The Influence of Socio-Demographic, Health and Work-Related Factors on Health-Related Quality of Life among Iranian Industrial Workers

Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) has not been investigated among Iranian industrial workers. The present paper aimed to study the influence of the socio-demographic, health and work-related factors on HRQOL among Iranian industrial workers. In this cross-sectional study, participants were 280 workers of two factories. The Persian version of World Health Organization Quality of Life-Brief (WHOQOL-BREF) was used to assess the HRQOL. A questionnaire was developed to assess the socio-demographic, health and work-related factors. Results showed that the means (SD) of physical health, psychological health, social relationships, and environment domains of HRQOL were 13.2 (2.7), 13.3 (2.6), 14.2 (3.5) and 12.6 (2.5), respectively. A multiple linear regression showed that types of job, exercise activity, working schedule, sleep quality, smoking, and conflict between work and social life were significantly associated with physical health domain;whereas, working schedule, marital status, working demand, sleep quality, BMI, and conflict between work and individual life were significantly associated with psychological health domain. Working schedule, working demand, sleep quality, conflict between work and individual life, and having children over two years were significantly associated with social relationship domain;however, working demand, working schedule, smoking, sleep quality, working hour, job satisfaction, marital status and exercise activity were significantly associated with environment domain. Collectively, work-related factors including unhealthy working conditions, unsafe working environments, long working hours, irregular working schedules, and the lack of occupational training may negatively influence the HRQOL of workers. To improve workers’ HRQOL, intervention programs should focus on improving work environment, working schedule, occupational training and restricting working hours.

Workplace Wellness,Mental Health Literacy,and Usage Intention of E-Mental Health amongst Digital Workers during the COVID-19

The prevalence of mental health problems in both Malaysian and global workplaces has significantly increased due to the presence of the coronavirus disease(COVID-19)pandemic,globalization,technology advancement in Industry 4.0,and other contributing factors.The pervasiveness of the issue poses a huge challenge to improving the occupational safety and health(OSH)of workers in various industries,especially in the digital industry.The emergence of the innovative industry is evident mainly due to the rapid development of Industry 4.0 and the rele-vant demands of multiple businesses in the digital transformation.Nonetheless,limited studies and academic dis-cussions were conducted on the OSH topic of digital employees.Hence,the current study serves tofill the existing gap and provide academic contributions by scrutinising the perceptions of digital workers regarding their work-place well-being,mental health literacy,and the impression of employing e-mental health.The objectives of this study are:1)To examine the mental health literacy and workplace wellness of digital workers,2)to explore the e-mental health usage intention and actual e-mental health utilization,and 3)to identify digital workers’feedback on e-mental health.In the current context,e-mental health focuses on three dimensions,namely,1)“health in our hand(HIOH)”,2)“interacting for health(IFH)”,and 3)“data enabling health(DEH)”.The present study employed an online cross-sectional survey and received 326 digital workers’completed responses.Variables,such as“mental health literacy(MHL)”,“workplace wellness(WW)”,and e-mental health intention and usage were explicated by analysing the data through descriptive statistics.The study results indicated a moderate to a high level of the MHL and the WW.More than half of the workers possessed a high intention level to employ e-mental health,with the HIOH dimension being the most prevalent domain.Nevertheless,the actual e-mental health usage was very low,owing to the online resources being a new concept amongst digital employees.Numerous confounding factors also existed in affecting the low usage,such as privacy concerns,data security levels,and health verification issues.In addition,the mental health issue has not been openly and widely discussed in Malay-sian workplaces due to stigmatisation.As such,the currentfindings could provide additional insights into the OSH literature;it could serve as a guideline for the OSH decision-makers,employers,and eHealth developers when establishing a feasible framework for the practical adoption of e-mental health services by digital workers.

The Community Renewal of Shantytown Transformation in Old Industrial Cities:Evidence from Tiexi Worker Village in Shenyang,China

There are many problems,such as poverty,unemployment,poor infrastructure and how to improve the ecological environment,in the shantytowns of old industrial cities.Shantytowns are the most centralized areas with different contradictions,referred to as the‘problem areas’of urban sustainable development.The shantytown transformation of old industrial cities is a typical process of unit community disintegration,which is reflected not only in the reconstruction of physical space but also in the community renewal of social spatial integration and culture reconstruction.Based on qualitative research,questionnaires and in-depth interviews,taking Tiexi Worker Village in Shenyang as a research case,this paper attempts to analyse the characteristics and driving forces of the community renewal of shantytown transformation in old industrial cities.We found that the physical space of Tiexi Worker Village has changed considerably,which is embodied in its land use structure,living environment and community service facilities,reflecting the development of community function from simple industrial function to comprehensive functions.The residents in this community have experienced a transformation from a period of homogeneity to one of heterogeneity.The social network of the community has been destroyed.Social stratification,social differentiation and higher fluidity have occurred.Community renewal is mainly affected by macro factors such as policy regulation,economic driving,condition constraints,and micro factors such as residents’choice of living space and willingness to renew their communities.The transformation policy of the old industrial zone and the development policy of the new urban area are the fundamental and deep-seated reasons for the renewal of Tiexi Worker Village,which determine the direction of the renewal and development of the community.The paid use of land and the development of the real estate industry are the direct stimulating factors for the renewal of Tiexi Worker Village,which become the direct reasons for the spatial transformation.The changes in the population in urban and rural areas and the promotion of traffic are the driving factors for the renewal of the community,while the choice of residents and their willingness regarding community renewal are the endogenous forces for promoting community renewal.Finally,the author attempts to put forward a model of the interlaced mechanism of the forming of community renewal at the macroscopic and microcosmic levels,which are the urban renewal and reconstruction and social space differentiation of community residents,respectively.

Industrial Upgrade,Vocational Ability and Migrant Worker Education and Training

Economic structure adjustment,industrial upgrade,and demands of migrant workers for vocational ability are direct driving factors for migrant workers participating in education and training.Personal quality of migrant workers not only concerns their survival and development,but also concerns upgrade of modern industrial structure.From the perspective of industrial upgrade,vocational ability and mechanism of migrant worker education and training,this paper analyzes difficulties in migrant worker education and training.On the basis of the difficulties,it come up with some strategies and recommendations.

Ascertainment Corrected Prevalence Rate (ACPR) of Leukopenia in Workers Exposed to Benzene in Small-Scale Industries Calculated With Capture-Recapture Methods

ACPRs of leukopenia in peripheral blood of workers exposed to benzene in small-scale industries are calculated using capture-recapture methods. The results from two figures with 6-month apart demonstrate that the ACPR in workers exposed to benzene is 36.81(29. 14-44.48)%, significantly higher than that of control 12.71(7.20-18.22)% (P<0.05),with a relative risk of 2.9. The prevalences of 4 cross-sectional investigations in exposure group calculated with routine method are 18.73%, 26.37%, 27.93%, and 36.76% respectively;in controls, 8.38%, 6.85%, 7.94%, and 15.00% respectively and all fall in the range of 95% CI of ACPR. It is suggested that the methods of calculating ACPR by capture-recapture methods is simple, feasible and efficient, with the results more precise than with traditional methods.

Parallel Manufacturing for Industrial Metaverses:A New Paradigm in Smart Manufacturing

To tackle the complexity of human and social factors in manufacturing systems, parallel manufacturing for industrial metaverses is proposed as a new paradigm in smart manufacturing for effective and efficient operations of those systems, where Cyber-Physical-Social Systems(CPSSs) and the Internet of Minds(Io M) are regarded as its infrastructures and the "Artificial systems", "Computational experiments"and "Parallel execution"(ACP) method is its methodological foundation for parallel evolution, closed-loop feedback, and collaborative optimization. In parallel manufacturing, social demands are analyzed and extracted from social intelligence for product R&D and production planning, and digital workers and robotic workers perform the majority of the physical and mental work instead of human workers, contributing to the realization of low-cost, high-efficiency and zero-inventory manufacturing. A variety of advanced technologies such as Knowledge Automation(KA), blockchain, crowdsourcing and Decentralized Autonomous Organizations(DAOs) provide powerful support for the construction of parallel manufacturing, which holds the promise of breaking the constraints of resource and capacity, and the limitations of time and space. Finally, the effectiveness of parallel manufacturing is verified by taking the workflow of customized shoes as a case,especially the unmanned production line named Flex Vega.

Cultivate Inter-disciplinary Elderly Care Workers in the New Era to Promote the Development of the Aging Industry

The purpose of this paper is to point out the urgency and importance of cultivating inter-disciplinary elderly care workers in the new era by analyzing the prominent problems facing the current pension industry in China.Based on data analysis,survey and summary,multi-disciplinary integration and other means,training methods for inter-disciplinary elderly care workers in the new era are put forward,including enhancing multi-disciplinary theoretical knowledge reserve,improving professional skills and psychological communication skills and improving nursing ability of elderly care workers.The coping strategies proposed in this article have certain reference value for cultivating inter-disciplinary elderly care workers in the new era.

产业工人工匠精神形成机理与培育路径研究——基于5位国家、省级工匠的访谈

基于5位国家、省级工匠的访谈,发现工匠精神的养成系多方面力量共同作用的结果。其中,家庭氛围奠定情结,个体特质催生坚守,专业培训助力精业,师傅示范浸润品质,社会环境激励创新。其形成机理为:个体因素是工匠精神形成的激发力量,环境因素是工匠精神形成的支持力量,个体、环境与行为的互动是工匠精神内化的维持力量。为推动高职院校工匠精神培育工作,当前要提高对工匠精神的认识,激发专业学习的兴趣,强化责任担当的意识,注重规范技能的训练,优化工匠精神培育的环境。

技能型社会视域下高职教育助力制造业产业工人队伍建设研究

技能型社会对高质量制造产业技能工人的需求非常大,我国的产业工人队伍建设应该以“发展创造共同富裕”为目标:一是通过提高劳动者的技术能力来推动经济的高质量发展;二是在首次分配中引入各种因素,使劳动者报酬比例达到最优;三是提高劳动者的终生发展和劳动者文化的发展。从技术发展的趋势上看,未来的制造业将从“机器换人”向“人机协同”过渡,从而使企业员工的成长周期更长。以国家实现技能型社会为背景,研究制造业产业工人队伍建设和高职教育之间的联系,以期为我国制造业产业工人队伍的建设提供借鉴。

家—企—国视野下中国当代产业工人身份认同的个案研究

产业工人是推动社会发展的重要力量,研究产业工人的身份认同能够推进产业工人队伍建设。通过对我国中部某省的制造企业工人进行个案研究发现,产业工人身份认同的变迁历程可划分为身份类化、身份挣扎、身份顺从和身份认同四个阶段。该个案研究表明,产业工人身份认同受到家—企—国的结构性因素影响:家庭背景是产业工人身份认同形成的基础之一,它通过记忆再现和传承引导、情感支持与价值观教育影响产业工人身份认同;国有企业改革过程中,企业配套机制薄弱影响产业工人职业发展空间,国有企业改革致使产业工人身份迷失,从而影响其身份认同;国家通过政策和法律为个体提供了身份认同的宏观背景,产业工人经历国有企业改制时期身份认同的“稳定与边缘”,以及国有企业改制后的身份认同的“无奈与重塑”。未来可从家庭、企业、国家三个层面协同构建适合产业工人队伍建设的同盟生态。

以产业工人队伍建设改革推动发展新质生产力:驱动机理、现实约束与实践路径

加快发展新质生产力,需要培育和打造一支新型劳动者队伍。产业工人队伍建设改革作为全面深化改革的重要内容,既是一个以培养一大批高素质技术技能人才、大国工匠为核心的建设和发展命题,通过打造新型劳动者队伍培育形成新质生产力;同时又是一个基于经济和社会系统工程的改革命题,需要通过进一步深化改革,解决我国产业工人整体素质不高、收入水平低、待遇保障差、技能形成不完善、职业发展通道不畅等突出矛盾和问题,塑造与发展新质生产力相适应的生产关系。在实践中,应通过提升产业工人数字素养与技能、激发产业工人创新动力、提高产业工人收入水平、发挥国有企业示范引领作用等方式,为发展新质生产力提供支撑和保障。

职业教育助力未来产业工人工匠精神培育的作为与路径——《未来产业工人工匠精神培育路径与策略研究》评析

《未来产业工人工匠精神培育路径与策略研究》一书认为,工匠精神培育是构建未来产业工人技能形成体系的思想基础,个体因素是工匠精神形成的激发力量,环境因素是工匠精神形成的支持力量,个体、环境与行为的互动是工匠精神内化的维持力量。职业教育助力工匠精神培育可围绕“匠心”“匠行”“匠品”等内容,通过专题教育、课程渗透、文化浸润、活动养成等路径开展实施。

产业工人队伍建设改革的理论与实践——一个文献综述

产业工人队伍建设改革是一个兼具政治性、时代性和创新性的议题。理论上,各界对产改议题的研究聚焦在意义、问题、机理等,主要内容包括深挖产改工作的重大意义、梳理产改存在的主要问题、把握产改工作的运行机理、探寻产改工作的一般规律。实践上,既重视对产业工人队伍现状的把握,又重视发挥互联网、激励机制的作用。作为产改工作的主要参与主体——企业、政府、工会与教育部门责任明晰、有序分工,特色做法层出不穷。新时代,发展背景、发展目标和推动主体的变化,对产改工作提出新要求,理论和实践层面的研究需要突破既定假设,让产改工作更契合发展实际、贴合社情民意。

产教融合视阈下助推产业工人技能提升的动力机制研究

新时代职业教育产教融合在推动产业工人技能提升中起着不可忽视的作用,也是推动产业工人队伍建设改革的重要举措。但当前职业教育产教融合在助力产业工人技能提升方面仍存在着一些问题,为此,通过调查研究全面剖析问题成因,有针对性地提出职业教育产教融合助推产业工人队伍建设改革的建议,以期更好地团结引导广大产业工人为实现伟大的中国梦建功立业。

新质生产力背景下产业工人队伍建设的价值意蕴、现实困境与创新路径

发展新质生产力,不仅需要能够创造新质生产力的战略人才和以卓越工程师为代表的工程技术人才,也需要以大国工匠为代表的新型高素质产业工人。产业工人队伍建设对于巩固党的执政地位、实现制造强国战略至关重要。面对当前产业工人队伍总量不足与结构失衡、技能培训与需求不匹配以及职业发展通道不够畅通等问题,提出完善教育培训体系、健全激励机制、营造良好氛围等产业工人队伍建设的创新路径。

新型建筑工业化产业工人职业技能培养研究

随着建筑业的转型升级,新型建筑工业化技能型产业工人的需求量增大,但现有的建筑产业工人数量和技能无法满足需求。因此,建立有针对性的系统培养体系以应对这一问题至关重要,办法是拓宽新型建筑工业化技能型产业工人的来源渠道,包括将中职、高职教育生源纳入培养范围,并给予政策和资金支持;同时,中职、高职、企业、培训机构应共同参与,制定人才培养计划,构建课程体系,建设实训基地,分层次分阶段进行职业技能教育教学培训。这样,将有助于建立建筑产业现代化人才培养标准体系,从而满足新型建筑工业化发展的需求。

“社区送工”:易地搬迁弱劳动力就业扶持的实践创新 ——以广西A县Z城镇化安置社区为例

就业是巩固拓展易地搬迁脱贫攻坚成果的关键。易地搬迁弱劳动力长期从事农业,年龄偏大、文化水平低、缺少务工技能,无法适应城镇非农就业。为此,把农业就业作为化解城镇化安置的易地搬迁弱劳动力就业困境的突破口,论述易地搬迁弱劳动力农业就业的现实基础。基于广西A县Z城镇化安置社区案例,提出并阐述“社区送工”易地搬迁弱劳动力农业就业的运行逻辑和实践成效。具体而言,地方政府引领农业园区化发展,安置社区向农业园区组织化输送易地搬迁弱劳动力,易地搬迁弱劳动力在农业就业中建立稳固的利益联结。“社区送工”基于市场供求关系把易地搬迁弱劳动力与乡村产业振兴的劳动力需求有效衔接,既能持续巩固易地搬迁脱贫攻坚成果,也创新出“劳动力下乡”的城乡融合发展方式。

工匠精神引领下制造业产业工人素质提升的对策探讨

通过实地调研发现,制造业产业工人素质提升工作存在培训层次和需求满足情况不够理想、培训层次和需求满足情况不够理想、技能评定标准不完善、创新激励措施执行力度不够,亟待从发挥工匠示范作用、完善激励机制、完善人才培养使用机制、深化校企合作、尊重创新规律等方面采取措施,全方位锻造高素质产业工人队伍。

新质生产力赋能现代体育产业体系构建的理论逻辑与实现路径

新质生产力是引发产业革新浪潮和构建现代体育产业体系的关键动力。在中国式现代化语境下,现代体育产业体系涵盖了支撑系统(创新要素体系、网络组织体系、产业链体系)、业态系统和制度系统等在内的全方位架构。新质生产力通过发挥要素提升效应、组织重塑效应、补链强链效应、结构优化效应和制度创新效应等不断助力现代体育产业体系的构建。针对当前我国体育产业体系存在的创新要素培育不足、体育组织缺乏行业整合能力、产业价值链“低端锁定”、产业体系深陷“结构性陷阱”以及体制机制不够完善等问题,提出进一步加速新型要素融合渗透、强化企业创新主体地位、加强产业链纵横向整合、推动业态“换新出新”、深化体育体制机制改革等针对性举措,通过积聚创新动能、激发组织活力、提升产业价值、筑牢产业根基、强化制度保障等确保新质生产力成为推动我国现代体育产业体系构建的持续内生动力。

建筑工人信息共享演化博弈分析

信息共享对于劳动力市场机制具有重要影响,然而探讨其对我国建筑劳务市场主体行为影响机理的研究较少,这导致通过实施建筑工人信息共享推动建筑产业工人队伍建设缺乏理论指导。通过构建由施工企业、劳务企业和建筑工人构成的演化博弈模型,研究了信息对于各方行为的影响与作用机制,并采用仿真分析了多情景下的博弈演化路径及关键因素对系统均衡状态的影响。研究表明,降低信息共享成本、提高施工企业质量收益、加大劳务企业收入差异、改善建筑工人绩效收入,能够促使施工企业参与信息共享,消除市场的信息不对称,激励劳务企业向专业化转型,并促进建筑工人的职业化发展。最后从降低信息共享成本、建立基于质量的激励机制、建立施工企业联盟、建立基于作业水平的激励机制等方面为推进建筑产业工人队伍建设提出政策建议。