Youth with emotional or behavioral disorders (EBD) have poorer outcomes compared to their peers with and without disabilities. As a result, the federal government has mandated transition services to improve supports and ultimately student outcomes. Using data from the National Longitudinal Transition Study-2 (NLTS-2), this secondary analysis looked at services provided to youth with EBD (n = 410). The purpose of the study was to show a relationship between utilization of multiple services and the attainment of paid employment, and/or attending post-secondary education. Results indicate relationships between receiving financial services, tutoring and educational services and vocational services with attending a post-secondary institution. Logistic regression indicated a relationship between time, age and amount or services with paid employment. These results indicate the need for continuous, systematic and linked services for youth with EBD well into their twenties.

Magister Commercii - MCom / Whilst paid employment has generally been considered as the predominant means of avoiding poor living standards, the past two decades has seen a rise in the complex phenomenon of employed poverty worldwide (Eardley, 1998; Nolan and Marx, 1999; Nolan et al., 2010; Cheung and Chou, 2015). Over time, low-wage employment has increased in both number and severity, resulting in or contributing significantly to household poverty (Nolan and Marx, 1999). While individuals are employed in paid work, salaries are too low for households to maintain “a reasonable standard of living” (Cheung and Chou, 2015 p. 318). Internationally, employed poverty has been a serious and well-researched problem in the United States of America (USA or US). More than 11% of the USA “population resided in poor households with at least one employed person” (Brady et al., 2010 p. 560). In Hong Kong, approximately 53.5% of the population living in poverty were working poor in 2012 (Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, 2013). Closer to home, Sub- Saharan Africa’s working poor rate for 2016 was estimated at 33.1% for workers earning less than US $1.90 per day and 30% for those earning between US $1.90 and $3.10 per day (International Labour Organisation, 2016).

Spending time at work, with family/whanau, and communities takes up a large proportion of Maori women's lives. Finding a balance can often be complex and challenging, due to surrounding environmental influences that are continually changing. This thesis explores those challenges, and considers whether 'being Maori' affects the way they manage their lives around the dimensions of work family/whanau and community.The study interviewed Maori women over 20 years of age, in paid work, and who were active members in two urban Maori communities of Auckland, namely Te Whanau o Waipareira Trust and Manukau Urban Maori Authority.It was anticipated that information gleaned could be used to consider positive strategies to facilitate the better management of their time given the constraints imposed on them by modern existence without compromising their cultural obligations as Maori actively involved in their communities.Overall, it was found that being Maori does have an affect on how the women manage their lives around work, family/whanau, and community. A number of factors are identified that help balance work and everyday life including whanau and community support as well as individual strategies and personal assistance. For example, flexible employers that valued Maori beliefs and culture helped reinforce and facilitate the achievement of this balance. Similarly, quality childcare was invaluable. Further research is suggested as to how Maori women balance competing priorities from community and whanau demands.

Spending time at work, with family/whanau, and communities takes up a large proportion of Maori women's lives. Finding a balance can often be complex and challenging, due to surrounding environmental influences that are continually changing. This thesis explores those challenges, and considers whether 'being Maori' affects the way they manage their lives around the dimensions of work family/whanau and community.The study interviewed Maori women over 20 years of age, in paid work, and who were active members in two urban Maori communities of Auckland, namely Te Whanau o Waipareira Trust and Manukau Urban Maori Authority.It was anticipated that information gleaned could be used to consider positive strategies to facilitate the better management of their time given the constraints imposed on them by modern existence without compromising their cultural obligations as Maori actively involved in their communities.Overall, it was found that being Maori does have an affect on how the women manage their lives around work, family/whanau, and community. A number of factors are identified that help balance work and everyday life including whanau and community support as well as individual strategies and personal assistance. For example, flexible employers that valued Maori beliefs and culture helped reinforce and facilitate the achievement of this balance. Similarly, quality childcare was invaluable. Further research is suggested as to how Maori women balance competing priorities from community and whanau demands.

Submitted by Irene Nascimento (irene.kessia@ufpe.br) on 2017-03-14T16:30:17Z No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 1232 bytes, checksum: 66e71c371cc565284e70f40736c94386 (MD5) Tese Fernanda 2015 completa.pdf: 1616162 bytes, checksum: ce5b590b9d775cc302c88fc16c77f246 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-03-14T16:30:17Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 1232 bytes, checksum: 66e71c371cc565284e70f40736c94386 (MD5) Tese Fernanda 2015 completa.pdf: 1616162 bytes, checksum: ce5b590b9d775cc302c88fc16c77f246 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-10-21 / O estudo tem como objeto a saúde e o meio ambiente do trabalho. Enfatiza inicialmente os seus vínculos com o trabalho subordinado – elevado, pela teoria jurídico-trabalhista clássica, à categoria de objeto deste campo do direito. Objetiva demonstrar que o adoecimento existe e se transfigura por resultar da subordinação da força do trabalho ao capital e tem impactos nocivos em termos de relações individuais, sindicais e internacionais de trabalho. Adianta que várias modalidades de trabalho, quando executadas, afetam também a saúde e a vida do gênero humano, dos animais, a biodiversidade, o meio ambiente e a natureza como um todo, dentro e fora do local de trabalho. Diferente dos caminhos seguidos pela doutrina tradicional, contrapõe os fundamentos da teoria jurídico-trabalhista clássica aos fundamentos da teoria jurídico-trabalhista crítica; estabelece um confronto entre as teorias organizacionais conservadoras e as teorias organizacionais críticas. Em vez de seguir o senso comum teórico, preconiza, por meio de uma visão multidisciplinar e centrada na teoria social crítica, em geral, e nas teorias dos movimentos sociais, em particular, que as formas de gestão e de administração – do fordismo, do taylorismo às versões gerencialistas mais sofisticadas, que capturam da subjetividade-, são responsáveis pela dualização do assalariado, a clandestinização, o adoecimento, o enfraquecimento das lutas sindicais. Esta concepção analítica apresenta uma proposição voltada para superar a visão comum à autoridade da velha doutrina, em dois sentidos: por meio das teorias dos movimentos sociais, privilegiar a retomada das lutas sindicais, em sua dúplice perspectiva– reformista e revolucionária- que, aliada aos novos movimentos sociais, serão capazes de ampliar suas pautas reivindicativas e de enfrentar o modelo de acumulação flexível-; uma modalidade distinta de acesso à justiça que possa interditar as ações dos setores produtivos locais, regionais e transnacionais que provocam as diversas formas de adoecimento e, ao mesmo tempo, comprometem e causam danos ao meio ambiente e à natureza. Afasta-se das versões ilusórias de todo idealismo, para enfrentar o direito como ele é e não como deveria ser. Do chão concreto das relações sociais propõe uma hermenêutica que aproxima os princípios do Direito do Trabalho aos princípios do Direito Processual do Trabalho capazes de interditar o caminho avassalador do adoecimento, da morte lenta no trabalho, da destruição do meio ambiente e da natureza. / The paper studied the health and the working environment. Initially, it emphasizes its links with subordinate work - elevated, by classical juridical-labour theory, to the category of its central object. It aims to demonstrate that the illness exists and is transformed as a result of the subordination of labour to capital strength, bringing negative impacts on individual relationships, trade unions and international labor. It says that various forms of work, when executed, also affect the health and life of mankind, animals, biodiversity, the environment and nature as a whole, inside and outside the workplace. Unlike the paths followed by the traditional doctrine, it opposes the fundamentals of classical legal-labour theory to the foundations of critical labour theory; It sets up a confrontation between the conservative organizational theories and critical organizational theories. Instead of following the theoretical common sense, it advocates, through a multidisciplinary approach, focused on critical social theory in general, and in the theories of social movements, in particular, that the forms of management and administration- from Fordism/ Taylorism to the most sophisticated managerial versions, that capture the subjectivity- are responsible for the dualisation of wage, the clandestinization at work, the illness, the weakening of trade union struggles. This analytical design features a proposition aimed to overcome the common view and the authority of the old doctrine in two ways: through the theories of social movements, favoring the resumption of trade union struggles in their dual perspective- reformist revolutionary- and that, coupled with the new social movements will be able to expand its agendas and face the model of flexible- accumulation; also discusses a distinct mode of access to justice that can interdict the actions of local productive sectors, regional and transnational, causing various forms of disease, and, at the same time, undermine and cause damage to the environment and nature. It moves away from the illusory versions of all idealism, to face the law as it is and not as it should be. The concrete floor of social relations proposes a hermeneutic approaching the principles of labour law to the principles of Procedural Law Labor, so that their union can be able to interdict the overwhelming way of illness, the slow death at work, the destruction of the environment and nature.

Between January and December 2014, 68% of full-time hospitality management students at a southeastern university in the United States worked for pay more than 15 hours each week. Fifty percent of these students had a GPA of 2.5 or below, reflecting poor academic performance as benchmarked by the institution. The purpose of this study was to achieve an understanding of how full-time undergraduate hospitality students perceived the role of paid employment in their academic performance. The study was grounded by Astin's student involvement theory that requires an investment of psychosocial and physical energy by students for a successful college experience. Using a qualitative case study design, semi-structured interviews with 12 student participants were conducted. After pattern coding and thematic analysis, the data revealed that students perceived that they had to work for pay but did not manage their employment, college studies, and other demands on their time effectively. The findings indicated the need to integrate employment into the students' academic plan of study for academic credit. These results led to the development of a 3-day professional development project designed to help students manage full-time college and employment. The project also provided strategies for faculty members to integrate hospitality work participation into the students' academic experiences for credit. This study has implications for positive social change because an effective balance of college and employment combined with the integration of work and academic experiences may improve students' overall academic performance, leading to increased graduation rates and improved post-graduation employment opportunities for hospitality management students.

In contemporary societies, such as Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States, an emphasis has been placed on moving individuals with mental illness into mainstream paid employment. Although mainstream employment may offer an inclusive environment, existing scholars argue that various problems can arise with this transition to paid work. For example, employers often report a minimal understanding regarding accommodations for someone with mental health issues and workers may be reluctant to disclose mental health issues for fear of workplace discrimination and/or discharge. Social enterprises have been created to address these problems and the available literature illustrates that these organizations are beneficial for individuals with mental illness because they offer necessary workplace accommodations that are often not found in mainstream jobs, allow for engagement in meaningful activity and provide the opportunity to earn a wage. However, scholars have primarily relied on secondary sources and/or surveys of these organizations and, as a result, there is a limited understanding of how social enterprise organizations work in practice. This thesis research seeks to address this gap by using participant observation, along with semi-structured interviews and focus group data, to produce an in-depth analysis that examines the daily operations of a social enterprise in Ontario, Canada, and the experiences of the workers within it. Key themes of analysis pertain to the nature of the work and the labour process; workers’ wages; the organization as a place for meaningful activity and social interaction; and the provision of workplace accommodations. The findings that have emerged from this project have empirical, methodological and conceptual contributions to the existing work on social enterprises for individuals with mental illness. / Thesis / Master of Arts (MA)

In recent years much has been made of active and productive ageing policies, with the attempt to promote a more positive image of ageing. Despite this, negative representations of ageing and conceptualisations of older people as a ‘burden’ persist. This thesis presents an argument that these negative images are intertwined with common understandings of work, the frequent equating of this to paid employment within the field of social gerontology, and the reliance upon cessation of work in determining the beginning of old age. With reference to the wider literature in the sociology of work, an argument is presented that determines why it is essential to challenge those taken-for-granted assumptions about older people and work. Reflecting upon the findings from an exploratory and qualitative research project, which focuses upon the perspective of the older people themselves, attention is given to the detail of what should be encapsulated into new understandings of work. Within the thesis it is argued that there are many activities undertaken by the older person, which should be thought of as work, including (but not limited to) paid employment, volunteering, care, attendance at social clubs, undertaking sport and physical activity. Some of these activities might more intuitively be thought of as acts of leisure. However, it is evidenced within this thesis that there are fuzzy and blurred boundaries between leisure and work - older people leisure at work and work at leisure. The recognition of these blurring boundaries is one aspect that must be incorporated into re-conceptualisations of work. The thesis demonstrates how the work of older people transcends different socio-economic spheres and there are multiple interrelations existing between different activities. Whilst this last point resonates with the approach of some authors in the sociology of work, they have never been incorporated within the field of social gerontology. Through this analysis, and promoting a new way through which the activities of older people might be incorporated within the rubric of work, it is hoped that ageism might be challenged in a similar vein to the way in which feminist researchers once challenged sexism in relation to work and housework. This thesis reflects upon how we need to identify and conceptualise the third age in light of the findings. It highlights how the working lives of older people are shaped through a process of negotiation between social expectations within current political and economic contexts, influences from key historical events and social changes, and the desire for freedom, autonomy and choice. Age period cohort is crucial in determining the world of work, and more generally how ageing might be experienced. Through its unique approach, and the lessons learnt within this thesis, a theoretical framework is provided to assist in future comprehensive studies of both work and ageing. Overall, this thesis makes significant contributions to understandings of work and ageing following the consideration of two schools of thought (i.e. sociology of work and social gerontology), which previously have been infrequent companions.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-06-02T19:46:27Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 DissSMD.pdf: 1751286 bytes, checksum: ff64068b906c5db05164a6be5d262882 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2005-02-24 / Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos / Researchers in the area of special education have shown that various factors outside the school system can lead children to develop learning problems. Poor quality family relationships, for example, can interfere with the healthy development of the various facets of a child s self concept which, in turn, can lower the child s academic achievement. As such, many criticisms are made concerning the way that parents especially mothers - divide their attention between their children and other involvements. Presently, most married women fall into one of two categories: some dedicate the great majority of their time to caring for their family and homes, while others divide their time between their family, homes and paid employment. Both options bring advantages and disadvantages to the task of parenting. For working mothers, the great amount of time required to meet both family and professional obligations is a source of stress, which can compromise the quality of parent-child relationships. On the other hand, in many families in which the mother is a housewife, financial resources are fewer and the women have lower selfesteem and poorer health than women who have paid employment, which can reduce the quality of their parenting behaviors. The objectives of this study were to: a) adapt existing instruments to evaluate work conditions, psychological wellbeing and the mothers involvement in bringing up their children; b) compare housewives and women who have paid employment with respect to the frequency of various types of involvements with their children; and c) investigate the relationship between the frequency of these interactions and three measures that reflect the adequacy of certain aspects of their children s development (self-concept, academic achievement and the children s perceptions of the mother-child relationship). Participants included 60 mother-child pairs -- 23 mothers with paid employment and 37 housewives. The average age of the mothers was 36.5 years. The children were in either fifth or sixth grade, with an average age of 11.9 years. The mothers responded to the Mother s vision about her family interaction and well being Questionnaire , and the children were evaluated using Portuguese versions of the Academic Achievement Test , the Self-Description Questionnaire I (SDQI) and the Mother-Child Relationship Questionnaire Child´s Vision . With respect to the mothers, both groups reported that they make frequent use of the majority of the parenting behaviors that lead to healthy family relationships, with very few statistically significant differences appearing between the two groups. With respect to the children, there were no statistically significant differences between those whose mothers were housewives and those whose mothers had paid employment, in terms of their academic achievement, selfconcept or their evaluations of the frequency of their interactions with their mothers. These results indicate that there was no relationship between these three measures of the children s wellbeing and their mothers employment status. However, correlations showed that the frequency of some types of maternal interaction make a positive contribution to the development of their children s academic self-concept, which, in turn, is positively related to their academic achievement. Thus, the frequency of the mothers involvement in their children s lives, in and of itself, and not her status as a housewife or a working mother, seems to be an important factor for the development of a positive selfconcept and achievement of academic success, among their children. / Pesquisadores na área de educação especial têm mostrado que vários fatores fora do sistema escolar podem levar ao desenvolvimento de problemas de aprendizagem. Relacionamentos familiares de baixa qualidade, por exemplo, dificultam a construção saudável das diferentes facetas do autoconceito das crianças, o que pode, por sua vez, desfavorecer seu desempenho escolar. Dessa forma, existem muitas críticas em relação à maneira como os pais sobretudo as mães dividem sua atenção entre seus filhos e outros compromissos. Hoje, a maior parte das mulheres casadas faz parte de uma de duas categorias: as que dedicam a maior parte do seu tempo à família e ao lar e as que dividem seu tempo entre a família, o lar e o trabalho remunerado. Ambas as opções trazem vantagens e desvantagens à tarefa de ser mãe. Para mulheres que trabalham fora, a alta demanda de tempo para cumprir as obrigações familiares e profissionais é um fator de estresse que pode comprometer a qualidade do relacionamento com os filhos. Por outro lado, em muitas das famílias com uma mãe dona de casa, os recursos financeiros são menores e as mulheres possuem níveis inferiores de auto-estima e saúde do que as mulheres que trabalham fora, o que pode diminuir a qualidade de seus comportamentos parentais. Nesse estudo, objetivou-se: a) adaptar instrumentos já existentes para avaliar as condições de trabalho, bem-estar psicológico e a participação materna na educação dos filhos; b) comparar mães donas de casa e mães que trabalham fora no que diz respeito à freqüência de vários tipos de envolvimento com seus filhos; e c) investigar a associação entre a freqüência dessas interações e três medidas que refletem a adequação de certos aspectos do desenvolvimento dos seus filhos (autoconceito, desempenho acadêmico e as percepções das crianças da relação mãe e filho). Este trabalho contou com a participação de 60 pares de mães e filhos - 23 mães que trabalhavam fora e 37 mães donas de casa. A média de idade entre as mães foi de 36,5 anos. As crianças estavam ou na 5ª ou na 6ª série, com média de idade de 11,9 anos. A coleta de dados envolveu o preenchimento do Questionário sobre a percepção materna a respeito do relacionamento familiar e de seu bem-estar pelas mães e a avaliação das crianças usando o Teste de Desempenho Escolar , o Questionário para avaliação do Autoconceito e o Questionário sobre a Relação da Mãe e Filho, na Visão do Filho . Em relação às mães, ambos os grupos relataram que usam, com alta freqüência, grande parte dos comportamentos desejáveis ao bom relacionamento familiar, havendo poucas diferenças estatisticamente significativas entre os grupos. Em relação às crianças, também não foram observadas diferenças estatisticamente significativas entre aquelas cujas mães eram donas de casa e aquelas cujas mães trabalhavam fora, no que diz respeito ao seu desempenho acadêmico, seu autoconceito ou as avaliações da freqüência de interações com suas mães. Estes resultados indicam que não havia uma relação entre estes três medidas do bem-estar das crianças e o vínculo das mães com o mercado de trabalho. No entanto, as correlações mostram que alguns aspectos da freqüência da interação das mães com seus filhos contribuam positivamente para a formação do autoconceito acadêmico dos mesmos, o qual, por sua vez, está relacionado positivamente com o desempenho acadêmico das crianças. Assim, a freqüência do envolvimento das mães na vida de seus filhos, por si só, e não o fato de ser dona de casa ou trabalhar fora, parece ser um importante fator para o desenvolvimento de um autoconceito positivo e a obtenção de sucesso acadêmico, entre as crianças.

The purpose of this study was to predict the family resources that influence positive family-to-work spillover for women who are engaged in parent, partner, and paid employee roles. While much research examines the construct of work-family conflict, little examines the positive benefits for women participating in multiple roles. A conceptual framework for the study was obtained from Voydanoffs (2002) work applying ecological systems theory to the work-family interface. Several factors were hypothesized to predict positive family-to-work spillover for multiple role women, including: spousal support; perceived fairness in the division of housework and childcare; relative share of childcare and housework; and paid assistance with housework.<p>Data for this study was collected in a survey designed for a larger assessment of work, family, gender, and health in the Saskatoon area. The current study utilized data collected from women who met the following criteria: 1) spoke fluent English; 2) fell between the ages of 25 - 54 years; 3) were employed full-time or part-time; and 4) were the parent of at least one child under the age of 20 years. The dependent variable was a measure of positive family-to-work spillover. Independent variables included: spousal support; perceived fairness of the division of childcare; perceived fairness of the division of housework; relative of share of housework for respondents compared to ones partner; and paid assistance with housework. Control variables included income, presence of preschool children, number of children, educational attainment, and hours of paid employment. A sequential multiple regression was performed to predict positive family-to-work spillover from the independent variables. The final regression model predicting positive family-to-work spillover included three independent variables: 1) spousal support; 2) the perception of division of childcare as unfair to ones partner; and 3) relative share of housework for the respondent. Implications and limitations of these findings are discussed.