The concept of focus on opportunities describes how many new goals, options, and possibilities employees believe to have in their personal future at work. In this multi-sample, multi-method study, the authors investigated relationships between focus on opportunities and general and daily work engagement …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the concept of intergenerational learning as a way for organizations to deal with an ageing worker population in a positive and constructive way. Design/methodology/approach – The paper employs a thematic synthesis of qualitative literature and considers …

The current paper is aimed at identifying the social enterprises according to EMES criteria by investigating the social economy actors in Romania. As an emerging field of study, social entrepreneurship and social enterprise have captured the attention of both practitioners from Europe and North America, …

Bespreking van Gray, M., Plath, D., & Webb, S. (2009). Evidence-based social work, a critical stance. Oxon: Routledge.

Weinigen zullen betwijfelen dat het nuttig is om onderzoek te gebruiken om de praktijk van sociaal werk te versterken. Een Europees congres eind 2009, met deelnemers uit sociaal werk onderzoek, beleid en praktijk, formuleerde bezorgdheid over het ondergebruik van de beschikbare resultaten uit sociaal …

This article reports on qualitative research among 48 social professionals, managers and policymakers and their perceptions of activating citizenship, social work roles and responsibilities, carried out in Utrecht and Tartu. Professionals from both countries agreed to the idea of activating citizenship …

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The labour market for experts through experience is growing. They work at client organizations and with increasing frequency at mental health care facilities and training institutes as well. This requires training and curricula for experts through experience. The author describes as an exemplary case …

Contemporary social work is subjected to ongoing questions in terms of its effectiveness and accountability. It appears to be problematic for social workers to defend themselves in a proper manner. When they do so, they often seem to rely primarily on a rhetoric of good intentions and are thus unable …

This article presents the results of a pilot of a cross-national learning process within the context of social work education. The pilot was carried out in the electronic environment by students from four European universities (Hogeschool Utrecht, Sheffield, Tartu and Vilnius). The analysis of the social …