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Workforce
About: Workforce is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 32140 publications have been published within this topic receiving 449850 citations. The topic is also known as: labour force & labor force.
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TL;DR: A large and prolonged shortage of RNs is expected to develop in the latter half of the next decade, threatening access and quality and increasing health care costs.
Abstract: DESPITE A RECENT STRENGTHENING OF THE REGIStered nurse (RN) workforce, the US health care delivery system needs to prepare for an aging population of RNs and a coming wave of retirements. Over the next 20 years, the average age of RNs will increase, and the size of the workforce will plateau as large numbers of RNs retire. Because the demand for RNs is expected to increase steadily during this same period, a large and prolonged shortage of RNs is expected to develop in the latter half of the next decade, threatening access and quality and increasing health care costs. The question looming over the nursing profession, employers, nursing educators, physicians, other health professionals, and health care policy makers is what can be done to mitigate these developments.
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TL;DR: The role of conscious or unconscious bias in terms of gender and cultural background is investigated from institution-wide student survey data from a large public university in Australia and potential bias against women and teachers with non-English speaking backgrounds is found.
Abstract: Gendered and racial inequalities persist in even the most progressive of workplaces. There is increasing evidence to suggest that all aspects of employment, from hiring to performance evaluation to promotion, are affected by gender and cultural background. In higher education, bias in performance evaluation has been posited as one of the reasons why few women make it to the upper echelons of the academic hierarchy. With unprecedented access to institution-wide student survey data from a large public university in Australia, we investigated the role of conscious or unconscious bias in terms of gender and cultural background. We found potential bias against women and teachers with non-English speaking backgrounds. Our findings suggest that bias may decrease with better representation of minority groups in the university workforce. Our findings have implications for society beyond the academy, as over 40% of the Australian population now go to university, and graduates may carry these biases with them into the workforce.
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22 Jun 2010
TL;DR: Iversen and Rosenbluth as discussed by the authors show that women's power in the home, in the workplace, and in politics from a political economy perspective is tied to demand for women's labour outside the home.
Abstract: Looking at women's power in the home, in the workplace, and in politics from a political economy perspective, Torben Iversen and Frances Rosenbluth demonstrate that equality is tied to demand for women's labour outside the home, which is a function of structural, political, and institutional conditions. They go on to explain several anomalies of modern gender politics: why women vote differently from men; why women are better represented in the workforce in the United States than in other countries but less well represented in politics; why men share more of the household work in some countries than in others; and, why some countries have such low fertility rates. The first book to integrate the micro-level of families with the macro-level of national institutions, "Women, Work, and Politics" presents an original and groundbreaking approach to gender inequality.
131 citations
TL;DR: A range of extended practice roles for allied health professionals have been promoted and are being undertaken, but their health outcomes have rarely been evaluated and there is also little evidence as to howbest to introduce such roles, or how best to educate, support and mentor these practitioners.
Abstract: Objective: Extending the role of allied health professionals has been promoted as a key component of developing a flexible health workforce. This review aimed to synthesize the evidence about the i...
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TL;DR: This work evaluated the influence of both occupational and personal risk factors on workforce health and presents 32 examples illustrating 4 combinatorial models of occupational hazards andpersonal risk factors.
Abstract: Most diseases, injuries, and other health conditions experienced by working people are multifactorial, especially as the workforce ages. Evidence supporting the role of work and personal risk factors in the health of working people is frequently underused in developing interventions. Achieving a longer, healthy working life requires a comprehensive preventive approach. To help develop such an approach, we evaluated the influence of both occupational and personal risk factors on workforce health. We present 32 examples illustrating 4 combinatorial models of occupational hazards and personal risk factors (genetics, age, gender, chronic disease, obesity, smoking, alcohol use, prescription drug use). Models that address occupational and personal risk factors and their interactions can improve our understanding of health hazards and guide research and interventions.
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