Toward A Client-Centered Benchmark for Self-Sufficiency
Evaluating the ‘Process’ of Becoming Job Ready
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6076830 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Philip Young P Hong (0000-0003-3346-2917, Loyola University Chicago, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 356-378 |
| Publication date | 2013-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Community Practice (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1070-5422 • E-ISSN: 1543-3706 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10705422.2013.852147 |
| OpenAlex | W2138085314 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 23 |
| References cited | 33 |
The purpose of this study is to evaluate how service providers, clients, and graduates of a job training program define the term self-sufficiency (SS). This community-engaged, mixed method study qualitatively analyzes focus group data from each group and quantitatively examines survey data obtained from participants of the program. Findings reveal that psychological transformation as a ‘process’ represents the emic definition of SS—psychological SS—but each dimension of the concept is reflected in varying degrees by group. Provider and participant views are vastly different from the outcome-driven policy and funder definitions. Implications for benchmarking psychological SS as an empowerment-based ‘process’ measure of job readiness in workforce development evaluation are discussed
Benchmarking · Business · Emic and etic · Empowerment · Focus group · Knowledge management · Political science · Process (computing · Process management · Public relations · Sociology · Workforce · Applied Psychology · Computer Science · Employment and Welfare Studies · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Psychology · Retirement, Disability, and Employment · Social Psychology · Marketing
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| Unique citing works | 23 |
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| Citations per year | 1,92 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2025 (12) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 23 |