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The rise and decline of job insecurity [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
Job security is an important aspect of work quality. Accumulating evidence shows that insecurity has deleterious impacts on individuals and households, and in the mid-1990s, job insecurity became a public and political issue.
Green, Francis
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Understanding the paradox of primary teacher shortage in low‐income countries: Insights from Malawi

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Malawi faces a persistent and chronic teacher shortage, particularly at the primary school level, with much of the challenge attributed to teacher supply constraints. While the causes of teacher shortages are known to be complex and context‐dependent, there remains a lack of in‐depth, country‐specific research to guide effective policies ...
Peter Mtika, Edward M. Sosu
wiley   +1 more source

A Temporal Comparison of the Effects of Unemployment and Job Insecurity on Wellbeing [PDF]

open access: yes
Analyses of individuals\' working lives make a variety of assumptions about the relationship between time, wellbeing and economic stress. Some assume that stress will accumulate in adverse environments, leading to chronic effects of, for instance, long ...
Brendan Burchell
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An exploratory examination into the relationship between students’ perceptions of career decision-making self-efficacy and family members’ work experiences. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
MA research report - Student Number : 0105436V - School of Human and Community Development - Faculty of ArtsThe present research study examines the possible relationship between students’ career decision-making self-efficacy (CDMSE) and their ...
Hutchison, Sarah
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Creating space(s) for learning in prison: Developing an andragogical framework

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Learning in prison is too often excluded from wider discussions of educational experiences, processes and impact. This paper proposes, for the first time, an iterative andragogical framework to conceptualise learning spaces within prison contexts.
Morwenna Bennallick   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘Fish in simulated water’? A Bourdieusian analysis of Chinese doctoral students' learning experiences in Southeast Asian developing countries

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract International student mobility (ISM) has historically followed a pattern of movement from developing regions to developed countries. However, in recent years, there has been a noticeable increase in the number of Chinese students pursuing doctoral studies in Southeast Asian developing countries, an area that has received relatively little ...
Yueyang Zheng   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘It's all very well having a diverse curriculum, but if there is no curriculum, it can be as diverse as you like’: Precarity and decolonising in the neoliberal UK higher education system

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Drawing upon interview research across two academic departments as part of the early stages of a ‘decolonise the curriculum’ initiative at a Southern UK university, this study highlights a growing gulf between policy and practice in efforts to address systemic racial inequalities in UK universities. A reliance upon precarious labour, a culture
Triona Fitton   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Review of Job Insecurity

open access: yesDEStech Transactions on Social Science, Education and Human Science, 2019
In this paper, the job insecurity of related literatures at home and abroad were summarized, the concept of job insecurity, dimension measurement, antecedent and outcome variables are summarized and organized, and concludes that national macro-policy, organization factors and individual factors will lead to employees' job insecurity, and job insecurity
openaire   +2 more sources

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