Longitudinal cross-national perspectives on female desistance: The role of social and emotional capitals in female narrations of maintaining change

2021 ◽  
pp. 206622032110564
Author(s):  
Linnéa Anna Margareta Österman
Keyword(s):  
Network Management ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Time And Space ◽  
Social And Emotional ◽  
Emotional Capital ◽  
Resource Perspective ◽  
National Perspective ◽  
Family Connection ◽  
Cross National

This paper offers a unique longitudinal qualitative perspective on a group of women maintaining desisting pathways in two different European countries: Sweden and England. Applying a social and emotional capital framework, with particular attention given to the friend and family connection, the paper aims to unveil how a resource perspective can enable a more nuanced view of the role of overlapping female identities and network management, the paradoxes of trust within these, and experiences of stigmatisation and emotional expenditure in female desistance narratives across time and space. The cross-national perspective brings to light the importance of situating the desistance process in the particular context in which it plays out, making visible how narratives may be structurally mediated by wider social, cultural, penal – and gendered – conditions and processes. These insights may, in turn, contribute to the identification of desistance support that have the potential to make female desistance paths less socially and emotionally costly.

The Relationship Between Teacher Non-Verbal Communication and Student Behavior: A Cross-National Perspective

2020 ◽  
pp. 019685992097712
Author(s):  
Maja Šerić
Keyword(s):  
Student Behavior ◽  
Verbal Communication ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Self Image ◽  
Personal Appearance ◽  
Image Congruence ◽  
National Perspective ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Cross National

This paper aims at providing insights on the role of non-verbal communication (NVC) in classroom by examining the relationship between teacher NVC cues and student behavior. Student behavior is considered in terms of perceptions of the match between the teacher and the student self-concept (i.e. self-image congruence), attention, and learning. Hypotheses are tested on a sample of students coming from Spain and Italy. Findings indicate that the student self-concept has the strongest relationship with teacher personal appearance, attention with paralinguistics, and learning with kinesics. Some differences are found in the strength of the examined relationships between Spanish and Italian students.

Outsourcing in 18 European countries: The role of worker power

2016 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 481-499
Author(s):  
Fabian Dekker ◽  
Ferry Koster
Keyword(s):  
Focus Of Attention ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Future Research ◽  
National Data ◽  
Logistic Analysis ◽  
European Economies ◽  
Cross National

Most research on outsourcing looks at cost-driven, resource-based or transformational motives to understand outsourcing decisions at the company-level. This article brings in the workers’ perspective, which is a topic that has not been the focus of attention of most previous studies. The article takes cross-national data for 18,264 companies in 18 European economies to examine the role of worker power on outsourcing decisions. According to the results from multilevel logistic analysis and contrary to the authors’ expectations, worker power relates to a higher likelihood of outsourcing. This article concludes with some thoughts on this finding and presents some directions for future research.

scholarly journals Gender and Online Politics: Digital Media as Friend and Foe in Times of Change

2019 ◽  
pp. 089443931986551 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shelley Boulianne ◽  
Karolina Koc-Michalska ◽  
Thierry Vedel
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
The United States ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Online Politics ◽  
Quantitative Analyses ◽  
National Perspective ◽  
Cross National

This volume highlights gender issues related to using digital media for online politics. The submissions offer a balanced perspective about the role of digital media; this tool can be used for social change or to limit social change. The submissions use qualitative and quantitative analyses of digital trace data and survey data to present a rich perspective on gender and online politics. The collection offers a cross-national perspective including research on China, Germany, Norway, Spain, the United States, and the United Kingdom.

Innovative climate and culture in manufacturing organizations: differences between some European countries

2000 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 349-361 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zoran Sušanj
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Climate ◽  
Central And Eastern Europe ◽  
Function Analysis ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Innovative Climate ◽  
Manufacturing Organizations ◽  
Methodological Problems ◽  
Culture Differences ◽  
Cross National

In the last decade there has been a growing emphasis on the role of pro-innovative climate and culture in organizational adaptiveness and overall company success. In spite of the growing interest among scholars and practitioners, there is a lack of cross-national studies that explore innovative climate and culture differences. The present study is an attempt to examine the content of the differences in innovative climate and culture in various European countries. A questionnaire for measuring several organizational climate and culture orientations was used. In the present article, only items from the climate and culture innovation scales are analysed. Data were gathered - in the context of the international FOCUS (First Organizational Climate/Culture Unified Survey) project - from 21 manufacturing organizations in 11 European countries. Discriminant function analysis was used to discover which climate and culture innovation items are the best predictors of differentiation between countries. The results show that the countries from Central and Eastern Europe have a relatively distinct position from the countries with a longer market economy tradition. Some methodological problems of this study, as well as the implications of the results for organizational change and development, are discussed.

Civilian Targeting as Interaction Ritual: Evidence from Insurgent Groups in Cross-National Perspective

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (6) ◽  
pp. 683-703 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew P. Davis ◽  
Beksahn Jang
Keyword(s):  
Group Processes ◽  
Interaction Ritual ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
Using Data ◽  
National Perspective ◽  
Shared Norms ◽  
Unit Cohesion ◽  
Internal Group ◽  
Cross National

Abstract Why do some insurgent groups target civilians, while others show more restraint? Whereas the majority of the literature on this topic has focused on strategic relations with civilians, in this paper the authors emphasize the role of internal group processes in influencing civilian targeting. Specifically, they argue that insurgent groups sanction violence against civilians as a means of socializing recruits that enter without preexisting ties and commitments, as is likely the case with forced recruits. The authors frame such socialization as an interaction ritual in order to understand how violence can play a role in transforming identities and building shared norms in this process. Using data drawn from two existing sources, they employ a number of statistical procedures. The authors test the extent to which forced recruitment leads to a higher number of civilian casualties for the rebel group in question – an important focus for scholars focusing on unit cohesion. Results from this analysis confirm theoretical expectations that low levels of cohesion are related to higher counts of civilian casualties.

scholarly journals Understanding Parties’ Policy Shifts in Western Europe: The Role of Valence, 1976–2003

2013 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 261-286 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Clark
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Modeling ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Time Lag ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Spatial Studies ◽  
Policy Strategies ◽  
Original Measure ◽  
Policy Shifts ◽  
Cross National

Do parties’ valence characteristics affect their policy strategies? The verdict of the spatial modeling literature on the positioning effects of valence is mixed on this point. Some spatial studies argue that valence-advantaged parties/candidates should moderate their policies, while others argue that they should radicalize their policies. Empirical cross-national work on this issue has been lacking. Using an original measure of valence and party positioning data compiled by the Comparative Manifesto Project, the period 1976–2003 is analyzed in this article for nine West European countries. The findings suggest that as parties’ character-based valence attributes worsen they tend tomoderatetheir Left–Right positions, and there is a notable time lag in parties’ responses to changes in their character-based valence attributes.

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