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Reinterpreting the Historicity of the Nordic Model

open access: yesNordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2012
In conventional images of the so-called Nordic model, the strong state is opposed to markets or civil society and co-operation is opposed to conflict.
Pauli Kettunen
doaj   +1 more source

Before-after differences in labor market outcomes for participants in medical rehabilitation in Germany [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
The authors address the issue of effectiveness of medical rehabilitation in terms of labor market outcomes by analyzing a large representative administrative panel data set for Germany.
Fischer, Sebastian   +3 more
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Teacher‐makers and teacher‐breakers: (Re)defining how status and safety influence trajectories into and away from teaching

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper uses empirical data from a longitudinal qualitative study conducted with aspirant teachers in England to propose (re)definitions of the concepts of ‘status’ and ‘safety’ as a framework with which to understand and improve teacher recruitment.
Emily MacLeod
wiley   +1 more source

Obesity, Unemployment, and Earnings

open access: yesNordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2011
The article analyses the effects of obesity—a clear signal of weight abnormality—on unemployment and earnings among Finnish men and women. Our empirical data consist of the last four waves (waves 4 to 8) of the Finnish section of the European Community ...
Juho Härkönen   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sickness allowance, unemployment and rehabilitation after a rejected disability pension application [PDF]

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Public Health, 2017
R Perhoniemi, J Blomgren, M Laaksonen
openaire   +1 more source

International Research Project on Job Retention and Return to Work Strategies for Disabled Workers: Key Issues [PDF]

open access: yes, 1998
[From Preface] The International Research Project on Job Retention and Return to Work Strategies for Disabled Workers breaks new ground by examining the inter-relationships of public and enterprise policies and practices as they affect the retention and ...
GLADNET   +3 more
core   +1 more source

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

Feeling the Right Personality. Recruitment Consultants’ Affective Decision Making in Interviews With Employee Candidates

open access: yesNordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2016
The pressure to find the ‘right’ personalities to strengthen customer service and working teams has made staffing decisions critical for organizations. Therefore, recruitment is more often outsourced and done so on a global level. By analyzing interviews
Taina Kinnunen, Jaana Parviainen
doaj   +1 more source

School readiness and the good level of development: Policy constructions in English early childhood education

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper critically analyses how school readiness has been historically and discursively constructed in Early Childhood Education (ECE) policy in England over the past four decades. Using Bacchi's ‘What's the Problem Represented to be?’ framework and Foucauldian concepts of governmentality, the paper explores how school readiness has shifted
Louise Kay
wiley   +1 more source

Predicting Employment Effects of Job Coaching [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Providing employment-related services, including supported employment through job coaches, to individuals with developmental disabilities has been a priority in federal policy for the past twenty years starting with the Developmental Disabilities ...
Mann, Joshua   +3 more
core   +1 more source

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