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The Sydney Children’s Hospital Network is located in New South Wales, the most populous state in Australia. It is comprised of two children’s hospitals that forms one of the largest children’s hospital networks in the country. Our network recognised the need to develop virtual care as an integral part of providing specialist paediatric care to the children and adolescents within our state. As a result, the virtualKIDS service was proposed in 2020 and launched in June 2021. COVID-19 further accelerated the establishment of this service.
In contemporary workplaces characterized by teamwork and flattened hierarchies, mistreatment experiences often happen in interactions with peers. One common manifestation of such mistreatment is peer interpersonal injustice, which entails breaches of dignity, respect, and propriety at work. This can range from unfriendly behavior to insulting remarks from colleagues.
Recently, the term "metaverse" has emerged as a buzzword, representing a virtual universe beyond our physical reality. Powered by technologies like virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR), the metaverse offers users immersive experiences in digital realms. While some hail it as a revolutionary force with the potential to transform work and education, others remain skeptical, questioning its longevity and practicality. Nevertheless, as more individuals and organizations embrace the metaverse, there's a pressing need to dissect its intricacies, explore its applications, and assess its implications, especially in the realm of workplace learning.
Published research needs to be used in real-world practice for making a meaningful difference in lives of patients, families, health care professionals, and other individuals whom the research affects. We know from research that it could take about 15 to 17 years for the published research to make it into real-world practice and policymaking, and about 85% of the research is never used in practice. A new scientific field called implementation science deals with designing innovative and effective behavior change methods and techniques for accelerating the transfer of high-quality published research in practice and policymaking.
Work meetings are necessary for collaboration, communication, brainstorming, decision-making, and so on. While researchers have explored many aspects of workplace meetings, current research has yet to consider the broader concept of scheduling cadences (e.g., how meetings are dispersed throughout the day). We propose that, depending on these scheduling cadences, meetings can function as an interruption by disrupting workflow and diminishing employee productivity levels while increasing feelings of fatigue.
How much compensation should I receive for my daily tasks, how many days off per year can I expect, what should be my regular work schedule, and other employment commitments are common components of formal written employment contracts. Written contracts play a crucial role in the employer-employee relationship by clearly defining key aspects of the job and providing a framework for resolving potential disputes. However, written contracts often fail to encompass all the promises and responsibilities inherent in an employment agreement.
In 2023, two vaccines were approved for use in Canada for the prevention of lower respiratory tract infections caused by respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in people aged 60 years and older; however, their uptake may be hindered by vaccine fatigue, hesitancy, and persisting misconceptions that RSV is largely a concern among children. While hospitalization rates due to RSV are highest among children under the age of 1 year, mortality rates are highest among older adults. Reaching this population with safe and effective vaccines will save lives.
Remember the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic? Businesses shut down, we were told to stay away from other humans, and people were dying from a disease we did not know or understand. Now imagine that on top of that, you were a healthcare worker (HCW). You perhaps worked in a hospital – one of the businesses that did not shut down, maybe even directly with patients infected with COVID-19. Vaccines to protect against COVID-19 did not exist, personal protective equipment was not always available, you could not access your coping strategies the way you normally would, and you were working long hours, with increased possibility of getting COVID-19 yourself. Would that have impacted your mental health?
Perhaps more than ever before in recent history, minoritized students need school and mental health counselors who are anti-racist and culturally competent. While my colleagues/co-authors and I focus extensively on gifted and talented students (GATE), our work is relevant to all racial and ethnic students who face individual and institutional barriers to success in school and life.
Welcome to an exciting new era in neurological care. Our upcoming Special Collection in SAGE Open Medicine, "Advances in Personalized Neurological Interventions: Bridging Transdisciplinary Insights," aims to be at the forefront of this evolution. We're at a unique point where advanced research intertwines with collaborative insights, and your contribution is crucial.
The Sydney Children’s Hospital Network is located in New South Wales, the most populous state in Australia. It is comprised of two children’s hospitals that forms one of the largest children’s hospital networks in the country. Our network recognised the need to develop virtual care as an integral part of providing specialist paediatric care to the children and adolescents within our state. As a result, the virtualKIDS service was proposed in 2020 and launched in June 2021. COVID-19 further accelerated the establishment of this service.
In contemporary workplaces characterized by teamwork and flattened hierarchies, mistreatment experiences often happen in interactions with peers. One common manifestation of such mistreatment is peer interpersonal injustice, which entails breaches of dignity, respect, and propriety at work. This can range from unfriendly behavior to insulting remarks from colleagues.
Today I spent 65% of my monthly income to get my car’s exhaust replaced. This is not shocking, unheard of, or even rare. The United States has been built to accommodate the automobile. In doing so, we have accomplished what transportation historian Peter Norton describes as normalizing the abnormal. It is expected that every American adult own a personal vehicle, and thus it is normal for Americans to allocate more than 15% of their total annual spending toward cars.
Four years into the new world of “flexible work,” many employers are still seeking a balance between employee’s desire for flexibility and the need for collaboration, connection, and job effectiveness on teams. In the wake of higher staff turnover rates and prominent calls for continued flexibility at a small university, finding the right equilibrium between in-person work and employees’ demand for continued remote work options was imperative. This study first evaluated the connection between flexible work and job satisfaction. Not surprising were the results that employees with flexibility had greater job satisfaction (88% of respondents) than their non-flexible peers (68% of respondents).
Transportation affects peoples’ day-to-day lives in myriad ways, including the ability to get where they need to go, the economic wellbeing of individuals and communities, physical and mental health, and the health of the local environment and planet. Transportation agencies are becoming increasingly interested in measuring accessibility, or the ease with which people can reach desired destinations. In part, the concept is attractive because it reflects the primary purpose of a transportation system—to connect people to the opportunities they value.
We find that drivers’ choice of the interaction modality is associated with the driving scenarios. Specifically, drivers prefer voice-controlled systems (VCS) when they are driving alone, driving on highways, and driving in an environment with high traffic complexity. Further, drivers have different preferences of interaction modalities for different tasks: when tasks are more distracting and more time-demanding, drivers prefer VCS over manual interactions
Recently, the term "metaverse" has emerged as a buzzword, representing a virtual universe beyond our physical reality. Powered by technologies like virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR), the metaverse offers users immersive experiences in digital realms. While some hail it as a revolutionary force with the potential to transform work and education, others remain skeptical, questioning its longevity and practicality. Nevertheless, as more individuals and organizations embrace the metaverse, there's a pressing need to dissect its intricacies, explore its applications, and assess its implications, especially in the realm of workplace learning.
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a common cause of disability, affecting about 2.5% of North Americans. Although one-third of people with TBI are female, most TBI research is focused on high-risk groups that are primarily male, like veterans and professional athletes. This means that the consequences of TBI most relevant to women and those assigned female at birth, like the impact of TBI on mental health around the time of pregnancy, have received little attention.
Published research needs to be used in real-world practice for making a meaningful difference in lives of patients, families, health care professionals, and other individuals whom the research affects. We know from research that it could take about 15 to 17 years for the published research to make it into real-world practice and policymaking, and about 85% of the research is never used in practice. A new scientific field called implementation science deals with designing innovative and effective behavior change methods and techniques for accelerating the transfer of high-quality published research in practice and policymaking.
Work meetings are necessary for collaboration, communication, brainstorming, decision-making, and so on. While researchers have explored many aspects of workplace meetings, current research has yet to consider the broader concept of scheduling cadences (e.g., how meetings are dispersed throughout the day). We propose that, depending on these scheduling cadences, meetings can function as an interruption by disrupting workflow and diminishing employee productivity levels while increasing feelings of fatigue.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is increasingly built into technologies that we use in our everyday lives, and while it seems benign to use AI to delete an unwanted object from the background of a photo or draft a contract, the stakes are much higher when AI is brought into the field of medical imaging and the health of patients is impacted.
As a researcher, it can be challenging to showcase the real-world impact of academic work. Fortunately, Sage Policy Profiles offers a solution to this problem. The free-to-use, browser-based tool lets researchers see how their work has been cited in policy documents, and then easily illustrate and share its impact graphically. In this blog post, we’ll look at how Sage Policy Profiles works and how you can use it to make an impact with your research.
Sage has launched a new, free-to-use tool that allows researchers to see the impact of their research on public policy: Sage Policy Profiles.
The Technology in Cancer Research & Treatment is excited to formally announce the launch of the Junior Guest Editor Program to address the needs of ECRs and offer a truly unique experience. This program provides ECRs like you in the field of cancer research with an exceptional opportunity to curate and shape Special Collections within our esteemed journal. The Junior Guest Editor Program is an innovative addition to our journal's offerings, designed to support and empower all oncology ECRs in their academic journey. Read on for more details about the program, its benefits, and why you should consider participating.
As a publisher, we understand that words matter. Language helps us express ourselves, create communities, explain new ideas, and spread information. We believe that inclusive language is an important and powerful way to ensure people feel welcomed, respected, safe, and able to fully engage with the research Sage publishes.
Lots has been written in the short time since on the development of generative AI tools and the use of ChatGPT in teaching, research and academic publishing. It has also sparked lots of philosophical conversations within the Research Integrity Group at SAGE about the ethics of using generative AI to ‘write’ (in quote marks) articles, about the potential risks of publishing articles not written (not in quote marks) by a human, and whether bots qualify as authors.
Minority and marginalised groups have historically been underrepresented in conventional modes of academic research where the balance of power sits with researchers rather than those participating in the research.
The theme of this year’s International Open Access Week is “Open for Climate Justice”. Climate change affects different people and places unevenly, leading to inequalities within and across nations, and between current and future generations.
An increasing body of research about the menopause and the workplace shows that professional management training, reasonable adjustments and support can have a hugely beneficial effect on anyone going through the perimenopause and the menopause, as well as the people around them.
Sage is adapting to the rapidly changing nature of the open access publishing landscape and evolving to better serve the needs of researchers, but throughout, we continue to be a publisher you can trust. Together, we can maximize the potential of you research and make a positive impact society.
This blog offers advice on how to maintain wellbeing and address bias in research as a PhD candidate, as well as some broader discussion of how identity and privilege factor into this work.
Unlike qualitative studies that test several aspects simultaneously and adapt easily, quantitative research aims to measure something. It gathers data about a set of variables and focuses on testing one central idea. But, if something goes wrong, we may change the whole study.
Using social media platforms is a great way to promote your research on your own, but it can be difficult to figure out which platform is best for your goal. You could be interested in your content reaching a lot of people, discussing ideas with peers, or building a community of researchers. Knowing which platform is the best for you will help you save time and energy for more research endeavors.
On December 8, we are hosting the next How to Do Research and Get Published webinar, titled ‘How to create a research agenda and develop your personal academic brand.’
In this live webinar, a group of Sage journal Editors present lightning talks on their DEI journal activities, followed by a Q&A.
Beyond the doom and gloom of AI taking over peer review and the excitement of how this technology could transform scholarly publishing, this peer review week I take stock of how peer review could work in future. The focus of this article is not to discuss the merits and demerits of each mode of peer review but to instead look beyond the operational possibilities of peer review and how these changes can benefit research communities.
Sage’s ever-evolving peer review processes are adapted to be robust and reflect the latest industry standards. We are committed to ensuring that authors feel confident and well-informed when submitting their manuscripts to our journals. We’ve therefore highlighted 7 helpful tips authors should keep in mind when submitting their manuscripts.
Explore how AI and Large Language Models are affecting the future of peer review.
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