...-structured interviews with 19 IENs from diverse backgrounds. The authors analyzed their narratives of challenges and coping strategies to adjust to the US health-care system, using a thematic analysis. Findings The IENs interviewed encountered significant challenges, such as having to adapt to cultural...

... to health care” and “complementary values” were significant predictors of work engagement. “Adequate compensation,” “free time and rest” and “safe interpersonal working conditions” as dimensions of “decent work” were not found to be significantly related to work engagement. Research limitations...

.... Mahmood Hajli can be contacted at: m.hajli@mbs.bbk.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Web 2.0 E-learning Online communities Social media Health care The advancement of information and communication technologies (ICTs) is encouraging and supporting individuals to learn...

... development Training needs Training model Health care Australia Appropriately trained employees are vital to any organization in any industry, as staff members are generally the only resource a firm has that cannot be reproduced, indeed that provide the principle source of a firm's competitive...

... and Greek health organizations. Concludes that health organizations need to eliminate barriers to learning. © MCB UP Limited 2001 Learning organizations Development Health care United Kingdom Greece Argyris and Schön (1978) argue that individual learning takes place only when new...

... challenges this approach, arguing that training is an issue that may be the subject of disagreement and conflict. Using evidence gained from managers and trade union representatives in health care services in France, Finland and the UK, it is argued that all aspects of training provision are best handled...

... for technical staff. HEALTH CARE AND HIGHER EDUCATION 3 A clearer picture off senior technicians' development needs is built up through the use of time diaries. Health Care and Higher Education: The Time Diary Approach for Management Development Ian Chaston, Beryl Badger and Terry Mangles Journal of European...