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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: Workers themselves are seeking out (and often getting) greater flexibility, negotiating arrangements that better meet their personal needs while contributing effectively to the firm as mentioned in this paper, and this individualized arrangement between valued workers and their employers is the product of a negotiation.

240 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the experiences that women and minorities encounter in organizational settings that result in frustration and discontent with corporate life and their opportunities for advancement, and suggest that such experiences push many of these individuals out of organizations, attracting them to entrepreneurship as an alternate route to both personal and professional success.

239 citations

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TL;DR: Results indicate that health care systems could increase the prevalence of Compassion Satisfaction through both policy and institutional level programs to support HPC professionals in their jurisdictions.
Abstract: Background:Despite the increasingly crucial role of the healthcare workforce and volunteers working in hospice and palliative care (HPC), very little is known about factors that promote or limit the positive outcomes associated with practicing compassion.Aim:The purpose of this study was to: 1) understand the complex relationships among Compassion Satisfaction, Compassion Fatigue and Burnout within the hospice and palliative care workforce and 2) explore how key practice characteristics – practice status, professional affiliation, and principal institution – interact with the measured constructs of Compassion Satisfaction, Compassion Fatigue and Burnout.Design:Self-reported measures of Compassion Satisfaction, Compassion Fatigue and Burnout, using validated scales, as well as questions to describe socio-demographic profiles and key practice characteristics were obtained.Setting/participants:A national survey of HPC workers, comprising clinical, administrative, allied health workers and volunteers, was com...

238 citations

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26 Apr 2000
TL;DR: Heery and Salmon as mentioned in this paper discuss the debate over workforce security and the role of security in the UK public services and present a discussion of the security and flexibility of the UK workforce.
Abstract: Introduction: The Debate over Workforce Insecurity Edmund Heery and John Salmon. Can't stand up for falling down? Insecurity in the UK Labour Market Paul Gregg and Jonathan Wadsworth. Insecurity and the Flexible Workforce: Measuring the Ill-Defined Peter Robinson. Redundancy Arrangements and Job (In)Security Peter Turnball and Victoria Wass. Workforce Insecurity in the Public Services Nigel Allington and Phillip Morgan. Beyond the Miracle: the Future of Life-time Employment in Japan John Salmon. Managing the Insecure Workforce David Guest. Representing the Insecure Workforce Brian Abbott and Edmind Heery. Insecurity, Wellbeing and the Family Brendan Burchell. Insecurity and Housing Consumption Richard Walker. Workforce Insecurity and Political Behaviour: Did Insecurity Cause the Conservative's Defeat in 1997? John Curtice. Conclusion Edmund Heery and John Salmon.

238 citations


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Performance
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No. of papers in the topic in previous years
YearPapers
20234,031
20228,033
20212,082
20202,042
20191,856
20181,721