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Northern Lights Instead of Workers’ Rights: Volunteer Working Tourists in Finnish Lapland

open access: yesNordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2018
Research on volunteers in the tourism field often deals with the motivations of such persons as well as their effects on host locales, while research on the work conditions of tourism workers often focuses solely on paid employees. However, such research
Christopher Brennan
doaj   +1 more source

Retirement as a lens for socioeconomic differences in Cognition and well-being

open access: yesNordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2018
This study conceptualizes retirement as a lens with regard to patterns of social inequality across the life course. It investigates if socioeconomic differences in well-being and cognitive performance differ between older workers and retirees, using data
Stefanie König   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Patient‐Mounted Neuro Optical Coherence Tomography for Targeted Minimally Invasive Micro‐Resolution Volumetric Imaging in Brain In Vivo

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Systems, Volume 7, Issue 3, March 2025.
Herein, a patient‐mounted neuro optical coherence tomography system that integrates a 5 degrees‐of‐freedom skull‐mounted robot (Skullbot) with a 0.6 mm neuroendoscope for targeted, minimally invasive deep brain imaging, is developed. The system offers high‐resolution imaging with precise deployment, demonstrated through successful tumor imaging in a ...
Chao Xu   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Solving ‘the Uniform Issue’: Gender and Professional Identity in the Swedish Military

open access: yesNordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2022
This article contributes empirical knowledge about the shifting ways in which the Swedish Armed Forces (SAF) has articulated and addressed ‘the uniform issue’, that is, matters concerning servicewomen’s access to adequate uniforms and other equipment ...
Sanna Strand   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Vernacular Futurism: How Persian Language Users Imagine AI

open access: yesAI &Innovation, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Public discourse about artificial intelligence increasingly unfolds through compressed forecasts, moral warnings, and everyday speculation circulating at platform speed. This study examines how Persian language users on X construct and contest AI futures, analyzing a corpus of 4741 posts collected between January 2023 and December 2025, with ...
Arthur Asa Berger, Ehsan Shahghasemi
wiley   +1 more source

Workplace Perceptions of Older Workers and Implications for Job Retention

open access: yesNordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2020
Older workers’ opportunities for late careers are influenced by employer attitudes and willingness. Nordic managers seem unwilling to hire and retain older persons.
Kjetil Frøyland   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

The role of venture‐financed startups in innovation for US agriculture

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract To evaluate the role played by startup companies in the innovation ecosystem of US agriculture, we compile a unique dataset of 6024 new entrants founded 1987–2019 that details their financing lifecycles, annual economic performance, and patenting activities.
Gregory D. Graff   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Psychosocial work environment and mental wellbeing of food delivery platform workers in Helsinki, Finland: A qualitative study

open access: yesInternational Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health & Well-Being, 2023
Purpose Food delivery platform work is a relatively new phenomenon in Finland and has not been studied widely hence limited knowledge on its work environment.
Benta Mbare
doaj   +1 more source

The Influence of Work Environment, Work Culture, and Social Protection on Employee Wellbeing

open access: yesJournal of Digital Economy and Management Practices
Purpose – This study examines the influence of work environment, work culture, and social protection on employee wellbeing Methodology/approach – A quantitative associative method was applied, with data collected from 90 staff employees with a position level as supervisors using a total sampling technique and analyzed through PLS-SEM.Findings – It was ...
Adella Miranda, Mafizatun Nurhayati
openaire   +1 more source

The rain feels different under the same umbrella: Experiences with poverty across LGBTQ subgroups

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Population‐based survey data have demonstrated that LGBTQ communities report varying rates of economic insecurity, yet very little research directly assesses how pathways into and experiences with poverty look different among subgroups at the intersections of sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI).
Bianca D. M. Wilson, Lillian Nguyen
wiley   +1 more source

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