45 research outputs found

    Human Resource Outsourcing: Long Term Operating Performance Effects From The Providers Perspective

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    Human resource (HR) outsourcing research has primarily focused on the client with little attention paid to the service provider. As an initial step in understanding this important stakeholder in the HR outsourcing relationship, this study focuses on the financial performance of HR service firms that publicly announce outsourcing contracts. From the provider’s perspective, we investigate firm performance changes subsequent to outsourcing contract announcements, using a sample of 94 publicly available press releases. Our tests show that in the long term, small HR service providers contracted by large client firms experience improvements in operating profitability and margins

    Human resource outsourcing: Market and operating performance effects of administrative HR functions

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    Using event study methodology and two-stage regression analysis on a sample of firms announcing human resource outsourcing (HRO) contracts, this study tests the association between administrative HRO and firm-level capital market and long run operating performance, with archival financial data controlling for endogeneity and outsourcing decision optimality. The results demonstrate that the equity capital market responds positively to client firms announcing administrative HRO, particularly service firms and those outsourcing transactional HR tasks. Additional statistical analysis shows that suboptimal outsourcing is negatively associated with long run operating performance measured as return on assets and operating return on assets. This study contributes to outsourcing literature by more precisely quantifying outsourcing performance through archival financial data and employing capital market empirical tests. Further, it controls for outsourcing decision optimality in examining long run operating performance effects. This research focuses on HR, a critical function within the firm and value enhancing to the firm

    Creation and Implementation of a Pediatric Advanced Practice Nurse Critical Care Fellowship Program

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    Advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) who begin their careers in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) may be challenged in this practice environment. Inadequate prior experience as a staff nurse, limited opportunities for clinical placements in the PICU during graduate education, and being in a fast-paced, high-acuity practice environment without prior exposure to critically ill children are practice challenges in the PICU setting. The goal of postgraduate education training programs (fellowship programs) for the acute care pediatric nurse practitioner (ACPNP) is to prepare students to become beginner practitioners who can function effectively in the acute care setting within a few months of being hired, much like that of their physician counterparts who complete a fellowship. The health care environment continues to be influenced by trends in national health care reform, shifts in the models for physician training, and the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education resident duty hour restrictions. These emerging trends have given health care organizations the opportunity to evaluate their current care delivery and training models. It is expected that the demand for APRNs with specialty training will increase. The aim of this article is to describe our experience in the creation and implementation of a critical care pediatric nurse practitioner (CCPNP) fellowship training program at a large midwestern U.S. tertiary care center. It is expected that the demand for APRNs with specialty training will increase. When this fellowship was created, there were no known fellowships available for pediatric nurse practitioners (PNPs) interested in pediatric critical care. To meet the needs of these providers, a focused training program is required to provide specific preparation and competencies to practice to the full extent of the provider\u27s license. A recent recommendation is for health care administrators to consider implementing fellowship training programs to assist nurse practitioners transitioning into specialty roles (Kells, Dunn, Melchiono, & Burke, 2015). We used several online search engines to identify pediatric health care institutions with active advanced practice provider postgraduate fellowships. Our search in June 2017 identified fellowship programs in primary care, pediatric hematology/oncology, palliative care, neuro-critical care, and urgent care/emergency department. To our knowledge, this fellowship program was the first of its kind and seeks to provide postgraduate specialty training and education focused on the unique requirements of critically ill children and their families to help fill a knowledge gap when entering practice in this highly specialized practice environment

    The Role of the Judiciary in India\u27s Constitutional Democracy

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    During the period immediately following India\u27s independence from British rule, the Indian framers promulgated a Constitution which was designed to take account of India\u27s unique circumstances. The Constitution both ensured the legal and social equality of all Indians and afforded the Indian Parliament considerable power to alter the Constitution in order to take account of changed political circumstances. Inevitably, shortly after the Constitution\u27s adoption the Parliament began employing its powers of amendment to limit the effect of those provisions designed to promote equality. The Indian Judiciary responded, however, with various efforts to safeguard the constitutionally-protected liberties from abrogation by Parliament. This Article describes this ongoing dispute between the Indian Judiciary and Parliament. It focuses on the basic features limitation, a controversial doctrine employed by the Indian courts to constrain Parliament\u27s ability to amend the Constitution\u27s core attributes. It asserts that despite the seeming tension between amendatory power afforded to Parliament, the Indian Judiciary\u27s efforts to safeguard individual liberties are wholly consistent with the framers\u27 ultimate objective of moving India in a more egalitarian direction
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