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2024
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Ameera Fares Hamed, Abdulsatar Shaker Salman, Muzaffer Yassen, Dhafer Asim Aldabagh, Volodymyr Savenko
Human Capital Development in Knowledge Economies
Background: As global economies shift towards knowledge-based models, the importance of human capital in promoting sustainable development is becoming more apparent. This article explores the complex relationship between human capital development and the growth of knowledge-based economies, emphasising the crucial...
2026
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Світлана КОВАЛЬЧУК, Ірина СОКИРНИК, Іван МАЗУР
HR-МЕНЕДЖМЕНТ ЯК СКЛАДОВА ЕФЕКТИВНОЇ СТРАТЕГІЇ УПРАВЛІННЯ ПЕРСОНАЛОМ
The article examines the role of HR management as an integral component of an effective personnel management strategy, using the example of the light industry enterprise LLC “Eksklyuziv-17”. In the context of post-COVID transformations, the full-scale armed aggression of the...
2020
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Robert Livingston
How to promote racial equity in the workplace
Organizations are relatively small, autonomous entities that afford leaders a high level of control over cultural norms and procedural rules, making them ideal places to develop policies and practices that promote racial equity. In this article, I’ll offer a practical...
2025
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Grace J. Whitfield, Erika Kispéter, Kate Hamblin, Diane Burns
How the care workforce navigates the digital ‘skills gap’: problems and opportunities from policy to practice
Introduction Care systems and services across the globe are under pressure, with challenges related to the recruitment and retention of the care workforce identified as a particular issue. In England, digital technologies are presented in policy discourse and strategy as...
2017
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Anouk Lloren & Lorena Parini
How LGBT-Supportive Workplace Policies Shape the Experience of Lesbian, Gay Men, and Bisexual Employees
Support for lesbians’, gay men’s, bisexuals’, and transgender people’s (LGBT) rights has increased over the last two decades. However, these recent trends hide existing disparities between and within countries. In particular, workplace discrimination is still a relatively widespread phenomenon. Although...
2026
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Geeta Sewsankar
How Can the Public Sector Retain Talent? The Guyana Case
Retaining skilled employees within the public sector is a pressing issue for developing nations such as Guyana, where talent migration significantly hampers public administration. This study delves into the factors influencing employee retention in Guyana’s public sector, proposing strategies considering...
2020
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Ivona Hidega, Anne E. Wilson
History backfires: Reminders of past injustices against women undermine support for workplace policies promoting women
Public discourse on current inequalities often invokes past injustice endured by minorities. This rhetoric also sometimes underlies contemporary equality policies. Drawing on social identity theory and the employment equity literature, we suggest that reminding people about past injustice against a...
2020
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Sundermeier, Janina; Birkner, Stephanie; Ettl, Kerstin; Kensbock, Julia; Tegtmeier, Silke
Hello Diversity! Opportunities and Challenges of Entrepreneurial Diversity in the Digital Age
This report outlines the key insights gained at the “Hello Diversity! Conference” held in June 2019 at the Freie Universität Berlin (Germany). The two-day event featured 14 talks from experts in academia and practice who shared their perspectives on how...
2024
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Serah Ndegwa, Michelle Pavlik, Emily R. Gallagher, Maureen King’e, Manaseh A. Bocha, Lilian Wairimu Mokoh, Isaac Macharia, Paige Stringer, Irene Njuguna, Dalton Wamalwa, Sarah Benki-Nugent
Hearing Loss Detection and Early Intervention Strategies in Kenya
Background: Thirty-four million children globally have disabling hearing loss, with the highest prevalence in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Early identification and management is crucial, yet barriers to screening and treatment of hearing loss are extensive in LMICs. Unaddressed hearing...
2024
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Adam Ahmat, Sunny C Okoroafor, James Avoka Asamani, Millogo Jean, Abdou Illou Mourtala, Jennifer Nyoni, Kasonde Mwinga
Health workforce strategies during COVID-19 response: insights from 15 countries in the WHO Africa Region
INTRODUCTION: The COVID-19 pandemic unveiled huge challenges in health workforce governance in the context of public health emergencies in Africa. Several countries applied several measures to ensure access to qualified and skilled health workers to respond to the pandemic and...
2024
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Adam Ahmat, Sunny C Okoroafor, James Avoka Asamani, Millogo Jean, Abdou Illou Mourtala, Jennifer Nyoni, Kasonde Mwinga
Health workforce strategies during COVID-19 response: insights from 15 countries in the WHO Africa Region
INTRODUCTION: The COVID-19 pandemic unveiled huge challenges in health workforce governance in the context of public health emergencies in Africa. Several countries applied several measures to ensure access to qualified and skilled health workers to respond to the pandemic and...
2024
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Jennifer E. Gallagher, Grazielle C. Mattos Savage, Sarah C. Crummey, Wael Sabbah, Yuka Makino, Benoît Varenne
Health workforce for oral health inequity: Opportunity for action
Oral health is high on the global agenda following the adoption of the 2022 global strategy on oral health at the 75th World Health Assembly. Given the global burden of oral disease, workforce development to achieve universal health coverage [UHC]...
2025
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Anna Grosse, Kristina M. Kokorelias, Samir K. Sinha
Growing Older Together: A Brief Report Comparing the Long-Term Care Systems in Australia and Canada
Context: Australia and Canada are both currently working to improve their long-term care systems to, respectively, meet the growing needs of their ageing populations. Perspective: International long-term care system comparisons between similar countries can provide insights relevant to the development...
2026
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Hind Gatoi, Islam Belhaoua, Kashf Akhtar, Miqdad Qadir, Nida Mohammad, Muhammad Ali
Green Intelligence in Finance: Artificial Intelligence-Driven ESG Analytics and Sustainable Investment Performance
This study examined the role of artificial intelligence (AI)-driven Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) analytics in enhancing sustainable investment performance. While traditional ESG ratings had been widely used in responsible investment strategies, they often suffered from data inconsistency, subjectivity and...
2025
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Indra Ardhanayudha Aditya, Zulfa Berliana Pratiwi, Dzikri Firmansyah Hakam, Prodia Nur Kemala
Green Hydrogen as a Catalyst for Indonesia’s Energy Transition: Challenges, Opportunities, and Policy Frameworks
Global climate change necessitates deep decarbonization of all economic sectors due to significant greenhouse gas emissions. Indonesia has committed to reduce emissions by adding the share of renewable energy contribution to the nation’s energy mix. Green Hydrogen (GH2) emerged as...
2016
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María-Teresa Becerra, Manuel Montanero & Manuel Lucero
Graphic support resources for workers with intellectual disability engaged in office tasks: a comparison with verbal instructions from a work mate
Background: Research into workplace adjustments for people with disabilities is a fundamental challenge of supported employment. The aim of the present work is to investigate the effect of several graphic resources as natural support for workers with intellectual disability. Methods:...
2024
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Emily Owen-Boukra, Bryan Burford, Tanya Cohen, Claire Duddy, Harry Dunn, Vacha Fadia, Claire Goodman, Cecily Henry, Elizabeth Iris Lamb, Margaret Ogden, Tim Rapley, Eliot L. Rees, Gillian Vance, Geoff Wong, Sophie Park
GP workforce sustainability to maximise effective and equitable patient care: a realist review of what works, for whom and in what circumstances?
BACKGROUND: UK general practice has been described as being in crisis. A shortage and exodus of GPs is an urgent and challenging problem, attracting significant media attention, widespread public debate, and policy action. AIM: Our review aims to examine which...
2025
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Haojie Fu, Xinyu Li, Ruhong Zhang, Jiaxue Zhu, Xudong Wang
Global burden of periodontal diseases among the working-age population from 1990–2021: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
BACKGROUND: Periodontal diseases among working-age individuals (15-69 years) represent a significant global health challenge, impacting oral health, quality of life, and economic productivity. Defined according to the 2021 Global Burden of Disease (GBD) framework, periodontal disease in this study encompasses...
2025
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Venus Ginés, Joanna Rodriguez, Diana Lobaina, Lea Sacca, María Torres, Maria C. Mejia de Grubb
Generational perspectives and advocacy barriers among community health workers: implications for public health workforce leadership
Community Health Workers (CHWs) play a crucial role in the public health workforce, particularly within underserved communities where they enhance access to healthcare, address social determinants of health, and advocate for health-related policy changes. This Perspective examines how age and...
2025
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Emily Owen-Boukra, Bryan Burford, Tanya Cohen, Claire Duddy, Harry Dunn, Vacha Fadia, Claire Goodman, Cecily Henry, Elizabeth Iris Lamb, Margaret Ogden, Tim Rapley, Eliot L. Rees, Etienne Royer-Gray, Gillian Vance, Geoff Wong, Sophie Park
General practitioner workforce sustainability to maximise effective and equitable patient care: a realist review
Abstract Background Global and United Kingdom (UK) primary care face significant General Practitioner (GP) workforce shortages. Worldwide strategies to address this issue include the introduction of additional healthcare professionals and increasing technology utilisation, to reduce GP workload. However, whether these...