Early residential group care has long-lasting effects on important socio-emotional and cognitive aspects of preschool children's development.
If you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/authors for more information. About Emerald www.emeraldinsight.comEmerald is a global publisher linking research and practice to the benefit of society. The company manages a portfolio of more than 290 journals and over 2,350 books and book series volumes, as well as providing an extensive range of online products and additional customer resources and services.Emerald is both COUNTER 4 and TRANSFER compliant. The organization is a partner of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and also works with Portico and the LOCKSS initiative for digital archive preservation. AbstractPurpose -The purpose of this paper is to examine teacher involvement in different domains of decision making in Greek primary schools and explore associations with school and teacher variables. Design/methodology/approach -A survey employing self-administered questionnaires, with a Likert-type scale assessing teachers' actual and desired participation in three domains of decision making, was used. Scales measuring perceived school climate, self-efficacy and job satisfaction were also included. Data were collected from 143 teachers working in primary schools located in different areas in Greece. Findings -The multidimensional approach to measuring teacher participation in decision making revealed quite high actual participation in decisions concerning students' and teachers' issues, but low levels of participation in managerial decisions. The discrepancy between the actual and desired levels of participation showed significant deprivation across all decision-making domains. Greater participation in decisions concerning teacher issues and lower levels of deprivation of participating in managerial issues were associated with teachers' perceptions of better leadership and higher collegiality in schools. The strongest predictor of both teachers' sense of efficacy and job satisfaction was their participation in decisions concerning teacher issues.Practical implications -Educational leaders should promote forms of participation in decision making that increase teachers' actual involvement in decisions concerning their duties and opportunities for development and also provide for more sharing on issues concerning the school management, particularly for women. Originality/value -The study underlines the value of dimensionality in investigating decision making in schools.
The hospital management and the heads of departments should be knowledgeable of ways to prevent burnout in their staff. Strategies targeting role clarity and wishful thinking are useful toward this goal.
Aim: To assess breastfeeding practices, focusing on the prevalence and the determinants of exclusive breastfeeding during hospital stay. Methods: A cross‐sectional study of 1603 healthy women, who delivered healthy infants weighing more than 2500 g, was conducted in the area of Athens, Greece. Participants completed a self‐administered questionnaire on the day they were discharged from the maternity ward. Classification of breastfeeding and recall period from birth to discharge were in accordance with the WHO criteria. Hierarchical logistic regression analysis was used to study determinants of exclusive breastfeeding initiation. Results: Breastfeeding initiation was reported by 96.1% of the participants. However, exclusive breastfeeding was initiated only in 19.1% and predominant breastfeeding in 7.2% of the cases. The univariate analysis showed that maternal younger age, low educational level, unemployment, vaginal delivery, infant birthweight >3000 g, multiparity, early initiation of breastfeeding, rooming‐in and awareness on the existence of breastfeeding centres were associated with higher rates of exclusive breastfeeding. Logistic regression analysis revealed that rooming‐in (OR 3.72, p<0.01), demand feeding (OR 2.18, p<0.01), type of delivery (OR 1.61, p<0.01) and the source of information received about breastfeeding are more important determinants of exclusive breastfeeding than the socio‐demographic parameters. Conclusions: Exclusive breastfeeding during hospital stay in the area of Athens is low. Demand feeding and rooming‐in positively influence exclusive breastfeeding initiation, while caesarean section and information by mass media have a negative impact.
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