'Living for the Brethren': Idealism, Social Work's Lost Enlightenment Strain

Correspondence to Ken Moffatt, Associate Professor, School of Social Work, York University, Kinsmen Building, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M3J 1P3. E-mail: kmoffatt{at}yorku.ca and allan.irving{at}widener.edu Summary In this article we define British idealism, a thread of Enlightenmentthought. We draw upon historical British writings and Canadianarchival material to reveal key concepts central to idealismand social work. The article begins by discussing social responsibilitybased on the idealist premise of Christian immanence. We thendiscuss the spiritual rationality of the new liberalism. Thethought of E.J. Urwick, a key philosopher of British and Canadiansocial work, illustrates that both British and Platonic idealismcontinued to influence the field of modern social work. Theconcepts of engaged participation and reciprocity are congruentwith Christian immanence and spiritual rationality. We arguethat social work can benefit from recovering its lost pastssuch as idealism as an aid in prefiguring an uncertain future.     

Work and Non-Pathological Gambling

Most economists believe that people would value an additional $1,000 in income more if they were poor than if rich, but if so, people should not gamble according to standard expected utility theory. Thus, economists have been challenged to explain the pervasiveness of gambling in human behavior. A recently proposed solution to this theoretical challenge (Nyman 2004; Nyman et al. in Journal of Socio-Economics 37:2492–2504, 2008) suggests that, because having to work for one’s income is a fact of life in market economies, many individuals view the winnings from gambling not only as additional income, but as additional income for which one does not need to work. As a result, individuals, and especially those who are disadvantaged in the labor market, attach a utility premium to gambling winnings and gamble because of that. This utility premium would explain the pervasiveness of gambling in society, especially among the economically disadvantaged. This paper reviews the economic approaches to explaining non-pathological gambling, presents an overview of the new theory, and uses data from the National Epidemiological Survey of Alcohol and Related Conditions from 2001 to test it. The results indicate that the respondent’s work characteristics explain the decision to gamble in a way that is consistent with theory.     

Urban Aboriginal and First Nations perspectives on casinos and the First Nations gaming industry in Alberta,Canada

There is a surprising paucity of information about urban Aboriginal gambling behaviours and practices, considering that the urban Aboriginal community is the fastest-growing demographic group in Canada and that indigenous people have some of the highest rates of gambling and problem gambling. Interpreting the focus group findings from First Nations and urban Aboriginal participants in Alberta, this study provides insights into urban Aboriginal and rural First Nations attitudes to gambling and the perceived value of the provincial First Nations gaming industry. Although the First Nations focus groups were aware of gambling's associated positive and negative outcomes, they were generally supportive of their communities' decision to pursue casinos. The urban Aboriginal focus group, however, identified little positive about the casinos, even if its participants supported the First Nations' capacity to pursue casino development. These tensions demand policymakers' attention.     

FAMILY STRUCTURE TRANSITIONS AND CHILD ACHIEVEMENT

This article uses prospective data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 to investigate how children in divorced and never-married-mother families vary in reading and math achievement after parental remarriage. These are compared to children who remain in never-married, divorced, and continuously married families. Results based on growth curve modeling indicate that children remaining in single-parent families resulting from divorce or nonmarital births have lower achievement scores than children from married families. Maternal education and income account for all of the adverse effects of family structure on reading achievement, while maternal education, income, and children's home environment can explain the negative relationship between single parenting and math scores. We conclude that parental remarriage may have more benefits for children than previous studies have suggested.     

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领导-部属交换与员工亲组织非伦理行为：差序格局视角

 亲组织非伦理行为是近年来组织管理学界日益关注的一种非伦理行为类型,但在实践中,因其亲组织性而容易被组织忽视或默许。已有研究证明,亲组织非伦理行为对组织的长远利益有害,而一些通常被认为对组织有益的概念(如伦理型领导和变革型领导)在一定条件下会促进员工的亲组织非伦理行为。但就整体而言,关于亲组织非伦理行为的影响因素和形成机制的研究仍相当匮乏。领导-部属交换在差序格局下的华人组织中广泛存在并具有丰富的文化内涵,可以对员工的行为产生重要的影响。因此,在以关系为导向的中国文化背景下,探讨领导-部属交换对员工亲组织非伦理行为的影响机制有其独特的理论价值和实践意义。        整合社会交换理论、社会认同理论和自我一致性理论,基于352份中国长三角地区本土企业的员工数据,运用层次回归分析法和总效应调节模型法,探讨差序格局视角下领导-部属交换对员工亲组织非伦理行为的影响,检验组织情感承诺的中介作用和道德认同的调节作用,从而揭示领导-部属交换影响员工亲组织非伦理行为的内在机制。        研究结果表明,领导-部属交换和组织情感承诺对员工亲组织非伦理行为均有显著正向影响;组织情感承诺在领导-部属交换与亲组织非伦理行为间起部分中介作用,且道德认同负向调节这种中介作用;道德认同负向调节组织情感承诺对亲组织非伦理行为的影响,但对领导-部属交换与亲组织非伦理行为之间的关系没有显著调节作用。        实证检验亲组织非伦理行为这一非伦理行为类型,拓展了非伦理行为相关研究;选取领导-部属交换作为切入点,探讨亲组织非伦理行为的形成机制,丰富了领导视角对员工亲组织非伦理行为的影响研究;提出并检验领导-部属交换、组织情感承诺与亲组织非伦理行为的正向关系,再次证明一些被认为是正面的因素也会促使员工采取非伦理行为,丰富了领导-部属交换与组织情感承诺的负面影响研究;探讨中国组织情景下的亲组织非伦理行为的形成机制,得出与西方研究不同的结论,即领导-部属交换对员工亲组织非伦理行为有直接显著影响,而员工的道德认同对此影响并没有显著的调节作用,反映了华人社会与西方社会对关系的认知差异。     

A Comparison of Pyramidal Staff Training and Direct Staff Training in Community-Based Day Programs

This study evaluated two methods of training staff who were working with individuals with developmental disabilities: pyramidal training and consultant-led training. In the pyramidal training, supervisors were trained in the principles of applied behavior analysis (ABA) and in delivering feedback. The supervisors then trained their direct-care staff and, subsequently, provided ongoing performance feedback. In the consultant-led training, the direct-care staff was trained in the principles of ABA. Both groups learned similar amounts of knowledge of ABA principles, but pyramidal training was more effective in teaching staff to use correct teaching procedures with consumers. In addition, the pyramidal training group maintained the improvement in their teaching procedures at a 3-month follow up, while the consultant-led training group's performance declined.     

Extending the Foundations and Reach of Design Science: Further Reflections on the Role of Critical Realism

In his commentary on our proposal to reframe the relevance of business and management research by combining design science with critical realism (Hodgkinson and Starkey, British Journal of Management, 22 (2011), pp. 355–369), Willmott (British Journal of Management, 23 (2012), pp. 598–604) commends us for our advocacy of a social science as opposed to professional school agenda, while admonishing us for seeking to underpin the commended design science ethos with critical realism, on the grounds of ontological inconsistency and the risk of diminishing the emancipatory elements of our social usefulness agenda. In reply, we demonstrate how, in highlighting the interplay of multiple generative mechanisms within and between levels of analysis, critical realism is entirely commensurate with the design science approach advocated, and enriches rather than diminishes our overarching agenda to humanize the workplace.     

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