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Comparing the impact of management support on police officers' perceptions of discretionary power and engagement: Australia, USA and Malta
No full textThis paper uses Social Exchange Theory as a lens for comparing the impact of management support upon police perceptions of discretionary power and employee engagement, across three countries. A survey-based, self-report process collected data from 193 police officers in Australia, 588 from the USA, and 249 from Malta. Structural equation modelling was used to analyse the data. The findings suggest a significantly different management support context across the three countries, as well as significantly different perceptions of discretionary power. Across the three countries, police perceived relatively poor satisfaction with organizational management support and only some engagement levels. However, USA police perceived significantly more discretionary power than the other country samples. These findings provide greater clarity about the link between management support, discretionary power and engagement for the police officers. Since employee engagement likely affects policing outcomes, the findings suggest that poor management support of police officers could negatively affect the provided service. Potential strategies to enhance police engagement include (a) training police managers about how to manage so as to promote greater engagement, and (b) modifying police managers’ performance indicators in line with achieving better police engagement.No Full Tex
Nurse safety outcomes: old problem, new solution – the differentiating roles of nurses’ psychological capital and managerial support
No full text© 2016 John Wiley & Sons Ltd Aim: The aim of this study was to examine the impacts of nurses’ psychological capital and managerial support, plus specific safety interventions (managerial safety priorities, safety training satisfaction), on nurses’ in-role safety performance. Background: Most hospitals in industrialized countries have adopted selective (often the least costly) aspects of safety, usually related to safety policies. However, patient safety remains a challenge in many countries. Research shows that training can be used to upskill employees in psychological capital, with statistically significant organizational and employee benefits, but this area is under-researched in nursing. Design: Data were collected using a survey-based, self-report strategy. The emerging patterns of data were then compared with the findings of previous research. Methods: Quantitative survey data were collected during 2014 from 242 nurses working in six Australian hospitals. Two models were tested and analysed using covariance-based Structural Equation Modelling. Results: Psychological capital and safety training satisfaction were important predictors of nurses’ in-role safety performance and as predictors of nurses’ perceptions of whether management implements what it espouses about safety (‘managerial safety priorities’). Managerial support accounted for just under a third of psychological capital and together, psychological capital and managerial support, plus satisfaction with safety training, were important to nurses’ perceptions of in-role safety performance. Conclusion: Organizations are likely to benefit from upskilling nurses and their managers to increase nurses’ psychological capital and managerial support, which then will enhance nurses’ satisfaction with training and in-role safety performance perceptions
Comparing the impact of management on public and private sector nurses in the UK, Italy, and Australia
No full textThe research examined the impact of management upon employee outcomes (perceptions of discretionary power, well-being, engagement, and affective commitment), comparing public and private sector nurses in Australia, the United Kingdom, and Italy. Overall, 1,945 nurses participated in a self-report survey within these core- and laggard-New Public Management countries. While management influenced employee outcomes for each country, there were significant differences between the public and private sectors, with private sector nurses reporting higher perceptions of outcomes. Importantly, nurses’ engagement was affected by management practice for each country. This study raises important implications for nurse managers, especially public sector managers, described within
Letter from Eiko Fujii to Fred S. Farr, 1942
No full textLetter from Eiko Fujii to Fred S. Farr written from Jerome incarceration camp, mentioning responses to newspaper articles covering Japanese American incarceration, anti-Japanese racism among white people in Arkansas, the shooting of a Japanese American Soldier by a white man, and food poisoning.The collection contains seven letters to Farr from Japanese American friends from California incarcerated during World War II. Most of the letters are from Eiko Fujii, beginning shortly after her arrival at Santa Anita Assembly Center in 1942, continuing through her transfer to Denson, Ark., at Jerome incarceration camp, and ending after she left the camps and held a teaching position the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. The letters discuss daily life in the camps and her family's physical, psychological, and emotional adjustment to life there; as well as references to Farr's personal and professional life. Also included are photographs collected by Fred S. Farr, depicting Japanese Americans traveling by train and an unidentified incarceration camp
Letter from Eiko Fujii to Fred S. Farr, February 16, 1943
No full textLetter from Eiko Fujii to Fred S. Farr written from Jerome incarceration camp, referencing a separate letter (chs_685_008) which Fujii says she had hesitated to send.The collection contains seven letters to Farr from Japanese American friends from California incarcerated during World War II. Most of the letters are from Eiko Fujii, beginning shortly after her arrival at Santa Anita Assembly Center in 1942, continuing through her transfer to Denson, Ark., at Jerome incarceration camp, and ending after she left the camps and held a teaching position the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. The letters discuss daily life in the camps and her family's physical, psychological, and emotional adjustment to life there; as well as references to Farr's personal and professional life. Also included are photographs collected by Fred S. Farr, depicting Japanese Americans traveling by train and an unidentified incarceration camp
Letter from Eiko Fujii to Fred S. Farr, June 15, 1942
No full textLetter from Eiko Fujii to Fred S. Farr written from Santa Anita Assembly Center, describing arrival and adjustment to life inside the camp. Fujii mentions washing, typhoid shots, children, meals, church services, work.The collection contains seven letters to Farr from Japanese American friends from California incarcerated during World War II. Most of the letters are from Eiko Fujii, beginning shortly after her arrival at Santa Anita Assembly Center in 1942, continuing through her transfer to Denson, Ark., at Jerome incarceration camp, and ending after she left the camps and held a teaching position the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. The letters discuss daily life in the camps and her family's physical, psychological, and emotional adjustment to life there; as well as references to Farr's personal and professional life. Also included are photographs collected by Fred S. Farr, depicting Japanese Americans traveling by train and an unidentified incarceration camp
Letter from Eiko Fujii to Fred S. Farr, February 3, 1943
No full textLetter from Eiko Fujii to Fred S. Farr written from Jerome incarceration camp, responding to questions from an earlier letter from Farr. Fujii discusses Issei and Nisei national allegiance, the quality of education at Jerome, the U.S. military's establishment of an all-Nisei combat troop, and discriminatory restrictions on work, travel, and residence options for Japanese Americans.The collection contains seven letters to Farr from Japanese American friends from California incarcerated during World War II. Most of the letters are from Eiko Fujii, beginning shortly after her arrival at Santa Anita Assembly Center in 1942, continuing through her transfer to Denson, Ark., at Jerome incarceration camp, and ending after she left the camps and held a teaching position the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. The letters discuss daily life in the camps and her family's physical, psychological, and emotional adjustment to life there; as well as references to Farr's personal and professional life. Also included are photographs collected by Fred S. Farr, depicting Japanese Americans traveling by train and an unidentified incarceration camp
Letter from Eiko Fujii to Fred S. Farr, August 24, 1942
No full textLetter from Eiko Fujii to Fred S. Farr written from Santa Anita Assembly Center, describing life inside the camp. Fujii mentions Farr's recent promotion, voting rights, housing in the stables and barracks, illness caused by living in stables, children, food, work and pay. She writes about poor media coverage of a "disturbance," and a camouflage strike.The collection contains seven letters to Farr from Japanese American friends from California incarcerated during World War II. Most of the letters are from Eiko Fujii, beginning shortly after her arrival at Santa Anita Assembly Center in 1942, continuing through her transfer to Denson, Ark., at Jerome incarceration camp, and ending after she left the camps and held a teaching position the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. The letters discuss daily life in the camps and her family's physical, psychological, and emotional adjustment to life there; as well as references to Farr's personal and professional life. Also included are photographs collected by Fred S. Farr, depicting Japanese Americans traveling by train and an unidentified incarceration camp
Letter from Eiko Fujii to Fred S. Farr, September 4, 1943
No full textLetter from Eiko Fujii to Fred S. Farr, written three months after moving to Ann Arbor Michigan. Fujii writes about her job at the University of Michigan, the lack of night life and vice in Ann Arbor, the cost of housing that prevents her from moving her parents from Jerome Incarceration Camp, and the value she places on her own freedom.The collection contains seven letters to Farr from Japanese American friends from California incarcerated during World War II. Most of the letters are from Eiko Fujii, beginning shortly after her arrival at Santa Anita Assembly Center in 1942, continuing through her transfer to Denson, Ark., at Jerome incarceration camp, and ending after she left the camps and held a teaching position the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. The letters discuss daily life in the camps and her family's physical, psychological, and emotional adjustment to life there; as well as references to Farr's personal and professional life. Also included are photographs collected by Fred S. Farr, depicting Japanese Americans traveling by train and an unidentified incarceration camp
Letter from Eiko Fujii to Fred S. Farr, November 16, 1942
No full textLetter from Eiko Fujii to Fred S. Farr written from Jerome incarceration camp, describing transfer from Santa Anita Assembly Center to Jerome. Fujii writes about racism among whites in Arkansas, incomplete construction in the camp, and ordering furniture from Sears and Montgomery Ward. She writes about the lack of fresh vegetables and fruits, and sends updates about friends and family, some of whom were transferred to Jerome from Santa Anita, and some to other camps.The collection contains seven letters to Farr from Japanese American friends from California incarcerated during World War II. Most of the letters are from Eiko Fujii, beginning shortly after her arrival at Santa Anita Assembly Center in 1942, continuing through her transfer to Denson, Ark., at Jerome incarceration camp, and ending after she left the camps and held a teaching position the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. The letters discuss daily life in the camps and her family's physical, psychological, and emotional adjustment to life there; as well as references to Farr's personal and professional life. Also included are photographs collected by Fred S. Farr, depicting Japanese Americans traveling by train and an unidentified incarceration camp
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