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Characteristics of Work‐ and Non‐work‐Related Farm Injuries
The Journal of Rural Health, 2015AbstractPurposeFarm‐related injuries are an important public health problem in agriculture because of their impact on individuals, families, and farm operations. While surveillance programs such as the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries is available to track fatal agricultural injuries, more work is needed to examine the burden of nonfatal ...
Nathan, Gross +4 more
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Characteristics of wet work in nurses
International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health, 2005Nursing is known for its high prevalence of hand dermatitis, mainly caused by the intense exposure to wet work in nursing activities. We aimed to study the characteristics of wet work exposure in nursing.Trained observers monitored the duration and frequency of different wet work activities in 45 randomly chosen nurses from different wards during a ...
Jungbauer, FHW +3 more
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Job Characteristics and Hours of Work [PDF]
, 1985 This paper provides evidence that hours of work are heavily influenced by the particular job which a person holds. The empirical work consists of a comparison of the variance in the change in work hours across time intervals containing a job change with the variance in the change in hours across time periods when the job remains the same. To the extent
Joseph G. Altonji, Christina Paxson
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Work characteristics, anxiety and depression
Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2008In addition to serious human suffering, mental disorders result in work impairment.1 2 The costs of mental disorders, particularly depression, to employers in terms of lost work days and reduced productivity is substantial.3 Studies from several countries report an increase in work stress,4 and that mental disorders, especially depression, are growing ...
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Work characteristics and work performance of knowledge workers
EuroMed Journal of Business, 2014Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to investigate a specific pattern of relationships among various task, knowledge and social characteristics of work design and work outcomes. It clearly shows how particular work characteristics influence task and contextual performance.Design/methodology/approach– The empirical research was conducted through a ...
Mikulić, Josip, Hernaus, Tomislav
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Work place characteristics, work stress and burnout among Dutch dentists
European Journal of Oral Sciences, 1998Work stress among dentists has been described several times, indicating a diversity of causes of stress. Professional burnout among dentists has been the subject of empirical study only occasionally. The aim of the present study was to investigate which occupational factors are related to levels of burnout among Dutch dentists.
Gorter, R.C. +3 more
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Newly Licensed RNs' Characteristics, Work Attitudes, and Intentions to Work
AJN, American Journal of Nursing, 2007In an effort to better understand turnover rates in hospitals and the effect of new nurses on them, this study sought to describe the characteristics and attitudes toward work of newly licensed RNs, a population important to both the nursing profession and the health care system.A survey was mailed to a random sample of new RNs in 35 states and the ...
Christine T, Kovner +5 more
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Analysis of robot work characteristics
Industrial Robot: An International Journal, 1982The abilities and limitations of today's industrial robots are reviewed and compared to similar human parameters. The robot abilities were determined from a survey of 282 current robot models. This discussion is held within the general framework of a skills analysis approach to robot task performance.
Shimon Y. Nof, Edward L. Fisher
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