The Institute of Product Development (IPEK) is an institute in the faculty of mechanical engineering at the University of Karlsruhe (TH), respectively the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), the merger of the University of Karlsruhe (TH) with the Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe. Approximately 70 employees work in research and education, administration and machine shop. The unifying goal of the...

introduction: ionizing radiations are the hazardous agents in the workplace and all forms of ionizing radiation produce some type of injuries. awareness of application of protection guidelines and knowledge of the principles of radiation protection can play an important role in health of employees. survey of radiation employee’s levels of awareness and practical behavior is essential and should...

purpose: this study intends to investigate the demographic differences of critical thinking dispositions in the employees of the central library, museum, and documents center of astane qudse razavi. methodology: in this study, carried out via descriptive method, the participants were 163 employees of the organization of libraries. they were asked to complete a researcher-made questionnaire and ...

Job Market Signaling and Employer Learning This paper extends the job market signaling model of Spence (1973) by allowing firms to learn the ability of their employees over time. Contrary to the model without employer learning, we find that the Intuitive Criterion does not always select a unique separating equilibrium. When the Intuitive Criterion bites and information is purely asymmetric, the...

BACKGROUND Employers have long been concerned about the professional qualifications of their employees. Decision makers in the health sciences are no exception, particularly now that they are seriously considering the improvement and full accreditation of continuing education as part of the planned European convergence. METHOD Medical and nursing professionals were questioned about their view...

OBJECTIVE Examine effects of voluntary participation in employer-sponsored, multipoint wellness education programming on employee wellness. METHODS A randomized and controlled design was used to organize 96 participants into an education + access group; an access-only group, and control group. Outcome measures were made at start and end of a 12-week intervention period. RESULTS Education + ...

the aim of this study was to survey the relationship between participation motivation, psychological empowerment and affective commitment in iran physical education organization employees. the statistical population consisted of 380 experts and managers of iran physical education organization. with krejcie and morgan’s table, statistical sample (n=225) was selected. spritzer’s standardized psyc...

This study was carried out to investigate the relationship between job characteristics, perceived organizational justice, and organizational commitment among the staff of the Ministry of Education in Mazandaran Province. The design of this descriptive, applied research was correlational. The statistical population of the study consisted of all employees of the General Directorate of Education i...

AIM To identify population groups at very high risk for frequent perception of stress and thus enable more focused planning of prevention actions in Slovenia. METHODS Data originate from the national survey carried out in 2001 on health behavior of 15,379 adults aged 25-64. The overall response rate of the mailed questionnaire was 64%, with 9,043 questionnaires eligible for analysis. Binary m...

BACKGROUND This study aimed (a) to provide information on methicillin-resistant (MRSA) and methicillin-susceptible (MSSA) Staphylococcus aureus colonization ratio in residents of nursing homes; (b) to determine the effect of hand-washing education given to nursing home residents and employees on nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus (NCSA) and (c) to obtain probable risk factors for MRSA colo...