Men who do "women's work" have consistently been the butt of jokes, derided for their lack of drive and masculinity. In this eye-opening study, Christine Williams provides a wholly new look at men ...who work in predominantly female jobs. Having conducted extensive interviews in four cities, Williams uncovers how men in four occupations—nursing, elementary school teaching, librarianship, and social work—think about themselves and experience their work.
Contrary to popular imagery, men in traditionally female occupations do not define themselves differently from men in more traditional occupations. Williams finds that most embrace conventional, masculine values. Her findings about how these men fare in their jobs are also counterintuitive. Rather than being surpassed by the larger number of women around them, these men experience the "glass escalator effect," rising in disproportionate numbers to administrative jobs at the top of their professions. Williams finds that a complex interplay between gendered expectations embedded in organizations, and the socially determined ideas workers bring to their jobs, contribute to mens' advantages in these occupations.
Using a feminist psychoanalytic perspective, Williams calls for more men not only to cross over to women's occupations, but also to develop alternative masculinities that find common ground with traditionally female norms of cooperation and caring. Until the workplace is sexually integrated and masculine and feminine norms equally valued, it will unfortunately remain "still a man's world."
The expansion of Al functionality in the work environment exacerbates human health risks. Results: The main area of interest was the contemporary work environment and the health consequences ...associated with access to smart technologies. The authors put forward the thesis that the new reality with the widespread use of Al, requires an analysis of its impact on the human psycho-social and health situation. ...a legal framework defining the scope of monitoring and collection of sensitive data is necessary. Med Pr. 2023;74(3):227-33 Key words: health care, occupational health services, artificial intelligence, technological revolution, learning systems, workers health and safety WST P Transformacja cyfrowa, tzw. przemysł 4.0, wprowadzane do użytku nowe aplikacje i rozwój sztucznej inteligencji (artificial intelligence - Al) stanowią nowe wyzwanie dla obszaru odpowiedzialnego za zdrowie i bezpieczeństwo pracownika.
Cet article présente un retour d'expérience sur l'utilisation d'une méthodologie composite afin d'aborder un sujet sensible, à savoir le fait religieux au travail. Pour cela, une explicitation de la ...recherche initiale souligne la sensibilité du sujet abordé et la nécessité d'adopter une démarche idoine. Reposant sur un effort de réflexivité, le protocole proposé met en œuvre une approche mixte s'appuyant sur la méthode des scenarii.
The aim of the study was to develop recommendations for creating a healthy work environment based on current literature for nurses working within the US Military Health System (MHS). However, our ...findings would likely benefit other nursing populations and environments as well.
Systematic literature review.
We conducted a systematic literature search for articles published between January 2010 until January 2024 from five databases: PubMed, Joanna Briggs, Embase, CINAHL and Scopus.
Articles were screened, selected and extracted using Covidence software. Article findings were synthesized to create recommendations for the development, implementation and measurement of healthy work environments.
Ultimately, a total of 110 articles met the criteria for inclusion in this review. The articles informed 13 recommendations for creating a healthy work environment. The recommendations included ensuring teamwork, mentorship, job satisfaction, supportive leadership, nurse recognition and adequate staffing and resources. Additionally, we identified strategies for implementing and measuring these recommendations.
This thorough systematic review created actionable recommendations for the creation of a healthy work environment. Based on available evidence, implementation of these recommendations could improve nursing work environments.
This study identifies methods for implementing and measuring aspects of a healthy work environment. Nurse leaders or others can implement the recommendations provided here to develop healthy work environments in their hospitals, clinics or other facilities where nurses practice.
PRISMA 2020 guidelines.
No patient or public contribution.
BACKGROUND:The nurse work environment is theorized to influence the quality of nursing care, nurse job outcomes, and patient outcomes.
OBJECTIVE:The aim of this meta-analysis was to evaluate ...quantitatively the association of the work environment with job and health outcomes.
RESEARCH DESIGN:Relevant studies published through September 2018 were identified. Inclusion criteria were use of a nationally endorsed work environment measure and reporting of odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals from regression models of 4 outcome classesnurse job outcomes, safety and quality ratings, patient outcomes, and patient satisfaction. Pooled ORs and confidence intervals were estimated for each outcome using fixed or random effects models.
SUBJECTS:Of 308 articles reviewed, 40 met inclusion criteria. After excluding 23 due to sample overlap or too few observations to meta-analyze, a set of 17 articles, comprising 21 independent samples, was analyzed. Cumulatively, these articles reported data from 2677 hospitals, 141 nursing units, 165,024 nurses, and 1,368,420 patients, in 22 countries.
MEASURES:Practice Environment Scale of the Nursing Work Index, a National Quality Forum nursing care performance standard.
RESULTS:Consistent, significant associations between the work environment and all outcome classes were identified. Better work environments were associated with lower odds of negative nurse outcomes (average OR of 0.71), poor safety or quality ratings (average OR of 0.65), and negative patient outcomes (average OR of 0.93), but higher odds of patient satisfaction (OR of 1.16).
CONCLUSIONS:The nurse work environment warrants attention to promote health care quality, safety, and patient and clinician well-being.
In large corporations in Japan, much of the clerical work is carried out by young women known as "office ladies" (OLs) or "flowers of the workplace." Largely nameless, OLs serve tea to the men and ...type and file their reports. They are exempt from the traditional lifetime employment and have few opportunities for promotion. In this engaging ethnography, Yuko Ogasawara exposes the ways that these women resist men's power, and why the men, despite their exclusive command of authority, often subject themselves to the women's control. Ogasawara, a Japanese sociologist trained in the United States, skillfully mines perceptive participant-observation analyses and numerous interviews to outline the tensions and humiliations of OL work. She details the subtle and not-so-subtle ways that OLs who are frustrated by demeaning, dead-end jobs thwart their managers and subvert the power structure to their advantage. Using gossip, outright work refusal, and public gift-giving as manipulative strategies, they can ultimately make or break the careers of the men. This intimate and absorbing analysis illustrates how the relationships between women and work, and women and men, are far more complex than the previous literature has shown.
Creating Your Own Calm Space Mete, Rosina
Canadian journal of medical laboratory science,
10/2023, Letnik:
85, Številka:
2
Journal Article
Recenzirano
Managing this "new normal" contributes to uncertainty and stressors, especially for individuals like medical laboratory professionals on the frontlines of health care. Additionally, when you consider ...the type of work you're in and your environment, there are considerations of urgency, attention to detail, and adaptability - all of which can contribute to a more fastpaced, and even stressful, work environment. ...it may be difficult to adjust one's approach from one environment to another (for example, from work to home) if it feels like you constantly have to rush, rush, rush.
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