the aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of individual-focused stress management training namely deep breathing exercise (dbe) on self-perceived occupational stress among male automotive assembly-line workers.a quasi-experimental study was conducted at 2 automotive assembly plants in malaysia over 9 months, from january 2012 to september 2012. assembly-line workers from plant a r...

Studies analysing welfare have previously focused on countries as units. In the course of pension cuts and the increasing importance of occupational welfare, our traditional understanding of a homogeneous welfare state is being challenged. In this article, I distinguish between both economic individual power (employee skills) and political collective power (trade unions), and their relation wit...

BACKGROUND Health risk appraisals (HRAs) in occupational health services (OHS) in Sweden are very commonly used for health promotion issues, but not much research has explored the extent and nature of individual feedback that is provided. OBJECTIVES This study aimed to describe and explore HRAs in OHS regarding the content of the feedback in relation to the individual status and overall emplo...

performance appraisal systems are affected by organizational social context. social context consists of tow factors, distal variables, and, proximal variables. distal factors include but are not limited to organizational culture, organizational structure, and, values. proximal variable categorize as both process factors and structural factors. in this paper the process factors were examined. th...

Occupational safety and health policies differ from one company to another, depending on the level of concern top management with protecting workers hazards in workplace. The purpose this study was determine effect occupational employee performance under study. Measurement variables using a Likert scale 1 5, measure attitudes, opinions perceptions about implementation K3 program their place wor...

Performance Employee can certainly be relied on by internal and external factors, factors such as the Covid-19 Pandemic affect resulting performance cause differences in work results. Therefore, it is necessary to conduct a appraisal using clear measurable indicators which are used reference for appraisal, so that we know what needs changed from existing situation help improve employee future. ...

INTRODUCTION Constantly evolving technology and techniques within radiation therapy require practitioners to maintain a continuous approach to professional development and training. Systems of performance appraisal and adoption of regular feedback mechanisms are vital to support this development yet frequently lack structure and rely on informal peer support. METHODS A Radiation Therapy Perfo...

This study was conducted to investigate the relationship between occupational stress on employee performance in Maldives tourism industry. Descriptive research design adopted for primary data collection. A questionnaire containing 24 items with Likert 5-point scale (1: strongly disagree – 5: agree) developed as instrument collect quantitative data. The divided into three parts: first part sough...

In this paper, based on the literature review, an investigation about Chinese enterprises’ talent recruitment in enterprise innovation activities has been carried out more than 10 provinces of China in 2009. We found that: (1) the positive personnel turnover does not fully serve the innovation projects; (2) new employees are mainly graduates and bachelors, and enterprises emphasize loyalty and ...

OBJECTIVES An 'information gap' has been identified regarding the effects of chronic disease on occupational injury risk. We investigated the association of ischaemic heart disease, hypertension, diabetes, depression and asthma with acute occupational injury in a cohort of manufacturing workers from 1 January 1997 through 31 December 2007. METHODS We used administrative data on real-time inju...