Joy in the Workplace: The Mayo Clinic Experience

2021 ◽  
pp. 155982762110368
Author(s):  
Elizabeth A. Kelsey
Keyword(s):  
Mayo Clinic ◽  
Healthcare Workers ◽  
Healthcare Setting ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Social Constraints ◽  
Social Aspect ◽  
Occupational Burnout ◽  
The Social ◽  
Clinic Experience ◽  
Excellent Care

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed dynamics in the healthcare setting, through social distancing guidelines and new protocols to promote safety for employees and patients. Although some find themselves more productive in this spread out or virtual environment, the social aspect of the work day has dramatically changed. Staying connected during the day or week comes with additional efforts to seek out opportunities to network and collaborate with colleagues with this work environment shift. Healthcare workers are already at high risk of occupational burnout. In addition, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought additional stressors to individuals outside of their workload compromising a balanced work–life integration. Consequently, personal well-being may become jeopardized due to physical, mental, and social constraints brought on by the pandemic. Mayo Clinic has implemented a joy in the workplace structure to support individual well-being and create space for healthcare workers to be energized in order to put the needs of the patient first and deliver excellent care. Joy at Mayo Clinic contributes to joy in the workplace, reduced burnout, and personal well-being.

Social Innovation, Power, and Marginalization

2019 ◽  
pp. 32-49
Author(s):  
Risto Heiskala
Keyword(s):  
Social Innovation ◽  
Social Power ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Capabilities Approach ◽  
Social Aspect ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Michael Mann ◽  
The Social ◽  
Political Sources ◽  
Point Of Departure

The neo-Weberian theoretical model, which Michael Mann presents in his The Sources of Social Power, reduces the multitude of relations of interaction in social networks to ideological, economic, military, and political sources of social power. Taking Mann’s IEMP model as its point of departure this chapter makes an attempt to develop such an approach in the theory of innovation, which would go beyond the ordinary dichotomy between technological and social innovation, recognizing instead that there are several types of innovation and there is a social aspect to all of them. By integrating Mann’s approach to the Social Grid model (Beckert 2010), the capabilities approach to well-being (Sen 1999; Nussbaum 2000) and to an extension of the IEMP model to a NACEMP model, which also includes nature (N), artefacts (A), and the whole culture (C) as sources of power, a new approach to power, innovations, and marginalization is outlined.

scholarly journals Beyond climatic intervention: The social dimension of a biogas project in Sogwala village, Zimbabwe

2020 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 43-56
Author(s):  
Nyaradzo Dhliwayo ◽  
Nelson Chanza ◽  
Anton De Wit
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Household Survey ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Social Dimension ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Social Aspect ◽  
Field Reconnaissance ◽  
Climate Change Responses ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Impact

There is now considerable interest to understand how local communities experiencing climatic risks can benefit from climate change responses. As this agenda unfolds, there is need to understand the impact of climate-related interventions from the perspective of local populations targeted by such projects. Existing assessment approaches tend to concentrate on the environmental and economic impacts of projects that minimise greenhouse gas emissions. This study assesses the social aspect of a domestic biogas project that was intended to address the twin challenges of poverty and climate change in Sogwala village, Zimbabwe. A three-tier methodological execution process was adopted, involving field reconnaissance, household survey and key informant interviews. The focus was on measuring the social dimension of the changes brought about by the project, from the experiences of participating households. With a consciousness of assessment challenges associated with community projects, social capital parameters were used to assess the project’s contribution to the social well-being of the villagers. Overall, results show that the biogas project has the potential to facilitate social development through improved trust and social networks. Despite the contested climatic benefits associated with small-scale household biogas digesters, projects of this nature can enhance community relationships and networks, upon which other development interventions can be operationalised.

scholarly journals Limitations and transformations in the social space of coronacrisis: assessments of regions during the COVID-19 pandemic

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 32-50
Author(s):  
Sergey Gordeev ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Path Dependence ◽  
Social Space ◽  
Social Constraints ◽  
Social Aspect ◽  
Spatial Transformation ◽  
Economic Space ◽  
Spatial Transformations ◽  
The Social ◽  
Economic Transformations ◽  
Industrial Regions

The realities of the coronavirus crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, in many cases, become decisive for adjusting the prospects for socio-economic development. The article presents the main results of studying the social aspect of the pandemic in the context of social heterogeneity and specific regional differences. The main points of the study are focused on analyzing the dynamics of the pandemic spreading in Russia’s regions, the specifics and effectiveness of social restrictions, and the transformation of social space. The analysis of the pandemic dynamics was carried out taking into account the information from four large industrial regions in the center of Russia and the Urals. As part of the analysis, a number of problematic issues of the social constraints effectiveness are considered, among which there are the following ones: specificity of the pandemic dynamics by regions in the context of various options for self-isolation, factors of «Path Dependence» of the social space, the consequences of redundant restrictions, social «fatigue» and «erosion» of requirements for isolation. From the viewpoint of updating the transformation priorities - spatial transformations during a pandemic, the following aspects are considered: background for moving from isolation restrictions to spatial transformations, regional employment specificity, socio-economic priorities of spatial transformation, problem-oriented zoning of a heterogeneous socio-economic space. The study is aimed at developing an adequate authorities’ and society’s response to the problems of coronacrisis, forming a regionally adapted set of measures and strategies of socio-economic transformations during the pandemic, creating a basis for solving interdisciplinary issues in the subsequent situation of «normality 2020».

Change and Continuity in Konkomba Medical Culture: A Historical Perspective of an Indigenous People in Northern Ghana

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 211-248
Author(s):  
Oliver Kofi TASIN
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Northern Ghana ◽  
Social Aspect ◽  
Medical Culture ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
The Social ◽  
Health System Information ◽  
Western View ◽  
Health Situation ◽  
The Impact

Medicine (n-nyork) has been one of meaning laden words faced by scholars. This subject has attracted much attention from scholars, but the social aspect of health tied to people’s medical culture has been neglected. The paper examines the reasons and the context within which the medical culture of the Konkomba ensured social equilibrium and well-being. It further examines key medicines and healers that constituted the corpus of the Konkomba health system. Information was sourced from oral interviews, archival and secondary sources. The work focuses on the historiography of indigenous medicine in Ghana, in particular, and Africa in general. In conclusion, it analyses the impact of the Western understanding of medicine indicating that n-nyork (medicine) and ngbanpuan (health) were more holistic within the Konkomba conceptualisation. In that sense, the adoption and non-adaptation of the western view of health has led to more undesirable health situation in the twentieth century. That notwithstanding, the medical culture of the Konkomba still constitute an integral aspect of their medication.

The antecedents of price consciousness and value purchase in crisis’s times

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 0-0
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Price Sensitivity ◽  
Social Aspect ◽  
Price Consciousness ◽  
Psychological Behavior ◽  
The Social ◽  
Shopping Experience ◽  
History Of

The successive economic crises around the world have resulted in social uprisings and a negative impact on the psychological behavior of consumers. This research aims to study the antecedent’s price perception in times of crisis, and to test their impacts on the price sensitivity and consciousness value. This leads to a new valuation of the purchase experience for consumers. A quantitative study of 362 people. The main results of our study are the main history of price sensitivity in times of crisis: the concern for purchasing power, the reduction of financial well-being and financial fear. Moreover, that the perceived value of the shopping experience is no longer valued by the hedonistic aspect but rather by an economic value linked to value for money and a spiritual value linked to the social aspect of consumption

scholarly journals Health Education and Communication in Occupational Health Services in Finland

2008 ◽  
Vol 59 (3) ◽  
pp. 171-181 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helena Palmgren ◽  
Päivi Jalonen ◽  
Simo Kaleva
Keyword(s):  
Health Education ◽  
Occupational Health ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Occupational Health Services ◽  
Social Aspect ◽  
Educational Activities ◽  
Professional Groups ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Impact

Health Education and Communication in Occupational Health Services in FinlandThis article discusses health education and communication in Occupational Health Services (OHS) based on a questionnaire study conducted in Finnish OHS in 2005. The study focused on educational activities carried out by OH professionals and directed at individual employees, work communities and groups, and representatives of client organisations. The questionnaire was sent to 1132 OH professionals - physicians, nurses, physiotherapists and psychologists - working in 130 OHS units, and representing different OHS providers in Finland. 635 respondents (162 physicians, 342 nurses, 96 physiotherapists, 35 psychologists) returned the questionnaire. The overall response rate was 58 %. There were statistically significant differences in educational activities by different professional groups; differences were also related to the length of working experience in OHS. For all OH professionals, individual employees were the primary clients of health education and communication. Education was less often directed at work communities and representatives of client organisations. However, many issues related to health and well-being at work are not within the reach of individual employees. The impact of health education would be more evident if it also reached those organisational stakeholders with discretion in decision-making. Furthermore, OH personnel should pay attention to the social aspect of learning and work more with groups and work communities.

scholarly journals Le Rôle De La Responsabilité Sociale Des Entreprises Dans La Gestion Des Risques Psychosociaux: Cas De L'agence Nationale Des Ports

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (8) ◽  
pp. 181
Author(s):  
Amina Tourabi
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Social Aspect ◽  
Psychosocial Risks ◽  
Gestion Des Risques ◽  
The Social ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Score Method ◽  
Responsabilité Sociale ◽  
Theoretical Foundations ◽  
Management Issues

Understood as a key theme in management literature, social responsibility (CSR) is installed between two frames reflections namely business ethics and sustainable development. Several researchers have invested in the issue of CSR but few who have reconciled with the risk management and prevention modalities. By analyzing the social contribution of CSR, our goal is to highlight the emerging relationship between CSR and management of psychosocial risks (RPS), formulating the following questions: can we reconcile CSR as a tool RPS management? What is the contribution of CSR to PR management issues? What is the effect of CSR on factors psychosocial risks? Based on the theoretical foundations of CSR, we propose to cross the methodology and action of CSR in RPS generators factors while controlling the level of well-being at work. By analyzing the perception of the employees of the CSR approach, we presented the maturity level of CSR through the materiality test, then we evaluated the social aspect of the approach through the score method to finally study the differences between the criticality PHI before and after the CSR deployment in port activity

Associations of Suicide and Subjective Well-Being

2019 ◽  
pp. 003022281988009
Author(s):  
Ge Qian
Keyword(s):  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Negative Affect ◽  
Positive Affect ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Social Aspect ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Correlation And Regression Analysis ◽  
Social Emotion ◽  
The Social ◽  
United Nation

The aim of this study is to examine relationships between suicide and subjective well-being. Correlation and regression analysis are conducted on 81 countries’ aggregate data from United Nation agencies. Generally, suicide is not significantly related to life satisfaction; or negative affect, or positive social emotion, but significantly negatively related to positive self-emotion, or positive interpersonal emotion. In preventing suicide, subjective well-being’s affective aspect might play a more important role than its cognitive aspect, positive affect might play a more important role than negative affect, and the personal aspect of positive affect might play a more important role than the social aspect.

scholarly journals Efficacy of Smart EEG Monitoring Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic

Electronics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 1001
Author(s):  
Misagh Faezipour ◽  
Miad Faezipour
Keyword(s):  
Healthcare Workers ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Neurological Complications ◽  
Eeg Signal ◽  
Brain Disorders ◽  
Eeg Monitoring ◽  
Smartphone Apps ◽  
Diagnosis And Prognosis ◽  
The Social ◽  
Electroencephalogram Eeg

Ever since the COVID-19 pandemic has majorly altered diagnosis and prognosis practices, the need for telemedicine and mobile/electronic health has never been more appreciated. Drastic complications of the pandemic such as burdens on the social and employment status resulting from extended quarantine and physical distancing, has also negatively impacted mental health. Doctors and healthcare workers have seen more than just the lungs affected by COVID-19. Neurological complications including stroke, headache, and seizures have been reported for populations of patients. Most mental conditions can be detected using the Electroencephalogram (EEG) signal. Brain disorders, neurodegenerative diseases, seizure/epilepsy, sleep/fatigue, stress, and depression have certain characteristics in the EEG wave, which clearly differentiate them from normal conditions. Smartphone apps analyzing the EEG signal have been introduced in the market. However, the efficacy of such apps has not been thoroughly investigated. Factors and their inter-relationships impacting efficacy can be studied through a causal model. This short communications/perspective paper outlines the initial premises of a system dynamics approach to assess the efficacy of smart EEG monitoring apps amid the pandemic, that could be revolutionary for patient well-being and care policies.

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