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“The black is going”: a phenomenological study on young rural women's experience of colourism "黑人要走了":关于农村年轻妇女对肤色歧视的体验的现象学研究
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International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy Pub Date : 2024-01-09 DOI: 10.1108/ijssp-10-2023-0272
Dandub Palzor Negi, E.P. Abdul Azeez, Asha Rani
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Street-level quasi-bureaucracy and professional discretion: how transformational leadership and public service motivation influence village health volunteers' professional discretion 街道一级的准官僚机构和专业自由裁量权:变革型领导和公共服务动机如何影响乡村卫生志愿者的专业自由裁量权
IF 2.7
International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy Pub Date : 2024-01-04 DOI: 10.1108/ijssp-04-2023-0083
Achakorn Wongpreedee, Tatchalerm Sudhipongpracha
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Does social capital promote sustainable livelihood? Mediating effect of women entrepreneurship 社会资本能否促进可持续生计?妇女创业的中介效应
IF 2.7
International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy Pub Date : 2024-01-02 DOI: 10.1108/ijssp-09-2023-0234
Jogeswar Mahato, Manish Kumar Jha
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The explanatory role of religious identity, practices and beliefs in perceived discrimination among Muslim American racial/ethnic groups 宗教身份、习俗和信仰对美国穆斯林种族/民族群体感知歧视的解释作用
IF 2.7
International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy Pub Date : 2024-01-02 DOI: 10.1108/ijssp-09-2023-0238
Hakim Zainiddinov
{"title":"The explanatory role of religious identity, practices and beliefs in perceived discrimination among Muslim American racial/ethnic groups","authors":"Hakim Zainiddinov","doi":"10.1108/ijssp-09-2023-0238","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/ijssp-09-2023-0238","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Purpose</h3>\u0000<p>The study examines the effects of religious identity, practices and beliefs on Muslim Americans' perceptions of discrimination and the extent to which religion might shape the perception of discrimination differently within Muslim race/ethnic groups.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Design/methodology/approach</h3>\u0000<p>Study data were obtained from the 2011 Pew Survey (<em>N</em> = 1,033), a nationally representative sample of Muslim adults 18 years old and older living in the United States. The sample weights with the exclusion of non-response cases were used for bivariate analyses. For multivariate analyses, multiple imputation procedures were employed to impute missing values on all variables.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Findings</h3>\u0000<p>Muslim Americans with high levels of religious practices are more likely and Muslim Americans with strong belief in religious tenets are less likely to report experiencing different forms of discrimination. Black, Asian and other/mixed race Muslims with high levels of religious practices report higher rates of discrimination than their white coreligionists. Within group comparison shows that the pure extrinsic group reports higher rates of perceived discrimination than the pro-religious, pure intrinsic and non-religious groups.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Originality/value</h3>\u0000<p>The study emphasizes varying effects of religious factors on different Muslim American groups in perceived discrimination and suggests researchers challenge a common perception of viewing religion as a “master status” for the Muslim identity.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->","PeriodicalId":47193,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy","volume":"44 5 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139067617","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Motives underlying the intentions of youth to get involved in bribery: evidence from Lithuania 青年参与贿赂的动机:来自立陶宛的证据
IF 2.7
International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy Pub Date : 2023-12-15 DOI: 10.1108/ijssp-11-2023-0286
Mangirdas Morkūnas, Julius Janavicius, Artiom Volkov
{"title":"Motives underlying the intentions of youth to get involved in bribery: evidence from Lithuania","authors":"Mangirdas Morkūnas, Julius Janavicius, Artiom Volkov","doi":"10.1108/ijssp-11-2023-0286","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/ijssp-11-2023-0286","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Purpose</h3>\u0000<p>This paper embarks on revealing the main factors behind the intentions of youth in Lithuania to get involved in bribery.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Design/methodology/approach</h3>\u0000<p>A questionnaire survey of 432 respondents served as a source of primary data. The structural equation modelling – partial least squares techniques was employed as a main research tool.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Findings</h3>\u0000<p>It was revealed that youth in Lithuania display a high value congruity with their counterparts in Western Europe and a relatively reluctant to offer bribes. It can be stated that youths’ positive attitude towards some shadow economy activities is a forced response to government failures, rather than an intrinsic motivation created by cultural legacy or psychological issues.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Originality/value</h3>\u0000<p>It is one of the first scientific attempt to investigate reasons behind the formation of the positive attitude towards bribery and intentions to get involved in bribery among the youth.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->","PeriodicalId":47193,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy","volume":"5 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2023-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138580332","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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The right of Russian fathers to parental leave: is a transformation of an established system necessary? 俄罗斯父亲休育儿假的权利:是否有必要改革既定制度?
IF 2.7
International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy Pub Date : 2023-12-12 DOI: 10.1108/ijssp-08-2023-0190
Anna Bagirova, Natalia Blednova, Aleksandr Neshataev
{"title":"The right of Russian fathers to parental leave: is a transformation of an established system necessary?","authors":"Anna Bagirova, Natalia Blednova, Aleksandr Neshataev","doi":"10.1108/ijssp-08-2023-0190","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/ijssp-08-2023-0190","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Purpose</h3>\u0000<p>The purpose of the study is to research the current state of fathers' involvement in childcare during parental leave and to assess attitudes of Russian population towards possible measures that can expand the use of parental leave by fathers in Russia.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Design/methodology/approach</h3>\u0000<p>The authors conducted a survey of Russian parents with children under the age of 18 months in 2022. The sample accounts for 1,000 people; the survey covered almost all Russian regions.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Findings</h3>\u0000<p>The authors found that the ideal workload of fathers is not expected to exceed a third of the total parental workload. Russian parents are not ready to admit dissatisfaction with the existing distribution of workload during parental leave. However, an egalitarian demand for greater involvement of fathers in parental responsibilities is forming, and an interest in transforming the parental leave policy is emerging.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Originality/value</h3>\u0000<p>The value of the study consists of assessing the effectiveness of measures that may have a beneficial effect on the use of parental leave by fathers, as well as identifying consequences of the possible introduction of mandatory parental leave for fathers.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->","PeriodicalId":47193,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy","volume":"71 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2023-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138563873","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Institutional quality, shadow economy and entrepreneurship: international evidence 制度质量、影子经济与企业家精神:国际证据
IF 2.7
International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy Pub Date : 2023-12-04 DOI: 10.1108/ijssp-09-2023-0216
Toan Khanh Tran Pham
{"title":"Institutional quality, shadow economy and entrepreneurship: international evidence","authors":"Toan Khanh Tran Pham","doi":"10.1108/ijssp-09-2023-0216","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/ijssp-09-2023-0216","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Purpose</h3>\u0000<p>The impacts of institutional quality on entrepreneurship are well established. However, the effects of an external factor, such as the shadow economy, that moderates this relationship have largely been neglected in existing literature. As such, this paper investigates how the shadow economy moderates the effects of institutional quality on entrepreneurship in a global sample of 79 economies from 2006 to 2018, when the latest required data are available.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Design/methodology/approach</h3>\u0000<p>This paper utilizes the fixed-effect and generalized method of moments (GMM) estimation techniques. Various scenarios have been considered for the robustness of the analysis, including different estimation techniques, different estimates of the shadow economy and various subsamples of countries with different income levels.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Findings</h3>\u0000<p>Empirical findings indicate that improved institutional quality boosts entrepreneurship activities, while the extended shadow economy is associated with reduced entrepreneurship activities. Interestingly, the positive impacts of institutional quality on entrepreneurship will be lessened with a larger shadow economy. These findings have remained largely unchanged across samples of countries and different proxies and estimation techniques.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Practical implications</h3>\u0000<p>Findings from this paper offer policymakers the relationships between institutional quality, shadow economy and entrepreneurship and the moderating effects of shadow economy on the institutional quality–entrepreneurship nexus. The implication is that institutional quality should be strengthened while the shadow economy should be controlled to promote entrepreneurship initiatives.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Originality/value</h3>\u0000<p>To the best of the author's knowledge, this is the first empirical study to explore the moderating effects of the shadow economy on the institutional quality–entrepreneurship nexus.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->","PeriodicalId":47193,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy","volume":"17 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2023-12-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138509090","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Changing context, changing work? Comparing rural and urban contexts in social services provision in Italy 改变环境,改变工作?比较意大利提供社会服务的农村和城市背景
IF 2.7
International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy Pub Date : 2023-12-04 DOI: 10.1108/ijssp-03-2023-0079
Susanna Pagiotti
{"title":"Changing context, changing work? Comparing rural and urban contexts in social services provision in Italy","authors":"Susanna Pagiotti","doi":"10.1108/ijssp-03-2023-0079","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/ijssp-03-2023-0079","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Purpose</h3>\u0000<p>The study compares the social services functioning in two local contexts, one urban and one rural, in the same Italian region, to understand how contextual features affect frontline workers' work.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Design/methodology/approach</h3>\u0000<p>By applying the framework of the street-level bureaucracy theory (SLB) and proposing a framing of the spatial contexts under analysis, the present study adopts a qualitative approach. In particular, semi-structured interviews were conducted among street-level workers, decision-makers and privileged witnesses.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Findings</h3>\u0000<p>The study shows how the typical features of the rural and urban Italian contexts analyzed impact differently on the working conditions of frontline workers, leading to substantive differences in the possibility of exercise their role at the street-level.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Originality/value</h3>\u0000<p>The article contributes to a wider understanding of social services provision in a highly fragmented system like the Italian one by taking into consideration contexts that are usually little investigated in SLB and welfare studies in the Mediterranean Europe area: those rural and, in particular, those belonging to the so-called “inner areas”.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->","PeriodicalId":47193,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy","volume":"17 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2023-12-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138509092","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Do welfare regimes matter? Perceptions of welfare in contemporary word 福利制度重要吗?当代社会对福利的看法
IF 2.7
International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy Pub Date : 2023-12-01 DOI: 10.1108/ijssp-09-2023-0236
Päivi Mäntyneva
{"title":"Do welfare regimes matter? Perceptions of welfare in contemporary word","authors":"Päivi Mäntyneva","doi":"10.1108/ijssp-09-2023-0236","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/ijssp-09-2023-0236","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Purpose</h3>\u0000<p>This paper takes an ideal type of different welfare regimes as a starting point. It investigates with survey data people's experiences and expectations towards the welfare state and its functioning against various social risks. The paper discusses questions like, are there differences in perceptions between welfare regimes? And what is the role of the welfare state regime in explaining those differences?</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Design/methodology/approach</h3>\u0000<p>This research article is based on OECD survey data and classical welfare state classifications. The analysis of welfare regimes provides both a theoretical and methodological structure for study. The study-applied analysis of variance (one-way ANOVA) to test a hypothesis that regimes matter analyses more nuanced aspects of current and prospects to the near future welfare state provision.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Findings</h3>\u0000<p>This examination suggests that welfare regimes still matter even though the differences in averages were not as immense as expected. Perceptions in different welfare regimes also have priorities related to the willingness to pay more taxes in order to receive better access to services and financial support if needed. In Nordic countries, the acute priority based on survey data is investment in education and re-training. In Continental Europe, more financial support is needed for pensions. Overall, respondents representing emerging Eastern European and Mediterranean welfare regimes think that welfare provision should be financed more compared to other welfare regime respondents. Health is a universal and unifying issue, particularly in ageing welfare states, and brings health as a traditional and central question again.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Originality/value</h3>\u0000<p>Respondents' perceptions work as people's voice and assessments are used to gain a contemporary understanding of welfare and about welfare state functioning.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->","PeriodicalId":47193,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy","volume":"16 12","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138509097","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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The sociodemographic determinants of stress level among the parents of preterm infants 早产儿父母压力水平的社会人口学决定因素
IF 2.7
International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy Pub Date : 2023-11-20 DOI: 10.1108/ijssp-08-2023-0180
Concetta Russo, Alessandra Decataldo, Brunella Fiore
{"title":"The sociodemographic determinants of stress level among the parents of preterm infants","authors":"Concetta Russo, Alessandra Decataldo, Brunella Fiore","doi":"10.1108/ijssp-08-2023-0180","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/ijssp-08-2023-0180","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Purpose</h3>\u0000<p>Introduction: The birth of a preterm child requires hospitalization in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), which is a very stressful experience for parents. Aim: To determine the stress level of parents of preterm babies admitted to intensive and sub-intensive units in two hospitals in Northern Italy and its association with their sociodemographic variables and the clinical conditions of their newborns.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Design/methodology/approach</h3>\u0000<p>The sampling was non-probabilistic and included parents of preterm babies admitted to intensive and/or sub-intensive care for at least 10 days. Instruments: (1) information deduced from the clinical record of preterm newborns; (2) sociodemographic determinants of parents' well-being deduced from a questionnaire; (3) parental stress scale: neonatal intensive care unit (PSS:NICU), which measures the perception of parents about stressors from the physical and psychological environment of the NICU.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Findings</h3>\u0000<p>Results: A total of 104 parents of 59 hospitalized preterm babies participated in the study. The average parental stress level was 1.87 ± 0.837. The subscale score that got higher was parent-infant relationship subscale. Concerning the infant characteristics, the birth weight of the babies and the length of their hospitalization affected the parents' stress level. Looking at parents' sociodemographic characteristics instead, the greater predictors were gender, age and occupational social class.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Originality/value</h3>\u0000<p>The parental role alteration caused by infant premature birth and consequent hospitalization is a major stressor for parents and in particular for mothers. The variables that resulted positively associated with higher stress in parents of preterm infants hospitalized are specific parental characteristics, including not adequately or previously studied ones, and infant characteristics.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->","PeriodicalId":47193,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy","volume":"46 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2023-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138543121","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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