In light of the conspicuous absence of workplace harassment ("acoso labo- ral") in the Ecuadorian Constitution and the country's Labor and Penal Codes, this article re- ports on an exploratory study about abusive supervision, ...

The workplace is changing. The use of digital technologies is reshaping and decentralizing the traditional office. This thesis deals with an emerging phenomenon: the digital workplace. The research in the field indicates ...

Nowadays, with ICTs permeating social relations and work, it is necessary to understand how relationships influence the socially established professional dynamics in the workspace. One should also consider that the impact ...

Musculoskeletal disorders have been recognized as a worldwide health problem being highly prevalent among nursing staff. Pain is one of the most noticeable symptoms and may progress to chronic conditions and loss of function. ...

Purpose: This study proposes a model based on social contagion theory to evaluate the impacts of authentic leadership on employee work engagement (WE) and trust in the leader (TL), integrating the mediating effect of TL ...

Context Learning through work has long been important for the development of health care workers’ occupational competence. However, to effectively utilise this mode of learning, its particular qualities and contributions ...

The occupational exposure limits of different risk factors for development of low back disorders (LBDs) have not yet been established. One of the main problems in setting such guidelines is the limited understanding of how ...

This research aims at presenting the human modeling and simulation contextualized by Ergonomic Work Analysis (EWA) and Probable Future Activities to assist in the design of new workstations. Two case studies in which human ...