Organizational Learning and Motivation in Certified Nurse Aides: A Qualitative Study

Author(s):  
Bret Lyman ◽  
Marisa E. Biddulph ◽  
Kaitlyn C. George
Author(s):  
Somayeh Labafi ◽  
Datis Khajeheian ◽  
Idongesit Williams

Knowledge hiding is one of the major obstacles in the progression of organizations that hinder the use of tacit knowledge of employees. The negative impact of this behavior is more significant in enterprises and small firms, because they are more reliant on knowledge of their employees. For this reason, factors that influence on tendency of employees to expose and use their knowledge would be appreciated by managers of organizations. With the aid of a conceptual framework in a qualitative study, this paper investigates the effect of media richness on knowledge hiding. Thematic analysis is used to analyze transcribed interview data from employees in a software company in Iran. Findings of the analysis show that media richness significantly impacts on organizational learning and influences on knowledge hiding behavior in employees. This article suggests that entrepreneurs and managers of small firms should provide employees' access to rich media content.


LOGOS ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mg. Florez Garmendia Pedro ◽  
Mg. Farfán Flores Moisés

RESUMENEn un mundo lleno de cambios, transformaciones e incertidumbre económica y financiera,  ¿por qué algunas organizaciones fracasan y otras llegan a recuperarse con, incluso mejores resultados que antes.? Más que centrarse en las causas que generan esta situación, la resiliencia  organizacional y en especial los lideres resilientes , crean ventajas competitivas  sobre otras empresas, al saber administrar–management– las adversidades internas y externas , enfrentándolas, sobreponiéndolas  y aprendiendo  de ellas para  fortalecerse.Las empresas que desarrollan la resiliencia son capaces de seguir proyectándose en el futuro a pesar de tener delante un entorno difícil y complicado que la crisis económica les está imponiendo, pero hay empresas que presentan un desempeño superior a otras, que no sólo subsisten sino que aún mejoran sus resultados.¿En qué se diferencian estas organizaciones de las  que  en su  gran  mayoría  sufren  los  embates perniciosos de las situaciones críticas?Las empresas resilientes transmiten optimismo, resisten a la adversidad, saben adaptarse al entorno que les rodea, aprenden y desaprenden sin limitaciones, son capaces de mantener la confianza en lo que hacen, en su proyecto de empresa.  El estudio, Lideres  resilientes y management del emporio comercial  de Gamarra, estuvo enmarcado dentro del nivel de investigación tipo descriptivo y explicativo con un estudio cualitativo y un diseño no experimental y se buscó determinar, como  los lideres  resilientes influyen  en los procesos  del  management  del emporio comercial  de Gamarra del Distrito de la Victoria. La población estuvo conformada  con una población de 364 comerciantes  y una muestra 48 confeccionistas y textiles .Se privilegia la teoría de  Wolin & Wolin  (1993)  que  privilegia  los argumentos de  la resiliencia.Palabras  claves : Lideres  resilientes, Empresas resilientes,  Management , Aprendizaje organizacional. SUMMARYIn a world full of changes, transformations and economic and financial uncertainty, why some organizations fail and others achieve to recover with even better results than before? Rather than focusing on the causes of this situation, especially organizational resilience and resilient leaders, create competitive advantages over other companies, to know how to manage - management - internal and external adversities facing them, endure them and learning from them to become stronger. Companies that develop resilience are able to continue projecting into the future despite having ahead a difficult and challenging environment that the economic crisis is imposing them, but there are companies that have a performance superior to others, which not only persist but even improve their results.What these organizations that mostly suffer the pernicious attacks of critical situations differ?Resilient companies transmit optimism, resisting adversity, know how to adapt to the environment around them, learn and unlearn without limitation, they are able to maintain confidence in what they do in their business project. The study, Resilient Leaders and management of the commercial emporium of Gamarra, was framed within the level of descriptive and explanatory type research with a qualitative study and a non-experimental design and sought to determine, as the resilient leaders influence the processes of management of the Emporium Gamarra commercial district of Victoria. The population consisted of a population of 364 dealers and a sample 48 garment manufacturers and textile .The theory favors Wolin & Wolin (1993) that favors the arguments of resilience. Keywords : Leaders resilient, resilient Business, Management, Organizational Learning.


2020 ◽  
Vol 68 (10) ◽  
pp. 491-500
Author(s):  
Jenil Patel ◽  
David Gimeno Ruiz de Porras ◽  
Laura E. Mitchell ◽  
Riddhi R. Patel ◽  
Joy De Los Reyes ◽  
...  

Background: Although nurses are well described as being at risk of work-related asthma, certified nurse aides (CNAs) are understudied. Using a statewide registry in Texas, we measured prevalence and risk factors for work-related asthma and bronchial hyperresponsiveness (BHR) symptoms among CNAs. Methods: For this cross-sectional study, a questionnaire was mailed to a random sample of CNAs ( n = 2,114) identified through the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services registry, working in health care during 2016–2017, to collect data on job history, asthma symptoms, and sociodemographics. Two outcomes were defined: (a) new-onset asthma (NOA) after entry into the health care field and (b) BHR-related symptoms. Job exposures to cleaning compounds and tasks were assigned using an externally coded CNA-specific job-exposure matrix. Logistic regression modeling was used to measure associations between cleaning exposures and the two asthma outcomes. Findings: The final sample consisted of 413 CNAs (response rate 21.6%). The prevalence of NOA and BHR symptoms were 3.6% and 26.9%, respectively. In adjusted models, elevated odds for BHR symptoms were observed for patient care cleaning (odds ratio [OR] = 1.71, 95% confidence interval [CI] = [0.45, 6.51]), instrument cleaning (OR = 1.33, 95% CI = [0.66, 2.68]), building-surface cleaning (OR = 1.39, 95% CI = [0.35, 5.60]), exposure to glutaraldehyde/orthophthalaldehyde (OR = 1.33, 95% CI = [0.66, 2.68]), and latex glove use during 1992–2000 (OR = 1.62, 95% CI = [0.84, 3.12]). There were too few NOA cases to warrant meaningful regression analysis. Conclusion/Application to Practice: Although not statistically significant, we observed elevated odds of BHR symptoms among nurse aides, associated with cleaning exposures, suggesting this is an at-risk group of health care professionals for work-related respiratory disease, meriting further study.


2020 ◽  
Vol 51 (6) ◽  
pp. 700-737 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roland K. Yeo

This article explores how team learning is enhanced through facilitated knowledge sharing, leading to knowledge teams that are capable of identifying knowledge gaps and crossing knowledge boundaries. Based on a qualitative study, vignettes are used to illustrate the dynamics of team learning in different situational contexts, facilitating the way knowledge plays out at the intersection of knowledge boundaries. The study examines how team members integrate or downplay knowledge resources based on the trajectory of participation and learning. Such trajectory helps determine the extent to which knowledge spillovers create wider networks of learning, leading to different forms of organizational learning.


2007 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 37-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Cherry ◽  
Paula Marshall-Gray ◽  
Ann Laurence ◽  
Alexia Green ◽  
Ana Valadez ◽  
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2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 119-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilpo Laitinen ◽  
Roberta Piazza ◽  
Jari Stenvall

Our research is a comparative qualitative study. The material has been gathered from the cities of Helsinki and Catania. The target cities showcase varied successes and models of smart cities. In the cities, key people involved in the smart city concept – with different kinds of professional backgrounds – were interviewed, both individually and in teams. All interviewees had at least a basic knowledge of information technology and of organizational learning processes. On the basis of these interviews it has been possible to create an overall picture of learning processes occurring in the organizations involved (universities and local government) and within the smart city programmes produced or still to be developed. We explore how the expertise has been challenged: how the key players of the smart city uphold the concept and promote it.


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