Knowledge Workforce

2010 ◽  
pp. 104-128
Author(s):  
Sylvie Albert ◽  
Don Flournoy ◽  
Rolland LeBrasseur
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Workers ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Large City ◽  
Ict Skills ◽  
International Reputation ◽  
Local Supply ◽  
University Town ◽  
Measurement And Evaluation ◽  
The Impact

This chapter focuses on knowledge workers—who they are and what they do, and the impact they have on organisations and communities in the Network Society. As technology-savvy individuals, they have the training to understand and apply telecommunications and electronic media at work, at home and in the community. Because of their ICT skills and potential contributions to innovation and productivity, knowledge workers constitute a critical labour market for networked communities. Training and education institutions can play an important role in ensuring the local supply of ICT skills. To illustrate these points, four networked communities are described: • Issy-les-Moulineaux, France. This suburb of Paris has transformed itself into a preferred location for knowledge workers to live and work; • Mitaka, Japan. Mitaka is a suburb of Tokyo offering exceptional quality of life to its knowledge workers; • Taipei, Taiwan. This is a large city with a CyberCity Plan and an impressive labour force; • Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. This university town has developed an international reputation based on public-private collaboration and entrepreneurship. The chapter ends with suggestions for the measurement and evaluation of a community’s knowledge workforce.

scholarly journals Statistical Disclosure Control Methods for Microdata from the Labour Force Survey

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (348) ◽  
pp. 7-24
Author(s):  
Michał Pietrzak
Keyword(s):  
Labour Force ◽  
Control Methods ◽  
Labour Force Survey ◽  
Statistical Disclosure Control ◽  
Disclosure Control ◽  
Original Dataset ◽  
Level Data ◽  
Statistical Disclosure ◽  
The Impact

The aim of this article is to analyse the possibility of applying selected perturbative masking methods of Statistical Disclosure Control to microdata, i.e. unit‑level data from the Labour Force Survey. In the first step, the author assessed to what extent the confidentiality of information was protected in the original dataset. In the second step, after applying selected methods implemented in the sdcMicro package in the R programme, the impact of those methods on the disclosure risk, the loss of information and the quality of estimation of population quantities was assessed. The conclusion highlights some problematic aspects of the use of Statistical Disclosure Control methods which were observed during the conducted analysis.

The Impact of Awareness Regarding Environmental Protection Laws on Ecological Degradation

2022 ◽  
pp. 31-43
Author(s):  
Atul Bamrara
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Environmental Degradation ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Global Environmental ◽  
Level Of Economic Development ◽  
Per Capita ◽  
The Impact

Global environmental troubles are gaining significance because of the speedy and antagonistic speed of urbanization. Environmental degradation restricts the flow of environmental services. Dumping of pollutants in excess of its assimilative capacity into air, water, and soil results in deterioration of the quality of these vital resources. The nature of environmental problem depends upon the level of economic development and the geographical condition of the area under consideration. India being a developing economy with a low per capita income, high population density, agriculture-dependent labour force, and high percentage of rural areas, the problems here are different from those in developed countries. The chapter highlights the impact of knowledge regarding environmental protection issues on environmental degradation.

scholarly journals Student Quality Evaluation amongst Tahfiz Science Schools in Malaysia

2018 ◽  
pp. 319-324
Keyword(s):  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Science Students ◽  
Leadership Qualities ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Science School ◽  
Education Model ◽  
The Impact

At present, there are three streams of Tahfiz Science School (TSS) in Malaysia, namely TSS wholly owned by the federal government, private, and private-state. Therefore, each TSS provider will implement its own Islamic education model. The objective of the study was to assess the impact of TSS education on students’ self-efficacy, self-confidence, and leadership qualities. Overall, the findings of the survey carried out revealed that students have high self-efficacy, self-confidence, and leadership. Nevertheless, there is a difference in self-efficacy among the different types of TSS. Such differences in the quality of students are partly due to differences in quality of teachers, curriculum, financial resources, and facilities and infrastructure of the TSS. These differences also reflect that there is no uniform tahfiz science education (including curricula). Therefore, a uniform education policy of TSS is necessary to sustain the quality of tahfiz science students and provide Islamic technocrats for the labour force.

scholarly journals The Effect of Covid 19 on the Performance of Industrial Wastewater Treatment Plant

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elif Hatice Gürkan
Keyword(s):  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Industrial Wastewater ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Industrial Zone ◽  
Transportation Energy ◽  
Industrial Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Industrial Zones ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Samsun is Black Sea Region's one of the biggest industrial and trade cities with its proximity to transportation, energy, infrastructure and major markets. It contributes to the national economy in all sectors with six Organized Industrial Zones, transportation and the quality of the labour force opportunities and industrial investments. This study aims to examine the impact of COVID-19 on the industrial wastewater treatment in Samsun Central Organized Industrial Zone. It is a roadmap for post-epidemic science at the same time.

Evaluating Research: the Case of Legal Scholarly Outputs

2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ginevra Peruginelli
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Impact Factor ◽  
Scholarly Communication ◽  
International Level ◽  
European Level ◽  
Measurement And Evaluation ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Quality Of Research

AbstractScientific scholarly communication is subject to selection rules. In recent years, the issues around the assessment of research results has assumed a central role in academia. Despite recent efforts, by several initiatives both at national and international level, and the adoption of guidelines that emerged from the evaluation of research programs at European level, the measurement and evaluation of the quality of research still faces strong opposition from all bibliometric areas, in which the instruments available (amount of citations identified, the impact factor, and so on) are not appropriate to the humanities and social sciences. In particular, specific attention is paid today to the role of the book, which is a fundamental resource in the processes of scientific scholarly communication. In this regard this paper, written by Ginevra Peruginelli, analyses the missing link between the indicators and legal scholars' notions of quality, with reference to the role of the monograph in legal science.

The Role of Female Education in Economic Growth of Pakistan: A Time Series Analysis from 1990-2016

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-93
Author(s):  
Syeda Anam Hassan ◽  
Nazish Rafaz
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Labour Force Participation ◽  
Fertility Rate ◽  
Female Education ◽  
Female Labour Force Participation ◽  
Labour Force Participation Rate ◽  
Female Labour ◽  
The Impact

Education is an essential factor of economic growth and a fundamental right of every person. No country can attain sustainable economic growth without substantial investment in education. Education improves technical capabilities of exploring new ideas and innovations. It improves the quality of life and leads to collective benefits to individuals and societies. In this study, we investigate the impact of female education on the economic growth of Pakistan by adopting the methodology of the simple Ordinary Least Squares regression with time spanning from 1990 to 2016. OLS regression results show that 1% increase in female education, female labour force participation, education expenditure and fertility rate causes 96% increase in GDP of Pakistan. Female education has a significant and positive impact on economic growth. Female education has a positive relationship with female labour force participation rate. The female labour force is dramatically increasing the economic growth. The policy recommendation is that government should allocate more of its budget on education and make efforts for improvement of the quality of education at different levels. The fertility rate has a negative relationship with female education and economic growth. Female education can reduce fertility rate and play a magnificent role in economic growth of Pakistan.

scholarly journals The impact of workplaces and self-management practices on the productivity of knowledge workers

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 423-438 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miikka Palvalin ◽  
Theo van der Voordt ◽  
Tuuli Jylhä
Keyword(s):  
Management Practices ◽  
Knowledge Workers ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Self Management ◽  
Corporate Management ◽  
Management Skills ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Team Productivity ◽  
The Impact

Purpose This paper aims to explore the impact of workplaces, which support concentration and communication, and self-management practices on individual and team productivity. The underlying hypothesis is that the impact of these variables on the two levels of productivity (individual and team) and the two dimensions of productivity (quantity and quality) may be different. Design/methodology/approach The paper is based on survey data from 998 Finnish knowledge workers. Factor analysis was used to test the dimensions of the conceptual model. Insights into the impact of workplaces for concentration and communications and self-management practices on productivity were obtained by multiple-regression analyses. Findings The findings show that self-management practices have a larger impact on the quality and quantity of individual output and the quantity of team output than workplaces for communication and concentration. Improving self-management skills is key to increase all productivity dimensions and in particular the quality of the output. Practical implications This paper contributes to a better understanding of the impact of workplace characteristics and self-management practices on different levels and dimensions of productivity. It offers valuable lessons for managers, as they are able to recognize how productivity can be approached from several perspectives. Different dimensions can be enhanced using different workplace settings. For example, the quantitative output of employees can be increased by adding more space for concentration, while quantitative team productivity can be increased by providing appropriate space for collaboration. An important means to enhance a higher quality of the output is to improve self-management skills. The findings also suggest that collaboration between different disciplines – corporate management, corporate real estate management, human resource management and IT – is needed to optimize individual and team productivity. Originality/value This paper explores work environment experiences of Finnish office workers and connects both workplace appraisal and work practices to perceived productivity support, on individual level and team level. It also adds insights into the different impacts on quantity and quality.

scholarly journals Are local employment initiatives able to generate quality employment? The impact on the female labour force

1998 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 444-461
Author(s):  
Maria Jepsen ◽  
Danièle Meulders
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Real Life ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Female Labour ◽  
Local Initiatives ◽  
The Impact ◽  
European Union Member States ◽  
Local Employment

This article aims at analysing the quality of the potential employment created by local employment initiatives and more specifically the impact on the female labour force. The discussion on gender and the quality of created employment seems to be of importance as most European Union Member States are promoting job creation linked to local initiatives in typical female work areas such as caring and domestic work. The second section outlines important elements for the development of local initiatives, while the third section estimates the potential employment which is likely to be occupied by women. In section four an analysis of the quality of the created employment and the impact on the male and female labour force can be found. Section five briefly summarises the employment policies put forward in the European Union and section six shows real-life examples of local initiatives. Conclusions can be found in section seven.

scholarly journals A review of the economic impact of mental illness

2019 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher M. Doran ◽  
Irina Kinchin
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Economic Impact ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Rapid Review ◽  
Lower Probability ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Limited Information ◽  
Significant Burden ◽  
The Impact

Objective To examine the impact and cost associated with mental illness. Methods A rapid review of the literature from Australia, New Zealand, UK and Canada was undertaken. The review included literature pertaining to the cost-of-illness and impact of mental illness as well as any modelling studies. Included studies were categorised according to impact on education, labour force engagement, earlier retirement or welfare dependency. The well-accepted Drummond 10-point economic appraisal checklist was used to assess the quality of the studies. Results A total of 45 methodologically diverse studies were included. The studies highlight the significant burden mental illness places on all facets of society, including individuals, families, workplaces and the wider economy. Mental illness results in a greater chance of leaving school early, a lower probability of gaining full-time employment and a reduced quality of life. Research from Canada suggests that the total economic costs associated with mental illness will increase six-fold over the next 30 years with costs likely to exceed A$2.8 trillion (based on 2015 Australian dollars). Conclusions Mental illness is associated with a high economic burden. Further research is required to develop a better understanding of the trajectory and burden of mental illness so that resources can be directed towards cost-effective interventions. What is known about the topic? Although mental illness continues to be one of the leading contributors to the burden of disease, there is limited information on the economic impact that mental illness imposes on individuals, families, workplaces and the wider economy. What does this paper add? This review provides a summary of the economic impact and cost of mental illness. The included literature highlights the significant burden mental illness places on individuals, families, workplaces, society and the economy in general. The review identified several areas for improvement. For example, only limited information is available on the impact of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, anxiety, cognitive function, conduct disorder, eating disorder and psychological distress. There was also a dearth of evidence on the intangible elements of pain and suffering of people and their families with depressive disorders. More research is required to better understand the full extent of the impact of mental illness and strategies that may be implemented to minimise this harm. What are the implications for practitioners? Knowing the current and future impact of mental illness highlights the imperative to develop an effective policy response.

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