A major metropolitan police department in the Northeast recently began using mobile-computing terminals (MCTs). This research explores how MCTs have improved critical factors that affect the work environment of the officers in the department, particularly related to deterrence and job satisfaction. A model for investigation is developed and tested using a survey instrument administered to offic...

BACKGROUND The current study was carried out to evaluate and compare the job stress of female nurses working in emergency wards and female clerks and to analyze the possible relationship between the stress level and level of saliva secretory IgA (SIgA). METHODS Eighty four female nurses in emergency wards and female clerks of hospitals were selected (42 in each group). Their stress level was ...

Adverse workplace factors such as job stress are reported to be associated with poor physical and mental health of nurses. However, associations between occupational factors and sexual life satisfaction (SLS) of nurses remain understudied. This study investigated SLS of Chinese female nurses of tertiary general hospitals and socio-demographic and occupational factors associated with reduced SLS...

INTRODUCTION Medical universities are of those organizations that serve many individuals. As a result, the employees who work at medical universities should have adequate job qualifications and requisite conditions for work. Job security is one of these needed conditions. The current study aims to determine the main components of job security among the employees of Isfahan University of Medical...

The present study examines how collectivism, an important cultural value, plays a moderating role in the association between job attitudes (job satisfaction and organizational commitment) and actual turnover in a sample of 781 Chinese female workers. Results show that collectivism moderates the relationships between job attitude variables and turnover intention. Job satisfaction and organizatio...

BACKGROUND The health risks of crack cocaine smoking in public settings have not been well described. We sought to identify factors associated with public crack smoking, and assess the potential for a supervised inhalation facility to reduce engagement in this behavior, in a setting planning to evaluate a medically supervised crack cocaine smoking facility. METHODS Data for this study were de...

The study aimed to assess the effect of psychological empowerment on burnout from variable-centered and person-centered perspective. Based 363 questionnaires police officers in China, results this indicate that when officer feel higher level empowerment, job can be decreased among Chinese officers. From perspective, used latent profile analysis method divide three different burnouts, including ...

The purpose of study was to understand the relationship between locus of control o f college teachers and their job satisfaction. A sample of 150 teachers was selected from the d ifferent colleges of Amritsar city in Punjab, India. The tools used were locus of control scale and job satisfaction scale. The different statistical techniques like Pearson’s product moment coefficient of correlat ion...

Work-family border theory casts individuals as protagonists who are enactive rather than reactive in shaping borders between work and personal life domains. To what extent is this the case strongly patriarchal contexts that constrain women’s agency? This qualitative study conducted with 32 female lawyers, magistrates justices Nigeria shows how participants engage new management tactics response...