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Leadership Succession: Future-Proofing Pipelines
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Taylor, Saul; Youngs, Howard – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2018
The challenges in deaf education illustrate the requirement and importance of leadership in this specialized field. The significant and impending talent depletion unfolding as baby-boomers retire, positions leadership succession planning as a strategic issue. This mixed methods study is the first of its kind in New Zealand. The aim is to…
Descriptors: Leadership, Administrative Change, Deafness, Mixed Methods Research
An Eye Opener, but Mostly for Others: Employees' Perceptions on Workplace Alcohol Education Programmes
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Tinghog, Mimmi Eriksson – Health Education, 2013
Purpose: The aim of this study is to examine the rarely heard opinions of participants in alcohol educations--in this case, employees at three workplaces. What opinions were found in relation to the initiative, its content and effects, and what are the underlying notions from which these opinions derive? Design/methodology/approach: The study…
Descriptors: Health Education, Alcohol Education, Employee Attitudes, Work Environment
Multiple Balances in Workplace Dialogue: Experiences of an Intervention in Health Care
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Grill, Christina; Ahlborg, Gunnar, Jr.; Wikström, Ewa; Lindgren, Eva-Carin – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2015
Purpose: This paper aims to illuminate and analyse the participants' experiences of the influences of a dialogue intervention. Cooperation and coordination in health care require planning of dialogically oriented communication to prevent stress and ill health and to promote health, well-being, learning, and efficiency in the organisation.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Health Services, Health Personnel, Dialogs (Language)
Managers' Understanding of Workplace Health Promotion within Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: A Phenomenological Study
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Moore, Ann; Parahoo, Kader; Fleming, Paul – Health Education Journal, 2011
Objective: This study aimed at exploring managers' understanding of workplace health promotion and experiences of workplace health promotion activity within small and medium-sized enterprises. Design: A Heideggerian interpretive phenomenological methodology was adopted. Setting: This study was undertaken with small and medium-sized enterprise…
Descriptors: Employees, Health Promotion, Holistic Approach, Foreign Countries
Workplace Health Promotion within Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
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Moore, Ann; Parahoo, Kader; Fleming, Paul – Health Education, 2010
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to explore managers' understanding of workplace health promotion (WHP) and experiences of WHP activity within small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in a Health and Social Care Trust area of Northern Ireland. The paper aims to focus on engagement with activities within the context of prevention of…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Environmental Education, Small Businesses, Foreign Countries
Development of Health Promoting Leadership--Experiences of a Training Programme
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Eriksson, Andrea; Axelsson, Runo; Axelsson, Susanna Bihari – Health Education, 2010
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to describe and analyse the experiences of an intervention programme for development of health promoting leadership in Gothenburg in Sweden. The more specific purpose is to identify critical aspects of such a programme as part of the development of a health promoting workplace. Design/methodology/approach: A…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Interviews, Foreign Countries, Leadership