Men’s Sexual Orientation and Job Satisfaction This study investigates the differences in three aspects of job satisfaction – total pay, promotion prospects, and respect received from one’s supervisor – between male heterosexual and gay employees in Athens, Greece. Gay employees are found to be less satisfied according to all job satisfaction measures. Affect Theory proposes that the extent to w...

OBJECTIVES Although using mental health services is an effective way to cope with work-related stressors and diseases, many employees do not utilize these services despite service improvements in recent years. The present study aimed to investigate the interaction effects of workplace climate and distress on help-seeking attitudes, and elucidate the reasons for mental health service underutiliz...

BACKGROUND Health promotion initiatives are an important element of occupational medicine practice but evaluating success is complex. The publishers of a quarterly health promotion magazine asked an aluminium smelting company if it would consider providing the magazine to its employees. AIMS To evaluate the possible benefits to employees of receiving a health promotion magazine. METHODS Thr...

When can a firm cheat some individuals without damaging its reputation among others? We develop a model of discriminatory opportunism in which firms can treat all employees fairly, take advantage of all employees, or only take advantage of a subpopulation of employees. If employees believe that an act of opportunism against any employee portends opportunism against all employees, concern for re...

Employees are considered as one of the most important assets of any institution. University of Gondar is one of the known universities in Ethiopia and has large number employees. Success of this University depends on the productivity of its employees. Social media, which has become very popular, has infiltrated the workplace and most employees are utilizing social media in the workplace without...

In view of the importance of employees’ knowledge sharing, this research, which draws on social capital theory and employees' sense of well-being, develops a comprehensive theoretical model which aims to explore deeply the mediating impact of employees’ sense of well-being on social capital and the contribution of knowledge in the complex context of a virtual organisation. The quantitative appr...

CONFLICT OF INTEREST none declared. INTRODUCTION Employees' job satisfaction and commitment depends upon the leadership style of managers. This study clarifies further the relationships between leadership behaviors of managers and two employees' work-related attitudes-job satisfaction and organizational at public hospitals in Iran. A better understanding of these issues and their relationship...

Organizational commitment is a psychological construction of responsibility that an employee has towards the mission and direction of an organization. This study is to identify the Malaysian private organizations employees’ perception of their jobs and how to improve their work commitment towards their organizations. The problem of many organizations today is not just to have more skillful and ...

Some dairy farmers look at their employees as a cost factor, which needs to be kept minimal. Others see their employees as a resource. With proper management, employees can help keep a farm successful in the long run. How a farmer looks at his or her employees determines how employees will be managed and what role labor will play on a farm. If you are the kind of farmer who sees employees as a ...

BACKGROUND Casino employees are exposed to disproportionately high levels of gambling, drinking and smoking compared to other occupations. Because of their occupation, they have the opportunity to detect and prevent pathological gambling (PG). AIMS To identify differences in the mental health status and social attitudes towards PG among casino workers in South Korea depending upon whether the...