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Becoming resilient: Community‐driven change and the civic capacity index

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract One of the principal features of successful community governance is that it is collaborative and thus dependent on a community's ability to work together. However, there are no valid, comprehensive means to assess a community's capacity to respond to civic challenges in collaborative ways, and that are predictive of community resilience and ...
David MacPhee, David Chrislip, Patti Schmitt   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

SOCIAL MEDIA ADVERTISING AND BRAND LOYALTY IN SOUTH AFRICA’S RETAIL SECTOR: THE MODERATING ROLE OF CUSTOMER ENGAGEMENT

International Studies Journal
Research Problem: Brand loyalty in South Africa’s retail sector is increasingly threatened by the fragmented attention and fluid preferences of digital consumers.
ABDULRASAQ MUSTAPHA
doaj   +1 more source

The Made‐in‐Africa Evaluation framework: A decolonial approach to program evaluation

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract The Made in Africa Evaluation (MAE) framework is a decolonial approach to program evaluation developed by African evaluators over the past 14 years. MAE may be appropriate to community psychologists who practice program evaluation or conduct research in Africa, but little is known about its implementation.
Takatso Sibanda, Robin Lin Miller
wiley   +1 more source

‘Hurry Up and Get Me out of Here’: The Experience of People Under 65 Years (Still) Stuck in Aged Care

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Following the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety, the Australian Government set a target for no‐one under 65 years of age to be living in residential aged care (RAC) by 2025. The numbers of young people in residential aged care (YPIRAC) have significantly declined since the start of the targets.
Elroy Dearn, Kate D'Cruz, Mark Brown, Jacinta Douglas, Dianne Winkler   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Shall brands create their own virtual influencers? A comprehensive study of 33 virtual influencers on Instagram

Humanities & Social Sciences Communications
Increasing customer-brand engagement on social media has been a focus of brand success for many years. Recently, virtual influencers have gained popularity as a new way for brands to increase customer engagement, but there has been limited analysis of ...
Zheng Shen
doaj   +1 more source

The Politics of Framing the Student Problem: Inquiries Into Australian Civics Education, 2006–2024

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Recurring debates about civics, the kinds of history that should, and should not, be taught in school, and ‘standards debates’ about the ‘basics’ typically follow on the heels of recurring moral panics about the ‘declining’ state of ‘our’ education system.
Patrick O'Keeffe, Judith Bessant, Madeline Drake   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Customer Engagement With Internet Service Providers: The Role of Branded Content Marketing

SAGE Open
This study aims to examine how long-term customer brand engagement could be influenced by branded content marketing. The theoretical framework is assessed using quantitative data from 300 internet users in Nigeria, collected using a self-administered ...
Titilope Ologundudu, Galip Erzat Erdil
doaj   +1 more source

Brand loyalty in FinTech services: The role of self-concept, customer engagement behavior and self-brand connection

Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market and Complexity
The concurrent effects of customer predispositions, customer engagement behaviour (CEB) and self-brand connections (SBC) on loyalty are less understood. This article will examine how relationship quality and consumer predispositions (self-concept, brand ...
Archana Nayak Kini, Basri Savitha, Iqbal Thonse Hawaldar   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

‘Giving Back to Our Community’: The Retention of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Disability Workforce in New South Wales, Australia

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people of Australia require culturally responsive services. The Australian government has committed to establishing strategies to increase the size of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander disability workforce; however, there is scant research on the factors influencing retention.
J. Gwynn, J. Gilroy, S. Peter, F. Talbot, K. Bulkeley, C. Alcorso, K. Gwynne, B. Rambaldini, A. Haines, M. Lincoln   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Expectations and Reality: The Lived Experiences of Australians With Psychosocial Disability Within the NDIS

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While Australia's National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) was founded on principles of choice and control, for people with significant mental health challenges (what the NDIS calls ‘psychosocial disability’) these ideals often remain elusive. Support systems continue to be fractured and in the context of ongoing policy reforms, it is vital
Joel Hollier, Jennifer Smith‐Merry
wiley   +1 more source