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86 Citations
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19 May 2023

A part of diversity management is working to achieve gender equality and create a comfortable working environment for women. However, in many organizations, gender biases and stereotypes frequently occur, consciously or unconsciously, regardless of w...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
38 Citations
55,853 Views
25 Pages

22 January 2025

Leading multidisciplinary teams requires not only strong leadership skills, but also a supportive organizational environment. This study examines the key characteristics necessary for adaptive leadership and identifies the main organizational factors...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
9,212 Views
20 Pages

6 March 2023

This study aims to examine the effects of various maternity leave support on the quiet quitting behaviors and mental health conditions of working mothers across industries during the post-pandemic period. Through an empirical survey method of 310 val...

  • Perspective
  • Open Access
17 Citations
11,535 Views
22 Pages

6 December 2023

The COVID-19 pandemic has ushered in an unprecedented adoption and integration of telehealth and artificial intelligence (AI) driven by telemedicine technologies into healthcare systems worldwide. These innovations promise to revolutionize healthcare...

  • Review
  • Open Access
11 Citations
36,177 Views
30 Pages

7 November 2024

Artificial intelligence (AI) technologies with human-level cognitive abilities are increasingly integrated into workplaces, posing risks of job displacement and redundancy. Understanding AI’s impact on job automation is thus essential, as it he...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
13,313 Views
17 Pages

3 August 2023

Positive leadership such as transformational leadership is pertinent to employee positive work outcomes, yet not many studies have looked at how it functions under specific work environment (i.e., organizational culture). The present study investigat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,875 Views
14 Pages

4 September 2023

This paper explores the challenges early career researchers (ECRs) face in academia and the benefits of being part of a distributed peer mentoring network. The study highlights the importance of social capital and emotional and motivational support i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,231 Views
18 Pages

20 March 2023

The literature on careers is rapidly evolving, presenting relevant academic developments. Considering the volatility of the environment and the workforce and the search for sustainability, a new research avenue concerning sustainable careers is emerg...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
6 Citations
8,756 Views
21 Pages

27 April 2023

Workplace gossip, a ubiquitous organizational behavior broadly defined as talking about an absent target in an evaluative way, has received increasing scientific attention over the past few years. The complexity and dynamism of the workplace gossip p...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
5,032 Views
13 Pages

22 June 2023

The masculine image and the notions of manual work and physical strength have resulted in more men workers in forestry. This gender imbalance has influenced the sector’s leadership environment, a critical element in the workplace setting for me...

  • Brief Report
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,904 Views
9 Pages

26 March 2024

The present study evaluated the empirical distinction between the PERMA-Profiler and the Workplace PERMA-Profiler, which measure flourishing using the same items with different contexts (i.e., general vs. workplace orientations). Both scales were adm...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
10,027 Views
19 Pages

11 November 2025

The rapid integration of emerging technologies into organizational processes has fundamentally redefined the role of strategic human resource management (SHRM). This paper explores how digital innovations—such as artificial intelligence (AI), r...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,422 Views
18 Pages

Workloads of Emergency Call Types in Active-Duty Firefighters

  • Rudi A. Marciniak,
  • David J. Cornell,
  • Barbara B. Meyer,
  • Razia Azen,
  • Michael D. Laiosa and
  • Kyle T. Ebersole

30 January 2024

Firefighting is an occupation with high injury risks, particularly when conducting fireground operations. The fire service generally quantifies the job demands of firefighting through tracking emergency call volume across 24 h shifts; however, volume...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,124 Views
32 Pages

8 April 2025

This study conducts a bibliometric and altmetric analysis of women’s entrepreneurship, examining research trends, challenges, and contributions to sustainable development. By analyzing 6729 journal articles from the Web of Science (1975–2...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
6,387 Views
34 Pages

9 January 2025

This study explores the motivations and constraints of Iranian women entrepreneurs within a restrictive socioeconomic and cultural landscape. It adopts a qualitative approach and utilizes semi-structured interviews to investigate the complex interpla...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
9,903 Views
24 Pages

Charting the Journey of Young Leaders: A New Model of Transferability of Skills

  • Despoina Karagianni,
  • Olga Lainidi and
  • Anthony Montgomery

20 March 2023

Globally, adolescents and young adults are calling for action from governments on global humanitarian crises, taking on leadership roles that have contributed to redefining leadership in terms of behavior and action rather than qualities and status....

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
5,749 Views
20 Pages

Leadership Energy Theory for Sustaining Leadership Competence and Effectiveness

  • Oluseye Olugboyega,
  • Obuks Ejohwomu,
  • Emmanuel Dele Omopariola and
  • Alohan Omoregie

7 June 2024

Leaders who lack leadership energy may struggle to demonstrate sustained competence and achieve effectiveness in difficult leadership situations. This research investigates the sources of leadership energy and examines the impact of leadership energy...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
18,245 Views
12 Pages

16 December 2024

In recent years, the role of leadership in increasing employee satisfaction (ES) has received significant attention, with emotional intelligence (EI) emerging as a key factor in promoting effective leadership (EL) in organizations. Although research...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,520 Views
16 Pages

Perceived Distributed Leadership, Job Satisfaction, and Professional Satisfaction among Academics in Guanajuato Universities

  • Salustia Teresa Cano Ibarra,
  • Maria Teresa De La Garza Carranza,
  • Patricia Galvan Morales and
  • Jose Porfirio Gonzalez Farias

17 August 2023

The objective of this research was to identify the relationships between the variables of job satisfaction, professional satisfaction, distributed leadership, and the perception of insecurity in academics at five universities located in the state of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
6,805 Views
25 Pages

2 October 2023

Stress increases among the working population in Germany. Workplace stress management interventions are therefore becoming increasingly important, especially in the public sector, which has a higher structural risk for work-related stress than other...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
5,716 Views
16 Pages

10 July 2023

The aim of this paper was to assess secondary education teachers’ burnout in the Thessaloniki area. More specifically, the teachers of humanities (THs) and the teachers of sciences (TSs) were examined. In these groups, a comparative approach to...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,940 Views
16 Pages

1 March 2024

This study presents a problem-based learning (i.e., PBL) assignment to engage students around the areas of diversity, justice, equity, inclusion, belonging (i.e., DEI), and sustainability in the classroom and workplace. The assignment is developed ba...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,363 Views
17 Pages

8 August 2023

The aim of this study is to analyze the well-being of young music teachers working in Trentino Music Schools (TMS). Specifically, we assess (i) the extent to which the interaction between teaching and playing affects the well-being of young musicians...

  • Review
  • Open Access
4 Citations
11,396 Views
19 Pages

Microaggressions in the Workplace: A Guide for Managers

  • Jennifer Feitosa,
  • Aaliyah Marie Almeida and
  • Teslin Ishee

17 April 2025

This paper provides guidance for organizations and individuals to combat the subtle yet impactful discrimination of microaggressions. Drawing from interdisciplinary sources, it integrates insights from organizational science and health psychology, wi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,860 Views
15 Pages

1 April 2025

The transition to a Circular Economy (CE) is a fundamental response to contemporary environmental and economic challenges. Sustainable human resource management (SHRM) is pivotal in equipping the workforce with green skills, reskilling strategies, an...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,813 Views
15 Pages

22 May 2023

Education and training are primary sources of individual human capital. We explored the relationship between education and off-the-job vocational training and the impact of training programmes on youth employment in Italy. We focused on three outcome...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,499 Views
13 Pages

28 June 2024

Purpose—This study aims to examine the links between transformational leadership, team-member exchange and job performance of people with disabilities in Hong Kong. Design/methodology/approach—Data were collected from a sample of 108 dire...

  • Review
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,095 Views
15 Pages

Occupational Health Risks and HIV Prevention Programming for Informal Extractive Miners in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Narrative Review of Interventions, Challenges, and Lessons Learned

  • Tafadzwa Dzinamarira,
  • Enos Moyo,
  • Diego F. Cuadros,
  • Helena Herrera,
  • Oscar Mano,
  • Ferris T. Munyonho,
  • Malizgani Mhango and
  • Godfrey Musuka

11 December 2024

Introduction: The objective of this narrative review is to examine the health risks associated with informal mining in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), with a particular focus on HIV prevention. It aims to review existing interventions targeting this popula...

  • Essay
  • Open Access
3 Citations
18,673 Views
24 Pages

Empowering Leadership in the Military: Pros and Cons

  • João Teixeira,
  • Leonor Pais,
  • Nuno Rebelo dos Santos and
  • Bruno de Sousa

24 October 2024

The military serves as a vital bridge between strategic goals and societal values. This study aims to comprehensively analyze the potential and limitations of Empowering Leadership (EL) in the armed forces. Considering the current post-pandemic conte...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,914 Views
17 Pages

14 November 2024

Despite advances in understanding the factors that predict unethical behaviors such as counterproductive workplace behavior (CWB), there is still substantial variance left unexplained in the occurrence of unethical behavior. Recent research has exami...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,386 Views
17 Pages

3 September 2024

Lessons learned from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the well-being of teachers reveal how school administrators can promote teacher stress adaptation and thriving, even in highly disruptive work environments. In a mixed-methods study within...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
5,324 Views
16 Pages

3 February 2024

In pursuing this study, we were interested in the effect of changes in psychological demands over time on burnout. We were also interested in examining the moderating role resources could play between changes in job demands over time and employee bur...

  • Brief Report
  • Open Access
3 Citations
11,574 Views
10 Pages

Perceived Workplace Support for Employee Participation in Workplace Wellness Programs: A Brief Report

  • Jennifer Altman,
  • Casey Mace Firebaugh,
  • Stephanie M. Morgan and
  • Michael Epstein

20 July 2023

Workplace wellness programs have the potential to help improve employee well-being and manage the growing costs associated with poor employee health. Low participation rates stunt the benefits to employee health and limit organizations from maximizin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,108 Views
14 Pages

13 November 2023

This research paper explores how non-native English-speaking teachers can consider using their multilingualism and transnationalism as assets in creating competitive portfolios fit for the 21st century linguistic marketplace. This enhancement in the...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,553 Views
14 Pages

26 October 2023

In an ageing society, organizations must consider the inclusion and effective management of older professionals if they wish to remain competitive. Besides having harmful and far-reaching effects on people’s health, age discrimination in the wo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
23,612 Views
11 Pages

11 September 2023

Community Mental Health Teams (CMHTs) have been introduced as an alternative to hospital-based treatment. Their effectiveness and the factors that may influence it have not yet been fully investigated. According to Belbin’s theory, a team is mo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,545 Views
14 Pages

When Leaders Are Safe Havens: How Secure Base Leadership Buffers the Impact of Emotional Demands on Exhaustion

  • María C. Navas-Jiménez,
  • Ana Laguia,
  • Rocio Schettini,
  • Fidel Rodríguez-Batalla,
  • David Guillén-Corchado and
  • Juan A. Moriano

24 January 2025

Based on attachment theory, this research explores Secure Base Leadership’s (SBL) efficacy in mitigating the negative impact of emotional demands on employee exhaustion, with an aim to reduce burnout rates and improve workplace well-being. A su...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,417 Views
20 Pages

19 March 2025

Mobbing, also referred to as workplace bullying, has significant impacts on employee behavior within organizational contexts, negatively affecting organizational performance. Consequently, promoting workplace well-being and individual performance eme...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,245 Views
34 Pages

18 April 2023

The surveying profession in the UK construction industry continues to be blighted by a skills shortage, and this continues to constrict growth. Therefore, it is suggested that this should make it easier for women and other underrepresented groups to...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,939 Views
10 Pages

1 June 2023

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the attributes of nurturing, empathy, and relating rather than directing moved into the spotlight as important skills for leadership. These skills are representative of the concept of “care” that is often ass...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,671 Views
15 Pages

12 May 2023

In Aotearoa New Zealand, teachers have signaled that they would like to further their development as classroom practitioners, as a way of improving their capabilities as professionals. They want to foster strengths-based authentic partnerships betwee...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,540 Views
13 Pages

17 July 2024

Background: Law professionals are understudied, and little is known about their mental health. This cross-sectional study aimed to assess the relationship between the amount of physical activity and depressive symptoms. Methods: A sample of 681 law p...

  • Project Report
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,378 Views
14 Pages

8 April 2024

This paper presents the outcomes of the “Training for Sustainable Employment of Youth and Young Adults” project, originally developed with the assistance of a consortium of institutions in six countries. These countries comprised five EU...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
5,478 Views
14 Pages

9 July 2024

Innovation is crucial for achieving and maintaining a competitive edge, especially evident in the digital business landscape, where the fourth and fifth industrial revolutions are occurring concurrently. Leadership behavior significantly influences t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,862 Views
18 Pages

Automated Competence Assessment Procedures in Entrepreneurship

  • Markus Marschhäuser,
  • Fabienne Riesel and
  • Volker Bräutigam

2 May 2024

This study endeavors to automate the assessment of competencies within the domain of entrepreneurship, specifically targeting the augmentation of entrepreneurial cognition and conduct within universities in German rural regions, like Lower Franconia....

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
7,841 Views
12 Pages

Burnout and Turnover Intention Among Community and Hospital Pharmacists in Metro Manila, Philippines

  • Rogie Royce Carandang,
  • Forter Puguon Jr.,
  • Mary Louisse Santos,
  • Elizabeth Ilagan,
  • Kellie Gwyneth Gamboa and
  • Jose Gerardo Aquino

10 December 2024

Burnout among pharmacists is an increasingly urgent concern, with previous studies emphasizing its physical, psychological, and occupational consequences. However, limited research has explored specific burnout experiences and their impact on turnove...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,019 Views
21 Pages

14 October 2024

This study examines the critical role of inclusive, people-centered strategies in driving organizational sustainability, focusing on two key institutions in the Ashanti Region of Ghana: Presbyterian University College (PUC) and Presbyterian Agogo Wom...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,321 Views
13 Pages

2 December 2024

This study aimed to assess the contribution of leadership to Total Quality Management (TQM) implementation in secondary education and to determine the extent of TQM practices, as perceived by teachers, within the Ioannina region, NW Greece. The study...

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