A theoretically grounded, psychometrically sound new scale-the Work Support Scale (WSS)-was developed to address limitations of existing social support measures used in vocational research. Work support was conceptualized and defined using a psychology of working lens. In Study 1, an initial pool of items was developed and reviewed by experts and a small group of participants in the target popu…
David Leblang and Benjamin Helm's 2023 book. The Ties that Bind. Immigration and the Global Political Economy, provides evidence that state governance affects the levels of emigration as well as international migrants' choice destination. States that provide higher levels of public goods generate fewer emigrants while states that provide access to citizenship and non-discrimination attract m…