STUDY OBJECTIVE Identify risk factors for work disability among adults with asthma treated by pulmonary and allergy specialists. DESIGN Cross-sectional survey, including retrospective work history data. PARTICIPANTS Sixty-eight pulmonary and 16 allergy internal medicine subspecialists maintaining a registry of patient visits for asthma; 698 registered patients aged 18 to 50 years, of whom 6...

BACKGROUND An elevated risk of lung cancer in truck drivers has been attributed to diesel exhaust exposure. Interpretation of these studies specifically implicating diesel exhaust as a carcinogen has been limited because of limited exposure measurements and lack of work records relating job title to exposure-related job duties. OBJECTIVES We established a large retrospective cohort of truckin...

BACKGROUND Forest firefighters are faced with multiple physical and psychological challenges as a result of their duties. Little is known about the determinants of injury among these workers. The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (OMNR) Aviation, Forest Fire and Emergency Services (AFFES) records detailed information on two mutually exclusive types of workplace injury: First aid (self-repor...

In this paper, we present a macroergonomic model of work design that is applied and tested to examine Total Quality Management (TQM) in the public sector. According to the model, TQM can influence different aspects of work design and quality of working life (QWL). Questionnaire data collected in 2 public sector organizations in the USA show that TQM can have both positive and negative impact on...

AIM This paper presents an evaluation of a career development policy in South Australia which increased the number of senior staff nurse positions and provided senior registered nurses with time away from clinical duties to undertake agreed projects. We use Kanter's model of structural power and commitment theory to understand the dimensions of this policy. BACKGROUND Development strategies f...

This study aims to provide a more comprehensive view of the influence integrity, work experience, and organizational commitment on audit quality moderated by job satisfaction. A quantitative associative approach was used in this with total sample 59 people, namely all auditors at Inspectorate Province Bali. Data collection techniques questionnaires which were analyzed structural equation modell...

BACKGROUND Studies have shown that nurses are under considerable job stress, which can lead to health disorders and failure in duties. Stressors of nursing have been studied in some of quantitative studies; however, a few investigators have studied the nurses' life experiences in this regard. The current qualitative research aimed to understand the nurses' experiences and perceptions of job-rel...