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Education is one of the most effective ways to eradicate and reduce poverty, helping to eliminate it as well as to promote social mobility. Although universities have been extensively established in Taiwan, the country still faces the problem of a large difference in students’ academic ability and a widening gap in educational resources among families. This study mainly explored whether the strategy of encouraging learning instead of working for disadvantaged students is helpful to their learning effectiveness. The research samples were collected from the data of college students who participated in the higher education SPROUT project of Taiwan’s Ministry of Education. This study enrolled a total of 752 students categorized as disadvantaged. The results found that those students who participated in the project usually devoted more time to study and schoolwork, and so they passed more subjects in the schoolwork with better overall performance in learning. They also obtained the required licenses for employment and more student subsidies to improve their lives. Therefore, the conclusion of this study is that by participating in multiple counseling mechanisms such as schoolwork counseling, license counseling, or career counseling arranged by universities, disadvantaged students can increase their study time, which not only improves their schoolwork learning effects but also enhances their employability.
Yi-Chih Lee. Replacing Work with Study: A Sustainable Development Strategy for Economically or Culturally Disadvantaged Students. Sustainability 2021, 13, 9658 .
AMA StyleYi-Chih Lee. Replacing Work with Study: A Sustainable Development Strategy for Economically or Culturally Disadvantaged Students. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (17):9658.
Chicago/Turabian StyleYi-Chih Lee. 2021. "Replacing Work with Study: A Sustainable Development Strategy for Economically or Culturally Disadvantaged Students." Sustainability 13, no. 17: 9658.
Work engagement is an important topic in the field of nursing management. Meanwhile, spiritual leadership has been demonstrated to have a positive impact on healthcare workers. However, the relationship between spiritual leadership and work engagement is unclear. The main purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of spiritual leadership on work engagement through increased spiritual well-being and psychological capital. This study used a cross-sectional survey to collect data in Taiwan. The sample included 164 nurses, with empirical testing carried out by PROCESS Macro for SPSS. The results show that spiritual leadership has a positive influence on work engagement and that spiritual well-being (i.e., calling) and psychological capital mediate the effect of spiritual leadership on work engagement. According to the results of this study, nursing leaders must be aware of the role of spiritual leadership in promoting work engagement.
Wei-Li Wu; Yi-Chih Lee. How Spiritual Leadership Boosts Nurses’ Work Engagement: The Mediating Roles of Calling and Psychological Capital. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2020, 17, 6364 .
AMA StyleWei-Li Wu, Yi-Chih Lee. How Spiritual Leadership Boosts Nurses’ Work Engagement: The Mediating Roles of Calling and Psychological Capital. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17 (17):6364.
Chicago/Turabian StyleWei-Li Wu; Yi-Chih Lee. 2020. "How Spiritual Leadership Boosts Nurses’ Work Engagement: The Mediating Roles of Calling and Psychological Capital." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 17: 6364.
Based on the perspective of conservation of resources (COR) theory, this study adopts a multilevel approach to examine the influences of employees’ personal resources (i.e., work engagement and intrinsic motivation) and external resources (i.e., transformational leadership) on knowledge sharing. This study conducts a survey to explore the interrelationships among transformational leadership, work engagement, intrinsic motivation, and knowledge sharing. The sample includes 33 healthcare work groups consisting of 214 group members. The results show that an individual’s personal and external resources are positive and benefit the promotion of knowledge sharing. As for personal resources, work engagement has a positive impact on knowledge sharing by increasing intrinsic motivation. Regarding external resources, transformational leadership acts as a facilitator for knowledge sharing. Specifically, the conditional indirect effects of work engagement on knowledge sharing through intrinsic motivation are more positive under high levels of transformational leadership, rather than low levels of transformational leadership. Based on the COR theory, this is the first study to argue that knowledge sharing could be considered as an active activity and that individuals could be eager to perform knowledge sharing when they possess significant personal and external resources. The results of this study provide new insights into knowledge sharing.
Wei-Li Wu; Yi-Chih Lee. Do Work Engagement and Transformational Leadership Facilitate Knowledge Sharing? A Perspective of Conservation of Resources Theory. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2020, 17, 2615 .
AMA StyleWei-Li Wu, Yi-Chih Lee. Do Work Engagement and Transformational Leadership Facilitate Knowledge Sharing? A Perspective of Conservation of Resources Theory. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17 (7):2615.
Chicago/Turabian StyleWei-Li Wu; Yi-Chih Lee. 2020. "Do Work Engagement and Transformational Leadership Facilitate Knowledge Sharing? A Perspective of Conservation of Resources Theory." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 7: 2615.
The number of people undergoing bariatric surgery is increasing every year, and their expectations for surgery often differ greatly. The purpose of this study was to develop a patient-centered decision-making aid to help people define their weight loss goals and assist them in discussing their surgical treatment with surgeons. Before the operation, the patients were asked to read the shared decision-making text and conduct a self-assessment. After the operation, we evaluated the program using survey questionnaires. A total of 103 patients were formally included in this study. The results show that patients were very satisfied with the use of patient decision aids (PDAs), with a score of 4.3 points (±0.6), and the postoperative decision-making satisfaction was also very high, at 4.4 points (±0.5), while the postoperative regret score was low, at 1.6 points (±0.6). Their satisfaction with surgical decision making and decision regret were statistically significantly negatively correlated (r = −0.711, p < 0.001). The experience of using PDAs was statistically significantly negatively correlated with decision regret (r = −0.451, p < 0.001); the experience of PDA use was statistically positively correlated with decision satisfaction (r = 0.522, p < 0.001). Patient decision aids are a means of helping patients make informed choices before they seek to undergo bariatric surgery.
Yi-Chih Lee; Wei-Li Wu. Shared Decision Making and Choice for Bariatric Surgery. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2019, 16, 4966 .
AMA StyleYi-Chih Lee, Wei-Li Wu. Shared Decision Making and Choice for Bariatric Surgery. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2019; 16 (24):4966.
Chicago/Turabian StyleYi-Chih Lee; Wei-Li Wu. 2019. "Shared Decision Making and Choice for Bariatric Surgery." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16, no. 24: 4966.