... the sector and is therefore informal (Hondagneu-Sotelo, 2007), an issue that exacerbates the problem of trust (Pignolo, 2024). Exclusion from laws can also rely on an “ideological devaluation of labour seen as ‘women’s work’. In spite of women’s participation in the labour market, the expectation...

... from the Arab population in Israel. Findings Four central themes emerged from the interviews, detailing the motivations for financial planning for retirement: social identity, pension literacy, reliance on the national social security network and (lack of) trust in the state and the pension system...

...George Okello Candiya Bongomin; Charles Akol Malinga; Alain Manzi Amani; Rebecca Balinda Purpose The main purpose of this paper is to establish whether trust plays a significant mediating role in the relationship between access to microcredit and survival of young women microenterprises in under...

...Bill Lee; John Brierley Purpose The relationship between trust, accountability and procedural justice is studied via research into British credit unions (CUs) following regulatory reform to remedy problems exposed by the 2007–2008 global financial crisis. Design/methodology/approach Interviews...

.... Simultaneously, the household service sector is mostly characterised by low-qualification, informal jobs lacking quality and professional standards. Drawing on transaction cost theory, the present study aims to examine how trust problems deriving from the quality and professionalisation of domestic services can...

.... Although AI is interpreted as a decision-supportive and problem-solving technology for the economy, uncertainties and fears for the society are clearly formulated. Interpreting the results and the originality of the paper, trust building and responsibility sharing in cross-industrial collaborations...

.... The study uses four measures of social capital: trust in family, trust in friends and acquaintances, trust in most people and the number of support sources. To test the hypotheses, the study employs mixed-effects regression models. The transformation process impedes the growth of institutional trust...

...-based – while in Russia WE is predicted by rewarding good performers and such relationship-based practices as feedback, delegating responsibility, discussing work matters, and building trust. Contrary to the hypothesis, such materialistic-based components as providing equal treatment turned out...

...Eileen Willis; Meryl Pearce; Loreen Mamerow; Brad Jorgensen; John Martin Purpose This paper examines citizen trust at both a rational and affect level in the water utility provider, SA Water. Design/methodology/approach The study draws on data from a CATI of approximately 500 residents in two...

... that characterize a society with strong cohesion are investigated and an argument is presented as to how cohesion can be conserved. Findings Culture is understood as a social order based on mainly informal norms. Of these, trust is vital in creating social cohesion. However, trust occurs only under specific...

... is empirically studied. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Social welfare Social networks Trust Social capital Among social capital thinkers who pay explicit attention to inequalities, like Pierre Bourdieu and Nan Lin, we find the idea of what one could call “vicious and virtuous...

... and organise the “personal” and “social spaces” in which to grow old in western modernity. Design/methodology/approach A theoretical paper in three parts, including: an introduction to the relevance and breakdown in trust relations; a mapping out of the key assumptions of risk society; and examples drawn...

...Tim Owen; Jason L. Powell Purpose This paper sets out to examine the relationship between trust and professional power in the context of post‐Foucauldian social theory. Understood in its micro‐political terms and conceived as impacting on individual identity and agency at a number of levels...

... school performance data, encouraging experimentation and facilitating broad stakeholder, community and neighbourhood engagement in school planning and operations. The article argues that measures such as these will assist to mobilize trust, minimise social fragmentation, generate and regenerate community...

...Natalie Fenton; Andrew Passey; Les Hems Looks at the development of the voluntary sector into a semi‐professional area undertaking more work which was previously seen as the State’s responsibility. Considers the amount of trust invested in these charities and the damage that new fundraising...

...Linda R. Weber; Allison Carter Surveys students of sociology classes at a small college in the Northeastern USA to examine the process through which people construct trust in their interpersonal lives, focusing on friendship and love relationships. Refers to previous research into trust...

...J.M. Barbalet Confidence, trust and loyalty are three social emotions necessary respectively for the social processes of agency, cooperation and organization. In addition to the centrality of emotion in social life, an examination of these emotions demonstrates the importance of future‐time...