In an empirical study of teleworking practices amongst small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in West London, organisational factors such as management attitudes, worker autonomy and employment flexibility were found to be more critical than technological provision in facilitating successful implementation. Consequently, we argue that telework in most SMEs appears as a marginal activity perf...

OBJECTIVES: There is a growing literature indicating that organizational and individual worker-level factors affect decisions about whether or not empirically supported treatments (ESTs) are adopted within health care agencies. The purpose of this pilot study is to further investigate and measure worker's attitudes within a community organization. METHOD: A small organization participated in t...

BACKGROUND Recent cases of laboratory-acquired vaccinia virus (VV) infection highlight the need for laboratory safety. AIMS To determine laboratory worker adherence to the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices smallpox vaccination recommendations, assess potential barriers to vaccination and determine the influence of training on laboratory worker attitudes. METHODS Ninety-two labor...

Objective. Parents mentoring other parents as a behavioral intervention for child obesity is novel with limited data describing the experience and dynamics of this approach. This study aimed to describe the experiences of parent mentors and the self-efficacy and attitudes of their mentees in the context of a clinical trial for childhood obesity. Methods. The context for this study was a randomi...

abstract background: workplace exposures as in clinical work can cause disorders. some organ systems are at risk. this work may be a risk factor for early symptoms of menopause. the objective of this study was to compare the early symptoms of menopause between hospital personnel who work in clinical and office settings. materials and methods: this was a historical cohort study conducted on clin...

National policy decisions about reducing the cost of health care are fueling the movement of patient-care information systems into hospitals and doctors’ offices. Will health care workers willingly adopt these systems? We investigated whether accuracy and privacy issues affect self-efficacy and attitudes towards a patient-care information system just prior to adoption in a regional hospital. We...

BACKGROUND: Refugee resettlement in the United States will reach record numbers in 2016. Approximately 200 refugees arrive in Rhode Island annually and require culturally and linguistically appropriate health care. METHODS: Eight community health care workers (CHWs) were hired for the Refugee Community Healthcare Worker Initiative (RCHWI) program. CHWs completed 30 hours of paid training. Healt...

In this article, propensity score matching (PSM) methods are applied to data from the 2005 International Social Survey Program Work Orientations (ISSP-WO) survey to examine the public sector pay premium in New Zealand. Taking account of a wide range of worker characteristics and attitudes, job attributes, and the effects that jobs have on workers and their family life, there appears to be a pay...