Black Caribbean Empowerment and Early Eighteenth-Century Moravian Missions Documents

The article suggests a new reading of the documents related to the early period of eighteenth-century Moravians' missionary activities in the Danish West Indies that started in 1732. The early period of Moravian missionary presence – between the 1730s and 1760s – differed from subsequent periods because later periods lost the original attempts to establish spiritual equality. A close reading of the various documents allows one to detect forms of active protest and creative agency on the part of enslaved people that were fostered, wittingly or unwittingly, by the Moravian missionaries. The article claims that the early Moravian missionaries to the Danish West Indies laid a spiritual foundation that provided a great deal more encouragement and secular empowerment to the thousands of slaves with whom they came into contact than has been considered so far in the scholarship.     

Berufliche segregation im kontext

Sichern „M?nnerberufe” tats?chlich einen besseren Erwerbseinstieg als „Frauenberufe”? In welchem Ausma? k?nnen frauen-bzw. m?nnerdominierte Berufe im Leben junger Menschen erwerbsbiographische Kontinuit?t stiften? Ausgehend von der überlegung, dass die Konsequenzen geschlechtstypischer Berufsentscheidungen mit den konkreten wirtschaftsstrukturellen und institutionellen Rahmenbedingungen variieren, wird ein innerdeutscher Vergleich genutzt, um Mechanismen von Benachteiligungen im frühen Erwerbsverlauf herauszuarbeiten. Die empirischen Analysen basieren auf Daten der Deutschen Lebensverlaufsstudie, die durch Angaben des Mikrozensus um berufsbezogene Kontextvariablen erg?nzt wurden. Sie beziehen sich auf 1971 geborene Frauen und M?nner, deren Erwerbsverl?ufe bis in die zweite H?lfte der 1990er Jahre analysiert werden. Die Geschlechtstypik der Ausbildung wirkt sich insbesondere auf die Erwerbst?tigkeit von Frauen chancendifferenzierend aus. Ausbildungen in frauendominierten Berufen haben in beiden Teilen Deutschlands partiell gegens?tzliche Folgen für den frühen Erwerbsverlauf. Dem liegen unterschiedliche Professionalisierungstendenzen und Dynamiken des wirtschaftsstrukturellen Wandels zugrunde.     

Maximizing potential: innovative collaborative strategies between one-stops and mental health systems of care

Barriers to seamless service delivery between workforce development and mental health systems of care have kept both entities from maximizing their potential in regards to employment for job seekers with mental illness who are capable of work and seeking employment. Using a multiple case study design, this study examined the nature of collaboration between workforce development and mental health systems to understand the policies and practices in place to assist individuals with mental illness to find and keep work. The paper presents innovative strategies that involved staff from both workforce development and mental health agencies. Findings from this research identified the following collaborative strategies: (a) the creation of liaison positions and collaborative teams; (b) staff training on mental health and workforce issues; and (c) multi-level involvement of individuals with mental illness. Implications for workforce professionals are offered as a way to stimulate implementation of such strategies.     

Schade,es war mal wieder keine Zeit zur Diskussion. Persönliche Eindrücke vom Kongress

Ohne Zusammenfassung     

Hidden Agendas in Beratungs-und Veränderungsprozessen

Consulting and organization development claim to boost the client organization’s efficiency — this official goal is frequently foiled by hidden agendas which are not officially communicated. Hidden functions of consulting are to prove to the management’s legitimacy, to explain the failure of change processes, to strengthen the initator’s position in internal power struggles or to relieve the system from conflict. On the consultants’ side there is a tension between professionalism on one side and the necessity to secure follow-up projects and to sell standard products on the other side. The authors present possible interpretations for such hidden agendas and illustrate them with case studies from their practical experience as consultants.