Job strain in the public sector and hospital in-patient care use in old age: a 28-year prospective follow-up

AbstractAnalysis of knowledge management practices in a selected ministry in Kuwait showed that knowledge workers in the public sector identify personal contacts using traditional methods, but make heavy use of social networking tools and services to support personal networks. They communicate regularly with contacts that have expertise in their area of responsibility and prefer to follow up with those contacts whose work they admire. Knowledge workers perform a variety of activities on personal networks to strengthen knowledge management. However, a review of these activities indicates that there is a need to place more emphasis on collaborative learning through social bookmarks, reflecting and commenting on blogs, and editing wikis to provide effective support for knowledge management.

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Efficacy of an oral health promotion program for infants in the public sector

Journal of Applied Oral Science ◽

10.1590/s1678-77572005000400011 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 13 (4) ◽

pp. 372-376 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Marina de Lourdes Calvo Fracasso ◽

Daniela Rios ◽

Maria Gisette Arias Provenzano ◽

Suzana Goya

Keyword(s):

Oral Health ◽

Public Sector ◽

Open Bite ◽

Health Promotion Program ◽

Oral Health Promotion ◽

Health Maintenance ◽

The Public ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Infant Program

This study compared the caries index (dmft), presence of sucking habits and facial alterations in children attended by the preventive program for infants and children assisted by spontaneous demand, at the same age, at the public sector of Maringá, PR. A total of 100 children were evaluated (1-6 years), who were divided into 2 groups: GI - children attended by the infant program with educational and preventive care and bimonthly follow-up, since the 1st year of age; GII - children assisted for conventional treatment (preventive and restorative) according to the needs, and follow-up as requested by the parents. Data collection was performed by interview with the parents and clinical examination for evaluation of the dmft and facial alterations. Analysis of data (Mann-Whitney test for dmft comparison and chi-square test for all other comparisons) demonstrated a significant difference (p<0.05) in relation to the dmft index (GI: 0.2; GII: 3.0), percentage of caries-free children (GI: 88%; GII: 57%) and non-nutritive sucking habits (GI: 47%; GII: 75%). The breastfeeding and bottle utilization practices were similar for both groups. Facial alterations were more frequently observed (p<0.05) in GII (48%) than GI (8.4%), especially for the variables (p<0.05) high arched palate (GI: 10.2%; GII: 35.4%), anterior open bite (GI: 14.2%; GII: 35.4%) and mouth breathing (GI: 6.1%; GII: 29.1%). It was concluded that the infant program is more effective than the spontaneous demand program, reaching the goal of oral health maintenance in the child population.

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E-Banking: Problems and Prospects an Empirical Study in Punjab

Information Management and Business Review ◽

10.22610/imbr.v2i3.890 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 2 (3) ◽

pp. 118-124

Author(s):

R. K. Uppal

Keyword(s):

Public Sector ◽

Empirical Study ◽

Private Sector ◽

Old Age ◽

Middle Age ◽

Foreign Banks ◽

Banking Services ◽

The Public ◽

Public Sector Banks ◽

Bank Employees

The present study is concerned with the problems and prospects of e-banks in India. The present paper suggests some policies on the basis of perceptions of 60 selected e-bank employees regarding the various issues related to e-banking services. The paper concluded that not more then 50% of Indian bank customers are using e-channels, these channels are not much popular among old age and middle age persons as much as among youngsters and finally the paper concludes that the most of the customers are shifting from public sector banks to new private sector banks or foreign banks to avail innovative and attractive services. On the basis of these conclusions, paper suggests some strategies to make the public sector banks more competitive in the era of IT.

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Public or private care: where do specialists spend their time?

Australian Health Review ◽

10.1071/ah15228 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 41 (5) ◽

pp. 541 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Gary L. Freed ◽

Erin Turbitt ◽

Amy Allen

Keyword(s):

Public Sector ◽

Private Sector ◽

Patient Care ◽

Public Hospitals ◽

Large Majority ◽

Health Practitioner ◽

Medical Workforce ◽

Public And Private ◽

The Public ◽

Medical Specialists

Objectives The aim of the present study was to provide data to help clarify the public–private division of clinical care provision by doctors in Australia. Methods A secondary analysis was performed of data from the workforce survey administered by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency. The questionnaire included demographic and employment questions. Analysis included frequency distributions of demographic variables and mean and median calculations of employment data. Data were analysed from those currently employed in eight adult specialities chosen to provide a mix of surgical and medical fields. The specialties were orthopaedic surgery, otolaryngology, ophthalmology, cardiology, neurology, nephrology, gastroenterology and rheumatology. Results For the specialities analysed in the present study, a large majority of the time spent in patient care was provided in the private sector. For the surgical specialties studied, on average less than 30% of clinical time was spent in the public sector. There was considerable variation among specialties in whether a greater proportion of time was spent in out-patient versus in-patient care and how that was divided between the public and private sectors. Conclusions Ensuring Australians have a medical workforce that meets the needs of the population will require assessments of the public and private medical markets, the needs of each market and the adequacy with which current physician clinical time allocation meets those requirements. By appreciating this nuance, Australia can develop policies and strategies for the current and future speciality workforce to meet the nation’s needs. What is known about the topic? Australian medical specialists can split their clinical practice time between the public (e.g. public hospitals, public clinics) and private (e.g. private hospitals, private consulting rooms) sectors. For all medical specialists combined, working hours have been reported to be similar in the public and private sectors. In aggregate, 48% of specialists work across both sectors, 33% work only in public practice and 19% work only in private practice. What does this paper add? Because of the potential for significant variability across specialties, these consolidated figures may be problematic in assessing the public and private allocation of the physician workforce. Herein we provide the first speciality-specific data on the public–private mix of practice in Australia. Among the most important findings from the present study is that, for many specialists in Australia, a large majority of time is spent providing care to patients in the private sector. For the surgical specialties studied, on average less than 30% of clinical time is spent in the public sector. What are the implications for practitioners? Public policies that are designed to ensure an adequate medical workforce will need to take into account the division of time providing care in the public vs. the private sector. Public perceptions of shortages in the public sector may increase the availability of public sector positions.

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Job strain, gender and well-being at work: a case study of public sector line managers

International Journal of Workplace Health Management ◽

10.1108/ijwhm-10-2019-0134 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 13 (4) ◽

pp. 445-460 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Inga Jona Jonsdottir ◽

Gudbjorg Linda Rafnsdottir ◽

Thorhildur Ólafsdóttir

Keyword(s):

Social Support ◽

Public Sector ◽

Job Strain ◽

Well Being ◽

Line Managers ◽

Content Type ◽

The Public ◽

Work Related ◽

Female Line ◽

Workplace Social Support

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to further the understanding of public sector line managers' work-related well-being and health in relation to job strain, gender and workplace social support.Design/methodology/approachAn online survey was sent to all senior and middle line managers (N = 357) in three administrative departments of Iceland's largest municipality. The response rate was 64.7%. Multivariate logistic regression was used to analyse the data.FindingsA minority of respondents experience high job strain. However, for these managers, the risk of experiencing emotional exhaustion is about fivefold, compared to those not experiencing high job strain. Social support is an important buffering against job strain and enhances well-being. Female managers are more likely than their male counterparts to report myositis, back or shoulder pain and sleeping difficulty.Practical implicationsThe study emphasises that workplace social support attenuates the negative impact of job strain on line managers' work-related well-being. Furthermore, it demonstrates that in a society at the forefront in gender equality, gender differences in health symptoms exist among line managers in the public sector – a finding that highlights the importance of studying all aspects of workplace well-being by gender. This calls for future research using a more comprehensive survey data and interviews to shed light on the pathways through which female line managers' health is negatively affected.Originality/valueKnowledge relating to well-being and health of line managers in the public sector is scarce. This study contributes to filling that gap. As work-related well-being is often gender-blind, the value of the study is also the investigation of the gender patterns in the authors’ data.

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The Rise of a New Public Bureaucracy in New Zealand?

Administration & Society ◽

10.1177/00953997211013301 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 009539972110133

Author(s):

Karl Löfgren ◽

Ben Darrah-Morgan ◽

Patrik Hall ◽

Linda Alamaa

Keyword(s):

New Zealand ◽

Public Sector ◽

Main Task ◽

The Public ◽

Organizational Functions ◽

Public Sector Reforms ◽

New Public ◽

Public Bureaucracy ◽

Complex Picture

One recurrent narrative in the discussion about managerial public sector reforms is the growth in organizational professionals as a response to new accountability regimes. New Zealand has experienced modest growth rates in the general public sector workforce. Less studied, though, is whether the composition of the public sector workforce has changed, with an increase in organizational functions supportive to management. Based on descriptive workforce data, followed by follow-up interviews, this article presents a multifaceted and complex picture of a growing new public bureaucracy with the main task of managing chains of accountability.

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Long-term sick-listing among women in the public sector and its associations with age, social situation, lifestyle, and work factors: A three-year follow-up study

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health ◽

10.1080/14034940510005860 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 33 (5) ◽

pp. 370-375 ◽

Cited By ~ 57

Author(s):

Eva Vingård ◽

Per Lindberg ◽

Malin Josephson ◽

Margaretha Voss ◽

Bodil Heijbel ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Public Sector ◽

Social Situation ◽

The Public ◽

Follow Up Study ◽

Work Factors

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O uso de energia elétrica nas universidades federais brasileiras, sob o enfoque do Plano de Gestão de Logística Sustentável

Ciência e Natura ◽

10.5902/2179460x36296 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 41 ◽

pp. 8

Author(s):

Elton Jorge da Silva ◽

José Carlos de Jesus Lopes ◽

Rosamaria Cox Moura-Leite Padgett ◽

Jeovan De Carvalho Figueiredo ◽

Erlaine Binotto ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Public Sector ◽

Public Administration ◽

Federal Government ◽

Electric Energy ◽

Management Plan ◽

Action Plans ◽

Central Question ◽

The Public ◽

Sustainable Logistics

The Sustainable Logistics Management Plan (SLMP) is one of the initiatives of the Brazilian Federal Government to promote the rationalization of spending and sustainable practices at Public Administration. So, this research aims to evaluate, as far as the PLMS implementation of Brazilian Federal Universities (FU), actions related to the minimum electric energy theme. The SLMP, the Action Plans (AP), and the Follow-up Reports (FR) of all FU were collected as well in order to answer the central question. The actions were classified into categories, created based on the literature and legislation that deals with the use of electric energy in the public sector, mainly at the FU. The analysis of the documents appointed that half of the UF have not complied with the legal determinations imposed, mainly in what concerns the publication of documents. In addition, although the AP contemplate, most of the created categories, the FR demonstrate that the success in the implementation of the actions is not high.

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The effect of audit findings and audit recommendation follow-up on the financial report and public service quality in Indonesia

International Journal of Public Sector Management ◽

10.1108/ijpsm-06-2019-0173 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 33 (5) ◽

pp. 535-559

Author(s):

Andi Chairil Furqan ◽

Ratna Wardhani ◽

Dwi Martani ◽

Dyah Setyaningrum

Keyword(s):

Public Sector ◽

Public Services ◽

Accounting System ◽

Accrual Accounting ◽

Financial Reports ◽

Content Type ◽

Financial Report ◽

The Public

PurposeThis study aims to analyze the effect of audit findings and audit recommendations follow-up on the quality of financial reports and the quality of public services in the context of applying accrual accounting systems to local government in Indonesia. This study also examines whether the quality of the financial report affects the quality of public services.Design/methodology/approachThis study employed cross-sectional regression using data from 1,437 observations from 491 districts/cities for 2014–2016. The data illustrates the conditions prior to the adoption of the accrual accounting system (2014), the initial year of application/transition period (2015) and the second year of the expected accrual accounting system (2016).FindingsThe results of the study indicate that, in general, the quality of financial reports affects the quality of public services. Regarding the implementation of audits in the public sector, it is also found that audit findings have a negative impact on the quality of financial report and the quality of public services, while audit recommendations follow-up plays a positive role in improving the quality of financial report and the quality of public services.Research limitations/implicationsThe implication of the results of this study is closely related to the efforts to realize the ultimate goal of the recent government reforms. In order to increase the quality of public services in the era of higher report requirements through an accrual accounting system, the government should focus on the quality of financial reports, audit findings and the audit recommendations follow-up.Originality/valueThis study provides new insight on the link between the public sector auditing and the quality of accounting in accrual implementation context and the quality of public services.

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