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The compounding effects of accumulated perceived employer exploitation when tough business decisions must be made

European Management Review, EarlyView.
Abstract We examine how a single exploitative employer decision event, conceptualized as a shock, interacts with employees' accumulated perceived employer exploitation to amplify feelings of violation and influence adverse employee reactions. This interaction effect, and its boundary conditions, constitutes the primary theoretical contribution of the ...
Dorothea Roumpi, Solon Magrizos, Jean M. Phillips, Caroline Moraes   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lifting Activities Assessment Using Lumbosacral Compression and Shear Forces

Applied Sciences
In this study, we have analyzed the behavior of shear and compression forces at the L5-S1 joint during the execution of controlled lifting tasks designed on the basis of the revised NIOSH (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health) lifting ...
Tiwana Varrecchia, Giorgia Chini, Mariano Serrao, Alberto Ranavolo   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Between Steel and Skin: Corporeal Colonization of Women Workers and Gendered Organizations in Heavy Industry

Gender, Work &Organization, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT “I felt as if my body was being occupied by the factory.” The words of one woman working in Turkey's heavy industry were repeated in many accounts, capturing how industrial infrastructures calibrated to male norms press directly into women's bodies.
Esra Kasap, Janset Özen‐Aytemur, Cihat Erbil   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Biomechanical Analysis of Weighted Lifting With an Active Knee Exoskeleton

IEEE Access
Manual material handlers experience some of the highest injury rates among professions monitored by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Most of these injuries are musculoskeletal strains, sprains, and tears linked to repeated lifting and lowering of heavy ...
Margaret A. Meagher, Grace R. Hunt, Brendon Ortolano, Rosemarie Murray, Lukas Gabert, Kenneth Bo Foreman, Tommaso Lenzi   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Lived Experiences of Pregnancy Loss at Work: Realizing Meaningful Supports

Gender, Work &Organization, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT There is increased focus on pregnancy loss at work over recent years, with many countries introducing or exploring the introduction of statutory leave for pregnancies that end pre‐“viability.” Individual organizations are also introducing their own pregnancy loss policies.
Marita Hennessy, Tamara Escañuela Sánchez, Sara Leitao, Ruadh Kelly‐Harrington, Maeve O'Sullivan, Caroline Dalton‐O’Connor, Mary Donnelly, Claire Murray, Daniel Nuzum, Keelin O'Donoghue   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Adaptive Lifting Index (aLI) for Real-Time Instrumental Biomechanical Risk Assessment: Concepts, Mathematics, and First Experimental Results

Sensors
When performing lifting tasks at work, the Lifting Index (LI) is widely used to prevent work-related low-back disorders, but it presents criticalities pertaining to measurement accuracy and precision.
Alberto Ranavolo, Arash Ajoudani, Giorgia Chini, Marta Lorenzini, Tiwana Varrecchia   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Redefining Leadership to Mobilize Gender Equity in the Global Culinary Industry

Gender, Work &Organization, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Gender inequality remains deeply entrenched in the culinary industry, where masculinist hierarchies, exclusionary cultures, and heroic ideals of the master chef continue to marginalize women. Most contemporary initiatives to address these challenges promote women's advancement through the celebration of individual inspiring women chefs and ...
Nicole Ferry, Eric Guthey, Marin Rose Lysák   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Catch Me If You Can: The Dynamic Nature of Bias in Machine Learning Applications

Information Systems Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Bias in machine learning (ML) applications represents systematic differences between expected and actual values of the predicted outputs, such that certain individuals or groups are systematically and disproportionately (dis)advantaged. This paper investigates the dynamic nature of bias in ML applications.
Monideepa Tarafdar, Irina Rets, Yang Hu
wiley   +1 more source

Does occupational lifting and carrying among female health care workers contribute to an escalation of pain-day frequency?

, 2013
BACKGROUND: The aim of the study was to investigate if different frequencies, loads and trunk postures of occupational lifting and carrying increases the risk of sub-chronic (1-30 days last 12 months) low back pain (LBP) to become persistent (>30 days
Clausen, T, Andersen, L L, Holtermann, A, Aust, B, Mortensen, O S   +4 more
core   +1 more source

From Wage Dissatisfaction to Union Expectations: The Mediating Role of Union Perception Among Nurses

Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim This study examines the relationships between wage satisfaction, union perceptions, expectations, and union membership among Turkish nurses, identifying factors associated with union participation. Design Sequential explanatory mixed‐methods design. Methods This two‐phase study (January–July 2023) included: (1) a quantitative survey of 210
Salih Tosun, Gökçe Cerev, Doğa Başar Sariipek   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source