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Balanced Life
Published in Eldo E. Frezza, Medical Ethics, 2018
Warr and colleagues,4 measured some work attitudes and aspects of psychological well being in an investigation of quality of working life, considered a range of apparently relevant factors, including :Work involvementIntrinsic job motivationHigher order need strengthPerceived inherent job characteristicsJob satisfactionLife satisfactionHappinessSelf-rated anxiety
Managing people
Published in Noel Austin, Sue Dopson, The Clinical Directorate, 2018
concerned with: obtaining, developing, and motivating human resources required by the organization to achieve its objectivesdeveloping an organization structure and climate and evolving a management style which will promote cooperation and commitment throughout the organizationmaking the best use of the skills and capacities of all those employed in the organizationensuring that the organization meets its social and legal responsibilities towards its employees, with particular regard to the conditions of employment and quality of working life provided for them.
Is work good or bad for health?
Published in Simon Biggs, Negotiating Ageing, 2017
Data from the European Study of Health Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE), covering upwards of 35,000 people aged 50 years and over in 15 EU countries, showed a strong correlation between quality of work and intended retirement from work, with poor working environments occasioning earlier exit from the workforce (Siegrist & Wahrendorf, 2009). While Tuomi et al. (2001) and Westerlund et al. (2009) reported that poor quality of work both reduces the health and well-being of employees and increases the likelihood of retirement. Westerlund et al. (2010) have also shown that, among French workers in the energy supply industry, retirement is associated with a lessening of fatigue and small decreases in depression. There are also gender differences between older workers and their intention to retire early. Negative perceptions of work and low life satisfaction were associated with early retirement intentions among women, whereas men cited poor self-rated work ability and perceived poor health as reasons for leaving work (Von Bonsdorff et al., 2009). Wahrendorf et al. (2015) have also found that willingness to volunteer in retirement is related to the quality of working life in the middle years.
Quality of working life and organizational commitment of Iranian pre-hospital paramedic employees during the 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak
Published in International Journal of Healthcare Management, 2022
Mohsen Aminizadeh, Amin Saberinia, Sahar Salahi, Mahdeyeh Sarhadi, Parya Jangipour Afshar, Hojjat Sheikhbardsiri
Research results showed positive significant correlation between the quality of working life variable and work location of staff in emergency center. This result was consistent with the findings of studies of Zhou [47] and Montazeralfaraj [48]. Probably because of the fact that most subjects have a bachelor's degree in nursing and work as a medical emergency technician and have no upgrades in their posts, it is likely that working in the headquarters of the center for Management and Disaster can be considered a job promotion for them. It can be said that the quality of working life is slightly related to the workplace.
The effect of corporate reputation on work engagement: A case study in a public hospital
Published in International Journal of Healthcare Management, 2020
Fatih Şantaş, Özlem Özer, Meltem Saygili, Şirin Özkan
There are many factors that affect employees’ work engagement. Some factors include unity of purpose, shared values and beliefs, quality of working life, work structure and characteristics, relations with managers and employees, salaries and payments, training and development opportunities, and leadership [25].
Quality of Work Life in Healthcare: A Comparison of Medical Representatives and Hospital Pharmacists
Published in Hospital Topics, 2021
Thang Quoc Vu, Binh Thanh Nguyen, Van Nu Hanh Pham, Nam Huu Nguyen, Tram Thi Huyen Nguyen, Nam Xuan Vo, Nhat Minh Ngo, Trung Quang Vo
The term “quality of work life” (QWL) was first introduced in 1960 and has since then been accorded different definitions (Mayo 1960). In 2006, researchers presented a historical overview of the concept and suggested a new denotation: “Quality of working life, at a given time, corresponds to a condition experienced by the individual in his or her dynamic pursuit of his or her hierarchically organized goals within work domains where the reduction of the gap separating the individual from these goals is reflected by a positive impact on the individual’s general quality of life, organizational performance, and consequently the overall functioning of society” (Martel and Dupuis 2006). The same issues indicated in this definition apply to pharmacists, whose work environments, workloads, and work types can influence their QWL and performance levels (Chui, Look, and Mott 2014; Gaither et al. 2008; Mott et al. 2004; Schafheutle, Seston, and Hassell 2011). Pharmacists are expected to simultaneously perform the roles of communicator, quality drug supplier, trainer and supervisor, collaborator, and health promoter, as indicated in the international standards set by the World Health Organization (World Health Organization and W.H.O. 1994). Accordingly, researchers have investigated these professionals’ QWL on the basis of a variety of constructs, such as job stress, control at work, job satisfaction, commitment to the profession and employers, work motivation, and role overload (Falco et al. 2013; Gaither and Nadkarni 2012; Johnson et al. 2014; Lea, Corlett, and Rodgers 2012; Seston and Hassell 2014; Yeh et al. 2010). Such explorations are particularly important amid increasing demand for pharmacist services given the emergence of an aging population and the consequent elevated use of prescription drugs. These rising requirements, however, have not been accompanied by a parallel increase in the number of pharmacists in the United States (Department of Health and Human Services 2000). This imbalance between supply and demand has potentially affected the amount and type of work that pharmacists accomplish, thereby likely exacerbating the stress and strain that they currently experience (Mott et al. 2004; Sundararaj 2019; Sundararaj, Muthukumar, and Kumar 2018; Vinu 2016; Rejeesh 2019; Sundararaj et al. 2020; Vinu and Rejeesh 2021).