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A systematic approach: how an effective occupational health and wellbeing approach can improve the management of employee investigations
No full textAn effective occupational health and wellbeing approach to the management of disciplinary issues should be systematic.
This chapter discusses three levels of intervention as part of such a systematic approach.
It includes a focus on prevention to remove or mitigate harmful factors in the working environment, alongside interventions that support individuals involved in the process and those are in distress because of it.
The roles of human resources and occupational health are discussed, both in relation to employee health and wellbeing generally and employee investigations in particular
The sixth finger illusion in anorexia nervosa
No full textPeople with anorexia nervosa (AN) exhibit altered responses to embodiment and motor imagery tasks, indicating a more malleable mental representation of their body compared to healthy controls (HC). While this has been observed with the actual body, little is known about the mental representation of supernumerary body parts. Recently, it was demonstrated in HC that illusions of supernumerary fingers are not constrained by posture congruency.
The current study aimed to evaluate the differences in the malleability of body representation for supernumerary body parts comparing 30 participants with AN and 30 HC using the sixth finger illusion which is a body illusion based on conflicting visual and tactile signals that lead to create the illusory perception of having an extra finger (i.e. a sixth finger). Synchronous visual–tactile stroking was delivered at four abduction orientations: 0°, 90°, 135°, and 180°, plus a control condition. Participants were asked to complete an ownership questionnaire to judge the little finger's perceived orientation and the sixth finger's felt orientation when they agreed to feel six fingers.
Both groups experienced the sixth finger in all orientations, despite biomechanical constraints. However, AN participants perceived the sixth finger closer to the hand's position.
Previous studies in AN report higher flexibility of some body representation domains, such as embodiment and motor imagery. Interestingly, our study highlights that this higher flexibility does not seem to apply to all domains of the representation of the bodily self: AN participants showed reduced flexibility for the perceived orientation of the extra finger
Somatosensation and the sense of self
No full textIn this primer, Patrick Haggard and Matthew Longo consider how sensory signals from receptors throughout the body are integrated to produce the sense of a coherent, continuous, sentient body, that forms the basis of self-consciousness
The role of context in flexible working arrangement usage
No full textWho uses flexible working arrangements (FWAs), when, and why – and what are the outcomes? This chapter theorises how the provision, use and consequences of flexible working arrangements (FWAs) are shaped by intersecting layers of context. Drawing on research from various disciplines, we show that workers’ experiences, perceptions and ‘choices’ regarding FWAs need to be understood as contingent on global, national, industry and occupational, organisational, demographic and temporal layers of context. We illustrate how complex intersections of these layers of context come to matter, attending to the power dynamics related to FWA accessibility and repercussions of use. We conclude by outlining future avenues for research including the need for further analysis of how different layers of contexts intersect, how these dynamics play out in relation to informal FWA arrangements and in occupations and industries where flexibility has historically been less prevalent, and the need to understand more about the longer-term impact of critical events on FWA perceptions
Awkward flirting, 4am breakdowns and a last kiss: David Eldridge on a decade of writing about love
No full textBeginning, Middle and End form a trilogy charting the ups and downs of different relationships. Audiences have taken them to their heart – one couple saw the first play on a date, got married and had its title engraved on their ring
Indigenous women’s reproductive traditions: reclaiming sovereignty through 500 years of colonization
No full textBook synopsis: What happens when centuries-old reproductive traditions clash with colonial impositions?
In Indigenous Women’s Reproductive Traditions, Stephanie A. Sellers delves into the rich history of Indigenous women’s reproductive practices before European colonization. The book highlights traditional methods such as birth control, abortion, and child spacing, which were integral to maintaining agency over their bodies. Sellers explores how these practices were disrupted by European patriarchal structures and examines the impact of forced sterilization in the 20th century. Today, Indigenous women are reclaiming their rights through movements for reproductive justice, advocating for a return to their ancestral practices and redefining concepts of womanhood and motherhood on their own tribal terms.
Ideal for courses in Women and Gender Studies, Cultural Anthropology, and Native American Studies, this book offers crucial insights into the intersection of traditional practices and colonial impacts on Indigenous women's reproductive rights
A Congolese refugee's quest for a purpose and better life: more to life than a refugee camp
No full textBook synopsis: What does it mean to grow up defined by a label you never chose—refugee—and still insist on shaping a life of hope and purpose?
In A Congolese Refugee’s Quest for a Purpose and Better Life, Gentille Meda Dusenge takes readers inside the often-invisible world of displacement, where childhood is spent in the confines of a Rwandan refugee camp and adolescence unfolds under the weight of stigma, poverty, and gendered expectations. From Kiziba’s clay huts to the lecture rooms of Kepler University, from heartbreaking exclusion to the triumph of education, Dusenge charts her journey as a daughter, sister, wife, mother, student, teacher, and advocate. Her story exposes structural violence that constrains millions of displaced people, and challenges systems that silence refugee voices. It is a testimony to the power of persistence, education, and self-determination, while offering a vision of what is possible when refugees become part of the change that is needed. This book is ideal reading for students of Forced Migration, Displacement, Refugee Studies, Migration Studies, Gender Studies, Sociology, and Education Studies, as well as policy makers
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