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Development and Validation Evaluation of the Perceived Professional Competency Scale for Pre-Service Childcare Teachers in China

open access: yesEducation Sciences
Objective: The professional competence level of pre-service childcare teachers influences the quality of future childcare services. However, due to the lack of necessary assessment tools, this study aims to develop a professional competence scale for pre-
Fengjuan Tian   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Diversity, Inclusion, and Firm Performance: The Corporate Innovation Channel

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines whether corporate innovation—measured both as general innovative output and as environmental innovation—mediates the relationship between diversity and inclusion (D&I) and corporate financial performance (CFP). Prior research has documented positive, negative, and null associations between D&I and financial outcomes, but ...
Eleonora Monaco   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Increasing the Incentive to Serve: The Effects of a Juror Pay Increase in Texas

open access: yesBehavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Although low juror pay is commonly offered as a reason why jurors do not show up to jury service, there is remarkably little empirical information on how juror pay affects summons response. This study examines four large‐sized counties in Texas before and after pay increased from as little as $6 a day to $40, analyzing patterns of the percent ...
Mary R. Rose, Max Lisch, Faris A. Husain
wiley   +1 more source

Mapping the US Bridgebuilding Field: Situating Organizations in the Ecosystem of Social Change

open access: yesConflict Resolution Quarterly, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article explores the ecosystem of bridge‐building initiatives in the United States. Drawing on an original database of 223 organizations, interviews with 7 staff across 6 organizations, and a literature review related to bridge‐building, polarization, and collective action, we first describe the range of existing initiatives and their ...
Gabrielle Mathews, Karen Ross
wiley   +1 more source

Spatial modeling of childcare services in Lombardia

open access: yes, 2021
AbstractWe are interested in mapping the level of childcare services in Lombardia. As a first step, we focus on modeling the flows across municipalities, measuring the number of children that moves from a municipality to another one for using childcare services.
Aliverti E.   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Gender Lens Equity Funds: A Methodological Breadth–Accountability Depth Framework and Observed Outcomes

open access: yesCorporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite rapid growth in gender lens investing (GLI), substantial variation remains in how gender lens equity funds (GLEFs) integrate gender equality criteria into investment strategies. We map a universe of 43 GLEFs and develop a framework capturing gender equality screening breadth and accountability depth (fund‐level disclosure and ...
Freyja Vilborg Thorarinsdottir   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exposing Gender Blindness in Business Scholarship on Modern Slavery

open access: yesCorporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The objective of this review is to analyse the treatment of gender within business scholarship on modern slavery and to propose a framework that supports more gender‐sensitive corporate responses. Modern slavery risk is an escalating concern for business, with the United Nations calling for its eradication by 2030.
Kathyayini Kathy Rao   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Distributive Consequences of Active Welfare Policies in Europe

open access: yesEuropean Policy Analysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the distributive consequences of active welfare policies in Europe by analysing tier‐specific investments in individualised employment services across four European welfare states: Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
Deborah Jackwerth‐Rice   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mechanisms of implementing public health interventions: a pooled causal mediation analysis of randomised trials

open access: yesImplementation Science, 2018
Background The World Health Organization recommends that nations implement evidence-based nutritional guidelines and policies in settings such as schools and childcare services to improve public health nutrition.
Hopin Lee   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

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