Session: factors shaping the low-wage employment experience (Society for Social Work and Research 20th Annual Conference - Grand Challenges for Social Work: Setting a Research Agenda for the Future)

Schedule:

Saturday, January 16, 2016: 9:45 AM-11:15 AM

Meeting Room Level-Meeting Room 5 (Renaissance Washington, DC Downtown Hotel)

Cluster: Work, Family, and Family Policy

Moderator:

Anna Haley-Lock, PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison

* noted as presenting author

Effects of Vocational Training on Informally Employed Women: Evidence from Brazil
Lenore Matthew, MSW, MA, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Is It Time to Pull the Plug on Poor Scheduling Practices in the U.S. Hospitals? Healthcare Support Workers, Scheduling Challenges & Intent to Leave
Helen Nichols, MSW, University of Maryland at Baltimore; Jennifer E. Swanberg, PhD, University of Maryland at Baltimore

The Emerging Importance of the Frontline Supervisor for Improving Low-Wage Work: Hospital Support Workers, Supervisor Support & Turnover
Jennifer E. Swanberg, PhD, University of Maryland at Baltimore; Helen Nichols, MSW, University of Maryland at Baltimore

The Economic Effects of Psychological Self-Sufficiency Among Low-Income Job Seekers in the Hpog Programs
Philip Young P. Hong, PhD, Loyola University, Chicago; Jang Ho Park, MSW, Loyola University, Chicago; Alanna J. Shin, University of Illinois at Chicago

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