Workers In Family Research Articles

Working for a better future: exploring how network capital fosters Laotian migrant workers in Thai family SMEs

PurposeTransnational migration is a key challenge in migrant-sending and host-receiving countries. However, relatively little is known about how migrants use network capital to foster small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC). Therefore, the purpose of this study is to explore how network capital fosters Laotian migrant workers in Thai family SMEs.Design/methodology/approachThis research was conducted using qualitative network analysis (QNA). Referral snowball sampling was used to draw 20 participants from December 2021 to March 2022. Data analysis was performed using Gephi, a software package developed for QNA (coding, network features, measure nodes and network metrics).FindingsThe main findings are the following four emerging themes: chain networks, social networks, human networks and financial networks are associated with network capital for fostering Laotian migrant workers in Thai family SMEs.Originality/valueTo the best of the authors’ knowledge, this study is the first QNA to explore how Laotian migrant workers use network capital in Thai family SMEs.

Networks and Contested Identities in the Refugee Journey

This thematic issue traverses refugee research that recognises the importance of networks in determining the paths that refugees undertake in their journeys to seek safety and protection. In recent years, scholars have increasingly pointed to the multifaceted nature of networks in the refugee journey. These articles demonstrate the importance of elucidating the distinct influences and factors that shape refugee networks, including the unequal power relations between refugees and refugee aid workers in transit countries, transnational family and community connections, the proliferation of technologies in strengthening refugees’ networks, the role of the state in privileging certain refugee groups over others, and the role of refugees themselves in mobilising both past and existing networks to activate supports.

Determinants of Unmet Need Family Planning Among Married Woman of Reproductive Age in North Sumatra (Susenas March 2019)

Unmet need is one of the obstacles of the family planning programs that can reduce contraceptive prevalence. The percentage of total unmet need in North Sumatra Province is 12.1 and comparable to the total national unmet need in 2019. This study aims to determine the factors that influence family planning needs and the tendency of married women of reproductive age in North Sumatra Province in 2019 with multinomial logistic regression. The data used is sourced from the Susenas KOR 2019. Results show that married women of reproductive age having a greater tendency to experience the unmet need for limiting are characterize as 35-49 years old, living in urban areas, and with junior high/equivalent levels. Meanwhile, the characteristics of married women of reproductive age (WUS) who have a greater tendency to experience the unmet need for spacing such as aged 15-24 years, Age at First Marriage more than 18 years, and with a higher education level. Therefore, a more optimal commitment and support from family planning field workers in family planning counselling are needed and increase equitable access and quality of family planning services.

Work conditions and burnout: an exploratory study among Hungarian workers in family and child welfare, child protection and pedagogical professional services

ABSTRACT The study focuses on the relationship between professional working conditions and burnout among Hungarian social and pedagogical professionals. The novelty of our research is that in addition to the role of mainstream work and organisational factors studies, it points out the roles of conflicts of interaction and cooperation with clients, management of cultural distance and differences, and challenges of fieldwork in the occurrence of burnout measured by an individualised scale. Two hundred and sixty-one professionals participated in our cross-sectional questionnaire survey; the data were analysed by factor analysis and multinomial logistic regression. Adjusted for work field and age, the results showed that the challenges related to clients and fieldwork, as well as job and task fitting problems played a significant role in emotional exhaustion and depersonalisation of social and pedagogical workers. In addition to that, the deficiencies related to work-motivation are positively associated with the reduced personal accomplishment of professionals. The empirical results suggest that in order to prevent the burnout of professionals, it is essential not only to create organisational motivating conditions for work, but also to prepare them for the substantive parts of work, real life situations, the associated expectations for their role and conflicts management, and provide on-going professional support.

Assessing Precautionary Behaviour Regarding COVID 19 Applying the Health Belief Model among Family Members of Health Care Workers in Darjeeling District, West Bengal

Background: An unique never before public health challenge faces the world with threat of impending disaster. Prevention remains the mainstay as there is no available vaccine or medicine. To interruption transmission social distancing and nationwide lockdown have been imposed. Nevertheless, hooded warriors the health care worker despite odds are working round the clock to save lives risking their own and their immediate families’. Since human perceptions and not medicine determine behaviour the widely utilized health belief model was applied. Objectives: To assess risk perception, precautionary behaviour and vaccination intent among study participants and assess them according to constructs of time-tested health belief model. Methods: 70 eligible family members were studied by telephonic interview and email recorded responses from 14th March to 14th April 2020. Questionnaire was based on HBM. Requisite permission was taken. Results: 67% were females and 42% spouses. Their risk perception and precautionary behaviour was very high. Few had panic attacks. They stopped their related health care workers to attend duties and even isolated them in family settings. Perceived severity, susceptibility was high as was perceived barriers. Perceived benefit was average though unhappy with the given working conditions. Self-efficacy was high after periodic reassurance. Family members practiced effective health communication with their neighbourhood. Discussion: Various studies reiterated similar findings and found avoidance of public places was practiced earlier during outbreaks. Conclusion: Risk perception and precautionary behaviour was very high among family members. Applied model revealed perceived threats to be higher than perceived benefits leading to stress reactions in family. Fears of increased vulnerability was addressed with reassurance from their respective health care workers in family increasing self-efficacy.However a larger study is recommended with special ment

ANALYSIS OF SAVING BEHAVIOR FOR POOR AND NON-POOR HOUSEHOLDS IN AL-AHSA GOVERNORATE, KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA, 2018

This research was aimed at analyzing the saving behavior of Saudi households in AL-HASA governorate, the eastern region of Saudi Arabia. Data was collected via questionnaire randomly distributed to a sample of 308 Saudi households. The poverty line income was estimated as equivalent to break-even level in saving function, was estimated at 10500 Saudi Riyals per month. Using OLS method consumption and saving functions for Saudi households in AL-HASA governorate were estimated. The marginal propensity to save for poor was higher than that of non-poor households with a statistically significant difference of about 0.35. This indicates that poor households are more willing to save compared to non-poor households if income increases for both. For the determination of factors affecting saving behavior, the study applied the binary logistic regression, using maximum likelihood method with the dependent binary dummy variable of two values defining saving and non-saving households. Results indicated that the probability of saving for non-poor households is affected positively by household income; however, both the size of household and the dwelling type realized negative effects. Hence, the probability of increased saving for a rise in household income by SR 1,000 /month was estimated at 12.5%. In the case of an increase in the number of family members by one person, the probability of saving was less than 29.4%. The probability of saving for households living in rented houses was 60.6% less than the probability of saving for household living in their owned houses. Hence, residential rent represent an obstacle to saving for non-poor households. The most important factor influencing the probability of saving for poor households is number of family labor, where an increase in the number of workers in the poor family by one factor increases the probability of saving 34.6%.

The probability factor influences the level of financial well-being of workers in Malaysia

Generally, the dual-income family households earn higher income than the single-income family households as both husband and wife are working and earning money for the family. Dual-income households should have more advantages in terms of better level of financial well-being in comparison to single-income households. The workers in dual-income family are also expected to have a better level of financial well-being. Therefore, this study aims to determine the probability factors affecting the workers’ level of financial well-being. The sample of the study was married workers in the public sector, with focus on workers who are in a dual-income family. The analysis unit in this study is the individual. A total of 415 married workers were analyzed in this study. Multinomial logistic regression analysis was applied in identifying the probability factors of various levels of financial well-being (low, moderate, high) which includes socioeconomic background, financial knowledge, financial behavior and financial decision making factors. The logistic regression analysis showed the socioeconomic background (age, monthly income, home ownership and financial product ownership), financial behavior and financial decision making of the husband have a significant relationship with the respondents’ various levels of financial well-being. Factors such as age, monthly income, home ownership, financial product ownership and financial behavior were found to have an impact on financial well-being. Financial education needs to be implemented in the workplace to encourage workers to have good financial practices. This is necessary in order to ensure the financial well-being of their workers. Keywords : behavior, decision making, dual-income families, financial well-being, knowledge, married workers

Contribution of Social Work to family planning of vasectomized men

Este estudo objetivou difundir a atuação do Assistente Social no Programa de Planejamento Familiar masculino, em um hospital público municipal de João Pessoa (PB), referência no método de contracepção definitiva, a vasectomia. Foram analisados prontuários de homens que se submeteram a esse procedimento. Constatou-se a importância desse programa como difusor de informações e a necessidade de sua ampliação e reestruturação. Notou-se que é necessária a capacitação dos profissionais de saúde para assistir os homens, implementando estratégias para que eles sejam mais atuantes nas ações de planejamento familiar e para que haja quebra dos paradigmas que permeiam a vasectomia.

Study of situational aspects of the farmers in lower Shivalik hills

The study was undertaken with the objective to study the situational aspects of the farmers in lower Shivalik hills. Two hundred and forty respondents from Hoshiarpur district, Punjab and Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh were selected using multistage random sampling design. The data were collected with the help of interview schedule. Findings of the study revealed that majority of respondents had temporary workers in family with employment upto 120 days. Majority had upto 2 migrants in family, with inter-state migration and education as the main reason for migration. Utilization of forest resources by majority of respondents was found to be high in both the district.

“We Live and Breathe Through Culture”: Conceptualising Cultural Connection for Indigenous Australian Children in Out-of-home Care

ABSTRACTIndigenous Australian children are overrepresented in the out-of-home care (OOHC) system, with numbers and rates on an upward trajectory. There is now serious concern that this overrepresentation is creating a second Stolen Generations in Australia, noted within policy campaigns such as Family Matters—Kids Safe in Culture, not in Care, and Grandmothers Against Removals. While placement in OOHC is designed to protect children’s long-term safety and wellbeing, it threatens cultural connection, which is fundamental to Indigenous identity and wellbeing. Some government policies that aim to foster cultural connection have not been effective, while others, such as the 2014 permanency legislation in Victoria, arguably threaten cultural connection. This article highlights the vital importance of cultural connection for Indigenous child development, arguing that for Indigenous children, family connection strengthens cultural connection. We argue that family needs to be recognised as a critical component of cultural connection that is equally as important as placement stability in OOHC. Consequently, statutory and community organisations responsible for Indigenous children in OOHC must focus on facilitating and strengthening family relationships, not only to foster cultural connection, but also to explore reunification possibilities.IMPLICATIONSCultural connection is fundamental to Indigenous identity and wellbeing, but requires family connection if it is to be fostered and strengthened.When Indigenous children live in out-of-home care, social workers in child and family welfare need to ensure that children are connected to culture.

Parenthood, Family Friendly Workplaces, and the Gender Gaps in Early Work Careers

We consider the role that workplace attributes play in accounting for the divergence in the careers of women and men, with the onset of parenthood. We exploit matched employer-employee data from Sweden to characterize a model-based index of workplace “family friendliness” and analyze the effect of more family friendly workplaces on the career gaps between mothers and fathers. We find that exogenously moving mothers to more family friendly workplaces would raise their wages and labor income. In contrast, such moves would entail reductions in the same outcomes for fathers, resulting in sizeable improvements in the parental gender gap in wages and income. At the same time, working in more family friendly workplaces would not reduce the penalty to wage rates earned by women with their transition to motherhood (i.e., the motherhood penalty), but it would reduce the motherhood penalty to earned income by facilitating mothers working more hours. Furthermore, the benefits of family friendly workplaces appear to come at the expense of the occupational skill progression of mothers relative to non-mothers, impeding mothers’ ability to climb career ladders over the longer run. Finally, using auxiliary data based on a survey, we find that jobs – as defined by our index – are more substitutable for one another in family friendly workplaces. This substitutability of workers in more family friendly workplaces appears to be the mechanism that facilitates mothers’ ability to balance work and family responsibilities in such workplaces. At the same time, it also may partially explain our finding that more family friendly workplaces slow mothers’ occupational skill-progression.

The Induction of Newly Appointed Social Workers: Some Implications for Social Work Educators

This article draws on the findings of a small study of newly appointed social workers in family and child care work. These practitioners had completed a period of induction with a mainly rural council in the north of England and the purpose of the research was to describe this process from their perspective. The focus on child care was selected given the recruitment and retention challenges in this field. The findings point to the importance of the quality of the new workers' relationships with agency colleagues and supervisors, and are placed in the context of research, policy and guidance on induction. Practitioners' perceptions of qualifying training programmes are described and implications are drawn for social work educators. Links are made with the role of the university tutor and the potential for facilitating critical and reflective professional self‐management initiatives in helping prepare final year social work students for work.