Objective: To define threshold limit values and legally binding occupational exposure limits. Data Sources: Review of suitable literature. Study Selection: Studies based on detailed descriptions and/or measurements of airborne allergenic dust, total allergens, or even key allergens were selected. Results: Prevalences of IgE-mediated sensitization and occupational asthma are related to the aeroa...

In this article we examine the introduction of digital video pedagogy into dynamic workplaces with fast-changing social and material environments, and discuss its potential to participate in producing forms of positive change. The discussion brings together two strands: we investigate workplace learning theoretically as it emerges as part of a digital material world; and we consider how we migh...

This paper investigates the association between the intensity of competition and performance in Australia. Survey data from Australian workplaces (1995) are used to assess the association between competition and productivity growth. The main finding is that only in workplaces where there is no principal owner working does competition appear to raise productivity growth. In addition, accounting ...

Any problem solving behavior integrated in organized work practice is necessarily adapted to forces originating from characteristics of the workplace, organizational embedding, and social environment. An analysis and comparison of troubleshooting behaviors of same devices with access to the same technical information but performed in di erent workplaces teaches us that after integration, behavi...

Previous research on union wage effects has underestimated the potential for unions to raise member wages since the data used do not enable differences across bargaining units to be properly accounted for. This study addresses this deficiency by utilising matched employeremployee data which permit workplace-specific union wage effects to be identified. Results from the estimation of wage equati...

After having revised the change schedule for organic vapour respirator cartridges in a paint plant in Iran, we established that it did not provide adequate protection against organic vapours at some workplaces and needed shortening from (48 to 72) h to 4 h. The revision also showed that relying on odour thresholds as the primary means to determine the time to change a chemical cartridge was not...

Most workplaces in developing countries are "informal", i.e. they are not regularly surveyed/inspected and laws for workers' protection are not implemented. Research on occupational risks in informal workplaces and the related cancer burden is needed. The results of studies addressing exposures among informal workers are difficult to generalize because of the specificities of social contexts, a...

Using nationally representative workplace data for Britain we show how employers have changed their usage of contingent pay schemes over the last quarter century. We find workplaces are more likely to use collective forms of pay system than they did in the past, and they are more likely to use multiple schemes in combination. Factors associated with each type of pay scheme have varied substanti...

The study examined the factors affecting the decision to be vaccinated against influenza among employees in Israel. The research, conducted in 2007/2008, included 616 employees aged 18-65 at various workplaces in Israel, among them companies that offered their employees influenza vaccination. The research questionnaire included socio-demographic characteristics, and the Health Belief Model prin...

In the last decade, there has been a growth in, what we call, digitally mediated workplaces. A digitally mediated workplace is one where interactions between stakeholders are primarily managed by proprietary, algorithmically managed digital platform. The replacement of the relationships between the stakeholders by the platform is a key feature of these workplaces, and is a contributing factor t...