scholarly journals A Job and a Sufficient Income Is Not Enough: The Needs of the Dutch Precariat

SAGE Open ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 215824401774906 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hafid Ballafkih ◽  
Joop Zinsmeister ◽  
Martha Meerman
Keyword(s):  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
Lifetime Employment ◽  
Self Reliance ◽  
Marginal Part ◽  
The Government ◽  
Being There ◽  
Economic Well Being ◽  
The Welfare State

Although lifetime employment was once commonplace, the situation has changed dramatically over the last century. The group of precarious workers has increased, and with it, the size of the precariat. Although there is a body of research on how precarious workers perceive the effect of their precarity on their social, psychological, and economic well-being, there is no research on the needs of precarious workers. In this article, we report the findings of an exploratory study about precarious worker’s needs. The findings show that the precariat has a diversity of needs, ranging from the need for a higher income to the need for a change in the discourse on self-reliance. Most of the needs are targeted toward the government and are not only related to labor. This is, however, contradictory to the ideology of downsizing the welfare state, in which governments focus on creating more temporary or steppingstone jobs. The needs show that the measures orientated toward the labor market are insufficient because they meet only a marginal part of the needs of the precariat.

scholarly journals The Influence of Masculinity and the Moderating Role of Religion on the Workplace Well-Being of Factory Workers in China

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (12) ◽  
pp. 6250
Author(s):  
Quan Gao ◽  
Orlando Woods ◽  
Xiaomei Cai
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Spiritual Support ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
Factory Workers ◽  
The Social ◽  
Being There ◽  
Role Of Religion ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Moderating Role

This paper explores how the intersection of masculinity and religion shapes workplace well-being by focusing on Christianity and the social construction of masculinity among factory workers in a city in China. While existing work on public and occupational health has respectively acknowledged masculinity’s influences on health and the religious and spiritual dimensions of well-being, there have been limited efforts to examine how variegated, and especially religious, masculinities influence people’s well-being in the workplace. Drawing on ethnography and in-depth interviews with 52 factory workers and 8 church leaders and factory managers, we found that: (1) Variegated masculinities were integrated into the factory labor regime to produce docile and productive bodies of workers. In particular, the militarized and masculine cultures in China’s factories largely deprived workers of their dignity and undermined their well-being. These toxic masculinities were associated with workers’ depression and suicidal behavior. (2) Christianity not only provided social and spiritual support for vulnerable factory workers, but also enabled them to construct a morally superior Christian manhood that phytologically empowered them and enhanced their resilience to exploitation. This paper highlights not only the gender mechanism of well-being, but also the ways religion mediates the social-psychological construction of masculinity.

scholarly journals The Management and Administrative Practices Resulting in the Exit of Nurses from the Irish Healthcare System – a Review

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Syed A Jilani
Keyword(s):  
Healthcare System ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Healthcare Management ◽  
Ageing Population ◽  
Administrative Practices ◽  
System A ◽  
The Government ◽  
Being There ◽  
The Many ◽  
Mental Well Being

The exit of nurses from the Irish healthcare system is a growing concern especially coupled with the ageing population of Ireland. The article explores the many reasons nurses are leaving the country: mainly the disrespect by management, unfair compensation and the shortage of staff leading to professionals being overworked and eventually experiencing burnout. For many professionals, it has become an issue of their own physical and mental well-being. There are a few recommendations discussed to solve the issue of nurses, which includes a strong push to change perspectives of management and a change of policy by the government. These include retraining healthcare management, an emphasis on hiring and retaining nurses by increasing incentives and making the workload easier to carry.

“Two Plantations” on the Plantation

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
John M. Chenoweth
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Virgin Islands ◽  
Small Island ◽  
Historical Evidence ◽  
British Virgin Islands ◽  
Marginal Part ◽  
Economic Improvement ◽  
Economic Well Being

Chapter 3 examines the issue of “simplicity,” how Quakerism everywhere involved a concern for economic well-being, and how the Lettsoms in particular may have benefited from their involvement with the Tortola meeting. Although one cannot suppose insincerity in the conversion of British Virgin Islands (BVI) Quakers, it is also true that economics and religion were intimately tied together, particularly for those in this rural, marginal part of the colonial world. This chapter discusses the economics of small-island plantations, and recounts archaeological and historical evidence of economic improvement on Little Jost van Dyke and for the Lettsoms.

African American Family Structure

2000 ◽  
Vol 21 (7) ◽  
pp. 838-857 ◽  
Author(s):  
JAMES HERBERT WILLIAMS ◽  
WENDY F. AUSLANDER ◽  
CHERYL A. HOUSTON ◽  
HOPE KREBILL ◽  
DEBRA HAIRE-JOSHU
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Family Structure ◽  
African American Women ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Family Structures ◽  
American Women ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Economic Well Being

This study addresses the following research questions: (a) What are the various types of family structures that exist in urban African American households? and (b) to what extent do differences in family structure influence social, psychological, and economic well-being as reported by urban African American women? The authors present findings from 301 African American women who participated in a community-based nutrition prevention program in a large Midwestern urban center. This study's results indicate that family structure has more influence on African American women's economic well-being than do social and psycho-logical factors. Implications of these findings for intervention are presented.

scholarly journals Tourism In Belize

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 (267) ◽  
Author(s):  
Julian Chow
Keyword(s):  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Panel Regression ◽  
Master Plan ◽  
Structural Reforms ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Double Digit ◽  
Economic Well Being

Belize’s tourism sector has witnessed impressive growth in recent years with overnight tourist arrivals registering double digit annual growth rates since 2016. To guide the development of the tourism sector from 2012 to 2030, the government endorsed a National Sustainable Tourism Master Plan in 2011, setting various initiatives and targets for the immediate and medium terms. Using a panel regression analysis on twelve Caribbean countries, this paper finds that accelerating structural reforms, fortifying governance frameworks, reducing crime, and mitigating the impact of natural disasters will help sustain tourism growth in Belize and contribute to economic well-being. This is in addition to tackling infrastructure bottlenecks and mitigating concerns relating to the “shared economy”.

scholarly journals Typology of welfare states: quality criteria for governance and ecology

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 235-245 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victor Koziuk ◽  
Oleksandr Dluhopolskyi ◽  
Yurij Hayda ◽  
Oksana Shymanska
Keyword(s):  
Welfare State ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Welfare States ◽  
Clustering Methods ◽  
Governance System ◽  
Government Efficiency ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Welfare State

In the 21st century, in addition to the generally well-known indicators of material well-being, in the modern paradigm of the welfare state, the quality of the ecological environment is gaining an ever-increasing role. Besides that, the modern definition of welfare state takes into account not only environmental dimension, but also the quality of institutions through the governance system that affects the supply of environmental goods. The study provides the classification of countries according to indicators that can ensure the identification of welfare states and the assessment of the classification role of the criteria for environmental state.The strong direct correlation between environmental state and government efficiency has been established. The results of the classification of the studied countries obtained by k-means clustering methods indicate the possibility of using the Environmental Performance Index (EPI), Government Effectiveness Index (GEI) and government expenditures indicators as complementary attributes to the classical criteria for the welfare state.The level of country EPI can be regarded as an important complementary criterion for the welfare state. The country environmental state is much more determined by the government efficiency, the quality of state institutions and their activities, rather than by an extensive increase in the funding of such institutions and environmental measures.

scholarly journals The economic effects of the territoriality principle

2021 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 164-186
Author(s):  
Zsombor Csata ◽  
Roman Hlatky ◽  
Amy H. Liu ◽  
Ariel Pitre Young
Keyword(s):  
Minority Group ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Economic Effects ◽  
Minority Languages ◽  
Minority Communities ◽  
Being There ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Multiple Languages ◽  
Municipal Level ◽  
Economic Well Being

Abstract The territoriality principle stipulates that minority communities in a given territory should be linguistically accommodated. What are the economic effects of this principle? In this paper, we argue that the recognition of multiple languages confers respect on the minority group; it allows people to engage and participate meaningfully in society – thereby facilitating economic well-being. There is, however, a caveat: when recognition happens in areas where the minority is the overwhelming majority, there is a risk that the near-exclusive use of the minority language cuts the community off from the larger national state, which in turn stunts development. To test this, we focus on Transylvania, Romania. We leverage a legal stipulation that recognizes minority languages in areas where the minority constitutes more than 20% of the population. Using data at the municipal level, we find that recognition increases economic well-being in general – but not in areas where the minority are numerically dominant. Our results are normatively welcoming, but they also caution governments not simply to recognize minority languages but also to protect them adequately.

scholarly journals The Shift Invariant Discrete Wavelet Transform (SIDWT) with Inflation Time Series Application

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 14
Author(s):  
Suparti Suparti ◽  
Rezzy Eko Caraka ◽  
Budi Warsito ◽  
Hasbi Yasin
Keyword(s):  
Time Series ◽  
Wavelet Transform ◽  
Discrete Wavelet Transform ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Discrete Wavelet ◽  
Time Series Modeling ◽  
The Government ◽  
Determining Factor ◽  
Analysis Of Time Series ◽  
Economic Well Being

<p>Analysis of time series used in many areas, one of which is in the field economy. In this research using time series on inflation using Shift Invariant Discrete Wavelet Transform (SIDWT).Time series decomposition using transformation wavelet namely SIDWT with Haar filter and D4. Results of the transformation, coefficient of drag coefficient wavelet and scale that is used for modeling time series. Modeling done by using Multiscale Autoregressive (MAR). In a certain area, inflation to it is an important that he had made the standard-bearer of economic well-being of society, the factors Directors investors in selecting a kind of investment, and the determining factor for the government to formulate policy fiscal, monetary, as well as non-monetary that will be applied. Inflation can be analyzed using methods Shift Invariant Discrete Wavelet Transform (SIDWT) which had been modeled for them to use Mulitiscale Autoregressive (MAR) with the R2 value 93.62%.</p>

scholarly journals The Psychological Well-Being of Single Mothers with School age Children : An Exploratory Study

2021 ◽  
pp. 16-37
Author(s):  
D. D. K. S. Karunanayake ◽  
Mohamed Nazeer Aysha ◽  
N. D. U. Vimukthi
Keyword(s):  
Single Mothers ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Current Status ◽  
School Age Children ◽  
Future Expectations ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact

The significance of family structure on the well-being of family members is a major concept to be discussed in contemporary society. There is an impact on the overall well-being of the families due to the lack of major relationships. Hence, the major consequences that lead to the sole responsibility of children to mothers differ among locality, culture, language, etc. This study explores the psychological well-being of single mothers in relation to their role in the family, the major concepts that impact the psychological well-being, the impact of parenting, and the modes in which the single mothers cope up with the challenges they encounter. This is a qualitative (exploratory) study conducted with nine participants chosen from a convenient method of sampling located in the Kandy District of the Central Province, Sri Lanka. The sample of the research includes three each of widowed, divorced, and separated mothers. The data is thematically analyzed based on the challenges, the economic well-being, and relationship with the family and the society, the ideologies about the current status, society’s stereotypes, autonomy, the satisfaction to the present life, and their future expectations. The results of the study demonstrated that the responsibility of children, the financial crisis, confronting the society, and lack of emotional dependence to be the major challenges of single motherhood. It further stated that most of them had a strong relationship with their children and the family in comparison to the society, they found themselves to be often treated by stereotypes, and that they preferred autonomy in women. The findings of the study demonstrate that the Government should help them with self-employment, assist in the studies of their children, and conduct certain awareness programs to enhance their lives.

scholarly journals Sense of place as an indicator of community sustainability

1999 ◽  
Vol 75 (5) ◽  
pp. 765-770 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard C. Stedman
Keyword(s):  
Sense Of Place ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Social Indicators ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Community Sustainability ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
Psychological Measures ◽  
Community Residents ◽  
Economic Well Being

"Sense of place," or the meaning and attachments that community residents have towards their community, is a potentially useful and somewhat neglected indicator of sustainability. Issues of human community need to be addressed in forest management. Recent considerations of forests as complex ecological systems to be sustained have tended to neglect human concerns. These include, but are not limited to, economic well-being: other "subjective" indicators of quality of life are also relevant, and comprehensible via conventional scientific inquiry. Sense of place is one such indicator – although quantitative research on sense of place is in its infancy, it is readily understood through conventional social psychological measures, which have the advantage of being monitored over time or compared across settings. Key words: sense of place, social indicators, community well-being

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