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  • Review
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,680 Views
8 Pages

4 September 2019

Pharmacy practice-based research networks (PBRNs) are relatively new compared to their primary care forebears, representing a unique set of research challenges. Recruitment and retention of network members are essential to maintaining the integrity o...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
2,140 Views
17 Pages

20 August 2025

The shortage of math and science teachers is a pressing issue in the United States (US) and globally. This review closely follows the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines and synthesizes findings from...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,704 Views
13 Pages

Recruitment, Retention and Compliance of Overweight Inactive Adults with Intermediate Hyperglycaemia to a Novel Walking Intervention

  • Maria Faulkner,
  • Andrea McNeilly,
  • Gareth Davison,
  • David Rowe,
  • Allan Hewitt,
  • Alan Nevill,
  • Ellie Duly,
  • Tom Trinick and
  • Marie Murphy

5 July 2021

This study evaluated the effectiveness of strategies used to recruit and retain overweight, inactive adults with intermediate hyperglycaemia (IHG) to a novel walking programme. Participant compliance to the nine-month randomised controlled trial (RCT...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,542 Views
14 Pages

Workflow and Strategies for Recruitment and Retention in Longitudinal 3D Craniofacial Imaging Study

  • Rafael Denadai,
  • Junior Chun-Yu Tu,
  • Ya-Ru Tsai,
  • Yi-Ning Tsai,
  • Emma Yuh-Jia Hsieh,
  • Betty CJ Pai,
  • Chih-Hao Chen,
  • Alex Kane,
  • Lun-Jou Lo and
  • Pang-Yun Chou

Longitudinal epidemiological studies are considered the gold standard for understanding craniofacial morphologic development, but participant recruitment and retention can be challenging. This study describes strategies used to recruit and maintain a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,487 Views
16 Pages

24 September 2025

Registered Respiratory Therapists (RRTs) have unique skills in managing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in primary care settings. With an 82% increase in COPD diagnoses between 2000 and 2010 in Canada, the fact that over 10% of Canadians...

  • Article
  • Open Access
897 Views
22 Pages

This study explores how the unique characteristics of Generation Y/Millennials and Generation Z influence talent retention challenges in the hospitality sector and identifies Human Resource Management (HRM) strategies that effectively address these g...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,939 Views
21 Pages

The Clay N. Hixson Student Success Center within the College of Engineering at Tennessee Tech University has undergone a transformative upgrade by integrating the Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control (DMAIC) framework with select Kaizen pri...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,765 Views
20 Pages

Complex factors influence physicians’ decisions to remain in rural and remote (RR) practice. Indonesia, particularly, has various degrees of poor governance contributing to physicians’ decisions to stay or leave RR practice. However, ther...

  • Review
  • Open Access
43 Citations
8,003 Views
19 Pages

Objectives: Ensuring nationwide access to medical care challenges health systems worldwide. Rural exposure during undergraduate medical training is promising as a means for overcoming the shortage of physicians outside urban areas, but the effectiven...

  • Review
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,854 Views
17 Pages

Recommendations for Diversifying Racial and Ethnic Representation in Autism Intervention Research: A Crossover Review of Recruitment and Retention Practices in Pediatric Mental Health

  • Wendy Machalicek,
  • Lindsay Glugatch,
  • Buket Erturk,
  • Tasia Brafford,
  • Megan Kunze,
  • Christine Drew,
  • Allaina Douglas,
  • Sloan Storie,
  • Rebecca Crowe and
  • Sandy Magaña

31 October 2022

Disparities in diagnosis and access to healthcare and therapeutic services are well-documented for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) from minoritized races and ethnicities, but there is little empirical research to guide the selection and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
9,439 Views
27 Pages

Chronic health workforce shortages significantly contribute to unmet health care needs in rural and remote communities. Of particular and growing concern are shortages of allied health professionals (AHPs). This study explored the contextual factors...

  • Review
  • Open Access
16 Citations
36,757 Views
22 Pages

16 December 2024

HR decision-making is changing as a result of artificial intelligence (AI), especially in the areas of hiring, onboarding, and retention. This study examines the use of AI tools throughout the lifecycle of an employee, emphasizing how they enhance th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
84 Citations
52,042 Views
45 Pages

Teacher Recruitment and Retention: A Critical Review of International Evidence of Most Promising Interventions

  • Beng Huat See,
  • Rebecca Morris,
  • Stephen Gorard,
  • Dimitra Kokotsaki and
  • Sophia Abdi

23 September 2020

Background: A raft of initiatives and reforms have been introduced in many countries to attract and recruit school teachers, many of which do not have a clear evidence base, so their effectiveness remains unclear. Prior research has been largely corr...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,252 Views
21 Pages

1 September 2023

Background: The purpose of this review was to systematically evaluate the quality of reporting of recruitment and retention methods in diet-related intervention trials among cancer survivors. Methods: A systematic search of five databases in Spring 2...

  • Article
  • Open Access
52 Citations
7,432 Views
16 Pages

In current school environments, teacher recruitment, turnover, and retention present significant problems, particularly for rural and remote international schools in archipelagic countries. Employing the Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT), this st...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,358 Views
17 Pages

Volunteers Recruitment, Retention, and Performance during the CSMON-LIFE (Citizen Science MONitoring) Project and 3 Years of Follow-Up

  • Stefano Martellos,
  • Elena Pittao,
  • Donatella Cesaroni,
  • Alessio Mereu,
  • Damiano Petruzzella,
  • Manuela Pinzari,
  • Valerio Sbordoni,
  • Giuliano Tallone and
  • Fabio Attorre

8 October 2021

Volunteers’ contribution to research is growing, especially since the beginning of the 21st century. Given the constant increase of Citizen Science initiatives, recruiting strategies have to be planned properly. Retention is pivotal as well, especial...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
1,968 Views
15 Pages

26 October 2023

The exact mechanisms by which implant surface properties govern osseointegration are incompletely understood. To gain insights into this process, we examined alterations in protein and blood recruitment around screw implants with different surface to...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
5,028 Views
18 Pages

Indonesia, one of the Asia Pacific low-and middle-income countries (LMICs), has suffered from a chronic medical workforce shortage. However, there are limited published studies describing the approaches implemented by the Indonesian government regard...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,037 Views
16 Pages

Background/Objectives: Recruiting and retaining low-income participants in community-based diabetes interventions remains a persistent challenge, particularly in medically underserved areas. This study describes engagement strategies and lessons lear...

  • Review
  • Open Access
115 Citations
145,023 Views
26 Pages

Challenges and Strategies for Employee Retention in the Hospitality Industry: A Review

  • Bilqees Ghani,
  • Muhammad Zada,
  • Khalid Rasheed Memon,
  • Rezwan Ullah,
  • Afraseyab Khattak,
  • Heesup Han,
  • Antonio Ariza-Montes and
  • Luis Araya-Castillo

2 March 2022

Despite the issues that the hospitality industry encounters in retaining talented employees, little attention has been paid to the development of retention strategies, resulting in poor organizational performance and sustainable growth. The current s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,973 Views
14 Pages

Objectives: This study aims to investigate the employment preferences of doctoral students majoring in social medicine and health care management (SMHCM), to inform policymakers and future employers on how to address recruitment and retention require...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,339 Views
14 Pages

The Lived Experiences of Community Health Workers Serving in a Large-Scale Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Intervention Trial in Rural Bangladesh

  • Mahbubur Rahman,
  • Tania Jahir,
  • Farzana Yeasmin,
  • Farzana Begum,
  • Mosammot Mobashara,
  • Khobair Hossain,
  • Rizwana Khan,
  • Rezwana Hossain,
  • Fosiul Alam Nizame and
  • Peter J. Winch
  • + 4 authors

Community health workers (CHWs) are key to implementing community-based health interventions and quality can be enhanced by better understanding their lived experiences. The WASH Benefits, Bangladesh trial engaged 540 female CHWs to promote varying h...

  • Review
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,182 Views
17 Pages

Middle-Level Teacher Certification/Licensure: Current Status and Future Directions

  • Robin Dever,
  • Ellis Hurd,
  • Nicole C. Miller and
  • Nicole Whitaker

27 November 2024

The Successful Middle School: This We Believe calls for specialized middle-level certification/licensure and teacher development. Certification/licensure has an impact on teacher preparation and, likely, the recruitment and retention of middle-level...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,243 Views
20 Pages

20 November 2025

This study aimed to examine the effect of public policies on talent retention in the Portuguese Public Administration and whether the participants’ managerial status moderates this relationship. A total of 282 individuals, active workers in pub...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,420 Views
11 Pages

24 March 2022

Policies designed to retain, recruit, and reactivate hunters have been developed to stimulate a range of motivations, although knowledge of which hunter types are more driven by various motivations remains deficient. To help fill this gap, we use sur...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
4,479 Views
12 Pages

Recruiting and Engaging American Indian and Alaska Native Teens and Young Adults in a SMS Help-Seeking Intervention: Lessons Learned from the BRAVE Study

  • David Stephens,
  • Roger Peterson,
  • Michelle Singer,
  • Jacqueline Johnson,
  • Stephanie Craig Rushing and
  • Allyson Kelley

This paper shares lessons learned recruiting and engaging participants in the BRAVE study, a randomized controlled trial carried out by the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board and the mHealth Impact Lab. The team recruited 2330 American India...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
23 Citations
43,437 Views
24 Pages

Generation Z is arriving on the labour scene. In the near future, this generation will dominate organisations’ recruitment and selection processes. Theories regarding the attraction and retention of talent were initially developed based on the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
5,893 Views
28 Pages

17 January 2025

The construction industry faces significant challenges including a critical skill shortage and an aging workforce, threatening the industry’s productivity, resilience, and knowledge retention. To address this issue, it becomes critical to attra...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
5,414 Views
16 Pages

16 November 2024

A critical shortage of special education teachers persists nationwide, challenging the realization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) mandate of providing Free and Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) for students with disabilit...

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
22 Citations
3,872 Views
9 Pages

The recruitment and retention of health professionals in rural Australia is well documented. The COVID-19 pandemic has further exposed the precariousness of human healthcare resources within small rural communities. The external disaster of the COVID...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
11,116 Views
13 Pages

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between job satisfaction and turnover intent of executive level central office administrators in Texas public school districts. For the intent of this study, executive level central office adm...

  • Article
  • Open Access
35 Citations
8,914 Views
12 Pages

Difficulties with interpersonal communication experienced by individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) significantly contribute to their underrepresentation in the workforce as well as problems experienced while in employment. Consistently, it...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
162 Citations
68,143 Views
13 Pages

This paper provides insights into the role of ongoing training and education on nurses’ career satisfaction across different career stages and their ability to provide quality patient care. Eighteen focus groups were conducted over the course of five...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,332 Views
18 Pages

Twenty Years of Leading the Way among Cohort Studies in Community-Driven Outreach and Engagement: Jackson State University/Jackson Heart Study

  • Clifton Addison,
  • Brenda W. Campbell Jenkins,
  • Monique White,
  • Darcel Thigpen Odom,
  • Marty Fortenberry,
  • Gregory Wilson,
  • Pamela McCoy,
  • Lavon Young,
  • Clevette Woodberry and
  • Donna Antoine LaVigne
  • + 3 authors

Background: History has recorded the tremendous concerns and apprehension expressed by African Americans about participating in research studies. This review enumerates the collaborative techniques that were utilized by the Jackson State University (...

  • Article
  • Open Access
634 Views
23 Pages

20 November 2025

Background/Objective: A nurse staffing crisis is a high-profile issue in the healthcare system. The challenge accelerates when considering the status of the nursing workforce in rural and remote (R&R) areas, where recruitment and retention are mo...

  • Editorial
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,237 Views
4 Pages

9 September 2021

This Special Issue of Education Sciences on the theme of Education Matters was commissioned in recognition of the important role that teachers play in the development of students’ learning and wider outcomes [...]

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,743 Views
14 Pages

26 September 2023

Background: Little is known about how physical activity participation changes throughout the first year postpartum. This may be due to the difficulty in recruiting this population. The aims of this study were first to describe the recruitment methods...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
713 Views
6 Pages

Lessons from Prenatal Care Provider-Based Recruitment into the National Children’s Study

  • James M. Robbins,
  • Melissa D. Bridges,
  • Elizabeth M. Childers,
  • Roseanne M. Harris and
  • Pearl A. McElfish

28 September 2015

In response to recruitment difficulties experienced by the National Children’s Study, alternatives to the door-to-door recruitment method were pilot tested. This report describes outcomes, successes, and challenges of recruiting women through prenata...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,167 Views
18 Pages

29 March 2024

‘Double structuring’ of objective economic wealth and subjective perception of wealth through language and culture produce a common world of divisions in the classroom from ‘bad taste’ to ‘good taste’. Teachers&rsq...

  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
13,541 Views
13 Pages

Nursing has seen a dominance of women within the profession, and today, the presence of men in the role remains less understood and appreciated. Males considering or entering nursing face challenges concerning role misconception, marginalization, and...

  • Review
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,520 Views
31 Pages

Considerations for Training and Workforce Development to Enhance Rural and Remote Ophthalmology Practise in Australia: A Scoping Review

  • Kehinde Obamiro,
  • Belinda Jessup,
  • Penny Allen,
  • Victoria Baker-Smith,
  • Santosh Khanal and
  • Tony Barnett

Australia has one of the lowest per capita numbers of ophthalmologists among OECD countries, and they predominantly practise in metropolitan centres of the country. Increasing the size and distribution of the ophthalmology workforce is of critical im...

  • Correction
  • Open Access
400 Views
2 Pages

Correction: Martellos et al. Volunteers Recruitment, Retention, and Performance during the CSMON-LIFE (Citizen Science MONitoring) Project and 3 Years of Follow-Up. Sustainability 2021, 13, 11110

  • Stefano Martellos,
  • Elena Pittao,
  • Donatella Cesaroni,
  • Alessio Mereu,
  • Damiano Petruzzella,
  • Manuela Pinzari,
  • Valerio Sbordoni,
  • Giuliano Tallone and
  • Fabio Attorre

27 April 2025

In the original publication [...]

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,427 Views
15 Pages

Recruiting Cancer Survivors to a Mobile Mindfulness Intervention in the United States: Exploring Online and Face-to-Face Recruitment Strategies

  • Celine Isabelle Arnobit,
  • Kiana Loo,
  • Ian Pagano,
  • Mai Uchiyama,
  • Jami Fukui,
  • Christa Braun-Inglis and
  • Erin O’Carroll Bantum

Cancer survivorship research faces several recruitment challenges, such as accrual of a representative sample, as well as participant retention. Our study explores patterns in recruited demographics, patient-reported outcomes (PROs), and retention ra...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,358 Views
17 Pages

Engaging Employers in Apprentice Training: Focus Group Insights from Small-to-Medium-Sized Employers in Ontario, Canada

  • Aaron S. Howe,
  • Joyce Lo,
  • Sharan Jaswal,
  • Ali Bani-Fatemi,
  • Vijay Kumar Chattu and
  • Behdin Nowrouzi-Kia

Several factors have been identified to influence the registration and retention of apprentices in the construction trades. Employer engagement is a key factor to promote growth in apprenticeships in the construction trades as participation rates con...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
5,873 Views
17 Pages

26 August 2015

Extensive challenges are often encountered when recruiting participants to chronic exercise (training) studies. High participant burden during chronic exercise training programmes can result in low uptake to and/or poor compliance with the study. The...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
1 Citations
9,712 Views
20 Pages

Recruitment, Affiliation, and Disengagement Among Men in Terrorist Organizations: A Systematic Review

  • Licínio Zacarias Zitha,
  • Marina Leonor Pinheiro,
  • Rui Abrunhosa Gonçalves and
  • Sónia Caridade

7 November 2024

Recruitment, affiliation, and disengagement in the context of terrorist groups remain underexplored in a comprehensive, integrated manner. This systematic review is a pioneering effort to address this gap by synthesizing existing knowledge, aiming to...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,528 Views
15 Pages

Adherens Junction Integrity Is a Critical Determinant of Sodium Iodide Symporter Residency at the Plasma Membrane of Thyroid Cells

  • Márcia Faria,
  • José Vareda,
  • Micaella Miranda,
  • Maria João Bugalho,
  • Ana Luísa Silva and
  • Paulo Matos

31 October 2022

While most cases of differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC) are associated with a good prognosis, a significant number progress to advanced disease exhibiting aggressive clinical characteristics and often becoming refractory to radioactive iodine (RAI...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
5,668 Views
13 Pages

This study determines the importance of nurses’ self-care by identifying its effects as a moderating variable on the relationships between perceived stress, job burnout, and retention intention in clinical nurses. Hence, 174 clinical nurses who...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,853 Views
13 Pages

5 December 2022

A stable teaching force is an important guarantee for the sustainable development of education. Teacher turnover is one of the reasons for the teacher shortage in rural areas. Although studies have examined the influencing factors of teachers’...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
5,252 Views
15 Pages

Feasibility of a Digital Intervention to Promote Healthy Weight Management among Postpartum African American/Black Women

  • Melissa A. Napolitano,
  • Cherise B. Harrington,
  • Loral Patchen,
  • Lindsey P. Ellis,
  • Tony Ma,
  • Katie Chang,
  • Azar Gaminian,
  • Caitlin P. Bailey and
  • W. Douglas Evans

The study aim was to implement and evaluate the feasibility of a culturally informed (“BeFAB”) app for African American/Black women to address postpartum weight. Women (n = 136; mean age = 27.8 ± 5.4; mean BMI = 32.5 ± 4.3) were recruited from postpa...

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