Immigrant Families Over the Life Course

2009 ◽  
Vol 30 (6) ◽  
pp. 852-872 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca L. Clark ◽  
Jennifer E. Glick ◽  
Regina M. Bures
Keyword(s):  
Living Arrangements ◽  
Family Formation ◽  
Immigrant Families ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
The United States ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Research Themes ◽  
The Life Course

Family researchers and policy makers are giving increasing attention to the consequences of immigration for families. Immigration affects the lives of family members who migrate as well as those who remain behind and has important consequences for family formation, kinship ties, living arrangements, and children's outcomes. We present a selective review of the literature on immigrant families in the United States, focusing on key research themes and needs. A summary of secondary data sets that can be used to study immigrant families is presented as well as suggestions for future research in this increasingly important area of family research and policy.

scholarly journals Certified B Corporations and Benefit Corporations

Management ◽  
2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Work ◽  
The United States ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Central Research ◽  
Legal Form ◽  
Exemplary Teaching ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
Research Themes ◽  
Benefit Corporations

Over the past decade, Certified B Corporations and Benefit Corporations, commonly known as B Corps, have emerged as a global phenomenon. Both organizational forms are for-profit businesses. Whereas Certified B Corporations have been accredited for their environmental, social, and governance (ESG) practices, Benefit Corporations are a new legal form, currently available in thirty-eight states and jurisdictions in the United States (US) as well as in British Columbia (Canada), Colombia, Ecuador, and Italy. Both types were promulgated by B Lab, a US-based nonprofit organization. Founded in 2006 in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, B Lab has sought to institutionalize business as a force for good. At present, certification is available to any business worldwide, and approximately 3,700 companies in seventy-four countries are currently certified. Prominent Certified B Corporations include Ben & Jerry’s, Danone North America, and Patagonia. Examples of Benefit Corporations include Data.World, Kickstarter, and Plum Organics. Overall, the B Corp movement’s radical aspiration to redefine business has garnered substantial attention from policymakers, media, businesses, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and academe. This article provides an overview of burgeoning scholarly work—ranging from general references and cutting-edge theoretical work to accumulating empirical findings and key pedagogical resources. A core focus is on enumerating the variety of theoretical perspectives that have been taken and the central research themes in extant work, including interdisciplinary publications. We close by discussing exemplary teaching materials and introducing other resources, such as the B Academics research community and available data sets for research.

Known and Unknown Aspects of Workplace Bullying: A Systematic Review of Recent Literature and Future Research Agenda

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 263-308 ◽  
Author(s):  
Parul Gupta ◽  
Urvashi Gupta ◽  
Simran Wadhwa
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Research ◽  
Workplace Bullying ◽  
Recent Literature ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Future Research Agenda ◽  
Research Themes ◽  
Antecedents And Consequences

Last decades showed a high interest in studying the workplace bullying (WB) phenomenon in a variety of disciplines and in a number of WB areas such as concepts and forms of WB, antecedents and consequences of WB, WB interventions, etc. This study offers classification and description of current WB literature, and identifies research gaps to be bridged by further empirical research. In the first part, authors systematically review 167 refereed journal articles, classify the WB research into five main research themes and summarize their findings. In the second part, the article uncovers various unknown aspects of WB and provides concrete directions for future empirical research. Thrust areas of attention are highlighted for industry and policy makers.

Age-friendly cities and communities: a review and future directions

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex Torku ◽  
Albert Ping Chuen Chan ◽  
Esther Hiu Kwan Yung
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
The United States ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Ageing Population ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Vast Number ◽  
Research Themes ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Development Assessment

Abstract The unprecedented increase in the ageing population, coupled with urbanisation, has led to a vast number of research publications on age-friendly cities and communities (AFCC). However, the existing reviews on AFCC studies are not sufficiently up-to-date for AFCC researchers. This paper presents a thorough analysis of the annual publication trend, the contributions of authors and institutions from different countries, and the trending research themes in the AFCC research corpus through a systematic review of 98 publications. A contribution assessment formula and thematic analysis were used for the review. The results indicated a growing AFCC research interest in recent times. Researchers and institutions from the United States of America, Canada, United Kingdom and Hong Kong made the highest contribution to the AFCC research corpus. The thematic analysis classified the AFCC research corpus into four main themes: conceptualisation; implementation and development; assessment; and challenges and opportunities. The themes indicate the current and future research patterns and issues to be considered in the development of AFCC and for interested researchers to make proposals for future research. Future directions are proposed, including suggestions on adopting new assessment methods and instruments, collaboration and cross-nation comparative research, considering older adults as place-makers and conducting a prior participatory analysis to maximise the participation of older adults.

Schooling in the Course of Human Lives: The Social Context of Education and the Transition to Adulthood in Industrial Society

1993 ◽  
Vol 63 (4) ◽  
pp. 409-447 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aaron M. Pallas
Keyword(s):  
Life Course ◽  
Transition To Adulthood ◽  
The United States ◽  
Institutional Arrangements ◽  
Industrial Society ◽  
Future Research ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Life Course ◽  
Cross National

This review examines the role of schooling in the life course of individuals, focusing on the timing and sequencing of schooling in the transition to adulthood. First, I examine conceptual issues in the study of schooling and the life course, drawing heavily on the sociological literature. I then consider the timing and sequencing of schooling in the transition to adulthood in the United States, and the consequences of variations in the timing and sequencing of schooling for adult social and economic success. I then discuss the role of social structure, norms, and institutional arrangements in the transition to adulthood, with special attention to cross-national comparisons with the U. S. and historical changes within countries. I conclude with speculations regarding trends in the role of schooling in the life course, and some directions for future research on this topic.

Racial Differences in Multigenerational Living Arrangements in 1910

2011 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 275-322 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheryl Elman ◽  
Andrew S. London
Keyword(s):  
African Americans ◽  
Life Course ◽  
Racial Differences ◽  
Living Arrangements ◽  
Living Arrangement ◽  
Future Research ◽  
European Americans ◽  
Kin Support ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Life Course

We explore racial differences in multigenerational living arrangements in 1910, focusing on trigenerational kin structures. Coresidence across generations represents a public function of the family, and we observe this across different ages or life-course stages through which adults came to be at risk for providing simultaneous household support for multiple generations of kin dependents. Using data from the 1.4 percent 1910 Integrated Public Use Microdata Sample, our comparisons adjust for marital turnover, including widow(er)hood/divorce and remarriage, as rates are known to be historically higher among African Americans in this period. Across subgroups defined by age and sex, we find that African Americans are virtually always as likely as or more likely than European Americans (of both native and foreign parentage) to live as grandparents in trigenerational households. Widow(er)hood/divorce generally increased the likelihood of trigenerational coresidence, while remarriage sometimes increased, sometimes decreased, and sometimes had no association with this living arrangement. Also, we find that the life-course staging of household kin support in 1910 differed across race/generation partly due to different economic and demographic circumstances, suggesting more complexity in kin support than previously considered. We discuss these findings in relation to the histories of African American and European American families as well as their implications for future research.

scholarly journals Subjective Immediate Experiences during Large-Scale Cultural Events in Cities: A Geotagging Experiment

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (20) ◽  
pp. 5698 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gamze Dane ◽  
Aloys Borgers ◽  
Tao Feng
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Weather Conditions ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Cultural Events ◽  
Data Location ◽  
The City

Cities are increasingly exploiting new activities such as large-scale cultural events in public open spaces. Investigating the subjective immediate experiences of visitors is valuable to reflect on these events and their configuration in the city. Therefore the aim of this study is twofold: (i) to demonstrate a data collection methodology to measure subjective immediate experiences of visitors and (ii) to test different types of factors that influence visitors’ subjective immediate experiences at cultural events by means of the new methodology. A quantitative research that is enabled by geotagging, paper surveys and secondary data (location characteristics and weather conditions) is applied at the Dutch Design Week event in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. After data collection, a binary logit model is estimated. It is found that apart from age and intended duration of stay, visitor characteristics do not influence the subjective immediate experiences while temporal, physical environmental and weather conditions do. Specifically, it is found that subjective immediate experiences at outdoor locations are mainly influenced by location characteristics. This study shows that the proposed data collection methodology is useful for gathering insights especially on the influence of physical characteristics on subjective immediate experiences. The paper concludes with recommendations for future research and with suggestions to policy makers and event managers.

Theoretical Aspects on Bottom of the Pyramid in Emerging Economies

2019 ◽  
pp. 67-89
Author(s):  
Milo Paviera ◽  
Mahmoud Khalik
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Emerging Economies ◽  
Poverty Alleviation ◽  
Consumer Satisfaction ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Bottom Of The Pyramid ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Key Sectors ◽  
Growing Body

Despite the growing body of literature on the Bottom of the Pyramid (BoP), much remains unclear and more research is needed in a number of areas as this chapter will highlight. Firstly, the broad literature is reviewed which includes looking at definitions and different strands of research undertaken in the field. The chapter then presents three key sectors that the authors believe have the most potential to aid poverty alleviation, while proposing that other types of studies can be conducted for other sectors that are more likely to lead to consumer satisfaction. Points of departure are offered, before discussing microfinance and then latterly in the context of Latin America. The chapter uses secondary data to show key countries and institutions serving the BoP, and to highlight important aspects that merit further attention. Implications for policy makers and practitioners are offered, and this is followed by a number of directions for future research.

Governance of professional accounting bodies: a comparative analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Andon ◽  
Conor Clune
Keyword(s):  
Self Regulation ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Detailed Comparison ◽  
Future Research ◽  
International Governance ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Research Themes ◽  
Governance Practices ◽  
Public Disclosures ◽  
Governance Arrangements

PurposeThis study examines the governance structures, practices and related public disclosures of the world's largest professional accounting bodies (PABs). Key aims are to advance the limited available knowledge and guidance on PAB governance and highlight avenues for further research and debate on how PABs can strengthen their governance arrangements.Design/methodology/approachContent analysis of extant governance arrangements for the subject PABs was conducted using a range of secondary data and guided by available international governance frameworks. The authors focused on identifying critical differences across the studied PABs. The governance recommendations and future research themes presented emerged from an analysis of relevant knowledge on governance practices from the academic literature and other sources.FindingsThe paper presents a detailed comparison of PAB governance arrangements across the themes of strategic disclosures, committee arrangements and member engagement. From this analysis, 20 recommendations are presented that seek to fortify the capacity of PABs to uphold their professional and public interest responsibilities.Originality/valueThis is the first paper to systemically examine the governance arrangements of the world's largest PABs. It thus adds to knowledge about the efficacy of extant arrangements in facilitating accountable and transparent self-regulation of PAB responsibilities. Crucial future research opportunities are also highlighted to provoke and guide long-neglected debate on PAB governance.

Urban School District Performance: A Longitudinal Analysis of Achievement

2021 ◽  
pp. 004208592110449
Author(s):  
Karen Ramlackhan ◽  
Yan Wang
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Growth Mixture Modeling ◽  
Urban School ◽  
The United States ◽  
Growth Patterns ◽  
Urban School Districts ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Growth Mixture ◽  
Education Data

We used the Stanford education data archive (SEDA) data to examine the heterogeneity among urban school districts in the United States. The SEDA 2.1 includes data sets on students’ mathematics (Math) and English language arts (ELA) achievement from 2008 to 2014 at the district level. Growth mixture modeling was used to uncover the underlying growth trajectories for urban student achievement from the third to the eighth grade. Two and three growth patterns were observed for ELA and Math achievement, respectively, over time. We used the critical theoretical framework QuantCrit to centralize race in the analysis of the data and shared implications for future research.

scholarly journals Black Deaths Matter: Race, Relationship Loss, and Effects on Survivors

2017 ◽  
Vol 58 (4) ◽  
pp. 405-420 ◽  
Author(s):  
Debra Umberson
Keyword(s):  
Life Course ◽  
Racial Disparities ◽  
Later Life ◽  
The United States ◽  
White Americans ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Unique Type ◽  
Unique Source ◽  
The Life Course

Close relationships are a resource for mental and physical health that, like other social resources, is unequally distributed in the population. This article focuses on racial disparities in the loss of relationships across the life course. Racial disparities in life expectancy in the United States mean that black Americans experience the deaths of more friends and family members than do white Americans from childhood through later life. I argue that these losses are a unique type of stress and adversity that, through interconnected biopsychosocial pathways, contribute to disadvantage in health over the life course. I focus particularly on how the interconnected pathways associated with loss undermine opportunities for and increase risks to social ties throughout life, adding to disadvantage in health. I call on social scientists and policy makers to draw greater attention to this unique source of disadvantage for black children, adults, and families.

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