School tours are an integral part of museum education programming and often account for a large percent of museum audience attendance. While student demographics have changed over the last century, the demographics of museum educators, particularly those leading K-12 tours has remained predominately White. Though this is common knowledge across…

Introduction: This study utilizes interpretive phenomenology to understand the experiences of people with visual impairments in the virtual workplace. As virtual work is becoming increasingly common, this investigation is timely for employment research that is especially relevant to people who are visually impaired. Methods: Using an interpretive…

The study is aimed at determining how structured supervision of influences work attitude and promotes job performance in universities. This is because the success of any academic institution depends on effective supervision of staff. To achieve the objectives, the study adopted survey research design using interviews and questionnaire. Respondents…

Despite increasing studies into the effects of imposter phenomenon, there lacks empirically tested interventions that could help individuals address the distorted cognitions associated with "feeling like a fake" in their work role. Using a multistage sequential mixed methods study design, we developed and pilot-tested a workshop…

Despite there being numerous studies on leadership, persistence, and sense of belonging, there are few studies that examine these constructs for student employees who work in student unions. The number of students employed, on or off campus, while working on a degree is increasing (Watanabe, 2005). One of the places on campus where students can…

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the influence of generation Y's career establishment strategies on self-directedness career and to determine the moderation effect of gender on the relationship. Design/methodology/approach: Data were collected from 188 full-time employees from different functional areas and departments of selected…

In this study, we investigate idea generation by conducting a diary study. We hypothesized that idea generation depends on problem identification, and that this relation is moderated by two factors: (a) the number of social interactions an individual has with "non-redundant" network connections, and (b) an individual's level of vigor.…

Purpose: This paper aims to report and discuss findings from the first exploratory phase of a research project that examined how and in what ways the practice of vocational student work-placement contributes to innovation in host organisations. The focus of the paper is on identifying and clarifying how innovation is understood in this context and…

The 13-item self-rated creativity scale (SRCS) initially developed for supervisory rating of employees' creativity was modified by some researchers and used as a self-report of creativity. However, it is not clear if the modified SRCS is psychometrically sound. The present study addressed this gap in three studies (N = 1,033). The exploratory…

The IT or IS department of a business or other organization exists to serve the larger organization and support other parts of the organization in working to achieve departmental and organizational goals. This case explores a situation where the IT organization has lost focus on the need to serve and support the rest of the organization. The case…

This research aims to investigate the relationship of stress and organizational commitment in employees with meta-analysis method. In the literature review, 22 studies and 42 comparisons were found which meet the determined criteria. "Fisher z" value was used to calculate impact size values and impact direction and overall impact of the…

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between management style perceptions and motivation levels of the employees working in provincial organizations of the General Directorate of Sports. The population of the study included the employees carrying on their duties in Provincial Organizations of The General Directorate of Sports,…

Goal-focused coaching is being used to assist individuals to set and reach personal and workplace goals (Grant, 2007). Thus, organizational leaders are increasingly investing in developing employee performance and well-being. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between Emotional Intelligence (EI) and coaching among…

The number of family child care (FCC) providers in the U.S. is declining at an alarming rate. From 2011 to 2017, there was a 35% decrease in FCC homes (National Center on Early Childhood Quality Assurance, 2019). Considering the substantial portion of child care that is represented in home-based child care (HBCC), a heightened level of concern is…

While the literature provides useful insights into the nature of experts, much less attention has been paid to how individuals become experts in their jobs in the first place and what they do with their domain-specific information over time. The purpose of the study was to describe the following areas: (1) what expert exployees do to acquire…