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PurposeOrganizational culture has been identified as an important factor in increased employee commitment. Particularly during a shortage of skilled workers, commitment is a meaningful indicator of higher loyalty and retention. However, limited research has studied the relationship between organizational culture and commitment from a global perspective. Most research focuses on specific aspects of culture and examines the aspects' effects on commitment separately. The author's objective is to identify influential organizational culture's dimensions and assess dimensions' relationship to commitment holistically.Design/methodology/approachFor this purpose, the author analyzed a data set with 241,648 participants from 9 industries in Germany. The survey captures individual attitudes toward certain aspects of organizational culture and assesses workers' commitment to their organizations.FindingsThe results of a linear regression show that all cultural dimensions considered, namely transformational leadership behavior, team cohesion, compensation, fairness and caring attitude, if well-developed, positively and significantly influence organizational commitment. Interestingly, team cohesion has the greatest effect on commitment, followed by transformational leadership behavior, compensation, caring attitude and fairness.Originality/valueThis paper aims to examine the relationship between organizational culture and commitment holistically, thereby revealing which aspects of corporate culture are particularly important for increasing workers' commitment.
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Objective: Coronavirus disease 2019 may be associated with a white spectrum of post recovery disease complications and health impairment. The objective of this study was to evaluate and assess the different perimeters of pulmonary Function Tests and late outcome of the disease after hospital discharge at 3 and 6 months among the patients admitted with swerve COVID Pneumonia. Method: Our analysis consisted of comparison of the FVC at 3 and 6 months after hospital discharge in order to evaluate the disease severity with time. Results: A total of 41 hospitalized patients had their Pulmonary Function Tests evaluated >70% of the patients had their FVC <80% at 3 months and >12% had their FVC <80% at 6 months. To study abnormality of spirometry in severe post COVID-19 patients who were discharge from ICU hospital and complete the follow up after one month 3, 6. CONCLUSION: In patients who developed moderate to severe pneumonia more than 70% had abnormal FVC at 3 months. These patients were to be identified and treated with optimal management and as a result only 12% of patients had long term impairment in FVC and long term sequel.
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A significant proportion of people infected with SARS-CoV-2 report a new onset of smell or taste loss. The duration of the chemosensory impairment and predictive factors of recovery are still unclear. In this study, we aim to describe the prevalence and features of loss of smell (anosmia) and loss of taste (ageusia) in Covid-19 patients. This study was done during second wave of Covid -19 to assess the smell and taste sensations dysfunction in Covid-19 infected subjects. Subjects above age of 18 years who were infected with Covid -19 virus and recovered from Covid-19 infection were included in this study. 50.49 % subjects had loss of smell sensation. 36.76% subjects had loss of taste sensation, whereas 34.31 % subjects had loss of both smell and taste sensation. Chemosensitive dysfunction is associated with coronavirus disease and may be the only symptom that presents the disease. Smell and taste loss are highly prevalent in COVID-19.
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Este caso objetiva promover uma reflexao sobre o processo de escrita de casos para ensino e direcionamentos para aplicação do método. Em 2020, João Luiz Marinho, doutorando em Administração na Universidade do Aprendizado (UNIAPRE), foi desafiado pelo professor Fernando a escrever o seu primeiro caso para ensino para aplicação na disciplina de Estratégias Organizacionais, da qual era estagiário em docencia. Porém, muitos questionamentos sobre a construção e aplicação de casos para ensino sondavam os pensamentos de João, uma vez que este nao tinha experiencias anteriores com o método, possuía pouca prática na docencia e a migração das aulas para a modalidade on-line era novidade. Assim, a proposta foi fazer com que os alunos se colocassem no lugar de João, a fim de propiciar um debate sobre a escrita e aplicação de um caso para ensino na modalidade on-line. Sugere-se sua aplicação nos cursos de pos-graduaçâo lato sensu e stricto sensu em Administração, nas disciplinas de Metodologia e Casos para Ensino.Alternate :This case aims to promote a reflection on the teaching case writing process and directions for applying the method. In 2020, João Luiz Marinho, a doctoral candidate in Administration at the University of Learning (UNIAPRE), was challenged by Professor Fernando to write his first teaching case for application in the Organizational Strategies discipline, of which he was an intern in teaching. However, many questions about the construction and application of teaching cases probed João's thoughts, since he had no previous experience with the method, he had little practice in teaching, and the migration of classes to the online mode was very new. Thus, the proposal is to make students put themselves in João's place, in order to provide a debate on the writing and application of a case for online teaching. It is suggested that it be applied in lato sensu and stricto sensu graduate courses in Administration in the disciplines of Methodology and Teaching Cases.
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In the summer of 2020, as COVID-19 limited in-person research opportunities and created additional barriers for many students, institutions either canceled or remotely hosted their research experience for undergraduates (REU) programs. The present qualitative phenomenographic study was designed to explore some of the possible limitations, challenges, and outcomes of this remote experience. Overall, 94 interviews were conducted with paired participants;mentees (N=10) and mentors (N=8) from six different REU programs. By drawing on cultural-historical activity theory as a framework, our study uncovers some of the challenges mentees faced while pursuing their research objectives and academic goals. These challenges included motivation, limited access to technology at home, limited communication among REU students, barriers in mentor-mentee relationships, and differing expectations about doing research. Despite the challenges, all mentees reported that this experience was highly beneficial. Comparisons between the outcomes of these remote REUs and published outcomes of in-person undergraduate research programs reveal many similar benefits, including student integration into science, technology, engineering, and mathematics culture. Our study suggests that remote research programs could be considered a means to expand access to undergraduate research experiences even after COVID-19 restrictions have been lifted.
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L'industrie automobile est dans une tourmente, conjoncturelle, tout d'abord, avec un marché profondément affecté par le Covid, des pénuries de matériaux et composants et des clients désorientés ;structurelle, ensuite, avec la transition â marche forcée vers l'électrification. Cette double crise est a haut risque pour l'industrie automobile, mais l'alignement de l'action de l'ensemble des parties prenantes devrait permettre â la filiere française de rester dans la course pour l'automobile du futur.
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To treat the novel COronaVIrus Disease (COVID), comparatively fewer medicines have been approved. Due to the global pandemic status of COVID, several medicines are being developed to treat patients. The modern COVID medicines development process has various challenges, including predicting and detecting hazardous COVID medicine responses. Moreover, correctly predicting harmful COVID medicine reactions is essential for health safety. Significant developments in computational models in medicine development can make it possible to identify adverse COVID medicine reactions. Since the beginning of the COVID pandemic, there has been significant demand for developing COVID medicines. Therefore, this paper presents the transfer-learning methodology and a multilabel convolutional neural network for COVID (MLCNN-COV) medicines development model to identify negative responses of COVID medicines. For analysis, a framework is proposed with five multilabel transfer-learning models, namely, MobileNetv2, ResNet50, VGG19, DenseNet201, and Inceptionv3, and an MLCNN-COV model is designed with an image augmentation (IA) technique and validated through experiments on the image of three-dimensional chemical conformer of 17 number of COVID medicines. The RGB color channel is utilized to represent the feature of the image, and image features are extracted by employing the Convolution2D and MaxPooling2D layer. The findings of the current MLCNN-COV are promising, and it can identify individual adverse reactions of medicines, with the accuracy ranging from 88.24% to 100%, which outperformed the transfer-learning model's performance. It shows that three-dimensional conformers adequately identify negative COVID medicine responses. 1225-6463/$ © 2023 ETRI.
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PurposeThe paper intends to comprehend the pattern of usage of FinTech services among bank customers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The paper also examines the factors influencing the adoption of FinTech services by using the constructs from the technology acceptance model (TAM) together with highlighting the issues faced in using FinTech services in Assam.Design/methodology/approachThe research is empirical in nature. Data have been collected from 1,066 prime earners of the households having a bank account.FindingsThere has been an upsurge in the use of FinTech services in the area of study. Apart from government and private service employees, businessmen, self-employed professionals, many daily-wage earners and agriculturists have also experienced an increase in their frequency of usage of FinTech services thereby making technology-based financial services an indispensable tool in enhancing access, improving inclusivity in the times of crisis and aftermath. Government support, trust, perceived usefulness (PU), attitude and social influence have a positive influence on FinTech adoption;however, perceived risks impact respondents' trust towards FinTech services thereby requiring necessary measures to evaluate organizations' preparedness to deal with cyber threats.Originality/valueThe paper provides insight into the factors impacting the adoption of FinTech services to stimulate superior connectivity infrastructure, robust security measures and maintaining financial stability with adequate supervisory and monitoring regulations to enhance trust towards FinTech services during the crisis and aftermath.
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This research examines the effect of digital innovation on the competitiveness and performance of hospitality businesses in Indonesia. This research was conducted with a quantitative research approach. Participants in this study are managers of hotel companies that implement online systems in Indonesia. The samples in this study were 218 respondents. Hypotheses are tested using the Structural Equation Modeling method and processed using Amos Software Version 23. The results show that there is a positive and significant effect between digital innovation on competitiveness, digital innovation and competitiveness also effect hotel business performance positively and significantly. We also found that competitiveness can mediate the effect of digital innovation on business performance. Therefore, we suggest improving business performance with enhancing competitiveness, to improve competitiveness can be done by increasing the implementation of digital innovation.
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Niniejsze opracowanie jest próbą prezentacji wpływu pandemii koronawirusa SARS-CoV-2 i wynikających z jej rozwoju ograniczeń na działalność Łęczyckiej Zagrody Chłopskiej w Kwiatkówku. Placówka ta stanowi muzeum na wolnym powietrzu typu parkowego i jest częścią Muzeum Archeologicznego i Etnograficznego w Łodzi. Została ona udostępniona dla zwiedzających w 2013 r. W ramach opracowania starano się zaprezentować nowe kierunki działalności placówki podejmowane w przestrzeni wirtualnej, jak również te, które stanowiły kontynuację dotychczasowych działań związanych z organizacją tradycyjnych wystaw czasowych, wydarzeń plenerowych i promocyjnych. Niniejszej prezentacji dokonano na podstawie działań podjętych w latach 2020-2021. Prezentując nowe kierunki działalności Łęczyckiej Zagrody Chłopskiej wskazano na wirtualne wystawy czasowe i publikowane on-line materiały o charakterze etnograficznym dotyczące np. świąt, obrzędów czy problematyki regionalnej. W ramach opracowania starano się również zaprezentować fluktuację frekwencji osób zwiedzających skansen w omawianym przedziale czasu w porównaniu z latami 2013-2019.Alternate :This study is an attempt to present the impact of SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus pandemic and the restrictions resulting from its development on the activity of Łęczyca Farmstead in Kwiatkówek. This facility is an open air museum/theme park and is part of the Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography in Łódź. It was made available to visitors in 2013. As part of the study, efforts were made to present new directions of the museum's activities shifted into the virtual space, as well as those that are a continuation of the previous activities related to the organization of traditional temporary exhibitions, outdoor activities and promotional events. This presentation is based on the activities undertaken in 2020-2021. While presenting the new directions of activities of Łęczyca Farmstead, particular attention was drawn to the virtual, temporary exhibitions and ethnographic materials published online, concerning e.g. some holidays, rituals or regional issues. Within the framework of this study, efforts were also made to present the fluctuation in the frequency of visitors to the open air museum in the discussed period of time, compared to the years 2013-2019.
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Este trabajo pone de relieve cómo la pandemia causada por el COVID-19 constituye uno de tantos riesgos globales a los que se enfrentan nuestras sociedades, uno de esos riesgos que han venido para quedarse y que, por lo tanto, exigen una respuesta fuera de los estados de excepcionalidad. Se advierte también de los riesgos y la inseguridad que para los derechos fundamentales supone la dilación en el tiempo de medidas de excepcionalidad, apostando por una regulación por ley orgánica de las situaciones de emergencia sanitaria, la actual o las que podamos vivir en el futuro. La cuestión de cómo valoramos los riesgos y que respuestas reglamos con antelación para afrontarlos constituye hoy un imperativo para la defensa de los derechos fundamentales.Alternate :This paper highlights how the pandemic caused by COVID-19 constitutes one of the many global risks faced by our societies, one of those risks that have arrived to stay. That, therefore, demands a response out of a state of exceptionality. The paper also warns of the risks and insecurity for fundamental rights posed by the delay in the time of exceptional measures, and advocates regulation by organic law of health emergency situations -the current one or those that we may experience in the future-. The question of how we assess the risks and what responses we regulate in advance to face them constitutes today an imperative for the defense of fundamental rights.
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Celem artykułu jest zaprezentowanie najważniejszych wniosków z kryzysu w polskiej piłce nożnej wywołanego przez pandemię COVID-19. W badaniu dokonano jakościowej analizy treści materiałów prasowych opisujących doniesienia dotyczące futbolu oraz przeprowadzono wywiady pogłębione w wariancie eksperckim z osobami pełniącymi ważne funkcje w środowisku zawodowej piłki nożnej. Wyniki analizy pokazują niespotykaną od dekad skalę negatywnych konsekwencji dla całego ekosystemu piłkarskiego. Najważniejsze z nich obejmowały kwestie: bezpośredniego zagrożenia zdrowia, ekonomii (widmo krachu na rynku piłkarskim), trudności organizacyjno-formalnych oraz wątpliwości wobec politycznego zaangażowania w proces przywrócenia futbolu. Szybkie i zakończone sukcesem wdrożenie planu odmrażania polskiej piłki nożnej ostatecznie uchroniło najważniejszych interesariuszy przed urzeczywistnieniem się najbardziej pesymistycznych scenariuszy (np. niewydolności finansowej i bankructw).Alternate :The paper aims to present the key conclusions from the crisis in Polish football caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The study is based on desk research and secondary data analysis: content analysis in media (press article's comparative analysis) and semi-structured interviews (conducted with experts with representatives of Polish football community). The results show an unprecedented scale of negative consequences for the entire football ecosystem. Those included health threat, economic problems, organizational difficulties, and ambiguous political involvement in the process of restoring football. The quick restart of the Polish football protected the most important stakeholders from the worst-case scenarios (e.g., bankruptcies) coming true.
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The Corona Virus Disease pandemic has significant adverse effects on the economy, health, and society that have hampered global economic growth. Taiwan is one of the countries impacted by this pandemic. The pandemic had an enormous influence on the world economy, making the role of financial report quality an even more critical issue. This study aims to examine and evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the quality of financial reports. Additionally, it intends to examine and evaluate the differences between the impact of audit opinion and audit quality on the quality of financial reports before and after the COVID-19 pandemic. This study adopts secondary data, i.e., annual financial reports and audit quality data of public listing firms on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE). Furthermore, this study selected data from 2016 to 2021. This study proves that the COVID-19 pandemic affects the quality of financial reports. Furthermore, this study suggests that the COVID-19 pandemic strengthens the negative impacts of audit opinion on the quality of financial reports using accrual earnings management proxies. However, it also shows that the audit quality did not impact the quality of financial reports proxied by accrual and real earnings management at the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Additionally, they can treat atopic comorbidities such as atopic dermatitis, chronic urticaria, nasal polyps, eosinophilic esophagitis, and hypereosinophilic syndrome, resulting in improved quality of life for our patients. Parents should be made aware of its updated black box warning for possible effects on mental health and behavior changes,3 including but not limited to suicidal ideation. FDA requires boxed warning about serious mental health side effects for asthma and allergy drug montelukast (Singulair);advises restricting use for allergic rhinitis.
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Introdução: O trabalho de enfermagem em unidades hospitalares COVID-19 é complexo, desafiador e repleto de elementos cuja compreensâo é importante para o campo da Gestâo e Saúde no Trabalho. Objetivo: compreender o cotidiano e os desafios de trabalhadores de enfermagem na linha de frente do enfrentamento a pandemia em unidades hospitalares COVID-19. Materiais e Métodos: estudo qualitativo desenvolvido com 35 trabalhadores de enfermagem em unidades COVID-19 de sete hospitais do Sul do Brasil, por meio de entrevistas semiestruturadas. O software NVivo auxiliou no tratamento dos dados a partir da análise temática de conteúdo. Resultados: da análise dos dados emergiram duas categorias analíticas: Desafios do cotidiano de enfermagem nas unidades COVID-19: complexidade e demandas da assistencia;e Desafios de ser um trabalhador de enfermagem da linha de frente: desdobramentos no bem-estar profissional e na vida pessoal. Discussao: pode-se considerar que a complexidade e intensificaçâo do trabalho na linha de frente causou impactos que podem conduzir os trabalhadores de enfermagem ao adoecimento. Sâo importantes açöes de promoçâo a visibilidade profissional junto a sociedade para desmistificar a imagem romantizada sobre a profissâo e problematizar a importância da enfermagem no enfrentamento da pandemia e os impactos sofridos por estes trabalhadores. Conclusao: trabalhadores de enfermagem de unidades COVID-19 vivenciam desafios complexos, com repercussöes em sua experiencia laboral e em sua vida.Alternate :Introduction: The nursing work in COVID-19 hospital units is complex, challenging, and full of elements whose understanding is important for the field of Management and Health at Work. Objective: to understand the daily life and challenges of nursing workers in the front line of confronting the pandemic in COVID-19 hospital units. Materials and Methods: qualitative study developed with 35 nursing workers in COVID-19 units from seven hospitals in southern Brazil, through semi-structured interviews. The NVivo software helped in the data treatment from the thematic content analysis. Results: two analytical categories emerged from data analysis: Challenges of nursing daily life in COVID-19 units: complexity and demands of assistance;and Challenges of being a frontline nursing worker: unfolding in professional well-being and personal life. Discussion: it can be considered that the complexity and intensification of frontline work caused impacts that can lead nursing workers to illness. Actions to promote professional visibility in society are important, to demystify the romanticized image about the profession, and to problematize the importance of nursing in facing the pandemic and the impacts suffered by these workers. Conclusion: nursing workers in COVID-19 units experience complex challenges, with repercussions on their work experience and their lives.Alternate :Introducción: El trabajo de enfermería en las unidades hospitalarias COVID-19 es complejo, desafiante y lleno de elementos cuya comprensión es importante para el campo de la Gestión y Salud Ocupacional. Objetivo: comprender el cotidiano y los desafíos de los trabajadores de enfermería en la primera línea de enfrentamiento a la pandemia en las unidades hospitalarias de la COVID-19. Materiales y Métodos: estudio cualitativo desarrollado con 35 trabajadores de enfermería en unidades de COVID-19 de siete hospitales del sur de Brasil, a través de entrevistas semiestructuradas. El software NVivo ayudó en el procesamiento de datos basado en el análisis de contenido temático. Resultados: del análisis de los datos surgieron dos categorías analíticas: Desafíos cotidianos de la enfermería en las unidades de COVID-19: complejidad y demandas asistenciales;y Desafíos de ser un trabajador de enfermería de primera línea: desarrollos en el bienestar profesional y personal. Discusión: se puede considerar que la complejidad e intensificación del trabajo en primera línea provocó impactos que podrían llevar a los trabaj do es de enfermería a la enfermedad. Las acciones de promoción de la visibilidad profesional en la sociedad son importantes para desmitificar la imagen romantizada de la profesión y discutir la importancia de la enfermería en el enfrentamiento de la pandemia y los impactos sufridos por estos trabajadores. Conclusión: los trabajadores de enfermería de las unidades de COVID-19 viven desafíos complejos, con repercusiones en su experiencia laboral y en su vida.
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The right to property is part of International Human Rights Law (IHRL). However, the right is conspicuously missing from some fundamental treaties, and there are important inconsistencies in its interpretation by regional and global human rights bodies. In light of the indeterminacy and polysemy of IHRL in relation to property, this paper articulates a proposal to rethink this right taking Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (ESCR) seriously. The proposal contains four propositions. Firstly, property is a human right. Secondly, it includes private property as one of its forms, but this is not the only one. Thirdly, property has a social function. And fourthly, as a matter of proportionality, fulfilling ESCR is one of the most important objectives that may justify the limitation of private property.
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L'interculturalisme n'ayant toujours pas été officialisé par l'intermédiaire d'une loi ou politique publique formelle et contraignante, comment les parlementaires québécois – mais aussi les intervenants avec qui ils dialoguent – se le représentent-ils dans leurs échanges à l'Assemblée nationale? Cet article se propose de répondre à cette question en réalisant une analyse de contenu critique qualitative et systématique des échanges portant sur l'interculturalisme à l'Assemblée nationale du Québec depuis l'apparition de cette notion en 1987 (33e législature) jusqu'à la portion de la 42e législature (2018-) qui précède l'ajournement des travaux au mois de mars 2020, en raison de la pandémie de COVID-19. En montrant l'existence de deux principales coalitions de discours, l'une qualifiée de libérale-pluraliste et l'autre de républicaine-moniste, cet article décortique les débats parlementaires en illustrant comment les acteurs associés à ces deux approches se représentent les fondements du modèle québécois en matière d'aménagement de la diversité, le rapport qu'il propose entre la culture majoritaire et les minorités ethnoculturelles, et ses objectifs présumés.Alternate :Interculturalism has yet to be formalized through a binding law or public policy. In that context, how do Quebec's parliamentarians-and the stakeholders with whom they interact-represent it in their exchanges at the National Assembly? This article seeks to answer this question by conducting a qualitative and systematic critical content analysis of the exchanges on interculturalism in the Quebec National Assembly from the emergence of this notion in 1987 (33rd legislature) to the portion of the 42nd legislature (2018−) that precedes the adjournment of the proceedings in March 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. By showing the existence of two main discourse coalitions, one characterized as liberal-pluralist and the other as republican-monist, this article analyzes the parliamentary debates by underscoring how the actors involved in these two approaches are representative of the foundations of the Quebec model of diversity management and by illustrating the presumed objectives of this model and the relationship it proposes between the majority culture and ethnocultural minorities.
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Treatment should be initiated early in the illness as the greatest effect on outcome is achieved if given within 48 hours of the onset of symptoms.1 In one randomized controlled trial, baloxavir marboxil had greater efficacy than oseltamivir in adolescents and adults with influenza B virus infection.3 (You can see the recommended list of antiviral medications for this season on the online Table at contemporarypediatrics.com/ influenza-and-RSV-during-COVID). Health care providers are already seeing a less severe influenza and RSV season due to the COVID-19 precautions, with individuals wearing masks and continued physical distancing. What HCPs can do in the meantime is test as many patients as they can to determine the infecting organism and the most appropriate treatment. Because HCPs know that the 2018-2019 influenza vaccine reducedpediatric influenza A-associ-ated hospitalizations and emergency department visits by 40% to 60%,5 this season's approach has been to immunize as many children with the influenza vaccine and test as many as possible for influenza and COVID-19. There are many single testing options available and a few multiplex assays using RT-PCR, mostly in hospital labs. But as the flu season marches on, I anticipate more assays to be available for use in the office as well. ¦ COMMENTS?
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Background. The hepatitis C virus (HCV) is often associated with people who inject drugs, and with a reduction in quality of life. While earlier forms of HCV treatment had low treatment uptake, newer HCV treatment integrated with opioid maintenance treatment appears to increase treatment uptake among those who inject drugs. The aim was to explore how people who inject drugs perceive changes in quality of life after treatment of HCV infection. Methods. Four focus group discussions, and 19 individual interviews were conducted with people who inject drugs or who had previously injected drugs and received opioid agonist therapy. All participants were successfully treated for and "cured” for HCV. Data were audio-recorded, transcribed verbatim, and analyzed using reflexive thematic analysis. Results. The HCV treatment helped participants to let go of negative thoughts and break destructive patterns of interaction. This facilitated the restoration of social relationships with family and others. Furthermore, some participants reported a general improvement in their health. Feeling healthy meant fewer worries such as infecting others. Also, interactions with health professionals were experienced as less stigmatizing. These physical, social, and psychological improvements led to a form of "awakening” and being treated for HCV gave participants hope for the future. Conclusion. HCV treatment improves the mental and physical health in addition to play an important social function. Successful HCV treatment was associated with a greater sense of hope for the future, reconnection with significant others, and reduced feeling of stigma. Overall, improved health and social relationships contributed to improved quality of life.