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Partecipazione e ConflittoThis article focuses on informal control strategies and their effects on community-based organizations in Quebec (Canada). These organizations, highly institutionalized and rarely considered as radical actors, have a long tradition of political action ...
Joëlle Dussault, Pascale Dufour
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American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract Firefighters face an array of stressors due to the demands of their occupation, leading to a high prevalence of mental health challenges. Social prescribing represents a novel approach to healthcare that emphasizes a holistic view of health and wellbeing.
Janice Ikeda +2 more
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The Benefits and Costs of Informal Sector Pollution Control: Mexican Brick Kilns [PDF]
In developing countries, urban clusters of manufacturers which are "informal"—small-scale, unlicensed and virtually unregulated—can have severe environmental impacts.
Blackman, Allen +3 more
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Social trust and audit report lag: the roles of internal control quality and financial misconduct
Cogent Business & ManagementDrawing from institutional theory, this study investigates the impact of social trust, an informal institutional element, on audit report lag (ARL). This theory underscores the pivotal role of informal institutions in shaping organizational practices ...
Fahad Khalid +3 more
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American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract This study employs a schizocartographic approach to explore community narratives of space, memory, and violence in Kraaifontein, Cape Town. Through participants' accounts, ordinary places—gardens, shops, blocks, sports grounds, and streets—emerge as ambivalent geographies where trauma, resilience, and belonging intersect.
Guido Veronese +2 more
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Ties configuration in entrepreneurs’ personal network and economic performances in African urban informal economy [PDF]
As to explore social networks influence in African informal economy, this paper fits in the conceptual framework of reticular embeddedness. By going into the analyse of ties strength, our purpose is to question the real influence of ties content.
Jean-Philippe BERROU (GREThA-GRES) +1 more
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Historia y Memoria, 2015 During the period of Colombian conservative hegemony, “El Buen Pastor” prison, in Bogotá, provides an illustration of penitentiary politics, as well as the formal and informal mechanisms of social control at the time, gathered in a single institution. In
July Andrea García Amézquita
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American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract Recent policy change in Massachusetts encourages schools to limit their use of exclusionary discipline to “extraordinary circumstances,” but little work has explored the opportunities and challenges of transitioning to nonpunitive practices after student substance use infractions in schools.
Kristina Conroy +6 more
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Affordances and constraints on informal learning in the workplace: a sociocultural perspective [PDF]
, 2008 In the last few decades, the workplace has been increasingly recognised as a legitimate environment for learning new skills and knowledge, which in turn enables workers to participate more effectively in ever-changing work environments.
Le Clus, Megan
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American Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Informal waste pickers play a crucial role in urban recycling systems but often face precarious employment and systematic marginalization. This study examines the evolving demographic, occupational, and health trends of informal waste pickers in Hong Kong between 2018 and 2023.
Siu‐Ming Chan +6 more
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