Vijay Niranjan, Ashvin Chouhan, Ankit Kushwaha
et al.
Background:
India faces a severe mental health workforce shortage, with Madhya Pradesh (MP) having only 0.05 psychiatrists per 100,000 population—far below the World Health Organization (WHO) benchmark of 3. Granular data on psychiatrist distribution are needed to address inequities in care.
Aim:
To map psychiatrist distribution across the seven districts of Indore division, MP, to assess geographic inequalities and estimate resource requirements for achieving WHO staffing norms.
Materials and Methods:
A cross-sectional geospatial survey (Jan–Mar 2025) identified actively practicing psychiatrists via snowball sampling, global positioning system (GPS)mapping, and inequality indices (Gini, Theil). Spatial clustering was analyzed using the nearest-neighbor index (NNI). Regression models assessed infrastructure-psychiatrist associations.
Results:
Among 71 psychiatrists, 88% clustered in Indore city, yielding a regional density of 0.54 per 100,000. Three districts had no psychiatrists. High inequality (Gini = 0.78) and urban clustering (NNI = 0.38) were observed. Infrastructure availability strongly predicted psychiatrist presence (β =0.98). Meeting WHO targets requires 429 additional psychiatrists (annual investment: INR 514.8 million).
Conclusion:
Severe urban–rural disparities exist in psychiatrist distribution. Targeted investments in workforce expansion, telepsychiatry (e.g. Tele-MANAS), and rural infrastructure are urgently needed to bridge the treatment gap.
This article investigates the workplace challenges of autistic women and the effectiveness of coaching in addressing their needs. It underscores systemic biases and a lack of understanding within coaching practices that impede professional growth and well-being. Through qualitative interviews with autistic women in the UK, the article reveals the necessity for coaches to grasp autism's nuances and for workplaces to adopt autism-inclusive cultures. It calls for a paradigm shift towards neuro-affirmative coaching and organisational cultures that value autistic women's distinct contributions, and aims to contribute to the literature gap on coaching practices for autistic women with actionable insights.
Special aspects of education, Industrial psychology
Musawenkosi D. Saurombe, Kamogelo D. Malebe, Marcia Nyandeni
et al.
Background: The rapid revolutionisation of technology and other factors such as the recent COVID-19 pandemic, prompted higher education institutions to consider the possibility, necessity and implications of officially adopting a blended teaching and learning approach on a long-term basis.
Aim: This research aimed to explore the practicality of a long-term blended teaching and learning model at a South African higher education institution.
Setting: This research was conducted at a selected South African higher education institution.
Methods: The article adopted a qualitative case study approach, and one-on-one semi-structured interviews were conducted. The data collected was then analysed using thematic analysis.
Results: Although the institution was generally ready for blended teaching and learning during the pandemic, best practices such as further training and development for both lecturers and students on the pertinent systems and technology are imperative if a long-term blended teaching and learning is to be successful. There were also concerns regarding external, technological, and socio-economic issues that could hinder a successful long-term blended model.
Conclusion: While the research revealed the institution’s overall ability to swiftly transition from face-to-face, to distance online and blended teaching and learning approaches during the COVID-19 pandemic, it also revealed that work still had to be done to fully prepare the institution for formalised blended teaching and learning in the future.
Contribution: This research builds on limited research on blended teaching and learning at South African contact higher education institutions and adds new theory regarding some best practices for successful blended teaching and learning.
Political polarization on social media has been extensively studied. However, most research has examined polarization about topics that have preexisting associations with ideology, while few studies have tracked the onset of polarization about novel topics or the evolution of polarization over a prolonged period. The occurrence of COVID-19 provides a unique opportunity to study whether social media discourse about a novel event becomes increasingly polarized along ideological lines over time. This paper analyzes trends in Twitter polarization in relation to COVID-19 and other geopolitical events of 2020. The first two studies use topic analysis to examine the evolving difference over time in discussions of COVID-19 and other topics by liberals and conservatives on social media. COVID-19-related polarization is initially absent but gradually increases over time, in contrast to polarization related to other events. A third study examines structural polarization in retweet networks and finds that the frequency of counterpartisan retweets reduces over time. Across all three studies, we find evidence that Twitter discussion of COVID-19 has become more polarized over time.
Since the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic was declared, cases of psychosis, delusions, hallucinations, and disorganized behavior have been reported worldwide, both during the acute phase of COVID-19 and after recovery. Given the recent emergence of COVID-19, data are still accumulating, and it is premature to correlate COVID-19 with psychotic disorders causally. However, SARS-CoV-2 has been shown to have the ability to cross the blood-brain barrier and penetrate neurons. This finding and the amount of published work on COVID-19 and psychotic disorders compel special attention to elucidate the link between SARS-CoV-2 and the occurrence of psychotic symptoms. In this article, several reviews and case reports that have analyzed the link between COVID-19 and psychotic disorders are reviewed. In light of the data that have emerged at the present time, study criteria were proposed to identify COVID-19-related psychosis.
Wuke Zhang,1 Pengtao Jiang,2,3 Pengcheng Tong,1 Ting Xu,1 Ruizhi Yuan,3 Liuting Diao1 1Business School, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of China; 2International Affairs Office, NingboTech University, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of China; 3Business School, University of Nottingham Ningbo China, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Liuting Diao, Business School, Ningbo University, 818 Fenghua Road, Ningbo, 315211, People’s Republic of China, Tel +86 15168164056, Email diaoliuting@nbu.edu.cnPurpose: This study aims to explore the influence of industry leaders’ behavior on common enterprise leaders’ decisions in enterprise clustering by recognizing top executives’ cognitive processes of brains.Methods: Twenty-one real top executives from twelve textile enterprises were recruited in the lab experiment, and decisions about whether entering an industrial zone under two conditions of following an industry leader or a common enterprise were designed as the experiment task. Throughout the formal experimental task, participants’ electroencephalograms were recorded.Results: The behavioral results preliminarily proved the effect of industry leaders’ behaviors on the real top executives’ decisions in common enterprises: participants had a higher acceptance rate with a shorter reaction time in the condition of following an industry leader rather than that in the condition of following a common enterprise. Event-related potential results indicated that choices of following an industry leader led to a more positive perception of emotional valence (reflected by a smaller P2 amplitude) and better evaluation categorization and greater decision confidence (reflected by a larger late positive potential amplitude) than choices of following a common enterprise.Conclusion: Top executives from common enterprises tend to evaluate industry leaders’ behaviors better than other common enterprises’ behaviors, and they tend to make a similar business decision to keep their enterprises consistent with these industry leaders.Keywords: leading effect, business decision, ERPs, P2, LPP
Hui Jing,1 Xinyi Li,1 Naiqi Chen,1,2 Mohamed Oubibi,1,3 Xinyi Mao,1 Weifeng Di1,3 1College of Teacher Education, College of Education and Human Development, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, People’s Republic of China; 2College of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, People’s Republic of China; 3Key Laboratory of Intelligent Education Technology and Application of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Weifeng Di, Email diwf@zjnu.cnBackground: Hengdian drifters refer to outsiders who participate in shooting film and television dramas in Hengdian. It is a special group. Single access to information, precarious nature of work, unequal treatment of gender, constraints on development, and inadequate guarantee mechanisms are all to blame.Purpose: This paper proposes to improve the ecology of the different actor industries by implementing a precise assessme.Patients and methods: This study combines qualitative and quantitative research, adopts the questionnaire survey and semi-structured interview, and carries out fieldwork by personally experiencing the life of extras to study the ecological environment of the different actor industries and the professional mentality of extras. Before participating in the study, every participant would be offered an Informed Consent Form and all particpants were guaranteed anonymity and their response will be used for a specific academic study. The Ethics Committee of the Zhejiang Normal University’s, Specific academic study that will be published online. College of Teacher Education approved the study and participation of concents under 18 and the study followed the Declaration of Helsinki.Results: There are gaps in social support.Little relevant policy support and financial support have not been implemented. Industry assessment criteria are not standardized.The level of digital management is low.It is difficult to guarantee the rights of mass actors.Conclusion: Implement a precise assessment system,develop a refined talent evaluation mechanism,Ensure the accuracy and transparency of the evaluation process.Establish digital service platforms,provide a new channel for the employment of artistic talents.Strengthen media publicity,strengthen policy support,raise social awareness.Keywords: Chinese Hengdian drifters, professional mentality, industry dilemma, digital management
Students who continue their education abroad will be vulnerable to stress and other adaptation problems. Success in overcoming new pressures and situations, one of which is determined by the personality characteristics of each person. This research aims to determine the role of culture shock as a mediator of the relationship between the personality of the achiever and the challenger to the sojourner adjustment. Causality quantitative research design is used to answer this goal by involving research respondents, namely Pattani students who are Muslim and are studying in the city of Bandung. Saturated sampling technique was used to obtain the characteristics of the sample in the research so that as many as 225 respondents were involved in filling out the research questionnaire. The data collection method uses a Likert scale with data analysis using the SEM (Structural Equation Model) approach. Structural analysis shows that cultural shock plays an effective and significant role as a mediator variable in the relationship between the personality of the achiever and challenger to the sojourner adjustment.
Orientation: Several generational groups are employed in the workplace today, each with distinctly different attitudes, values and work behaviours. Little is known about how generational cohorts differ in terms of psychological ownership.
Research purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the measurement equivalence of the South African Psychological Ownership Questionnaire (SAPOS) across three generational cohorts (Baby Boomers, Generation Xers and Generation Yers).
Motivation for the study: Before meaningful inferences and comparisons can be made about psychological ownership across the generational cohorts, it is essential to ensure that the psychological ownership scale measures the same trait across all three generational cohorts.
Research approach/design and method: A cross-sectional study was conducted with a convenience sample of 945 skilled respondents employed in various public and private organisations employing a multigroup confirmatory factorial analytical approach.
Main findings: The tripartite model of the SAPOS, comprising identity, responsibility and autonomy, was confirmed across the three generational cohort. Measurement invariance was established on configural, metric and scalar level across the three generational cohorts.
Practical/managerial implications: The three generational cohorts perceive the items as was measured by the psychological ownership scale in the same way. Meaningful comparisons can thus be made between the groups and organisations can tailor their interventions to enhance the levels of psychological ownership of each of these generational cohorts.
Contribution/value-add: This study is one of the first to provide empirical evidence of generational differences in respect of psychological ownership and to evaluate the measurement equivalence of a psychological ownership inventory across generational cohorts.
Solange Denervaud, Alexander P. Christensen, Yoed. N. Kenett
et al.
Abstract Education is central to the acquisition of knowledge, such as when children learn new concepts. It is unknown, however, whether educational differences impact not only what concepts children learn, but how those concepts come to be represented in semantic memory—a system that supports higher cognitive functions, such as creative thinking. Here we leverage computational network science tools to study hidden knowledge structures of 67 Swiss schoolchildren from two distinct educational backgrounds—Montessori and traditional, matched on socioeconomic factors and nonverbal intelligence—to examine how educational experience shape semantic memory and creative thinking. We find that children experiencing Montessori education show a more flexible semantic network structure (high connectivity/short paths between concepts, less modularity) alongside higher scores on creative thinking tests. The findings indicate that education impacts how children represent concepts in semantic memory and suggest that different educational experiences can affect higher cognitive functions, including creative thinking.
Special aspects of education, Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
This article presents the subjective perspectives of women leaders working in higher education institutions in the 21st century in South Africa. It focuses in particularly on creativity as demonstrated by women leaders working in culturally and gender diverse post-apartheid settings. The aim is to contribute to the discourse on the creativity of women leaders from diverse cultural backgrounds within South Africa higher education institutions by examining how women leaders experience creativity and what creativity means to them from a qualitative perspective. The study reported on assessed the experiences of creativity of 23 women leaders and their views on creativity and creative leadership by means of a research paradigm based on Wilhelm Dilthey’s modern hermeneutics. It used qualitative research methods, such as semi-structured interviews, as well as observations within one selected higher education institution. Data was analysed by means of content analysis. Quality research criteria and ethical considerations were upheld. The findings highlight the creative skills and attitudes of women leaders underlying successful leadership and the types of creative leadership applied. They suggest that women leaders’ creativity manifests in facilitating creativity in higher education institutions by fostering the creativity of others rather than directing their own creative vision through or integrating it in the work of employees.
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Šiame straipsnyje pristatomos subjektyvios moterų lyderių, XXI a. dirbančių aukštojo mokslo institucijose, perspektyvos Pietų Afrikoje. Čia ypač daug dėmesio skiriama kūrybiškumui, kurį rodo moterys lyderės, dirbančios kultūros ir lyties požiūriu įvairioje postapartheido aplinkoje. Tikslas – prisidėti prie skirtingos kultūrinės kilmės moterų lyderių, dirbančių Pietų Afrikos aukštojo mokslo institucijose, kūrybiškumo diskurso, tiriant, kokia yra moterų lyderių kūrybiškumo patirtis ir tai, ką joms reiškia kūrybiškumas kokybiniu požiūriu. Tyrime pateiktas 23 moterų lyderių kūrybiškumo patirčių bei jų požiūrių į kūrybiškumą ir kūrybinę lyderystę įvertinimas, parengtas pasitelkiant tyrimų paradigmą, kurios pagrindą sudaro Wilhelmo Dilthey’aus modernioji hermeneutika. Buvo taikyti kokybiniai tyrimų metodai, tokie kaip pusiau struktūruotais interviu, taip pat stebėjimais vienoje pasirinktoje aukštojo mokslo institucijoje. Duomenys buvo nagrinėjami turinio analizės metodu. Buvo vadovaujamasi kokybinių tyrimų kriterijais ir laikomasi etinių nusistatymų. Rezultatai atskleidžia moterų lyderių kūrybinius gebėjimus ir nuostatas, pagrindžiančias sėkmės lydimą lyderystę ir vyraujančius kūrybinės lyderystės tipus. Jie parodo, kad moterų lyderių kūrybiškumas atsiskleidžia palankiomis kūrybiškumui sąlygomis aukštojo mokslo institucijose, puoselėjant kitų kūrybiškumą ar integruojant jį į darbuotojų atliekamą darbą, o ne kreipiant jų pačių kūrybinę viziją.
Reikšminiai žodžiai: darbo vieta XXI a., kūrybinės strategijos, kūrybiškumas, įvairovė, aukštasis mokslas, psichinė sveikata, moterys lyderės.
Teachers’ attitude is an important factor that influences the quality of the implementation of inclusive education. The quality of inclusive education is part of the quality of education in general in a country. The quality of education of countries around the world is measured by the United Nations using the Human Development Index and placing countries in the very high, high, medium, and low categories. Systematic review was carried out to get an idea of the attitudes of teachers towards inclusive education and the factors that influence it in countries based on the HDI category. By using three electronic search engines for academic data, namely EBSCOhost, ProQuest, and Taylor & Francis Online, 18 articles reporting teacher attitudes towards inclusive education in various countries were discussed. The results found that there were no differences in teacher attitudes towards inclusive education between countries with very high and high HDI categories with countries in the moderate HDI category. Knowledge of children with disabilities and teaching experiences of these children is known to influence the attitudes of teachers towards inclusive education in countries with all HDI categories. The support from community, the availability of professional assistance, and the length of the implementation of inclusive education are factors that influence the attitudes of teachers in very high and high HDI categories countries, while the negative perception of disability makes teachers held negative attitudes towards inclusive education. Recommendations for improving the review of this topic are discussed in this study
Adel F Almutairi,1 Mahmoud Salam,1 Abdallah A Adlan,2 Abdullah S Alturki3 1Science and Technology Unit, King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Ministry of National Guard health affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; 2Bioethics Section, King Abdullah International Medical Research center, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; 3Research operations, King Abdullah International Medical Research center, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Background: Moral distress is a serious problem in healthcare environments that requires urgent attention and management. It occurs when healthcare providers are unable to provide the care that they feel is right or take, what they believe to be, ethically appropriate actions for their patients. Thus, this study aims to examine moral distress among nurses and physicians working in tertiary teaching hospitals in Saudi Arabia, as well as to evaluate the level of association between moral distress and turnover. Methods: This cross-sectional study, which employed an anonymous 21-item Moral Distress Scale, was undertaken at a large medical institution located in different regions of Saudi Arabia. The data were analyzed using bi-variate analyses, and logistic regression. Results: Of the 342 participants, 239 (69.9%) were nurses/staff physicians and 103 (30.1%) were fellows/consultants. Approximately 24.3% of respondents experienced severe moral distress, whereas 75.7% reported mild moral distress. There was no statistically significant difference between men and women in terms of moral distress. Age was found to be a notable factor: moral distress was significantly higher in those younger than 37 years compared to those 37 years and older (P=0.015). Less than half of the participants (137, 42.8%) indicated their willingness to leave their jobs. A significant association was observed between severe moral distress and leaving the career (OR=3.16; P<0.01). Job category was also an important factor: nurses/staff physicians were almost two times more likely (OR =1.95, P=0.038) to leave their positions compared to fellows/consultants. Conclusion: This study revealed that moral distress, which is a serious problem that compromises the well-being of caregivers, was a predictive variable for the intention of healthcare providers to leave their jobs. Therefore, it should be routinely examined, and efficient action plans should be implemented to alleviate its consequences. Keywords: burnout, MDS-R, organizational support, nurses, physicians
We needs efforts in realizing the teacher as a long-life learner in dealing with various changes will demand knowledge improvement and advancement to make them survive and will perform as well as government expected. School and their learning environment should be synergized to make a teacher as a long-life learner. School efforts in supporting teacher learning in schools can be explained by Teacher Learning Climate theory from Marsick and Watkins (2003). The purpose of this study is to provide an overview of teacher learning climate that can be built at Junior High School in Bandung. This study was conducted to 109 teachers who actively teach at Junior High School in Bandung. The research design used non-experimental quantitative. Data were collected using Teacher Learning Climate questionnaire, then processed statistically. The results showed that Teacher Learning Climate at Junior High School in Bandung city can be built from Collaboration and Leadership at School. Some efforts to improve it through teacher communication forums and the effective leadership at schools will improve Teacher Learning Climate at Junior High School in Bandung. Improving Teacher Learning Climate will fostering teacher qualitification and will make educational quality improvement.
Stevedoring activities at container terminals make it one of the most dangerous workplace for employees because they have to deal with variety of high-risk conditions as well as high-risk equipments. Therefore it is not suprising that container terminals have high occupational accidents rate. Furthermore, several statistical reports also indicate that most maritime accidents are attributable to human error. The purpose of this study is to explain the effect of safety climate and big-five personality on employee safety performance. Safety climate and big five personality are considered as two factors that influence employee safety performance. Therefore strong positive safety climate in organization will be able improve employee safety performance and reduce accidents. This study was conducted to 148 employees in a container terminal by using simple random sampling as the sampling technique. Multiple regression technique was used to examine the effect of safety climate and big-five personality on employee safety performance. The result revealed that safety climate and big-five personality positively affect employee safety performance.
Key words: Safety climate, big five personality, safety performance
Abstrak: Aktivitas bongkar muat pada terminal peti kemas menjadikannya sebagai salah satu tempat kerja yang paling berbahaya karena karyawan harus menghadapi beragam aktivitas yang beresiko tinggi dan peralatan kerja yang berbahaya. Maka dari itu, bukan suatu hal yang mengejutkan bahwa terminal peti kemas memiliki tingkat kecelakaan kerja yang tinggi. Lebih jauh lagi, sejumlah data statistik juga menunjukkan bahwa mayoritas kecelakaan kerja pada sektor industri maritim berkaitan dengan kesalahan manusia. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk menjelaskan pengaruh iklim keselamatan kerja dan big five personality terhadap perilaku keselamatan karyawan. Penelitian ini dilakukan pada 148 karyawan di salah satu terminal peti kemas dengan menggunakan simple random sampling sebagai teknik sampling. Analisis regresi berganda digunakan untuk menguji pengaruh antara iklim keselamatan kerja dan big five personality terhadap perilaku keselamatan karyawan. Hasil studi menunjukkan bahwa iklim keselamatan kerja dan big five personality secara positif berpengaruh pada perilaku keselamatan karyawan.
Research indicates that the frequency and effectiveness of managerial coaching is failing to meet organisational demands. For companies to leverage the potential benefits a coaching based approach can offer, in terms of performance and employee engagement, it is critical to advance our understanding of managerial coaching such that any potential discrepancy is reduced. Using a phenomenological approach, this study explores how six sales managers experience their role of coach. The most significant discovery was that participants are actively coaching, just not necessarily in a way organisations are expecting or potentially measuring. Rather than follow a formalised process, participants prefer a conversational approach, with the activity conceivably going unnoticed.
Special aspects of education, Industrial psychology