New development: Bullying in a reforming context—a holistic,layered model of the interpersonal interaction

Public services have been transformed, with health services, in particular, in a state of almost constant change with reforms leading to a blurring of the nature of work across sectors and a bullying rate at epidemic levels. A new holistic model of the drivers of bullying is presented. The model is a powerful tool for understanding and addressing workplace bullying.     

‘The Magnificent 7[am]?’ Work‐life articulation beyond the 9[am] to 5[pm] ‘norm’

This article focuses on the work‐life ‘balance’ challenges of those who work in organisations that operate beyond standard hours. The concept of work‐life articulation is utilised to examine the experiences and practicalities of attempting to reconcile the, often competing, demands of employment and family life. Qualitative research was conducted in two private sector businesses and one‐third sector organisation in the UK during the onset of the 2008 financial crisis. The findings reveal increasing competitive pressures, efficiency drives and work intensification. ‘Business needs’ are prioritised over care responsibilities, and in the private sector organisations there is declining flexible working with a reassertion of the management prerogative. This article contributes to current debates over work‐life ‘balance’ and highlights variable, changeable and unpredictable working time arrangements that permeate non‐standard hours, which creates additional complexities and challenges for family time schedules and routines.     

Telework paradoxes and practices: the importance of the nature of work

Research on telework often focuses on the outcomes of telework, investigating if telework is ultimately a ‘good’ or a ‘bad’ thing for teleworkers and their organisations. However, findings across telework research studies are often inconclusive, requiring deeper engagement with potential explanations for contradictory and paradoxical results. This study uses virtual ethnography (netnography) to investigate naturally occurring data. By analysing online debates related to Yahoo!'s decision to ban telework for its employees, this study surfaces aspects currently overlooked by telework research. These findings suggest that the diversity of the nature of work undertaken by knowledge workers and perceived differences in the suitability of different tasks for telework are of critical importance for understanding telework from a practice perspective. However, deeper engagement with the different kinds of work activities of knowledge workers is currently missing in the telework research literature. This study therefore contributes to better understanding of telework and paradoxical findings in telework research.     

Time‐use and well‐being impacts of travel‐to‐work and travel‐for‐work

This article contributes to our understanding of the complex patterns of travel‐to‐work and travel‐for‐work which increasingly characterise highly skilled employment, using 2015 data from a UK Midlands study comprising an online survey and follow‐up interviews. Travel‐to‐work essentially lengthens the working day, and is difficult to use productively, especially when commuting by car. Travel‐for‐work, by contrast, results in intense schedules especially when requiring overnight stays. Ownership of travel‐for‐work is ambiguous: it is employer driven, and travel time is often spent productively using mobile technologies, but is rarely rewarded with TOIL. While general dissatisfaction is reported with the commute, negative effects of travel‐for‐work (family, health, reduced leisure time) are mediated by positive impacts including experience of new working cultures, and infrequency of travel. Four factors appear central to the differing well‐being impacts: (1) frequency of travel; (2) ability to plan travel; (3) productive use of travel time, and; (4) reciprocal benefits of travel.     

一类非单调二元算子方程解的存在唯一性

利用锥理论和非对称迭代方法,讨论了一类非单调二元算子方程解的存在唯一性,给出了迭代序列收敛于解的误差估计,所得结果是某些已知结果的改进和推广。     

浅谈公路施工过程中计量、变更工作的管理

针对在施工过程中公路工程计量、变更工作的重要性,本文提出了几点建议措施,论证如何才能做好工程计量、变更工作,以便于有效控制资金使用及建设成本。     

医学高职院校教师工作满意度现状调查

为了解医学高职院校教师工作满意现状,自行设计调查问卷,对河北省三所医学高职高专院校410名教师进行了调查,并对部分教师进行了访谈。结果显示医学高职院校教师工作总体满意度较高,在具体维度方面,满意度也较高,但程度有所不同,领导管理和人际关系满意度相对较高,物质条件和参与决策满意度相对较低。提高教师工作满意度应建立合理的薪酬制度,积极促进教师的专业发展,推进学校管理的民主化。     

提高社会统计检测工作的水平

随着经济的发展,统计工作在企业中的作用也越来越重要,成为企业进行科学管理和对企业的各种经营活动进行监督和计划的一个重要工具。本文将对提高社会统计检测水平的方法进行简要的分析。     

探讨高校学生管理工作中的有关问题

本文主要从影响学生发展的各种因素、教师应具备的素质和要求、开展学生工作的体会和感受三个方面来探讨高校学生管理工作中出现的问题,并结合自己对学生管理工作的感受和看法,就学生和教师自身表现出的问题作以全面分析,以促进学生在学习交流期间的长期发展。