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1 online resource (237 p.) |
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Information Technology, Management and Operations Research Practices Ser |
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Information Technology, Management and Operations Research Practices Ser
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| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Editors -- Contributors -- Chapter 1 Is the Human Development Index Still Appropriate for the Assessment of Quality of Life? -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Methodology -- 1.3 Quality of Life: What Is It? -- 1.4 About Human Development -- 1.5 Is the HDI Still Relevant? -- 1.6 Opportunities for Future Research and Development of the HDI -- 1.7 Conclusions -- References |
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Chapter 2 Workers' Well-Being and Workplace Environment: Crossed Case Studies of Workplaces in Italy, Greece and Portugal -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Theoretical Underpinnings on Well-Being -- 2.2.1 Defining and Crafting Environmental Workplace Conditions -- 2.2.2 Designing and Organizing Healthy Working Conditions -- 2.3 Research Methodology -- 2.3.1 Aims -- 2.3.2 Desk Research -- 2.3.3 Experiment Set-Up -- 2.3.4 Sample Characterization -- 2.3.5 HRV Measurements -- 2.4 Results and Discussion -- 2.5 Conclusions, Limitations and Future Research -- Funding -- Acknowledgements |
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Conflicts of Interest -- References -- Chapter 3 Quality of Life in Nursing Homes: A European Approach for Improvement -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Nursing Home Care in Europe -- 3.3 Quality of Care in Nursing Homes and European Answers -- 3.4 The Paradigm Shift from Quality of Care to Quality of Life -- 3.4.1 Introduction of the Compendium -- 3.4.2 Autonomy -- 3.4.3 Participation -- 3.4.4 Human Dignity -- 3.5 Serious Board Game -- 3.5.1 Building the Game -- 3.6 Conclusions -- References |
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Chapter 4 International Students' Well-Being Achievements through the Lens of the Capability Approach: A Case Study -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 The Capability Approach -- 4.3 Participants and Methods -- 4.4 Findings and Discussion -- 4.4.1 Practical Reason -- 4.4.2 Affiliation -- 4.4.3 Senses, Imagination, and Thought -- 4.4.4 Work -- 4.4.5 The Programme's International Dimensions as Mediating Factors -- 4.5 Conclusions -- 4.6 Limitations and Future Research -- References -- Chapter 5 Improving Quality of Life through Global Citizenship Education (GCED) -- 5.1 Introduction |
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5.2 Quality of Life and Education -- 5.3 Association of Socio-Emotional Competence (SEC) with Life Outcomes -- 5.3.1 SEC for Academic Success -- 5.3.2 SEC for Career Building -- 5.3.3 SEC for Personal Well-Being -- 5.3.4 SEC for Global Well-Being -- 5.4 Global Citizenship Education (GCED) and the Socio-Emotional Competence (SEC) -- 5.4.1 GCED and Its Implications -- 5.4.2 Interventions in Curricula & the Change Brought in by GCED -- 5.4.2.1 Methodology -- 5.4.3 The Student Police Cadet (SPC) Project - A Curricular Intervention -- 5.4.4 Limitations of the Study |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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5.5 Scope for Further Research & Implications for Education |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Rai, Rashmi
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Van Rompay-Bartels, Ingrid
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| ISBN |
9781000422269 |
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1000422267 |
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