BACKGROUND The main purpose of this study was to explore the status of occupational stress among hospital nurses in Isfahan, Iran. It also aimed to examine the relationship between nurses' occupational stress and their intention to leave the hospital. METHODS The study employed a cross-sectional research design. A validated questionnaire was used to collect data from 296 nurses. Respondents w...

Standard urban models assume residents never think about their next job. More likely, the individual value of a given home and the choice of commute length are based not only on the current job site, but also on the expectation of where future jobs will be and the likelihood of both job separations and residential moves. The first factor lessens the value of access to the present job, while the...

This paper presents the findings of a qualitative case study of the quality of life of three women with developmental disabilities. In-depth interview data were collected from the women who had previously worked in a sheltered workshop environment and were, at the time of study, working in supported employment in the community. Interviews were also conducted with each woman's job coach and a fa...

The recently emerged Fourth Industrial Revolution (Industry 4.0) is characterised by the introduction of the new Cyber-Physical System (CPS) concepts and the Internet of Things (IoT) paradigm. These new collaborating computational entities offer a broad range of opportunity to consider with a different perspective. One of the perennial problems of the manufacturing operation is the scheduling p...

Nebraska CRNAs were surveyed to identify their attitudes regarding choice of residence and to rate their overall job satisfaction. In addition, the study determined differences in these attitudes, based on employment and whether they resided in a metropolitan or rural setting. Places of residence and employment in Nebraska were grouped according to population. Metropolitan areas consisted of Om...

AIM The purpose of this study was to describe the perspectives of Iranian nurses regarding factors influencing nursing image. BACKGROUND Nursing image is closely tied to the nurse's role and identity, influencing clinical performance, job satisfaction and quality of care. Images of nursing and nurses are closely linked to the cultural context in which nursing is practised, hence, this study e...

We consider the impact of job rotation in a directed search model in which …rm sizes are endogenously determined and match quality is initially unknown. A large …rm bene…ts from the opportunity of rotating workers so as to partially overcome loss of mismatch. As a result, in the unique symmetric equilibrium, large …rms have higher labor productivity and lower separation rates. In contrast to th...

We welcome our workshop attendees to a very interesting collection of discussions. We received many papers and had to limit the acceptance rate to 40those papers submitted. The papers cover a range of topics from infrastructure, service discovery, personalization, environments, security, privacy, to wireless and sensor networks, showing the scope of interests and activities represented by the P...

Looking for work is complex. It involves a synthesis of decisions relating to many separate jobseeking tasks, requiring discrimination of how an individual’s skills match the job description, whether the salary offered is acceptable, location of the work and the logistics of arranging suitable transport. These job-seeking tasks are even more difficult for the disabled, and despite the Web Acces...

In poignant remembrance of the last Christmas in the Confederate White House, Varina Davis, First Lady of the Confederacy, reflected upon that special event in an extended article for the New York Sunday World, some thirty-two years after the Confederacy’s final Christmas. Davis recounted the event fondly and praised the transformation of her female peers into perfect models of Confederate endu...