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Adaptation and validation of the workplace civility scale for european portugue...
Laneiro, Tito; Ribeiro, Luisa; Nitzsche, Martina; Ferraro, Tânia; Kulari, GentaThis study presents the validation of the Workplace Civility Scale (WCS; Osatuke, Moore, Ward, Dyrenforth, & Belton, 2009) for European Portuguese samples. It was applied to a sample of 1375 Portuguese workers. The current study gives empirical support to the research of workplace civility. The 8-item pool was proposed to measure the workplace civility, the concept and practice of courtesy, respect and consider...
Straightforward incivility scale: adaptation and validation of workplace incivi...
Laneiro, Tito; Ribeiro, Luisa; Nitzsche, Martina; Ferraro, Tânia; Kulari, Genta; Leiter, MichaelThe concept of workplace incivility is an underestimated subject in Portugal but a popular one in the international literature. Workplace incivility does not intent to harm others, but it harms workplace norms and put peaceful workplace environment into danger. Thus, the main purpose of this study was to present the adaptation and validation of the Straightforward Incivility Scale (SIS; Leiter & Day, 2013) for ...
Encouraging household waste separation: can social comparison help?
Cardadeiro, Eduardo; Laneiro, Tito; Roseta-Palma, CatarinaAs more people move to urban areas, larger flows of solid waste are generated, bringing about significant challenges in municipal solid waste management. Implications of management failure can be serious for human health and for the environment, and landfills are not a sustainable solution. European legislation makes it clear that business-as-usual is not good enough and sets ambitious targets for the coming ye...
Structural empowerment and mental health in healthcare professionals: The role ...
Ribeiro, Luísa; Brites, Rute; Laneiro, Tito; Lai, Amanda ElizabethQuality of the work environment is a factor that promotes workers’ mental health and it’s a present concern for the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work. There is a need to understand the factors that can promote better mental health at work and under which circumstances structural empowerment represents a working environment that allows workers’ development, low rates of incivility and positive effect...
Structural empowerment and mental health in healthcare professionals : the role...
Ribeiro, Luisa; Brites, Rute Sofia Ribeiro; Laneiro, Tito; Lai, Amanda ElizabethAbstract: Quality of the work environment is a factor that promotes workers’ mental health and it’s a present concern for the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work. There is a need to understand the factors that can promote better mental health at work and under which circumstances structural empowerment represents a working environment that allows workers’ development, low rates of incivility and posit...
Esports: trabalho ou diversão? Uma perspetiva luso-brasileira
Laneiro, Tito; Ribeiro, Luisa; Cirino, GrazielaOs eSports afirmam-se como fenómeno mundial, gerando eventos online e onsite e despertando o interesse de gigantes do entretenimento, clubes e figuras desportivas e dos nativos digitais em geral. O Brasil representa já o terceiro maior público mundial. Em Portugal a realidade ainda é incipiente. É uma nova profissão (prática profissional de jogos digitais), sobretudo de menores com pouca maturidade psicoafetiva...
Workplace Incivility among Portuguese Hotel Employees: Is Lack of Respect Burni...
Nitzsche, Martina; Ribeiro, Luisa; Laneiro, TitoWorkplace incivility is defined as rude behaviour that violates social norms at work. It has been linked to psychological distress (burnout), mainly in healthcare and educationalsettings. Burnout is a serious public health concern. Studies addressing the impact of workplace incivility on employee well-being in the hospitality industry are scarce. Theprimary aim of this study was to examine the relatio...
Fast-Food Marketing Strategies And Their Impact On Childhood Obesity
Herédia, Afonso M.; Hipólito, João; Nunes, Odete; Ribeiro, Luísa; Moura, Tatiana; Laneiro, TitoOverweight and obesity are growing health problems in children. The increase in fast-food consumption has greatly contributed to this phenomenon. Children are a frequent target for fast-food advertising, and the television is one of the most used marketing channels. We assessed the frequency of fast-food ingestion, television viewing time and body mass index (BMI) in children from 8 to 12 years of age. A quanti...
Fast-food marketing strategies and their impact on childhood obesity
Herédia, Afonso; Hipólito, João; Nunes, Odete; Ribeiro, Luisa; Moura, Tatiana; Laneiro, TitoOverweight and obesity are growing health problems in children. The increase in fast-food consumption has greatly contributed to this phenomenon. Children are a frequent target for fast-food advertising, and the television is one of the most used marketing channels. We assessed the frequency of fast-food ingestion, television viewing time and body mass index (BMI) in children from 8 to 12 years of age. A quanti...
Workplace incivility and burnout among Portuguese healthcare professionals
Ribeiro, Luisa; Nitzsche, Martina; Hipólito, João; Queiróz, Sandra; Jesus, Saúl; Laneiro, TitoThis study examines the relationship between workplace incivility, from three sources in the work environment, and burnout among 315 healthcare professionals from one hospital in the greater Lisbon area.