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Coworking spaces for remote workers: an inclusive solution? Advantages and challenges from affiliated workers’ perspectives
Some companies are considering offering their affiliated workers external coworking spaces as an option to achieve both flexibility and inclusion,...
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The Invisible Information Technology Workers
The IT spaces are not only formed by the formal IT sector workers or the techies as they are popularly referred to as. There are numerous services...
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Comparison of the physical activity levels between shift workers and non-shift workers in a large-scale cross-sectional study in Iran
BackgroundShift work has been related to adverse health outcomes that can partially be attributed to physical inactivity. However, our knowledge of...
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Healthcare for sex workers—access, barriers, and needs
BackgroundStigma has a significant impact on the health of different societal groups and contributes to inequalities in healthcare. Sex work is...
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Advice for Humanitarian Aid Workers
Humanitarian aid workers are a valuable asset in develo** countries; they deliver much-needed help to those in need and are often essential to...
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Sex Workers Ourselves
This chapter provides an overview of common topics within sex work discussions, such as sex trafficking, minors in the sex industry, whorephobia,...
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Cardiometabolic function in retired night shift workers and retired day workers
Night shift work is associated with poor cardiometabolic outcomes, even post-retirement. However, the characteristics of cardiometabolic function in...
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Managing Foreign Workers A Multivariate Analysis
This book serves as an essential guide to understanding and effectively managing multiculturalism and diversity in the workplace. The book discusses...
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Neurologic symptoms among solar greenhouse workers and field workers in China
It has been widely reported that the farmers were at increased risk of neurologic disorders, which probably be related with agricultural risk...
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Managers as peer workers’ allies: A qualitative study of managers’ perceptions and actions to involve peer workers in Norwegian mental health and substance use services
BackgroundCitizens with experience and knowledge about what it is like to use mental health and substance use services are increasingly employed...
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Sleep disorders linked to quality of life in a sample of Egyptian policemen a comparative study between shift workers and non-shift workers
BackgroundPoor sleep is associated with bad health outcomes, worse well-being and decreases in performance, productivity and safety at work. Police...
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Burnout in Social Workers
Social workers often suffer burnout due to the amount of time and energy they dedicate to attempting to meet the demands of their clients and...
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Reaching Out. Oslo Construction Workers and Migrant Workers, 2004–2014
The chapter deals with the Oslo Construction Workers Union (Oslo Bygningsarbeiderforening), and how it reached out to migrant workers with Poles as...
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Evaluating Effectiveness of Telerehabilitation Services Among Injured Workers Treated in a Canadian Workers’ Compensation System: A Population-Based Study
PurposeTo evaluate the effectiveness of telerehabilitation for promoting return-to-work (RTW) among injured workers.
MethodsWe conducted a...
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Crowdsourcing review: the crowd workers’ perspective
Every person is special in some aspects or areas that are very rare in this world. Specialization in any area which is pretty much comfortable for...
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Role Ambiguity in Social Workers
Role ambiguity, ongoing uncertainty about role and performance expectations, can influence the way in which social workers function with their...
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Visible Waste, Invisible Workers: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic for Securing Healthcare Sanitation Workers’ Rights in India
In India, the implementation of the Bio-medical Waste Management Rules (
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Robust Online Crowdsourcing with Strategic Workers
Crowdsourcing has facilitated a wide range of applications by leveraging public workers to contribute large number of tasks. However, most prior...
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Healthcare workers exposure risk assessment in the context of the COVID-19: a survey among frontline workers in Qazvin, Iran
BackgroundHealthcare workers perform various clinical procedures for COVID-19 patients facing an elevated risk of exposure to SARS-COV-2.This study...
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Co** Strategies of Social Workers
Lazarus and Folkman’s transactional model of stress and co** asserts that people will expend effort to find ways of co** with stressful...