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  • Society Work of the Post-Economic State and Chinese-Style Social Work

    Aging, Children, Health, and Social Services

    Edited by Sheying Chen ...
    Series series Social Sciences
    Social work is inherently an international subject. Each nation has a story of professionalization in the evolution of public welfare within its particular settings. A study of various (especially non-Western) cases is essential to an adequate understanding of the undertaking.China is undoubtedly an important case with the second largest population on earth. It’s unique in view of so-called ... Read more

    $152.09 USD

  • Social Work Practice and Research with Diverse Populations

    US-China and Asian Pacific Island Experiences

    Edited by Sheying Chen, Qi Wu ...
    Series series Social Sciences
    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 speeches at the Asian & Pacific Islander Social Work Educators Association (APISWEA) International Conference ... Read more

    $152.09 USD

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  • Proceedings of the International Conference on Education, Humanities, and Management (ICEHUM 2022)

    Edited by Yaoping Liu, Saichol Chujuarjeen ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    This is an open access book. This event is co-organized by the Institute of Science Innovation and Culture (ISIC) and Research and Development Institute (RDI), Rajamangala University of Technology Krungthep, Thailand. This year’s ICEHUM 2022 was held online and onsite on 26 November 2022. The theme of this conference is “Leading and Being Sustainable in the COVID-19 New Normal“. This conference ... Read more

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  • The SAGE Handbook of Industrial, Work & Organizational Psychology

    V3: Managerial Psychology and Organizational Approaches

    Edited by Neil Anderson, Chockalingam Viswesvaran, Deniz S Ones, Handan Kepir Sinangil ...
    The third volume in The SAGE Handbook of Industrial, Organizational and Work Psychology concentrates on business decision-making and the many factors influencing the adoption and implementation of IWO practices. Chapter topics include utility assessments of interventions, decision-making errors in IWO systems, large-scale interventions and best practices reviews. Volume Three offers a ... Read more

    $118.79 USD

  • Journey to Adulthood

    East Asian Perspectives

    Edited by Chin-Chun Yi, Ming-Chang Tsai ...
    Series series SAGE Studies in International Sociology
    Young people in East Asia are increasingly experiencing a prolonged transition to adulthood. They are spending longer in school, entering the labour market later, and getting married later still.This protracted young adulthood interacts with forces of both tradition and modernization, as social and economic changes generate profound effects on the transition from school to work, on family ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • Whither Chinese HRM?

    Paradigms, Models and Theories

    Edited by Malcolm Warner ...
    This symposium explores Chinese people-management as an academic subject, looking at where it is currently going and the likely direction of its progress. After the economic reforms introduced by Deng Xiaoping in 1978, China saw the introduction of Human Resource Management (HRM). This book discusses the specific issues which are relevant to its evolution in China, in particular whether there is a ... Read more

    $33.99 USD

  • Trust and Trustworthiness across Cultures

    Implications for Societies and Workplaces

    Edited by Catherine T. Kwantes, Ben C. H. Kuo ...
    Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
    This book investigates trust in seven different cultural contexts, exploring how societal culture can influence our expectations regarding what may be considered trustworthy within a cultural context. Although the definition of trustworthiness is clear, how it is operationalized and applied in various cultural contexts can vary greatly. While certain components of trustworthiness may be universal, ... Read more

    $107.09 USD

  • The Cambridge Handbook of the Global Work–Family Interface

    Edited by Kristen M. Shockley, Winny Shen, Ryan C. Johnson ...
    Series series Cambridge Handbooks in Psychology
    The Cambridge Handbook of the Global Work-Family Interface is a response to growing interest in understanding how people manage their work and family lives across the globe. Given global and regional differences in cultural values, economies, and policies and practices, research on work-family management is not always easily transportable to different contexts. Researchers have begun to ... Read more

    $63.99 USD

  • Expanding the Boundaries of Work-Family Research

    A Vision for the Future

    Edited by S. Poelmans, J. Greenhaus, M. Las Heras Maestro ...
    Series series Business and Management (R0)
    With contributions from thirty authors from fifteen countries, this is a 'white book' for international work-family research and practice. The authors offer a bold look at the future and provide guidelines for future research, focusing on applied, international work-family research. ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • The Trend of «Socializing Social Welfare» Policy in China

    A study on Service Quality and Social Capital in the Society-run Home for the Aged in Beijing

    by Hua Ding ...
    China has one-fifth of the world’s total elderly population. This rapidly aging population presents serious challenges to the state to develop a social service system. To satisfy increasing demands for diversified and continuous care, a policy known as «Socializing social welfare» was introduced to assist in the reformation of social services. Under the policy, private and non-government sectors ... Read more

    $121.99 USD

  • Interdisciplinary Research on Healthcare and Social Service

    Chinese and Cross-Cultural Perspectives

    Edited by Sheying Chen, Leidong Wei ...
    Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
    Research on healthcare and social service including professional social work is inherently an international subject. Each nation has a story of coping with the recent pandemic in the context of its political economy and cultural-historical settings. A study of various (especially non-Western) cases is essential to an adequate understanding of the undertaking.China is undoubtedly an important case ... Read more

    $179.09 USD

  • Social Work, Mental Health, and Public Policy in Diverse Contexts

    Chinese and Cross-Cultural Perspectives

    Edited by Sheying Chen ...
    Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
    The discipline of social policy, oftentimes deemed a part of social work as a profession, was born in the West. Unlike social policy that started with the post-war idea of a welfare state in the mid-20th century, social work traces its roots to individual casework pioneered by the Charity Organization Society (COS), early social administration including state-wide poverty relief (an advocacy ... Read more

    $143.09 USD