scholarly journals The Mediatory Role of Working Hours and Technology in the Relationship between Income and Social Cohesion in Ghana

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Prince Donkor ◽  
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Francis Azure ◽  
Gideon Adu-Boateng ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Social Cohesion ◽  
Working Hours ◽  
The Relationship

scholarly journals Invited Commentary: Social Cohesion, Depression, and the Role of Welfare States

2019 ◽  
Vol 189 (4) ◽  
pp. 354-357
Author(s):  
Mikael Rostila
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Welfare State ◽  
Social Cohesion ◽  
State Theory ◽  
Welfare States ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Neighborhood Disorder ◽  
Welfare Regimes ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract In this issue of the Journal, Baranyi et al. (Am J Epidemiol. 2019;000(00):000–000) examine the longitudinal associations of perceived neighborhood disorder and social cohesion with depressive symptoms among persons aged 50 years or more in 16 different countries. An important contribution of their article is that they study how neighborhood-level social capital relates to depression in different welfare-state contexts. Although the authors provide empirical evidence for some significant differences between welfare states in the relationship between social capital and depression, they say little about potential explanations. In this commentary, I draw attention to welfare-state theory and how it could provide us with a greater understanding of Baranyi et al.’s findings. I also discuss the potential downsides of grouping countries into welfare regimes. I primarily focus on the associations between social cohesion and depression, as these associations were generally stronger than those for neighborhood disorder and depression. Finally, I provide some suggestions for future research within the field and discuss whether the findings could be used to guide policies aimed at increasing social cohesion and health.

Women, Faith, and Social Cohesion

2021 ◽  
pp. 327-345
Author(s):  
John Anthony Lawler ◽  
Ghazala Mir
Keyword(s):  
Social Cohesion ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Leadership Role ◽  
Faith Communities ◽  
Considerable Influence ◽  
Formal Leadership ◽  
Participatory Research Methods ◽  
The Relationship

This chapter presents findings from a research study examining the relationship between faith communities, social cohesion activity and the leadership role of women. The study examined women's exercise of leadership or influence in small intercultural, interfaith projects, which they had developed to improve social cohesion in their local communities. Data were gathered using qualitative interviews and participatory research methods, predominantly with women from a range of religious backgrounds. Findings indicated that women involved in interfaith activity often occupied roles with relatively little power within their communities. Despite this they were at times able to affect considerable influence within their own contexts. Contrary to expectations from existing evidence, changes resulting from the interfaith activities under consideration occurred despite rather than because of formal leadership. The concept and practice of leadership in interfaith activity and how this might relate to different conceptualizations of social cohesion and leadership within faith communities are discussed.

scholarly journals Interpreting Aggregate Wage Growth: The Role of Labor Market Participation

2003 ◽  
Vol 93 (4) ◽  
pp. 1114-1131 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Blundell ◽  
Howard Reed ◽  
Thomas M Stoker
Keyword(s):  
Working Hours ◽  
Recent Experience ◽  
Labor Market Participation ◽  
Close Correspondence ◽  
Real Wages ◽  
Compositional Changes ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Empirical Analysis ◽  
Bias Terms

A new and easily implementable framework for the empirical analysis of the relationship between aggregate and individual wages is developed. Aggregate real wages are shown to contain three important bias terms: one associated with the dispersion of individual wages, a second deriving from compositional changes in the (selected) sample of workers, and a third reflecting the distribution of working hours. Their importance for interpreting the path of aggregate wages and of the returns to education for recent experience in Britain is highlighted. A close correspondence between the estimated biases and the patterns of differences shown by aggregate wages is established.

scholarly journals Social Cohesion, Ethnicity and Well-Being: Results from an Intervention Study in Kyrgyzstan

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 46-55
Author(s):  
M.M. Larsen ◽  
K. Boehnke ◽  
D. Esenaliev ◽  
T. Bruck
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Social Cohesion ◽  
Minority Groups ◽  
Ethnic Disparities ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Ethnic Composition ◽  
Being There ◽  
The Relationship

When looking at important indicators of well-being, there is extensive evidence that levels of life satisfaction differ between ethnic groups, such that minority groups by and large tend to report lower levels of life satisfaction than majority ethnic groups. A growing body of literature has begun investigating the relationship between an individual’s community and their own levels of life satisfaction. While community deprivation and community ethnic composition are important factors for understanding individual ethnic disparities in life satisfaction, there is a gap in understanding the role of community social cohesion, as well as the effect on change in life satisfaction over time. Using panel survey data from 5.207 adults living in 30 sub-districts of rural Kyrgyzstan, we conduct a multilevel analysis of whether social cohesion serves as a moderator for the relationship between ethnicity and change in life satisfaction. While results do not demonstrate a positive effect of community social cohesion on change in life satisfaction, they do indicate that higher levels of community social cohesion minimize the ethnic group disparities in change in life satisfaction. These findings imply that social cohesion may be one additional piece of the puzzle in understanding ethnic disparities in life satisfaction.

Role of Education in Inter-Caste Marriages of Women from Scheduled Castes in India

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 79-86
Author(s):  
Ravindra Medhe
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Human Development ◽  
Social Cohesion ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Freedom Of Choice ◽  
Large Scope ◽  
Scheduled Castes ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Relationship

Scheduled Castes (SC) is a group of deprived castes in India. Traditionally, people belongs to these castes are socio-economically exploited and untouchables. The present study analyses the role of education in decision of inter-caste marriages for social cohesion. The relationship between education of bride, parents and parents-in-law with number of inter-caste marriages was calculated using data compiled by India Human Development Survey (2011). The study shows no direct and robust relationship between education and inter-caste marriages. Educated brides lead for inter-caste marriages and educated parents support in this decision, but negative relationship was observed for education of parents-in-law with number of inter-caste marriages. Educated parents-in-law show no acceptance for inter-caste marriages of their shoots. The freedom of choice to bride show key role in formation of inter-case marriages which shows wide state-to-state variations. Education improves the capabilities of a person to deicide their own. Therefore, we have large scope to create bases for inter-caste marriages and social change through enlightenment and education.

Disconnetted cities. The role of social analysis in understanding and planning global cities

TERRITORIO ◽  
2011 ◽  
pp. 18-19
Keyword(s):  
Social Cohesion ◽  
Social Analysis ◽  
Global Cities ◽  
Global Competitiveness ◽  
Thematic Section ◽  
Social Polarization ◽  
Urban Transformations ◽  
The Cross ◽  
The Relationship

The introduction to the thematic section presents the cross-cutting themes addressed in the following papers: globalisation and its impact on social and economic inequalities, social polarization, the relationship between social cohesion and global competitiveness. The presentation of three papers arising from the ongoing ‘Global Cities' held by the author under the Spud Ph.D. of the Politecnico di Milano brings out the need for renewed attention to the recent multi-disciplinary urban transformations.

scholarly journals The Role of Social Cohesion to Reduce Social Conflict in Tourist Destination Area

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 294-302
Author(s):  
Suzanna Ratih Sari ◽  
Nindyo Suwarno ◽  
Windu Nuryanti ◽  
Diananta Diananta
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Social Structure ◽  
Social Cohesion ◽  
Social Conflict ◽  
Direct Interaction ◽  
Traditional Values ◽  
Tourist Destination ◽  
Destination Area ◽  
The Relationship

There are some concerns that tourism development may result in the losing of cultural identity including social cohesion of local people. This research gives different evidencees. The research found that people in Borobudur maintain their traditional value to reduce social conflict. Through direct interaction between tourists and Borobudur people, many of traditional values including social cohesion of the society are eroded. This becomes the fact that each people only tried to collect dollar from tourists as much as possible by ignoring togetherness as traditional principle of their live. This may create disharmony among the society. To eliminate this gap, people tried to tighten the relationship through re-empowering traditional social cohesion called guyub and gotong-royong. It is expected that integrity and cohesiveness in a social structure could always be maintained. Along with this, satisfying and maintaining at least the traditional social cohesions of destination community is vital to reduce social conflict.Ada beberapa kekhawatiran bahwa pengembangan pariwisata dapat menyebabkan daerah tujuan wisata kehilangan identitas budaya mereka termasuk kohesi sosial masyarakat. Penelitian ini dilakukan secara kualitatif dengan menggunakan metode studi kasus. Penelitian ini menemukan bahwa masyarakat Borobudur sangat peduli terhadap nilai-nilai tradisional untuk mengatasi masalah yang dimunculkan pariwisata. Melalui interaksi langsung antara wisatawan dan masyarakat sebagai host tujuan wisata, banyak nilai-nilai tradisional termasuk guyub sebagai kohesi sosial masyarakat yang terkikis. Hal ini menjadi fakta bahwa setiap orang memikirkan diri sendiri mencoba untuk mengumpulkan dollar dari wisatawan sebanyak mungkin dengan mengabaikan kebersamaan/guyub sebagai prinsip dalam hubungan sosial mereka. Hal ini dapat membuat ketidakharmonisan di antara masyarakat. Untuk menghilangkan kesenjangan ini, orang mencoba mempererat tali silaturahmi dengan memberdayakan kembali kohesi sosial yang disebut guyub dan gotong-royong. Diharapkan integritas dan kekompakan dalam struktur sosial dapat selalu dipertahankan. Seiring dengan ini, mempertahankan peran kohesi sosial tradisional dari masyarakat di daerah tujuan wisata sangat penting untuk mengurangi konflik sosial.

scholarly journals The Role of Work Stress as a Mediating Variable in The Relationship Between Workload and Intention to Leave

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dini Arifiani ◽  
Aura Amalia ◽  
Hastuti Naibaho ◽  
Endang Pitaloka
Keyword(s):  
Hypothesis Testing ◽  
Job Stress ◽  
Work Stress ◽  
Financial Services ◽  
Working Hours ◽  
Intention To Leave ◽  
High Workload ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Telecommunications Companies

Jobs with high workload characteristics will require employees to work more than normal working hours so that employees will often work overtime. This condition will cause employees to be exhausted both physically and mentally which ultimately creates work stress. Job stress will cause employees to experience health problems. Employees who experience job stress will consider leaving the organization and looking for new jobs that can reduce their work stress. Respondents of this study were employees of telecommunications companies in the digital financial services department. The questionnaire was distributed to all employees in the digital financial service department of a leading telecommunications company in Indonesia. The questionnaire was distributed to 100 employees. However, only 60 questionnaires can be used for hypothesis testing (the response rate of this study is 60%). Hypothesis testing using hierarchical linear regression. The three hypotheses proposed in this study are supported, namely (1) workload has a positive and significant effect on work stress (H1; p<.001); (2) work stress affects the intention to leave (H2; p<.001; and (3) work stress as a mediating variable in the relationship between workload and intention to leave the company (H-3; p<.001).

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