Using a stress audit: The construction site manager experience in the UK

Abstract

The aim of this study was to conduct a stress audit among construction industry site managers in the UK as a precursor to a stress management intervention programme. Qualitative data were obtained from in-dept interviews with a total of 36 male middle and senior construction site managers; and aquantitative data were obtained by questionnaire. Based on the analysis of 561 postal quenstionnaires, eight stressor factors were identified, most significantly, ambiguity (i.e. role and task). Job satisfaction levels were low compared to a normative population and influenced by grade level. Measures of mental health were similar to the norm for males, but both grade of management and type of contract affected mental health. Anxiety levels were signficantly high, independent of managerial grade. The stress of work overload and role insecurity (fear of failure) were associated with reduced mental health and high anxiety, and the stress of the organizational culture and climate was the strongest predictor of job dissatisfaction. There was some cause for concern for the vulnerable high-risk groups, i.e. the extreme type A and those working overtime. Medical data from a small subset of managers (n = 78) revealed that this group evidenced a better quality of psychological health than the group in total; but a high percentage of personnel had high levels of triglycerides and cholesterol. Recommendations for action focused on the needs of specific subgroups, and guided the organization on the acceptability of possible interventions at individual, interpersonal and organizational levels.     

浅析高校院系资料室为学科建设服务的途径

本文系院就资料室文献资料的建设和开展多层次信息服务等,探索其为学科建设服务的有效途径。     

《喜福会》隐喻意象及其主题建构

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Bad Probability,Good Statistics,and Group Testing for Binomial Estimation

This article examines some improperly stated but often used textbook probability problems. Moving from a probabilistic to a statistical setting provides insight into group testing (i.e., observing only whether one or more of a group responds and not the response of each individual). Exact methods are used to construct tables showing (i) that group testing n times to estimate p can be more efficient than n individual tests even for small n and large p, (ii) optimal grouping strategies for various (n, p) combinations, and (iii) the efficiencies and biases achieved.     

SPECULATORS AND TRAVELLERS THE POLITICAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE TOURIST IN THE KÁDÁR REGIME

This paper analyses the political construction of different types of tourists present in Hungary during the period of state socialism. After the 1956 revolution was crushed, Communist leadership sought to find new ways of legitimizing its power. One of the major legitimizing factors was raising standards of living. Another was the opening of the borders that is, allowing Hungarian citizens limited possibilities for travelling abroad. This concession was rather unique within the Communist Bloc, and it was not without its own dangers from the power holders' point of view. Citizens had to be guarded, controlled and supervized, not only to come back to Hungary,but also to think and feel properly in foreign countries. This paper demonstrates the efforts of the Communist Press, to bring into being construction of the ideal enlightened Tourist who is interested in art, museums and ‘social human values’. This ideal Tourist is set against with the Speculators, whose only concern is goods, especially Western goods, and have only ‘dirty’ material interest in travelling. This construction was doomed to fail due to a basic paradox: whereas the Kádár regime - quite successfully - stimulated consumer values in Hungary,one could hardly hope that these consumerist desires would be left behind during there vacation spent abroad.     

小组工作的本土化实践——以郑州“成功父母训练营”为个案

如何将西方社会工作的理念和方法与我国的具体社会实践相结合,这是摆在我国社会工作者面前的一大难题。郑州市一家民间教育机构的"成功父母训练营"小组工作是西方社会工作理论与方法本土化实践的一次有益尝试。     

试论增强思想政治工作的实效性

文章从思想政治工作者的角度,分析了思想政治工作实效不强的原因,论述了增强思想政治工作实效性的三个重要方面:发挥自身的人格力量,把握工作对象的思想脉搏,采用正确的工作方法。     

论公民道德教育的层次性

当前 ,开展公民道德教育 ,推行《公民道德建设实施纲要》的关键是要落实与加强公民道德教育的层次性。我国现阶段出现道德失范现象的主要原因就是道德教育层次性的不力 ,甚至缺失。因此 ,应从道德教育目标层次、内容层次、方法层次等角度入手 ,以求道德教育取得显著效果 ,使《公民道德建设实施纲要》得到切实贯彻落实     

关于构建社会主义和谐社会的若干思考

构建社会主义和谐社会是党中央适应新的历史任务的要求作出的重大战略举措。对于构建和谐社会,文章提出了以下三个方面认识:深刻认识提出构建和谐社会的背景,准确把握构建和谐社会的必然性;深刻认识构建和谐社会的战略意义,坚定构建和谐社会的信心;深刻认识构建和谐社会的科学内涵,提高构建和谐社会的自觉性。     

A group sequential test for the inverse Gaussian mean

The present paper deals with the development of a group sequential test when response variable has an inverse Gaussian distribution with known scale parameter.