The article introduces the authors’ estimation method for measuring the current level of information technologies in companies by four aspects (hardware, software, IT services, and telecommunication equipment) using the proposed original indicators. On the example of 50 sample Russian industrial companies the authors have built and tested an econometric model, which allows to measure how IT cos...

OBJECTIVE This study evaluates the impact of lowering the diagnostic threshold for impaired fasting glucose (IFG) from 6.1 to 5.6 mmol/l as proposed by the American Diabetes Association (ADA) on the prevalence of the condition, classification of individuals, and risk definition. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS A total of 1,285 employees of the Italian Telephone Company aged 35-59 years without kn...

AIMS To (1) evaluate the psychometric properties and (2) examine the ability to detect cases with anxiety disorder and depression in a population of employees absent from work because of mental health problems. METHODS Internal consistency, construct validity, and criterion validity of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS) were assessed. Furthermore, the ability to identify anxiety diso...

INTRODUCTION We assessed and tracked perceptions of well-being among employees of member companies of HealthPartners, a nonprofit health care provider and health insurance company in Bloomington, Minnesota. The objective of our study was to determine the concordance between self-reported life satisfaction and a construct of subjective well-being that comprised 6 elements of well-being: emotiona...

background : the present study aimed to determine the relationship between mental disorders and burnout among employees of shiraz university of medical science, iran. methods: in this cross-sectional study, 300 employees were selected as the study sample using random sampling method. symptoms of mental disorder, predictor variables, and burnout were the criterion variables of this study. data w...

The main objective of this study was to determine if emotional labour has become a criterion in performance appraisal, job description, selection, and training schemes in the hotel industry in Nigeria. Our main assumption was that majority of hotel organizations have not built emotional labour into their human resources management schemes. Data were gathered by the use of structured questionnai...

This article explores the organizational culture of startup scene in Finland. Startup companies offer an interesting setting for research, because their culture, hierarchy and power structures differ from those large traditional organizations. The method used this study was ethnography a company Finland, which included participant observation, interviews with employees. informal, relaxed, low h...

Becoming a company with employees integrity, and having good skills quality is the dream of every company. With these will later affect development PT. Sango Ceramics Indonesia large private engaged in production ceramics. The diversity very complex because number makes it difficult for companies to choose best support company's development. Therefore, research was conducted develop decision sy...

Human resources are the most important part for growth and development of a company. A company can develop well, course, it is influenced by quality human resources, which in this case employees who work Determination best done not only direct appointment leader or manager, but must conduct performance assessment that has been carried out its within certain period time, course there will be rew...

abstract background and objectives: quality of working life (qwl) is an important issue and examination of the spects that can affect it causes promotion of individual and organizational productivity. this study was conducted to investigate correlation between health correlates and the qwl in the emloyees of the islamic azad university, lahijan branch. methods: this descriptive-correlational st...