A Literature Review of Organizational Behavior Management Interventions in Human Service Settings from 1990 to 2016

We reviewed the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis (JABA), Journal of Organizational Behavior Management (JOBM), and Behavior Analysis in Practice (BAP) from 1990 to 2016, to identify articles that evaluated organizational behavior management interventions in a human service setting. Of those articles, 75 articles met the inclusion criteria for the review, 44 from JABA (1990 to 2016), 22 from JOBM (1990 to 2016), and 7 from BAP (2008 to 2016). We categorized each selected article by setting, employee population, client population, assessment, dependent variable, independent variable, and outcome measures. Results from the review are discussed for all three journals. Recommendations are made to broaden the scope of population and dependent variable targets, include more assessments, and include outcome data when applicable.     

An Evaluation of Staff Preference for Graphic Characteristics

The purpose of the current study was to assess staff preference for how data were displayed on graphs. Specifically, preference for line versus bar graphs was assessed, as well as preference for data displayed as one date in time versus multiple dates showing performance trends. A secondary purpose of the study was to assess staff comprehension of the data presented across different graphic displays. Participants included 60 entry-level direct care staff and 25 seasoned therapists. Therapists had more advanced training in applied behavior analysis than the direct care staff. The vast majority of direct care staff preferred data depicted as a bar graph versus data depicted as a line graph, even preferring a single bar graph over a time-series line graph. The therapists preferred time-series line graphs to bar graphs. Most staff demonstrated understanding of the data, regardless of how it was depicted.     

Assessing social work and nursing students’ intentions to work with dying patients

This study assessed social work and nursing students’ intentions to provide end-of-life care, based on the Theory of Planned Behavior. A total of 181 social work and nursing students completed a questionnaire examining intentions to provide end-of-life care, attitudes, subjective norms, perceived control, death anxiety, subjective knowledge, and sociodemographic characteristics. Students manifested a moderate level of intentions to provide end-of-life care, with nursing students indicating higher levels of intentions than social work students. Multiple regression analyses revealed that attitudes, subjective norms, and previous experience were the main predictors of intentions to provide end-of-life care. Recommendations for academic programs are discussed.     

地方高职院校师资队伍建设中存在的问题与对策

本文对地方高职院校师资队伍建设中存在的问题与对策加以论述。     

试论护理管理者的考核与提高

护理管理者在医院管理队伍中占很大比重。护理管理者只有具备很好的综合素质和管理能力,才能顺利完成各项护理工作并推动护理事业不断发展。通过对护理管理队伍现状的分析,提出对护理管理者进行动态考核的内容。     

Reflections on International Certified Nursing Assistants

The author, a former university faculty member who taught English to speakers of other languages and now a nursing home resident, shares her observations about how English language proficiency, culture, and religious differences affect her care. She provides examples of communication challenges that can be annoying or cause harm, her coping strategies, and reasons many certified nursing assistants might never be fully fluent in English. She explains how international certified nursing assistants can benefit residents because of skills developed by family-centered care in their countries of origin. She also discusses related issues—the importance of being culturally competent about U.S. culture. She points out how religiousness not only affects residents but is a buffer for staff against the stress of physically and emotionally demanding low-wage work. Overall, the author likes receiving care from individuals from other countries, finding reward in comparing how her personal struggle with illness and paralysis resonates with the trauma of migration and how learning firsthand about varying beliefs and attitudes clarifies her identity and place in world history.     

Personal sacrifice and corporate cultures: career progression for disabled staff in higher education

Disabled people are under-represented in higher education (HE), especially in senior posts. This article reports research on the perspectives of career progression into leadership held by disabled staff in one post-1992 university. Findings indicated that some participants were already engaged in leadership or aspired to such roles, and reported positive experiences. However, participants also experienced barriers to progression, including a lack of awareness of equality and diversity among managers and colleagues, inadequate professional development opportunities and the competitive organisational culture of management that could impact on their health and work–life balance. We conclude that disabled staff in HE do not yet have equal opportunities for progression into leadership roles compared with their non-disabled peers. There is a need for realignment of the culture of leadership and management to make it more compatible with the full inclusion of disabled staff in HE such that their unique contributions are valued.     

浅析高校女教工在山西转型跨越发展中的使命

在山西＂十二五＂转型跨越发展的过程中,高等教育在推动区域科技进步与产业转化、为区域经济发展提供智力与技术支持、为区域经济发展奠定软环境基础等方面都具有重要作用。而随着数量、素质的不断提高、结构比例的持续优化,作为具有合素质较好、知识层次较高、创新能力较强、社会影响较大等特点的高校女教工群体更应该在人才培养、科学研究、社会服务等诸多方面,充分发挥其作用,为推动山西转型跨越发展做出更大的贡献。     

高校空巢老人问题研究

通过对某高校退休职工空巢老人的情况调研，揭示了目前高校空巢老人的基本情况，指出了对生活中体力活力不从心、遇到困惑问题没人商量、对生病的恐惧、无法排解思想上的空虚和孤独是高校空巢老人存在的主要困难与问题。提出了整合学校的资源，建立信息服务、社会服务、互助服务、救助服务等完备的服务体系，建立大学生志愿服务队伍、老年志愿服务队伍等对空巢老人提供具体服务，加强人文关怀以及努力营造全校性的尊老敬老的校园文化氛固等做好高校空巢老人帮扶工作的有效途径。