When staff at a major Canadian teaching hospital were asked what they found meaningful and important in the working environment, they responded by identifying four specific areas: recognition, communication, workload management and learning environment. One area that was identified as a particularly good example of a successful "learning environment" strategy was the opportunity to participate ...

A care by parent option was introduced into a general paediatric ward without any additional finance or facilities. Most parents coped successfully and were grateful for the opportunity of caring for their children. All believed that their children benefited from their active involvement. The nurses believed that their role was enhanced and their job satisfaction increased. This system offers a...

We have organized the celebration of this important milestone for the IEO in true evaluative form – with an event of listening and learning. We look forward to listening to your feedback on our performance so far, and to learning how we can do better in the future. I am totally convinced that a stronger IEO will result in a stronger IMF. Let us take this opportunity to think about ways in which...

social entrepreneurs are impassioned individuals who combine leadership, creativity, and an entrepreneurial spirit to solve social problems related to matters affecting human welfare at systemic levels. the purpose of this study which is based on qualitative approach is to form a developing social entrepreneurship model in iran. accordingly, social entrepreneurs want to develop innovative progr...

Using an extensive database of job adverts, we investigate the extent to which homeworking is likely continue. We track how advertisement language has evolved indicate opportunities and characteristics jobs offering these have changed, including a greater degree polarisation in opportunity by salary.

Our aim was to explore and compare the job satisfaction between family physicians and hospital specialists in Split, Croatia. The survey was carried out in 2005 and 2006. A validated questionnaire was composed of two parts: 92 statements and questions about job satisfaction in the form of a Lickert scale (range 1-5) and eight questions concerning demographic issues. The questionnaire was comple...

Abstract Nursing staff are the largest number of employees in hospitals and high turnover rate is a global problem, which also critical issue faced by many Taiwan. Therefore, purpose this study to explore factors affecting job nursing propose suggestions reduce turnover. The results showed that among demographic variables, all variables except affiliated unit were significantly positively or ne...

This paper provides new evidence on the impact of private property rights and employer-provided housing on entrepreneurship. I find an increase in self-employment following a reform in urban China that allowed state employees who were renting state-owned housing the opportunity to buy their homes at subsidized prices. I develop a model of job choice to test two mechanisms that might explain how...