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The limits of control: a systemic, model-based approach to changing organisations towards better health
No full textWorksite Tobacco Prevention: A Randomized, Controlled Trial of Adoption, Dissemination Strategies, and Aggregated Health-Related Outcomes across Companies
Full text linkEvidence based public health requires knowledge about successful dissemination of public health measures. This study analyses (a) the changes in worksite tobacco prevention (TP) in the Canton of Zurich, Switzerland, between 2007 and 2009; (b1) the results of a multistep versus a “brochure only” dissemination strategy; (b2) the results of a monothematic versus a comprehensive dissemination strategy that aim to get companies to adopt TP measures; and (c) whether worksite TP is associated with health- related outcomes. A longitudinal design with randomized control groups was applied. Data on worksite TP and health-related outcomes were gathered by a written questionnaire (baselin
From fidelity to figuration: current and emerging approaches to organizational health intervention research
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Systemic consulting for organizational health development: theory and practice
No full textThe present chapter outlines the practical steps of a targeted organizational health development (OHD) process. It summarizes the theoretical background of capacity building (CB) for OHD of the previous chapter X and introduces principles of consulting based on systems theory as a useful practical approach to CB in organizations. It then shows how this theoretical background transfers into practice. The initiation phase includes contracting between the consultant/client system, developing a project architecture that specifies which perspective is involved in which phase of the project, and finally building competence of managers of the organization for going through the second phase of a participatory optimization/renewal process with their teams. This second phase builds on existing team structures and applies a common four-step project cycle of analysis, planning, implementation, and evaluation. For each of these steps of systemic consulting it is specified how it contributes to CB for OHD in organizations – supporting practical implementation and theory-driven evaluation of this approach
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Unraveling job demand-control-support patterns and job stressors as predictors: Cross-sectional latent profile and network analysis among Italian hospital workers.
Full text linkThe Job Demand-Control-Support (JDCS) model postulates that patterns of job demand, job control, and social support lead to eight job types that are associated with well-being and health. This study employed latent profile analysis (LPA) to identify JDCS profiles among Italian hospital workers (n = 1464) and examined the predictive roles of role clarity and negative relationships at work on profile membership. Furthermore, adopting a network perspective, this study explored the interrelationships among JDCS factors within each identified profile. The LPA results revealed four profiles: isolated prisoner, moderate strain, low strain, and participatory leader. In addition, role clarity increased the likelihood of being included in the low-strain, moderate-strain, and participatory leader profiles. In contrast, negative relationships at work increased the risk of being included in the isolated prisoner profile. Finally, the results of network analysis revealed that networks differed across profiles in terms of density (interconnections between nodes) and edge strength (magnitude of relationships between nodes). Our study extends previous JDCS research by highlighting that researchers should consider empirically identified profiles rather than theoretically defined subgroups. The implications for stress theory, future research, and practice are also discussed
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