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Publication date: 1 January 2008

Lester Coleman

This paper aims to identify the preferences towards sex education and information from a religiously diverse sample of young people. The research builds on growing evidence…

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Purpose

This paper aims to identify the preferences towards sex education and information from a religiously diverse sample of young people. The research builds on growing evidence towards religious affiliation having a strong influence on sexual attitudes and behaviour.

Design/methodology/approach

A total of 3,007 young people aged 15‐18 attending schools in London, UK, completed a cross‐sectional survey. The questionnaire identified preferred sexual health “topics”, preferences for where they would like to receive this education and who they thought would be the ideal person to deliver the information.

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The largest religious group was Christian (34 per cent), followed by Muslim (24 per cent), Hindu (21 per cent), “Don't believe” (15 per cent) and “Other” (7 per cent). There were a number of similarities across the practising religious groups such as preferences for more information on sexually transmitted infections and how to make sex more satisfying. The data also showed significant differences across the religious groups, in particular between Hindus and Muslims, and their preferences towards the ideal person to deliver sex education. Hindus were notable for showing a higher preference towards someone of similar age, and also reporting the least preference for someone of the same religion. By contrast, Muslims reported a higher preference for religious compatibility on the premise that such a person could “identify with” their own religious and cultural beliefs.

Research limitations/implications

Although derived from a sample that is not statistically representative of all young people, the findings demonstrate the potential and importance of being able to respond to the competing sex education preferences of religious groups. The forthcoming challenge is to research the ways in which this potential for sex education can be harnessed in a sensitive manner.

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This paper is valuable in terms of establishing young people's preferences for information on sex and relationships, but less so in terms of identifying the types of sex education that are most beneficial. Indeed, it is likely that this paper will be of particular relevance to the “knowledge and understanding” element that is specified in this guidance.

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Health Education, vol. 108 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0965-4283

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Publication date: 1 January 1994

Tina E. Chrzastowski

Following nearly three years of planning and negotiation, an endowment fund‐raising campaign was launched on behalf of the chemistry library at the University of Illinois at…

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Following nearly three years of planning and negotiation, an endowment fund‐raising campaign was launched on behalf of the chemistry library at the University of Illinois at Urbana‐Champaign (UIUC). The campaign, tied to the 100th Anniversary of the chemistry library, was directed at UIUC School of Chemical Sciences (SCS) alumni and SCS faculty. Contributions were sought to create a $200,000 “birthday endowment,” a continuing fund to purchase books for the chemistry library, and endow the library monograph budget with at least $10,000 per year.

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The Bottom Line, vol. 7 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0888-045X

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Publication date: 1 January 1995

The scope of this column is being expanded with this issue in response to the dramatic increase in the publication and range of CD‐ROMs. We will include among the reviews CDs of…

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The scope of this column is being expanded with this issue in response to the dramatic increase in the publication and range of CD‐ROMs. We will include among the reviews CDs of interest which usually have some relationship with music. Also, as the spirit moves us, we will include CD‐ROMs which are not music related, just as the music CDs wandered beyond the strict confines of jazz.

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Collection Building, vol. 14 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0160-4953

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Publication date: 1 January 1996

NIGEL MORRIS‐COTTERILL

Money laundering is the only way of getting the proceeds of criminal activity into the economy. Without it the criminal cannot profit from his endeavour. So, governments worldwide…

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Money laundering is the only way of getting the proceeds of criminal activity into the economy. Without it the criminal cannot profit from his endeavour. So, governments worldwide are trying to find new ways of preventing criminals profiting from their crimes. They are using hard law, they are using outreach provisions. They are creating new areas of risk for those engaged in all manner of trade both domestically and with any international aspect. This paper shows why.

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Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance, vol. 4 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1358-1988

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Publication date: 1 January 1998

Gordon Hughes

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Reference Reviews, vol. 12 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0950-4125

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Publication date: 5 February 2015

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The Human Factor In Social Capital Management: The Owner-manager Perspective
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ISBN: 978-1-78441-584-6

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Publication date: 9 May 2023

Pınar Fayganoğlu, Koruhan Fayganoğlu and Rukiye Can Yalçın

Leadership is a social phenomenon. Therefore, it has to be examined according to its social context. The point to be underlined by the social context is the social network in…

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Leadership is a social phenomenon. Therefore, it has to be examined according to its social context. The point to be underlined by the social context is the social network in which the leader emerges. Considering the studies, the social network side of leadership is relatively ignored comparing with sociometric studies. In that sense, the aim of this study is to reveal whether there is a relationship between the positions of the military personnel, who are defined as one of the gray-collar working groups in the literature, within the social network mechanisms of which they are members, and their self-leadership perceptions. To answer the question, a self-leadership scale was applied to 69 gray-collar employees working in a military unit and network analyses were performed. According to results, there is a strong, positive and significant relationship between the network mechanism centrality criteria indegree, reach centrality and closeness and the self-leadership perceptions of individuals. In addition, there was no significant relationship between eigenvector centrality and honest brokerage, which are among the network mechanism criteria, and the actors’ self-leadership perceptions. The study has aimed at accenting and adding different perspectives to the leadership studies and gray-collar literature.

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Management and Organizational Studies on Blue- and Gray-collar Workers: Diversity of Collars
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ISBN: 978-1-80455-754-9

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Publication date: 5 September 2018

Maura J. Mills and Leanne M. Tortez

We review the state of the literature concerning work–family conflict in the military, focusing on service members’ parenting roles and overall family and child well-being. This…

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We review the state of the literature concerning work–family conflict in the military, focusing on service members’ parenting roles and overall family and child well-being. This includes recognition that for many women service members, parenting considerations often arise long before a child is born, thereby further complicating work–family conflict considerations in regard to gender-specific conflict factors such as pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum, and breastfeeding. Subsequently, we consider more gender-invariant conflict factors, such as the nature of the work itself as causing conflict for the service member as parent (e.g., nontraditional hours, long separations, and child care challenges) as well as for the child (e.g., irregular contact with parent, fear for parent’s safety, and frequent relocations), and the ramifications of such conflict on service member and child well-being. Finally, we review formalized support resources that are in place to mitigate negative effects of such conflict, and make recommendations to facilitate progress in research and practice moving forward.

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Occupational Stress and Well-Being in Military Contexts
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ISBN: 978-1-78756-184-7

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Publication date: 19 August 2021

Kristin L. Cullen-Lester, Caitlin M. Porter, Hayley M. Trainer, Pol Solanelles and Dorothy R. Carter

The field of Human Resource Management (HRM) has long recognized the importance of interpersonal influence for employee and organizational effectiveness. HRM research and practice…

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The field of Human Resource Management (HRM) has long recognized the importance of interpersonal influence for employee and organizational effectiveness. HRM research and practice have focused primarily on individuals’ characteristics and behaviors as a means to understand “who” is influential in organizations, with substantially less attention paid to social networks. To reinvigorate a focus on network structures to explain interpersonal influence, the authors present a comprehensive account of how network structures enable and constrain influence within organizations. The authors begin by describing how power and status, two key determinants of individual influence in organizations, operate through different mechanisms, and delineate a range of network positions that yield power, reflect status, and/or capture realized influence. Then, the authors extend initial structural views of influence beyond the positions of individuals to consider how network structures within and between groups – capturing group social capital and/or shared leadership – enable and constrain groups’ ability to influence group members, other groups, and the broader organizational system. The authors also discuss how HRM may leverage these insights to facilitate interpersonal influence in ways that support individual, group, and organizational effectiveness.

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Publication date: 5 February 2015

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The Human Factor In Social Capital Management: The Owner-manager Perspective
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ISBN: 978-1-78441-584-6

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