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British Journal of Industrial Relations, Volume 64, Issue 1, Page 21-36, March 2026.ABSTRACT The Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) is based on an annual 1% sample of employee jobs and provides many of the UK's official earnings statistics. These statistics are produced using official weights designed to make the achieved sample in each year representative of the population of employee jobs in Britain by gender, age ...
John Forth +6 more
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On the Margins of Friendship: Aggression in an Elementary School Peer Group
, 2019 This article uses qualitative data from a larger study of two elementary schools in a rural city of about 15,000 people in the Midwestern United States.
Harger, Brent D.
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Working From Home and Performance Pay: Individual or Collective Payment Schemes?
British Journal of Industrial Relations, Volume 64, Issue 1, Page 39-51, March 2026.ABSTRACT Working from home (WFH) reduces real‐time visibility of employees within the physical space of the workplace. This makes it difficult to monitor employees’ work behaviour. Employers may instead monitor employees’ outputs and provide incentives through performance pay.
Uwe Jirjahn, Cinzia Rienzo
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Global Challenges, Volume 10, Issue 2, February 2026.This study examines how washing modifies odors in post‐consumer polypropylene plastics. Different washing conditions are compared by using sensory panels and advanced chemical analysis. Hot and detergent‐based washing removes key odor‐causing compounds, replacing moldy notes with cleaner, soapy impressions.
Tiago G. A. Belé +4 more
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Global Challenges, Volume 10, Issue 2, February 2026.ABSTRACT A study conducted in Egypt evaluated the effectiveness of chemical and microbial agents in enhancing sweet pepper (Capsicum annuum var. annuum) defenses against major pests Aphis gossypii and Thrips tabaci and their natural predators, Chrysoperla carnea and Orius insidiosus. Five foliar treatments were tested under greenhouse conditions during
Mohamed S. Zayed +6 more
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Direct and Indirect Effects of the COVID‐19 Pandemic on EU Agri‐Food Trade
Journal of Agricultural Economics, Volume 77, Issue 1, Page 205-224, February 2026.ABSTRACT Introducing and lifting COVID‐19 restrictions caused significant disruptions throughout the world economy, including in international trade. This study employs a panel gravity model to examine the impact of the pandemic on the agri‐food trade of EU countries.
Mariusz Hamulczuk +3 more
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Child &Family Social Work, Volume 31, Issue 1, Page 13-22, February 2026.ABSTRACT Based on the concepts in Katz and Kahn's role theory model this qualitative research examines the role perception and experience of house parents in the family‐style group care, a type of out‐of‐home placement model for at‐risk children who cannot reside with their birth families. Semistructured interviews were conducted with 18 house parents (
Shirley Ben‐Shlomo +2 more
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What Factors are Contributing to Increasing Numbers of ‘Care Orders at Home’ in Northwest England?
Child &Family Social Work, Volume 31, Issue 1, Page 293-303, February 2026.ABSTRACT There is increasing understanding of the challenges associated with rising numbers of children entering England's public care system. Yet, commentators continue to overlook cases where children are ostensibly placed ‘in care’ of the local authority, but then simultaneously remain living at home with their parent(s)—a practice referred to as a ‘
Ciarán Murphy +2 more
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Enabling Child‐Centred Case Recording in Children's Social Work: The Voice of Practitioners
Child &Family Social Work, Volume 31, Issue 1, Page 389-399, February 2026.ABSTRACT Maintaining case records is an essential and necessary component of children's social work practice. Research and child abuse enquiries internationally have highlighted the need for child‐centred and participatory approaches to case recording, yet consistently highlight significant deficiencies in child‐centred case recording.
Rebecca O'Keefe +3 more
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Child &Family Social Work, Volume 31, Issue 1, Page 521-532, February 2026.ABSTRACT There is an extensive literature base about the knowledge and skills required by social workers to work effectively with children and their families. However, making sense of how best to translate this into direct practice can be challenging, particularly when newly qualified.
Lisa Bostock +2 more
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