One of the most important priorities of the most recent research work regarding the professional appraisal (PA) process is to understand different aspects of the social workers' satisfaction with this particular type of professional evaluation. In this sense, this study addresses the imperative...

Im Land Bremen verbleiben nur 36 Prozent der in der Kindertagesbetreuung beschäftigten Erzieher:innen zehn Jahre nach Berufseinstieg noch im Berufsfeld. Elternzeit, Tätigkeits- und Berufswechsel, ein Wechsel in andere Bundesländer oder der vollständige Rückzug aus dem Erwerbsleben betreffen...

The main objective of the article is to assess the influence of the factors selected on the choice of the methods and forms of the employee training in the organization. The research is focused on the investigation of the methods and forms of further education of social workers. Data used in...

Im Land Bremen verbleiben nur 36 Prozent der in der Kindertagesbetreuung beschäftigten Erzieher:innen zehn Jahre nach Berufseinstieg noch im Berufsfeld. Elternzeit, Tätigkeits- und Berufswechsel, ein Wechsel in andere Bundesländer oder der vollständige Rückzug aus dem Erwerbsleben betreffen...

Das Ziel, Gesundheits-, Pflege- und Sozialberufe attraktiver zu machen, ist nicht nur im Koalitionsvertrag der neuen Bundesregierung vorgesehen. Es war auch in der Vergangenheit Gegenstand sozialrechtlicher Reformen. Dabei wurde auch bei der Verbreitung von Tariflöhnen und der Stärkung der...

Diese Studie bietet eine empirisch fundierte Gesamtschau auf die Beschäftigung in einem der personalintensivsten und am stärksten vom Fachkräftemangel betroffenen Arbeitsfelder in Deutschland: dem sozialen Sektor. Wer das Buch liest, gewinnt ein tieferes Verständnis über Zusammenhänge und...

Securing rights for service users, particularly in taking up their social rights, has long been a goal of the social work profession. However, take-up advocacy is an under-researched and under-theorized practice, and little is known about how social workers engage in it and perceive it. The goal...

This book provides examples of how social workers have pushed back against civic and private corporate powers that attempt to control women, children, racialised and stigmatised groups, migrants, and indigenous peoples, and public policy agendas that continue to vulnerabilise and marginalise...

This book provides examples of how social workers have pushed back against neoliberalism, attempts to co-opt or silence social workers, and reproduce philosophical and ethical assumptions that divide humans from each other and from the natural world. This is the second book of a two-volume set...

This book brings together a group of active researchers and leading scholars of international social work with a special interest in contemporary issues and developments in Asian & Pacific Islander regions. The original works stem from peer-reviewed paper presentations and invited keynote...

Field work is an integral part of the total social work education. Historically, the profession of social work has been considering fieldwork as a primary means of providing students the opportunity to integrate knowledge, value and skills. In fieldwork settings, (practicum’s) students are...

The article deals with the problem of standardization of training of social workers. The processes of standardization are based on the initial contradiction between the diversity of forms of social work, largely depending on the cultural and historical characteristics of a particular country,...

We estimate the labor market return to an MBA, a JD, and master’s in engineering, nursing, education, psychology and social work, and thirteen other graduate degrees. To control for heterogeneity in preferences and ability, we use fixed effects for combinations of field-specific undergraduate...

Das Thema dieses Buches ist die Wechselwirkung zwischen der Wirtschaftsordnung und der wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung in den unterschiedlichen Wirtschaftssystemen Deutschlands seit 1945, der Sozialen Marktwirtschaft der alten Bundesrepublik Deutschland, der Staatssozialistischen Planwirtschaft der...

Der Wechsel in eine andere berufliche Fachwelt stellt Arbeitnehmerinnen und Arbeitnehmer vor neue Aufgaben und Herausforderungen. Welche individuellen Voraussetzungen müssen erfüllt und welche institutionellen Rahmenbedingungen sollten gegeben sein, damit ein erfolgreiches berufliches...

Heilerziehungspfleger/-innen sind für Menschen in behindernden Lebenslagen, die eine Assistenz für ein selbstbestimmtes Leben benötigen, unverzichtbar. Und doch bleiben Ausbildung und Tätigkeit dieser Fachkräfte weitgehend unter dem Radar. Bundeslandspezifische Unterschiede in der...

After the three international social work bodies, namely IASSW, ICSW and IFSW came together to evolve with the Global Agenda, sustainable development has taken the centerstage in social work discourses. This paper emphasises the importance of embracing sustainable development within the social...

Many street-level bureaucrats (such as caseworkers) have the dual task of helping some clients, while sanctioning others. We develop a model of such a street-level bureaucracy and study the implications of its personnel policy on the self-selection and allocation decisions of agents who differ...

Purpose - This paper explores how the introduction of new accounting information influences understandings of cost-consciousness. Furthermore, the paper explores how managers use accounting information to shape organizational members’ understanding of changes, and how focusing on...

We estimate the labor market return to an MBA, a JD, and master's in engineering, nursing, education, psychology and social work, and thirteen other graduate degrees. To control for heterogeneity in preferences and ability, we use fixed effects for combinations of field-specific undergraduate...

Caseworkers are the main human resources used to provide social services. This paper asks if, and how much, caseworkers matter for the outcomes of unemployed individuals. Using large-scale administrative data, I exploit exogenous variation in unplanned absences among Swiss UI caseworkers. I find...

Caseworkers are the main human resources used to provide social services. This paper asks if, and how much, caseworkers matter for the outcomes of unemployed individuals. Using large-scale administrative data, I exploit exogenous variation in unplanned absences among Swiss UI caseworkers. I find...

Caseworkers are the main human resources used to provide social services. This paper asks if, and how much, caseworkers matter for the outcomes of unemployed individuals. Using large-scale administrative data, I exploit exogenous variation in unplanned absences among Swiss UI caseworkers. I find...

Czech workers' compensation is "exemplified" by the adoption of the Worker's Accident Insurance Act in 2006, four deferments of its effective date and then complete annulment of the Act. A temporary settlement aimed at resolving the incompatibility of the communist model of workers' compensation...

The quality of the early environment children experience influences their human capital development. We investigate retention and compensation in the Early Care and Education workforce by merging datasets from three different government agencies in Texas. We employ non-structural methods to...