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Interpreting workplace identities: the role of office decor

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Workplace identities refer to the fundamental categorizations relating to employees' status and individuality in the workplace. The patterns in which employees in corporate offices infer several relatively permanent office decor such as furniture, photos and personal mementos, are studied as indicators of their co-workers' workplace identities.

Author: Elsbach, Kimberly D.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Publication Name: Journal of Organizational Behavior
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0894-3796
Year: 2004
Evaluation, Office decoration, Organizational structure

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A longitudinal analysis of the impact of workplace empowerment on work satisfaction

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A longitudinal predictive design was used to test a model linking changes in structural and psychological empowerment to changes in job satisfaction. Results indicate that fostering environments that enhance perceptions of empowerment can have enduring positive effects on employees.

Author: Laschinger, Heather K. Spence, Finegan, Joan E., Shamian, Judith, Wilk, Piotr
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Publication Name: Journal of Organizational Behavior
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0894-3796
Year: 2004
Product information, Analysis, Testing, Influence, Job satisfaction, Employee empowerment

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Classifying and interpreting threats to patient safety in hospitals: insights from aviation

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Hospitals' approach to patient-safety issues and safety strategies that can be adopted from the aviation industry are discussed.

Author: Thomas, Eric J., Tamuz, Michael
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Publication Name: Journal of Organizational Behavior
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0894-3796
Year: 2006
General services, HEALTH SERVICES, Aircraft, Care and treatment, Safety and security measures, Health care industry, Aircraft industry, Patients

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