High Performance Workplaces and Family Friendly Practices: Promises Made and Promises Kept * High performance workplaces elicit greater involvement and productivity from employees but past theory and evidence remain divided on whether or not such workplaces are compatible with family friendly work practices. We present new evidence on the association using perceptions of a representative sample...

OBJECTIVES Sickness absence in workplaces may reflect working conditions. It may also reflect a "healthy hire effect," i.e., that workplaces recruit individuals with experience of sickness absence differently. The purpose of the study was to determine if a history of sickness absence among recruits is associated with the average level of sickness absence in workplaces. MATERIAL AND METHODS In...

BACKGROUND Health consequences of the gender segregated labour market have previously been demonstrated in the light of gender composition of occupations and workplaces, with somewhat mixed results. Associations between the gender composition and health status have been suggested to be shaped by the psychosocial work environment. The present study aims to analyse how workplace gender compositio...

Purpose: To investigate working conditions and health at gender segregated (most women, 60% women or most men, 60% men) workplaces with a focus on associations of ergonomic exposures with musculoskeletal disorders. Methods: A comprehensive questionnaire was randomly sent to 10 000 inhabitants in three municipalities in the middle of Sweden. The response rate was 50% (4965 men and women). Organi...

BACKGROUND Relationships among portable scanning mobility particle sizer (P-SMPS), condensation particle counter (CPC), and surface area monitor (SAM), which are different metric measurement devices, were investigated, and two widely used research grade (RG)-SMPSs were compared to harmonize the measurement protocols. METHODS Pearson correlation analysis was performed to compare the relation b...

Abstract The paper aims is to present the situation of Polish creative sector offices environment against background European examples. research material was developed on basis literature, survey and statistical research. Significant differences between foreign office buildings have been identified in scope workspace arrangements. results classify systematise new functional zones for employees,...

OBJECTIVES To explore the employers' and promoters' perspective of health promotion quality according to the healthy workplace accreditation. METHODS We assessed the perspectives of 85 employers and 81 health promoters regarding the quality of health promotion at their workplaces. The method of measurement referenced the European Network for Workplace Health Promotion (ENWHP) quality criteria...

background: the aims of this study were to evaluate the employees' subjective assessments of different aspects of lighting condition as well as task area illuminance in manufacturing plants. methods: this field study was conducted between march and may 2013 , in three packing plants (saveh, central iran). data were collected by questionnaire and measurement of the task area illuminance levels. ...