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Analyzing the relationship between financial literacy and financial inclusion by microfinance banks in developing countries: social network theoretical approach
George Okello Candiya Bongomin, Joseph Mpeera Ntayi, Charles Akol MalingaThe main purpose of this study is to establish the mediating effect of social network in the relationship between financial literacy and financial inclusion of the poor by…
Public, private or hybrid? Providing care services under austerity: the case of Italy
Lisa Dorigatti, Anna Mori, Stefano NeriThe paper examines the different trajectories of externalisation and the development of different kinds of welfare mix in three different sub-sectors of socio-educational…
Long-term care in Spain: a reform failure or the regulation of a development path?
Manuel Aguilar-HendricksonSpain departed from the Southern European tradition of residual long-term care services with the 2006 reform. The paper aims to present the main traits of the reform and its…
The effect of Zhong-yong thinking to employee survival ability: taking Chinese employees as an example
Chunyu Zhang, Chunshuo ChenZhong-yong thinking is a code of conduct of the Chinese people. The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship among Zhong-yong thinking, social capital, knowledge…
Predictors of fossil fuel taxation attitudes across post-communist and other Europe
Jukka SivonenThis study examines how the effects of three predictors, namely left–right political orientation, generalized trust and political trust, on fossil fuel taxation attitudes vary…
Whistleblowing: still not an issue of social policy, but an issue for social policy
Martin PowellThis paper revisits the claim of Vinten (1993) in this journal that whistleblowing is achieving prominence as a question of social policy.
The effect of early career social capital on long-term income development in Finland
Tomi Oinas, Petri Ruuskanen, Mari Hakala, Timo AnttilaIn this study, the authors examine whether social capital embedded in individuals' social networks is connected to employees' long-term income development in Finland.
The difference and similarity of the organizational commitment–rewards relationship among ethnic groups within Japanese manufacturing companies in Malaysia
Keisuke Kokubun, Misako YasuiGrowing number of research to identify antecedents of organizational commitment (OC) has been done not only in the West but also in the East including Malaysia because OC is found…
Evaluating the effects of sociodemographic characteristics and financial education on saving behavior
Mouna Amari, Bassem Salhi, Anis JarbouiThe objective of this study is to explore the effects of financial literacy level and risk aversion on the saving behavior. The literature review showed dialectical results…
Mothers' negotiation of welfare support: the emergence of privatized entitlement
Orly BenjaminPrevious accounts of exclusion, primarily those proposed in the context of access to welfare, marginalize the role of negotiation and its potential for highlighting distinct…
Popular preferences for a fully means-tested welfare provision model: social and cross-national divides in Europe
Dimitri Gugushvili, Wim van OorschotWhether welfare provision should be broad-based or selectively targeted at the poor is one of the most common themes in social policy discourse. However, empirical evidence…
Advocacy in authoritarian contexts: the case of disability NGOs in Russia
Stefan Toepler, Christian FröhlichThe growing trend towards closing the political space for civil society in authoritarian regimes has primarily targeted NGOs focused on rights-based advocacy. Drawing on a study…
Conditional cash transfers, empowerment and female autonomy: care and paid work in the Bolsa Família programme, Brazil
Silvana MarianoThis study addresses the importance of paid work for the autonomy of poor women in the Bolsa Família Programme (BFP), Brazil. The aim of this study is to consider the influence…
Household overspending on marriage: the scale of the problem and government reactions around the world
Turkhan SadigovThe article offers an empirical investigation of the incidence and scale of household marriage overspending around the world, and the governments' reaction once the problem…
Financial bootstrapping of informal micro-entrepreneurs in the financial environment: A moderated mediation analysis
Eijaz Ahmed Khan, Mohammed QuaddusThis study first examines whether the capital structure served as a mediator between financing mix and firm performance. Furthermore, the authors investigate whether this…
The intellectual contours of corporate social responsibility literature: Co-citation analysis study
Som Sekhar Bhattacharyya, Surabhi VermaCorporate Social Responsibility (CSR) deliberated regarding business firms' actions for doing well to society and natural environment. Specifically, CSR has been about firms…
A study on the effect of long-term orientation and risk propensity on resilience
M.M. SulpheyResilience is the ability to recover and once again adapt former behaviours that have characterized an individual, prior to the period of disruption. It requires various…
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