Scale to Assess Leaders' Perceptions about their Workers' Digital Addiction

A qualitative study about immigrant workers' perceptions of their working conditions in Spain.

BACKGROUND Spain has recently become an inward migration country. Little is known about the occupational health of immigrant workers. This study aimed to explore the perceptions that immigrant workers in Spain had of their working conditions. METHODS Qualitative, exploratory, descriptive study. Criterion sampling. Data collected between September 2006 and May 2007 through semi-structured focu...

COPD and their perceptions about the patients

Beliefs about evidence-based practices in addiction treatment: a survey of Veterans Administration program leaders.

The purpose of this study was to determine Veterans Administration addiction treatment program leaders' familiarity with evidence-based practices, understanding of and attitudes toward existing VA treatment guidelines, the extent to which specific practices should be implemented, and perceived barriers to implementation. Two hundred and twenty surveys were mailed to program leaders between Nove...

Data Privacy Perceptions About Digital Forensic Investigations in India

A digital forensic investigation requires an investigator to examine the forensic images of the seized storage media and devices. The investigator obtains full access to all the data contained in the forensic images, including private and sensitive data belonging to the individual being investigated that may be entirely unrelated to the case. Unrestricted access to forensic images poses a signi...

Faculty and Staff Grassroots Leaders‘ Beliefs About Power: Do Their Beliefs Affect Their Strategies and Effectiveness?

This study examines how grassroots leaders define and act on beliefs about and perceptions of power. In this article, we focus on the following research questions: RQ1. How do grassroots leaders understand and socially construct power?; and RQ2. How does their understanding of power impact their approach to grassroots leadership (e.g., strategies and ways they negotiate power)? The study is fra...

Lessons learned about integrating a medical school curriculum: perceptions of students, faculty and curriculum leaders.

OBJECTIVE Recent educational reform in US medical schools has created integrated curricular structures. This study investigated how stakeholders in a newly integrated curriculum - students, course directors and curriculum leaders - define integration and perceive its successes and challenges during its first year. METHODS We conducted interviews with curriculum reform leaders, course director...