A general framework for assessing fitness for work

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-24
Author(s):  
John Hobson ◽  
Julia Smedley
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Work Performance ◽  
Health Assessment ◽  
Occupational Health Services ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Fitness For Work ◽  
Work Health ◽  
Recent Trends ◽  
The Individual

The opening chapter of Fitness for Work provides an introduction to the book and sets out a framework for assessing fitness for work. It considers the relationship between work and health including the prevalence of disability and its impact on employment. The role of occupational health services, the various professions working in the field, and how they function are described. Guidance is provided on consent, confidentiality, occupational health reports, and communicating with the employer and other health professionals. The occupational health assessment itself is considered with detailed sections on the consultation, functional assessment, objective tests, and assessing the workplace. Factors affecting work performance are considered as well as matching the individual to the job, rehabilitation, making accommodation and adjustments, and return to work. The chapter concludes by considering recent trends and developments with particular regard to the most recent government initiatives, specifically Improving Lives: the Future of Work, Health and Disability.

scholarly journals Factors affecting the organizational performance of manufacturing firms

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 184797901771262 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmad Adnan Al-Tit
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Measurement Instrument ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Values And Beliefs ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Numerous studies have been conducted to explore the individual effects of organizational culture (OC) and supply chain management (SCM) practices on organizational performance (OP) in different settings. The aim of this study is to investigate the impact of OC and SCM on OP. The sample of the study consisted of 93 manufacturing firms in Jordan. Data were collected from employees and managers from different divisions using a reliable and valid measurement instrument. The findings confirm that both OC and SCM practices significantly predict OP. The current study is significant in reliably testing the relationship between SCM practices and OP; however, it is necessary to consider cultural assumptions, values and beliefs as the impact of OC on OP is greater than the impact of SCM practices. Based on the results, future studies should consider the moderating and mediating role of OC on the relationship between SCM practices and OP.

scholarly journals The Differential Effect of Exploration and Exploitation on Work Performances

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 2074
Author(s):  
Hyunjeong Kang ◽  
Mihee Kim
Keyword(s):  
Differential Effect ◽  
Work Performance ◽  
Economic Sustainability ◽  
Exploration And Exploitation ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Hand Performance ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Creativity And Innovation ◽  
Work Capability

In organizations, the role of ambidexterity is becoming critical these days. Flexibility that enables creativity and innovation in work is also important for survival in a wildly competitive market and flexibility determines the economic sustainability of business enterprises. Drawing on the ambidexterity of exploration and exploitation, we believe that there is a fit between each of them and certain tasks, i.e., operational or dynamic works. Thus, the current study will investigate the individual levels of exploratory and exploitative work capability. Most importantly, the complementary relationship between exploration and exploitation and its differential influence on work performance will be specifically evaluated. The current study results show that if the complementary fit of exploration and exploitation is appropriate for the tasks at hand, performance will increase.

scholarly journals Return to Work Among Stroke Survivors

2019 ◽  
Vol 67 (2) ◽  
pp. 87-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristin D. Ashley ◽  
Loretta T. Lee ◽  
Karen Heaton
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Return To Work ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Stroke Severity ◽  
Stroke Survivors ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Work And Employment ◽  
Subsequent Failure

Despite improvements in the treatment of stroke, many individuals still face cognitive, emotional, and physical impairments. Stroke is a leading cause of serious long-term disability and subsequent failure to return to work (RTW). The purpose of this literature review was to synthesize and discuss the literature relevant to factors affecting RTW for stroke survivors, summarize the identified gaps, and discuss steps occupational health nurses can take to facilitate RTW among stroke survivors. A literature search was conducted using the keywords: “stroke,” “cerebrovascular disease,” “return to work,” and “employment.” After excluding articles based on inclusion/exclusion criteria, 19 quantitative research articles were reviewed. Consistent themes found in the literature affecting RTW following stroke included physical, social, and cognitive factors. One of the most consistent predictors of RTW found was stroke severity. Individuals who experienced a mild to moderate stroke, those of Caucasian ethnicity, and higher socioeconomic levels were more likely to RTW. Findings suggest the importance of future studies to examine factors among African American stroke survivors that predict RTW and the role of occupational health nurses.

scholarly journals In Pursuit of Work Performance: Testing the Contribution of Emotional Intelligence and Burnout

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (15) ◽  
pp. 5373
Author(s):  
Martin Sanchez-Gomez ◽  
Edgar Breso
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Work Performance ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Performance Testing ◽  
Maslach Burnout Inventory ◽  
Multiple Mediation ◽  
Mediation Analyses ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Relationship

Previous research has highlighted the connection between emotional intelligence (EI) and work performance. However, the role of job burnout in this context remains relatively unexplored. This study aimed to examine the mediator role of burnout in the relationship between EI and work performance in a multioccupational sample of 1197 Spanish professionals (58.6% women). The participants completed the Wong and Law Emotional Intelligence Scale, the Maslach Burnout Inventory, and the Individual Work Performance Questionnaire. As expected, the results demonstrated a positive relationship between EI and performance, and a negative relationship with burnout, which has a mediator effect in the relationship between EI and work performance. Professionals with high levels of IE and low burnout reported the highest performance. Multiple mediation analyses showed that employees’ EI was indirectly connected to work performance via professional efficacy and exhaustion, even when controlling the effects of sociodemographic variables. The same pattern was found when multiple mediations were conducted for each EI dimension. These findings demonstrate the importance of burnout in understanding work performance and emphasize the role of EI as a protective variable which can prevent the development or chronic progression of workers’ burnout.

scholarly journals The Factors’ Affecting Innovative Competency Development of Vietnamese Universities’ Lecturers

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. p1
Author(s):  
Dr. Pham Xuan Hung ◽  
MA. Pham Hoang Khanh Linh
Keyword(s):  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Competency Development ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
Know How ◽  
Fourth Industrial Revolution ◽  
The Individual

The world’s in the process of globalization with the Fourth Industrial Revolution that connects people, influential nations, interactions, interdependence in every way. To survive and develop all of us must constantly innovate, create new products excel. Optimal solutions and breakthrough decisions’re entirely dependent on the creativity of each member of the organization. In this context, higher education, the role of universities’ teachers’re seen as the vanguard of innovation with mission to train human resources of high quality to meet the needs’ economic development - social. The articles’ give three groups of factors that influence the development of innovative competency’s university teachers; in which influential group’s within themselves, motives, the individual characteristics, the energy of the behavior. Self-motivation’s the key to formation and creation. And the way to develop the creative ability of university lecturers’re awaken the potential in each person so that they know how to self-control, master, orient themselves to develop their career.

scholarly journals Development of Future Managers’ Resilience as a Condition for Efficiency and Reliability of Management Activities

2021 ◽  
Vol 100 ◽  
pp. 02003
Author(s):  
Volodymyr Kravets ◽  
Halyna Meshko ◽  
Oleksandr Meshko ◽  
Alina Leskiw ◽  
Nataliia Habrusieva
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Coping Behavior ◽  
Psychosocial Adaptation ◽  
Positive Thinking ◽  
Assertive Behavior ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Efficiency And Reliability

The article is devoted to the study of the future managers' resilience development problem at the stage of Master's training. The state of development of the specified problem in psychological scientific literature and practice was analyzed. The essential approaches to interpreting resilience were clarified and the factors of resilience, considering the analysis of the scientific literature, were analyzed. The method of determining neuropsychological resilience, the risk of maladaptation in stress "Prognosis", adapted method of L. Wasserman "Diagnosis of neuroticism" and SACS-questionnaire and models of coping behavior, developed by S. Hobfoll, were used to measure the ability to maintain psychosocial adaptation during stress and to diagnose the level of neuroticism, neuropsychological resilience to stress. The results of the study served as a basis for finding alternative ways of developing future managers' resilience. The program of future managers' resilience development, focused on the formation of productive interaction and constructive overcoming the professional difficulties skills; mastering constructive coping strategies; learning methods and technics of self-regulation; formation of assertive behavior and positive thinking, selfefficacy of the individual, was substantiated and developed. The main ways of the offered resilience development program’s realization were outlined. The role of the course "Occupational Health" in the development of future managers' resilience was developed and characterized.

scholarly journals Responding to the COVID‐19 pandemic: The role of occupational health services in a tertiary hospital in Singapore

2020 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeff Hwang ◽  
Elsie Yong ◽  
Karen Cheong ◽  
Zheng Jye Ling ◽  
Lay Hoon Goh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Tertiary Hospital ◽  
Occupational Health Services
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