The war for talent. the impact of perceived job riskiness and person-job fit on the inclination to apply of graduates

In the coming years,one of themain challengesfor companies is the largescale replacement of retirees with the next generation at work –the hunt for highly qualified graduatesis on. Previous studies show that job security is a relevant work value for students in various fields. Based on the market demand for simultaneous flexibility and security, and the realization that the career of business students per se involves more risks than other areas, the work addresses the relevance of security in career entry for thisspecific group ofpeople.We investigate how perceived job riskiness and individual attitudes impact thevocationalchoice of business graduates. The hypotheses are testedwith a sample of 182similarly qualified students at two European business schools. Participants are randomly allocated to two conditions under which they receive a job-description that highlightsjob security or job risk. The findings indicate that risk negatively affects employer attractiveness andthe inclination to apply. Besides that, the subjective person-job fit has a positive direct impact onemployer attractiveness and the inclination to apply. Contrary to the expectations, risk had no significantlystronger effect on women. The insights of the study are highly valuablebecause the first contact in recruiting wasneglectedin prior research. The early attraction ofapplicantsaffectsthe quality of candidates from which companiesselect theirworkforce. As commonly said: the first impression counts

Attitudes of Expectant Fathers Regarding Breastfeeding And the Effect of the Expectant Father on the Expectant Mother\u27s Intention to Breastfeed

Background: previous studies regarding breastfeeding have demonstrated the importance of the father in the infant feeding decision and shown that mothers were more likely to breastfeed if the father had a positive opinion of breastfeeding. Methods: This study intended to determine what attitudes fathers had regarding breastfeeding and if a positive view of breastfeeding by a father correlated to the intention of his partner to breastfeed. The subjects for the study were couples participating together in one of two birth and parenting classes- The mothers were questioned about their intended breastfeeding decision, their perceived support from their male partner and whether they would change their decision if their partner did not support it- The fathers were asked to rate a number of opinions regarding breastfeeding on a Likert scale\u27 Results: of the expectant fathers, 72% felt breastfeeding is better for the baby, 82% felt breastfeeding was natural, 76% felt breastfeeding was beneficial for the mother and 80% felt breastfeeding was better for the baby. Of the 50 expectant mothers, 82% intended to breastfeed exclusively and 14%planned to use a combination of breastfeeding and bottle-feeding with formula and 100% of the mothers reported support from their male partner. of the mothers, 74% stated they would stay with their decision if their partner did not support it. Conclusions: From the results of the study, it was apparent that fathers with a positive attitude surrounding breastfeeding were more likely to have partners who intended to breastfeed than fathers with a negative attitude\u27 This study found that a majority of the women stated they would stay with their feeding method if their partner did not support it. This is different from results of other studies that found a mother would choose the infant feeding method she thought her partner preferred. lncluding the expectant father in breastfeeding education may have a positive effect on breastfeeding incidence and duration, and the birth and parenting class provides an opportunity to do such

Minimisation of filling time in resin transfer moulding

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Teaching Separate Versus Integrated Pharmacology Content1

With recent media attention on medication errors in nursing practice (Berens, 2000), nursing curricula must include a method of teaching pharmacology that promotes student learning. The purpose of this nonexperimental, descriptive exploratory study was to retrospectively compare two delivery methods: integrated pharmacology content throughout a 4-year curriculum and a separate pharmacology course offered during the sophomore year. Data, from a convenience sample of 299 senior nursing students who wrote the National League for Nursing computerized adaptive pharmacology test, were analyzed using chi-square. Findings demonstrated that teach-ing a separate pharmacology course did not result in an increase in scores. Faculty are, there-fore, encouraged to plan defined content enhancement throughout the curriculum when pharma-cology is taught as a separate course

Towards a Balanced Human Systems Integration Beyond Time and Space: Exploroscopes for a Structured Exploration of Human–Machine Design Spaces

This paper sketches a potential direction of future methods and techniques for the systematic investigation of future human-machine-systems. It describes the concept of exploration, a pre-cursor of the development phase, and complement of tests and experiments, as an underlying principle providing a systematic way to explore the design and use space of potential systems. The overall methodological framework of an “exploroscope” will be sketched and defined as a human-machine system combined with a set of tools and procedures e.g. in a dedicated room specialized on the exploration of human-machine design spaces. Ontologically, exploroscope is related to the concept of a microscope, a tool that is specialized to help humans to see smaller and smaller details of the world, and to the concept of a telescope, a tool that helps humans to see details of the world further away. Exploroscopes belong to the class of macroscopes, initially proposed by de Rosnay [1], a tool that is specialized to help humans to see more or bigger relationships and connections in the world. Exploroscopes can help interdisciplinary design and development teams to develop and experience new human-machine-systems in their specific use situation and space, independently from the question whether the realization of such systems is beyond time and space, or is just around the corner. The paper structures the design space of exploroscopes, and describes the research questions that are open to be investigated. As early examples of exploroscopes, the design exploration laboratories of DLR, RWTH Aachen University, and Fraunhofer FKIE and their application in the research of human-machine-system integration are briefly described