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(Dis)trust in Digital Insurance: How Datafied Practices Shift Uncertainties and Reconfigure Trust Relations

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Trust is both a prerequisite and a product of insurance, as insurance contracts are built on and create trust relations that enable a risk‐averse perspective towards the future. At the same time, insurer‐policyholder relationships are characterised by a persistent distrust, rooted in insurance economics and industry reputation. In this article,
Maiju Tanninen, Gert Meyers
wiley   +1 more source

Employability of graduates and development of competencies: mind the gap and mind the step! Empirical evidence for Italy [PDF]

education; competencies ...
Riccardo Leoni
core  

Gender and Anticipatory Labour in the Gig Economy: How Employability Is Unequally Performed by Women and Men on Project‐Based Platforms

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Work mediated by digital labour platforms is often framed as flexible and autonomous, yet accessing paid tasks commonly requires extensive unpaid effort. Drawing on 65 qualitative interviews with Australian workers on project‐based platforms (including Airtasker, Fiverr and Freelancer), we develop the concept of anticipatory labour: the unpaid,
Brendan Churchill, Kate Dangar, Asangi Mira Gunawansa   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Skilled for Whom? Immigration Policy, Racial Capitalism, and the Reproduction of Inequality in Britain

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the UK's 2025 Immigration White Paper as a critical site for understanding how immigration policy functions as an instrument of racial capitalism. Drawing on Critical Race Theory, the theory of social reproduction, and intersectionality, it interrogates how the state's construction of the ‘skilled migrant’ operates as a ...
Muhammad Abdul Aziz, Muhammad Umar, Deborah Hamer‐Acquaah   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reducing Humanitarian Migrants' Welfare Dependency through Language Support: Evidence from Australia's Adult Migrant English Program

Economic Record, EarlyView.
Humanitarian migrants are among the most vulnerable migrant groups, often facing significant integration challenges, particularly language barriers. In response, many developed countries have introduced language programs to support their settlement. This study uses an event study (staggered difference‐in‐differences) approach and data from Australia's ...
Bowen Wang, Tunye Qiu
wiley   +1 more source

Refining the employability of university students from low-income families: a qualitative study on the influential factors and mechanism of employability. [PDF]

Front Psychol
Wang D, Liu B, Duan Y, Liang Y, Wu D, Zhang D, Song C.   +6 more
europepmc   +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

Nordic Street-Level Integration Work

Nordisk Välfärdsforskning
Silje Andresen, Maria G. Volckmar-Eeg
doaj   +1 more source

The impact of perceived social support on Chinese university students' employability: a perspective based on signaling theory. [PDF]

Front Psychol
Wang G, Wang H.
europepmc   +1 more source

‘Our training didn't prepare us for private practice’: A multi‐method study of dietetics graduates' preparedness for private practice employment

Nutrition &Dietetics, EarlyView.
Abstract Aim This multi‐method study explored dietetics graduates' preparedness for the landscape of private practice employment. Methods Qualitative, in‐depth interview and audio‐diary data were collected longitudinally in 2019 regarding dietetics graduates' experiences of private practice employability. Framework analysis of qualitative data prompted
Merran Blair, Charlotte E. Rees, Simone Gibson, Lana J. Mitchell, Ella Ottrey, Lynn V. Monrouxe, Claire Palermo   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source