Inter-American Development Bank

This paper investigates the relationship between part-time work and job
satisfaction using a recent household survey from Honduras. …

Keywords: Job Satisfaction, Gender, Part-time work, Job Flexibility.

More abstract and free full text of this article, click:  http://idbdocs.iadb.org/wsdocs/getdocument.aspx?docnum=1832647

This report provides a comparative overview of how job satisfaction is measured in national working conditions surveys, based on 16 national contributions to a questionnaire (PDF file ). It investigates conceptual and methodological issues in the study of job satisfaction. The report then examines survey results on levels of general or overall job satisfaction among workers, as well as identifying the relationship between specific factors relating to work and job satisfaction. The national contributions from the following 16 countries are available (as PDF files): Austria , Bulgaria , the Czech Republic , Denmark, Estonia , Finland , France , Germany , Hungary , Italy ,the Netherlands , Portugal , Romania , Spain , Sweden and the United Kingdom . Jorge Cabrita and Heloisa Perista (CESIS, Portugal) coordinated the preparation of this comparative analytical report.

Free full text of this article, click: http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/ewco/reports/TN0608TR01/TN0608TR01.pdf

Department of Economics, University of Milan, Bicocca

June 21, 2006

This paper investigated the relationship between different aspects of flexibility and job satisfaction using data taken from the 2001 Special Eurobarometer 56.1 .Social Exclusion and Modernization of Pension Systems. We verify whether functional, numerical and time flexibility produce different impact on job satisfaction…

Keywords: Job satisfaction; Flexibility

More abstract and free full text of this article, click: http://dipeco.economia.unimib.it/repec/pdf/mibwpaper97.pdf

The International Conference on Behavioral and Psychological Sciences aims to bring together academic scientists, leading engineers, industry researchers and scholar students to exchange and share their experiences and research results about all aspects of Behavioral and Psychological Sciences, and discuss the practical challenges encountered and the solutions adopted.

More information, visit the official site: http://www.waset.org/conferences/2010/paris/icbps/

Qualitative Health Research, Vol. 15, No. 8, 1006-1021 (2005)

In a nursing home case study using observation and interview data, the authors described two mental models that guided certified nurse assistants (CNAs) in resident care. The Golden Rule guided CNAs to respond to residents as they would want someone to do for them. Mother wit guided CNAs to treat residents as they would treat their own children.  …

Key Words: unlicensed assistive personnel • case study research • nursing facilities • nursing • management practices

More abstract and free full text of this article, click http://qhr.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/15/8/1006?ijkey=69632818f983211f04e783b24e91dcdd20c2dbb4

The Gerontologist 48:60-70 (2008)

This research applies a stress and support conceptual model to investigate the effects of background characteristics, personal and job-related stressors, and workplace support on direct care workers’ (DCW) job satisfaction. …

Key Words: Aides in nursing homes • Home health agencies • Assisted living

More abstract and free full text of this article, click http://gerontologist.gerontologyjournals.org/cgi/reprint/48/suppl_1/60

Journal of Vocational Behavior 54, 350–370 (1999)

As more employees are juggling work and gamily demands, it is important for researcher to study consequences of role stress and work-family conflict. …

More abstract and free full text of this article, click http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/a/a/aag6/Grandey&CropanzanoJVB.pdf

Journal of Business and Psychology; Spring 2003; 17, 3; 419

This survey study explored the effects of work-to-family conflict and family-to-work conflict in withdrawal behavior at work (family interruption at work, lateness to work, and absenteeism) among dual-earner couples. …

Key words: work-family conflict, organizational stress, organizational withdrawal, absenteeism.

More abstract and free full text of this article, click http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/a/a/aag6/HammeretalJBP.pdf

Crowne Plaza Hotel, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Submit papers to: conpap@wbint.org and papsconfo@gmail.com

Submission deadline : 19 February 2010

Registration deadline : 8 March 2010

Website: www.worldbizconference.com

Sponsors : World Business Institute, Australia and Five Refereed Journals

Research papers, abstract and case studies relating to broad field of Accounting, Banking, Finance, Economics, E-Business, Management and  Marketing are invited for the above International Conference.  All full papers will be double blind peer reviewed and accepted papers will be published in the Conference Proceedings with an ISBN (online). It is guaranteed that all accepted papers will be published in our print and peer reviewed journals such as International Review of Business Research Papers, World Journal of Management, Global Economy and Finance, and Global Journal of Accounting  subject to compliance to suggestions provided by the peer reviewers and payment of submission fees charged by each journal. “Best Paper Winners” will be selected from a block of 10 papers in each track and winners will receive Fellowship of the World Business Institute and a certificate and their papers will be published in the Journal of Business and Policy Research which is indexed by Cabell and Ulrich Directories of USA.  An author can present maximum of 2 papers.  This conference is featured by guaranteed publication opportunity within six months, day-long mouth watering break-foods, lunch and conference dinner with many varieties of Arabian, English, Chinese and Indian foods and salads and  friendly interactions with international delegates which should not be missed out ! Please send your paper and/or abstract to conpap@wbint.org and papsconfo@gmail.com concurrently.

Professor Robert Clift, Conference Chair, Victoria University, Australia

Dr. Zia Haqq,  Conference Coordinator , World Business Institute, Australia

The International Conference on Operations Research and Financial Engineering aims to bring together academic scientists, leading engineers, industry researchers and scholar students to exchange and share their experiences and research results about all aspects of Operations Research and Financial Engineering, and discuss the practical challenges encountered and the solutions adopted.

PAPER SUBMISSION

All full paper submissions will be peer reviewed and evaluated based on originality, technical and/or research content/depth, correctness, relevance to conference, contributions, and readability. The full paper submissions will be chosen based on technical merit, interest, applicability, and how well they fit a coherent and balanced technical program. The accepted full papers will be published in the  refereed conference proceedings. Prospective authors are kindly invited to submit full text papers including results, tables, figures and references. Full text papers (.doc, .rft, .ps, .pdf) will be accepted only by electronic submission.

WORKSHOPS

Researchers are cordially invited to submit a paper and/or a proposal to organize a workshop and actively participate in this conference. Proposals are invited for workshops to be affiliated with the conference scope and topics. The conference workshops provide a challenging forum and vibrant opportunity for researchers and industry practitioners to share their research positions, original research results and practical development experiences on specific new challenges and emerging issues. The workshop topics should be focused so that the Participants can benefit from interaction with each other and the cohesiveness of the topics.

PROCEEDINGS

The Refereed Conference Proceedings (ISSN: 2070-3740 & ISSN: 2070-3724 reviewed and indexed by CiteSeerX, Google Scholar, Engineering Index (Compendex), SCOPUS, DOAJ, INTUTE, ScientificCommons and Electronic Journals Library) will be internationally distributed both in Electronic CD-ROM Format  and  Proceedings Book. The Refereed Conference Proceedings Book and CD-ROM will be included in each Conference Registrant’s Packet.

SPECIAL JOURNAL ISSUE

ICORFE 2010 has teamed up with the International Journal of Business, Economics, Finance and Management Sciences for publishing a Special Journal Issue on Advances in Operations Research and Financial Engineering. All submitted papers will have opportunities for consideration for this Special Journal Issue. The selection will be carried out during the review process as well as at the conference presentation stage. Submitted papers must not be under consideration by any other journal or publication. The final decision will be made based on peer review reports by the guest editors and the Editor-in-Chief jointly.

Important Dates Paper submission
Notification of acceptance
Final paper submission and authors’ registration
Conference Dates February 28, 2010
March 31, 2010
April 30, 2010
July 14-16, 2010

Official site: http://www.waset.org/conferences/2010/london/icorfe/