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2. A good university or a good city?: Double considerations in the employment decisions of STEM doctoral graduates in China.
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Chen, Yue, Lyu, Jiayi, Shen, Wenqin, Xyu, Dandong, and Zhai, Yue
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STEM education , *DOCTORAL students , *ACADEMIC employment , *SOCIAL cognitive theory - Abstract
This study explores how doctoral graduates weigh considerations of employment sectors and cities in their career decision‐making processes. Guided by Social Cognitive Career Theory and a Four‐quadrant Model, researchers analysed interviews from 40 STEM doctoral graduates in China. Findings demonstrate that self‐efficacy, outcome expectations and goal‐setting were factors in participants' interests and selections of academic careers. Three types of doctoral graduates were identified: (1) highfliers, (2) academic loyalists and (3) city pickers. While participants prioritize employment sectors and cities differently, cities played a significant role in their career choices which intersected with gender and class factors. Female doctoral graduates were more inclined to follow their partners, while those from socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds tended to prioritize cost of living factors at the expense of pursuing opportunities in top‐tier cities. Implications suggest that factors undergirding doctoral graduates' career choices rely on the interaction between geographical locations and employment sector opportunities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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3. Job satisfaction and perception of workloads among dietitians and nutritionists registered in South Africa.
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van den Berg, Louise, de Beer, Sindi-marie, Claassen, Talitha, Meyer, Jemima, Strydom, Ingrid, van Rooyen, Cornelius, and Spies, Hermina
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DIETITIANS' attitudes , *CROSS-sectional method , *WORK , *NUTRITIONISTS , *PUBLIC sector , *QUESTIONNAIRES , *DESCRIPTIVE statistics , *AGE distribution , *JOB satisfaction , *ATTITUDES of medical personnel , *RESEARCH methodology , *COMPARATIVE studies , *EMPLOYEES' workload , *EXPERIENTIAL learning - Abstract
Personal perspective concerning work demands directly impacts quality health care and patient satisfaction. Little is known about job satisfaction amongst dietitians and nutritionist, while workload has not previously been studied in this population. A descriptive cross-sectional study was performed using an online questionnaire. Data were collected on sociodemography. Job satisfaction was measured with Spector's Job Satisfaction Survey (JSS) (including an added subscore for resource availability) and workload with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Task Load Index (NASA-TLX). Respondents (n = 238) had a median age of 32.0 years (IQR: 27−39 years); 92.4% were female; 95.7% were dietitians, 2.4% were nutritionists and 18.9% had a postgraduate degree. Respondents had practised the profession for a median of 8 years (IQR 3−15 years), and 225 were in dietetic and nutrition-related jobs. Median scores indicated that they were slightly satisfied with their jobs (n = 224) and experienced slightly high workload (n = 224). Most respondents were moderately satisfied with the nature of their work and found it rewarding. The median scores for salaries, promotion opportunities, work environment and availability of resources were low. Total JSS was higher in older and more experienced dietitians and nutritionists than in younger ones (p < 0.05). Those employed in the government sector (n = 100) experienced higher physical demands and levels of frustration, and had lower JJS than those employed elsewhere (n = 124), particularly regarding promotion opportunities and resources availability. Despite being generally positive towards practising their profession, South African dietitians and nutritionists, particularly in the public health sector, experienced only slight job satisfaction, related to salary and promotion issues and lack of resources, and were slightly overworked. Understanding the factors that shape perceptions of work within nutrition and dietetics may assist managers in recruiting and retaining a highly skilled workforce, particularly in developing countries with overburdened healthcare systems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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4. Exploring the power of networks and knowledge: how social capital and education drive the success of Chinese migrant workers in the labor market.
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Yang, Zhengyi and Wang, Yu
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MIGRANT labor , *LABOR market , *SOCIAL capital , *SOCIALIZATION , *MALE employees - Abstract
This study explores the relationships between social capital, education, income, and job stability in Chinese migrant workers, an under-researched area. Our findings reveal strong positive links between social capital, formal education duration, income, and job stability for migrant workers. Importantly, we distinguish between male and female migrants, unveiling gender-specific differences in the impact of social capital and education on income and job stability. Male migrant workers benefit from both social capital and formal education, while female migrant workers primarily gain from formal education. Regarding job stability, only the formal education duration of female migrant workers demonstrates a noteworthy correlation. Additionally, our analysis examines generational disparities, showing that formal education positively affects all migrant workers, with more pronounced advantages among younger individuals. Furthermore, our study emphasizes the role of social capital in increasing income for migrant workers in the manufacturing and construction sectors, while also enhancing job stability among those in the construction and service sectors. Formal education emerges as a positive factor for both income and job stability across manufacturing, construction, and service domains among migrant workers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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5. Occupational Class Differences in Emotional Exhaustion Among Municipal Employees – The Role of Employment Sector and Psychosocial Working Conditions.
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Lahti, Jouni, Knop, Jade, Lallukka, Tea, Harkko, Jaakko, and Kouvonen, Anne
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MENTAL fatigue , *PSYCHOLOGICAL burnout , *MASLACH Burnout Inventory , *CLASS differences , *WORK environment , *MUNICIPAL officials & employees , *JOB descriptions , *OCCUPATIONAL prestige - Abstract
Studies examining occupational class differences in burnout symptoms across employment sectors are scarce. The aim of this study was to examine whether occupational class is associated with emotional exhaustion, and whether there are differences in the examined associations between employment sectors. A further aim was to examine to which extent psychosocial working conditions may explain these associations. Survey data were collected in 2017 among 19–39-year-old employees of the City of Helsinki (4630 women and 1267 men, response rate 51.5%). Occupational class included four classes: 1. manuals, 2. routine non-manuals, 3. semi-professionals, 4. managers and professionals. Employment sector was classified into three groups: 1. health and social care, 2. education and 3. 'other'. Linear regression analysis and IBM SPSS 25 statistical program were used. The analytical sample included 4883 participants. The highest occupational class, i.e. managers and professionals, reported the highest emotional exhaustion. In terms of the sector, those working in education had the highest scores of emotional exhaustion. The associations between occupational class and emotional exhaustion differed somewhat between the sectors. Adjustment for job demands attenuated the differences in emotional exhaustion between occupational classes, whereas adjustment for job control and job strain widened the differences. Attention should be paid to occupations with excess mental demands, and to employees in the education sector, who showed the highest risk of emotional exhaustion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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6. The Probability of Part-Time Job for Tuition Assistance Receiver Students
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Maya Safitri, Yunisvita, and Dirta Pratama Atiyatna
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part-time job ,tuition assistance scheme ,gender ,consumption expenditures ,employment status ,employment sector ,time management ,Accounting. Bookkeeping ,HF5601-5689 ,Finance ,HG1-9999 - Abstract
Education is one of the necessary conditions for employment. Often, getting an education requires significant expenses, so not everyone can afford to pay for college. Universities implement support programs for students to give them wider opportunities for obtaining an education. In addition, although students are classified as a non-working population, they sometimes engage in activities for which they receive wages, so they can be considered part-time workers. Previous research suggests that tuition assistance may reduce students' incentives to work and increase their consumer spending, making part-time job a secondary priority for economic reasons. This study aims to analyze the opportunities for part-time jobs for students who receive tuition assistance with the variables used, namely the tuition assistance scheme, gender, consumption expenditure, employment status, and employment sector. Sriwijaya University is the oldest university in South Sumatra, with students receiving tuition assistance in 2022 amounted to 4569 students. The sample used in this research is 100 students who receive tuition assistance. The data used for the analysis are primary data collected by the questionnaire method. The analysis technique used in this study uses a binary logistic regression model using the SPSS 22 analysis tool. The results showed that the variables of assistance schemes, consumption expenditures, and jobs in the service sector had a significant effect on students' part-time job decisions. The type of work in the service sector is the dominant factor for students working part-time. The results of this study can be used in developing government policies for part-time workers and students regarding time management.
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- 2023
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7. Job satisfaction and perception of workloads among dietitians and nutritionists registered in South Africa
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Louise van den Berg, Sindi-marie de Beer, Talitha Claassen, Jemima Meyer, Ingrid Strydom, Cornelius van Rooyen, and Hermina Spies
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dietitians ,nutritionists ,employment sector ,job satisfaction ,job satisfaction survey (jss) ,workload ,nasa-tlx ,Nutrition. Foods and food supply ,TX341-641 ,Nutritional diseases. Deficiency diseases ,RC620-627 - Abstract
Background: Personal perspective concerning work demands directly impacts quality health care and patient satisfaction. Little is known about job satisfaction amongst dietitians and nutritionist, while workload has not previously been studied in this population. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was performed using an online questionnaire. Data were collected on sociodemography. Job satisfaction was measured with Spector’s Job Satisfaction Survey (JSS) (including an added subscore for resource availability) and workload with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Task Load Index (NASA-TLX). Results: Respondents (n = 238) had a median age of 32.0 years (IQR: 27−39 years); 92.4% were female; 95.7% were dietitians, 2.4% were nutritionists and 18.9% had a postgraduate degree. Respondents had practised the profession for a median of 8 years (IQR 3−15 years), and 225 were in dietetic and nutrition-related jobs. Median scores indicated that they were slightly satisfied with their jobs (n = 224) and experienced slightly high workload (n = 224). Most respondents were moderately satisfied with the nature of their work and found it rewarding. The median scores for salaries, promotion opportunities, work environment and availability of resources were low. Total JSS was higher in older and more experienced dietitians and nutritionists than in younger ones (p
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- 2023
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8. Pre-covid and peri-covid analysis of employees' work values and job quality
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Amankwah, Majoreen Osafroadu
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- 2023
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9. Expansion of doctoral training and doctorate recipients' labour market outcomes: evidence from German register data.
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Buenstorf, Guido, Koenig, Johannes, and Otto, Anne
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LABOR market , *EMPLOYMENT , *UNIVERSITY & college administration , *HIGHER education - Abstract
In many countries around the world, the number of new doctorate recipients graduating from universities has grown sharply in the past few decades, but the implications of this expansion for the employment situation of doctorate recipients remain largely unexplored in longitudinal studies. In Germany, as in various other countries, the expansion of doctoral education coincided with other changes in higher education that may have had a relevant impact on the careers of doctorate recipients. We explore the labour market outcomes of more than 98,000 doctorate recipients who graduated between 1995 and 2013. Focusing on differences among 19 annual graduation cohorts, we find that, beginning in the mid-2000s, newly graduating doctorate recipients had lower rates of full-time employment and were less likely to earn high incomes than graduates of the 1995–2000 period. At the same time, rates of inter-regional mobility have declined, and more new doctorate recipients remain employed in the academic sector. Differences across cohorts are robust to disaggregation along gender and disciplinary lines and persist for at least five years after graduation. We relate these findings to a stronger socialisation of doctoral students towards academic 'excellence', new employment options in university administration and management as well as increasing fixed-term employment in research projects. Our findings indicate that the expansion of doctoral education, as well as potential reforms in the training of doctoral candidates, must be analysed in the context of the respective university system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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10. How Has COVID-19 Affected Labor Income in Serbia? An Exploration of Gender, Education, the Possibility to Work from Home, and the Employment Sector Differences.
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Vukmirović, Valentina and Nedeljković, Boban
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INCOME ,WAGE increases ,TELECOMMUTING ,COVID-19 ,EMPLOYMENT ,HOUSEKEEPING ,GENDER ,EMPLOYEE education - Abstract
This paper investigates the impact of COVID-19 on labor income changes of employees in Serbia. The research was conducted on a representative sample of 3,044 individuals from Serbia, using the CATI method, whereby 1,464 of them were included in the analyses as they provided the complete data needed for this study. Employees' labor income was recorded by collecting data on wages before and nine months after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. To obtain the difference, we calculated the percentage change in wages, accounting for the nominal values. There was no significant gender difference in the percentage change of income, while there was a difference regarding education level. Employees with primary education experienced an average percentage increase in wages of 7.6%, whereas those holding secondary and tertiary education had a negligible increase (1.84%) and a decrease (-0.78%), respectively. The analysis revealed a significant interaction between gender and education, indicating that men with primary education had an average increase of 12.8%. Our results showed that employees who could not perform their jobs from home had an average percentage increase of 2.9% in wages. The employment sector also had an effect on percentage changes in wages. The construction and agriculture, forestry, and fishery sectors had an average percentage wage increase of 12.6% and 11.5%, respectively, while employees in the sector of other service activities experienced an average percentage decrease of 7.9%. In conclusion, this study sheds light on the diverse effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on labor income, emphasizing the importance of considering gender, education, remote work possibilities, and the employment sector. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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11. Issues of Public Medical Insurance Reform in China
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Ma, Xinxin and Ma, Xinxin
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- 2022
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12. Associations of employment sector and occupational exposures with full and part-time sickness absence: random and fixed effects analyses on panel data
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Elli Hartikainen, Svetlana Solovieva, Eira Viikari-Juntura, and Taina Leinonen
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fixed effect ,panel data ,employment sector ,random effect ,graded return to work ,exposure ,sick leave ,longitudinal study ,absenteeism ,sickness absence ,confounding ,individual characteristic ,sickness benefit ,working condition ,Public aspects of medicine ,RA1-1270 - Abstract
OBJECTIVE: We aimed to investigate the influence of unobserved individual characteristics in explaining the effects of work-related factors on full (fSA) and part-time sickness absence (pSA). METHODS: We used register-based panel data for the period 2005–2016 on a 70% random sample of the Finnish working-age population. The relationships between employment sector and occupational exposures (% exposed to physically heavy work and job control score based on job exposure matrices) and the annual onset of fSA and pSA were investigated among men and women. First, random effects (RE) models were applied controlling for observed sociodemographic factors and then fixed effects (FE) models that examine within-individual changes over time and thereby further account for unobserved time-invariant individual characteristics. RESULTS: In the RE analyses, public employment sector, physically heavy work and lower job control each increased the use of fSA and pSA among both genders. When unobserved individual characteristics were controlled for with the FE models, the effects on fSA attenuated. For pSA, the effects of employment sector and physical heaviness of work among women even reversed. The effect of lower job control on pSA remained especially among women. CONCLUSIONS: The role of individuals’ unobserved characteristics in explaining the effects of work-related factors on SA should not be neglected. The effects of work-related factors are likely to be overestimated when using traditional approaches that do not account for unobserved confounding, ie, selection of individuals with a high likelihood of SA into particular work environments.
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- 2022
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13. The Restructuring of Finnish Trade Unions - the Growing Importance of Women.
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Bergholm, Tapio and Sippola, Markku
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LABOR unions , *CIVIL service , *MANNERS & customs , *LABOR market , *IDENTITY (Psychology) - Abstract
The membership profile of Finnish trade unions has changed from male-dominated industrial workers to female-dominated service and public sector workers who are more highly educated. The Finnish labour market is strongly divided into female and male occupations and sectors, and these intersectional differences play an important part in the differentiation of developmental paths. The erosion of membership is mainly due to the rapid growth of the independent unemployment fund (YTK) competing with unemployment funds associated with trade unions. YTK has been much more successful in recruiting private sector male workers than women. Men's decisions not to join the union are related to the shift in the motivation to unionise from social custom to instrumental reasons. Along with the gender majority shift, union identification has changed, and unions need to carry out 'identity work' to attain members. The shift in gender proportions has also had consequences for the collective bargaining system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
14. Associations of employment sector and occupational exposures with full and part-time sickness absence: random and fixed effects analyses on panel data.
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Hartikainen, Elli, Solovieva, Svetlana, Viikari-Juntura, Eira, and Leinonen, Taina
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PANEL analysis ,FIXED effects model ,DATA analysis ,EMPLOYMENT ,SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC factors - Abstract
Objective We aimed to investigate the influence of unobserved individual characteristics in explaining the effects of work-related factors on full (fSA) and part-time sickness absence (pSA). Methods We used register-based panel data for the period 2005-2016 on a 70% random sample of the Finnish working-age population. The relationships between employment sector and occupational exposures (% exposed to physically heavy work and job control score based on job exposure matrices) and the annual onset of fSA and pSA were investigated among men and women. First, random effects (RE) models were applied controlling for observed sociodemographic factors and then fixed effects (FE) models that examine within-individual changes over time and thereby further account for unobserved time-invariant individual characteristics. Results In the RE analyses, public employment sector, physically heavy work and lower job control each increased the use of fSA and pSA among both genders. When unobserved individual characteristics were controlled for with the FE models, the effects on fSA attenuated. For pSA, the effects of employment sector and physical heaviness of work among women even reversed. The effect of lower job control on pSA remained especially among women. Conclusions The role of individuals' unobserved characteristics in explaining the effects of work-related factors on SA should not be neglected. The effects of work-related factors are likely to be overestimated when using traditional approaches that do not account for unobserved confounding, ie, selection of individuals with a high likelihood of SA into particular work environments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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15. Is guanxi unfair? Market reform and the public attitude toward guanxi in urban China
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Felicia F. Tian
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Guanxi ,Chinese market reform ,Public attitude ,Fairness ,Education ,Employment sector ,Social Sciences ,Social sciences and state - Asia (Asian studies only) ,H53 ,Sociology (General) ,HM401-1281 - Abstract
Abstract Guanxi is a fundamental, but controversial, feature of Chinese society. This article examines public attitudes about the fairness of guanxi and how Chinese market reform is affecting these attitudes. The reciprocity-laden and tie-sensitive nature of guanxi conflicts with the efficiency-oriented goal of a market economy. Disapproval of guanxi is thus increasing as marketization progresses. Results from the 2008 Chinese General Social Survey show that guanxi is more likely to be viewed as unfair in places with higher levels of marketization. The educational gradient decreases with marketization, and change is more pronounced among people working in the market sector than it is among people working in the state sector. My findings suggest that Chinese market reform increases public disapproval of guanxi.
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- 2020
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16. Reasons for presenteeism in different occupational branches in Sweden: a population based cross-sectional study.
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Marklund, Staffan, Gustafsson, Klas, Bergström, Gunnar, and Leineweber, Constanze
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PRESENTEEISM (Labor) , *MULTIPLE regression analysis , *CROSS-sectional method , *TEAMS in the workplace - Abstract
Objective: To compare the prevalence and reasons for presenteeism in occupations in three branches defined as employees handling people, handling things or handling symbols. Method: A cross-sectional population-based cohort study was conducted. The study group was drawn from a representative sample (n = 6230) aged 16–64, who had been interviewed in 2015 or in 2017 for the Swedish Work Environment Surveys (SWES). The odds ratios (ORs) stratified by occupational category for reasons of presenteeism, with 95% confidence intervals (CI), were estimated using binomial multiple logistic regression analysis. Results: The study showed that presenteeism was more common among employees handling people (74%), when compared to employees handling things (65%) or handling symbols (70%). The most common reason for presenteeism among employees handling people was "I do not want to burden my colleagues", while "Because nobody else can carry out my responsibilities" was most common in the other two categories. After control for socio-demography, work environments and health, the differences in reasons mostly remained significant between the three occupational categories. Conclusion: The differences between occupational categories are important for prevalence and reasons for presenteeism. As presenteeism affects the future health of employees and the productivity of the work unit, attempts to reduce presenteeism may be important. Because the reasons vary between occupations, customized preventive measures should be applied in different occupational settings. Among employees handling people, covering up for absence in work team is relevant, while among employees handling symbols and handling things the corresponding focus could be on shared responsibilities for specific tasks. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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17. Is guanxi unfair? Market reform and the public attitude toward guanxi in urban China.
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Tian, Felicia F.
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GUANXI ,SOCIAL surveys ,MARKETS ,CAPITALISM ,ATTITUDE (Psychology) - Abstract
Guanxi is a fundamental, but controversial, feature of Chinese society. This article examines public attitudes about the fairness of guanxi and how Chinese market reform is affecting these attitudes. The reciprocity-laden and tie-sensitive nature of guanxi conflicts with the efficiency-oriented goal of a market economy. Disapproval of guanxi is thus increasing as marketization progresses. Results from the 2008 Chinese General Social Survey show that guanxi is more likely to be viewed as unfair in places with higher levels of marketization. The educational gradient decreases with marketization, and change is more pronounced among people working in the market sector than it is among people working in the state sector. My findings suggest that Chinese market reform increases public disapproval of guanxi. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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18. Data on the impact of socioeconomic status on academic achievement among students in Malaysian public universities
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Nor Fatimah Che Sulaiman, Noor Haslina Mohamad Akhir, Nor Ermawati Hussain, Rahaya Md Jamin, and Nur Hafizah Ramli
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Performance ,Academic qualification ,Employment sector ,Income level ,Universiti Malaysia Terengganu ,Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics ,R858-859.7 ,Science (General) ,Q1-390 - Abstract
This data article presents the impact of parents' socioeconomic status on undergraduate students’ academic achievements at a Malaysian higher education institution. The eastern parts of Peninsular Malaysia are populated by low-income citizens compared to the national average. The survey was conducted in Universiti Malaysia Terengganu. The targeted population is final year social science students. The total size of the target population is 965 students. Using Krejcie and Morgan's sampling method, a sample size of 333 students was surveyed. A descriptive research design was adopted in this study. Data were obtained from stratified random sampling comprising a total of 333 respondents in Universiti Malaysia Terengganu from 14 states across Malaysia. The data were collected through a semi-structured questionnaire. Data analysis was carried out using tables and figures. The findings revealed that most of the students stated that a parent's socioeconomic status does not influence their academic achievement.
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- 2020
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19. Handling Injustice - Are Women Too Sensitive?
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Rovenská, Denisa
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PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation ,COVID-19 pandemic ,EMOTIONS ,COVID-19 ,ANGER - Abstract
At time of COVID-19 pandemic, not only isolation and loneliness were increasing, but injustice was increasing, as well. Scholars argue, workplace is quite unjust toward women in general suggesting salary, benefits, little value to their voice, career growth and it shows COVID-19 pandemic exacerbates injustice at work moreover. The aim of the contribution was to analyze the character of relationship between women's sensitivity to injustice, emotions, employment sector and coping with injustice at work during COVID-19. 208 women with the average age of 26.08 years (SD = 7.39) answered the questions measuring sensitivity to injustice by Justice Sensitivity Inventory (Schmitt et al., 2010; Slovak version - Lovaš, 1995), emotions by Positive Affect Scale and Negative Affect Scale (Džuka & Dalbert, in Džuka, 2019) and coping by Brief COPE (Carver, 1997; Slovak version - Ficková, 1992). The results showed that women were sensitive to injustice at work (M = 4.49; SD = .89), felt anger mostly (M = 4.35; SD = 1.31) and used adaptive coping strategies more than maladaptive coping strategies (t
(207) = 15.47, p < .001). The analysis of character of relationship between selected variables showed that negative affect and employment sector were predictors of coping with injustice at work. Specific results are part of the contribution. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2020
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20. How Public, Nonprofit, and Private-Sector Employees Access Volunteer Roles.
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Ertas, Nevbahar
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PROSOCIAL behavior , *VOLUNTEERS , *SOCIAL responsibility of business , *SOCIAL science research , *CIVIL service - Abstract
Research has found that public and nonprofit employees volunteer at a higher rate than their for-profit-sector counterparts, with the disparity typically explained as a behavioral consequence of their higher public service motivation (PSM). This article considers an alternative explanation that public and nonprofit jobs might offer greater formal avenues for participation, and hence that differences in volunteering might simply be an indicator of ease of access to such opportunities, rather than of inherent prosocial orientation. Examining whether individuals in different sectors use different pathways to access volunteer roles may improve our understanding of sectoral differences in prosocial behavior. This study accordingly examines how public, nonprofit, and for-profit private-sector employees access organizational volunteer roles. The results show a few significant differences in access to volunteer roles by occupation sector. The implications of these findings for voluntary management, corporate social responsibility research, and future research are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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21. Adolescents' attitudes to risk and their employment sector choices in adulthood: Evidence from longitudinal data.
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YEN-LING LIN
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ADULTS ,TEENAGERS ,EMPLOYMENT ,RISK aversion ,INVERSE functions - Abstract
I investigated the effects of adolescents' attitudes toward risk on their choice of employment sector in adulthood. I employed a joint model of employment sector choice and three-dimensional background characteristics to demonstrate that employment preference is an inverse function of the degree of relative risk aversion. Empirical data was obtained from longitudinal data, and a logit model was applied to estimate the effects of the three-dimensional background characteristics on the risk-taking attitudes and employment choices. I observed that individuals with a higher tendency to engage in risky experiences exhibit low risk aversion, and thus, tend to choose a riskier employment sector. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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22. Pecuniary and Scientific Motives as Drivers of PhD Careers: Exploring the Evidence from Belgium
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Boosten, Karl, Spithoven, André, Gokhberg, Leonid, Series editor, Meissner, Dirk, Series editor, Shmatko, Natalia, editor, and Auriol, Laudeline, editor
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- 2016
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23. Political ideologies and moral foundations of engineering professionals in the United States.
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Kim, Dayoung and Jesiek, Brent K.
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Scholars have argued that engineering practice should be understood in its societal context, including the political contexts in which engineers perform. However, very few research studies have systematically explored the political and moral backgrounds of engineering professionals, who would be the main agents in the political contexts. This paper reports our exploratory study of the political ideologies and moral foundations of engineers in the United States. Based on survey responses from 515 engineers, we conducted generalized ordinal logistic regression analyses and multiple linear regression analyses to examine how engineers' political ideologies are associated with their moral foundations and how engineers' political ideologies and moral foundations vary across their employment sectors, organizational positions, and demographic attributes. We found that engineers in the manufacturing sector are more politically conservative than engineers in the computer/electronics/IT sector. Additionally, engineers in higher positions in their organizations are more politically conservative than engineers in lower positions, and female engineers are more politically liberal than male engineers. We also found that engineers' endorsement of the five moral foundations differs by sector and demographic attributes. Moreover, engineers' moral foundations substantially explain engineers' political ideologies, consistent with previous studies using the Moral Foundations Theory. • Engineers in the manufacturing sector are more conservative than those in the computer/electronics/IT sector. • Engineers in higher positions are more conservative than those in lower positions. • Female engineers are more liberal than male engineers. • Engineers' moral foundations differ by sector and demographic attributes. • Moral foundations substantially explain engineers' political ideologies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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24. [Employment sector and respiratory mortality in Rome and Turin longitudinal metropolitan studies].
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Cesaroni G, Bauleo L, Zengarini N, Strippoli E, Gariazzo C, Marinaccio A, Maio S, Murgia N, Michelozzi P, Viegi G, and Massari S
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- Male, Humans, Female, Infant, Retrospective Studies, Rome epidemiology, Italy, Longitudinal Studies, Employment, Respiratory Tract Diseases
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Objectives: to assess the association between the occupational sector and respiratory mortality in the metropolitan longitudinal studies of Rome and Turin., Design: retrospective cohort study., Setting and Participants: the 2011 census cohorts of residents of Rome and Turin aged 30 years and older who had worked for at least one year in the private sector between 1970s and 2011 was analysed. The individuals included in the study were followed from 9 October 2011 to 31 December 2018. Occupational history was obtained from archives of private sector contributions at the National Social Insurance Agency (INPS) and then was linked to data from the longitudinal studies., Main Outcome Measures: the study outcome was non-malignant respiratory mortality. The exposure of interest was whether or not individuals had worked in one of the 25 occupational sectors considered (agriculture and fishing, steel industry, paper and printing, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, textile, energy and water, food and tobacco industry, non-metal mining, glass & cement industry, metal processing, electrical construction, footwear and wood industry, construction, trade, hotel and restaurants, transportation, insurance, healthcare, services, laundries, waste management, hairdressing, cleaning services, and gas stations). The association between the occupational sector and respiratory mortality, adjusted for potential confounders (age, marital status, place of birth, educational level), was estimated using Cox models. All analyses were stratified by sex and city., Results: a total of 910,559 people were analysed in Rome and 391,541 in Turin. During the eight years of follow-up, 4,133 people in Rome and 2,772 people in Turin died from respiratory causes. The sectors associated with high respiratory mortality in both cities among men were footwear and wood industry (adjusted HR for age: 1.37 (95%CI 1.07-1.76) and 1.48 (95%CI 1.08-2.03) in Rome and Turin, respectively), construction (HR: 1.31 (95%CI 1.20-1.44) in Rome and 1.51 (95%CI 1.31-1.74) in Turin), hotel and restaurant sector (HR: 1.25 (95%CI 1.07-1.46) in Rome and 1.68 (95%CI 1.20-2.33) in Turin), and cleaning services (HR: 1.57 (95%CI 1.19-2.06) in Rome and 1.97 (95%CI 1.51-2.58) in Turin). Some sectors had high respiratory mortality only in one of the two cities: in Rome, the food& tobacco industry, and gas stations, while in Turin, the metal processing industry. Among female workers, the cleaning services sector was associated with higher respiratory mortality in both Rome and Turin (HR: 1.52, 95%CI 1.27-1.82, e 1.58, 95%CI 1.17-2.12, respectively)., Conclusions: the data confirm the previously known associations between occupational sectors and respiratory mortality for exposures characteristic of specific sectors, such as construction, hotel and restaurant sector, and cleaning services. The differences reported between the two cities reflect the different composition of the workforce and the size of the two study populations. Administrative social insurance data can provide helpful information for epidemiological studies of occupational exposure.
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25. Public Health Education and Changing Public Health Realities in the Public Health 3.0 Era
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Gulzar H. Shah
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Employment ,medicine.medical_specialty ,2019-20 coronavirus outbreak ,Research & Analysis ,Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ,business.industry ,Public health ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,Public health education ,Employment sector ,Public relations ,Opinions, Ideas, & Practice ,Political science ,Paradigm shift ,medicine ,Humans ,Public Health ,business ,Curriculum ,Health Education ,Accreditation - Abstract
Objectives. To improve understanding of the future public health workforce by analyzing first-destination employment outcomes of public health graduates. Methods. We assessed graduate outcomes for those graduating in 2015–2018 using descriptive statistics and the Pearson χ(2) test. Results. In our analysis of data on 53 463 graduates, we found that 73% were employed; 15% enrolled in further education; 5% entered a fellowship, internship, residency, volunteer, or service program; and 6% were not employed. Employed graduates went to work in health care (27%), corporations (24%), academia (19%), government (17%), nonprofit (12%), and other sectors (1%). In 2018, 9% of bachelor’s, 4% of master’s, and 2% of doctoral graduates were not employed but seeking employment. Conclusions. Today’s public health graduates are successful in finding employment in various sectors. This new workforce may expand public health’s reach and lead to healthier communities overall. Public Health Implications. With predicted shortages in the governmental public health workforce and expanding hiring because of COVID-19, policymakers need to work to ensure the supply of public health graduates meets the demands of the workforce.
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26. Spatial patterns and driving forces of uneven dual-track urbanisation in Fujian Province: An approach based on employment sectors.
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Lin, Lijie and Shen, Jianfa
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EMPLOYMENT , *MIGRANT labor , *METROPOLITAN areas - Abstract
This paper analyses the spatial patterns and driving forces of uneven dual-track urbanisation in Fujian province using an approach based on the employment sector. It is found that uneven dual-track urbanisation is driven by four major driving forces, including the administrative force, the general internal market force, the specific internal market force, and the external force. Four area types based on employment structure have different levels of dual-track urbanisation. The relatively balanced levels of state-sponsored and spontaneous urbanisation are found in state-led urbanised areas and less developed areas. However, the levels of two urbanisation tracks in state-led urbanised areas far exceed other areas. Their high level of state-sponsored urbanisation is backed up by a large state-owned sector. There is also significant spontaneous urbanisation owing to the rising private sector and inflow of migrant workers to main urban centres. Coastal developed areas have a high level of spontaneous urbanisation but a relatively low level of state-sponsored urbanisation. Less developed areas have low levels of both state-sponsored and spontaneous urbanisation. The Fujian case shows that the two tracks of urbanisation have beenadvancing despite the relative decline of the employment share of state-owned and collective-owned sectors. The economic sectors other than state-owned and collective-owned sectors have contributed to both tracks of urbanisation. The results shed new light on the relationship between the employment sectors and dual-track urbanisation in China. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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27. Social insurance participation among rural migrants in reform era China.
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Wu, Yuling and Xiao, Hong
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SOCIAL security ,LABOR contracts ,FOREIGN workers - Abstract
This study examines the effects of stability in employment and migration on rural migrants' access to social insurance. Special attention is given to the interaction between the employment contract and the employment sector and between the employment contract and the migrants' local–nonlocal rural hukou status. Using data from the 2009 Rural-Urban Migration survey in China, the analysis reveals that having a stable contract and high job stability are positively correlated with social insurance coverage among rural migrants, whereas a stable migration experience and the intention to settle in the host city do not increase the likelihood of having social insurance coverage. Having a stable contract plays an important role in closing and even reversing the coverage gap between local and non-local rural migrants by significantly boosting the latter's chances of obtaining social insurance. However, the beneficial effects derived from having a stable contract in improving the likelihood of obtaining social insurance have been significant in the state sector but quite limited in the non-state sector. Astonishingly, this has unintendedly increased the coverage disparity between the two employment sectors, except for the housing provident fund. The policy implications of these findings are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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28. Thailand’s Approach Toward the Management of Migrant Workers
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Ito, Michiko and Ishida, Masami, editor
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29. THE READINESS OF YOGYAKARTA CITY GOVERNMENT’S EMPLOYMENT SECTOR TOWARDS THE ASEAN ECONOMIY COMMUNITY (AEC) COMPETITION IN 2016
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Al Husni and Achmad Nurmandi
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employment sector ,aec ,policy, capacity building ,competitiveness ,asean ,Political science ,Social Sciences - Abstract
The ASEAN Globalization Level issues a strict commitment between ASEAN countries, regarding the agreement of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC). The agreement that leads to competition in the various sectors, one of which focuses on the labor sector, is a major requirement in service factors. The concept of Mutual Recognition Arrangement (MRA) is an applicable norm in the recognition of skilled and certified labors. Judging at the competitiveness of the employment data availability and the growing number of Indonesian labors, then implications are made for the regions. The present research is aimed at the readiness of the Yogyakarta City Government’s employment sector in the face of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) competition in 2016
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- 2018
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30. Methodological approaches to evaluating the quality of state programs of the Republic of Kazakhstan (on the example of the employment sector)
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G.A. Reshina, D.S. . Bekniyazova, A.Zh. Kaliskarova, and D.O. Baiburina
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State (polity) ,Public economics ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Quality (business) ,General Medicine ,Business ,Employment sector ,The Republic ,media_common - Abstract
Main problem: One of the officially recognized problems of the system of state planning and regional development is imperfection of the methodology for assessing the effectiveness and efficiency of the implementation of the activities of state bodies. In fact, there is no assessment of economic and social efficiency and an assessment of the impact on society. In this regard, the authors have developed methodological approaches to assessing the quality (effectiveness) of state programs (on the example of the program of the Republic of Kazakhstan “Employment Roadmap – 2020”) is urgent task for theory and practice of regional development. The purpose of the research is the investigation of the methodological foundations for evaluating the quality of implementation of state programs of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the field of employment (based on the materials of program of the Republic of Kazakhstan “Employment Roadmap 2020”). Methods: The article uses a systematic approach to solving problems that ensures the unity of qualitative and quantitative methods: qualitative content analysis; a monographic method; the method of economic and statistical research. Results and their value: The value of the study lies in the fact that methodological approaches to the evaluation of programs in the public administration system are identified. For an economic assessment involving the calculation and analysis of unit costs per program participant, the authors propose to conduct dynamic and comparative analysis of the values of unit costs for achieving final results in directions of“DKZ-2020” program. This will allow to compare individual projects and program areas by costs in dynamics and further to identify those factors that work for their unjustified growth. The calculation of presented indicators is also important in regional context, since it allows considering those regions that significantly deviate from the national values in one direction or another.
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31. Enlarging Our Understanding of Glass Ceiling Effects with Social Closure Theory in Higher Education
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Jackson, Jerlando F. L., Leon, Raul A., and Smart, John C., editor
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32. Labour Market Segregation and Gender Differences in Sickness Absence: Trends in 2005i2013 in Finland.
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Leinonen, Taina, Viikari-Juntura, Eira, Husgafvel-Pursiainen, Kirsti, Virta, Lauri J, Laaksonen, Mikko, Autti-Rämö, Ilona, and Solovieva, Svetlana
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SEX distribution , *SICK leave , *SOCIOECONOMIC factors , *HEALTH equity - Abstract
Objectives: Women have higher sickness absence rate than men, but less is known of changes in this difference over time. We examined gender differences in sickness absence trends focusing on gender segregation in the labour market. Methods: We used large nationwide register data on Finnish wage earners aged 25-59 and generalized estimation equations based on repeated logistic regression to estimate the annual risk of sickness absence lasting at least 2 weeks. Results: Between 2005 and 2013, the age-adjusted proportion (%) of employees with all-cause sickness absence decreased from the initial levels of 10.6 among men and 15.1 among women by 16.7 and 13.6%, respectively. Among both genders, the largest decrease in sickness absence coincided with the peak of the economic recession in 2009. In sickness absence due to all causes and musculoskeletal diseases, also the excess decrease among men mainly occurred in 2009, and in sickness absence due to mental disorders 2 years later. In sickness absence due to all causes and musculoskeletal diseases, the increasing gender difference was mainly attributable to a larger decrease in sickness absence at the time of the recession in male-dominated groups, such as in manual and manufacturing work, than in other sectors and occupational classes. In mental disorders, the increasing gender difference was partly attributable to a later smaller decrease in sickness absence among female-dominated lower non-manual and lower income employment groups. The increasing gender differences did not result from differential distributional changes in employment or sociodemographic factors among the employed male and female populations. In fact, widening of the gender gap in sickness absence due to all causes and musculoskeletal diseases would have been even larger without faster increase among women in the educational level and in non-manual employment. Conclusions: Sickness absence decreased especially in male-dominated employment groups, resulting in a larger decrease in absences among men compared with women. More research is needed to ascertain whether these differential changes are attributable, for example, to reduced willingness to seek medical advice or increased presenteeism in male-dominated groups, or to increased work pressures in female-dominated groups. Selection mechanisms, i.e. men's increased ill-health-related exit from work through other routes than sickness absence, also cannot be ruled out. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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33. Global Governance as Neo-liberal Governmentality: Gender Mainstreaming in the European Employment Strategy
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Woehl, Stefanie, Rai, Shirin M., editor, and Waylen, Georgina, editor
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34. Resolving Conflicting Subcultures Within School Mathematics: Towards A Humanistic School Mathematics
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Glen S. Aikenhead
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Antithesis ,Mathematics education ,Ontology ,Employment sector ,Humanism ,Resolution (logic) ,Axiology ,Science education ,Curriculum ,Education - Abstract
Informed by a cultural understanding of human sense-making, the mathematical identities of Grades 7–12 learners, teachers, and conventional curricula are explored. Due to a clash of values between mathematics and the humanities, a majority of learners do not achieve their mathematical potential. This frustrates both these learners and their teachers. A resolution to the conflict emerges from scrutinizing the conventional Plato-based (Platonist) mathematics’ ontology, epistemology, and axiology that convey anti-humanistic images of school mathematics, the antithesis to the majority of learners’ humanistic-oriented self-identities. Platonist mathematics is philosophically critiqued, revealing a choice amongst it being cultural, spiritual, or simply opportunistic. Its nineteenth-century anti-humanist facade is replaced by evidence-based humanistic features that the original facade was meant to hide from learners and the general public for politically inspired reasons. These humanistic-oriented features of mathematics are transposed into a proposal for a humanistic school mathematics program that will engage a large proportion of learners (Grades 7–12) in the Western mathematics actually used by adults not employed in occupations requiring advanced Platonist mathematics with its highly hypothetical and abstract reasoning. A Platonist school mathematics program, however, will play an even a greater role in preparing the minority of learners for the advanced mathematics employment sector, some of whom may enrol in both programs. The article concludes with examples of humanistic mathematics lessons and modules.
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35. Determinants of transition from partial to full disability pension: A register study from Finland
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Mikko Laaksonen and Anu Polvinen
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Employment ,Male ,Pension ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,General Medicine ,Employment sector ,Disability pension ,030210 environmental & occupational health ,Pensions ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Risk Factors ,Economics ,Humans ,population characteristics ,Disabled Persons ,Demographic economics ,Musculoskeletal Diseases ,030212 general & internal medicine ,human activities ,Finland ,health care economics and organizations ,Register study ,Aged - Abstract
Aims: This study explored the rate of transition from partial to full disability pension (DP) and aimed to determine whether age, sex, education, employment status, employment sector, pension type and medical cause of disability were associated with transition to full DP during a four-year follow-up. Methods: We used register data, including a 70% random sample of partial disability pensioners aged 20–58 at the time that their partial DP started in 2010 or 2011 ( N=5277). Competing risk analysis was used to estimate sub-hazard ratios (SHR) and their 95% confidence intervals (CI) for full DP. Results: One third of partial disability pensioners transitioned to full DP during the four-year follow-up. More than half (52%) continued on partial DP, and 15% were in some other state. Men, older people, those with low education levels, those whose pension was granted until further notice and those whose pension was due to mental disorders (MD) proceeded to full DP more often than others. The SHR for full DP was 1.62 (95% CI 1.43–1.83) among partial disability pensioners with MD and 1.15 (95% CI 1.02–1.28) among partial disability pensioners with other diseases compared to those whose pension was granted due to musculoskeletal diseases. Conclusions: Partial DP is a relatively stable state, and moving to full DP is relatively rare. However, male sex, older age, low education level, a pension granted until further notice and partial DP due to MD are important risk factors for full DP. The risk factors for ending up on full DP varies by diagnosis and pension type.
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- 2021
36. ¿El virus afecta 'a todos (y a todas) por igual'? Una mirada crítica acerca del trabajo doméstico remunerado en Argentina en tiempos de pandemia por COVID-19
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Verónica Luciana Casas and Hernán M. Palermo
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Social perspective ,Women. Feminism ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Welfare economics ,Domestic work ,Geography, Planning and Development ,trabajadoras domésticas ,Men ,HQ1101-2030.7 ,Qualitative property ,Employment sector ,Trabajo doméstico ,HQ1088-1090.7 ,Work (electrical) ,Masculinity ,género y trabajo ,General Earth and Planetary Sciences ,Sociology ,desigualdad ,Water Science and Technology ,media_common - Abstract
El propósito del presente trabajo es analizar el impacto de la pandemia del covid-19 en el sector del empleo doméstico remunerado en Argentina. En términos metodológicos recurrimos a la triangulación de datos de carácter cuantitativo y cualitativo: por un lado, desarrollamos una encuesta virtual, y por otro, realizamos entrevistas en línea a mujeres que trabajan en casas particulares. Podemos afirmar que el contexto de pandemia empeoró los procesos de precarización estructural propios de este sector. Asimismo, el discurso de la pandemia constituido a partir de los significantes de la masculinidad profundizó los procesos de desvalorización social de la actividad, al contrastar con los significantes “naturalmente” femeninos asociados al trabajo doméstico.
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37. Ghanaian Immigrants in a Northern Italian Town: Between Social Exclusion and Onward Migration to the UK
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Edmond Akwasi Agyeman
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Cultural Studies ,media_common.quotation_subject ,05 social sciences ,Immigration ,0507 social and economic geography ,Employment sector ,Linkage (mechanical) ,League ,Racism ,0506 political science ,law.invention ,law ,Anthropology ,Political science ,Ethnography ,050602 political science & public administration ,Position (finance) ,Demographic economics ,Social exclusion ,050703 geography ,Demography ,media_common - Abstract
This paper examines the linkage between exclusion and onward migration of the Ghanaian migrants living in Italy to the UK. It is based on an ethnographic research in the region of Veneto. The paper shows that Italy’s adoption of partial exclusion or subordinated model of integration, the weak position of the African migrants in Italy’s employment sector, lack of employment opportunities for African women and the second generation, blocked mobility, lack of access to housing due to racial discrimination and hostile attitudes of the Northern League party are the main forces behind the onward migration.
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38. Creating Destinations for a Better Tomorrow: UN Development Aid for Cultural Tourism in the 1960s
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Marie Huber
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Cultural Studies ,Cultural heritage ,History ,Sociology and Political Science ,Field (Bourdieu) ,Developing country ,Development aid ,Economic geography ,Business ,Employment sector ,Destinations ,Cultural tourism ,Tourism - Abstract
Tourism is today considered as a crucial employment sector in many developing countries. In the growing field of historical tourism research, however, the relationships between tourism and development, and the role of international organizations, above all the UN, have been given little attention to date. My paper will illuminate how during the 1960s tourism first became the subject of UN policies and a praised solution for developing countries. Examples from expert consultancy missions in developing countries such as Ethiopia, India and Nepal will be contextualized within the more general debates and programme activities for heritage conservation and also the first UN development decade. Drawing on sources from the archives of UNESCO, as well as tourism promotion material, it will be possible to understand how tourism sectors in many so-called developing countries were shaped considerably by this international cooperation. Like in other areas of development aid, activities in tourism were grounded in scientific studies and based on statistical data and analysis by international experts. Examining this knowledge production is a telling exercise in understanding development histories colonial legacies under the umbrella of the UN during the 1960s and 1970s.
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- 2021
39. Occupational Class Differences in Emotional Exhaustion Among Municipal Employees - The Role of Employment Sector and Psychosocial Working Conditions
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Jouni Lahti, Jade Knop, Tea Lallukka, Jaakko Harkko, and Anne Kouvonen
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stress ,burnout ,employment sector ,working conditions ,socioeconomic position ,General Psychology ,health care economics and organizations - Abstract
Studies examining occupational class differences in burnout symptoms across employment sectors are scarce. The aim of this study was to examine whether occupational class is associated with emotional exhaustion, and whether there are differences in the examined associations between employment sectors. A further aim was to examine to which extent psychosocial working conditions may explain these associations. Survey data were collected in 2017 among 19–39-year-old employees of the City of Helsinki (4630 women and 1267 men, response rate 51.5%). Occupational class included four classes: 1. manuals, 2. routine non-manuals, 3. semi-professionals, 4. managers and professionals. Employment sector was classified into three groups: 1. health and social care, 2. education and 3. ‘other’. Linear regression analysis and IBM SPSS 25 statistical program were used. The analytical sample included 4883 participants. The highest occupational class, i.e. managers and professionals, reported the highest emotional exhaustion. In terms of the sector, those working in education had the highest scores of emotional exhaustion. The associations between occupational class and emotional exhaustion differed somewhat between the sectors. Adjustment for job demands attenuated the differences in emotional exhaustion between occupational classes, whereas adjustment for job control and job strain widened the differences. Attention should be paid to occupations with excess mental demands, and to employees in the education sector, who showed the highest risk of emotional exhaustion.
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- 2022
40. Public service motivation, job satisfaction, and the moderating effect of employment sector: a meta-analysis
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Naon Min, Namhoon Ki, and Taewon Yoon
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Public service motivation ,Public Administration ,Meta-analysis ,0502 economics and business ,05 social sciences ,050602 political science & public administration ,Demographic economics ,Job satisfaction ,Business ,Employment sector ,050203 business & management ,0506 political science - Abstract
Public service motivation (PSM) literature suggests that PSM has a positive effect on employees’ job satisfaction. Using meta-analysis, this study examines the aggregate effect of PSM on job satisf...
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- 2021
41. Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET): What Next?
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Prakash C Bhattarai
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Economic growth ,Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ,Vocational education ,Intervention (counseling) ,Political science ,Paradigm shift ,Pandemic ,Employment sector ,Training (civil) - Abstract
Employment sector has been invariably affected in the current crisis resulted from the global pandemic of COVID-19. This demands a paradigm shift in the present way of intervention in the TVET sector of Nepal through short- and long-term strategies.
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- 2021
42. REGIONAL FEATURES OF STATE REGULATION OF THE RUSSIAN EMPLOYMENT SECTOR IN THE CONTEXT OF THE RESULTS OF ECONOMIC AND MATHEMATICAL MODELING FOR THE SYSTEM OF REGIONAL LABOR MARKETS
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Igor V. Perekrest and Vladimir T. Perekrest
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State (polity) ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Economics ,Context (language use) ,Employment sector ,Economic system ,media_common - Abstract
The article considers the results of the analysis of the problem of state regulation of the sphere of employment-prevention, prevention and mitigation of unemployment as a key indicator of the state of the spatial economic system. The subjects of the study are the subject of the Russian Federation – the regional level, the federal district of the Russian Federation – the macro – regional level and Russia as a whole-the macro-level. The proposed approach for solving these problems is based on symmetric models of institutional interaction of supply and demand in regional labor markets and a conceptual scheme for selecting applicants in the system of basic competence modules. The main conceptual and technological tools are: typological modeling of the LM of Russia by methods of nonlinear nonparametric analysis in the R-scaling format, as well as multi-criteria balance technologies for representing and analyzing the interaction of supply and demand on RLM.Examples of the results of mapping the main objects of the constructed factor models in the form of typological planes, which depict the states of the observed objects-subjects of the Russian Federation in the corresponding system of integral indicators.
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- 2021
43. La formación profesional en el empleo doméstico: análisis del estado de la cuestión
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Carmen Grau Pineda
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Professional qualification ,Political science ,Employment sector ,Persona ,Linea ,Humanities - Abstract
espanolEl sector del empleo domestico es un observatorio privilegiado que evidencia la vigencia de la division sexual del trabajo clasica que descansa sobre la explotacion laboral de las personas trabajadoras del sector y perpetua la discriminacion por razon de sexo en un mercado laboral profundamente segmentado como el espanol. Y es evidente que, frente a ello, es necesario tanto fomentar la corresponsabilidad intrafamiliar como incentivar la formacion y cualificacion del colectivo y los servicios que presta, fundamentales, ineludibles en el nuevo contexto social que la incorporacion de las mujeres al mercado de trabajo dibuja en el presente y, como no, en el futuro inmediato. Se esta en presencia de un sector emergente, un yacimiento de empleo, un servicio esencial a la comunidad y una actividad cuya demanda seguira una tendencia creciente ante la falta de provision publica de cuidados y que, por el bien de todos, es preciso replantear de forma inminente en la siguiente linea: dignificarla y profesionalizarla. Y para ello el papel de la formacion y la cualificacion profesional es innegable se mire por donde se mire. EnglishThe domestic employment sector is a privileged observatory that evidences the validity of the classic sexual division of labor that rests on the labor exploitation of substitutes or servants and perpetuates discrimination in a deeply segmented labor market. And it is evident that, in the face of this, it is necessary both to promote intra-family co-responsibility and to encourage the training and qualification of the group and the services it provides, fundamental, unavoidable in the new social context that the incorporation of women into the labor market draws in the present and, of course, in the immediate future. We are in the presence of an emerging sector, a source of employment, an essential service to the community and an activity whose demand will continue to grow in the face of the lack of public provision of care and that, for the good of all, it is necessary to rethink imminent form in the following line: dignify and professionalize it. And for this, the role of training and professional qualification is undeniable no matter where you look.
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- 2020
44. Individual factors influencing COVID-19 vaccine acceptance in between and during pandemic waves (July-December 2020)
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Pierre Van Damme, S. Valckx, Maren Vranckx, Niel Hens, Koen Pepermans, Thomas Neyens, Frederik Verelst, Greet Hendrickx, Jonas Crevecoeur, Philippe Beutels, and Neyens, Thomas/0000-0003-2364-7555
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COVID-19 Vaccines ,GAM, generalized additive model ,Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ,NPI, non-pharmaceutical intervention ,Employment sector ,Trust ,Article ,Vaccine willingness ,NS, not selected ,Pandemic ,Humans ,Pandemics ,Vaccine hesitancy ,GLM, Generalized linear model ,Government ,Vaccines ,HCW, healthcare worker ,Data collection ,General Veterinary ,General Immunology and Microbiology ,SARS-CoV-2 ,MMR, Measles Mumps Rubella ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,Outbreak ,COVID-19 ,Educational attainment ,Socio-demographics ,CI, confidence interval ,OR, odds ratio ,Infectious Diseases ,Vaccination coverage ,REF, reference model ,UK, United Kingdom ,Molecular Medicine ,Online survey ,EMA, European Medicines Agency ,Female ,Human medicine ,WHO, World Health Organisation ,Psychology ,Demography ,BIC, Bayesian Information Criterion - Abstract
Background: A year after the start of the COVID-19 outbreak, the global rollout of vaccines gives us hope of ending the pandemic. Lack of vaccine confidence, however, poses a threat to vaccination campaigns. This study aims at identifying individuals' characteristics that explain vaccine willingness in Flanders (Belgium), while also describing trends over time (July-December 2020). Methods: The analysis included data of 10 survey waves of the Great Corona Survey, a large-scale online survey that was open to the general public and had 17,722-32,219 respondents per wave. Uni-and multivariable general additive models were fitted to associate vaccine willingness with socio-demographic and behavioral variables, while correcting for temporal and geographical variability. Results: We found 84.2% of the respondents willing to be vaccinated, i.e., respondents answering that they were definitely (61.2%) or probably (23.0%) willing to get a COVID-19 vaccine, while 9.8% indicated maybe, 3.9% probably not and 2.2% definitely not. In Flanders, vaccine willingness was highest in July 2020 (90.0%), decreased over the summer period to 80.2% and started to increase again from late September, reaching 85.9% at the end of December 2020. Vaccine willingness was significantly associated with respondents' characteristics: previous survey participation, age, gender, province, educational attainment, household size, financial situation, employment sector, underlying medical conditions, mental well-being, government trust, knowing someone with severe COVID-19 symptoms and compliance with restrictive measures. These variables could explain much, but not all, variation in vaccine willingness. Conclusions: Both the timing and location of data collection influence vaccine willingness results, emphasizing that comparing data from different regions, countries and/or timepoints should be done with caution. To maximize COVID-19 vaccination coverage, vaccination campaigns should focus on (a combination of) subpopulations: aged 31-50, females, low educational attainment, large households, difficult financial situation, low mental well-being and labourers, unemployed and self-employed citizens. (c) 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. The Great Corona Survey is supported by the Research Foundation Flanders (Grant G0G1920N, 2020) and the University of Antwerp Fund. Authors FV, NH and PB acknowledge funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (Project EpiPose - No. 101003688, 2020). All VAXINFECTIO authors acknowledge funding as part of the Methusalem-Centre of Excellence consortium VAX–IDEA. Support from the Methusalem finance programme of the Flemish Government is gratefully acknowledged. These funding sources had no role in study design; in the collection, analysis and interpretation of data; in the writing of the report; and in the decision to submit the article for publication. The authors acknowledge the expert assistance of Linguapolis for linguistical support (for the Great Corona Survey) and Peter De Meyer for distributing news and media items to promote participation in the Great Corona Survey.
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45. To Have a Son: The One-Child Family Policy and Economic Change in Rural China
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Aiping, Mu, West, Jackie, editor, Minghua, Zhao, editor, Xiangqun, Chang, editor, and Yuan, Cheng, editor
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46. Concluding Comment
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Woodfield, Ruth and Woodfield, Ruth
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47. The Eighth Sustainable Development Goal considering the economic system and its contradictions – A Critique
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José António de Sousa Pinho
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Sustainable development ,Technological change ,Economics ,Economic analysis ,Employment sector ,Economic system ,Profit (economics) ,Green economy ,Environmental crisis - Abstract
This article focuses on the eighth Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) for the global community, analysing its objectives and recommendations that are to be achieved by 2030 in the sectors of economic growth and employment. It is a critique of the SDG chosen, in light of the current economic system and its contradictions, taking into account the new factors of the decade, such as technology and the environmental crisis. Economic growth was present in every economic analysis in the past decade, but should it be the focus of the next? The current environmental concerns have forced the global community to rethink the way we look at economic growth and the system in general. The article will also explore the contradictions in employment and work while attempting to explain the problems of this sector. A special attention will be given to profit and the way it prevents the creation of decent jobs. The new possibilities of the green economy and the technological progress will be taken into account and developed. It will finish with a reflection on the economic system in general and the SDGs, while also proposing a solution to the problems of the next decades concerning the economic and employment sector.
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48. POST DEMONETISATION EFFECT ON BANKING SECTOR, MICRO FINANCING INSTITUTIONS (MFI) AND JOB OPPORTUNITIES
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Kandarp Vidyasagar and Rajiv Kr. Dwivedi
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Financial system ,Employment sector ,Business ,Banking sector - Abstract
Purpose of this study: This study aims at investigating the effect of demonetisation on the major sectors of the Indian economy i.e. banking sector, micro-financing sector, and employment sector. The government of India claims demonetisation as a tool to tackle inflation, black money, corruption, crime, and terror funding, while others call it harassment attitude. Methodology: In this regard, a survey has been done to collect data from secondary sources. Further data were analysed graphically. Results: The study reveals that there is marginal control over black money. The financial institution RBI suffered a loss due to excess of cash collection and failed to regulate the money properly. The employment sector is affected and a good number of people lost their jobs. Also, micro-financing institutions (MFI’s) business was affected worstly. Social Implications/Applications: The MFIs and SMEs should be promoted and provided with legal financial assistance in order to compensate for their loss so that the 30% of citizens living below the poverty line get relief. Novelty/Originality of this study: This combined study on various sectors gives a clear picture of the effects of post demonetisation in India which can help in predicting Indian economic conditions for the years to come.
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- 2020
49. Unemployment as an indicator of economic security in the employment sector: A regional dimension
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T.N. Savina
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Labour economics ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Economic security ,Unemployment ,Economics ,Employment sector ,Dimension (data warehouse) ,media_common - Abstract
Subject. To achieve a high level of economic security is a key priority of national development. Employment reveals one of the most important aspects of social development of the individual that is associated with his or her needs satisfaction in the sphere of employment and is boon to economic security. Objectives. The purpose of the study is to show the impact of unemployment on economic security in employment. Methods. I apply such scientific methods as dialectical, historical and logical unity, structural and functional analysis, traditional techniques of economic analysis and synthesis. The methods of multivariate statistical and comparative analysis serve as a methodological basis of the study. To determine the indicator of unemployment, I use the band theory. Results. I underpin the growing role of employment in ensuring economic security. The paper presents a comprehensive assessment of the unemployment status and a comparative analysis of the indicator in the Republic of Mordovia, the Volga Federal District, and the Russian Federation as a whole. I identify trends in the average duration of unemployment, show the distribution of unemployed by level of education and age groups. Conclusions. The average annual unemployment rate in the Republic of Mordovia is lower than in Russia and the Volga Federal District. The findings may be useful for public authorities to substantiate their employment policy at both macro- and meso-levels, for designing programs and strategies for socio-economic development of regions and the social security doctrine, as well as in practical activities of employment services.
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- 2020
50. MANAJEMEN KONFLIK DALAM PENYELESAIAN PERMASALAHAN HUBUNGAN INDUSTRIAL (Studi Dalam Bidang Hubungan Industrial Dinas Tenaga Kerja Kabupaten Pasuruan)
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Mohammad Nuh, Firdausi Dhulhijjahyani, and Sjamsiar Sjamsuddin
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Government ,Order (business) ,Secondary sector of the economy ,Agency (sociology) ,Conflict management ,General Medicine ,Employment sector ,Business ,Public administration ,Industrial relations ,Dispute resolution - Abstract
In the interaction of industrial relations, there will be differences in thinking between the company management and workers that can cause industrial relation disputes . Such conflicts are commonly known as industrial relation s disputes. In this regard , it is expected that the government be able to create a good environment in the industrial sector in order to resolve conflicts or disputes that occur in industrial relations or minimize possible conflicts by linking to relevant agencies in the employment sector. E fforts and support s are necessary to resolve industrial relation s disputes/conflicts for the continuity of the company's business, the life of workers and their families, and the stability of the national economy. This study is aimed at describing and analyzing 1) conflict management in the process of dispute resolution in Industrial Relations in Pasuruan Regency and 2) the role of the Manpower Agency in resolving industrial relations in Pasuruan Regency in the perspective of Conflict Management.
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- 2020
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