Good nursing managers help nurses to cope with the challenges of shiftwork

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An investigation into the experiences of nurses exposed to shift work is shining new light on coping strategies health care workers go through, and is emphasising the importance of strong front-line management. Griffith University’s Jane Gifkins, under the supervision of the Centre for Work, Organisation and Wellbeing’sRebecca Loudoun, published the research as a result of […]

Five minutes with…Peter Creed

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Professor Peter Creed began professional life as a practitioner working with adolescents and adults who were displaced, confused about their life direction, or struggling with their careers. These interests carried over to research in the areas of career development, career progress, and career achievement. We spent five minutes with Peter to learn a little more…. […]

Five minutes with…Kate Shacklock

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Associate Professor Kate Shacklock is a passionate teacher whose research encompasses the human resource management aspects of worker retention. We spent five minutes with Kate to learn a little more about her work… In what area/s does your current research interests lie? My overriding field of research is HRM [human resource management], and within that, […]

The state of work-life balance across Australasia

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Work-life balance (WLB) research employs multiple definitions and means of measurement. Essentially though it is the interaction of demands that arise from work and non-work environments, and the variation of these demands between countries and cultures is the focus of a recently co-authored book chapter by Centre for Work, Organisation and Wellbeing (WOW) and Menzie’s […]

Employees’ intentions to stay and leave: not all about pay in aged care sector

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Based upon the significance and contribution of her PhD thesis to the field and in meeting the exact requirements to beawarded a PhD, recently conferred Centre for Work, Organisation and Wellbeing (WOW) Higher Degree Research member, Dr Katrina Radford,was awarded ‘Academic Excellence’ for exemplary performance following the unanimous opinion of her thesis examiners. We spent […]

The impact of an employee’s generation on nurse retention

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The impact of generation on the intentions of nurses to continue working was the topic of a 15 October seminar delivered by Centre for Work, Organisation and Wellbeing (WOW) researcher, Associate Professor Kate Shacklock. Speaking about research she has undertaken in the overall area of generations , Katefocused on one study that particularly examined 900 […]