Work–Life Interventions

Worklife and satisfaction of general internists.

BACKGROUND Prior studies have reported relatively low job satisfaction for general internists. We used data from a large US physician survey to assess correlates of satisfaction of general internists. METHODS The Physician Worklife Survey was mailed to a national random stratified sample of 5704 US physicians. General internists were assessed for their satisfaction, training, patient mix, wor...

The Nursing Worklife Model: extending and refining a new theory.

AIMS We tested a modification of Leiter and Laschinger's Nursing Worklife Model by examining the impact of structural empowerment on professional work environment factors that lead to nursing job satisfaction. BACKGROUND The original model explains how five magnet hospital practice domains described by Lake (2002) interact to influence nurses' work lives by either contributing to or mitigatin...

Social Aspects of Computing Computerization, Productivity, and Quality of Worklife

The rapid spread of computer and telecommunication technologies throughout white-collar work has forced social scientists to consider the impact of these technologies on the people who use them directly and on the work force and economy as a whole. Questions about the effects of these technologies on employment levels and organizational efficiency arose in earlier discussions of the impact of a...

Markov Process Work-Life Expectancy Tables, the LPE Method for Measuring Worklife Expectancy, and Why the Gamboa-Gibson Worklife Expectancy Tables Are Without Merit

This paper has three parts. The first considers the various methods used by economic experts to measure worklife expectancy for purposes of determining damages for loss of earning capacity in personal injury cases or loss of financial support in wrongful death actions. Based on surveys of members of the National Association of Forensic Economics, the predominant method is use of Markov process ...

The Social Design of Worklife With Computers and Networks: An Open Natural Systems Perspective