Exploratory Study on Drug Users’ Perspectives on Quality of Life: More than Health-Related Quality of Life?

In drug treatment outcome literature, a focus on objective and socially desirable indicators of change (e.g. no drug use) has predominated, while outcome indicators that are important for drug users themselves (e.g. quality of life, satisfaction with treatment) have largely been neglected. Nonetheless, Quality of Life (QoL) has become an important concept to evaluate effectiveness of treatment in mental health care research and disability studies. Given the almost exclusive focus on Health-related Quality of Life (HRQOL) in substance abuse research and the neglect of clients’ perspectives in this field, we explore in this study the concept of QoL as perceived by drug users. Focus group discussions (n = 9) were organised in various treatment settings and community services for drug users in the region of Ghent, Belgium to identify important dimensions of QoL and their interpretation by drug users. Data were clustered and analysed based on the theoretical framework of Robert Schalock (Quality of life. Volume 1: Conceptualization and measurement, 1996). The domains ‘personal relationships’, ‘social inclusion’ and ‘self-determination’ were discussed most frequently by the participants. They stressed the importance of a supportive social network in particular. It can be concluded that QoL is not primarily associated by drug users with health and it involves much more than the aspects typically represented in measures of HRQOL.     

Employees’ prosocial behavioral intentions through empowerment in CSR decision-making

This study theorizes and empirically tests a conceptual framework to understand how a company can better motivate its employees to carry out persistent prosocial behavior and develop positive organization-employee relationships through corporate social responsibility (CSR) involvement. A managerial approach, employee participative decision making in CSR, is examined for its impact on the prosocial behavioral outcome among employees and the relational outcome for the organization. Furthermore, a psychological mechanism that emphasizes employees’ perceived need satisfaction is examined as the underlying explanation that drives the effectiveness of the managerial approach. The study results support that empowering employees to co-construct CSR decisions with top management is effective in satisfying employees’ basic psychological needs for autonomy, competence, and relatedness. This in turn increases the employees’ intention to maintain long-lasting involvement in CSR and improves their relationships with the company. This study provides important implications for public relations professionals and organizational leaders on how to improve their internal CSR communication and involvement practice and cultivate desirable organization-employee relationships.     

Endogenous socio-economic development in the European union — issues of evaluation

The public sector, in its policy statements and in the design of programmes of intervention, appears to be subscribing to a rhetoric of “grassroots participation”. At the same time, however, pressures are increasing for bureaucracies to adopt a managerialist modus operandi. This article considers the tensions that arise when participative service provision and programmes are subjected to evaluation scrutiny by managerialist bodies. The discussion takes place in the context of an EU-sponsored endogenous socio-economic development initiative. This prepares the ground for an exploration of participative evaluation.     

公共预算是可能的吗？——温岭市参与式预算案例研究

民主社会的基本要求之一是财政的公开透明,而公共预算正是保证财政公开透明的重要方式之一。但在我国现实情况下,要求所有公众完全参与到预算制定、执行、监督过程中是不现实的,而且当前亦缺乏一种可供所有政府部门借鉴的预算运行模式。因此,通过分析温岭市参与式预算实践机制这一运行模式,可以从中找出其普遍性意义和可推广性特征,为我国公...     

西部地区农民新农保参与意愿研究

本文基于农民微观调查数据．利用Logistic模型对西部地区农民参与新型农村社会养老保险的意愿及影响因素进行了系统分析。研究发现：西部地区农民对新型农村社会养老保险有较强的参与意愿。年龄、健康状况、个人年收入、家庭劳动力数、家庭男孩数、家庭女孩数、家庭承包土地数及是否了解新农保等变量对农民参保意愿影响显著;性剐、婚姻状况、文化程度、从事职业、家庭人口数等变量对农民参保意愿并无显著影响。与已有对东部地区农民旧农保参与意愿的研究结论相比。西部地区农民参与新农保的意愿有其自身的特征。政府部门应针对当地农民的参保意愿及其影响因素,积极探索并总结行之有效的措施来实现预期的全覆盖目标。     

社会工作实验课程教学体系研究

社会工作实验课程设计教学体系对实现社会工作专业人才培养目标具有重要意义。本文分析现阶段高校开展社会工作实验课程教学面临的机遇与挑战,尤其以参与式教学模式运用为中心论题,探究社会工作专业课程设计和教学方法设计应注重的原则,使教师引导学生与校外的实践活动相衔接,同时重点强调学生在课堂教学中的主体地位,在不同专业课程的教学过程中运用参与式教学工具诸如角色扮演、小组讨论等方式,以思维和行为训练为主线,有效提高学生的社工实务能力。     

调节焦点视角下工作压力对员工创造力的影响

基于调节焦点理论,本研究探讨了促进型调节焦点在挑战性工作压力和员工创造力之间、防御型调节焦点在阻碍性工作压力和员工创造力之间所起的中介作用,并根据社会信息处理理论,进一步探究了参与型领导在此过程中的调节作用。通过对202份调查问卷进行统计分析,得出以下研究结论:(1)挑战性工作压力能够诱发员工的促进型调节焦点,阻碍性工作压力能够诱发员工的防御型调节焦点;(2)促进型调节焦点在挑战性工作压力与员工创造力之间起中介作用,即挑战性工作压力通过增强促进型调节焦点继而提高员工创造力,防御型调节焦点在阻碍性工作压力与员工创造力之间的没有起到中介作用;(3)参与型领导增强了挑战性工作压力与促进型调节焦点之间的正向关系,并在这个模型中起调节作用;(4)参与型领导削弱了阻碍性工作压力与防御型调节焦点之间的正向关系,但并没有在整个模型中起到调节作用。以上研究为"如何使员工在沉重的工作压力下提高创造力"等问题提供了一个新的解释,具有重要的理论和实践意义。     

Exploring the Learning Experiences of Students Involved in Community Profiling Projects

This article reports on a collaborative pilot study that aimed to improve final year social work students' capacity to reflect on the learning process through the use of an online journal. The ability to reflect on practice is widely regarded as a key skill in social work and journals are seen as a valuable aid in the process. At the same time, there are legitimate reservations about the authenticity of some learning through reflection, given the difficulties of measurement and the potential for dissimulation. Traditional journaling also has a number of limitations and is open to a superficial approach. Students and the social work teacher in this study found that factors such as immediacy, intimacy and convenience of online access improved both the quality of journaling and its recognition as an authentic learning tool, with life-long applicability. The indications are that reflective practices need to be taught in one academic course only as the processes are highly portable and independent of specific content. Asynchronous online journaling, however, should be accompanied by opportunities for students to engage in interactive activities with their peers in order to consolidate their learning and validate their experiences.     

New voices in social work: an explorative study of female Turkish and Moroccan-Dutch professionals in social work in the Netherlands

In social work, the participation of Turkish and Moroccan-Dutch professionals, second and third generation migrant women from a Muslim background, is increasing. In this participative qualitative inquiry, new professionals were actively involved as co-researchers, doing research with peers from the same background. The question addressed is how these professionals deal with identity tensions and if they find positive sources of identification in social work. The new professionals claim a positive identity, connected to what they consider their strength and in particular their faith and ‘otherness’. At the same time, this increases their vulnerability, in a context in which Islam by some is considered a threat to society. The importance of a supportive professional social work identity is advocated.     

西安世园会大学生志愿者参与动机与激励机制研究

对西安世园会240名大学生志愿者进行问卷调查和个案访谈。结果显示世园会大学生志愿者参与动机良好,并呈现出多元化的特点,参与动机主要来源于利他主义、理想的实现、自我成长、自我实现和环境因子五个方面,并且这些影响因素在大学生的性别、专业、学历层次和政治面貌等方面存在一定的差异性。高校、政府、社会各界需要在大型志愿管理服务工作中加强管理、正面激励、持续引导,维持大学生志愿服务参与的良好动机。