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Development of Burnout Syndrome in Non-university Teachers: Influence of Demand and Resource Variables.
2021
Psychosocial risks at work are an important occupational problem since they can have an impact on workers' health, productivity, absenteeism, and company profits. Among their consequences, burnout stands out for its prevalence and associated consequences. This problem is particularly noteworthy in the case of teachers. The aim of the study was to analyze the influence of some psychosocial factors (demand and resource variables) and risks in burnout development, taking into consideration the levels of burnout according to the Spanish Burnout Inventory (SBI). This paper contributes to advancing knowledge on this issue by analyzing the influence of work characteristics and personal characteris…
Determinants of Sleepiness at Wheel and Missing Accidents in Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnea
2021
Study ObjectivesMotor-vehicle crashes are frequent in untreated OSA patients but there is still uncertainty on prevalence as well as physiological or clinical determinants of sleepiness at the wheel (SW) in OSA patients. We assessed determinants of SW or sleepiness related near-miss car accident (NMA) in a group of non-professional drivers with OSA.MethodsA 237 consecutive, treatment-naïve PSG-diagnosed OSA patients (161 males, 53.1 ± 12.6 years) were enrolled. Self-reported SW was assessed by positive answer to the question, “Have you had episodes of falling asleep while driving or episodes of drowsiness at wheel that could interfere with your driving skill in the last year?” Occurrence of…
"Pian Kirjoitukset pyhiä, esineet taikakaluja" : matkamyytin ja metatasojen yhteenliittymät A. W. Yrjänän Somniassa ja CMX:n Cloaca Maxima II:ssa
2016
Analysoin pro gradu -tutkielmassani A. W. Yrjänän Somnia -runokokoelman ja hänen CMX-yhtyeensä Cloaca Maxima II -kokoelmalevyn myyttisen maailman, matkakuvaston ja metatasolla operoivien taiteiden suhteita. Tutkimukseni pohjana on hypoteesi, jonka mukaan tutkimusaineistoni matkakuvastolla, myyttisellä maailmankuvalla ja metareferentiaalisuudella on yhteys. Tutkimukseni keskeisimmät viitekehykset ovat runouden ja rocklyriikan tutkimus, myyttitutkimus ja kirjallisuuden metatasojen tutkimus. Käsittelen aineistoni runoja ja laulujen sanoituksia eri ilmaisuvälineiden teksteinä, mutta runoudentutkimuksen keinoin. Myyttitutkimuksen keskeisin teoria työssäni on Joseph Campbellin kehittelemä sankari…
Social support at work and job satisfaction among midwives: The mediating role of positive affect and work engagement.
2022
Aims: This study examined whether social support at work from superiors and colleagues is associated with positive affect at work, and whether work engagement creates a positive relationship with job satisfaction among midwives. We also investigated whether a positive affect and work engagement mediate the relationship between social support at work and job satisfaction. Design: This was a quantitative cross-sectional study. Methods: Data were collected from 163 midwives working in the Polish public healthcare system between June 2019 and December 2019. Results: There was a direct relationship between support from superiors and colleagues, positive affect at work, work engagement and job sa…
The Effect of Organizational Politics on Job Stress; Mediating Role of Job Satisfaction
2018
The purpose of this quantitative study is to investigate the relationship between organizational politics and job stress and the mediating role of job satisfaction. Changes in working circumstances causes work related stress. There are various vulnerabilities associated to stress such as work content, workload, working hours, control and career development, position in the organization, interpersonal dealings and traditions of the employing organization.The job stress can be deterred through primary avoidance such as concentrated work design and administration growth, secondary avoidance such as workers' learning and training and tertiary avoidance such as mounting responsive organization s…
Fostering learning opportunities through employee participation amid organizational change
2014
Health care organizations are facing rapid changes, frequently involving modification of existing procedures. The case study reported here examined change processes and learning in a health care organization. The organizational change in question occurred in the emergency clinic of a Finnish central hospital where a new action model for shift-specific nursing supervision was being introduced. The aim of this study was to investigate some of the employee participation and learning opportunities amid this organizational change. The data collection was ethnographically informed, and the data consisted of audio-recorded and observed meetings, observations of the new action model, and field inte…
Odpowiedzialność pracodawcy z tytułu mobbingu - porównanie roszczenia o zadośćuczynienie i odszkodowanie z uwzględnieniem statystyk sądowych
2019
Artykuł poddaje analizie problematykę odpowiedzialności pracodawcy z tytułu stosowania wobec pracownika mobbingu. W rozważaniach odniesiono się zarówno do doktryny oraz orzecznictwa, w szczególności Sądu Najwyższego, wskazując na liczne kontrowersje pojawiające się w tej materii. Omówiono zarówno kwestię zadośćuczynienia, jak i odszkodowania, zwracając uwagę na różnice występujące pomiędzy tymi dwoma roszczeniami przysługującymi pracownikowi w przypadku doświadczenia przez niego mobbingu w miejscu zatrudnienia, jednocześnie wskazując na charakter odpowiedzialności – tj. kontraktowy czy też odszkodowawczy. W ostatniej części odniesiono się do statystyk sądowych obrazujących liczbę wszczynany…
Finnish L2 proficiency for working life : towards research-based language education and supervision practices
2021
In all Nordic countries, the L2 proficiency needed at work has become a key area in the language education provided for adult immigrants. This paper is part of a series of articles that gives an overview of language policies and research activities in the Nordic countries related to L2 in working life, together with a presentation of novel empirical analyses. Here, the focus is on the Finnish perspective. The aims of this paper are twofold. First, it provides an overall picture of the policies and research findings underlying recent tendencies in Finnish L2 language education in/for working life. After this, the article presents two case studies of clinical supervision practices in health c…
Is there a pilot in the classroom ?
2012
En ligne sur : http://2012.economicsofeducation.com/user/pdfsesiones/064.pdf; Using data from a survey conducted recently in Madagascar, the article analyzes what teachers and school directors do when they are at work and how they manage the pedagogical process. The results show that in only 15 percent of the sample schools do all of the teachers and school directors consistently perform the tasks considered essential to their role. Engagement at work is found to be significantly lower among contract teachers than among civil service teachers, and the ability of teachers to manage the pedagogical process does not improve with accumulated experience. Other noteworthy features in the importan…
Association of emotional intelligence with resilience and work engagement in sports coaches
2021
Problem statement. Sports coaching is recognized as a stressful and challenging profession due to several different aspects such as organizational, performance, contextual, interpersonal, and intrapersonal stressors that coaches face. High level of work stress is a risk factor for decreased well-being at work. Sports coaches’ wellbeing not only matters to coaches themselves but plays a significant role in athlete performance and well-being as well. Approach. There is research evidence on sports coaches’ stress and burnout. There is, however, little knowledge on personal resources that enhance sports coach’s well-being at work. Therefore, studies that examine personal resource factors that f…