...Despite high levels of satisfaction expressed by hospice employees when compared to employees in other sectors of health care, hospice social workers have the lowest job satisfaction compared to other professionals on the hospice interdisciplinary team (Casarret, Spencer, Haskins, & Teno, 2011; Monroe & DeLoach, 2004). Job satisfaction amongst health care employees contributes to the retention or tenure of qualified and experienced employees (Fritzsche & Parrish, 2005; Head, Washington & Myers, 2013; Kobayshi & McCallister, 2013; Miller, 2008). High turnover has been shown to be associated with decreased job satisfaction among direct care hospice workers and has also been shown to compromise quality of care for hospice patients (Dill & Kagle,...
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...| Research Article Review | Proactive encouragement of interdisciplinary research teams in a business school environment: strategy and results | | | Research Article Review Proactive encouragement of interdisciplinary research teams in a business school environment: strategy and results Author: Susan M. Adams, Nathan C. Carter, Charles R. Hadlock, Dominique M. Haughton and George Sirbu Introduction: This article describes the importance of interdisciplinary research and teaching that has become a common theme in assessing the state of modern university. The US National Academies have issued a self described ‘call to action’ to universities to upgrade their attention to this issue and the retiring president of the International Economics Association has argued strongly for more to be done to connect the disciplines. Many academic work of business school faculty still tends to focus on the interests of disciplinary academic journals. The pressures for a disciplinary focus encourage individual investigators to pursue common phenomena. It is convenient to view cross-disciplinary collaboration using a social network Paradigm. Research findings indicate that, in general, diverse teams promote more innovative solutions provided they can work well together. Individuals working on teams are bridge to external resources from their own social networks. In this way a team benefits from members that have connections to outside networks that can provide access to additional...
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...Positive characteristics of Human Behavior in Organization Interdisciplinary field of study Although it draws most heavily from the psychological and sociological sciences, it also looks to other scientific fields of study for insights. One of the main reasons for this interdisciplinary approach is because the field of organizational behavior involves multiple levels of analysis, which are necessary to understand behavior within organizations because people do not act in isolation. That is, workers influence their environment and are also influenced by their environment. Table 1.1. Toward on OB discipline |Behavioral Science |Contribution |Unit of analysis |Output | |Psychology |Learning, |Individual |Study of the Organizational | | |Attention, | |Behavior | | |Aptitude, | | | | |Motivation, | | | | |Personality, Perception, | | | | ...
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...ijcrb.webs.com APRIL 2013 INTERDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY RESEARCH IN BUSINESS VOL 4, NO 12 EXAMINING FACTORS AFFECTING DIVERSITY IN THE WORKPLACE Arslan Ayub1, Muhammad Salman Aslam2, Adeel Razzaq3, Hanan Iftekhar4, Sabiha Hafeez5 1234 MS Scholar, Iqra University Islamabad, Pakistan National College of Business Administration & Economics Bahawalpur, Pakistan 5 Abstract The purpose of the study is to examine various organizational factors that influence diversity in the workplace. The factors incorporate organizational policies, management practices, and perceived inequity. The current paper is a conceptual paper solely based on literature review. The findings are reliable with consideration view of these organizational variables to be the factual obstacles in employing and heading workplace diversity issue on. The current study throws light on the significance of managing workplace diversity. Keywords: Organizational Policies, Workforce Diversity, Management, Management Practices, Staffing INTRODUCTION The "business case for diversity" curtails from the development of the replica of diversity within the workplace since 1960's. The inventive model for diversity was positioned around affirmative action drawing strength from the law and a need to act in accordance with equal employment opportunity objectives. This observance based model conferred to the thought that tokenism was the reason; an individual was hired into a company when...
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...Interdisciplinary teamwork and collaboration is the trend I chose to talk about of health-care professionals in the U.S. Teamwork and collaboration is important for health care professionals to delivering quality care to their patients. The ultimate goal of teamwork is to work toward measurable goals that would benefit from leadership while encouraging discussion and effective problem solving. Clinical care is becoming more complex, forcing staff to attempt complicated health services and quickly learning new methods. The older population are having an increase in chronic diseases forcing staff to come up with a multidisciplinary approach to health care. Researchers found that working together reduces the number of medical errors made and...
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...Categories of Studies 1. Conceptualization of Adolescent Gambling Types A. Research on Adolescent Population 13-22 years old B. Cross-Cultural Studies 2. Level specific Gambling/Adolescent Prevention Strategies A. Gambling regulation enforcement B. Gambling Adolescence behavior 3. Spectrum gambling impact on the Adolescent Life Span Category 1: Edinete R. M., & Fudge. J., Urie Bronfenbrenner’s theory of human development: Its evolution from ecology to bioecology. Journal of Family Theory & Review, 5, 243-250. (2013) Glass Q.V. & Few-Demo L.A. (2013). Complexities of informal social support arrangements for black lesbian couples. Family Relations Interdisciplinary Journal of Applied Family Studies 62(5).714-724. (2013) Mamta, S., & Kari A., (2013). Siblings of individuals with disabilities: Reframing the literature through a bioecological lens. Journal of Family theory & Review, 5, 300-312. (2013) Swenson. S & Lakin.C. A wicked problem: Can government be fair to families living with disabilities. Family Relations Interdisciplinary Journal of Applied Family Studies 63(1), 185-198. (2014) Wehmeyer. L.M. (2014). Self-determination: A family affair. Family Relations: Interdisciplinary Journal of Applied Family Studies 63(1):178-182. (2014) Category 2 Breen H.,& Hing N, Gordon A., Indigenous Australian gambling crime and possible interventions: a qualitative study Asian Journal...
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...Assignment 2 -Issues Facing Curriculum Alignment Ellen King Dr. Carden EDU 515: Designing Mandated and Discretionary Curricula August 25, 2013 The S.T.R.E.A.M (Science, Technology, Religion, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics) learning environment will be an early Elementary charter school that is a learner centered, interdependent, collaborative, personalized, technology driven, diverse school which introduces a series of concepts to students with hopes of sparking interest in one of these demanding fields. What is the philosophical basis that will affect the proposed curriculum design? Because the S.T.R.E.A.M School is a learner centered school it will be influenced heavily by the personal relevance orientation. In the personal relevance orientation, the learner’s needs tend to dominate over societal or knowledge/content. This orientation posits that the learner is in the best position to assess his or her needs and what content meets those needs. The personal relevance orientation emerges from the projects that each student selects, designs and evaluates. The project based approach enables learners to set their own objectives, direct the learning experiences needed to meet those objectives, and evaluate when those objectives have been met successfully (Chiarelott, 2006). Examine the elements of norm-referenced and criterion-referenced testing, and determine how to apply these methods in the proposed curriculum design. Norm-referenced tests (NRT) help compare...
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...Chapter 1. Statement of the Problem Introduction-Background and Content………………………………………….5 Statement of the Problem……………………………………………………...10 Purpose of the Study…………………………………………………………..11 Research Questions…………………………………………………………....11 Null Hypothesis………………………………………………………………..11 Significance of the Problem…………………………………………………....11 Operational Definition………………………………………………………….12 Chapter 2. Review of Literature……………………………………………………12 Chapter 3. Method…………………………………………………………………...20 Identification of the Research……………………………………………………20 Design……………………………………………………………………………20 Target Population………………………………………………………………..21 Sample of Participants…………………………………………………………...22 Sampling of Procedure…………………………………………………………..22 The Instrument…………………………………………………………………...23 Statistical Techniques……………………………………………………………27 Summary of Research Procedure………………………………………………..27 References……………………………………………………………………………28 Bullying in Schools 3 Abstract The purpose of this study is to investigate third grade experiences, perceptions, and attitudes towards bullying at Academic Interdisciplinary Academy in the Academic Interdisciplinary Academy. A review of the literature...
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...ijcrb.webs.com JUNE 2012 INTERDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY RESEARCH IN BUSINESS VOL 4, NO 2 PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED BY WOMEN IN EDUCATION SECTOR OF BAHAWALPUR. Owais Shafique (Corresponding author) Department of Management Sciences, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan. Faiza Anwar, Sahaab Akbar, Uroosa Akhtar Khan Department of Management Sciences, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan. Abstract As we all know that education is crucial in the development of any country. The main focus of this research is to identify the problems faced by working women in education sector. We discovered that most of the parents and certain relatives are supportive towards their daughter serving in the education sector. All our respondents strongly believed that the married women face greater challenges than unmarried women. Although their husbands are co-operative but there children are prominently neglected. Despite the supportive attitude of their parents unmarried women still face challenges like transportation and managing time between personal and social life. Most of the respondents, married or unmarried, believed that their salary and promotion system is not satisfactory for which they blame “Favouritism ”. In spite of all the facts, our research concludes that the education sector of Bahawalpur for female teacher is fairly good. Keywords: Women, Education Sector, Bahawalpur, Pakistan. 1. Introduction Research is one of the most...
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...ijcrb.webs.com DECEMBER 2012 VOL 4, NO 8 INTERDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY RESEARCH IN BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SERVICE QUALITY, PERCEIVED VALUE, SATISFACTION AND REVISIT INTENTION IN HOTEL INDUSTRY Muhammad Ahmad Raza Service Quality Coordinator NetSole Technologies Ahmad Nabeel Siddiquei Lecturer/Student Advisor, Air University Multan Campus, Pakistan Prof. Dr. Hayat M. Awan Campus Director Air University Multan Campus Khurram Bukhari Lecturer Bahauddin Zakariya University Abstract The work is considered to find the relationship between service quality, perceived value and customer satisfaction and repurchase intentions in luxury hotel management in Pakistan. The purpose of this studyis to find dimensions of service quality and perceived value in hotel industry environment. Survey Questionnaires are used to collect data from 125 luxury hotel customers of Pakistan. After analysis of collected data three dimensions of service quality are identified which is service consistency, service convenience and customer demand fulfillment. This study also enabled to identifytwo dimensions of perceived value which are functional and symbolic.We also found that perceived value and service quality have important and positive relationship with satisfaction and revisit intentions. The paper is one of the first papers to investigate the thorough relationship among all these important factors in Pakistani hotel industry context. It has implications for both the managers...
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...Social Justice (SJ): Social Justice is a “quarterly peer-reviewed educational journal, which seeks to inform theory and praxis on issues of equality and justice” (SJ, 2017). SJ was founded in 1974, and is a prime example of the expansion of the areas of study which fall within the broad discipline of Justice Studies, its tagline is simply, “a journal of crime, conflict & world order” (SJ, 2017). As mentioned in the MAPS1 assignment, Justice Studies has engulfed the sub fields of Criminal, Environmental, Political, and Social Justice, and the history of SJ clearly articulates this trend, Its early focus on issues of crime, police repression, social control, and the penal system has expanded to encompass human and civil rights, citizenship and...
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...Interdisciplinary Management Research V QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN EDUCATION Suzana Vlašić1, Smiljana Vale2, Danijela Križman Puhar3 3 smiljanavale@net.hr Financial Manager, Maistra d.d., Croatia, danijela.krizman.puhar@maistra.hr 2 ____________________________________________________________ ____ Abstract Having considered the current situation of the Croatian educational system and the quality of all its individual components, we can’t help but notice that the awareness of the importance of education as a foundation for the growth and development of each country isn’t strong enough. Education quality is becoming increasingly important for those who are involved in it either directly or indirectly, and for those who use its services. Access to education and quality education are to be regarded as mutually dependent and indivisible needs and rights. This is primarily achieved by developing creativity, civic and democratic values, as well as by knowledge, abilities and skills needed for everyday and professional life. Basic education is not sufficient or complete, and therefore should be considered only as a basis for learning that needs to be used all life long. Lifelong learning for all has become one of the pillars of development. Quality management is a part of management aimed at achieving quality goals through planning, monitoring, assuring and improving quality. Involving all members of the organization brings us closer to total quality control (Total Quality...
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...IRJC International Journal of Social Science & Interdisciplinary Research Vol.1 Issue 8, August 2012, ISSN 2277 3630 SCENARIO OF PRESENT EDUCATION SYSTEM: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF HARYANA AND ITS NEIGHBOURING STATES KAMLESH GAKHAR*; HARJEET KOUR** *Associate Professor, Institute of Management Studies and Research, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, Haryana, India. **Junior Research Fellow, Institute of Management Studies and Research, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, Haryana, India. ABSTRACT Education has been made too easy for the students so that more and more students can enter into the scope of education system of the country. The announcements like abolishing compulsory CBSE board exams for class 10th from the session 2010-11, introduction of grading system, the passage of Right of Children to free and Compulsory Education Bill, reservation policies etc. are a few among them. Now the question arises as to what extent such efforts in the field of education have succeeded in different states of the country. Haryana is the state with a contribution of 3.7% in the total GDP of India. This present study will throw light on the education system of Haryana, with a comparative eye on its neighbouring states. An analysis of the educational achievements of these states from different angles will help the experts and the researchers to know how far we have gone in achieving our targets and what needs to be done. Along with this, a comparison of the literacy rates and...
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...society’s complex infrastructures. The term sociotechnical systems was first used in the World War 2 era by Eric Trist, Ken Bamforth, and Fred Emery. Sociotechnical theory is based on two facts. The first is that the interaction of social and technical factors creates the conditions for organizational performance whether successful or unsuccessful. This interaction consists partly of linear “cause and effect” relationships and partly from “non-linear”, complex, even unpredictable relationships. Whether designed or not, both types of interaction occur when socio and technical elements are put to work. The second of the two main principles is that the optimization of each aspect (socio or technical) tends to not only increase the quantity of unpredictable, “un-designed” relationships but those relationships that are injurious to the systems performance. Sociotechnical theory is about joint optimization meaning the theory designs the social system and technical system so that they collaborate and work smoothly together. Sociotechnical theory proposes a number of different ways of achieving joint optimization which are usually based on designing different types of organizations. The systems theory approach to management is the interdisciplinary study of systems in general, with the goal of elucidating principles that can be applied to all types of systems at all nesting levels in all fields of research. While it does not have a well-established, precise meaning, but...
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...RETHINKING THE IDENTITY OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION: INTERDISCIPLINARY REFLECTIONS The world of government and public administration has traveled far since the early days of its struggle for disciplinary independence. Lately, there has been talk of the advent of a new spirit in the public sector, or at least expectations of its coming. Some say that such a spirit is already here. Others aver we are witnessing only the tip of change. The world wide globalization process supported by stronger orientations towards open markets, open highways of information, growing levels of organizational learning and interdisciplinarity in the social sciences have also made their impact on the study of our bureaucracies. Yet by all definitions public administration in the beginning of the 2000s still lacks the sense of identity that other fields of the social sciences has long since obtained. In other words, the Have you looked outside lately at the world of government and administration? Have you noticed a strange scent in the air indicating the arrival of a new spirit in the public sector? Some people say it is already here. Others say we have only witnessed the edge of the change. Yet by all definitions public administration at the beginning of the 2000s is looking for its way forward. Today, it is already much different from what it used to be forty, thirty, and even twenty or ten years ago. In the coming years it is going to be even more different. field is looking back and down into its...
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