This thesis describes a software distribution and maintenance system that reduces administration costs while increasing survivability. Contributions include design, implementation, and analysis. The system applies automation wherever possible and takes maximum advantages of economies of scale. The implementation extends an existing replication tool to provide multiplatform support, user assiste...

The reliability and validity of four selected scales--namely, job control, psychological demands, supervisor support, and coworker support--from the Chinese Version of the Job Content Questionnaire (C-JCL) were studied in 551 male and 648 female workers in Taiwan. Cronbach's alpha coefficients for job control, supervisor support, and coworker support were all above.80. Whereas it was.55 for psy...

Günümüzde artan rekabet ortamında işletmelerin, rakiplerine karşı üstünlük elde edebilmek adına ortaya koyacağı çabada çalışan performansının önemi oldukça büyüktür. İşletmeler, performansını arttırabilmek için çeşitli yollara başvurmaktadır. Yönetici desteği ise artmasında önemli bir değişken olarak karşımıza çıkmaktadır. Bunun yanı sıra çalışanların örgütsel özdeşleşme düzeyi, gösterecekleri ...

OBJECTIVE This study investigated the impact of changes in psychosocial work characteristics on insulin resistance (IR) among Japanese male workers. METHODS Subjects were 1,815 male workers who received a comprehensive health examination and requested measurement of their serum insulin level in Fiscal Years (FY) 2008 and 2011. Psychosocial work characteristics, including job demands, job cont...