ABSTRACT. The objective of this paper is to examine the relationship between sustainable and competitive transition in enterprise performance management measurement changing role women Japanese labour market. work correlates proportion female employees leadership positions relation sector type, firm age, profits encouragement women’s participation force over six significant periods. study also ...

This article looks at changes in the number and mix of providers in the dental workforce over the past sixty years. First, enrollment trends in dental education programs are investigated. These educational programs feed directly into the dental workforce. Then, the changes in the dental workforce are examined. The focus of this investigation is the composition of the dental workforce and how th...

The development of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) that meet the needs of Maori (indigenous people of Aotearoa/ New Zealand) is critical. This study, Te Tomokanga, investigated the acceptability of mainstream1, bicultural,2 and kaupapa Māori3 CAMHS access and delivery to young Māori and their whānau.4 Detailed factors contributing to potential areas for improvement are ident...

INTRODUCTION The Australian Rural Clinical School (RCS) initiative has been addressing the rural medical workforce shortage at the medical education level for over a decade. A major expectation of this initiative is that it will improve rural medical workforce recruitment and subsequent retention through a rurally based undergraduate clinical training experience. The longitudinal nature of thes...

BACKGROUND In keeping with its mission to produce doctors for rural and regional Australia, the University of Wollongong, Graduate School of Medicine has established an innovative model of clinical education. This includes a 12-month integrated community-based clerkship in a regional or rural setting, offering senior students longitudinal participation in a 'community of practice' with access t...

Beyond buildings, collections, and services, the library and information science (LIS) workforce is key to the success of many aspects of a knowledge economy. LIS professionals partner with educators in the instruction of youth and young adults, support reading and information literacy required for productive participation in society over the life course, enable research and development through...

BACKGROUND Nursing and midwifery are demanding professions. Efforts to understand the health consequences and workforce needs of these professions are urgently needed. Using a novel electronic approach, the Nurses and Midwives e-cohort Study (NMeS) aims to investigate longitudinally Australian and New Zealand nurses' and midwives' work/life balance and health. This paper describes NMeS particip...

BACKGROUND This study explored the impact of The Open University's (OU) preregistration nursing programme on students' employability, career progression and its contribution to developing the nursing workforce across the United Kingdom. Designed for healthcare support workers who are sponsored by their employers, the programme is the only part-time supported open/distance learning programme in ...

The Ministry of Education, Malaysia have seen vocational education as one the important aspects that should be emphasized in system. Vocational and skill-based has been further enhanced through Education Blueprint (2013-2025) when more children with special needs to included education. Prior that, ministry various Development Plans developed four fully residential schools for need students prep...

4-H Summer of STEM is a workforce readiness program for high school youth. The goals the are to increase students’ interest in careers, improve college and readiness, connect youth businesses industries local community. Selected receive hands-on development skills, paired with mentor job shadowing, participate campus visits. Preliminary findings show that participants reported having positive r...