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2021
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Islam, Tahsin
Workplace Diversity in a Canadian Context: Evaluating Moderators as a Means of Improving Organizational Performance
In an effort to address an increasingly heterogenous workforce created by a progressively integrated global economy, as well as to uphold justice among employees in the workplace, organizations continue to leverage workplace diversity as a fundamental component of organizational strategy....
2018
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Lindsay Y. Dhanani, Jeremy M. Beus, Dana L. Joseph
Workplace discrimination: A meta-analytic extension, critique, and future research agenda
Despite a large and growing literature on workplace discrimination, there has been a myopic focus on the direct relationships between discrimination and a common set of outcomes. The aim of this metaanalytic review was both to challenge and advance current...
2014
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Carolin Hagelskamp, Diane L. Hughes
Workplace Discrimination Predicting Racial/Ethnic Socialization Across African American, Latino, and Chinese Families
Informed by Kohn and Schooler’s (1969) occupational socialization framework, this study examined linkages between racial/ethnic minority mothers’ perceptions of racial/ethnic discrimination in the workplace and adolescents’ accounts of racial/ethnic socialization in the home. Data were collected from 100 mother– early...
2010
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Janice Witt Smith, Stephanie E. Joseph
Workplace challenges in corporate America: differences in black and white
Purpose – This article aims to provide a qualitative analysis of the diversity management challenges of professionals in corporate America. A specific focus is on the differential outcomes of women and ethnic minorities and their equal employment opportunities in the...
2022
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Siti Khadijah Zainal Badri, Wai Meng Yap, Hazel Melanie Ramos
Workplace affective well-being: gratitude and friendship in helping millennials to thrive at work
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between gratitude and workplace friendship with affective well-being (AWB) at work amongst millennial employees. Specifically, it details the mediating effect ofworkplace friendship in explaining the linkages between gratitude...
2023
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Stephanie Petty · Lydia Tunstall · Hannah Richardson · Niamh Eccles
Workplace Adjustments for Autistic Employees: What is ‘Reasonable’?
Autistic adults are inadequately supported in the workplace. This study sought a definition of ‘reasonable’ and explored facilitators and barriers to employers making reasonable adjustments. 98 employers and employees across a UK city completed a survey; 15% identified as being...
2022
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Stephanie Petty, Lydia Tunstall, Hannah Richardson, Niamh Eccles
Workplace Adjustments for Autistic Employees: What is ‘Reasonable’?
Autistic adults are inadequately supported in the workplace. This study sought a definition of ‘reasonable’ and explored facilitators and barriers to employers making reasonable adjustments. 98 employers and employees across a UK city completed a survey; 15% identified as being...
2014
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George Major, Agnes Terraschke, Emily Major, Charlotte Setijadi
Working it out: migrants’ perspectives of social inclusion in the workplace
This paper explores the concept of social inclusion from the perspective of recent migrants, from language backgrounds other than English, at work in Australia. We adopt an understanding of social inclusion that acknowledges the importance of economic independence, while also...
2026
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Norhasni Zainal Abiddin, Ihsan Rois
WORKFORCE-ORIENTED EDUCATION SYSTEMS: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT IN VIETNAM AND MALAYSIA
Human Resource Development (HRD) plays a critical role in supporting social progress, workforce readiness, and sustainable development. In emerging economies, workforce-oriented education systems, including Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), are essential for aligning skills development with labour market...
2024
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Lara C. Stroth, Franziska Jahns, Berit Bode, Maike Stender, Michelle Schmidt, Heiko Baschnegger, Nurith Epstein, Benedikt Sandmeyer, Carla Nau
Workforce strategies during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic: a retrospective online survey at intensive care units in Germany
BACKGROUND: As the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the globe at the beginning of 2020, healthcare systems were forced to rapidly adapt and expand to meet the sudden surge in demand for intensive care services. This study is the first systematic...
2024
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Lara C. Stroth, Franziska Jahns, Berit Bode, Maike Stender, Michelle Schmidt, Heiko Baschnegger, Nurith Epstein, Benedikt Sandmeyer, Carla Nau
Workforce strategies during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic: a retrospective online survey at intensive care units in Germany
BACKGROUND: As the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the globe at the beginning of 2020, healthcare systems were forced to rapidly adapt and expand to meet the sudden surge in demand for intensive care services. This study is the first systematic...
2026
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Gillian M. T. Watson, Miranda Buhler, Vaea Ulima Tofi, Robin Gauld, Meredith A. Perry
Workforce profile and turnover intentions of Health New Zealand physiotherapists in Aotearoa New Zealand
Health workforce challenges negatively impact health service delivery. In Aotearoa New Zealand, instability in the physiotherapy workforce, including poor retention, a shortage of experienced clinicians, and under-representation of physiotherapists from priority populations, is potentially compromising the quality and continuity of...
2025
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Paul Sitsofe, Ryan Gibson
Workforce Development in Rural Ontario: An Examination of Experiences and Strategies
This study examines workforce development strategies in rural Ontario aimed at addressing skill gaps and labor shortages in key industries such as manufacturing and agriculture. Rural areas face unique challenges, including inadequate training options, youth outmigration, and an aging population....
2025
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Simant Pratap Singh, S. P. Singh
Workforce 2030 and Beyond: Rethinking HR Strategies for Jobs That Haven’t Been Invented Yet
As we approach the year 2030, the nature of work is undergoing a profound transformation fueled by automation, artificial intelligence, demographic evolution, and shifting organizational priorities. Many of the jobs that will exist in the next decade are yet to...
2021
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Yoko E. Fukumura , Julie McLaughlin Gray, Gale M. Lucas, Burcin Becerik-Gerber, and Shawn C. Roll
Worker Perspectives on Incorporating Artificial Intelligence into Office Workspaces: Implications for the Future of Office Work
Workplace environments have a significant impact on worker performance, health, and well-being. With machine learning capabilities, artificial intelligence (AI) can be developed to automate individualized adjustments to work environments (e.g., lighting, temperature) and to facilitate healthier worker behaviors (e.g., posture)....
2021
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Joshua Hollands
Work and Sexuality in the Sunbelt: Homophobic Workplace Discrimination in the U.S. South and Southwest, 1970 to the Present
In 2016, PayPal, a multinational financial services company canceled an expansion into North Carolina worth millions of dollars and with hundreds of jobs. The cancellation was in response to the state legislature’s passage of a transphobic law. The Public and...
2020
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Edited by Barbara Christiansen
WOMEN IN WORKPLACE POWER: A ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION
Women’s work has always been multifaceted and applied across all aspects of human experience. Women have filled many roles: queen, mother, inventor, artist, healer, politician, caretaker, prophet. Women’s voices have been loud and quiet, sometimes invisible but always present, on...
2020
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Rahel A. Kubik-Huch & Valérie Vilgrain& Gabriel P. Krestin & Maximilian F. Reiser & Ulrike I. Attenberger & Ada U. Muellner & Christopher P. Hess & Hedvig Hricak
Women in radiology: gender diversity is not a metric—it is a tool for excellence
Women in Focus: Be Inspired was a unique programme held at the 2019 European Congress of Radiology that was structured to address a range of topics related to gender and healthcare, including leadership, mentoring and the generational progression of women...
2025
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Abby Foster, Simone Munro, Janet Golder, Debra Mitchell
Why they come, why they stay and why they leave: a survey to understand the drivers of recruitment, retention, and attrition of allied health clinicians in an Australian metropolitan health network
BACKGROUND: While allied health plays a central role in healthcare, workforce challenges are straining the sector. Challenges are shaped by population changes, emerging models of care, and educational limitations, and were exacerbated by COVID-19. This study aimed to identify drivers...
2019
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Irawan Nurhas, Bayu Rima Aditya, Stefan Geisler, Jan Pawlowski
Why Does Cultural Diversity Foster Technology-enabled Intergenerational Collaboration?
Globalization and information technology enable people to join the movement of global citizenship and work without borders. However, different type of barriers existed that could affect collaboration in today’s work environment, in which different generations are involved. Although researchers have...