A wearable technology solution and research agenda for housekeeper safety and health

C Mejia, K Ciarlante, K Chheda - International Journal of …, 2021 - emerald.com
Purpose Adopting an interdisciplinary perspective, the purpose of this paper was to posit an
industry-wide technological intervention for hotel housekeeper safety and health through the …

Understanding the effects of COVID-19 on the health and safety of immigrant hospitality workers in the United States

S Sönmez, Y Apostolopoulos, MK Lemke… - Tourism management …, 2020 - Elsevier
The US tourism and hospitality workforce is disproportionately represented by immigrants
and minorities, particularly in low-wage jobs with adverse work conditions. Immigrant hotel …

The effect of corporate social responsibility on hotel employee safety behavior during COVID-19: The moderation of belief restoration and negative emotions

J Zhang, C Xie, AM Morrison - Journal of Hospitality and Tourism …, 2021 - Elsevier
The effect of corporate social responsibility (CSR) on employee safety behavior in crisis
situations remains as a gap in the hospitality literature. Based upon the social-influence and …

Cleaning in the 21st Century: The musculoskeletal disorders associated with the centuries-old occupation–A literature review

JH Lin, W Lee, CK Smith, NL Yragui, M Foley, G Shin - Applied Ergonomics, 2022 - Elsevier
Workers performing cleaning duties experience higher injury rates, especially in the form of
musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), than other industries. It is essential to understand the …

Racial and ethnic differences in the frequency of workplace injuries and prevalence of work-related disability

SA Seabury, S Terp, LI Boden - Health Affairs, 2017 - healthaffairs.org
Occupational injuries and illnesses lead to significant health care costs and productivity
losses for millions of workers each year. This study used national survey data to test for …

Work conditions and health and well-being of Latina hotel housekeepers

YC Hsieh, Y Apostolopoulos, S Sönmez - Journal of Immigrant and …, 2016 - Springer
Hotel housekeepers are exposed to a plethora of disproportionately high work-induced
hazards that can lead to adverse health consequences. Latina hotel housekeepers are …

[HTML][HTML] Providing equitable care to patients with limited dominant language proficiency amid the COVID-19 pandemic

LC Diamond, EA Jacobs, L Karliner - Patient education and …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
COVID-19 has shined a spotlight on the inequities inherent to our healthcare systems
worldwide [1–3]. Disparities can occur at each step of the clinical care continuum in the …

Are immigrants, ethnic and linguistic minorities over‐represented in jobs with a high level of compensated risk? Results from a Montréal, Canada study using census …

S Premji, P Duguay, K Messing… - American journal of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Objectives Few Canadian data sources allow the examination of disparities by
ethnicity, language, or immigrant status in occupational exposures or health outcomes …

Delicate dances: immigrant workers' experiences of injury reporting and claim filing

A Kosny, E MacEachen, M Lifshen, P Smith… - Ethnicity & …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction. Immigrants often come to Canada for the purpose of employment and make up
a large proportion of our labour force. Yet, these workers' labour market experience may not …

Factors influencing the health and safety of temporary foreign workers in skilled and low-skilled occupations in Canada

L Cedillo, K Lippel, D Nakache - New Solutions: A Journal of …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
This article reports on a study of occupational health and safety (OHS) challenges for
temporary foreign workers (TFWs) in low-and high-skilled occupations, based on twenty-two …