1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910789841103321

Autore

Sterba James P

Titolo

Affirmative action for the future [[electronic resource] /] / James P. Sterba

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ithaca, N. Y., : Cornell University Press, c2009

ISBN

0-8014-5760-2

0-8014-5884-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 132 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Cornell paperbacks

Disciplina

342.7308/5

Soggetti

Affirmative action programs - Law and legislation - United States

Affirmative action programs - United States

Affirmative action programs in education - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Current racial and sexual discrimination -- A legal history of race-and sex-based affirmative action -- How best to define affirmative action -- A defense of outreach affirmative action -- A defense of remedial affirmative action -- Objections to remedial affirmative action -- A defense of diversity affirmative action -- Objections to diversity affirmative action -- Affirmative action around the world.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910495172303321

Autore

Mohezar Suhana

Titolo

Achieving Quality of Life at Work : Transforming Spaces to Improve Well-Being / / by Suhana Mohezar, Noor Ismawati Jaafar, Waqar Akbar

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2021

ISBN

981-16-4265-6

Edizione

[1st ed. 2021.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (145 pages)

Collana

Behavioral Science and Psychology Series

Disciplina

331.256

Soggetti

Psychology, Industrial

Quality of life

Well-being

Industrial design

Employee health promotion

Work and Organizational Psychology

Quality of Life Research

Well-Being

Industrial Design

Employee Health and Wellbeing

Organizational Psychology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Creative, Happy and Productive Workforce: How the Workplace Environment is changing? -- Generations, Job and Workspace Design -- The 4th Industrial Revolution and Digital Workplace Design: Unlocking the Potentials -- Ergonomics, Safety and Physical Work Environment in Sustainable-Oriented Workplace Design -- Open-Space Workplace Design: Balancing Creativity, Teamwork, Privacy and Social Distance -- Conclusion and Way Forward. .

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides an understanding and imaging of how a stress-free workplace might be designed and implemented in the context of the ‘new normal.’ Statistics show that more and more people are experiencing an increase in work-related stress, and its impact on individual psychology and well-being as well as organizational



performance can be devastating. Globally, the most recent data on work-related illnesses account for 2.4 million deaths. Against this backdrop, and taking stock of how the pandemic is affecting the workplace and employee well-being, this book proposes transformations in work spaces, from implementing effective “greening” features, to more efficient technology-supported spaces. It establishes links between workplace design and creativity, happiness and productivity, confronting related issues such as generation gaps, digital interruptions, collaborative work environments and sustainability, and their respective connections with workspace environmentand well-being. The book situates this discussion within a broader discussion on work and quality of life. Furthermore, the book demonstrates how several sustainable development goals might be achieved through transformed work spaces. Through an intersection between organizational psychology, well-being and quality of life studies, sociology, human resources, and ergonomics, this book is a timely examination of work-related stress in relation to work spaces that require rethinking and transformation in the throes, and wake, of the pandemic. .