HR practices for enhancing sustainable employability: implementation, use, and outcomes

Diabetes and sustainable employability: A qualitative study

Diabetes mellitus is one of the most challenging problems for health, impacting many aspects of individual s lives, including employment. Sustainable employability refers to one s attributes and skills to be able to perform a chosen occupation, benefitting oneself and society in the long term. It is not directly affected by diabetes, yet assessment is different for every case and highly depende...

Sustainable employability in the construction sector

Enhancing plant phosphorus use efficiency for sustainable cropping.

Phosphorus (P) is one of the least available mineral nutrients to the plants in many cropping environments. Sub-optimal P nutrition can lead to yield losses in the range of 10% to 15% of the maximal yields. P deficiency is more critical in highly withered soils as well as in calcareous and alkaline soils. Amelioration attempts by addition of phosphatic fertilizers are economically and ecologica...

Fast HR–—Enhancing service excellence

We are a people who love speed. From the Inc 500 that extols the virtues of fast-growth firms to sports, where a record number of more than 100 million people are fans of NASCAR, speed is important. Going fast is not just a USA phenomenon; consider the numbers of BMW and Porsche owners (and others) who flock to the Autobahn to ‘‘put the pedal to the metal,’’ as they say, in an effort to experie...

The Need for Global Application of the Accountability for Reasonableness Approach to Support Sustainable Outcomes; Comment on “Expanded HTA: Enhancing Fairness and Legitimacy”

The accountability for reasonableness (AFR) concept has been developed and discussed for over two decades. Its interpretation has been studied in several ways partly guided by the specific settings and the researchers involved. This has again influenced the development of the concept, but not led to universal application. The potential use in health technology assessments (HTAs) has recently be...