Essays about: "the changing nature of work and employment"

Found 5 essays containing the words the changing nature of work and employment.

  1. 1. Juggling Priorities: The Epic Quest for Work-Life Equilibrium among Early Career Employees

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Leonique Jacobus Yvonne Hamers; Frédérique Kluijtmans; [2023]
    Keywords : Work-life Balance; Early Career Employees; Boundaries; Motivation; Work to Live.; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Due to the changing nature of employment, contemporary early career employees place more value on work-life balance than any other generation before them. Our purpose is to provide a contextual overview that identifies and illuminates some of the defining characteristics of the early career employees employed in the banking sector. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Changing Nature of Employment: How Technological Progress and Robotics Shape the Future of Work

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Lennart Hoedemakers; [2017]
    Keywords : Innovation; Robots; Technological Anxiety; Technological Unemployment; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This thesis assesses the impact of innovation on employment, using a selection of International Patent Classifications (IPC) as proxies for technological development. It uses a 15-country, 8-sector and 15-year dynamic panel dataset, specifying a system Generalized Methods of Moments (GMM) econometric model to test this relationship. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Design and Evaluation of Ambient Displays in a Hospital Environment

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Dorien Koelemeijer; [2016]
    Keywords : ambient displays; AmI; hospital; healthcare; ambient intelligence; ubiqtuitous computing; calm technology; ubicomp; weiser; health care; technology; shape-changing interface; shape changing interface; shape-changing display; shape changing display; biometrics; remote communication; social awareness system; peripheral awareness; hospital technology; nurses; medical personnel; body area networks; dual-task experiment; common information space; arduino; electronic medical record; vital signs; data visualisation; prototypes;

    Abstract : Hospital environments are ranked as one of the most stressful contemporary work environments for their employees, and this especially concerns nurses (Nejati et al. 2016). READ MORE

  5. 4. An Occupational Health and Safety Conversation : The Swedish and New Zealand Perspective

    University essay from Institutionen för pedagogik, didaktik och utbildningsstudier

    Author : Ronny Tedestedt; [2014]
    Keywords : Occupational Health and Safety; Work Environment; Comparative Study; Sweden; New Zealand;

    Abstract : ABSTRACT There has been a change in the nature of work over recent decades with an increase in the use of non-standard forms of work. Non-standard work includes for example the use of contractors and sub-contractors. These forms of employment lead to a greater vulnerability of the workforce. READ MORE

  6. 5. The right to health and right to intellectual property in the EU. Analysis of the internal and external policies.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Beata Faracik; [2002]
    Keywords : Human Rights Law and Intellectual Property Rights; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : It is very common nowadays to speak of an ''information society'' in which control of information or information based knowledge has replaced control over matter as an ultimate source of economic power. The intellectual creations protected through patents, trade marks, copyrights etc constitute often a huge part of the companies' intangible assets. READ MORE