Cancer survivors and work issues from the organisational perspective in Singapore.
With advances in medical technology in current day society, the rate of cancer survivorship has increased continuously. This topic has gathered more and more attention in the media. There has been plenty of literature analysing this topic and providing recommendations for the betterment of cancer su...
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| author | Lim, Pei Yi. Tan, Irwin Yi Leong. Foo, Philemon Fangming. |
| author2 | Mak Ka Ying Angela |
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| description | With advances in medical technology in current day society, the rate of cancer survivorship has increased continuously. This topic has gathered more and more attention in the media. There has been plenty of literature analysing this topic and providing recommendations for the betterment of cancer survivors’ lives in the Western context. Unfortunately, this topic has yet to be received widely in Singapore, in terms of governmental support and academic attention. There is thus an imminent need to address problems faced by cancer survivors as they embark on their journey back into the workforce and resume their lives.
A previous pilot study of the top 500 Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Singapore was conducted to examine employment problems faced by cancer survivors upon re-entry to society after primary treatment. This research study expanded on the previous research, covering a wider and broader base of larger scaled organisations and corporations, examining the issues underlying this topic from an organisational perspective.
This research study was conducted through 10 in-depth interviews and 145 web survey respondents. Research findings of this study involving the new target respondent group indicated the importance of social responsibility on this issue, and also highlighted the important role existing relationships between employers and employees play when it comes to retaining cancer survivors in the workforce. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/490492019-12-10T14:27:17Z Cancer survivors and work issues from the organisational perspective in Singapore. Lim, Pei Yi. Tan, Irwin Yi Leong. Foo, Philemon Fangming. Mak Ka Ying Angela Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information Asst Prof Kim Hyo Jung DRNTU::Social sciences::Communication::Communication theories and models DRNTU::Social sciences::Communication::Organizational communication DRNTU::Social sciences::Communication::Audience research With advances in medical technology in current day society, the rate of cancer survivorship has increased continuously. This topic has gathered more and more attention in the media. There has been plenty of literature analysing this topic and providing recommendations for the betterment of cancer survivors’ lives in the Western context. Unfortunately, this topic has yet to be received widely in Singapore, in terms of governmental support and academic attention. There is thus an imminent need to address problems faced by cancer survivors as they embark on their journey back into the workforce and resume their lives. A previous pilot study of the top 500 Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Singapore was conducted to examine employment problems faced by cancer survivors upon re-entry to society after primary treatment. This research study expanded on the previous research, covering a wider and broader base of larger scaled organisations and corporations, examining the issues underlying this topic from an organisational perspective. This research study was conducted through 10 in-depth interviews and 145 web survey respondents. Research findings of this study involving the new target respondent group indicated the importance of social responsibility on this issue, and also highlighted the important role existing relationships between employers and employees play when it comes to retaining cancer survivors in the workforce. Bachelor of Communication Studies 2012-05-14T06:01:49Z 2012-05-14T06:01:49Z 2012 2012 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/49049 en Nanyang Technological University 95 p. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | DRNTU::Social sciences::Communication::Communication theories and models DRNTU::Social sciences::Communication::Organizational communication DRNTU::Social sciences::Communication::Audience research Lim, Pei Yi. Tan, Irwin Yi Leong. Foo, Philemon Fangming. Cancer survivors and work issues from the organisational perspective in Singapore. |
| title | Cancer survivors and work issues from the organisational perspective in Singapore. |
| title_full | Cancer survivors and work issues from the organisational perspective in Singapore. |
| title_fullStr | Cancer survivors and work issues from the organisational perspective in Singapore. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cancer survivors and work issues from the organisational perspective in Singapore. |
| title_short | Cancer survivors and work issues from the organisational perspective in Singapore. |
| title_sort | cancer survivors and work issues from the organisational perspective in singapore |
| topic | DRNTU::Social sciences::Communication::Communication theories and models DRNTU::Social sciences::Communication::Organizational communication DRNTU::Social sciences::Communication::Audience research |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10356/49049 |
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