Using nationally representative linked employer-employee data for Britain we find school staff are more satisfied with their jobs than employees in other workplaces, but the difference disappears when controlling for perceived non-pecuniary job quality. School employees are more committed to their organization than non-school employees, a…

This study examined whether organizational culture moderates relationships between transformational leadership (TFL) and employee self-rated creative performance (CP). A convenience sample of 147 working professionals from 109 Fortune 500 organizations participated in the study by completing measures of their organizations' cultures, their…

Purpose: This study aims to investigate the relationship between three organizational practices (distributive justice, procedural justice and potential growth opportunity) and at-will employees' work attitudes (job satisfaction and affective organizational commitment). Design/methodology/approac: The data for the analysis are derived from the 2000…

According to Schaefer (2010), enrollment of adult students in college grew 285% from 1970 to 2005 and grew an additional 20% by 2016. Therefore, understanding how TRIO professionals which are professional staff members that serve students on a daily basis perceive adult students will be beneficial to the literature. There is currently a massive…

In this article we investigate spoken professional interaction at construction sites in Sweden, where workers from Poland, Ukraine and Estonia are temporarily employed as carpenters, ground workers and kitchen installers. We study how the workers use resources associated with different languages and how these resources are mobilized along with…

Emerging from a worldwide study of 29 U.S.-trained student affairs professionals with higher education work experience abroad, this study explored the perspectives and skills developed through working abroad. The findings of this study provide useful advocacy for this group of professionals to demonstrate their unique perspectives and critical…

The world is undergoing a new era of growth known as technological transformation, which enhances economic and social development. The demand for Knowledge workers (K-workers) is increasing because they are the experts who will handle the advanced technologies. One of the channels to produce K-workers is through Technical and Vocational Education…

The ways in which high schools allocate their staffing and assign individual roles related to career development are pertinent to students with and without disabilities accessing career preparation that equips them for employment following graduation. Rural school districts can especially benefit from strategic role allocation that addresses gaps…

Center-based community early childhood programs are essential options for pre-kindergarten care and education. Consistent with federal legislation (IDEA, 2004), these settings should be accessible so that young children with disabilities can receive their special education services there. In the United States, fewer than 50% of children who…

This paper focuses on an emerging group in Chinese higher education -- students in transnational higher education (TNHE). Recent research has documented much about students' motivations for attending TNHE institutions. However, the impact of such institutions on student outputs remains under-researched. This study conducted interviews with 78…

The decision support system (DSS) provides systematic data for improving effective decision-making by school-based occupational therapists (SBOTs) in healthcare services. The purposes of this study were to develop the DSS and investigate its usability in providing the occupational therapy (OT) service for students with disabilities during…

The problem that was addressed in this study was a rural school district in southeastern Georgia was identified by the Georgia Department of Education as overidentifying African American students as having an intellectual disability (ID). The purpose of this study was to examine the perceptions of special education eligibility team members…

Introduction: Over the past decade, informaticists expressed dissatisfaction with their training, feeling unprepared for the demands of their role. To address this, we developed the Tiered Skills Acquisition Model (TSAM) program in 2023 to improve the onboarding process of new hires. The goal in evaluating TSAM was to assess its effectiveness and…

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine a unique application of mega-events theory in a US health-care organization. The organization hosted 50 virtual listening calls (LCs) in the summer of 2020 to understand and to hear their employees' voices regarding their emotions about issues of racial injustice and to solicit their ideas for…

Background: The study reported here investigated the views of staff who worked with adults with intellectual disability regarding the likely future of such adults. Method: Staff were provided with a short vignette portraying an adult with intellectual disability and asked to describe that individual's future in five years and then to indicate the…