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2026
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Pargaulan Dwikora Simanjuntak, Ikhwanuddin, A. Nurfajri Irwan, Yayu Nopriani Martha, Giovanni Battista Puteri
Blockchain-Enhanced Maritime Education Ecosystem: Decentralized Credentialing for Global Seafarer Competency Verification
The global maritime industry faces a critical seafarer shortage of 89,510 officers, exacerbated by fragmented credential verification systems, fraudulent certification practices, and inefficient competency recognition across jurisdictions. This research develops a comprehensive Blockchain-Enhanced Maritime Education Ecosystem integrating decentralized credentialing infrastructure...
2021
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Kathomi Gatwiri, Darlene Rotumah and Elizabeth Rix
BlackLivesMatter in Healthcare: Racism and Implications for Health Inequity among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples in Australia
Despite decades of evidence showing that institutional and interpersonal racism serve as significant barriers to accessible healthcare for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, attempts to address this systemic problem still fall short. The social determinants of health are particularly...
2023
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JohnE.Snyder,MD,MS,MPH;RachelD.Upton,PhD;ThomasC.Hassett,PhD;HyunjungLee,PhD,MS,MPP,MBA;ZakiaNouri,MA;MichaelDill,MAPP
Black Representation in the Primary Care Physician Workforce and Its Association With Population Life Expectancy and Mortality Rates in the US
IMPORTANCE Studies have suggested that greater primary care physician (PCP) availability is associated with better population health and that a diverse health workforce can improve care experience measures. However, it is unclear whether greater Black representation within the PCP workforce...
2023
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Kristyn Caragher & Tatiana Bryant
Black and Non-Black Library Workers’ Perceptions of Hiring, Retention, and Promotion Racial Equity Practices
Using data collected through an online survey, this study examined employees’ perceptions of their library’s racial equity efforts and workplace experiences with racial equity and racism. Black and non-Black participants’ perceptions are analyzed on hiring, retention, and promotion of Black,...
2021
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Maura Kelly & JaDee Carathers & Tristen Kade
Beyond Tolerance: Policies, Practices, and Ideologies of Queer-Friendly Workplaces
Introduction In the United States, workplace protections for queer and trans workers have expanded; however, previous research has indicated that policy change alone is not sufficient to create supportive workplace cultures. The inequality regimes theoretical framework suggests examining policies, practices,...
2024
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Mia Gisselbaek, Laurens Minsart, Ekin Köselerli, Mélanie Suppan, Başak Ceyda Meço, Laurence Seidel, Adelin Albert, Odmara L. Barreto Chang, Sarah Saxena, Joana Berger‐Estilita
Beyond the stereotypes: Artificial Intelligence image generation and diversity in anesthesiology
Introduction: Artificial Intelligence (AI) is increasingly being integrated into anesthesiology to enhance patient safety, improve efficiency, and streamline various aspects of practice. Objective: This study aims to evaluate whether AI-generated images accurately depict the demographic racial and ethnic diversity observed...
2025
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Kyla F. Woodward, Janette Dill, LaTonya J. Trotter, Bianca K. Frogner
Beyond the pandemic: the relationship between macroeconomic conditions and healthcare worker shortages in the United States
BACKGROUND: While the COVID-19 pandemic undoubtedly catalyzed healthcare workforce challenges, alone it does not explain ongoing workforce shortages. This study examines how broader economic trends and industry competition may influence worker movement in and out of healthcare. This analysis aims...
2023
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Mai Chi Vu, Nicholas Burton
Beyond the Inclusion–Exclusion Binary: Right Mindfulness and Its Implications for Perceived Inclusion and Exclusion in the Workplace
This study examines non-Western perceptions of inclusion and exclusion through an examination of right mindfulness practitioners in Vietnam. It contributes to the critical inclusion literature that problematizes inclusion by showing how right mindfulness practitioners rejected the concepts of inclusion and...
2023
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Elisabeth R. Silver , Christine L. Nittrouer, and Michelle R. Hebl
Beyond the business case: Universally designing the workplace for neurodiversity and inclusion
Given that 15–20% of the world’s population is neurodiverse (e.g., has ADHD, dyslexia, and/or autism; DCEG Staff, 2022), understanding how to better include these individuals in the workplace is both a social justice and a strategic imperative for organizations. Lefevre-Levy...
2021
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Kendra Lowery
Beyond Representation: African American Administrators’ Experiences as Reflections of Workforce Diversity Perspectives
ABSTRACT The recollections of sixteen African American administrators who were some of the first hired in de/segregated school districts in the North are analyzed in order to understand their work lives and experiences in district processes. Findings are analyzed through...
2018
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Jaigris Hodson, Samantha Jackson, Wendy Cukier, Mark Holmes
Between the corporation and the closet: Ethically researching LGBTQ+ identities in the workplace
Purpose – This paper engages the ecological model as a conceptual tool to examine the ethics of conducting research on LGBTQ+ individuals in the workplace. In particular, it focuses on outness and the act of outing in research. Design/methodology/approach –...
2019
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Elizabeth Brown and Inara Scott
Belief v. Belief: Resolving LGBTQ Rights Conflicts in the Religious Workplace
Employment disputes are increasingly centered on the conflicting moral and religious values of corporations, their employees, and their customers. These conflicts are especially challenging when they involve the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, and queer/questioning (LGBTQ) employees and customers...
2024
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Aklilu Endalamaw, Resham B. Khatri, Daniel Erku, Anteneh Zewdie, Eskinder Wolka, Frehiwot Nigatu, Yibeltal Assefa
Barriers and strategies for primary health care workforce development: synthesis of evidence
BACKGROUND: Having a sufficient and well-functioning health workforce is crucial for reducing the burden of disease and premature death. Health workforce development, focusing on availability, recruitment, retention, and education, is inseparable from acceptability, motivation, burnout, role and responsibility, and performance....
2024
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Aklilu Endalamaw, Resham B. Khatri, Daniel Erku, Anteneh Zewdie, Eskinder Wolka, Frehiwot Nigatu, Yibeltal Assefa
Barriers and strategies for primary health care workforce development: synthesis of evidence
BACKGROUND: Having a sufficient and well-functioning health workforce is crucial for reducing the burden of disease and premature death. Health workforce development, focusing on availability, recruitment, retention, and education, is inseparable from acceptability, motivation, burnout, role and responsibility, and performance....
2022
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John M Luiz and Viktor Terziev
Axes and fluidity of oppression in the workplace: Intersectionality of race, gender, and sexuality
Our research explores how the historically institutionalized and authoritarian discriminatory South African context continues to affect the experiences of LGBT mid-level managers in the workplace. South Africa provides a rich environment to explore “axes of oppression” (heteronormativity/ homophobia, race/racism, gender/sexism),...
2022
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Jade DaviesI, Brett Heasman , Adam Livesey , Amy Walker , Elizabeth Pellicano , Anna Remington
Autistic adults’ views and experiences of requesting and receiving workplace adjustments in the UK
This article examines 181 autistic adults’ views toward, and experiences of, requesting and receiving workplace adjustments in the UK. Using an online survey, we collected both qualitative and quantitative data relating to individuals’ experiences. While the majority of participants perceived...
2026
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Faculty of Pain Medicine, Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists
Australian standards for health practitioner pain management education.
The National Strategy for Health Practitioner Pain Management Education was developed to guide the upskilling of the Australian health workforce in contemporary, evidence-based pain care with the aim of improving the health outcomes of people experiencing pain. The national strategy...
2024
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Sharon McKinlay, Karen Thorpe, Chrystal Whiteford, Laura Bentley, Susan Irvine
Australia’s ECEC workforce pipeline: Who and how many are pursuing further qualifications?
Abstract The significant shortfall of staff in the early childhood education and care (ECEC) workforce identifies an imperative not only to recruit educators but to support ongoing qualifications and career advancement of those within. Indeed, Shaping Our Future, Australia’s workforce...
2026
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Roslyn Cameron, John Burgess, Alasdair Macdonald
Attracting, developing and retaining staff in regional local government: addressing skills shortages in South Australia
Attracting and retaining a skilled workforce is a challenge for the regionally based Local Government (LG) sector. These challenges are multifaceted and include skill shortages, uncompetitive wages, limited career progression, and accessing suitable professional development opportunities and training programmes. To...
2026
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Natasha D'Souza
Attracting Talent, Retaining Communities: Governance and Identity in a Specialized Rural Economy
Globalization has inspired an observable trend of regional concentrations to capitalize on specialized industry. Specialized industrial production begets high specialized staff, generating migration flows of highly skilled talent who are attracted to well-matched employment opportunities. Whereas there is much literature...