Most e-Training programs of enterprises were mainly developed by senior employees who have plenty of knowledge and experience; therefore, it becomes a challenging issue to efficiently and effectively translate the knowledge and experience of the engineers to computerized subject materials, especially for those who are not experienced teachers. In addition, to develop an eTraining course, person...

In the current research, I developed and tested a novel psychological framework that integrated three contemporary career theories (i.e., Protean, Boundaryless, and Social Cognitive Career theories) to understand the process of career adaptation by investigating antecedents and consequences of job-related coping behaviors. I tested differences in adaptation for younger employees (25 to 39) and,...

AIMS To examine the mortality experience of 4221 employees from 1973 to 1999 and the illness absence patterns for 2203 employees from 1990 to 1999 of a chemical and refinery facility in Louisiana. METHODS Mortality and illness absence data were extracted from the Shell Oil Company's health surveillance system (HSS). The standardised mortality ratio was used as a measure of mortality risk. Mor...

This article measures the earnings and welfare losses experienced by displaced employees of the Central Bank of Ecuador. It links these losses to individual characteristics such as gender, education, seniority, and salary in the public sector. Data are from a survey of displaced employees that included subjective evaluations of well-being in addition to information on activity and earnings. The...

To date there have been no studies of how both sex and ethnicity might affect the incidence of both sexual and ethnic harassment at work. This article represents an effort to fill this gap. Data from employees at 5 organizations were used to test whether minority women are subject to double jeopardy at work, experiencing the most harassment because they are both women and members of a minority ...

BACKGROUND The sickness certification and return to work (RTW) of people with chronic pain are important health and economic issues for employees, employers, taxpayers and the UK government. The 'fit note' and a national educational programme promoting RTW were introduced in 2010 to curb rising rates of sickness absence. AIMS To investigate employers' and employees' experiences of managing RT...

In the context of knowledge-intensive work, fluctuation of employees may involve the loss of a key asset. New employees often have to painfully learn from experienced ones when the key knowledge is tacit. In the spirit of corporate knowledge management, we present a bottom-up approach to modeling business knowledge for an organizational memory. The implemented Web representation in the intranet...

BACKGROUND Increasing life expectancy and decreasing fertility have led to a shift in the workforce age structure towards older age groups. Deteriorating health and reduced work capacity are among the challenges to retaining older workers in the labour force. AIMS To examine whether workplace interventions to facilitate work among employees with health problems or reduced work capacity affect...

This paper is seeking to present a procedure to assessthe potential preparation of the employees of an enterprise for suggestion of remote working and consider the possibility of teleworking system execution. Therefore, at first, the international teleworking literature was studied and effective indices were extracted and localized. At the next stage, a hierarchic model with the capability of m...