Caroline Alcorso
Biographic Data
| ID | 366746 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Caroline Alcorso |
| GIVEN NAMES | Caroline |
| FAMILY NAME | Alcorso |
| SIGNATURE | ALCORSO C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Safe Work Australia |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8242-8067 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 40 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Giving Back to Our Community’: The Retention of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Disability Workforce in New South Wales, Australia
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people of Australia require culturally responsive services. The Australian government has committed to establishing strategies to increase the size of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander disability workforce; however, there is scant research on the factors influencing retention. This study aimed to examine the factors that influence the retention of non‐university qualified Aboriginal health, ageing…
Implementing an Indigenous Research Methodology to Develop a Culturally Appropriate Survey and Yarning Protocol: Challenges With Retention of the Aboriginal Health, Ageing and Disability Workforce
Aboriginal staff play a vital part in improving culturally safe and effective services and supports for Aboriginal people. Research on the Aboriginal workforce helps advance a culturally safe environment for workers and Aboriginal people accessing health and community services. This study aims to identify the barriers and enablers to workforce retention of Aboriginal people who do not have university qualifications and who work in the health, dis…
Closing the Gender Gap: Act Now
Migrants and Employment: Challenging the success story
The Australian government claims that its emphasis on skills in the migration program has paid off, with recent migrants achieving superior labour market outcomes to previous cohorts, and contributing more to the 'productive diversity' of the Australian workforce. Such sentiments are supported by most contemporary scholars of migration. Their conclusions stem from the adoption of a human capital approach where migrants' labour market outcomes are…
‘And I'd like to thank my wife…’: Gender dynamics and the ethnic ‘family business’
(1993). ‘And I'd like to thank my wife...’: Gender dynamics and the ethnic ‘family business’. Australian Feminist Studies: Vol. 8, No. 17, pp. 93-108
Economic stocktake: Trends and issues for non-English speaking background women since 1982
Australia's Italians: Culture and Community in a Changing Society
Introduction Early Italian migration and the construction of European Australia 1788--1939 Italians in Australia during World War II Italian migration and settlement since 1945 Italians help build Australia Cappuccino capitalism: Italian immigrants and Australian business Place and community: the construction of an Italo--Australian space Community leaders in rural Australia and the construction of the Godfather Community networks and institution…
Understanding Ethnic Small Business: A Case Study of Marrickville
Ethnic small businesses are an increasingly important feature of economic life in Australian cities. Which groups are most likely to go into this sector, and what are the factors which make for ‘success’? What is the price for survival in terms of working conditions and family life, and what are the fruits of success? These are some of the questions being investigated in a two‐year study of ethnic small business in the Sydney region. This paper p…
Migrants and Employment: Challenging the success story
The Australian government claims that its emphasis on skills in the migration program has paid off, with recent migrants achieving superior labour market outcomes to previous cohorts, and contributing more to the 'productive diversity' of the Australian workforce. Such sentiments are supported by most contemporary scholars of migration. Their conclusions stem from the adoption of a human capital approach where migrants' labour market outcomes are…
Understanding Ethnic Small Business: A Case Study of Marrickville
Ethnic small businesses are an increasingly important feature of economic life in Australian cities. Which groups are most likely to go into this sector, and what are the factors which make for ‘success’? What is the price for survival in terms of working conditions and family life, and what are the fruits of success? These are some of the questions being investigated in a two‐year study of ethnic small business in the Sydney region. This paper p…
Closing the Gender Gap: Act Now
Economic stocktake: Trends and issues for non-English speaking background women since 1982
Understanding Ethnic Small Business: A Case Study of Marrickville
Ethnic small businesses are an increasingly important feature of economic life in Australian cities. Which groups are most likely to go into this sector, and what are the factors which make for ‘success’? What is the price for survival in terms of working conditions and family life, and what are the fruits of success? These are some of the questions being investigated in a two‐year study of ethnic small business in the Sydney region. This paper p…
‘And I'd like to thank my wife…’: Gender dynamics and the ethnic ‘family business’
(1993). ‘And I'd like to thank my wife...’: Gender dynamics and the ethnic ‘family business’. Australian Feminist Studies: Vol. 8, No. 17, pp. 93-108
Economic stocktake: Trends and issues for non-English speaking background women since 1982
Australia's Italians: Culture and Community in a Changing Society
Introduction Early Italian migration and the construction of European Australia 1788--1939 Italians in Australia during World War II Italian migration and settlement since 1945 Italians help build Australia Cappuccino capitalism: Italian immigrants and Australian business Place and community: the construction of an Italo--Australian space Community leaders in rural Australia and the construction of the Godfather Community networks and institution…
Migrants and Employment: Challenging the success story
The Australian government claims that its emphasis on skills in the migration program has paid off, with recent migrants achieving superior labour market outcomes to previous cohorts, and contributing more to the 'productive diversity' of the Australian workforce. Such sentiments are supported by most contemporary scholars of migration. Their conclusions stem from the adoption of a human capital approach where migrants' labour market outcomes are…
Closing the Gender Gap: Act Now
Giving Back to Our Community’: The Retention of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Disability Workforce in New South Wales, Australia
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people of Australia require culturally responsive services. The Australian government has committed to establishing strategies to increase the size of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander disability workforce; however, there is scant research on the factors influencing retention. This study aimed to examine the factors that influence the retention of non‐university qualified Aboriginal health, ageing…
Implementing an Indigenous Research Methodology to Develop a Culturally Appropriate Survey and Yarning Protocol: Challenges With Retention of the Aboriginal Health, Ageing and Disability Workforce
Aboriginal staff play a vital part in improving culturally safe and effective services and supports for Aboriginal people. Research on the Aboriginal workforce helps advance a culturally safe environment for workers and Aboriginal people accessing health and community services. This study aims to identify the barriers and enablers to workforce retention of Aboriginal people who do not have university qualifications and who work in the health, dis…
Political science (6 works) · Economics (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Migration and Labor Dynamics (4 works) · Project commissioning (4 works) · Publishing (4 works) · Demographic economics (3 works) · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy (3 works) · Workforce (3 works)