scholarly journals Qualidade de Vida de Enfermeiros do Serviço de Atendimento Móvel de Urgência com Dupla Jornada de Trabalho

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 103
Author(s):  
Maria Sinara Farias ◽  
Keila Maria De Azevedo Ponte ◽  
Marcio Venicio Alcântara de Moraes ◽  
Elaine Cristina Marques Sabóia
Keyword(s):  
Social Relationships ◽  
Care Service ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
Care Work ◽  
Service Work ◽  
Mobile Service ◽  
Physical Domain ◽  
Work Shift ◽  
The Subject

Objetivou-se descrever a qualidade de vida de enfermeiros do Serviço de Atendimento Móvel de Urgência com Dupla Jornada de Trabalho. Trata-se de um estudo exploratório e descritivo realizado de julho a agosto de 2015 com enfermeiros do Serviço de Atendimento Móvel de Urgência em Sobral – Ceará. Para coleta das informações foi usado o questionário validado Whoqol-Bref. Os dados foram apresentados, de forma descritiva, e discutidos de acordo com a literatura pertinente sobre o assunto. O estudo mostrou que quase a metade dos profissionais não está satisfeita com a qualidade de suas vidas. Contudo, no domínio físico, se mostraram bem fisicamente, no psicológico se mostraram positivos nos sentimentos negativos, quanto à ansiedade. Nas relações sociais, os enfermeiros estavam satisfeitos e no domínio do meio ambiente, eles demonstraram opiniões divididas entre satisfeitos e insatisfeitos e enfatizaram os riscos que estão sujeitos nas ocorrências. Portanto, o enfermeiro, em qualquer serviço em que atua, merece apoio, respeito e valorização, neste sentido é preciso políticas que promovam saúde, previnam doenças com vistas a melhor qualidade de vida.Palavras-chave: Qualidade de Vida. Cuidados de Enfermagem. Jornada de Trabalho.AbstractThe purpose of this study was to describe the nurses’ life quality at the Double Emergency Mobile Service work shift. This is an exploratory and descriptive study carried out from July to August 2015 with nurses from the Mobile Emergency Care Service in Sobral - Ceará. To collect the information, the validated Whoqol-Bref questionnaire was used. The data were presented descriptively and discussed according to relevant literature on the subject. The study showed that nearly half of professionals are not satisfied with the their lives quality. However in the physical domain, they were physically well, in the psychological, they were positive regarding their feelings and negative when it comes to anxiety. In social relationships, nurses were satisfied and in the environmental domain, they demonstrated divided opinions between satisfied and unsatisfied and emphasized the risks that they are subject in the occurrences. Therefore, the nurse, in any service in which he / she works, deserves support, respect and appreciation, in this sense it is necessary policies that promote health, prevent diseases with a view to a better life quality.Keywords: Life Quality. Nursing Care. Work Shift.

Mainstreaming pre-manufactured offsite processes in construction – are we nearly there?

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Kwame Ofori-Kuragu ◽  
Robert Osei-Kyei
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Technical Paper ◽  
Sustainable Systems ◽  
Technology Firms ◽  
Current State ◽  
Academic Publications ◽  
The Subject

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the current state of popular modern methods of construction (MMC) and pre-manufactured construction in the construction industry and propose a framework for future implications for practice and future research. Design/methodology/approach This technical paper is based on a narrative review of the extant literature on the subject. First, the Scopus search engine was used to retrieve relevant papers on MMC, offsite and pre-manufactured construction. Second, institutional literature such as reports by industry professional and trade bodies, literature from leading technology firms and contractors with experience of MMC were extracted. These two strands of literature were synthesised and a comprehensive discussion on the topic was provided. Findings Results show that journal publications on MMC and pre-manufactured construction have increased in the past decade. The paper found significant advances in the development of premanufactured and offsite construction approaches with many benefits. Offsite and pre-manufactured construction are viable and sustainable systems currently suitable for wider adoption as the mainstream construction method. Research limitations/implications This technical paper based on an integrative review of relevant literature could have benefitted from interviews of professionals with experience of offsite and pre-manufacture techniques and from wider availability of current academic publications on the subject. Validation of the framework has not been undertaken. Originality/value Not much-published work has been undertaken on the current state of development globally and the viability of these construction approaches. This paper evaluates evidence from academic and industry sources to address this gap. A framework has been developed which can help the industry’s industrialisation drive.

scholarly journals DEVELOPMENT AND CAREER MANAGEMENT

2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (5) ◽  
pp. 1339-1344
Author(s):  
Baki Koleci
Keyword(s):  
Career Development ◽  
Social Relationships ◽  
Career Management ◽  
Personal Goals ◽  
Expert Opinions ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The Individual

We, as individuals, continually through our lives, learn and acquire the knowledge, skill, and skill we expect to help us employ or apply appropriately in order to gain a living and secure our survival. Everyone wants to build a successful career with which he can be proud of his life. However, this is not always so easy and simple, it requires a lot of sacrifices, concessions, compromises with our partners, the family, close social relationships, and finally with ourselves. In this paper, the subject of the research is the determination of career development, career stages, career factors, then expert opinions, the difference between traditional and modern career views, goals pursued by individuals in the career, and so on, Career development can be seen as an experience of individuals (an internal career) and this is not related to an organization. Although the responsibility for career management is in the hands of individuals, individuals, however, organizations can play a key role in shaping and developing careers by providing help and providing support. Career development can not be pursued individually or separately from the personality as a whole, meaning it reflects on the context of life and the development of the person as a whole, not just personality as work. The main goal in career development is to realize the current and future needs and goals of the organization and individuals, which has to do more with developing employment opportunities and improving the skills needed for employment. Career success is reflected in the eyes of the individual and can be defined as a career pleasure through achieving personal goals related to the work, while at the same time enhancing the success and efficiency of the organization.

SMS Banking

2010 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 19-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Krassie Petrova ◽  
Shi Yu
Keyword(s):  
Technology Acceptance ◽  
Technology Acceptance Model ◽  
Text Messaging ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Mobile Service ◽  
Mobile Banking ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Short Text ◽  
Handheld Device ◽  
Acceptance Model

Mobile banking is a mobile service that allows the user to perform banking transactions using a mobile handheld device and a mobile service known as short text messaging (SMS). Deploying an expanded Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), this study aims to identify the factors that influence the customer’s decision to use SMS banking. Findings from relevant literature and outcomes of the analysis of qualitative data were gathered through focus group discussions to build a model, and a survey was conducted to explore the model with respect to individuals’ behaviour when considering using SMS banking. Findings show that service quality, as well as the degree of customers’ awareness about the service, influence participants’ perceptions about the usefulness of SMS banking and their intentions to use and adopt the service in the future.

E-Government and the Construction Industry

2011 ◽  
pp. 347-352
Author(s):  
O. K.B. Barima
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Conceptual Models ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Exchange Interactions ◽  
Future Trends ◽  
Digital Environment ◽  
Key Concepts ◽  
Recent Trends ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Supplier Relations

Recent trends indicate drives by various governments to adopt electronic means to handle their affairs and also provide value to their citizens irrespective of time and space via so-called electronic governments (see, e.g., Mathews, 2001; Tillett, 2000). Although the construction industry is part of the clientele which e-government seeks to serve, traditionally many governments are often the major clients for the supplied services of the industry. This scenario appears to re-shape the traditional customer-supplier relations into that of evolving roles, as for example in the digital environment both parties may find themselves in the roles of supplier or customers at varied times. This article seeks to explore the nature of the exchange interactions which may evolve between e-governments and the construction industry in the digital environment in value delivery. First, perspectives on the key concepts in this article are offered, then relevant literature on the subject is examined, before conceptual models to explain potential evolving roles of the two entities in the delivery of value in the digital/virtual realms is given. An outlook on future trends on the topic is then proposed before the conclusions.

scholarly journals Quality of life and its association with current substance use, medication non-adherence and clinical factors of people with schizophrenia in Southwest Ethiopia: a hospital-based cross-sectional study

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Defaru Desalegn ◽  
Shimelis Girma ◽  
Tilahun Abdeta
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Substance Use ◽  
Linear Regression ◽  
Social Relationships ◽  
Social Relationship ◽  
Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Physical Illness ◽  
Negative Association ◽  
Physical Domain

Abstract Background Schizophrenia was ranked as one of the top ten illnesses contributing to the global burden of disease. But little is known about the quality of life among people with schizophrenia, in particular in low-income countries. This study was aimed to examine the association of quality of life with current substance use, medication non-adherence and clinical factors of people with schizophrenia at Jimma University Medical Center, psychiatry clinic, Southwest Ethiopia. Methods Institution based cross-sectional study design was employed. Study participants were recruited using a systematic random sampling method and a sample fraction of two was used after the first person was identified by the lottery method. we used the World Health Organization Quality of Life Scale-Brief version (WHOQoL-BREF) and 4-item Morisky Medication Adherence Scale (MMAS-4) to assess the quality of life and medication non-adherence respectively. Data about current substance use was assessed by yes/no questions. Descriptive statistics, such as frequency, mean and standard deviations were computed to describe the characteristics of the study population. Data entry was done using EpiData version 3.1 then exported to SPSS statistics version 25 for analysis and analyzed using multiple linear regression. The assumption for linear regression analysis including the presence of a linear relationship between the outcome and predictor variable, the test of normality, collinearity statistics, auto-correlation and homoscedasticity were checked. Un-standardized Beta (β) coefficients with 95% confidence interval (CI) and P-value < 0.05 were computed to assess the level of association and statistical significance in the final multiple linear regression analysis. Result In this study 31.65% of participants were medication non-adherent and total mean scores of quality of life showed a lower level of satisfaction in social relationship domain (10.14 ± 3.12). Our study showed 152(43.3%), 248(70.7%) and 97(27.6%) of respondents had used tobacco, Khat and alcohol atleast once during the past 3 months respectively. Final adjusted multiple regression model showed medication non-adherence has significant negative association with physical domain (beta = − 4.42, p < 0.001), psychological (beta = − 4.49, p < 0.001), social relationships (beta = − 2.29, p < 0.001) and environmental domains (beta = − 4.95, p < 0.001). Treatment duration has significant negative association with psychological domain (beta = − 0.17, p < 0.04), social relationship (beta = − 0.14, p < 0.005), environmental domain (beta = − 0.24, p < 0.02) and overall quality of life (beta = − 0.67, p < 0.02). Having comorbid physical illness has significant negative association with physical domain (beta = − 2.74, p < 0.001), psychological (beta = − 2.13, p < 0.004), social relationships (beta = − 1.25, p < 0.007), environmental domain (beta = − 3.39, p < 0.001) and overall quality of life (beta = − 9.9, p < 0.001). Current tobacco use has significant negative association with physical domain (beta = − 1.16, p < 0.004), psychological (beta = − 1.23, p < 0.001), social relationships (beta = − 0.88, p < 0.001), environmental domains (beta = − 1.98, p < 0.001) and overall quality of life (beta = − 5.73, p < 0.001). Also, current chewing khat has significant negative association with physical domain (beta = − 1.15, p < 0.003), psychological (beta = − 1.58, p < 0.001), environmental domains (beta = − 2.63, p < 0.001) and overall quality of life (beta = − 6.22, p < 0.001). Conclusion The social relationship domain of quality of life has the lowest mean score. Medication non-adherence, treatment duration, having a comorbid physical illness, current tobacco use and current chewing khat were found to have a statistically significant association with the overall quality of life. Therefore, treatments aimed to improve social deficits, medication non-adherence, comorbid physical illness and decrease substance abuse is imperative.

Why Do Narcissists Care So Much About Intelligence?

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 261-266 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcin Zajenkowski ◽  
Michael Dufner
Keyword(s):  
Social Behavior ◽  
Social Status ◽  
Social Relationships ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Life Domains ◽  
Grandiose Narcissism ◽  
Important Resource ◽  
High Intelligence

Grandiose narcissists typically pursue agentic goals, such as social status, competence, and autonomy. We argue that because high intelligence is a key asset for the attainment of such agentic goals, the concept of intelligence should play a prominent role in grandiose narcissists’ self-regulation and social behavior. We review the relevant literature and report evidence in support of this claim. Grandiose narcissists consider intelligence to be an important resource that leads to benefits across life domains, they tend to maintain and defend illusory positive intellectual self-views, and they are extremely motivated to appear intelligent to other people. Thus, even though grandiose narcissism is essentially unrelated to objectively assessed intelligence, intelligence nevertheless plays an important role in the way grandiose narcissists think, feel, and behave. We discuss potential implications for social relationships and point toward avenues for future research.

Quality of life assessment: validation of the Italian version of the WHOQOL-Brief

2000 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giovanni De Girolamo ◽  
Paola Rucci ◽  
Paolo Scocco ◽  
Angela Becchi ◽  
Francesco Coppa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Relationships ◽  
Concurrent Validity ◽  
Physical Domain ◽  
Italian Version ◽  
Retest Reliability ◽  
Sf 36 ◽  
Environment Domain ◽  
Study Test ◽  
Test Retest Reliability

SummaryObjective – To test the psychometric properties of the Italian version of the WHOQOL-BRIEF (e.g., construct and internal validity, concorrent validity with the MOS SF-36 and test-retest reliability). The WHOQOL-BRIEF is a 26-items self-report instrument which assesses four domains assumed to represent the Quality Of Life (QOL) construct: physical domain, psychological domain, social relationships domain and environment domain, plus two facets for assessing overall QOL and general health. Methods – Data have been collected in three sites (Bologna, Modena and Padua), located in the North of Italy, in the framework of the international WHOQOL project. According to the study design, the sample had to include about 50% males and 50% females, 50% of subjects below and 50% above the age of 45, all in contact with various health services. A subsample has been re-interviewed after 2-3 weeks in order to study test-retest reliability. After the WHOQOL-BRIEF, most subjects have also been administered the MOS-SF36 in order to test the concurrent validity between these two instruments. Results – The instrument was administered to 379 subjects (1/6 healthy and 1/6 sick), chosen to be representative of a variety of different medical conditions. Seventy patients, wTio displayed stable health conditions, have been reassessed after 2-3 weeks to study test-retest reliability. The WHOQOL-BRIEF domains has shown good internal consistency, ranging from 0.65 for the social relationships domain to 0.80 for the physical domain; it has been able to discriminate between in- and out-patients and between the two age groups considered in the present study (<45, ≥45 years). Only physical and psychological domains were found to discriminate between healthy and ill subjects. No gender differences in the mean scores for the four domains were found. Concurrent validity between the WHOQOL-Brief and the MOS-SF-36 was satisfactory, and specific for the physical and psychological health domains. Test-retest reliability values were also good, ranging from 0.76 for the environment domain to 0.93 for the psychological domain. Conclusions – This study shows that the WHOQOL-BRIEF is psychometrically valid and reliable, and that it is also potentially useful in discriminating between subjects with different health conditions in clinical settings.

Addressing the Silence

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helen K. Black ◽  
John T. Groce ◽  
Charles E. Harmon
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
African American Male ◽  
African American Men ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Care Work ◽  
Male Caregiver ◽  
Research Interview ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject

This chapter, as the conclusion to our book, is entitled Addressing the Silence. We went “behind the scenes” of our work to examine the research process and pondered various aspects of interviewing a coterie of African-American men. For example, why were our caregiving men so willing to discuss their experiences of caregiving? Were there topics within caregiving that men were reluctant to discuss? And, why did the methods of our research fit well with the subject of caregiving and with the communal history of our respondents? Although our research addressed the gap in the caregiving and gerontological literature about elderly African-American men, our respondents showed us how much more we need to learn from them. As men discussed their care work in the forum of the research interview, the role of the elder African-American male caregiver came out of the shadows, but not yet completely into the light.

Foreign market learning: an integrative model of its antecedents, processes and outcomes

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (6) ◽  
pp. 1248-1258 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fredrik Nordin ◽  
Jessica Lindbergh
Keyword(s):  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Foreign Market ◽  
Integrative Model ◽  
Foreign Markets ◽  
Current Management ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Current Management Strategy ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Market Learning ◽  
Selection Of

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to offer an integrative model of foreign market learning, including different learning processes, antecedents and outcomes. Design/methodology/approach The paper makes a critical review of the relevant literature, drawing on a keywords-based search of three major databases and a range of other published work for a broader perspective on the subject. Findings The resulting integrative model shows in a number of ways how companies can learn and benefit from differences in foreign markets and what results this can lead to. Research limitations/implications The sample of subject-specific contributions to the literature may have been insufficient, and a wider selection of keywords to identify them might have captured a richer variety of concepts and opinions. Originality/value The integrative model contributes to the literature on foreign market learning and innovation and serves as a basis for future studies and current management strategy.

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