background: mental health disorders and depression are pervasive and costly problems for workplaces. the aim of this study was to examine the general health and depression in temporary employees and the effect of educational intervention on general health and depression in temporary employees in isfahan steel company. methods: a quasi‑experimental design was used to examine the effect of interv...

PURPOSE To investigate the influence of lifestyle, health, and work conditions in the association between education and productivity loss at work and sick leave. METHODS Employees of six companies filled out a questionnaire on demographics, lifestyle-related, health, and work-related factors, and productivity loss at work and sick leave at baseline (n = 915) and after 1-year (n = 647). RESU...

OBJECTIVE Self-weighing frequency is associated with lower body weight and less weight gain. This study describes self-weighing frequency in two samples of working adults from different fields: office-based and transit employees. METHODS Self-weighing frequency and demographic information were self-reported at baseline measurement of two worksite interventions. Data were collected from transi...

BACKGROUND A healthy lifestyle is a valuable source to reduce the prevalence of health problems, and promoteehealth. OBJECTIVES The current study aimed to evaluate the lifestyle and obesity status of Hamadan public employees and their status based on the trans-theoretical model (TTM). PATIENTS AND METHODS This analytical cross-sectional study was performed in 2014 on 1200 public employees i...

Emotional intelligence (EI) means knowing one's feelings and others, determining emotions and feelings controlling them and sympathizing with other people. The importance of EI is out of question especially among organisation managers and principals. For professional successes are a lot factors. So this paper deals with reviewing the relationship EI, organisational commitment (OC) and employees...

We explore the relationship between education, earnings and fixed-term contracts using data from the 1997 British Social Attitudes Survey and the 1997 International Social Survey Programme . We find that workers employed under such contracts earn significantly lower wages than their ‘permanent’ contract counterparts, even after controlling for a plethora of personal and job characteristics. Thi...

Production of software is growing at a phenomenal rate worldwide. In addition, the increasingly global business climate has accelerated the need for business software. An inadequate number of software engineers exist to produce and maintain software to meet this demand. One possible solution to correcting this shortfall is reeducating existing non-software employees to become software engineers...

In the information era enterprises strive to be productive and efficient. One feature of this goal is to engage their employees in education programmes, help them gain new experiences and knowledge and adapt to an ever-changing working environment. Such programmes require thorough design in order to achieve satisfactory results. Lately, enterprises recognising the role technology can play in th...