This study assesses the possibility that deindustrialization has been contributing to the persistently high unemployment rates experienced by most affluent countries since the mid-1970s. Combining insights from Lilien’s (1982) “sectoral shift” thesis and the literature on deindustrialization, the authors assert that the decadeslong contraction of the manufacturing sector has been a signif…
This study brings together gender inequality and labor process research to investigate how divergent control structures generate inequality in work experiences for women and men. Content-coded data on 155 work groups are analyzed using Qualitative Comparative Analysis to identify combinations of control techniques encountered by female and male work groups and their relationship to outcomes mea…
The aim of this study was to explore personal,'body function/structure, activity/participation, and environmental factors as identified under the ICF framework and determine if they are significantly associated with employment outcome measures for people with disabilities in Taiwan. This study used the 2006 Survey of Living Situation for People with Disabilities in Taiwan to do a secondary data…
Services to families have traditionally been delivered in a medical model. This presents challenges including workforce shortages, lack of cultural diversity, lack of training in strength-based work, and difficulty in successfully engaging and retaining families in the therapy process. The system of care (SOC) effort has worked to establish formal roles for caregivers in SOC to improve service…
After 30 years of agricultural reform started in 1978, peasant workers in China are experiencing new changes in their employment, land security, and income inequalities.This article theoretically investigates the relationships among industrial upgrading,mid-aged peasant nonfarm employment, and land conversion systems. We prove that China's efforts to upgrade its industries generate a negative e…