International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy: Volume 40 Issue 7/8

The role of human resource management practices and employee job satisfaction in predicting organizational commitment in Saudi Arabian banking sector

Fatma Cherif

The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of human resource management and employee job satisfaction in predicting organizational commitment in the Saudi Arabian…

Unemployment and social stigma: Naming, blaming and shaming of educated youth in rural Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan

Rahat Shah, Qurat-Ul-Ain Jafeer, Sadia Saeed, Saba Aslam, Ijaz Ali

This article aims to highlight the stigmatization attached to the unemployment of educated youth in rural regions of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.

Family-friendly practices in the organization: a citation analysis

Shalini Garg, Punam Agrawal

The objective of the study is to identify the themes of “family friendly practices” and to perform a literature review. The research aims to identify the emerging trends in the…

Social inequality and access to social capital in microfinance interventions

Mudit Kumar Singh, Jaemin Lee

The purpose of this paper is to empirically examine the inequality perpetuated through social categories in accessing the social capital generated through the microfinance…

How policy configurations matter: a critical look into pro-natal policy in South Korea based on a gender and family framework

Kun Lee, Asghar Zaidi

South Korea has shown ultra-low fertility since the 2000s despite a massive expansion of pro-natal policies. The purpose of this research is to analyse institutional and…

Women and politics: a case study of political empowerment of Indian women

Eliza Sharma

This paper aims to identify the dimensions of the political empowerment of Indian women and assess the factors responsible for the lacunas that hold women back in their potential.

Sense of belonging as an indicator of social capital

Mi Young Ahn, Howard H. Davis

This paper examines the possibility of using sense of belonging as an indicator for social capital. Social capital, from the collective social capital theory perspective, is…

Relationship between organizational citizenship and commitment in Puerto Rico banks

Ana Rosario Núñez, Eulalia Marquez, María Zayas, Evelyn López

The aim of this study was to analyse the relationship between organizational citizenship and commitment in a sample of employees of banking branches in Puerto Rico. The specific…

Linking global consumer culture and ethnocentric consumerism to global citizenship: exploring the mediating effect of cultural intelligence

Aluisius Hery Pratono, Denni Arli

This article attempts to understand the impact of global consumer culture and ethnocentric consumerism on global citizenship by identifying the mediating effect of cultural…

Reappraisal of the political approach on East Asian welfare state development: the case of childcare expansion in South Korea

Tauchid Komara Yuda

Political analyses of the East Asian welfare state development often stress the importance of the power resource model, in which vibrant coalitions between the leftist party…

Salient cultural transformations in the age of globalization: implications for business and management

Hamid Yeganeh

This paper aims at analyzing salient cultural transformations and their implications for business and management.

Explaining the enduring deficit of public ECEC services in the south of Italy: The case of Reggio di Calabria

Stefania Barillà, Flavia Martinelli, Antonella Sarlo

This article seeks to explain why the public provision of early childhood education and care (ECEC) services in Reggio di Calabria – the largest city of the Calabria region in…

A systematic review of drivers and interventions against sex work migration in Edo State, Nigeria

Prince Agwu, Uzoma Okoye, Prince Ekoh, Ngozi Chukwu, Chinyere Onalu, Ijeoma Igwe, Paul Onuh, Gift Amadi, George Nche

Sex work migration involves a huge number of females from Nigeria, and has attracted concerns within and across the country. To add to ongoing conversations about responsible…

Gender differences in retirement in Chile and Uruguay

Andres Biehl, Andrea Canales, Viviana Salinas, Guillermo Wormald

This study compares retirement in Chile and Uruguay, and focuses on current individuals legally entitled to retire, particularly women. The article analyses how labour market and…