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2022
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Michael W. Kraus , Brittany Torrez and LaStarr Hollie
How narratives of racial progress create barriers to diversity, equity, and inclusion in organizations
Despite statements in support of racial justice, many organizations fail to make good on their commitments to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). In this review, we describe the role of the narrative of racial progress—which conceives of society as rapidly...
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...
2023
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Gizem Karaca, Cem Tanova and Korhan Gokmenoglu
How do shared values improve eudaimonic workplace well-being: role of perceived justice and emotional exhaustion among nurses
Purpose – This study aims to explore how shared values improve eudaimonic workplace well-being, the fulfillment that comes from personal development and the utilization of personal capabilities. The authors investigate the serial mediating role that perceived overall justice and emotional...
2022
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Eunmi Jang and Xing Chen
How Can We Make a Sustainable Workplace? Workplace Ostracism, Employees’ Well-Being via Need Satisfaction and Moderated Mediation Role of Authentic Leadership
Ostracism in the workplace is a common phenomenon in modern society that impairs employees’ well-being. This study suggests that workplace ostracism reduces subjective well-being by examining the effect of workplace ostracism on subjective well-being. Based on self-determination theory and resource...
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...
2025
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Syifi Fauziyah, Istiqomah Istiqomah, Yusuf Efendi
Healthcare Workforce Management and Economic Performance : A Systematic Review of Human Resource Strategies
Healthcare workforce management has become increasingly critical in determining organizational economic performance and long-term sustainability. This systematic review examines the relationship between human resource strategies in healthcare settings and their impact on economic outcomes, with particular attention to the effectiveness...
2023
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Dion Sik-Yee Leung | Ben Hok-Bun Ku
Health-seeking, intercultural health communication, and health outcomes: An intersectional study of ethnic minorities’ lived experiences
Aims: To explore ethnic minorities’ lived experiences of health-seeking and healthcare utilization in Hong Kong, and to examine the impact of intersectionality of sociocul- tural identities on intercultural health communication. Design: Qualitative exploratory design. Methods: Data collection methods were semi-structured...
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]...
2024
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Claudia Truppa, Sally Yaacoub, Martina Valente, Giulia Celentano, Luca Ragazzoni, Dell D. Saulnier
Health systems resilience in fragile and conflict-affected settings: a systematic scoping review
BACKGROUND: Health systems resilience (HSR) research is a rapidly expanding field, in which key concepts are discussed and theoretical frameworks are emerging with vibrant debate. Fragile and conflict-affected settings (FCAS) are contexts exposed to compounding stressors, for which resilience is...
2016
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Darcy L. Harris, ‎Tashel C. Bordere
Handbook of Social Justice in Loss and Grief: Exploring Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
The Handbook of Social Justice in Loss and Grief is a scholarly work of social criticism, richly grounded in personal experience, evocative case studies, and current multicultural and sociocultural theories and research. It is also consistently practical and reflective, challenging...
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...