Eden als Alternative

Eine Betreuungsphilosophie für Altenpflegeeinrichtungen - Die Alterung der Gesellschaft stellt viele westliche Gesellschaften vor neue Herausforderungen. Mit der Eden-Alternative^? wurde inzwischen weltweit ein Konzept umgesetzt, das die Art und Weise, wie pflegebedürftige Menschen im hohen Alter betreut und gepflegt werden, grundlegend ver?ndert hat.     

The consumer's demand for diversity

The consumer's demand for diversity is measured either by the entropy or by the Hirschman-Herfindahl index of the budget shares. This notion, including the income elasticity of the demand for diversity, is applied to per capita consumption data of 30 countries.     

Rethinking ‘Top‐Down’ and ‘Bottom‐Up’ Roles of Top and Middle Managers in Organizational Change: Implications for Employee Support

In this study we integrate insights from ‘top‐down’ and ‘bottom‐up’ traditions in organizational change research to understand employees’ varying dispositions to support change. We distinguish between change initiation and change execution roles and identify four possible role configurations in which top managers (TMs) and middle managers (MMs) can feature in change. We contend that both TMs and MMs can play change initiation and/or change execution roles, TMs and MMs have different strengths and limitations for taking on different change roles, and their relative strengths and limitations are compounded or attenuated based on the specific configuration of change roles. We subsequently hypothesize employee support for change in relation to different TM‐MM change role configurations. Our findings show that change initiated by TMs does not engender above‐average level of employee support. However, change initiated by MMs engenders above‐average level of employee support, and even more so, if TMs handle the change execution.     

Individual Competencies for Corporate Social Responsibility: A Literature and Practice Perspective

Because corporate social responsibility (CSR) can be beneficial to both companies and its stakeholders, interest in factors that support CSR performance has grown in recent years. A thorough integration of CSR in core business processes is particularly important for achieving effective long-term CSR practices. Here, we explored the individual CSR-related competencies that support CSR implementation in a corporate context. First, a systematic literature review was performed in which relevant scientific articles were identified and analyzed. Next, 28 CSR directors and managers were interviewed. The literature review complemented with interview data resulted in the following eight distinct CSR-related competencies: (1)Anticipating CSR challenges; (2) Understanding CSR-relevant systems and subsystems; (3) Understanding CSR-relevant standards; (4) CSR management competencies, including (4a) Leading CSR programs, (4b) Managing CSR programs, and (4c) Identifying and realizing CSR-related business opportunities; (5) Realizing CSR-supportive interpersonal processes; (6) Employing CSR-supportive personal characteristics and attitudes; (7) Personal value-driven competencies, including (7a) Ethical normative competencies, (7b) Balancing personal ethical values and business objectives, and (7c) Realizing self-regulated CSR-related behaviors and active involvement; and (8) Reflecting on personal CSR views and experiences. Based on these results, implications for further research on this topic, as well as implications for practitioners, are discussed.     

Stillen darf nicht weh tun!

Die meisten frisch gebackenen Mütter wollen stillen. Schlie?lich ist Muttermilch die beste Nahrung für das Baby. Leider trüben Schmerzen die Stillbeziehung nicht selten so sehr, dass Mütter vorzeitig frustriert abstillen. Das muss nicht sein, wenn die Pflegepraxis auch das Schmerzmanagement als selbstverst?ndlichen Teil der W?chnerinnenbetreuung betrachtet.