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Towards More Robust Nanobioscience: Launching the NanoBubbles Replication Initiative

open access: yesAngewandte Chemie, EarlyView.
The NanoBubbles Reproducibility Initiative investigates the robustness of highly cited articles in nanobioscience. Here, we document the process of setting up the initiative from corpus creation to publishing results. We also present platforms that we adopted and challenges that we faced.
Maha Said   +2 more
wiley   +2 more sources

How different theories of development address the relationship between the urban informal economy and poverty in the labour market

open access: yesDiscover Global Society
The literature on informality observes a relationship between the informal economy and poverty but there is little theoretical discussion on this relationship. Despite the negative depiction of the informal economy by the modernization theory, and rather
Daniel Kennedy Amoah
doaj   +1 more source

Self-employment, wage employment and informality in a developing economy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
We construct a simple model incorporating various urban labour market phenomena obtaining in developing economies. Our initial formulation assumes an integrated labour market and allows for entrepreneurship, self-employment and wage employment.
Bennett, John, Rablen, Matthew D.
core  

Parents' WhatsApp coping resources in the context of ongoing political conflicts: An ecological exploration

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Mobile technologies have become significant resources for crisis communication and social support in recent years. However, despite empirical evidence pointing to the centrality of these technologies for parenthood in everyday life, it is yet unknown how parents' coping resources play a role in the digital environment.
Daphna Yeshua‐Katz   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Temporary employment and its impact on wages in Latin America

open access: yesRevista Iberoamericana de Estudios de Desarrollo, 2019
Latin America has experienced a process of significant improvement in the labour market during the new millennium. In spite of these advances, these countries continue to suffer from remarkable deficits in their labour markets.
Roxana MAURIZIO
doaj   +1 more source

“And in some cases, we're the best option:” A qualitative study of community‐based doula support for black perinatal mental health

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract We explored community‐based doulas' perspectives on the acceptability of using formal screening tools to address low rates of mental health screening, diagnosis, and treatment for perinatal anxiety and depression among Black women. Using thematic analysis, we analyzed interview data from 30 community‐based doulas who support Black families ...
Tamara Nelson   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Asymmetric Analysis of Causal Relations in the Informality–Globalisation Nexus in Africa

open access: yesEconomies
This study examines the causal relationship between informality and globalisation in 30 African countries. It deviates from traditional research by adopting a bi-directional framework to address reverse causality.
Segun Thompson Bolarinwa   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Between Light and Shadow: Informality in the Russian Labour Market

open access: yesSocial Science Research Network, 2014
Economic growth in Russia in the first decade of this century almost doubled the country's GDP but was accompanied by substantial reallocation of labor to the unregulated sector while formal employment was on gradual decline.
V. Gimpelson, R. Kapeliushnikov
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Regulation, governance and informality: an empirical analysis of selected countries [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
The Informal Economy provides employment to more than 60 per cent of the labour population in the developing world despite being a site unfettered by regulations and social norms of fairness governing pay and work conditions.
Dutta, Mousumi, Roychowdhury, Punarjit
core  

Capturing complexity: developing an integrated approach to analysing HRM in SMEs [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
This article presents a framework to evaluate HRM in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), using an open systems theoretical perspective. In presenting an open systems perspective the objective is to overcome the limitations of existing theorising ...
Arthur   +83 more
core   +2 more sources

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