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This study examines the roles of task characteristics, organisational social support, and individual proactivity on innovative work behaviour (IWB) in the public sector. Analysing empirical data from 154 employees from a government agency in Australia, we found that task characteristics, organisational social support, and proactive personality have a positive impact on IWB. Proactive personality is also found to be a moderator in the relationship between task characteristics and IWB. The findings suggest the need to design human resource practices that better identify proactive and innovative job applicants in the recruitment and selection process. Further, we highlight the requirement to organise and design work that recognises the need to develop social support to improve IWB. The implications of the study for further research on IWB are discussed. © 2019 Institute of Public Administration Australia

ABSTRACT This paper outlines a critical analysis of the paradigm shift from a medical to a social model, using the key concepts impacting on learners with disabilities in a schooling system. The social constructionist perspective and the social model provide a conceptual frame for examining disability and inclusive education. Inclusive education is significant for its multidimensional nature and lack of universal definition. The two main issues concerning scholars and interest groups are the lack of access to learning by learners with disability and the confining nature of disability. Despite the acceptance of inclusive education globally, the evidence in the literature suggests many limitations in broadening access to education for all. The paper found that there is an interplay of various aspects relating to inclusive education, namely the historical context and the education system, the capacity for the implementation of inclusive education, a policy framework, infrastructure and resources coordination, and a culture of inclusive education.

The concept of action as a way in which positive change can be enhanced is discussed in relation to its appropriate use in casework treatment

This paper considers the way social theorists draw on affective imagery to convey ideas about complex social processes such as the formation of subjectivity within a given habitus. The argument focuses on discussions of art in the work of Elias and Foucault to question whether imagery, and particularly imagery drawn from art, serves to simplify more complex processes of reasoning, or whether the image can be understood as a type of conceptual consolidation of an argument rather than a means to simply illustrate or augment it. The paper also raises the question of whether art is a more complex form of social agency than it was sometimes understood to be in its original social context.

Those with insecure immigration status in the UK maybe subject to a condition known as 'No Recourse to Public Funds' and risk the prospect of facing destitution within the complex landscape of a discriminatory immigration system. This article examines 'No Recourse to Public Funds' and reports findings from ethnographic research. It documents tensions between immigration legislation and social services' statutory duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of destitute 'No Recourse to Public Funds' families with children.

The article analyses the unrealized projects in the context of growing social consciousness/awareness. First of all the possibilities of society's participation in designing processes are discussed in the framework of different historic periods. Further in the article, the correlations and interactions between the unrealized architectural projects and conscious society are analysed. To illustrate this, the resonance, attracting lots of attention, but failed projects, as well as projects orientated towards the formation of social consciousness are analysed. After summarizing the results of the research, a direct correlation between the unrealised projects of public importance and social self-consciousness, i.e. the society's ability to concentrate, discuss and influence the governmental institutions, pass the determined decisions and precondition the unexpected course of architectural processes, has been established. Santrauka Straipsnyje analizuojami neįgyvendinti architektūros projektai visuomenės sąmonėjimo1 kontekste. Pirmiausiai aptariamos vartojamų aktualių sąvokų – visuomenė, savimonė, socialinis aktyvumas, formalus ir neformalus veikimas etc. – suvokimo ribos. Toliau apžvelgiama visuomenės dalyvavimo projektavimo procesuose raida skirtingais istoriniais laikotarpiais, nagrinėjamas santykis tarp neįgyvendintų architektūros projektų ir sąmoningos visuomenės būvio Lietuvoje. Tam iliustruoti pasitelkiami rezonansiniai, daug dėmesio sulaukę, bet sužlugę projektai, taip pat projektai, orientuoti socialinės savimonės formavimo linkme, sukurti XX a. pr.–XXI a. pr. Chronologinė straipsnio struktūra leidžia stebėti architektūros kaip meninio reiškinio socialėjimo dinamiką, per kurią išryškėja architektūros konceptualioji, idėjinė vertė ir jos galima įtaka ugdant sąmoningą, aktyvią visuomenę. Apibendrinant tyrimo rezultatus, išvedamas tiesioginis ryšys tarp neįgyvendintų visuomeninės svarbos projektų ir socialinės savimonės, t. y. visuomenės gebėjimo susitelkti, diskutuoti, daryti įtaką, lemti netikėtą architektūrinių procesų eigą. Remiantis konkrečiais neįgyvendintų projektų atvejais, įvardinami ir įvertinami visuomenės savimonės ir aktyvumo raiškos aspektai. Reikšminiai žodžiai:nerealizuoti / neįgyvendinti projektai,architektūra,Lietuva,visuomenė,socialinė savimonė,visuomenės aktyvumas,sąmonėjimas.

This article analyses the effects of burnout in a sample of social workers from Malaga, Spain. The results obtained with the structural equations model confirm that burnout has a negative influence on workplace support, job satisfaction and life satisfaction and that workplace support has a positive influence on job satisfaction. Workplace support acts as mediator variable between burnout and job satisfaction and buffers the negative effects of burnout on job satisfaction and life satisfaction among social workers.

The impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic have been catastrophic internationally, with alarming rates of cases and deaths, as well as travel bans and countrywide lockdowns. While many industries are experiencing the deleterious effects of Covid-19, international surrogacy is facing enormous ethical challenges resulting from the pandemic. Drawing on the first author's reflections on research with Indian surrogate mothers, coupled with contemporary literature, this paper highlights the impacts of Covid-19 on surrogacy in India, particularly regarding the strict lockdown laws intended to protect civil society. This paper discusses the serious issues facing key actors involved in surrogacy, including surrogate mothers and commissioning parents. Focus is given to the psychological impacts on newborn babies caught in a liminal space as a result of lockdown laws. The authors conclude with reflections on the role of social work in protecting women and children in international surrogacy, particularly during a pandemic.