This study examines a group of middle school students who are Hispanic and their interest in attending college and pursuing a career in nursing. Although males and females both participated, mostly females expressed an interest in nursing as a profession. In this study investigators examined Hispanic middle school students’ knowledge and interest in attending college for a nursing degree and di...

This study tested separation and attachment theory in relation to the career choice commitment of college students, including those from divorced families, and the impact of family status on separation, attachment, and career variables. Partial or limited support was found for separation and attachment theory. For example, conflictual independence, attachment, and financial press related modera...

AIM To explore the effects of being dyslexic on the working lives of nurses and healthcare assistants (HCAs), and to identify what might be done to improve their working lives. METHOD A qualitative approach was taken comprising semi-structured interviews and interpretative data analysis. Seven nurses and HCAs took part in the study. FINDINGS Dyslexia affects each individual differently and ...

Career choice of medical graduates is dependent on a number of factors as identified in literature across the globe. This article presents an overview of contemporary research on career choices of medical graduates and the generalisation of findings in Pakistan. A number of issues are highlighted which include lack of standardised instruments, classification of specialties and mixed evidence re...

The employee engagement has emerged as a pivotal business driver for organizational success. High level of engagement in domestic and global firms is supposed to have multiple enriching effects on an organization. Studies have highlighted the importance of both organizational and individual factors in ensuring highly engaged employees. The present paper explores the individual differs across fo...

background: inadequate attention to management and institutional reforms is an important barrier to achieving universal health coverage. skilled and motivated public health managers in adequate numbers are an important requirement to overcome this hurdle. however, what are the career choices of medical students? are they interested in community medicine and public health? to document the career...

This paper adds to research on girls' growing educational advantage by examining gender differences in career paths. Using baseline data from an intervention study (TRY-IT!) targeting 265 sixth-graders in Title I schools, our research traces adolescent career aspirations by gender, race and class. Additionally, we investigate whether girls and boys exhibit differential sensitivity to environmen...

up to now, most of the discussions about success and progress have been based on this issue that what could organization do for employee improvement. but according to environmental changes, career development literature has changed and the employee’s efforts for improving themselves became important. indeed, human capital as a major factor for success and career advancement and social and emoti...

tive workers. This article Summary involves introducing a fundamentally new describes two new methods for kind of pension formula. estimating the career profile In order to assess the effect of Social This article presents two broad of earnings for representative Security reform on current and future approaches to creating representative workers. It then compares the results of those new method...