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Cultural and Human Capital Signals in Hiring—A Factorial Survey Experiment Across Contexts

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT When evaluating candidates, hiring agents may draw on signals of human as well as cultural capital. While these processes have been considered separately, an open question is how the two types of signals interact. As signals of social class, cultural capital signals relate to human capital as they evoke stereotypes about competence, polish ...
Luisa Burchartz, Kobe De Keere, Sara Geven   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

OR & SW-WA Glaziers, Architectural Metal and Glass Workers JATC

, 2021
adopted by OR & SW-WA Glaziers, Architectural Metal and Glass Workers JATC ; approved by the Oregon State Apprenticeship and Training Council (OSATC) ; registered with the Apprenticeship and Training Division, Oregon Bureau Labor and Industries."MA# 1017.

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Subjective Social Inequalities, Lay Perceptions of Merit and Puzzles of Explanation

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite rising socioeconomic inequalities most people see individualised merit as crucial for social success. Drawing on surveys such as the ISSP a wealth of research examines trends in subjective perceptions, the relative importance accorded to merit and non‐merit factors for getting ahead in life and factors which influence lay perceptions ...
Sarah Irwin
wiley   +1 more source

Can prisons move people into better jobs? A look at correctional vocational training programs and sectoral employment outcomes

Criminology, EarlyView.
Abstract Three‐quarters of US prisons offer vocational training programs, which aim to place trainees in middle‐skills jobs in specific occupational sectors post‐release. These middle‐skills jobs may more effectively reduce recidivism than the jobs that normally characterize the labor market experience of the formerly incarcerated, yet whether ...
Britte van Tiem
wiley   +1 more source

Sustainable HRM in the Public Sector: A Question of Viability or Legitimacy?

Human Resource Management Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Recent research has underlined the growing importance of sustainability in HRM policy and practice, taking into account long‐term multi‐stakeholder goals. However, few studies have specified the drivers and outcomes of sustainable HRM practices, nor the contradictions that arise when managers attempt to satisfy the demands of both internal and
Mathew Johnson, Stephen Mustchin, Damian Grimshaw, Aristea Koukiadaki   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Why HR Has Failed to Address Healthcare's Workforce Crisis: The Need for a Systems Partner Role

Human Resource Management Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Attempts to remedy sustained workforce challenges facing healthcare organizations globally have been largely ineffective, despite increased political attention. In this paper we draw on contextually based human resource theory to explain why these challenges remain intractable.
Aoife M. McDermott, Graeme Currie, Hector P. Rodriguez   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Apprenticeship: a strategy for growth.

Referring to issues raised by recent reforms and future expansion of apprenticeship, this report reveals the consequences serious skills shortages have on the economy as a whole.
Gospel, Howard, Steedman, Hilary, Ryan, Paul   +2 more
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Institutional Distance and the Lived Experience of Actors in the Contemporary MNC: The Role of Positionality

Human Resource Management Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT International human resource management (IHRM) and its larger sibling of international business (IB) have cross‐fertilized each other for many years. In this paper, we suggest that IHRM research's nuanced appreciation for new patterns of work, such as the increase in internationally integrated work processes and the emergence of global virtual
Johann Fortwengel, Tony Edwards, Gerhard Schnyder, Philipp Kern, Liudmyla Svystunova   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Structured Review of Research‐Informed Instructional Strategies to Support CPA Enabling Competencies in Future Accountants*

Accounting Perspectives, Volume 24, Issue 1, Page 189-249, March 2025.
ABSTRACT CPA enabling competencies underpin the human skills and professional values that all future accountants should possess. Nevertheless, to date, the discourse is limited within the scholarship of teaching and learning on how to best inculcate these competencies in future accountants.
Sanobar Siddiqui
wiley   +1 more source

Breaking Barriers: The History of Women's Education and the Training of Female Surgeons

ANZ Journal of Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background and Aims Medicine and surgery have been practised by women since the earliest of times, but as these activities became professionalised, they became excluded by various barriers. The aims of this review are to identify these obstacles and how they were overcome.
John P. Collins
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