In this paper we fuse HRM and KM perspectives in order to explore the detrimental impact of age discrimination or “ageism” prevalent in UK organizations on the development of social capital, considered to be so vital for improved organizational performance in knowledge-based economies. We discuss the potential impact of new age discrimination legislation in the UK in overcoming ageism, highligh...

Workplace Smoking Policies Approximately 30 percent of all private sector workplaces have a formal smoking policy, while a majority of Americans support smoking policies. Governments at all levels and the private sector are increasingly adopting or strengthening such policies and there is no evidence of retrenchment. In addition, the protection of nonsmokers, who account for 67 percent of the p...

The United States construction industry experienced 151 fatalities resulting from workers colliding with objects and equipment in 2009. These fatalities accounted for approximately 18% of the total construction fatalities and 3% of the total workplace fatalities experienced that year. Construction workers and equipment are often required to function at close proximity on construction jobsites. ...

We consider the role of ‘workplace studies’ in design and specifically, what it means to use ethnography to ‘inform’ design. We suggest that there is a need for a foundational change in the configuration of the practical relationship between ethnography and design if the approach is to be of lasting utility: from the traditional product-oriented configuration where ethnography attempts to infor...

Artificial Intelligence and Natural Language Processing techniques can have a very significant impact on the e-learning sector, with introduction of chatbots, automatic correctors, or scoring systems. However, integrating such technologies into business environment in an effective way is not trivial operation, it only requires realising model good predictive performance, but also following: (i)...

background: high-risk unsafe behaviors (hrubs) have been known as the main cause of occupational accidents. considering the financial and societal costs of accidents and the limitations of available resources, there is an urgent need for managing unsafe behaviors at workplaces. the aim of the present study was to find strategies for decreasing the rate of hrubs using an integrated approach of s...

1 WPI, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, and Biomedical Engineering Department, 100 Institute Road, Worcester, MA 01609, [email protected]. 2 WPI, Center for Education, Development, Technology, and Assessment (CEDTA), 100 Institute Road, Worcester, MA 01609, [email protected]. 3 WPI, Biology and Biotechnology Department, and CEDTA, 100 Institute Road, Worcester, MA 01609, jmiller@...

SETTING Training center on tuberculosis (TB) infection control (IC) for health care workers in the Central Asian Republics region. OBJECTIVE To assess the effects of TB IC training courses conducted at the Tuberculosis Infection Control Training Center in Machiton, Tajikistan. DESIGN Participants who participated in training (n = 89) during the first year of operation (April 2014-February 2...

Blended e-learning permeates flexibility and school is no longer the only place for learning, rather through e-learning courses new ways of building competences throughout life and integrated in the workplace can be accomplished. Technological artifacts, the material itself do not create learning, rather, social and pedagogical aspects from a participatory perspective in e-learning courses is n...

Improving the quality of graduate education is main objectives Higher Education Institutions. One way knowing determining appropriateness programs and work competencies graduates in place. It will help higher institutions to get feedback know their position terms efficiency providing knowledge students. be used for curriculum development reform determine enhance performance its graduates. The w...