for Diversity Policy Research Work-Life Balance An audit of staff experience at Oxford Brookes University By Simonetta Manfredi and Michelle Holliday The Centre for Diversity Policy Research‚ Oxford Brookes University Work-Life Balance: An audit of staff experience at Oxford Brookes University ISBN 1 873576 70 6 Published by The Centre for Diversity Policy Research‚ Oxford Brookes University Wheatley Campus Oxon. OX33 1HX http://www.brookes.ac.uk/business/research/cdpr DiversityCentre@brookes
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Work Life Balance is where you can prioritize between your work/career and your lifestyle. Companies often benefit from work life balance because it benefits the business. As it had stated on a website there are three top reasons why companies choose work life balance: (1) recruitment/retention of employees‚ (2) commitment to the firm‚ and (3) productivity. (Work Life Balance‚ 2012) By reducing these factors in the workforce this will help the company in the long run. Some advantages based on the
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Evaluating Research Quality Table 1 lists various factors to consider when evaluating the quality of information‚ particularly from the Internet. Table 1 Evaluation Criteria (Internet Navigator) Accuracy or credibility Is the information provided based on proven facts? Is it published in a scholarly or peer-reviewed publication? Have you found similar information in a scholarly or peer-reviewed publication? Author or authority Who is the author? Is she or he affiliated with a reputable
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participation levels‚ in urban school music programs‚ of predominantly minority schools compared to those music programs which are majority Caucasian. There is a significant decline in student participation‚ in minority high school music programs. Based on research‚ there are key factors causing this decline. In an attempt to reveal those factors affecting the participation of minority students in urban school music programs‚ the following factors are of interest; socio-economic status‚ family background‚ teacher
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business case for work-life balance I Executive Summary This literature review reviews the international and New Zealand literature on the business case for adopting work-life balance policies. The business case is established by weighing up the costs and benefits of introducing work-life balance policies and determining if the net impact is positive. In New Zealand‚ the EEO Trust’s Work & Life Awards highlight a number of strong case studies for the business benefits of work-life balance policies
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The purpose of this paper is to explore the concept of health related quality of life (HRQoL) by studying a client situation in my clinical practice. My client’s name and hospital location will be kept confidential. I will be describing my client situation‚ discussing my rationale for choosing the concept and interpreting what quality of life means to my client. I will also identify specific nursing interventions that may facilitate adaption to their experience‚ and how this learning experience will
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The effective management of employees’ work-life balance requires organisations to recognise and account for the array of non-work roles that impact their working-lives. Despite the literary attention given to the ‘work-life balance’ in recent years‚ however‚ contemporary authors still note the concept’s inadequacy both in terms of its definition and administration. In order to explore the boundaries of contemporary ‘work-life balance’‚ this paper adopts an Organisational Role Theory (ORT) perspective
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Theoretical Perspectives of the Discipline Quality of Life: A Concept Analysis Kayla L. Chesley North Dakota State University Instructor: Norma Kiser-Larson Introduction What does quality of life mean? How would a person define the concept of quality of life? Philosophers have studied questions similar to these in the aspect of what constitutes a “good” life for hundreds of years. There really is no certain date to the origin of quality of life as a specific term. In the years 1953 to 1954
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Is Work Life Balance the Responsibility of the Employer? by Vernice Seebaran Roytec‚ Trinidad March 2013 Vernice Seebaran – March 2013 Is work-life balance the responsibility of the employer? “Work-life balance is about effectively managing the juggling act between paid work and other activities that are important to us‚ including: spending time with family‚ taking part in sport and recreation‚ volunteering or undertaking further study.” (Human Resource Institute of New Zealand‚ 2011). Employers
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CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION/ BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) also referred to as Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD) and Venereal Diseases (VD) are illnesses that have a significant probability of transmission between humans by means of human sexual behaviour including vaginal intercourse‚ oral sex‚ and anal sex. Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) are infections passed on from one person to another through unprotected sex (sex without a condom) or sometimes through
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