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Considering the animating ethos of designing digital first unemployment services: On the motivation of others 考虑设计数字优先失业服务的动画精神：论他人的动机

IF 1.9 2区社会学

Australian Journal of Social Issues Pub Date : 2024-09-02 DOI: 10.1002/ajs4.365

Ray Griffin, Antoinette Jordan, Aisling Tuite

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Promoting the social in psychosocial recovery: Interviews with Australian National Disability Insurance Scheme participants 促进社会心理康复：对澳大利亚国家残疾保险计划参与者的访谈

IF 2 2区社会学

Australian Journal of Social Issues Pub Date : 2024-08-19 DOI: 10.1002/ajs4.364

Joy Roberts, Victoria Stewart, Maddy Slattery

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Intermittent urgency and states of deferral—Or, how many houses for a mine? 时断时续的紧急状态和延期状态——或者，一个矿需要多少户人家？

IF 2 2区社会学

Australian Journal of Social Issues Pub Date : 2024-08-19 DOI: 10.1002/ajs4.363

Liam Grealy, Kirsty Howey, Tess Lea

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Digital welfare-to-work in the global south: A case of Indonesian pre-employment card program 发展中国家的数字就业福利：以印尼就业前卡计划为例

IF 1.9 2区社会学

Australian Journal of Social Issues Pub Date : 2024-08-13 DOI: 10.1002/ajs4.362

Phuc Nguyen, Mark Considine, Fadillah Putra, Anwar Sanusi

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Implementing the HEALing Matters program in residential out-of-home care: Evaluation of carers' commitment to promoting healthy lifestyle behaviours 在家庭外寄宿护理机构中实施 "HEALing Matters "计划：评估照顾者对促进健康生活方式行为的承诺

IF 2 2区社会学

Australian Journal of Social Issues Pub Date : 2024-08-12 DOI: 10.1002/ajs4.359

Rachael Cox (nee Green), Kostas Hatzikiriakidis, Ruby Tate, Lauren Bruce, Madelaine Smales, Addison Crawford-Tagliaferro, Luke Patitsas, Emma Galvin, Helen Skouteris

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How we achieved “the most significant Australian child welfare reform in a generation” 我们是如何实现“一代人中最重要的澳大利亚儿童福利改革”的？

IF 1.9 2区社会学

Australian Journal of Social Issues Pub Date : 2024-08-12 DOI: 10.1002/ajs4.361

Paul McDonald

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The language of belonging: The role of symbolic language in shaping social identity and public perceptions of police gender targets 归属感的语言：象征语言在塑造社会认同和公众对警察性别目标的看法中的作用

IF 2 2区社会学

Australian Journal of Social Issues Pub Date : 2024-08-05 DOI: 10.1002/ajs4.358

Katelyn Davenport-Klunder, Kelly Hine, Robert Fleet

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Work incentives in Australia: The distribution of effective marginal tax rates for working-age Australians in 2023 澳大利亚的工作激励机制：2023 年澳大利亚适龄劳动者的实际边际税率分布情况

IF 2 2区社会学

Australian Journal of Social Issues Pub Date : 2024-07-27 DOI: 10.1002/ajs4.356

Ben Phillips

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Cryptocurrencies: Who is vulnerable and what are the vulnerabilities? 加密货币：谁容易受到攻击？

IF 2 2区社会学

Australian Journal of Social Issues Pub Date : 2024-07-21 DOI: 10.1002/ajs4.351

Levon Blue, Congcong Xing, Thu Pham

{"title":"Cryptocurrencies: Who is vulnerable and what are the vulnerabilities?","authors":"Levon Blue, Congcong Xing, Thu Pham","doi":"10.1002/ajs4.351","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ajs4.351","url":null,"abstract":"Australians are embracing new forms of digital finance products and services, which includes purchasing cryptocurrencies and non-fungible tokens (NFTs). There has been an increase in investment scams associated with cryptocurrencies. In this article, we sought to understand from cryptocurrency and NFT investors, who is vulnerable and what vulnerabilities exist. We surveyed 745 Australians aged 18 and over who have purchased cryptocurrencies or NFTs. We used sociological perspectives of consumer vulnerability that focus on internal and external factors to analyse our findings. We found that both socioeconomic advantaged and disadvantaged Australians are vulnerable. The vulnerabilities include concerns over security, unsolicited advice, limited options for learning, and insufficient financial and IT literacy. The findings suggest that online financial education is needed from trusted independent sources to help combat scams and to keep Australians and their crypto assets safe. We recommend that more opportunities to educate individuals about alternative forms of financial products are offered in compulsory, vocational and higher education settings.","PeriodicalId":46787,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journal of Social Issues","volume":"60 1","pages":"143-175"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ajs4.351","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141818785","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Digital futures in mind: Why lived experience collaboration must guide digital mental health technologies 心中的数字未来：为什么必须以生活体验合作指导数字心理健康技术？

IF 2 2区社会学

Australian Journal of Social Issues Pub Date : 2024-07-15 DOI: 10.1002/ajs4.355

Kellie Gilbert, Ian Muchamore, Simon Katterl, Hayley Purdon, Andy Allen, Ingrid Ozols, Piers Gooding

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