Researching home in social work

Researching Social Inequalities in Education:

The injustices of “allowing certain people to succeed, based not upon merit but upon the cultural experiences, the social ties and the economic resources they have access to, often remains unacknowledged in the broader society” (Wacquant, 1998, p. 216). Cognizant of this, we argue that education requires researchers’ renewed examination and explanation of its involvement in the construction of ...

Methodological constraints in researching systems development work

The author describes the problems and constraints experienced when researching an in-house team of system developers working on a groupware project. These constraints partly shaped the approach to field work and led to the need to use multiple methods of data collection. The developers themselves used many ways of coordinating the project which cut across established team structures and culture...

Nursing Home Culture Change and Social Work Practice

Scam-Alert: Characterizing Work from Home Scams on Social Networks

Online social networks have become a favorite platform for marketers and advertisers. Due to the wide reach of these networks and low cost of advertisement, there has been an upsurge of marketing and advertising campaigns on social media. Social networks like facebook, twitter and google+ possess the capability to quickly turn any piece of information viral, thus increasing its impact. However,...

Work and home location: Possible role of social networks

This research explores to what extent people’s work locations are similar to that of those who live around them. Using the Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics data set and the 2000 decennial census, we investigate the home and work locations of different census block residents in the Twin Cities (Minneapolis–St. Paul) metropolitan area. Our aim is to investigate if people who share a resid...