Self-sufficiency (SS) is the epitome of America's 'reluctant'welfare state. It is generally
accepted in social welfare policy circles as a concept related to independence and financial …

En distintas áreas de investigación se ha comprobado que las operativizaciones del nivel
de ingresos subjetivo basadas en la necesidad percibida y/o en los ingresos relativos …

Over several decades, social capital has gained intellectual currency as a means to
understand the dynamics of individual and community resources. While prevalent in other …

We develop a model of factors that enable morally courageous actors to carry on even after
encountering organizational opposition. The model specifies that durable moral courage …

Existing datasets provided by statistical agencies (eg Eurostat) show that the economic and
financial crisis that unfolded in 2008 significantly impacted the lives and livelihoods of young …

Objectives: The Employment Hope scale (EHS) was designed to measure the empowerment-
based self-sufficiency (SS) outcome among low-income job-seeking clients. This measure …

The purpose of this study was, first, to validate the factor structure of psychological self-
sufficiency (PSS) and, second, to investigate the extent to which PSS affects economic self …

Self-sufficiency (SS) is an important social welfare policy goal in the United States, yet little is
known about the process that leads to SS. To address this gap in the literature, this study …

The purpose of this study is to evaluate how service providers, clients, and graduates of a
job-training program define the term self-sufficiency (SS). This community-engaged, mixed …

Social workers who feel having a legitimate mandate to carry the social justice core value of
their profession must first grasp the depth and breadth of poverty. These workers must then …