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The disability assessment structured interview: its reliability and validity in work disability assessment
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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
Managing sickness absence : leadership and sickness absence behaviour in hospital care
Full text linkBeleid bij ziekteverzuim richt zich vaak op langdurig zieken. Jolanda Schreuder stelt dat organisaties en bedrijven er goed aan doen om meer aandacht te schenken aan medewerkers die regelmatig kortdurend ziek zijn, en medewerkers die nooit afwezig zijn. Deze laatste groep, de nulverzuimers, zijn binnen een team belangrijke ondersteuners van de leidinggevende maar worden vaak niet voldoende op waarde geschat.
Kortdurend verzuim heeft een relatie met gedrag, beïnvloedt direct het werkproces en leidt tot onderbezetting. Daarnaast lopen werknemers die regelmatig kort verzuimen, het risico op toekomstig langdurig verzuim. Nulverzuimers komen dezelfde problemen in het werk tegen, worden aangestuurd door dezelfde leidinggevenden en vallen onder hetzelfde organisatiebeleid. Ondanks dat veel organisaties veel moeite doen om het ziekteverzuim te managen, worden nulverzuimers meestal niet opgemerkt.
Schreuder verrichtte haar onderzoek in Ziekenhuis Nij Smellinghe te Drachten. In dit ziekenhuis vormt het managen van ziekteverzuim een belangrijk onderdeel van het organisatiebeleid. Het resultaat hiervan was het behalen van de laagste verzuimcijfers in 2010 voor de branche Algemene Ziekenhuizen, gemeten door Vernet, de marktleider in benchmark voor de gezondheidszorg in Nederland.
De bevindingen leveren extra kennis over ziekteverzuimmanagement en geven praktische hulpmiddelen ter verbetering ervan. Het managen van ziekteverzuim vraagt een doelgerichte aanpak met maatwerk per werknemer. Daarin spelen niet alleen de werknemer, de leidinggevende en de bedrijfsarts een belangrijke rol, maar ook het team waarin de werknemer werkt. De resultaten van dit proefschrift rechtvaardigen meer aandacht voor kortdurend ziekteverzuim, nulverzuim en ‘psychological capital’van individuele werknemers en teams.
Short-term sickness absence is associated with behavioural attitudes, results in understaffing, and interferes with work processes. Furthermore, employees with frequent short-term sickness absences are at increased risk of future long-term absence. Zero-absentees seldom call in sick, though they face the same difficulties in work, are managed by the same supervisors and are subject to the same organizational policies and practices. Although companies are struggling to manage sickness absence, these zero-absentees are usually unnoticed.
The focus of this thesis is on short-term sickness absence and zero-absenteeism and their management. It combines quantitative and qualitative, testing and verifying, and exploratory research methods. The situational leadership theory of Hersey & Blanchard serves as an important theoretical framework to investigate effective management of sickness absence behaviour.
The research was conducted in Nij Smellinghe Hospital, (Drachten, the Netherlands). Here, the management of sickness absence is an important element of the organizational policies and practices. As a result, the hospital was reported to have the lowest sickness absence rates in the hospital care sector in 2010 by Vernet, the market leader in benchmarking healthcare in the Netherlands. The findings provide knowledge and tools to improve sickness absence management. Managing sickness absence requires a targeted and tailor-made approach per employee, in which not only the employee, the supervisor, and the OP have important roles, but also the team in which an employee works. The results of this thesis warrant more attention to short-term sickness absence, zero-absence, and PsyCap of individual employees and teams.
Improving a school-based dental programme through a sociodental risk group approach
Full text linkHet doel van de onderzoeken beschreven in dit proefschrift betreft het evalueren van de werkprocessen bij de uitvoering van het nationale programma voor schooltandverzorging (STV) door wijk gezondheidscentra (WGC) in Yogyakarta, Indonesië. Daarbij is de invloed nagagaan van de uitvoering van STV op de mondgezondheid van kinderen, hun gedrag en hun kwaliteit van leven gerelateerd aan mondgezondheid. De interventies zijn geselecteerd op grond van hun potentie om mondziekten te voorkomen, het cariës risico te beheersen en de kwaliteit van leven te verbeteren. Centraal staat hierin cariës als een van de grootste uitdagingen voor de mondzorg maar tegelijk een te voorkomen ziekte bij kinderen. Het onderzoek voor dit proefschrift werd op basis van kwalitatieve en kwantitatieve methoden uitgevoerd. Een methodiek Sociodental Risk Group Approach (SRG) is ontwikkeld om verbetering te bereiken en deze is initieel getest. Op grond daarvan worden aanbevelingen gedaan voor de planning, invoering en evaluatie van kosteneffectieve interventies in de STV. De interventies zijn geselecteerd op grond van hun potentie om mondziekten te voorkomen, het cariës risico te beheersen en de kwaliteit van leven te verbeteren. Het model van SRG’s maakt een combinatie van behandelingen mogelijk, waaronder gezondheidsbevordering en preventie verschillende interventieniveaus (eenvoudig, matigen, uitgebreide) en curatieve interventies. Uit de onderzoek blijkt dat een brede differentiatie aan tandheelkundige behandelingen voort kan komen uit de toepassing van de SRG benadering. Echter, sommige sociaal demografische kenmerken kunnen duidelijk het risico van een groep beïnvloeden, waarmee in het interventie model rekening moet worden gehouden. De SRG aanpak maakt dat in de mondzorg meer op de onderliggende determinanten van orale ziekten gelet wordt tijdens klinisch werk, waardoor de zorgverlening kan worden aangepast. Het is te verwachten dat de versterking van het gezondheidzorg in het algemeen het gebruik van mondgezondheidszorg door kinderen in WGC’s zal verbeteren
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
Team collaboration in Dutch paediatric rehabilitation: cooperation between parents, rehabilitation professionals and special education professionals in the care for children with cerebral palsy
Full text linkThis thesis describes the collaborative processes in Dutch paediatric teams engaged in the care for children with cerebral palsy (CP). The three main stakeholder groups in these teams are the parents and the professionals in child rehabilitation and special education. Although the need for close collaboration in these specialised teams has been described extensively in the literature and is advocated in the clinical practice, it has proven difficult to define team collaboration adequately and provide a complete overview of related factors and variables. Moreover, despite the commitment of parents, professionals and organisations to a collaborative approach, adoption of prescribed models and their implementation in daily practice proved to be complex. These observations were the rationale for our study. The aim of the studies reported in this thesis was threefold: 1. To define the concept of team collaboration in paediatric rehabilitation; 2. To describe the organisational characteristics of collaborative efforts in five Dutch paediatric settings and 3. To describe current collaborative practices in the care for children with cerebral palsy (CP). In Chapter 1 a short description of paediatric rehabilitation in the Netherlands is provided with specific focus on the organisational structures and recent developments regarding teamwork in paediatric rehabilitation. Chapter 2 comprises a systematic search of the literature to define key features of team collaboration and to identify salient elements of team collaboration. Chapter 3 discusses the organisational characteristics of team collaboration in Dutch paediatric rehabilitation. Chapters 4, 6 and 7 describe the results fulfilling the third aim of this thesis, i.e. the description of current collaborative practices in the care for children with CP in five Dutch paediatric rehabilitation settings. The validity and utility of the family-specific use of the Dutch MPOC-SP was examined in Chapter 5. In Chapter 8 the main findings of this thesis are summarised and discussed and placed into perspective. The results of the various studies have contributed threefold to the charting and hence hopefully to the enhancement of the collaboration among parents, rehabilitation professionals and special education professionals in paediatric rehabilitation venues in the Netherlands. First, the present analysis of the operant team collaboration procedures has made the process quantifiable, allowing a transparent representation of current practices. Furthermore, the data collection methods and analytic strategies used in this thesis have provided the field of child rehabilitation with new tools to assess (parts of ) team collaboration practices, allowing targeted fine-tuning of the process. And finally, the new insights into the current collaboration practices has helped identify areas for improvement. To conclude the thesis, various methodological reflections are offered and three main targets for improvements in the clinical practice and recommendations on how to achieve these targets are provided
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Full text linkWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
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