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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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Manping Weng, Choong mun Kwong
The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Workforce Transformation and HR Strategies in Quanzhou’s Manufacturing Industry
The rapid advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming workforce dynamics and reshaping Human Resource (HR) strategies, particularly in Quanzhou’s manufacturing industry. This study examines the impact of AI on workforce transformation, focusing on job automation, skill shifts, and HR...
2026
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David Blighton
Sustainability and Continuity of Operations During Crises: Evaluating 96-Hour Preparedness, Incident Command Functionality, and Workforce Readiness. A case study of Worcester Recovery Center and Hospital, Worcester, MA
Strengths in organizational continuity of operations planning, well-structured incident command, and a trained workforce with the capacity to sustain operations over prolonged periods are all becoming a key element in the organizational sustainability during crises. The paper evaluated organizational preparedness...
2026
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Ashish Joshi, Niharika Jha, M. de Jeu, Kami Geron, Lori Ward
Public Health Hackathon: empowering high school students as tomorrow’s leaders and innovators in public health
Preparing the next generation of public health leaders requires innovative educational strategies that foster creativity, collaboration, and practical problem-solving skills. Hackathons—short, intensive innovation challenges—provide a structured platform for students to co-create solutions to real-world problems. The University of Memphis School...
2026
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Joana Paias Ferreira, Teresa Magalhães
Instruments to assess the digital health competencies of healthcare professionals: a scoping review
Background: The digital transformation of healthcare is reshaping clinical practice, healthcare management, patient-provider interactions, and traditional public health fields. These digital tools enhance safety, quality of care and efficacy, while also supporting the shift from cure to prevention, empowering patients,...
2026
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Narivo Harinandrasana Anjatiana Merisoa, Shahabuddin Esmati, Ahmed Djoumoi, Randriatsilanimanga Sendra Symphrose
Challenges in Retaining Skilled Workforce in Remote Mining Areas of Mongolia
This study examines the persistent challenge of retaining skilled workers in remote mining areas of Mongolia, aiming to identify the individual, organizational, and structural factors that influence workforce retention in geographically isolated mining regions. A qualitative case study design was...
2026
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SeyyedAbdolHojjat MoghadasNian, Zeinab SadatSerki
Optimizing Airline Performance Appraisal: A KPI-Driven Workforce Strategy
This study investigates the role of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) in enhancing performance appraisal systems in the airline industry, focusing on the strategic alignment of appraisal systems with organizational objectives, the customization of KPIs to diverse organizational roles, and the...
2026
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Sreesa Sarma
Human-Centric Workforce Strategies for Augmented Manufacturing in Industry 5.0
Industry 5.0 revolutionizes manufacturing with its focus on people, sustainability and resilience blending new production technology with the human element to the production process. Where Industry 4.0 focused on automating to the exclusion of all else, Industry 5.0 focuses on...
2026
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Horia-Dominic Schreiner, Bogdan Mocan, Mircea Fulea
Adapting Vocational Education for Industry 5.0 by Transforming the Professional Identity of VET Trainers in Wood Processing
This study develops a theoretical framework for transforming vocational education and training (VET) for the emerging Industry 5.0 paradigm by focusing on the critical role of VET trainers’ professional identity. As Industry 5.0 emphasizes human-machine collaboration, artificial intelligence integration, and...
2026
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Jaana Tilli, Jussi Kauhanen, Tuula Vaskilampi, Ikali Karvinen
Needs for capacity sharing in humanitarian responses: qualitative study on experiences of professional and voluntary workforce
The growing demand for humanitarian response underscores the urgent need for a skilled and adaptable humanitarian workforce. This study aimed to explore the perspectives of experienced professional and volunteer humanitarian workers (HWs) on the essential skill sets required for capacity...
2026
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Marcela Correa-Betancour, Kanchan Marcus, Mary Chiarella, Stephanie Short
Intra-professional cultural competence: Exploring a strategy to support Australia’s culturally and linguistically diverse nursing workforce
Objective: The objective of this study is to provide a possible strategy to enhance professional integration through education relating to a new concept: Intra-Professional Cultural Competence (IPCC). This concept primarily focuses on the interactions between nurses within the workplace. Background:...
2026
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Nataliia Nalyvaiko, Віктор Вус, Liliya Zotova, Nadiya Kreydun, Olena Ronzhes, Oleksii Nalyvaiko, Serhii Proskuriakov, Kostiantyn Levytskyi
From Distress to Systemic Resilience: Strengthening MHPSS in Conflict Settings – Insights from Ukraine
Introduction: The full-scale war in Ukraine has significantly increased the need for coordinated and accessible mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) services. However, there remains limited empirical evidence on how civilians experience psychosocial distress during conflict and how institutions are...
2026
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Vandana Esht, Madhur Verma, Shazia Malik, Marim Ali M. Slimani, Gunjeet Kaur, Jaya Prasad Tripathy, Gursimer Jeet, Sanjay Kalra
Community-Based Models for Type 2 Diabetes Care: A Review of Effectiveness, Implementation, and Health System Integration
INTRODUCTION: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) presents a major challenge in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) due to workforce shortages, limited primary-care capacity, and fragmented chronic-care delivery. Community-based diabetes care models have emerged as scalable approaches to strengthen self-management and...
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...
2026
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Joana Paias Ferreira, Teresa Magalhães
Instruments to assess the digital health competencies of healthcare professionals: a scoping review
Background: The digital transformation of healthcare is reshaping clinical practice, healthcare management, patient-provider interactions, and traditional public health fields. These digital tools enhance safety, quality of care and efficacy, while also supporting the shift from cure to prevention, empowering patients,...
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...
2026
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Mohammed M. Alsakkak, Mostafa Kofi
Caregiver Burnout in Home Health Care (HHC) in Saudi Arabia: Epidemiology, Determinants, and a National Strategy for Mitigation
Background: Burnout among healthcare providers is a critical occupational and system-level challenge globally, with particularly high prevalence reported in Saudi Arabia. Home Health Care (HHC) settings present unique stressors, including isolation, emotional burden, and complex care environments, which exacerbate caregiver...
2026
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Folayan Mo, Ahmed Bhayat, Maha El Tantawi
A call for a paradigm shift to community-embedded, home-based primary preventive oral health care in Africa
Oral diseases constitute a global public health crisis, affecting nearly 3.5 billion people worldwide [1]. They cause pain, disability, and economic loss, with their highest burden falling on vulnerable and marginalized populations [1,2]. This crisis is exacerbated by a widespread...
2025
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Zakaria A. Mani
Transitioning to competency-based education in nursing: a scoping review of curriculum review and revision strategies
AIM: This scoping review synthesizes strategies for curriculum review and revision that support the implementation of CBE in nursing programs. BACKGROUND: As the demands of modern healthcare systems evolve, nursing education must adapt to ensure that graduates possess the competencies...
2025
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Virginia K. Corrigan, Rebecca L. Newman, P. W. Richmond, Elizabeth B. Strand, Josh M. Vaisman
The future of flourishing in veterinary medicine: a systems-informed positive psychology approach in veterinary education
Individuals in the veterinary profession are experiencing significant mental health and wellbeing challenges. A holistic view of wellbeing, which encompasses both physical and mental health, underscores their interconnected nature. This integrated approach reduces the artificial separation of wellbeing facets, and...