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Owning Home, Finding Belonging: Relational Meanings of Homeownership for Migrant Healthcare Workers in Australia

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Migrant healthcare workers in Australia find themselves at the centre of three intersecting concerns, often presented as ‘crises’ in contemporary discourse: the ‘care crisis’, the ‘housing crisis’ and the ‘migration crisis.’ Yet their own perspectives on these issues are rarely foregrounded. This paper explores the role of homeownership in the
Leah Williams Veazey
wiley   +1 more source

The Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Workforce in Early Childhood Education: Findings From a National Survey of Australian Centre‐Based Services

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Culturally responsive early childhood education (ECE) environments can increase child and family participation, enhance service quality, and improve developmental outcomes for children. Educators from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds contribute to inclusive ECE and are crucial for addressing workforce shortages.
Sene Gide   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

CEO traits, dynamic compensation and capital structure.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2019
This paper studies the impact of managerial traits, i.e. optimism, confidence and risk aversion, on capital structure using a principle-agent framework. We discover that optimistic manager perceives equity as more undervalued than debt, while, confident ...
Wei Ye, Yong Zhang
doaj   +1 more source

Does an undervalued currency merit economic growth?: Evidence from Taiwan [PDF]

open access: yesPanoeconomicus, 2012
Whether an undervalued currency is an attainable industrial policy for developing countries’ sustained development has recently invoked many discussions.
Yan Ho-Don, Yang Cheng-Lang
doaj   +1 more source

Barriers and Enablers for Effective Support Coordination in the National Disability Insurance Scheme

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Support coordinators act as intermediaries between the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and participants, facilitating access to funded supports. To optimise outcomes, they must navigate NDIS complexities, identify services that meet individual needs and engage with diverse stakeholders.
Sharyn McDonald   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond knowledge: Cultivating noncognitive skills and attributes through anatomy education

open access: yesAnatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.
Abstract Anatomy education has historically prioritized cognitive knowledge acquisition and technical skills, such as spatial awareness and manual dexterity. Noncognitive attributes, essential for early‐stage learners, such as social skills, motivation, emotional intelligence, self‐regulation, self‐efficacy, and resilience, have remained comparatively ...
Renato Lopes Previdelli   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Iconic gestures as undervalued representations during science teaching

open access: yesCogent Education, 2015
Iconic gestures that are ubiquitous in speech are integral to human meaning-making. However, few studies have attempted to map out the role of these gestures in science teaching.
Shien Chue   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Essential work, invisible workers: The role of digital curation in COVID‐19 Open Science

open access: yesJournal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Volume 76, Issue 4, Page 703-717, April 2025.
Abstract In this paper, we examine the role digital curation practices and practitioners played in facilitating open science (OS) initiatives amid the COVID‐19 pandemic. In Summer 2023, we conducted a content analysis of available information regarding 50 OS initiatives that emerged—or substantially shifted their focus—between 2020 and 2022 to address ...
Irene V. Pasquetto   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Inefficiencies in the baseball labour market: An analysis of roster construction strategies of the Cleveland Guardians and the Tampa Bay Rays for 2022 MLB season. [PDF]

open access: yesThe Young Researcher, 2023
In this study, a three-step method was used to assess one main question: How have the Cleveland Guardians and the Tampa Bay Rays found playoff success despite their low payrolls?
Will Houslander
doaj  

Undervalued professionals: placement of nutritionist in the Ecuadorian health system

open access: yesBMC Health Services Research, 2023
Background Currently, many public health issues are directly related to malnutrition, and are made worse by social inequities. Nutrition professionals must be a key player in improving epidemiological aspects of nutrition-related diseases and must be ...
A. C. Román   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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