The recession beginning in 2008 caused many unprecedented difficulties for sustaining police workforces throughout the United States (Police Executive Research Forum [PERF], 2013; Wilson & Grammich, 2012; Wilson & Heinonen, 2012; Wilson & Weiss, 2012). These included budget and workforce reduction, consolidation, and even organizational disbanding. Further compounding these challenges, over tim...

ew system of secondary education has been incepted in 1992, consisting of three study branches of theoretical, technical/ vocational, and kardanesh. regarding the founding philosophy of kardanesh branch, i.e. provision of skilled manpower proportionate with labor market need and also training skilled, semi-skilled and master workforce, art students may receive kardanesh high school diploma prov...

We estimate that permitting inmate labor would likely increase national output, but by less than 0.2 percent of Gross Domestic Product. The largest social benefits from inmate labor are likely to come about from decreased recidivism, although the effect of inmate labor on subsequent crime and recidivism rates has not been adequately studied. The potential inmate workforce is low skilled. We est...

This analysis of the development of Thailand’s information economy places particular emphasis on its ICT and social infrastructure development. Drawing upon lessons learned from similar development trajectories in Ireland, China, and India we develop a set of guidelines for Thailand to consider as it continues its information economy development. From the policy perspective, Thailand, similar t...

Recently, a demand toward IT workforce in a cyber security arena is showing an increasing trend. However, underrepresentation of minority workforce in the IT industry is one of reasons for the scarcity of skilled labors in the information security industry. This paper presents various factors that contribute to students’ motivation and interest in a cyber security career by exploring career cho...

To achieve universal health coverage (UHC), a range of health-financing reforms, including removal of user fees and the expansion of social health insurance, have been implemented in many countries. While the focus of much research and discussion on UHC has been on the impact of health-financing reforms on population coverage, health-service utilization and out-of-pocket payments, the implicati...

* Employee recruitment, retention, and workforce diversity are essential ingredients in a successful radiology department. Since potential new hires and existing employees do not come with labels which accurately describe their innate characteristics, radiology managers need to use objective tools such as personality assessments in order to properly evaluate prospective employment candidates. *...

T Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) recently reported that Quebec shows a net loss in the interprovincial migration of physicians, and this poor performance is compounded by the departure of physicians to other countries. In all, 653 doctors have left Quebec in the past 5 years. Their average age was 40.8 years, so they were at the peak of their productivity. Why are they leaving...

This paper investigates a managerial problem related to human resource planning for an IT service company which mainly carries out time-base projects. As the demand for new workers is subject to wide fluctuations, the firm should hire workers in advance and train them. However, the firm should urgently recruit skilled workers from outside the firm due to the shortages in the workforce. Hence, i...

PROBLEM The lack of skilled service providers in rural areas of India has emerged as the most important constraint in achieving universal health care. India has about 1.4 million medical practitioners, 74% of whom live in urban areas where they serve only 28% of the population, while the rural population remains largely underserved. APPROACH The National Rural Health Mission, launched by the ...