Human Resources (HR) lessons learned during the 2020 Pandemic: A literature review and perspective from HR professionals

Going beyond operational efficiency in HR using IT - A Literature Review of Human Resources Information Systems

Leading academics claim that the management of human resources will be most critical in gaining competitive advantage. Today, the human resources departments (HR) are transforming themselves from an administrative cost-center to an internal partner delivering additional business value. In this transformation process, information technology (IT) could play a key role. Therefore, this paper aims ...

A Literature Review on Human Behavioral Pattern through Social Media Use: A HR Perspective

Behaviour Informatics constitutes behavioral data construction, impact modeling, simulation, presentation, measurement, evaluation and behavior pattern/network analysis. With the incumbent of social media and its growing significance in work and personal life, researches in last few years examined patterns of use of social media and cognitive behavior. The present study is a literature review c...

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Factors Affecting Medication Errors from Nurses' Perspective: Lessons Learned

Introduction: Medical errors are among the most threatening faults against patient’s safety in all countries. The most frequent medical errors are medication errors which can lead to serious effects and even death in patients. Therefore, this study aimed to explain factors affecting medication eroors from the viewpoints of nurses in order to present strategies to reduce these errors. Methods:...

Pandemic influenza in Africa, lessons learned from 1968: a systematic review of the literature

BACKGROUND To help understand the potential impact of the 2009 H1N1 pandemic in Africa, we reviewed published data from Africa of the two previous influenza pandemics. METHODS We conducted a systematic search of three biomedical databases for articles in any language on 1957 H2N2 or 1968 H3N2 pandemic influenza virus infection in Africa published from January 1950 through August 2008. RESUL...