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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 new matched employer–employee panel dataset for Austrian firms for the period 2002–2005 is used to study the relationship between the age structure of employees, labour productivity and wages, and indicates that firm productivity is not negatively related to the share of older employees it employs.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe pertinent South Korean educational contexts and policies to ensure teacher quality in the United States, and propose establishing teaching as a professional occupation by offering competitive salaries, improving working conditions, and increasing teachers' out-of-class time for planning and professional development.
Abstract: Akiba, LeTendre, and Scribner (2007) identified two problems with mathematics education in the United States: (a) a shortage of qualified mathematics teachers and (b) unequal access to those teachers by students of high and low socioeconomic status. Akiba et al. called for further research on how South Korea and other countries have achieved excellence in their teacher workforces and equity in access to qualified teachers. They also called for research on what mediates the relationship between opportunity and achievement gaps. In response, the authors of this article describe pertinent South Korean educational contexts and policies. To ensure teacher quality in the United States, the authors propose establishing teaching as a professional occupation by offering competitive salaries, improving working conditions, and increasing teachers’ out-of-class time for planning and professional development. As a way to close the achievement gap, they recommend that accessible supplementary learning opportunities be ...
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TL;DR: The comprehensive approach to incorporating mentor-mentee teams changes the way fellow nurses and others perceive nurses, augments support by managers and coworkers, and improves patient care outcomes.
Abstract: Background The hospital workforce environment has been recognized as an important factor for nurse retention and patient safety, yet there is ongoing evidence that inadequate communication, intraprofessional oppression, and lack of collaboration and conflict resolution continue to disempower nurses and hinder improvement of workforce conditions. Purpose A 3-year academic-hospital partnership developed and used a registered nurse (RN) mentor and advocacy program to improve the RN work environment and selected patient outcomes. Method The partnership initiated mentor-mentee teams and a Workforce Environment Governance Board, and obtained preliminary data on outcomes related to mentor-mentee teamwork, changes in the level of support within each unit, and the impact of improved working conditions on nurse and patient satisfaction, nurse vacancy and turnover rates, and 3 patient safety outcomes related to fall and pressure ulcer prevention and use of restraints. Discussion Dedicated mentors not only engaged in supporting fellow nurses but also assisted with enhancing the overall work environment for RNs. The partnership enhanced mutual respect between frontline RNs and managers, and allowed frontline RNs to improve the culture of support. Conclusions The comprehensive approach to incorporating mentor-mentee teams changes the way fellow nurses and others perceive nurses, augments support by managers and coworkers, and improves patient care outcomes.
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TL;DR: Cross-national studies of the impact of restructuring inpatient care on patient outcomes would yield valuable lessons about the cost-quality tradeoffs in hospital redesign and re-engineering, as well as inform national planning about the numbers and types of nurses needed in the coming decades.
Abstract: OBJECTIVES. This article describes the extent and nature of hospital restructuring across the United States, Canada, and Western Europe, countries with differently organized and financed health-care systems, and assesses the feasibility of international research on the outcomes of hospital restructuring. METHODS. The conceptual background, context, and focus for the Bellagio conference on Hospital Restructuring in North America and Western Europe held in November 1996 is provided, illustrating key issues on hospital and workforce trends using the US data with international comparisons. RESULTS. Hospital systems internationally are undertaking very similar restructuring interventions, particularly ones aimed at reducing labor expenses through work redesign. Nursing has been a prime target for work redesign, resulting in changes in numbers and skill mix of nursing staff as well as fundamental reorganizing of clinical care at the inpatient unit level. Yet little is known about the outcomes of such organizational interventions and there are few efforts in place to critically evaluate these actions. CONCLUSIONS. Restructuring of the hospital workforce and redesign of work in inpatient settings is widespread and markedly similar across North American and Europe, and warrants systematic study. Cross-national studies of the impact of restructuring inpatient care on patient outcomes would yield valuable lessons about the cost-quality tradeoffs in hospital redesign and reengineering, as well as inform national planning about the numbers and types of nurses needed in the coming decades.
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University of Alberta1, University of Yaoundé I2, Central University of Venezuela3, University of Hassan II Casablanca4, University of Leicester5, University of Sydney6, The George Institute for Global Health7, University of Oxford8, Translational Research Institute9, Princess Alexandra Hospital10, University of California, Irvine11, Bezmialem Foundation University12, University of British Columbia13, University of Calgary14, University of Cape Town15, College of Health Sciences, Bahrain16, St. Michael's Hospital17, University of Toronto18, University of Paris19, University of Ibadan20, Tbilisi State Medical University21, Chang Gung University22
TL;DR: Significant variation is found in the global density of nephrologists and nephrology trainees and shortages in all care providers inNephrology; the gap was more prominent in low-income countries, particularly in African and South Asian ISN regions.
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