Managing precarious employment arrangements. Professional contractors and social support Robyn Cochrane and Tui McKeown Monash University This study presents the sources of social support available to and used by a 240 Professional Contractors (PCs) in Victoria, Australia. As part of the non-standard workforce, the PCs in this study access work via professional recruitment/contracting agencies ...

This paper draws on the “human reliability” concept as a structure for gaining insight into the maintenance workforce assessment in a process industry. Human reliability hinges on developing the reliability of humans to a threshold that guides the maintenance workforce to execute accurate decisions within the limits of resources and time allocations. This concept offers a worthwhile point of de...

This article describes the methodological outcomes of an action research project conducted with ethnically diverse and (purportedly) ‘low-skilled’ workforce a German medium-sized company in early 2021. Perspectives challenges for workplace development were investigated by engaging staff members novel process Critical Utopian Action Research, Nordic method based on principles emancipation democr...

BACKGROUND Good outcomes during pregnancy and childbirth are related to availability, utilisation and effective implementation of essential interventions for labour and childbirth. The majority of the estimated 289,000 maternal deaths, 2.8 million neonatal deaths and 2.6 million stillbirths every year could be prevented by improving access to and scaling up quality care during labour and birth....

Abstract Universities can only be as successful their staff. Without qualified staff and effective hiring practises, universities cannot capitalise on talents. For this reason, strategic HCM is necessary to attract retain skilled employees. A university’s workforce – from professors administrators critical fostering innovation, conducting research, providing educational opportunities, contribut...

CBTp did not perform significantly better than a control treatment of supportive counselling, although both did better than routine care, in the treatment of delusions. However, supportive counselling appeared to worsen auditory hallucinations , whilst CBTp resulted in their reduction (4). Accepting that CBTp has a beneficial effect, how then to increase availability? The apparently simple solu...

BACKGROUND The delivery of best practice care can markedly improve clinical outcomes in patients with chronic disease. While the provision of a skilled, multidisciplinary team is pivotal to the delivery of best practice care, the occupational or skill mix required to deliver this care is unclear; it is also uncertain whether such a team would have the capacity to adequately address the complex ...

The Joyce Foundation's Shifting Gears initiative was launched in 2007 as a state policy change effort in Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin. The goal is to strengthen state postsecondary, adult basic education, and skills-development systems so that more low-skilled workers gain the education, skills and credentials needed to advance and succeed in our changing economy....

BACKGROUND The shortage of a skilled health workforce is a global crisis. International efforts to combat the crisis have shown few benefits; therefore, more country-specific efforts are required. Tanzania adopted health sector reforms in the 1990s to ensure, among other things, availability of an adequate skilled health workforce. Little is documented on how the post-reform training and deploy...