Results 51 to 60 of about 9,120 (264)
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.The contested dynamics of slum gentrification in Rio de Janeiro came into focus during the brief period of relative peace brought by the pacification policy leading up to the 2016 Olympics. In this unprecedented moment, Rio's South Zone favela residents experienced a respite from the daily confrontations with police operations and drug trade violence ...
Angela Torresan
wiley +1 more source
Frontiers in EducationThis paper provides insights into the impacts of a self-employment and entrepreneurship education program for high-skilled long-term unemployed workers aged 45–65 in France during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Siavash Atarodi +5 more
doaj +1 more source
Crowd-sourcing (who, why and what) [PDF]
International Journal of Crowd Science, 2018 Purpose - There is growing interest in innovative online problem-solving models such as crowdsourcing to serve individuals, firms and the society as a whole.
Henry Oluchukwu Ikediego +3 more
doaj +1 more source
The Solent Capital Compass Model of Employability [PDF]
, 2013 This four page presentation holds the current Solent Capital Compass Model used for embedding employability in our curriculum, along with simple definitions aimed at students.
Jones, Rosy, Sant, Richard
core
Gender, Families, and Wealth Accumulation Among the One‐Child Generation
The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Prior literature on gender and wealth accumulation largely examines the role of families in reproducing inequalities. However, less attention has been paid to families without sons, a significant demographic, particularly within China's one‐child generation, that challenges conventional understandings of familial wealth dynamics.
Ye Liu
wiley +1 more source
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 +2 more
wiley +1 more source
Fixed Pay for Output or Time? Implications for Work Speed and Quality
Journal of Accounting Research, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper explores the influence of two fixed payment arrangements—time‐based and output‐based wages—on worker behavior and performance in a multidimensional task setting. We examine how these wages affect the time workers spend on individual units of a task and their work quality.
CAROLYN DELLER, SANTIAGO GALLINO
wiley +1 more source
Freelancing, the solution of employees in the context of the technological revolution [PDF]
Risk in Contemporary Economy, 2018 In the digital era of advanced technology, the economy was influenced by the fluctuation of information in the cyberspace, under the two concepts of hard and soft.
Daniela DAMIAN
doaj +1 more source
What Will Recruitment Look Like in Five Years and What Will Be Different From Today? [PDF]
, 2019 [Excerpt] Across most companies today, recruitment continues to follow the traditional model – hiring managers present lists of desired qualifications and responsibilities through job descriptions, applicants submit chronological summaries of their work ...
Roy, Sudip, Woo, Ryan
core +1 more source
Epic Human Failure on June 30, 2013 [PDF]
, 2018 Nineteen Prescott Fire Department, Granite Mountain Hot Shot (GMHS) wildland firefighters and supervisors (WFF), perished on the June 2013 Yarnell Hill Fire (YHF) in Arizona.
B Stanton +6 more
core +1 more source