Louise Farnworth
Biographic Data
| ID | 5007154 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Louise Farnworth |
| GIVEN NAMES | Louise |
| FAMILY NAME | Farnworth |
| SIGNATURE | FARNWORTH L |
| AFFILIATIONS | La Trobe University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7740-4706 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 23 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The development of the Australian Unemployed Workers Union Rating Scale (Auwurs) of employment service providers
This article reports on the ongoing development of the Australian Unemployed Workers Union Rating Scale (AUWURS), which allows unemployed workers to rate their experiences of employment services to allow the evaluation and improvement of service delivery, as well as an aid to the selection of a service provider. The seven subscales comprising the AUWURS (‘Useful’, ‘Client Centred’, ‘Fair’, ‘Trustworthy’, ‘Responsive to Feedback’, ‘Friendly’, and …
Australian unemployed workers’ experiences of being parked and creamed by employment providers
This research examines the experiences of unemployed workers who report they have been parked or creamed by their employment services provider. Using focus group methodology, the research findings suggest that the experiences of being parked or creamed do not simply reflect quantitative metrics such as appointment frequency, and are experienced primarily as reflections of the quality of the transactions that occur in appointments. The findings su…
Australian employment services: Help or hindrance in the achievement of mutual obligation
The concept of mutual obligation underpins Australian employment services. In return for receiving income support, there are three elements of mutual obligation: to actively seek work; to improve one’s competitiveness in the labour market; and to contribute to the community. Failing to undertake mutual obligation activities results in sanctions, usually unemployment benefit suspension or cancellation. In the year 2017/18, one mutual obligation ac…
An occupational perspective on three solutions to unemployment
Unemployment is a key political and social issue with the number of unemployed predicted to grow into the future. Unemployment is also an occupational issue but one that has attracted relatively little attention in the occupational science literature. Being unemployed is the absence of a socially described type of occupation, i.e. work, which creates the potential for significant disruption to occupational balance and the opportunity for achievin…
Occupational Terminology Interactive Dialogue
Doing, Being, and Boredom
My research on the time use and subjective experience of young offenders has uncovered that many experience a high degree of boredom. At first, this boredom appears to be related to their lack of engagement in productive occupations, such as education and work and the predominance of time spent in passive leisure and personal care occupations. The experience of boredom is often associated with ideas of victimization and entrapment. An implicit as…
B ook R eviews
An exploration of skill as an issue in unemployment and employment
Technological advancement has created drastic effects on the structure of paid employment. Over the last 20 years there has been a gradual decline in the actual number of full time employment positions and indications are that any increases in the job market will be in the lower end, part‐time, short‐term employment. As paid employment can be seen as one resource through which human needs can be met, the implications of this are very important fo…
Doing, Being, and Boredom
My research on the time use and subjective experience of young offenders has uncovered that many experience a high degree of boredom. At first, this boredom appears to be related to their lack of engagement in productive occupations, such as education and work and the predominance of time spent in passive leisure and personal care occupations. The experience of boredom is often associated with ideas of victimization and entrapment. An implicit as…
Australian employment services: Help or hindrance in the achievement of mutual obligation
The concept of mutual obligation underpins Australian employment services. In return for receiving income support, there are three elements of mutual obligation: to actively seek work; to improve one’s competitiveness in the labour market; and to contribute to the community. Failing to undertake mutual obligation activities results in sanctions, usually unemployment benefit suspension or cancellation. In the year 2017/18, one mutual obligation ac…
An occupational perspective on three solutions to unemployment
Unemployment is a key political and social issue with the number of unemployed predicted to grow into the future. Unemployment is also an occupational issue but one that has attracted relatively little attention in the occupational science literature. Being unemployed is the absence of a socially described type of occupation, i.e. work, which creates the potential for significant disruption to occupational balance and the opportunity for achievin…
Occupational Terminology Interactive Dialogue
Australian unemployed workers’ experiences of being parked and creamed by employment providers
This research examines the experiences of unemployed workers who report they have been parked or creamed by their employment services provider. Using focus group methodology, the research findings suggest that the experiences of being parked or creamed do not simply reflect quantitative metrics such as appointment frequency, and are experienced primarily as reflections of the quality of the transactions that occur in appointments. The findings su…
B ook R eviews
An exploration of skill as an issue in unemployment and employment
Technological advancement has created drastic effects on the structure of paid employment. Over the last 20 years there has been a gradual decline in the actual number of full time employment positions and indications are that any increases in the job market will be in the lower end, part‐time, short‐term employment. As paid employment can be seen as one resource through which human needs can be met, the implications of this are very important fo…
B ook R eviews
Doing, Being, and Boredom
My research on the time use and subjective experience of young offenders has uncovered that many experience a high degree of boredom. At first, this boredom appears to be related to their lack of engagement in productive occupations, such as education and work and the predominance of time spent in passive leisure and personal care occupations. The experience of boredom is often associated with ideas of victimization and entrapment. An implicit as…
Occupational Terminology Interactive Dialogue
An occupational perspective on three solutions to unemployment
Unemployment is a key political and social issue with the number of unemployed predicted to grow into the future. Unemployment is also an occupational issue but one that has attracted relatively little attention in the occupational science literature. Being unemployed is the absence of a socially described type of occupation, i.e. work, which creates the potential for significant disruption to occupational balance and the opportunity for achievin…
Australian employment services: Help or hindrance in the achievement of mutual obligation
The concept of mutual obligation underpins Australian employment services. In return for receiving income support, there are three elements of mutual obligation: to actively seek work; to improve one’s competitiveness in the labour market; and to contribute to the community. Failing to undertake mutual obligation activities results in sanctions, usually unemployment benefit suspension or cancellation. In the year 2017/18, one mutual obligation ac…
Australian unemployed workers’ experiences of being parked and creamed by employment providers
This research examines the experiences of unemployed workers who report they have been parked or creamed by their employment services provider. Using focus group methodology, the research findings suggest that the experiences of being parked or creamed do not simply reflect quantitative metrics such as appointment frequency, and are experienced primarily as reflections of the quality of the transactions that occur in appointments. The findings su…
The development of the Australian Unemployed Workers Union Rating Scale (Auwurs) of employment service providers
This article reports on the ongoing development of the Australian Unemployed Workers Union Rating Scale (AUWURS), which allows unemployed workers to rate their experiences of employment services to allow the evaluation and improvement of service delivery, as well as an aid to the selection of a service provider. The seven subscales comprising the AUWURS (‘Useful’, ‘Client Centred’, ‘Fair’, ‘Trustworthy’, ‘Responsive to Feedback’, ‘Friendly’, and …
Economics (5 works) · Employment and Welfare Studies (5 works) · Labour economics (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Economic growth (4 works) · Engineering (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Unemployment (4 works) · Work (physics (4 works) · Business (3 works)