Occupational Psychology Facing Globalisation

occupational problems facing female university faculty members

women's strong will to obtain higher education degrees and to work as faculty member of universities is an undeniable fact in iranian current society. nevertheless, female faculty members just like many other women encounter some career problems which can affect their emotions, attitudes and behaviors. this article aims at answering the three following questions: - what are the career prob...

Research Methods in Occupational Health Psychology

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Carpal tunnel syndrome - an occupational hazard facing dentistry.

BACKGROUND The authors wished to evaluate the comprehensive literature on carpal tunnel syndrome to discover work specific to carpal tunnel syndrome among dentists in order to determine whether there is any correlation with dentists having a higher prevalence of its occurrence. METHODS A review of dental literature involving carpal tunnel syndrome was undertaken. Details appearing in the lite...

Work engagement: an emerging concept in occupational health psychology.

This position paper introduces the emerging concept of work engagement: a positive, fulfilling, affectivemotivational state of work-related well-being that is characterized by vigour, dedication, and absorption. Although there are different views of work engagement, most scholars agree that engaged employees have high levels of energy and identify strongly with their work. The most often used i...

Assessing methodological quality and biological plausibility in occupational health psychology.