State of Annual Paid Leave–Doctors’ Working Conditions

Blaming It on Computers: Working Harder and Getting Paid Less?

Computers are often blamed for widening the economic disparities in the U.S. Many IS researchers and practitioners claim that information technologies are value-neutral. Indeed, computers have benefited everyone by enabling business firms to improve their efficiency and produce better products and services. However, critics suggest that computers have improved efficiency at the expense of widen...

Paid Content - Paid Services

The Internet market for paid content and paid services continually grows in significance, adding new meaning to the word "e-commerce". Business models regarding the range of premium digital contents or digital services, which, solely financed through advertising, were not possible or broke down in earlier times, can now be realized economically through "Paid Content" or "Paid Services". This st...

Enhancing working conditions

Introduction Research in the manufacturing and retail sectors has demonstrated a link between human resource management (HRM) practices and productivity. Researchers have demonstrated that organizations that promote practices that encourage workers' abilities, motivation and opportunities achieve better outcomes. Within the health sector similar links have been proposed and used to explain vari...

Adaptive Harvest Management Working Group Annual Meeting

Psychological consequences of firefighters' working conditions: A Qualitative Study

Introduction: A high-risk job, firefighting involves a wide range of tasks. Given the difficult nature of the job with all the responsibilities included, and in addition to the impending physical injuries, firefighters undergo several emergencies which can endanger their psychological health. Therefore, the present study was conducted to investigate the psychological consequences of firefighter...