped by histories of racial, gender-based, and other forms of discrimination. To address …
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Competence development through the lens of structuration - Does age matter in Finnish IT workplaces?
This thesis is about existing employees’ competence development, with a particular focus on middle-aged and late-career employees in the Finnish information technology field. Research on adult education, workforce development and workplace learning has traditionally relied on economic, psychosocial …
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