Journal articles: 'Work opportunities for people with dissabillities'

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de Lucas y Murillo de la Cueva, Fernando, and Sergio D’Antonio Maceiras. "ICT, young people and social work: distances and opportunities." Social Work Education 39, no. 6 (November 19, 2019): 813–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02615479.2019.1691163.

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Parsell, Cameron. "Responding to People Sleeping Rough: Dilemmas and Opportunities for Social Work." Australian Social Work 64, no. 3 (March 18, 2011): 330–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0312407x.2010.538705.

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Wilkie, R., and S. Peters. "Improving work participation for people with musculoskeletal conditions: challenges and opportunities." Rheumatology 49, no. 9 (July 16, 2010): 1611–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keq221.

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Bordelon, Thomas D. "People First: A Case Study in Partnering with the Community." Journal of Baccalaureate Social Work 8, no. 2 (March 1, 2003): 147–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.18084/1084-7219.8.2.147.

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This case study demonstrates the process by which a class composed of senior social work students learns macro practice values and skills by partnering with a community organization. The products of this collaboration emerge from the real-life problem scenario in which students, community partners, and the social work educator collaborate to develop the skills necessary to resolve problems. Through community partnership, social work educators are in the position to expand the opportunities for students to develop critical thinking skills, and provide opportunities to practice community organization within the classroom setting.

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Doogan, Catherine, and E. Diane Playford. "Supporting work for people with multiple sclerosis." Multiple Sclerosis Journal 20, no. 6 (February 13, 2014): 646–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1352458514523499.

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People with multiple sclerosis experience some of the highest rates of unemployment among groups of individuals with severe and chronic disabilities. While unpredictable relapses, physical and cognitive symptoms all may play a role in job loss, it is more likely that job loss can be attributed to a complex interaction between disease-related factors and contextual factors, such as the working environment, and employer attitudes. This interaction leads to the concept of work instability, that is, the mismatch between work demands and the individual’s capacity to meet these demands. Vocational rehabilitation services aim to provide people with multiple sclerosis vocational assessment, rehabilitation and support to enable them to find, regain or remain in work and access other occupational and educational opportunities. Such services consist of a multidisciplinary team with the ability to provide education around disclosure, and work-place accommodations, offer emotional support, maintain work performance, liaise with employers, and support to re-enter the workplace. Helpful interventions include early disclosure, proper workplace accommodation, education of employers, and government-funded initiatives to support disabled employees. Future research needs to agree on methods of recording outcomes and evaluate specific vocational rehabilitation interventions.

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Bianco, Adele. "Italian work policies for young people. Regulatory instruments between opportunities and critical issues." RIVISTA TRIMESTRALE DI SCIENZA DELL'AMMINISTRAZIONE, no. 3 (October 2014): 23–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.3280/sa2014-003002.

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Higgins, Gerard. "The European ‘Marienthal’ Network: New Work Opportunities for People with Mental Health Problems." A Life in the Day 1, no. 1 (February 1997): 29–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/13666282199700010.

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Miller, G. "Aging, Vision, and Work." Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness 85, no. 4 (April 1991): 149–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0145482x9108500403.

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Older people who lose their vision often do not return to competitive employment. Work, however, meets important, financial, psychological, and social needs. This article explores the variety of reasons why work is not always considered a rehabilitation alternative. Realistic factors that enhance competitive employment for this population are noted and information on available employment resources in the public and private sectors that will increase vocational opportunities is provided.

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Bayliss, Valerie. "Work in the Knowledge-Driven Economy." Industry and Higher Education 15, no. 1 (February 2001): 13–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.5367/000000001101295434.

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The UK's development as a knowledge-driven economy has become a ‘given’. There are, however, differences of view about what such an economy comprises, and there is some risk that human factors will be neglected as government and business both revel in the excitement of technological change and struggle to keep pace with it. For a gifted science graduate or a born entrepreneur, the opportunities may be limitless. For the one in five people considered functionally illiterate, opportunities are closing down rapidly. But the knowledge economy will not succeed without people, and as the workforce ages employers will be faced with new challenges. It has been clear for some time that the new economy will have an enormous impact on work – indeed this has already started to happen – and that the impact will not be uniform. This paper examines some of the implications of these changes for individuals, business and government, from shifts in the pattern of work and attitudes to work, to the impact on the vast national infrastructures that support working life.

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Bullock, Angela N., and Alex D. Colvin. "Communication Technology Integration into Social Work Practice." Advances in Social Work 16, no. 1 (July 27, 2015): 1–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.18060/18259.

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The uses for communication technology continue to grow in the United States. Technology is changing how people collect and share information and is reshaping how people interact with one another. As a result of this transformation, the use of technology has evolved in social work practice. Communication technology is being incorporated into traditional social work practice for administrative and therapeutic purposes. This article will examine a theoretically based direction for the future creation of technologically driven interventions in social work practice and address both the challenges and opportunities communication technology poses for social work practice.

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GILROY, ROSE. "Why can't more people have a say? Learning to work with older people." Ageing and Society 23, no. 5 (September 2003): 659–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0144686x03001351.

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As part of a suite of policy documents on older people's issues, the ‘New Labour’ British government has published a joint housing and health strategy, Quality and Choice for Older People's Housing. In this they attempt to map out the problems facing older people. The strategy also suggests that among the solutions there should be more opportunities for older people to make choices and for their deeper involvement in housing matters. This paper sketches the background to this strategy and reviews the literature to determine whether there is a foundation of dialogue with older people on housing issues. While there have been increasing efforts to build socially inclusive processes, particularly in the major ‘regeneration’ programmes, it is still the case that older people are usually excluded. The core of the paper is a case study from the Better Government for Older People programme which explored the process by which older people worked alongside professionals to remodel a local authority dwelling. An analysis of the dialogue provides a window onto the self conceptions of professionals. Older people gained as individuals and as a group from the housing project, and were able to develop collective influence through a representation role. Learning by the local authority was more incremental. The paper ends with a discussion of the broader lessons for service providers.

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Small, Janet, Andrew Deacon, Sukaina Walji, Tasneem Jaffer, and Jeff Jawitz. "Building capabilities: Using MOOCs to make transitions in work." Open Praxis 11, no. 4 (December 31, 2019): 427. http://dx.doi.org/10.5944/openpraxis.11.4.1027.

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Our research explores the experience of adults looking for flexible online learning opportunities that intersect with university study. We interviewed 58 people living in 14 African countries who have taken a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) developed by the University of Cape Town. The interview data reveals diverse uses of MOOCs in workplace contexts. While only two of those we interviewed articulated a goal of making a career change, there were many more taking a MOOC for some form of self-development within their current profession. There were also cases where people had not yet identified a new career, but believed the knowledge and skills would support future transitions. Our intentions for exploring the expectations of MOOC takers regionally is to improve our understanding of how universities, following open practices, could support the educational aspirations of this audience through the provision of flexible online learning opportunities.

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Zaitseva, Е. А., and A. V. Nuzhdin. "OPPORTUNITIES FOR NATIONAL GAMES USAGE IN SCHOOL." Izvestiya of the Samara Science Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Social, Humanitarian, Medicobiological Sciences 23, no. 78 (2021): 23–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.37313/2413-9645-2021-23-78-23-27.

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In a modern school, at different levels of education, popular systems various elements of physical education can and should be used, which simultaneously allow solving health-improving, developing, and educational tasks. The expediency of including folk outdoor games in the school curriculum is explained by the need to intensify physical activity in the classroom, increase the interest in learning through the use of national games. Different nations’ games have their own distinctive features. The games reflect the way of people life, work, national foundations, ideas about the ideal, social life, and the people history. Folk games allow you to preserve the national flavor of customs, the originality of self-expression of a particular people and convey to the next generations. Folk games have many functions: socio-cultural, educational, entertaining, diagnostic, corrective, communicative, etc. At the same time, the folk game has a powerful resource for educating students to respect the cultural heritage and traditions of the multinational people of the Russian Federation. The article describes some content and methodological aspects of the national games use in school.

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Shera, Wes. "Managed Care and People with Severe Mental Illness: Challenges and Opportunities for Social Work." Health & Social Work 21, no. 3 (August 1996): 196–201. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/hsw/21.3.196.

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Villanueva-Flores, Mercedes, Ramon Valle, and Mar Bornay-Barrachina. "Perceptions of discrimination and distributive injustice among people with physical disabilities." Personnel Review 46, no. 3 (April 3, 2017): 680–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/pr-04-2015-0098.

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Purpose This study examines whether disabled workers perceive negative workplace experiences in terms of discrimination. The purpose of this paper is to study the effects of perceived distributive injustice at work, regarding three dimensions – job assignment, compensation and career development opportunities – on perceived discrimination and explore the mediation role of perceived discrimination in the relationship between perceived distributive injustice and the job dissatisfaction. Design/methodology/approach Research hypotheses are tested with a questionnaire administered to 107 disabled employees working in public and private Spanish organisations. Findings The results indicate that physically disabled people perceive distributive injustice and discrimination at work regarding job assignment, compensation and career development opportunities in Andalusian organisations, and this perception of discrimination leads to feel dissatisfaction. This study confirms the triple dimensionality of two of the variables studied: perceived distributive injustice at work and perceived discrimination at work. Originality/value Few studies have focussed on disability-related issues from a human resource management viewpoint. This study focusses on job assignments, compensation and career development and shows that the perception of discrimination mediates the relation between the perception of distributive injustice at work, and job dissatisfaction. That is, perceived distributive injustice in the organisation leads physically disabled employees to compare their situation with that of their non-disabled peers and thus to perceive discrimination regarding job assignment, compensation and career development opportunities. As a result, they become dissatisfied with their jobs. The results obtained allow us to extend the organisational justice framework, achieving a more thorough understanding of the perception of both injustice and discrimination.

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Walker, Graham, Jerry Bowskill, Mike Hollier, and Andrew McGrath. "Telepresence: Understanding People as Content." Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments 9, no. 2 (April 2000): 119–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/105474600566673.

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BT is a leading international supplier of telepresence in the form of telephony. Tele-presence enables “people as content”, and there are rapidly developing and wide-ranging opportunities for broadband, mobile, multimedia telepresence services. This paper outlines work in progress at BT Adastral Park, including projects on large-scale inhabited applications, networked immersion or “through-the-screen” conferencing, and wearable computing for ubiquitous telepresence. We conclude that research into future services requires a reappraisal of traditional methods, with an emphasis on multidisciplinary collaboration.

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Dunn, Andrew. "Welfare Conditionality, Inequality and Unemployed People with Alternative Values." Social Policy and Society 9, no. 4 (September 3, 2010): 461–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1474746410000199.

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Labour and Conservatives' claims that welfare conditionality is ‘fair’ rely upon an empirically unsupported assumption that almost-equal opportunities can exist alongside starkly unequal outcomes. Fifty interviews examined in-depth a diverse sample's values, views about work and welfare, and labour market choices. Respondents' views on equality strongly influenced their views on conditionality and what they considered acceptable labour market behaviour. ‘Alternative’ unemployed respondents, who rejected politicians' suggestions they ‘should work’, nevertheless favoured an equal society with work obligations and often undertook voluntary work. The article concludes that policy-makers should be more sensitive to Jobseeker's Allowance claimants' diverse moralities and motivations.

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Molla, Md Istiaque Hossain. "Ensuring Job Satisfaction for Managing People at Work." Global Disclosure of Economics and Business 4, no. 2 (December 31, 2015): 155–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.18034/gdeb.v4i2.144.

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Job satisfaction is the most common word in an organization that represents one of the most complex areas facing today’s managers when it comes to managing their employees. Job satisfaction is a psychological state of man when an individual’s needs and aspirations fulfilled in a workplace, people are contented and happy with one’s job. Satisfactory pay, autonomy challenging work, participation in decision making, supportive working conditions, supportive colleagues and participatory management all these are the common factors of job satisfaction. Studies have demonstrated an unusually high impact on the job satisfaction for the motivation of workers, while the level of motivation has an impact on productivity, and hence also on the performance of organizations. Unfortunately, in our region, job satisfaction has not still received the proper attention from neither scholars nor managers of various business organizations. Due to individual differences job satisfaction has become a diverse issue. All the facets of job satisfaction have to be understood and considered for sustaining people. Conflict with peers and superiors, being deprived of fair pay and career development opportunities, lack of recognition, alienation are the vital causes of job dissatisfaction which adversely affects the quality of work and ultimately leads to organizational instability. Positive feedback, recognition, fair pay and other benefits, rewards, participation in decision making, congenial working conditions provide job satisfaction that contributes sustaining and retaining people in an organization. In fact there is no final definition of what career represents.

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Mohammed, Rola Y. M. "Optimizing Temporal Business Opportunities." International Journal of Business and Management 15, no. 11 (October 22, 2020): 104. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/ijbm.v15n11p104.

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The objective of this paper is to detail preliminary work revolving around modeling. It provides understanding and underpinning implementation procedures of dynamics of large-scale events with Hajj examples, where a large population of people is contained for a significantly long but limited period within certain areas. It is essential to note further that the motivation behind this subject’s discussion could also be fueled by sales, inquiries, or security concerns. However, knowledge emergence on service point procedures implementation suggests that service points implementing data are extinct, and this is obliged to implement the next feature. As such, there is a critical need to reform a process and how to analyze the work. Developing this literature report requires extensive use of factual data for accuracy; as such, data mining and simulation techniques will be essential in explaining what services are needed. The simulation techniques used herein incorporate several databases targeting to exploit the advantage of proficiency in predicting distribution demand for population points based on available current estimates. Henceforth, data mining, in this case, is used to inform intelligent decision making on investing in services points as pushed for by customers’ demand.

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Karaivanova, Mariya, and Irina Zinovieva. "Preferences for Learning and Skill Development at Work: Comparison of Two Generations." Journal of Education Culture and Society 5, no. 1 (January 6, 2020): 169–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.15503/jecs20141.169.186.

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The changing economic conditions of the current dynamic and insecure labour market make learning a constant preoccupation of the workforce with view of meeting the growing qualifi cation demands. These demands are likely to infl uence the work preferences of both young people now entering the labour market and older people with established career paths. Research fi ndings suggest that the younger generation exhibits a stronger orientation towards learning and skill development as compared to the older generations. Moreover, studies show that the younger people are more ready to leave the organization when they have better learning opportunities elsewhere. The present study aims at establishing how preferences for learning and skill development in the workplace relate to a number of job and organizational characteristics. Particular focus is placed on the predictive capacity of perceived learning opportunities towards the tendency to leave the organization for either of the two generations. The study addresses work preferences of two generations in the Bulgarian labour market. To this aim, 121 respondents answered a55-item questionnaire consisting of newly developed scales as well as scales based on or adopted from standardized instruments such as the Extended Delft Measurement Kit (Roe et al., 2000). Contrary to fi ndings from previous research done in countries with different cultural and socio-economic background, the older people in our sample were more eager to learn and more ready to leave their organization in pursuit of better opportunities, ascompared to the younger generation. Another noteworthy conclusion is that the preferences for learning and development form different patterns in each of the two age groups and are expressed in a different way for each of the two generations.

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Walters, Philip. "Creative minds: developing supportive creative opportunities in our communities." Mental Health and Social Inclusion 19, no. 1 (March 9, 2015): 30–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/mhsi-12-2014-0041.

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe South West Yorkshire Partnerships Foundation Trust's Creative Minds Strategy designed to build a strong infrastructure of community and voluntary organisations able to work with the Trust providing creative opportunities for all who access services. Design/methodology/approach – A descriptive account of the background, philosophy, benefits, operation and role of Creative Minds in developing more recovery-focused services. Case studies by people who have been involved in Creative Minds are included. Findings – Creative Minds has been successful in forming partnerships between the Trust and community/voluntary organisations that afford opportunities to explore different activities and discover their passions and talents. It provides an opportunity for service users and practitioners to engage as equals for mutual benefit. Originality/value – This original, award winning initiative enables the Trust to work closely with a range of community organisations thus enhancing and extending the service offered and enabling people to gage in meaningful activities and become a part of their local community.

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Schur, Lisa A. "Barriers or Opportunities? The Causes of Contingent and Part-Time Work Among People with Disabilities." Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society 42, no. 4 (October 2003): 589–622. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1468-232x.00308.

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McGill, Stuart R. "Energy Industry Offers Limitless Opportunities for Technical Professionals." Talent & Technology 01, no. 01 (December 1, 2007): 4–5. http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/0101-04-tt.

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Executive Perspective - Talent and technology will be the driving forces of innovation and ingenuity that propel the oil and gas industry forward. The industry must take an active role in ensuring that organizations have access to the people and tools that can satisfy the world's energy needs. That means supporting education in the technical sciences and creating productive, open work cultures.

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McGill, Stuart R. "Energy Industry Offers Limitless Opportunities for Technical Professionals." Talent & Technology 01, no. 01 (December 1, 2007): 4–5. http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/0101-04-tt.

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Executive Perspective - Talent and technology will be the driving forces of innovation and ingenuity that propel the oil and gas industry forward. The industry must take an active role in ensuring that organizations have access to the people and tools that can satisfy the world's energy needs. That means supporting education in the technical sciences and creating productive, open work cultures.

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Maratos, Anna, Mike J. Crawford, and Simon Procter. "Music therapy for depression: it seems to work, but how?" British Journal of Psychiatry 199, no. 2 (August 2011): 92–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.110.087494.

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SummaryEvidence is beginning to emerge that music therapy can improve the mental health of people with depression. We examine possible mechanisms of action of this complex intervention and suggest that music therapy partly is effective because active music-making within the therapeutic frame offers the patient opportunities for new aesthetic, physical and relational experiences.

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Shandra, Carrie L. "Disability Segregation in Volunteer Work." Sociological Perspectives 63, no. 1 (June 6, 2019): 112–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0731121419842133.

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People with disabilities in the United States experience different types of paid work than people without disabilities; however, less is known about patterns in voluntary work—another form of productive labor that takes place within organizations. This study uses the Volunteer Supplement of the Current Population Survey to evaluate disability segregation in volunteer organizations and activities. Net of sociodemographic characteristics, volunteers with disabilities have lower odds than volunteers without disabilities of participating in educational/youth organizations and sport/hobby/cultural organizations, and higher odds of participating in social/community organizations. Furthermore, volunteers with disabilities have lower odds of participating in professional or coaching/teaching/mentoring activities and higher odds of participating in distribution activities—suggesting less access to leadership roles and opportunities for skill development. Finally, indices of dissimilarity indicate higher levels of segregation by disability status than by gender, race, or ethnicity. Volunteer work—like paid work—is stratified by disability, mirroring broader patterns of inequality.

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MAT, ABDUL RAHMAN, and HUMAYRA AHMED. "Web-based Digital Agreement System for Freelancers: Case Study in Bangladesh." Trends in Undergraduate Research 4, no. 1 (June 23, 2021): c11–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.33736/tur.2753.2021.

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Nowadays, many people are interested in working as a freelancer because it gives opportunities to people to choose their work according to their convenience. Currently, the people of Bangladesh are using a bidding or direct booking system for buying and selling freelance services. There are very limited opportunities for freelancers to promote their work. Therefore, the purpose of the proposed system is to provide a platform where freelancers can promote their skills and at the same time customers can post job offers and create an agreement with the freelancer. This agreement will create a bridge between the customer and the freelancer. It is hoped that the proposed system will provide a more convenient way for freelancers in Bangladesh to promote their skills and find freelance jobs.

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Hult, Marja, Anna-Maija Pietilä, and Terhi Saaranen. "Improving employment opportunities of the unemployed by health and work ability promotion in Finland." Health Promotion International 35, no. 3 (May 27, 2019): 518–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daz048.

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Abstract The study explored the impact of self-rated health (SRH) and work ability on employment, and examined the effects of meaningfulness, social networks and physical activity on health and work ability with a population-based cross-sectional survey data (n = 12 729) of full-time employed and unemployed workers. SRH, perceived work ability and levels of perceived meaningfulness, social networks and physical activity were all significantly better among employed workers compared to unemployed people. The results showed that work ability mediated the effect of health on employment and predicted employment. Meaningfulness, social networks and physical activity had direct positive effects on health and work ability, and also on employment. The results indicated that good health is a substantial element of good work ability, which in turn is needed to maintain or to get a job. Our findings suggested that perceiving one’s life as meaningful, having a strong social network and being physically active are important predictors of good health as well as of good work ability. These could be contributing factors to re-employment among unemployed people.

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Veigel, Maarika, and Triinu Reedik. "OPPORTUNITIES OF IMPLEMENTING OUTDOOR EDUCATION IN YOUTH WORK: ON THE EXAMPLE OF TALLINN YOUTH CENTRES." SOCIETY. INTEGRATION. EDUCATION. Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference 2 (May 26, 2016): 363. http://dx.doi.org/10.17770/sie2016vol2.1395.

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Nature as a natural living environment is important in the development of young people, but their lifestyle doesn’t support it. Youth workers have a major role in guiding young people to interesting activities in nature and outdoor, sharing relevant information as well as being an example. The research problem: what kind of opportunities were given to the youth, spending time in Tallinn youth centres, to participate in outdoor activities in the youth workers opinions and how to improve them? The aim of the research was to map the opportunities and needs to implement outdoor education in youth work in order to arouse interest in outdoor activities among the youth.For qualitative data collection semi-structured interviews were carried out (in February, 2015) in nine Tallinn youth centres out of ten. Therefore, the results can be generalized to all Tallinn youth centres. It was found that different opportunities for implementing outdoor education were used in Tallinn youth centres, but a large part of the potential is still unused. The workers in Tallinn youth centres feel the need to receive training about the methods, games and use of technical and interactive devices in carrying out outdoor activities for the youth.

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Vlahos, Nicholas J., and Frances D. Harrison. "Use of Work Group Technology in Transportation Agencies: Current Experience and Opportunities." Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 1576, no. 1 (January 1997): 154–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.3141/1576-20.

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In recent years, information technologies have emerged that are geared toward helping groups to work together more productively and effectively. These technologies are dramatically changing the way people work by breaking down spatial, temporal, and organizational barriers that have limited communication in the past. Work group technologies can address a critical need for improved efficiency and teamwork in transportation agencies. Transportation organizations are an ideal environment for application of these technologies and have a substantial number of processes (both internal and cross organization) that are logical candidates for piloting work group technologies. Various types of work group information technologies are surveyed, relevant application areas in transportation agencies where significant benefits could be realized are described, and examples of three current applications are provided. Key implementation considerations are discussed.

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Vinogradova, Olga, Yulia Podkina, and Anastasia Abanina. "Opportunities for labor rehabilitation of people with mental development disorders in non-profit organizations." Social'naja politika i social'noe partnerstvo (Social Policy and Social Partnership), no. 5 (May 1, 2020): 17–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.33920/pol-01-2005-03.

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The article discusses the features of labor rehabilitation in the conditions of non-profi t organizations as an eff ective form of rehabilitation of people with mental development disorders. The article analyzes the theoretical aspects of the labor rehabilitation process, including the characteristics, tasks and principles of labor rehabilitation. The analysis of the legislative base and statistical data on employment of people with disabilities is presented. The features of work of socially oriented non-profi t organizations with people with mental disorders are considered. Presents the experience of a care Centre for people with autism "Anton near here" (Saint-Petersburg).

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Karra, Reeta, Pooja Jain, and P. N. Mishra. "EFFECT OF NEW BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES ON CHANGE IN LIVING STANDARD - A STUDY OF KALISINDH THERMAL POWER PROJECT." International Journal of Engineering Technologies and Management Research 5, no. 1 (February 7, 2020): 29–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.29121/ijetmr.v5.i1.2018.45.

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Every person is unique in this world. Their personal characteristics such as gender, age, marital status, work experience, education etc. may differ for different person. These personal characteristics influence their career. They get benefits from the business opportunities developed in environment due to construction of any project. As they cash the opportunities, they change in their income status and henceforth their standard of living. People with different personal characteristics may have different abilities to plan and execute the same work in a different manner. In this study relation between personal characteristics and change in living standard has been analyzed. Kalisindh Thermal Power Project is constructed near village Undal in State Rajasthan. Due to construction of this project business opportunities developed for petty contractors / traders / service providers. This paper presents the findings emerged from analysis of developed business opportunities for people with different personal characteristics. A survey has been carried out for gathering required information from petty contractors serving for this power plant as well as petty traders and petty service providers to the people living in township of this power plant. During survey a structured questionnaire was filled. Convenience sampling method is used for selection of sample. Statistical tool used for the analysis is multiple regressions.

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Donelly, M., A. Hillman, R. J. Stancliffe, M. Knox, L. Whitaker, and T. R. Parmenter. "The role of informal networks in providing effective work opportunities for people with an intellectual disability." Work 36, no. 2 (2010): 227–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/wor-2010-1023.

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Shaddock, Anthony J., David Zilber, Sally Guggenheimer, Leanne Dowse, Meredith Bennett, and Frances Browne. "Opportunities for choice in day programs for adults with severe intellectual disabilities." Australasian Journal of Special Education 17, no. 1 (January 1993): 48–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1030011200022764.

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This paper examines choice-making in work and community access programs by people perceived to have a severe intellectual disability. The results indicate that the quality and quantity of choice-making are restricted in these settings. The impact of factors such as type of work setting, gender, perceived attractiveness and level of ability are investigated. The implications of this study for research, personnel preparation and workplace interactions are explored.

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Paskar, N. A. "HYPERTENSION OFFICE: OPPORTUNITIES AND PROSPECTS FOR PRIMARY HEALTH CARE." "Arterial’naya Gipertenziya" ("Arterial Hypertension") 19, no. 6 (December 28, 2013): 545–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.18705/1607-419x-2013-19-6-545-550.

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Objective. To analyze the work of the Hypertension office to explore the risk factors of cardiovascular disease and prevention opportunities.Design and methods. The study included 2049 subjects (1549 women and 500 men) surveyed in 10 Hypertension offices. The special software «Cardiometer-MТ» JSC «MICARD-LANA» (Russia) was used for the automated integral estimation of the functional state of the cardiovascular system.Results. The fatal cardiovascular risk by the SCORE scale was estimated: very high risk was observed in 33,7 % cases, high risk — in 31,1 %, moderate risk — in 12,4 %, low risk — in 19,7 % cases. Conclusions. The methods applied in this work contribute to the development of the database and to the primary prevention in people with cardiovascular risk factors.

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Braziene, Ruta, and Ugne Zalkauskaite. "Young People with Physical Disabilities at Work in Lithuania: Experiences and Attitudes." Socialiniai tyrimai 36, no. 3 (December 22, 2014): 142–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.15388/st.2014.23083.

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The aim of this paper is to disclose the experiences and attitudes of young people with disabilities towards their professional activities and finding a job and to discover what the main opportunities and obstacles are for the integration of young disabled people into the Lithuanian labour market. The empirical basis of this research consists of 18 in-depth interviews with 18-35 year old young people with physical disabilities. In-depth interviews with young people with physical disabilities disclosed that a successful transition into the labour market first of all depends on the educational level (especially tertiary education) of a person, acquired appropriate employability skills, etc. Young disabled people experienced stigmatized attitudes by employers and a lack of interest to employ a disabled person. It is emphasized that employers in Lithuania are unwilling to employ a disabled person due to some special requirements (e.g., work assistant services, special requirements for the workplace, shorter working hours, etc.). In the high number of cases young people with disabilities face a double stigma, e.g., young and disabled, lack of working experience, etc.

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Warszewska-Makuch, Magdalena. "Willingness to work beyond retirement age: conditions." Occupational Safety – Science and Practice 556, no. 1 (January 22, 2018): 22–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0010.8009.

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Age-related demographic changes in the EU, including Poland, require making best use of the potential of older people in the labor market and extending their occupational activity. This article presents selected factors which determine willingness to work beyond retirement age. It discusses demographic, social and psychological determinants at the level of the individual, i.e., values and attitudes towards work. By presenting organizational determinants of willingness to work beyond retirement age, the article focuses on the psychosocial qualities of the working environment, i.e., job development opportunities, job demands, job decision latitude, social support and job insecurity.

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Eisenkopf, Gerald. "Unequal Incentives and Perceived Fairness in Groups." Games 9, no. 3 (September 19, 2018): 71. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/g9030071.

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Incentives shape how much people contribute to the welfare of a group. These incentives do not restrict the opportunities but they change the costs of contributions. This paper studies how the random assignment of such incentives affects perceived distributive justice among group members. Do people consider differences in incentives similar to unequal opportunities, that is, situations in which some people have a lower chance to make a high contribution? The results from a real effort experiment show that the economic framing of incentives matters in this context. If some people do not work for the common good because of rather large private costs, they appreciate these ‘negative incentives’ similarly to unequal opportunities. They do not do so, and become less egalitarian, if lower effort for the group increases the chance for private gains (‘positive incentives’). Interestingly, participants reward group members who do not limit their expected contributions to the group despite adverse incentives.

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PARRY, JANE, and REBECCA F. TAYLOR. "Orientation, opportunity and autonomy: why people work after state pension age in three areas of England." Ageing and Society 27, no. 4 (June 18, 2007): 579–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0144686x0700606x.

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ABSTRACTWith the central players in the United Kingdom policy debate on pensions schemes and funding advocating an extension to the average working life (or, more precisely, a rise in the age of ceasing work), this paper reports the findings of qualitative interviews with men and women at or approaching state pension age that examined what motivated some people to continue to work after that age. By exploring their work histories and orientations to work, the paper shows that people from different social and occupational backgrounds not only conceive work and retirement in different ways but also have contrasting opportunities to continue in occupations after retirement age. Their attitudes and the opportunities they encounter shape the decisions they make at state pension age. Distinctions are drawn between those who articulated an identity as a ‘worker’ and those who defined themselves as ‘professionals and creatives’, and within those categories, between the employed and self-employed. The paper elucidates the tensions between individuals' normative expectations of retirement, their desire for autonomy and flexibility in later life, and the financial and occupational reality of life after state pension age. We argue that understanding the different cultural meanings of work and retirement for different types of worker has implications for the design and implementation of policies to extend working life.

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M. Dimitrova, Yana. "SOCIAL WORK IN THE SYSTEM OF PUBLIC PROFESSIONS." Knowledge International Journal 28, no. 6 (December 10, 2018): 2063–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.35120/kij28062063y.

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Nowadays, in this dynamic world, the need for help and support is increasingly highlighted. This is where the role of social work intervenes. Its task is to enhance the personal and social functionality of the people so as to cope with all kinds of everyday problems and hardship they encounter and to highlight the opportunities for realization and socialization in the society.The goal of social work is to reduce the number of people who suffer and need help, thus lessen the disbelief in coping with problems and highlighting the hope for the best. Such people can be children, adolescents, young people, adults and people with special needs.Sometimes in the family environment or in the wide circle of acquaintances, people fail to overcome the difficulties, and then a consultation with a specialist from the social sphere should be made. This need confirms once again that social-pedagogical intervention is not lacking, contributing to adequate and professional work to help address problems and deficits.For this type of realization, graduates of this major must have dedication and humanity to their work with people and their problems. They also need to know well the relevant risks in each occupation.Still, there is hardly any other profession that is so varied and versatile. This profession has many benefits as well as risks. The work of the Bulgarian social worker is the lowest paid among the helping professions and yet the one with highest efficiency and effectiveness expected. People working in the social sphere - the social workers, perform a wide range of functions and responsibilities in accordance to the nature of the assistance they have to provide.

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Lepore, Michael, Erin Long, and Joan Weiss. "Occupational Therapy for People Living With Dementia in the Community: Workforce Development Opportunities." Innovation in Aging 4, Supplement_1 (December 1, 2020): 765. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igaa057.2763.

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Abstract Establishing a workforce capable of delivering evidence- and team-based HCBS for the growing population impacted by dementia is of growing public health importance. Occupational therapy (OT), in collaboration with other disciplines, offers promise for supporting people with dementia to live well at home. However, neither uptake of team-based programs for people with dementia nor availability of providers who work in teams to support people with dementia are well understood. We reviewed information from three federal programs to improve understanding of team-based workforce development needs and opportunities. Findings indicate that interprofessional evidence-based interventions for people with dementia are increasingly implemented but geographically limited and development of the OT workforce’s dementia capability is nascent in interprofessional/interdisciplinary training. OT is a key profession delivering evidence-based HCBS for people with dementia, but substantial opportunity exists for workforce development, including education, training, financing, recruitment, retention, care coordination, and translation and implementation of effective care.

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Okhlupina, O. V. "Transformation of Education: Threat or Limitless Opportunities?" Prepodavatel XXI vek, no. 3, 2020 (2020): 22–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.31862//2073-9613-2020-3-22-31.

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In recent decades there have been many disputes about the viability of Russian education. Supporters of radical changes argue that it is ineffective in the new conditions of the global transition to digital. Schools and universities are intimidated by a generation of “zetas” who “do not succumb” to standard approaches, spending most of their free time online, with clip thinking, inability to concentrate for a long time, and other difficulties and peculiarities. Opponents of digitalization are trying to protect teenagers from unlimited use of gadgets. There are discussions about how to use digital devices wisely and without harming their health. In the spring of 2020 the situation develops in such a way that the “harm” from the long-term communication of young people with gadgets becomes incomparable with the possibility of stopping the learning process. Educational institutions are urgently moving to work in a remote format. In the course of this situation, this is the only way out. The transition reveals many problems that, if possible, are solved during the process. It becomes obvious that it is impossible to use distance learning as the only possible format of work. What the future will be like depends on many factors. Will it remain universal with a sign of quality of traditional Russian education or will it undergo a radical transformation? Employers rely on creative employees who are efficient in multitasking and capable of continuous self-education throughout their lives. The concept of life-long learning continues to be a trend, without giving up its positions. The purpose of this article is to find out whether the new generation of young people is so different that all approaches of the traditional education system are broken down about their “armor”. Or under the flag of Generation Z the idea of a radical transition to a completely new education is being promoted.

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Blackshaw, J. R. "Public health nutrition in the civil service (England): approaches to tackling obesity." Proceedings of the Nutrition Society 75, no. 3 (March 7, 2016): 356–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0029665116000124.

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The seriousness and scale of the physical, psychological, economic and societal consequences relating to poor diets, inactivity and obesity is unprecedented. Consequently, the contextual factors underpinning the work of a nutritionist in the civil service are complex and significant; however, there are real opportunities to make a difference and help improve the health of the nation. The present paper describes the delivery of public health nutrition through two work programmes, namely action to support young people develop healthier lifestyle choices and more recently the investigation and deployment of local insights to develop action to tackle obesity. Combining the application of nutrition expertise along with broader skills and approaches has enabled the translation of research and evidence into programmes of work to better the public's health. It is evident that the appropriate evaluation of such approaches has helped to deliver engaging and practical learning opportunities for young people. Furthermore, efforts to build on local intelligence and seek collaborative development can help inform the evidence base and seek to deliver public health approaches, which resonate with how people live their lives.

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Ilishkina, N. Yu. "«Christopher and Father», or Who is Here with the Diagnosis?" Autism and Developmental Disorders 13, no. 4 (2015): 55–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.17759/autdd.2015130409.

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In the integrated drama studio «Circle II», the subdivision of the parent’s organization «Equal Opportunities», mainly young people with disabilities work. The impression on the performance «Christopher and Father» is described.

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CHAU, RUBY C. M. "SOCIALISM AND SOCIAL DIMENSION OF WORK — EMPLOYMENT POLICIES ON DISABLED GROUPS IN CHINA." Hong Kong Journal of Social Work 43, no. 01 (January 2009): 19–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0219246209000047.

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This paper is about employment policies on disabled people in China. It argues that the Chinese government has constantly emphasised the social dimension of work. Employment has therefore been regarded as an important means for disabled people to integrate into the society and to contribute to public interests. Various measures have been introduced in legislation and in policies on education and employment to enhance job opportunities for disabled people in the last two decades. However, the effectiveness of these measures is limited. In face of the keen competition in the expansion of the private market, many enterprises and welfare services do not have sufficient capacity or enthusiasm to promote employment for disabled groups. The paper argues it is important for the government to provide more support and incentives to enterprises, services, disabled people and their family in order to realise the social dimension of work among the disabled groups.

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Rothman, Robert. "In Delaware, creating pathways and opportunities for youth." Phi Delta Kappan 99, no. 3 (October 23, 2017): 19–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0031721717739588.

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Launched in 2011 by the Harvard Graduate School of Education and Jobs for the Future, the Pathways to Prosperity initiative is helping states create seamless transitions from high school to college and the workforce. Inspired by youth development systems that have long been in place in other high-performing nations — such as Australia, Switzerland, and the Netherlands — the Pathways model calls upon educators, business leaders, and government officials to work together to design opportunities for young people to explore potential careers, complete paid internships in growing fields, get an early start on relevant college coursework, and earn industry-recognized credentials.

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Chiou, Erin K., Eric Holder, Igor Dolgov, Kaleb McDowell, Lance Menthe, Rod D. Roscoe, and Shivam Zaveri. "Human, AI, Robot Teaming and the Future of Work: Barriers and Opportunities for Advancement." Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting 64, no. 1 (December 2020): 62–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1071181320641018.

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Global investments in artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics are on the rise, with the results to impact global economies, security, safety, and human well-being. The most heralded advances in this space are more often about the technologies that are capable of disrupting business-as-usual than they are about innovation that advances or supports a global workforce. The Future of Work at the Human-Technology Frontier is one of NSF’s 10 Big Ideas for research advancement. This panel discussion focuses on the barriers and opportunities for a future of human and AI/robot teaming, with people at the center of complex systems that provide social, ethical, and economic value.

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O’Donnell, Patrick, Lisa Moran, Stefan Geelen, Diarmuid O’Donovan, Maria van den Muijsenbergh, and Khalifa Elmusharaf. "“There is people like us and there is people like them, and we are not like them.” Understating social exclusion – a qualitative study." PLOS ONE 16, no. 6 (June 22, 2021): e0253575. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0253575.

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Social exclusion is a complex concept that is relevant in terms of the health of vulnerable groups. Attempts have been made in the past to measure it, both at the population and the individual level. The aim of this research was to engage with a broad range of relevant stakeholders in Ireland in order to learn how they defined and conceptualised social exclusion. Semi-structured interviews were carried out with 24 participants selected using maximum variation sampling. One quarter of the interviewees were experts by experience. Participants included academic experts, the heads of organisations working nationally with socially excluded groups, politicians, clinicians, support workers and health service managers all with experience of working with socially excluded groups. The resulting definition of social exclusion was “the experience of lack of opportunity, or the inability to make use of available opportunities, thereby preventing full participation in society.” From this, we developed a new model of the concept comprising three elements; Opportunities, Influencing factors and Social outcomes. Opportunities are the fundamental needs that are required to be met for a person to begin leaving social exclusion. Influencing factors are a mixture of the personal characteristics and more complex problems such as the intergenerational effects of disadvantage. Social outcomes include a person being accepted by wider society, and subsequently being able to participate. The conceptual framework we developed can contribute to a better understanding of the concept of social exclusion. The traditional policy focus on improving the needs of excluded people at the Opportunities level must continue, but must be complemented by tackling the problems at the levels of the Influencing factors and Social outcomes also. In terms of changes to practice, the measurement of the social exclusion status of people engaging with primary care and other services would be an important start in order to better understand the magnitude of the work required.

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Nunev, S. T. "FORMING POSITIVE ATTITUDES TOWARDS PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT ETHNIC BACKGROUNDS IN SOCIAL WORK STUDENTS – EDUCATION MODEL AND OPPORTUNITIES." Theoretical & Applied Science 76, no. 08 (August 30, 2019): 158–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.15863/tas.2019.08.76.23.

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Lyhne, Cecilie N., Claus V. Nielsen, Sanne T. Kristiansen, and Merete B. Bjerrum. "‘Work is a motivator in life’ Strategies in managing work participation among highly educated employees with depression." Work 69, no. 3 (July 16, 2021): 1063–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/wor-213536.

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BACKGROUND: Work participation among employees with depression is hampered due to cognitive impairments. Although studies show higher levels of work disability among people with a lower education, highly educated employees may encounter specific challenges in fulfilling their work role due to the cognitive impairments of depression, as they often perform cognitively demanding jobs. There is little knowledge about their challenges and opportunities with regard to work participation. OBJECTIVE: To investigate how highly educated employees with depression manage work participation by focusing on their views on opportunities and challenges in fulfilling their work role. METHODS: Eight individual interviews with highly educated employees with depression were conducted. Transcripts were analysed using qualitative content analysis. RESULTS: The analysis revealed four categories: struggling with acknowledging depression and disclosure; fear of being stigmatised at work; work is a motivator in life; and striving to fulfil the work role at the expense of private life activities. CONCLUSIONS: Highly educated employees with depression need guidance regarding the disclosure of information about health issues and work ability. To successfully manage their work role, they need a clear plan with outlined tasks, demands and goals. Healthcare professionals and workplaces should support them in setting limits with regard to work tasks and working hours.

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