Emotional Intelligence or Personality in Resistance to Change? Empirical Results in an Italian Health Care Context

Globally, Philippine-educated nurses have made vital contributions to health care; however, there is a lack of in-depth knowledge about emigrating nurses’ initial motives to become nurses, their educational experience and their transition in the host country’s health care context. This research aimed to explore Philippine-educated nurses’ educational experience in their home country and their expectations of competence in Norway. The study utilized an explorative design consisting of qualitative interviews with 10 Filipino nurses. A hermeneutic approach was used to analyze and interpret the empirical material. The findings and interpretations underline that Philippine-educated nurses mainly are externally motivated; their educational program is very demanding, but their level of competence does not meet the competence expected in the host country. Although these nurses lack training in elderly care, the Philippine nursing curriculum emphasizes patient care and mastery of basic nursing skills, which are qualities that should be valued and utilized in host countries.

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Parental Decision-Making for Surgery and Anesthesia in Young Children

Western Journal of Nursing Research ◽

10.1177/01939459211021622 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 019394592110216

Author(s):

Audrey Rosenblatt ◽

Michael Kremer ◽

Olimpia Paun ◽

Barbara Swanson ◽

Rebekah Hamilton ◽

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Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Decision Making ◽

Young Children ◽

Cognitive Processing ◽

Emotional Processing ◽

Theory Analysis ◽

Parental Decision ◽

Parental Decision Making ◽

Health Care Context ◽

The Relationship

Millions of young children undergo surgery and anesthesia each year, yet there is a lack of scientific consensus about the safety of anesthesia exposure for the developing brain. Also poorly understood is parental anesthesia-related decision-making and how neurotoxicity information influences their choices. The theoretical model of parental decision-making generated in this research explicates this process. Interviews with 24 mothers yielded a theoretical framework based on their narratives developed using a qualitative grounded theory analysis. Five major themes emerged from these interviews: emotional processing, cognitive processing, relationships as resources, the mother/child dyad, and the health care context. Mothers described a non-linear, iterative process; they moved fluidly through emotional and cognitive processing supported by relationships as resources and influenced by the health care context. A key element was the subtheme of the medical translator, an individual who provided context and information. The mother/child dyad grounded the model in the relationship with the child.

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Creating a Safe and Caring Health Care Context for Women Who Have Sex With Women

The Journal for Nurse Practitioners ◽

10.1016/j.nurpra.2012.01.018 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 8 (6) ◽

pp. 464-481 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Nicole Flemmer ◽

Dawn Doutrich ◽

Lida Dekker ◽

Dawn Rondeau

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Health Care Context

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Learning to effectively manage your emotions: the impact of Emotional Intelligence (EI) in caring roles

Development in Learning Organizations An International Journal ◽

10.1108/dlo-11-2020-0216 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Smarty P. Mukundan ◽

Dhanya M.

Keyword(s):

Job Satisfaction ◽

Health Care ◽

Emotional Intelligence ◽

Emotional Labor ◽

Care Setting ◽

Health Care Setting ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Surface Acting ◽

Employee Outcomes ◽

Content Type

Purpose Psychological constructs like emotional labor, emotional intelligence etc. are gaining importance now to understand employee outcomes such as job satisfaction in a health care setting. The study aims to investigate the relationship between Surface Acting (SA) an emotional labor strategy, and Job satisfaction, and the moderating effect of Emotional intelligence (EI) among practicing nurses. Design/methodology/approach The authors collected data through self-reporting questionnaires administered to a sample of 141 nurses working in multi-specialty hospitals in a prominent city in India and analyzed using structural equation modeling. Findings A negative relationship was found between surface acting and job satisfaction but was found positive when EI was introduced as a moderator. Research limitations/implications The respondent population was females only and diversity in terms of gender was not obtained. Practical implications The study finds significant practical and theoretical contributions to the primary caregivers in a health care setting. It helps to understand the interplay of emotions in this job and use EI as an internal resource to mitigate the harmful effects of continued SA emotional labor strategy to job satisfaction. Social implications It gains a better understanding of the emotion-related parameters in the nursing profession and gives inputs to the community. It throws light on how internal resources can be used for better job satisfaction which in turn leads to better quality care in the health care industry. Originality/value Extant literature has been discussing SA as a negative strategy for positive employee outcomes, but the present study gives insights on how this can be mitigated by using EI as a resource.

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Resistance to Change Processes and Strategies for the Implementation of Harmonization Reforms: The Separation of the Health Care Expenditure in the Regional Financial Statements

International Journal of Business and Management ◽

10.5539/ijbm.v13n3p42 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 13 (3) ◽

pp. 42

Author(s):

Giuseppe Modarelli ◽

Migliavacca Alessandro ◽

Puddu Luigi ◽

Modarelli Giuseppe

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Local Governments ◽

Resistance To Change ◽

Health Care Expenditure ◽

Financial Statements ◽

Financial Accounting ◽

Financial Statement ◽

Change Processes ◽

Organizational Responses ◽

Rational Management

The Legislative Decree n. 118/2011, in setting the rules for the harmonization of the financial accounting of the local governments, represents a further progress for the accounting process also for the health care. In the specific case the article 20 defines a precise identification perimeter of revenue and expenditure related with National Health Service (NHS) by the regulations in the regional financial statements, in a way to make possible an immediate comparability between the Health Care incomes and expenditures in the Regional financial statement. The aim of this paper, always referred to the Rational Management based on financial statement, focuses the attention on the possible correlation between organizational responses to institutional pressure and the theoretical roles of accounting, tracing lines of best practices compliance or not on the sample above explained.

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Modeling patient satisfaction construct in the Indian health care context

International Journal of Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Marketing ◽

10.1108/17506121311315445 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

pp. 75-92 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Hardeep Chahal ◽

Shivani Mehta

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Patient Satisfaction ◽

Indian Health ◽

Health Care Context

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Enhancing Employees’ Performance through Organizational Care Policies in the Health Care Context

Public Administration Research ◽

10.5539/par.v7n1p5 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

pp. 5

Author(s):

Andrea Tomo ◽

Lucio Todisco

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Well Being ◽

Employee Motivation ◽

Performance Outcomes ◽

Monetary Incentives ◽

Work Involvement ◽

Health Care Context ◽

And Performance ◽

Conceptual Study ◽

The Impact

Literature is increasingly recognizing that organizations must combine themes of care and concern with more established economic objectives. This conceptual study will expand on this literature by considering how expressions of organizational care toward employees, by improving their well-being, may influence their motivation, work involvement and, in turn, improve performance. In more detail, by extending the conceptual framework developed by Bonner & Sprinkle (2001), it is argued that managers should take into account the impact, not only of monetary and non-monetary incentives, but even of other caring policies, on employee motivation and performance outcomes. On this ground, this study develops a theoretical model on how organizational care may help employees in expressing their work potential and enhancing their performance. The model is developed within the health care context since its particular setting that strongly affects employees’ well-being.

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Semi-monthly effect in stock returns: new evidence from Bombay Stock Exchange

Investment Management and Financial Innovations ◽

10.21511/imfi.14(3-1).2017.01 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 14 (3) ◽

pp. 160-172 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Shakila B. ◽

Prakash Pinto ◽

Iqbal Thonse Hawaldar

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Stock Returns ◽

Stock Exchange ◽

Consumer Durables ◽

Empirical Results ◽

Significant Difference ◽

The Mean ◽

Daily Stock Returns ◽

New Evidence ◽

Care Index

Semi-monthly effect is a kind of calendar anomalies which is less explored in the financial literature. The main objective of this paper to investigate the presence of semi-monthly effect in selected sectoral indices of Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE). The study uses the daily stock returns of five sectoral indices viz S&amp;P BSE Auto Index, S&amp;P BSE Bankex, S&amp;P BSE Consumer Durables Index, S&amp;P BSE FMCG Index and S&amp;P BSE Health Care Index for the period of 10 years starting from 1st April 2007 to 31st March 2017. The data were analyzed using two approaches namely calendar days approach and trading days approach. To test the equality of mean returns for the two halves of the month, Mann-Whitney U test is used. The empirical results of the study did not provide any evidence for the presence of semi-monthly effect in the selected sectoral indices. Nevertheless, BSE Auto Index showed significant difference in the mean returns of first half and second half of trading month during the study period.

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