Anticipatory Socialization toward Occupational Retirement

The willingness of older workers to participate in a retirement planning program served as an indicator of their anticipatory socialization toward retirement. Six independent variables were introduced in order to examine their effect on the workers\u27 attitude toward pre-retirement counseling (dependent variable). A path analysis revealed that intention to continue working after retirement had a significant negative effect on the dependent variable. The most significant positive effect was that of Educational Level. In the discussion of the findings it is shown that the desire of pre-retirees to continue working is interpreted as un-realistic anticipatory socialization, indicating their reluctance to assume alternative social roles. It is suggested that flexible retirement policies, workshops, educational programs and attractive leisure activities are necessary to meet the needs of older workers

Dual array EEG-fMRI : An approach for motion artifact suppression in EEG recorded simultaneously with fMRI

Objective: Although simultaneous recording of EEG and MRI has gained increasing popularity in recent years, the extent of its clinical use remains limited by various technical challenges. Motion interference is one of the major challenges in EEG-fMRI. Here we present an approach which reduces its impact with the aid of an MR compatible dual-array EEG (daEEG) in which the EEG itself is used both as a brain signal recorder and a motion sensor. Methods: We implemented two arrays of EEG electrodes organized into two sets of nearly orthogonally intersecting wire bundles. The EEG was recorded using referential amplifiers inside a 3 T MR-scanner. Virtual bipolar measurements were taken both along bundles (creating a small wire loop and therefore minimizing artifact) and across bundles (creating a large wire loop and therefore maximizing artifact). Independent component analysis (ICA) was applied. The resulting ICA components were classified into brain signal and noise using three criteria: 1) degree of two-dimensional spatial correlation between ICA coefficients along bundles and across bundles; 2) amplitude along bundles vs. across bundles; 3) correlation with ECG. The components which passed the criteria set were transformed back to the channel space. Motion artifact suppression and the ability to detect interictal epileptic spikes following daEEG and Optimal Basis Set (OBS) procedures were compared in 10 patients with epilepsy. Results: The SNR achieved by daEEG was 11.05 +/- 3.10 and by OBS was 8.25 +/- 1.01 (p <0.00001). In 9 of 10 patients, more spikes were detected after daEEG than after OBS (p <0.05). Significance: daEEG improves signal quality in EEG-fMRI recordings, expanding its clinical and research potential. (C) 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.Peer reviewe

Outstanding Employees Performance: Personality Traits, Innovation and Knowledge ‎Management

This paper analyzes the relationship among ‎outstanding employees’ personality traits, ‎innovation and performance. It stems from ‎Motowidlo, ‎Borman, & Schmit's theory ‎of ‎performance, which distinguishes between task and ‎‎contextual performance, leading ‎to personal job ‎success and creativity. The innovative paired ‎sample is composed of both, 189 ‎outstanding ‎employees and their ‎supervisors, and 182 common ‎employee control group. ‎Findings ‎show that ‎‎agreeableness and extraversion are significant ‎correlated to contextual behavior. The present ‎paper ‎contribution is that it enlightens for the first ‎time the relationship the above-mentioned ‎performance. This in turn can be employed ‎ as an ‎‎assessment tool which can assist ‎Human Resources ‎units in ‎obtaining strategic ‎knowledge of its ‎‎employees‎ ‎for proactive management of their ‎innovative knowledge assets, for better systematic ‎management of ‎organizational knowledge.

A Study of Special Education Directors in Minnesota

Grant NO. OEG 0-73-7096 supported by funds from the Bureau of Education for the Handicapped, United States Office of Education, Department of Health, Education and Welfare

Determinants of Israeli Judicial Discretion in Issuing Injunctions against Strikers

The study examines all cases (1990-7) in Israel in which employers petitioned the labour court to issue an injunction against striking workers, and identifies how judges use their discretion in deciding the petition. The findings indicate that, judicial rhetoric to the contrary, the labour court limits its considerations almost solely to the parties' formal compliance with the legal rule. The implications of these findings for the relationship of the legal and industrial relations systems are discussed, particularly with reference to the dual task of labour law: to govern the industrial relations system, and to facilitate its autonomy. Copyright Blackwell Publishers Ltd/London School of Economics 2002.