explain of characteristics of a effectiveness clinical supervisor     nasiriani kh * [1] , vanaki z [2] , ahmadi f [3]     received: 23 oct , 2011 accepted: 11 jan , 2012     abstract   background & aims : clinical supervision is one of the core activities in professional care and it is the main path of support and professional development in nursing. positive implications are considered for cl...

BACKGROUND Job stress is one of the important issues in the health sector and its high effect on workers' productivity. Managerial skills can help organizations to improve employees' effectiveness and reduce job stress. The present study investigated the relationship between employees' job stress and managers' professional skills. METHODS This cross-sectional and correlation study was conduct...

Notification about work hazards is a legal requirement in advanced industrial countries, but workers have claimed, that in many cases, they do not receive enough information regarding risks, exposure, and medical problems. The recent professional literature on the subject has explored the ways in which notification is delivered without sufficiently considering the psychological incentives and b...

BACKGROUND Collaborative care (CC) is an organisational framework which facilitates the delivery of a mental health intervention to patients by case managers in collaboration with more senior health professionals (supervisors and GPs), and is effective for the management of depression in primary care. However, there remains limited evidence on how to successfully implement this collaborative ap...

Differences in culture, history, economy, and political and management systems may lead to differences in employee job attribute preferences across countries. To the extent that this is true, managers and designers of motivation systems must understand the preferences of local employees. This study provides information on the job attribute preferences of Chinese employees at a major internation...

AIM The aim of this study is to explore the implementation of an organisational level intervention, focussing on Supportive Leadership (SL), in an Australian police organisation from the perspective of supervisors and managers. DESIGN The impact of the intervention was explored using a qualitative methodology using semi-structured telephone interviews with 44 participants who had attended the...

This abstract reports findings from an exploratory study that attempted to investigate the variables that impact on knowledge transfer between supervisors and managerial peer groups in organisations. Organisations rely on the dissemination of knowledge in order to drive their strategies, products and operations. This study suggests that cultural implications may impact on the transfer of knowle...