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Resource allocation and growth strategies in a multi‐plant firm: Kanegafuchi Spinners in the early 20th century

Strategic Management Journal, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract Research Summary Using detailed plant‐ and individual‐level data from a major Japanese cotton spinning company in the early 20th century, we examine the within‐firm allocation of skilled human capital in conjunction with investment in physical capital, accompanying the firm's evolving strategic priorities.
Shotaro Yamaguchi, Serguey Braguinsky, Tetsuji Okazaki, Takenobu Yuki   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Perspectives of mental health service users on vocational rehabilitation in Namibia

African Journal of Disability
Background: Occupational therapists provide vocational rehabilitation to mental health service users enabling them to purposefully and meaningfully engage in work. A vocational rehabilitation practice framework to guide occupational therapists working in
Munyaradzi Chimara, Hester M. van Biljon, Fasloen Adams, Lana van Niekerk   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Alcohol and Other Drug Vocational Education and Training in Australia: Changes in the Landscape From 2011 to 2024

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT People impacted by alcohol and other drugs (AOD) are supported across a range of health and social service settings, often by workers in generalist roles who may not have specialist training. Vocational education and training (VET) plays a key role in equipping AOD workers with the knowledge and skills required for practice, yet there is no ...
Kirrilly Thompson, Jane Anne Fischer, Armin Muminovic, Gianluca Di Censo, Olivia Gray, Ashlea Bartram, Jacqueline A. Bowden   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Inclusion-light or innovation of inclusion: modes of innovation and exnovation for the German vocational rehabilitation and participation system

Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences
This paper examines the German system of vocational rehabilitation and participation from a system- and innovation-theoretical perspective. The German system of vocational rehabilitation and participation, with its established special systems for ...
Jana York, Jan Jochmaring
doaj   +1 more source

Cohesion Without Consensus: Attitudinal Profiles of Social Cohesion in Australia

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Headline indicators of social cohesion in Australia have remained stable in recent years despite rising political polarisation and declining institutional trust worldwide. Yet recent protests and incidents of ethnically and politically motivated violence suggest that cohesion may be under strain. If cohesion is understood not as the pursuit of
John van Kooy
wiley   +1 more source

Trauma-Responsive Vocational Rehabilitation Services

Behavioral Sciences, 2023
Research on the effectiveness of Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) Programs has revealed that VR services are less effective for trauma-affected and Black consumers. For instance, consumers with trauma exposure disengage from services earlier than their non-
Sara Chopp, Dimitri Topitzes, Joshua Mersky   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

State agency rehabilitation counselors' perceptions toward the use of vocational evaluation [PDF]

, 2002
Plan BThe purpose of this study is to investigate the perceptions of the use of vocational evaluation by state rehabilitation counselors and to identify what their needs are related to the types of assessments they are looking for.
Morissette, Rajna
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The Effect of a Parent Advocacy Intervention on Service Access for Autistic Youth: The Moderating Role of Baseline Advocacy Ability

Autism Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Autistic youth face significant challenges accessing adult disability services as they transition out of school‐based services. Advocating for Supports to Improve Service Transitions (ASSIST), a group‐based program, was developed to address this issue by teaching parents about the service system and how to advocate for services for their youth.
Carly Moser, Leann Smith DaWalt, Meghan M. Burke, Julie Lounds Taylor   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Creating space(s) for learning in prison: Developing an andragogical framework

British 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, Jayne Finlay, Ross Little, Helen Nichols   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Framing National Education in Hong Kong: A frame analysis of power dynamics in stakeholders' competing narratives

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines how national education in Hong Kong functions as a contested arena in which state and non‐state actors struggle over the meaning of citizenship, identity and schooling. Using inductive frame analysis of 319 news articles (2020–2025) from five Chinese‐ and English‐language outlets, it identifies diagnostic, prognostic and ...
Jason Cong Lin
wiley   +1 more source