scholarly journals Workers’ quality of working life and privatisation: Insights from a developing country

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 231-238
Author(s):  
Mehadi Mamun
Keyword(s):  
Trade Unions ◽  
Working Life ◽  
The Body ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Quality Of Working Life ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
The Impact

Privatisation affects tens of thousands of workers in Bangladesh, though most research has focused on the relationships between privatisation and profitability of this developing country’s privatisation programmes. This study, therefore, is an attempt to shed light on workers who are very vulnerable and examines the impact of privatisation on workers’ quality of working life. Employing document analysis and semi-structured face-to-face interviews with privatised and state-owned organisations’ workers in Bangladesh, this study finds that workers’ compensation, job security, access to trade unions, and leave entitlements in most privatised case study organisations are less than their counterparts in comparable state-owned organisations. These findings aim at contributing to the body of research by empirically investigating the impact of privatisation on workers who are left behind and possess important implications for the privatisation programmes in Bangladesh as it informs that there is a need to reassess the privatisation programmes through greater awareness of the negative effects of privatisation on workers and renew efforts to develop an approach that is sensitive to the Bangladeshi context.

scholarly journals Quality of Working Life in the Emergency Department: Physicians’ and Nurses’ Perspective

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 73
Author(s):  
Naser Ibrahim Saif
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
Qualitative Case Study ◽  
Working Life ◽  
Quality Of Working Life ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
High Workload ◽  
Depth Interviews

This descriptive phenomenological qualitative case study aimed to examine the perceptions of emergency department (ED) workers regarding quality of working life (QWL). Nine QWL dimensions were investigated. Two rounds of individual semi-structured face-to-face in-depth interviews were held with 5 physicians and 11 nurses. Data were analyzed using Colaizzi’s process. The findings indicate that most negative QWL issues centered on high workload and poor salary. EDs should deploy additional resources to improve the QWL of ED workers.

scholarly journals The Analysis of Stress and Negative Effects Connected with Scientific Work among Polish Researchers

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (12) ◽  
pp. 5117
Author(s):  
Radosław Wolniak ◽  
Adam R. Szromek
Keyword(s):  
Working Life ◽  
Scientific Work ◽  
Mild Stress ◽  
Psychosomatic Disorders ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Internal Organs ◽  
Quality Of Working Life ◽  
Stress Load ◽  
Academic Degrees

In researchers’ work nowadays there is a big and increasing amount of stress. In this paper, we have conducted an analysis of this problem because we think it is necessary to cope with it to increase the academic workers’ quality of working life. The aim of this paper is to assess the level of stress load of Polish researchers concerning subsequent academic degrees and titles. Based on research, we can say that the level of stress load of Polish researchers concerning subsequent academic degrees and titles is differentiated—the least stressful is professorship, then doctoral thesis, and the most stressful is the habilitation. When analyzing the most frequently observed afflictions that the respondents associate with scientific procedures, it can be stated that these are irritation, nervousness, and aggression, as well as mild stress in the form of headache or stress, which was observed for at least half of the researchers. Almost every three respondents suffered from some kind of psychological problems (depression, depressed mood for a longer period, addictions, the necessity to undergo therapy), and 28.9% suffered from psychosomatic disorders (for example, pain of unknown source of limbs and of internal organs).

Labour disputes among the nursing staff

2020 ◽  
pp. 71-81
Author(s):  
L. Karasyova
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Staff ◽  
Work Teams ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Working Life ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Quality Of Working Life ◽  
Labour Disputes ◽  
The Impact

The article presents results of research work that allow to assess the likelihood of conflict in the work teams of inpatient departments, to assess the conflict resistance of nursing staff in the process of professional activity and to analyze the impact of elements of the quality of working life on the formation of conflict-generating issues.

Developing the Quality of (Working) Life in a Community - The Case of a French Region

2000 ◽  
Vol 44 (12) ◽  
pp. 2-780-2-783
Author(s):  
Pascale Carayon ◽  
Jean-Louis Coujard
Keyword(s):  
Working Life ◽  
Sociotechnical Systems ◽  
Participatory Approaches ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Quality Of Working Life ◽  
Sociotechnical System ◽  
Private Organizations ◽  
French Region

The ergonomics and sociotechnical systems field has made a number of contributions to the improvement of quality of working life. Most of the contributions have tackled single organizations. Recently, ergonomists and sociotechnical system specialists have contributed to the quality of life in communities (i.e. the Community Ergonomics movement). In this paper, we present the case of a French region in which various efforts have been implemented to foster economic development and increase quality in the community. At the center of these efforts are the organizations of the region (both public and private organizations) and the linkages between those organizations. This case study is analyzed in light of models of job development and work design, in particular participatory approaches.

Impact of the Nature of Employment on the Quality of Working Life

2021 ◽  
pp. 170-188
Author(s):  
Vyacheslav Yu. Babyshev ◽  
◽  
Galina A. Barysheva ◽  
Thi Bich Ngoc Tran ◽  
Dao Thanh Binh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Working Life ◽  
General Level ◽  
Quality Of Working Life ◽  
Part Time ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Positive Effect

Technological and demographic changes have actualized the question of the influence of the nature of employment and the parameters of the workplace on the quality of a person’s working life. A scientific review and analysis of the impact of current trends in employment modes on the quality of human life is presented. Based on the literature review, it has been concluded that if there is unanimity among scientists about the positive impact of the regime of protected and standard employment on the quality of life, there is active debate about the impact of the regime of vulnerable and precarious employment. Also, based on the analysis of the literature, it has been determined that people’s subjective satisfaction does not always coincide with a positive impact on the objective quality of life. The study is based on comparative and correlation analysis as a method for processing statistical data from the OECD, ILO and WB. The employment regimes were classified according to four enlarged groups: economic sectors, professions, status, and employment regime. The assessments of the quality of life were classified according to three indicators: the human development index, the quality of life index and the international happiness index. The most important factors in the development of the labor market, influencing the quality of working life, have been identified: parameters of the quality of the workplace (the level of wages, employment stability, qualifications of workers, the level of social and legal guarantees) and the general level of employment. The most reasoned point of view was revealed: the regime of standard protected employment (permanent full-time work under a formal contract) has a positive effect, and the regime of precarious work (various options for informal, temporary or part-time employment) has a negative impact on the quality of life. The protected employment regime (hired labor and selfemployment as an entrepreneur) has a positive effect, while the vulnerable employment regime (individual self-employment and intra-family employment) has a negative impact on the quality of life. The transition to a “new” economy and highly skilled jobs has a significant impact on the quality of working life. The opinion of experts about non-standard forms of employment as a single category is refuted. The positive influence of the mode of part-time employment on the quality of life is revealed, the contradictory influence of the mode of temporary employment on the quality of life is shown. Achievement of material well-being and sociopolitical stability to a large extent contradicts the subjective happiness of people and the protection of the environment.

EXPLANATION THE IMPACT OF THE QUALITY OF WORKING LIFE ON HUMAN FACTORS IN THE WORKPLACE

2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 33-44
Author(s):  
Fakhriyeh Hamidianpour ◽  
Majid Esmaeilpour ◽  
Leila Amiri
Keyword(s):  
Human Factors ◽  
Working Life ◽  
Quality Of Working Life ◽  
The Impact
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