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Social Inclusion and Well-Being, How Contemporary Societies Have Transformed
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Social Inclusion and Well-Being, How Contemporary Societies Have Transformed

A special issue of Societies (ISSN 2075-4698).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 September 2025 | Viewed by 1101

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Gennaro Iorio

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Departments of Political and Social Studies, University of Salerno, 84084 Fisciano, Italy
Interests: social love; emotion; world love index
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Dr. Serena Quarta

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Department of Political and Social Study, University of Salerno, 84084 Fisciano, Italy
Interests: methodology; social inclusion; qualitative methods
Dr. Vincenzo Auriemma

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Departments of Political and Social Studies, University of Salerno, 84084 Fisciano, Italy
Interests: empathy; emotion; embodiment
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The concept of well-being in relation to social inclusion refers to the relationships we have and how we interact with others. In particular, the interest of this call is specific in the new methods of inclusion and in the methods of applying well-being, especially in the elements that limit its implementation. In contemporary culture, the well-being related to the inclusion we aspire to depends less and less on the possession or consumption of material goods, and more and more on the use of symbolic cultural resources and the ability to use them creatively. The objective of this call, on the one hand, is to group scholars and researchers around the theme of the contemporary structuring of social inclusion, social well-being, policies that could be improved or adopted to achieve social well-being and the capacity of subjects to achieve well-being; on the other hand, the call aims to present works relating to events that undermine well-being, such as power relations, both at a macro and micro level, connecting to these themes such as social, emotional and relational transformations. Therefore, the concepts on which we propose to work are:

  • Social well-being;
  • Well-being and digital consumption;
  • Emotional well-being;
  • Resilience;
  • Social inclusion;
  • Achieving well-being;
  • Power.

The transdisciplinary works administered are particularly interesting.

*Contributions have to follow one of the three categories of papers (article, conceptual paper or review) of the journal and address the topic of the Special Issue.

Prof. Dr. Gennaro Iorio
Dr. Serena Quarta
Dr. Vincenzo Auriemma
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • well-being
  • social inclusion
  • power
  • emotion

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Workplace Inclusion Initiatives Across the Globe: The Importance of Leader and Coworker Support for Employees’ Attitudes, Beliefs, and Planned Behaviors
by Cristen Dalessandro and Alexander Lovell
Societies 2024, 14(11), 231; https://doi.org/10.3390/soc14110231 - 7 Nov 2024
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Despite the benefits of inclusion at work, organizational inclusivity efforts—such as diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) trainings—often fail. Thus, there is a need to investigate from an employee point of view which characteristics (including both organizational culture and inclusion training modalities themselves) may [...] Read more.
Despite the benefits of inclusion at work, organizational inclusivity efforts—such as diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) trainings—often fail. Thus, there is a need to investigate from an employee point of view which characteristics (including both organizational culture and inclusion training modalities themselves) may have the biggest impact when it comes to increasing inclusion in the workplace. Combining “planned behavior” and social constructionist theoretical approaches, this study uses logistic regression and data from an original survey with a diverse, international group of employees who have undergone inclusion training (n = 2043) to understand which factors matter for perceptions of inclusion success in the workplace. Findings indicate that coworker and leader support for inclusion predict employee optimism around the achievability of inclusion. In addition, leader and coworker support for inclusion predict employees’ attitudes, beliefs, and perceptions of how their own actions matter when it comes to inclusion. Despite the difficulty with identifying a “one-size-fits-all” approach, this research finds that globally, employees are more likely to believe in inclusion—and to believe that their own actions around inclusion matter—when they perceive that leaders and coworkers are also committed to the cause. Full article
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