939 resultados para Work Satisfaction
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OBJECTIVE: The study examines the implications for shiftworkers of applying different numbers of teams in the organization of shiftwork. METHODS: The participating operators came from five different companies applying continuous shift rotation systems. The companies shared the same product organization and a common corporate culture belonging to the same multinational company. Each company had a shift system consisting of four, five or six teams, with the proportion of shifts outside day work decreasing as the number of teams increased. Questionnaire and documentary data were used as data sources. RESULTS: Operators in systems with additional teams had more daywork but also more irregular working hours due to both overtime and schedule changes. Operators using six teams used fewer social compensation strategies. Operators in four teams were most satisfied with their work hours. Satisfaction with the time available for various social activities outside work varied inconsistently between the groups. CONCLUSIONS: In rotating systems the application of more teams reduces the number of shifts outside day work. This apparent improvement for shiftworkers was counteracted by a concomitant irregularity produced by greater organizational requirements for flexibility. The balance of this interaction was found to have a critical impact on employees.
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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate physical and psychological dimensions of adolescent labor (such as job demands, job control, and social support in the work environment), and their relation to reported body pain, work injuries, sleep duration and daily working hours. METHODS: A total of 354 adolescents attending evening classes at a public school in So Paulo, Brazil, answered questionnaires regarding their living and working conditions (Karasek's Job Content Questionnaire, 1998), and their health status. Data collection took place in April and May 2001. Multiple logistic regression analysis was used to determine relations among variables. RESULTS: Psychological job demands were related to body pain (OR=3.3), higher risk of work injuries (OR=3.0) and reduced sleep duration in weekdays (Monday to Thursday) (p<0.01). Lower decision authority in the workplace (p=0.03) and higher job security (p=0.02) were related to longer daily working hours. CONCLUSIONS: It was concluded that besides physical stressors, psychological factors are to be taken into account when studying adolescent working conditions, as they may be associated with negative job conditions and health effects.
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This paper describes a Multi-agent Scheduling System that assumes the existence of several Machines Agents (which are decision-making entities) distributed inside the Manufacturing System that interact and cooperate with other agents in order to obtain optimal or near-optimal global performances. Agents have to manage their internal behaviors and their relationships with other agents via cooperative negotiation in accordance with business policies defined by the user manager. Some Multi Agent Systems (MAS) organizational aspects are considered. An original Cooperation Mechanism for a Team-work based Architecture is proposed to address dynamic scheduling using Meta-Heuristics.
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O presente artigo analisa o filme de Luis Alberto Pereira Hans Staden (1999), baseado no livro de Hans Staden Duas Viagens ao Brasil (1557), e o documentrio/filme Les Matres Fous (1955) de Jean Rouch, tendo em considerao o pensamento antropofgico. Estas obras focalizam o choque cultural entre civilizado e selvagem, entre ritual canibal e ritual antropofgico, entre o Ns e os Outros, encontros que permitem uma anlise mais concreta concepo de alteridade. A representao cinematogrfica permite uma aproximao ao conceito antropofgico de apropriao da cultura externa, para posteriormente a reproduzir numa interpretao segundo a concepo ocidental do que figuram os rituais em questo. O Movimento Antropfago, pelo seu carcter vanguardista, concilia a matriz fundadora brasileira e ao mesmo tempo enaltece a irreverncia de anlise, e neste artigo serve de fundamento terico e prtico decomposio dos exemplos. O pensamento antropfago e a sua aplicabilidade aos exemplos seleccionados permitem tambm aprofundar o estudo sobre o imaginrio europeu enquanto recriao de relatos datados de viajantes ou colonizadores, pois a manuteno de um acervo estereotipado historicamente serve como forma de legitimar concepes. As duas obras focalizam a representao indgena e africana - o selvagem - na construo do imaginrio ocidental - civilizado - dicotomia que nos permite desmistificar relaes interculturais.
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O Processo de Bolonha enfatiza as competncias de comunicao dos estudantes universitrios, nomeadamente os da sade. As concees dos professores tendem a variar com a idade e so importantes na formao das concees dos alunos. Objetivos Analisar a importncia e a satisfao que professores universitrios atribuem a diversas competncias de comunicao e a sua relao com a idade. Metodologia Foram avaliados 79 professores universitrios, entre os 29 e os 82 anos (M=41,89; DP=9,99), maioritariamente do sexo feminino (69,6%), atravs de um Questionrio Sciodemogrfico e das Escalas de Importncia (EI) e Satisfao (ES) do Questionrio de Competncias de Comunicao (QCC). Resultados Entre 1 a 4 participantes atriburam a 11 dos 26 itens da EI e a 7 dos 26 itens da ES o menor valor possvel. Houve tambm pelo menos um participante a atribuir o maior valor possvel a todos os itens da EI (entre 8 a 51 participantes) e da ES (entre 6 a 46 participantes). A competncia agradecer foi considerada a mais importante e satisfatria. A idade no se correlacionou com os itens da EI, correlacionando-se com responder a perguntas (r(78)=0,27, p0,02) e pedir feedback nas relaes sociais (r(78)=0,30, p0,008) da ES. Dado que competncias imprescindveis aos profissionais de sade obtiveram scores indicadores de baixa importncia (e.g., discordar, recusar pedidos, fazer pedidos, parafrasear), considera-se importante trabalhar a perceo de importncia dos professores universitrios que no parece variar com a idade. Competncias importantes para o trabalho do professor (e.g., recusar pedidos, pedir mudana de comportamento) obtiveram das mdias de satisfao mais baixas, sugerindo necessidade de treino.
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OBJECTIVE: To assess whether reported morbidity and complaints of lack of time and sleep are associated with the burden of professional work and housework among nurses. METHODS: A cross-sectional exploratory study was carried out among female nurses and nurse assistants (N=206) of a public hospital in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Data were collected by means of a questionnaire. The prevalence ratio and 95% confidence intervals were estimated. RESULTS: Mean duration of professional work and housework time was 40.4 and 31.6 hours/week, respectively. Long professional working time (over 44 hours/week) were associated with mild emotional disorders (PR=1.37; 95% CI: 1.05-1.80), complaints of lack of time for resting/leisure (PR=1.61; 95% CI: 1.31-1.97), housework (PR=1.48; 95% CI: 1.12-1.97), and childcare (PR=1.99; 95% CI: 1.51-2.63). Long housework time (over 28 hours/week) was associated with lower prevalence of lack of time for childcare (PR=0.62; 95% CI: 0.46-0.84). High housework load was associated with lack of personal time and complaints of varicose veins (PR=1.31; 95% CI: 1.14-1.50 and PR=1.31; 95% CI: 1.08-1.58, respectively). Complaints of varicose veins were also frequent among female nurses with a total work load above 84 hours (PR=1.30; 95% CI: 1.05-1.61), though this group has shown a lower prevalence of arterial hypertension and recurrent headaches (PR=0.35; 95% CI: 0.15-0.83 and PR=0.53; 95% CI: 0.32-0.89, respectively). CONCLUSIONS: Results suggest that both professional and home environments are relevant in the evaluation of work overload on nurses' health and their family and social life. It is stressed the need for instruments for analyzing total workload among female populations.
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Mestrado em Interveno Scio-Organizacional na Sade - rea de especializao: Polticas de Administrao e Gesto de Servios de Sade.
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This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.
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We examine satisfaction with HRM practices, namely recruitment, training and rewarding in NPOs and attitudes regarding the appropriateness of these practices. The participants in this study are 76 volunteers, affiliated to 4 different NPOs, which work in hospitals and have direct contact with patients and their families. Analysing aggregate results we show that volunteers are more satisfied with training, and consider that the training strategies are very appropriate. After identifying differences between organisations we discover that in some organizations volunteers are satisfied with rewards, but in opposition they have negative attitudes regarding the appropriateness of the recognition strategies and vice-versa an opposite relation between satisfaction with reward and recognition strategies and the process of reward and recognition. We also name the more and less satisfied volunteers.
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The objective of this paper is to review and discuss the literature about volunteers motivations to donate their time to NGOs (Non Governmental Organisations). According to Parboteeah, Cullenb & Lim (2004) management research has not paid much attention to voluntarism, however, voluntarism is a substantial part of productive work for many societies. Wilson & Pimm (1996) show that in Great Britain about 39% of the adult population has been involved in some volunteer activity for some period of time. In the U.S.A. these values reach 50% (Wilson & Pimm, 1996). Considering the benefits that voluntarism can bring to an organisation, we understand that more attention must be devoted to this phenomenon. The more an organisation knows volunteers, the better this organisation will be able to meet the needs and expectations of these individuals. We present a literature review that illustrates and compares the different motivations associated with volunteer work. The paper includes a bibliographical databases search in specialised journals. The search used the key words motivations and voluntarism (in the heading and text body) and covered all numbers between 2000 and 2007. We identify the existence of repeated motivations (Holmberg & Sderlung, 2005; Prouteau & Wolff, 2008; Soupourmas & Ironmonger, 2001; Yavas & Riecken, 1997), which allow the establishment of a typology of volunteers motivations, based on four categories: altruism, social needs, self-esteem, learning and self-development. Finally we identify three main gaps in the literature that justify further research. First, research focusing on the differences between motivations related to volunteers "Attraction" versus "Retention" in NGOs is nil. Second, the great majority of the studies rely on north American (USA and Canada) and Australian context, which demands for further research in European countries. Third, the majority of NGOs researched are related to sport, art or the environment, and it would be interesting to explore the relationship between motivation and NGO type. These questions may obtain interesting answers for NGO management, in particular with regard to volunteer attraction and retention.
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The objective of this paper is to review and discuss the literature about the management factors that can influence volunteer work. First we present the different management factors. This discussion is followed by the identification of the key management factors in volunteering: recruitment, training and rewarding. Finally, we present two main gaps in the literature that justify the scope for further research: (i) how management factors (recruitment, training and rewarding) influence volunteers satisfaction and retention; and (ii) predominance of the investigations in the North American context, followed by English and Australian context.
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Dissertao de Mestrado, Sociologia, 24 de Maro de 2014, Universidade dos Aores.
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O ensino praticado nas nossas escolas necessita ser mais consentneo com os princpios e valores veiculados pela Educao Ambiental. Pretende-se, com este trabalho, levar os alunos a percepcionar a natureza com um olhar diferente, a estabelecer uma nova relao com o meio, adoptando uma postura pr-activa na defesa do espao ribeirinho. Por meio de um percurso investigativo ao longo da margem esquerda de um troo do rio Este, na zona envolvente da Escola, os alunos de uma turma do 5 ano estudaram a flora autctone existente na zona ribeirinha e recolheram amostras de gua onde puderam aplicar processos de tratamento. Os temas abordados pertencem aos contedos leccionados nas aulas de Cincias da Natureza. Considerando que estas actividades podem ser importantes ferramentas na educao para o ambiente, elaborou-se para o grupo experimental um caderno de campo, que serviu de orientao ao estudo da flora, realizou-se uma actividade prtica no laboratrio, com a amostra da gua recolhida. Posteriormente aplicou-se um teste, para conhecer o grau de conhecimento adquirido aps a actividade e, no final, os alunos responderam a um inqurito para se conhecer o seu grau de satisfao. Ainda que os resultados do teste no mostrem diferenas significativas na aquisio de conhecimento em relao turma no participante no projecto, a interpretao da paisagem mostrou-se um meio eficaz de envolver os alunos, desenvolver sensibilidades, construir conceitos, promover atitudes positivas que vo de encontro a uma Educao Ambiental ligada cidadania.
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Dissertao apresentada na Escola Superior de Educao de Lisboa para obteno do grau de Mestre em Educao Matemtica na Educao Pr-escolar e no 1 e 2 ciclos do Ensino Bsico
