We analysed a new counselling and support programme for people with low employment prospects in Austria. The Austrian Public Employment Service introduced regional pilots to investigate whether a new counselling strategy could improve labour market outcomes for this group. Eligible unemployed...

We analysed a new counselling and support programme for people with low employment prospects in Austria. The Austrian Public Employment Service introduced regional pilots to investigate whether a new counselling strategy could improve labour market outcomes for this group. Eligible unemployed...

In a randomised controlled trial in Austria, lowering caseloads for caseworkers in a Public Employment Office led to more meetings with unemployed clients, more job offers, more programme assignments, and more sanctions for noncompliance with job search requirements. It shortened unemployment...

In a randomised controlled trial in Austria, lowering caseloads for caseworkers in a Public Employment Office led to more meetings with unemployed clients, more job offers, more programme assignments, and more sanctions for noncompliance with job search requirements. It shortened unemployment...

The successful development of psychotherapeutic and counselling approaches can reflect the evolution and innovation within the industry of psychological treatment. Measuring the benefits of an approach involves inquiry into how it is conducted, the practitioner conducting it, and even the...

Purpose This study aims to gain a comprehensive understanding of adolescent’s experiences of individual school social work counselling in Swedish elementary schools. Design/methodology/approach The study encompasses interviews with 16 adolescents about their experiences of individual...

Early childhood in developing countries faces a greater prevalence of risk factors and limited resources, underscoring the need for effective, scalable support models. We develop and experimentally evaluate a multi-component approach to enhance family well-being over-the-phone. The program...

In einer Welt fortschreitender Komplexität und dementsprechend sich weiter ausdifferenzierender beruflicher Leistungen wird Beraten immer mehr zur eigenständigen Disziplin. Die Vorstellung einer reinen Anwendung oder Technik führt nicht zu stimmigen Resultaten, um die Besonderheit...

Foreword / Marla Renee Stewart -- Introduction / James C. Wadley -- Gig work for the sexuality professional / James C. Wadley -- Sexuality education consulting : the things they didn't teach in school / Tanya M. Bass and Melanie J. Davis -- Developing and implementing an intentional framework...

Zu den Aufgaben des Aufsichtsrats gehört die zukunftsorientierte Beratung des Vorstands. Unter Berücksichtigung des Spannungsverhältnisses zwischen Unternehmensleitung und Unternehmensüberwachung untersucht Veronika Wetlitzky Herleitung, Reichweite und Schranken dieser immer wichtiger...

"Protest and Partnership explores in detail the processes and institutions used to engage Indigenous peoples in resource development. The development of equitable relationships and outcomes among Indigenous communities, resource development companies, and governments in Canada is slow and...

In a Public Employment Service reform implemented in 2013, sixty Finnish municipalities experienced an involuntary employment office closure. The Government's objective was to replace traditional face-to-face employment counselling with modern online counselling and simultaneously generate...

Background: Home visiting programs constitute an important policy to support vulnerable families with young children. They mainly aim to improve infant-parent relationships, however evidence on their effectiveness based on observational measures is relatively scarce. The present study provides...

In a Public Employment Service reform implemented in 2013, sixty Finnish municipalities experienced an involuntary employment office closure. The Government's objective was to replace traditional face-to-face employment counselling with modern online counselling and simultaneously generate...

Background: Home visiting programs constitute an important policy to support vulnerable families with young children. They mainly aim to improve infant-parent relationships, however evidence on their effectiveness based on observational measures is relatively scarce. The present study provides...

Background: Home visiting programs constitute an important policy to support vulnerable families with young children. They mainly aim to improve infant-parent relationships, however evidence on their effectiveness based on observational measures is relatively scarce. The present study provides...

The incentives for an advisor first to diligently perform research and second to accurately report her results are investigated in a model of optimal contracting. To motivate the advisor to collect and analyze the relevant data, her compensation must include a contingent component that depends...

Der Band widmet sich der steigenden Bedeutung von Beratung im Kontext des Lebenslangen Lernens. Die Beiträge gehen dabei den Akteuren, Konzepten und Organisationen von Beratung als Unterstützungsgelegenheit sowie dem strategischen Einsatz von Beratung als politisches Steuerinstrument nach....

Definition und Grundlagen des Phänomens -- Forschungsergebnisse und Wirkmechanismen -- Priming, u. a. durch Umgebung, Sprache, Bewegung, Gerüche, Kleidung, Texturen -- Primes in der Beratung, Verhandlung und Mediation -- Priming - Experimente.

Main Trends in Counselling -- The Mirocounselling Model by Ivey -- Egan’s Model of Problem-Management -- Solution-Focused Counselling -- The integrative Model of Ertelt and Schulz: Information structural Methodology (ISM) -- Competence-Oriented Vocational and Career Counselling. .

We study physicians' incentives to use personalized medicine techniques, replicating the physician's trade-offs under the option of personalized medicine information. In a laboratory experiment where prospective physicians play a dual-agent real-effort game, we vary both the information...

The subject of this article are the East Asian objects in the collection of Philipp Fürchtegott Reemtsma (1893-1959), a leading tobacco and cigarette manufacturer based in Hamburg. In 1968, to mark the tenth anniversary of Philipp F. Reemtsma’s death, his widow, Gertrud Reemtsma, produced a...