In today’s rapidly evolving digital era, digital technology has become foundational to daily life and serves as a significant context for current academic research. Digital Resilience refers to how individuals or organizations respond to risks and challenges in this digital age, and it represents an important area of study in a digital context. The concept of “Digital Resilience”is developed from the concept of “resilience” in the context of digital transformation, with its development trajectory illustrated by the progression from “Resilience” to “IS Resilience” and “Digital Resilience”. However, research on Digital Resilience remains limited. There is a particular lack of studies that address Digital Resilience within the context of China’s specific cultural, scientific, economic, and social backgrounds. Therefore, it is imperative that future research aims to explore and construct an independent knowledge system on Digital Resilience specific to China.

In the process of Chinese-style modernization, the connotation of social work has been continuously enriched and developed, and its professional level has been continuously improved. From restoration and reconstruction to exploration and development, from policy regulation to connotation improvement, the development process of social work presents a clear thread. In the process, the social work talent pool has been growing increasingly larger, the scale of education has continued to expand, laws and policies have become more complete, and the service system has also become more sound; The concept of social work has gradually shifted from focusing on individual case services to integrating itself into national governance. Its main body has also changed from being led and promoted by the civil affairs department to being supported at the national level. The form of service has moved from single supply to multi-faceted collaboration, and the professional direction has gradually shifted from concentrating on professional education to serving social needs. The transformation and development of social work in our country have always been closely linked to adjustments to the national development strategies. With the transformation of national development strategies such as “taking economic construction as the center”, “building a socialist harmonious society”, “strengthening social governance”, and even “implementing the rural revitalization strategy”, social work has made a significant leap from “survival” to “development”, presenting a logic of “national strategic gradient drive” and forming a symbiotic relationship between “the state and the profession”. Under the background of the national development strategy in the new era, social work is becoming an important force promoting social innovation and progress by virtue of its unique advantages and is striving to achieve the goal of high-quality development.

Based on cognitive interaction theory and resource conservation theory, this study explores the impact of work stress on the turnover intention of social workers. The empirical analysis of 1116 valid questionnaires distributed to social workers across the nation indicates that both challenging and obstructive stressors exert a significant positive impact on the turnover intention of social workers. Particularly, workplace anxiety serves as a partial mediator between challenging stressors and turnover intention, while it functions as a full mediator between obstructive stressors and turnover intention. Future work self-clarity moderates the relationship between challenging stressors and workplace anxiety, while its moderating effect on the relationship between obstructive stressors and workplace anxiety is not significant. Given these insights, organizations should implement assessment and management strategies tailored to various stress types, pay attention to the workplace anxiety and mental health of social workers, and establish an institutionalized stress relief intervention system. At the same time, social workers also need to improve their future work-self clarity, in order to alleviate their workplace anxiety and reduce their turnover intention.

Community workers constitute a pivotal force in community governance, and practical dilemmas in their professionalization process directly impede the enhancement of grassroots social governance capacity. Employing participant observation and in-depth interviews, this study investigates the professional dilemmas encountered by certified community workers and their corresponding coping strategies against the backdrop of intertwined administrative and professional demands. The findings reveal that under the interplay of dual institutional logics, the professional dilemmas of these workers manifest in three dimensions: decision-making conflicts, role conflicts, and practice conflicts. Specifically, they grapple with balancing limited energy against multiple demands, confront ambiguities in their positioning between administrative and professional roles, and encounter disjunctions between professional knowledge and practical operations. In response to these challenges, certified community workers have developed four types of coping strategies: situational adaptation, integrative coordination, defensive adjustment, and relational mobilization. These strategies not only enable them to maintain efficient and stable work performance in complex institutional contexts but also reflect how the dual tensions between administrative requirements and professional practice shape their professional experiences. Future research on relevant topics should prioritize examining the work experiences and dilemmas of frontline community workers in complex institutional environments, with a view to enhancing the overall effectiveness of community governance.

The sense of accomplishment is not only crucial for stimulating the work motivation of grass-roots cadres and improving their work capabilities, but also serves as an essential strategy for retaining grass-roots talents. How to cultivate a greater “sense of accomplishment” among grassroots cadres has become an important issue in the development of grassroots organizations in the new era. Community workers, as a vital part of the cadre system, play a key role in reinforcing party building and ensuring effective grassroots governance. However, this group often lacks a sense of gain at work, which can lead to diminished self-recognition and, consequently, affect the stability of the grassroots cadre team and the overall development of community work. Based on the perspective of the ability-motivation-opportunity theory, the study constructs a model to identify the factors influencing the sense of accomplishment among community workers. The results indicate that these factors can be categorized into the three main areas: ability, motivation, and opportunity, specifically the performance of work, the clarity of self-identity in work, and the level of organizational support. Therefore, it is recommended to strengthen the professional skills among community workers, address internal needs and reinforce the organizational support to effectively improve the sense of accomplishment among community workers.

Encouraging local volunteers in rural areas to actively participate in volunteer service and stimulating the “endogenous” volunteer force in rural communities are crucial for establishing and improving a volunteer service system with Chinese characteristics. This study focuses on the practice of the “credit volunteer points system” in R County in S Province, and examines its effective mechanisms for motivating rural local volunteers to engage in community volunteer service. The findings reveal that reputation incentive in volunteer service management is essential to stimulate the participation and enthusiasm of rural local volunteers, as it helps to integrate the incentive effects of volunteer driving forces at multiple levels, such as individual volunteers, rural communities and grassroots governments. Specifically, this system consists of three parts: the reputation marking mechanism, which establishes the basis for the visibility of reputation incentives; the reputation distribution mechanism, which offers legitimacy guarantees; and the reputation competition mechanism, which adapts to rural society and maintains its reproduction.

Drawing on 1,813 papers on volunteer motivation published in CNKI between 2003 to 2023, this study employs CiteSpace to conduct bibliometric and visualization analyses. By using bibliometric methods and visualization techniques, it draws knowledge maps such as high-frequency keyword clusters to analyze the current situation, hotspots, and development trends of volunteer incentive research in China. The findings reveal a rapid increase in publications over the past two decades, with research predominantly focusing on youth volunteers. Core themes include the sustainable development of volunteer behavior, incentive mechanisms, and policy support. It shows characteristics such as diversified research objects, localized research themes, and research content closely linked to contemporary hotspots. Future studies in this field focus on exploring differentiated incentive measures for volunteers, improving the support system for volunteer services, and building a collaborative incentive system.

This study examines the role of judicial social workers in the rehabilitation of juvenile offenders through a dual-oriented discourse strategy aimed at fostering the internalization of behavioral norms and enhancing legal awareness among juvenile offenders. This process unfolds in three progressive stages: discipline, deepening, and consolidation. Each stage strategically alternates between empowering and restrictive discourse to facilitate the transition of juveniles from passive compliance to self-driven adherence to norms. In the discipline stage, the primary focus is on restrictive discourse, supplemented by empowering discourse, to establish clear behavioral boundaries through authoritative expressions, thus aiding the establishment of normative behaviors among the juveniles. The deepening stage balances between emotional support and moderate restrictions, fostering juveniles’ initial recognition of social norms and strengthening their legal consciousness. In the consolidation stage, empowering discourse predominates to reinforce juveniles’ voluntary compliance with norms, while restrictive discourse serves to ensure the persistence and standardization of behaviors. This dual discourse strategy not only effectively fosters synchronized growth in behavior and emotional awareness among juveniles but also showcases its distinct advantages in the rehabilitation process.

The core objective of empowering elderly care services through intelligent assistive technology lies in achieving both precision and humanization of care by reconstructing service delivery via technological mediation. At its essence, this transformation represents a dynamic balance between algorithmic power and human-centered values. The evolutionary trajectory of technological logic indicates that while the integration of Internet of Things (IoT) architectures and multimodal sensing systems can enhance service efficiency, it also gives rise to emerging legal risks—such as the substantive failure of informed consent mechanisms due to cognitive decline in the elderly, the privacy threats posed by pervasive surveillance technologies, and the difficulty in identifying clear legal responsibility among actors. In response, legal regulation must construct a dual-adjustment mechanism of “technology-adapted law” and “law-guided technology”: on the operational level, a layered informed consent framework for aging populations should be established, with simplified interfaces and strengthened algorithmic interpretation rights to safeguard decision autonomy; in the data governance dimension, a dynamic “right to be forgotten” system should be introduced, along with innovative “machine forgetting” technical standards to ensure control over the data lifecycle. In terms of legal responsibility, a multi-layered legal responsibility system should be constructed, with a “responsibility chain allocation mechanism” based on technological processes and a “gradient responsibility system for risk sharing” to allocate liability proportionate to the ability to control risks and the benefits accrued.

Micro-infrastructure development, as a collaborative production process involving multiple stakeholders to improve community environments based on shared needs, represents an innovative pathway for governments to encourage resident participation and raise public awareness. However, insufficient attention is paid to micro-infrastructure development. This paper introduces the theory of co-production, following the logical sequence of “influencing factors-initial behavior-sustained behavior-production outcomes”, to analyze resident participation in the micro-infrastructure process. It constructs a corresponding behavioral model encompassing three levels: the production process, the behavioral process, and the cognitive process, and categorizes the types based on two dimensions: participation methods and micro-infrastructure attributes. Ultimately, the study suggests that governments should transform their roles, adopt differentiated management approaches, and actively integrate strategies such as technological innovation and emotional engagement to promote resident participation in the co-production of micro-infrastructure through scientific and effective intervention and guidance.

Employing Python-based text mining and a PMC index model, this study constructs an evaluation framework comprising 9 primary and 50 secondary variables. Using this framework, the study conducts an empirical analysis of 12 central and local policies issued over the past two decades to calculate their PMC indices. The results indicate that the overall quality of these policies is relatively high and has improved over time. Particularly noteworthy is the significant advancement in policy content, timeliness and incentive measures following the release of the “Opinions on Strengthening the Development of Professional Social Work Talent” in 2011. However, gaps remain in regulatory mechanisms, technological applications, and long-term support. The study recommends strengthening policy guidance and oversight, integrating modern technology to enhance service efficiency, and establishing long-term support mechanisms to ensure the sustainable development of the social work talent pool.

The right to request traditional service for special groups represents an independent legal entitlement grounded in public law principle, which shares both similarities and differences with some related rights, such as the right to use one’s native language, script, and translation services in litigation, as well as consumers’ rights to freely choose goods or services and to request services within ta designated timeframe. In terms of legal norms, the normative basis for this right is relatively weak, with most provisions found in State Council or departmental regulatory documents. From the perspective of rights structure, the right to request traditional service methods for special groups should be confined to particular groups and directly pertains to traditional service delivery formats such as oral communication, written documentation, in-person processing, on-site assistance, and hands-on services. The content of this right remains ambiguous. Special groups can only broadly assert a demand for public service providers to provide traditional ways of service delivery that align with their characteristics, as such services rely on the discretion of the public authorities in content filling and administrative processes. The realization of this right primarily depends on the engagement of public sectors, such as the procuratorial or administrative departments, in advocating for the provision of traditional service delivery by the relevant responsible parties.