New Policies for the Part-time and Contingent Workforce

Author(s):  
Virginia L. DuRivage
ILR Review ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 856
Author(s):  
Mary E. Graham ◽  
Virginia L. duRivage

ADE Bulletin ◽  
1982 ◽  
pp. 47-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Elizabeth Wallace

2016 ◽  
pp. 1519-1536
Author(s):  
Christine Vandenhouten ◽  
Susan Gallagher-Lepak ◽  
Derryl E. Block ◽  
Sylvia May Kubsch ◽  
Jan Strom ◽  
...  

The U.S. healthcare environment is undergoing rapid change. New policies have reshaped healthcare through reimbursement models focused on access and quality. Advocating for policies that improve population health is important for health professionals and students. For this reason, educators need to know how to prepare students to be active in the political process. Using the Civic Volunteerism Model, factors influencing nursing and public health students' political participation were examined. Both groups had relatively low levels of political participation and differences in types of political activities. The best predictor of political participation was found to be psychological engagement (e.g., political efficacy, partisanship, political interest). Students were more politically active if they attended school part-time, employed more than part-time, and were non-traditional students. Suggested educational strategies and use of social media were discussed. Further exploration of social media as a source of political information and recruitment is recommended.


2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 511-515
Author(s):  
Erika Strazdins ◽  
Kathryn Dwan ◽  
Melanie Pescud ◽  
Lyndall Strazdins

AbstractBackgroundIncreasing numbers of GPs are reducing the hours they work in clinical practice. The reasons for and implications of this are not well-understood.ObjectiveTo investigate how the demands of general practice, especially new time pressures, impact GPs’ professional and personal lives and work hour choices.MethodUsing a grounded theory approach, we conducted 26 in-depth interviews with GPs working in Australia.ResultsTime-bound consultation windows, the complexity of patients presenting to general practice and consequent administrative and emotional burdens placed upon GPs combined to increase time pressures and an intensifying clinical load. Many GPs also strove to sequester time for family and reported burnout and poor health along with abiding concerns for quality of care.ConclusionThis study suggests a need for new policies on how clinical consultations are timed and remunerated in keeping with a changed GP demography, new demands and a more complex patient care profile.


2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 492-515
Author(s):  
Evangelos Pavlis ◽  
Theano S. Terkenli

Abstract This paper critically examines the characteristics of low-intensity, small-scale family farming and related aspects of farming sustainability, in a marginally productive peri-urban landscape, that of the capital town of Lesvos Island, Mytilini, Greece. These aspects and characteristics are explored on the basis of farmers’-landowners’ perceptions and visions of local landscape/land use change, through a questionnaire survey. Our findings indicate that production is basically aimed for self-consumption; such practices yield low incomes but bear high cultural values, mostly run by hobby and part-time farmers-landowners, lacking agricultural education. Olive crops are the dominant, but decreasing, form of production, while some other less-water-reliant cultivations are increasing. Peri-urban small family farming remains significant, but in need of new policies/strategies further promoting its value and role.


2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 34-51
Author(s):  
Christine Vandenhouten ◽  
Susan Gallagher-Lepak ◽  
Derryl E. Block ◽  
Sylvia May Kubsch ◽  
Jan Strom ◽  
...  

The U.S. healthcare environment is undergoing rapid change. New policies have reshaped healthcare through reimbursement models focused on access and quality. Advocating for policies that improve population health is important for health professionals and students. For this reason, educators need to know how to prepare students to be active in the political process. Using the Civic Volunteerism Model, factors influencing nursing and public health students' political participation were examined. Both groups had relatively low levels of political participation and differences in types of political activities. The best predictor of political participation was found to be psychological engagement (e.g., political efficacy, partisanship, political interest). Students were more politically active if they attended school part-time, employed more than part-time, and were non-traditional students. Suggested educational strategies and use of social media were discussed. Further exploration of social media as a source of political information and recruitment is recommended.


2000 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 581-584
Author(s):  
Nikolas Theodore

2000 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 581-584
Author(s):  
Nikolas Theodore

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