This article focuses on how local institutions in three rural areas Sweden organised education and work to assist adult immigrants’ integration. We particularly analyse officials educational institutions, employment offices governments attempted support education-to-work transitions, using a theoretical framework rooted the ecology of equity concepts. The results show that national policy is or...

In a dual initial vocational education and training (IVET) system, an integration between school- work-based learning is essential to provide apprentices with necessary trade-specific skills ensure the quality of training. However, often perceive disconnection sites. Accordingly, based on concepts boundary crossing school-workplace connectivity, this study aimed investigate how contributed Swis...

this paper aims to examine the fun concept and age differences in attitudes toward workplace fun. the authors review the literature on workplace fun and generational theory. the fun in workplace was measured with karl et al.’s (2005) and generational cohort was measured by the respondents’ birth year using a sample of 296 workers at a industrial company in south west of tehran. according to res...

background: workplace violence has become an issue of increasing concern. residents are often the first physician that patients will meet them. objectives: we conducted this study to evaluate workplace violence against medical residents in iran. materials and methods: in a cross sectional questionnaire based study we asked 1107 medical residents about violence exposure during past 12 months. re...

anxiety and depression has increased sharply in recent years. depression has a very large impact on at-work performance, due to the prevalence of depression and its ability to impair work performance. depression among employees has been estimated to have a prevalence of approximately 10%. there is growing evidence that the workplace can have an important role in the development of anxiety probl...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to suggest a way to support work-integrated learning for knowledge work, which poses a great challenge for current research and practice. Design/methodology/approach – The authors first suggest a workplace learning context model, which has been derived by analyzing knowledge work and the knowledge sources used by knowledge workers. The authors then focus o...

The integration of refugees into workplaces in their destination country remains a global concern. We meet the challenge this problem by conceptualising theoretical model using liminal lens; more specifically, through three thematic lenses liminality as process, position and place. By addressing research question; ‘how does lens provide new insights refugees' workplace?’ we make contributions t...

If you wish to see the full text, please reply to this email or contact your local health or workplace library. Abstract We investigated the nature of sensory integration deficits in postural control of young adults with ASD. Postural control was assessed in a fixed environment, and in three environments in which sensory information about body sway from visual, proprioceptive or both channels w...