An Empirical Analysis of the Structuration of American Ideologies About Economic Justice

A consensus has been forming among structural social psychologists that most Americans hold beliefs in both individualistic and structural explanations of inequality. Yet, even many who espouse structural beliefs nonetheless emphasize individual-level explanations of inequality to disproportionate extents. This study is aimed to identify common trends in the logic used by a conventional group of Americans – MBA students – to rationalize their more general political and economic beliefs. While a large number of studies have emphasized the prevalence of dominant ideology beliefs, and others have speculated theoretically on how such beliefs are reproduced, this study aims to bring these bodies of work together. I sought to build an initial understanding of how contradictions in Americans’ political and economic ideologies are transmuted, and to identify heuristic concepts fundamental to this process. Findings suggest that particular assumptions about human nature serve to “fill” the cognitive “gap” which would otherwise present individuals with insurmountable ambiguities in their ideologies about economic justice. Respondents also reflected some level of awareness of the impact of ideology on their thought processes, even as they accept such processes, and the realities they constitute, as inevitable.

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When economic and cultural interests align: the anti-immigration voter coalitions driving far right party success in Europe

European Political Science Review ◽

10.1017/s175577392000020x ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (4) ◽

pp. 427-448 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Daphne Halikiopoulou ◽

Tim Vlandas

Keyword(s):

Empirical Analysis ◽

European Social Survey ◽

Strong Positive Correlation ◽

Far Right ◽

Social Survey ◽

Positive Correlation ◽

Individual Level ◽

Level Data ◽

Party Support ◽

The Impact

AbstractThis article contests the view that the strong positive correlation between anti-immigration attitudes and far right party success necessarily constitutes evidence in support of the cultural grievance thesis. We argue that the success of far right parties depends on their ability to mobilize a coalition of interests between their core supporters, that is voters with cultural grievances over immigration and the often larger group of voters with economic grievances over immigration. Using individual level data from eight rounds of the European Social Survey, our empirical analysis shows that while cultural concerns over immigration are a stronger predictor of far right party support, those who are concerned with the impact of immigration on the economy are important to the far right in numerical terms. Taken together, our findings suggest that economic grievances over immigration remain pivotal within the context of the transnational cleavage.

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Learned Helplessness at the Workplace and Its Impact on Work Involvement: An Empirical Analysis

Global Business Review ◽

10.1177/0972150920976693 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 097215092097669

Author(s):

Yasmeen Shamsi Rizvi ◽

Ratika Sikand

Keyword(s):

Learned Helplessness ◽

Organizational Outcomes ◽

Organizational Level ◽

Thought Processes ◽

Individual Level ◽

Learned Optimism ◽

Work Involvement ◽

Confirmatory Factor ◽

The Impact ◽

High Work

In today’s work environment that is characterized by rapid advancements in technology, globalization, liberalization, workforce diversity and increasing national and global competition, workforces face pressure like never before. In a volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) environment, where employees face high work stress, learned helplessness may develop in them, which in turn could have adverse effects on their performance, as well as on organizational outcomes. The purpose is to study the impact of learned helplessness on work involvement. Data were collected from 324 bank employees of Delhi, and 300 responses were considered for analysis. Analysis was done using SPSS 24 and AMOS 24 software. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and hierarchical multiple regression were performed. Our study found that learned helplessness is negatively related to work involvement. After controlling the impact of demographic factors, all the dimensions of learned helplessness were found to be predictors of work involvement, except for the external–global–unstable (EGU) dimension. The researchers found very few researches that studied the variables at the organizational level, most being limited to individual-level studies. Since the constructs of our study have an important influence on organizations, it is important to understand the impact of learned helplessness on employee work involvement. When employees experience helplessness, their work involvement level is negatively impacted; hence, it is important for managers and supervisors to identify the learned helplessness problem. Human resources (HR) practitioners should focus on developing techniques that aim at changing negative employee thought processes to positive ones and help in converting learned helplessness to learned optimism.

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Empirical analysis of trait models at the individual level

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e633912013-137 ◽

2004 ◽

Author(s):

James W. Grice

Keyword(s):

Empirical Analysis ◽

Individual Level ◽

The Individual

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Overcoming stereotypes of renewable energy

Voprosy Ekonomiki ◽

10.32609/0042-8736-2019-4-124-136 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 124-136

Author(s):

Victor D. Gazman

Keyword(s):

Renewable Energy ◽

Empirical Analysis ◽

Energy Generation ◽

New Paradigm ◽

Financial Instrument ◽

Promising Direction ◽

Investment Projects ◽

Power Stations ◽

New Generation ◽

The Impact

The article considers prerequisites for the formation of a new paradigm in the energy sector. The factors that may affect the imminent change of leadership among the energy generation are analyzed. The variability of the projects of creation and functioning of power stations is examined. The focus is made on problematic aspects of the new generation, especially, storage and supply of energy, achieving a system of parity that ensures balance in pricing generations. The author substantiates the principles of forming system of parities arising when comparing traditional and new generations. The article presents the results of an empirical analysis of the 215 projects for the construction of facilities for renewable energy. The significance and direction of the impact of these factors on the growth in investment volumes of transactions are determined. The author considers leasing as an effective financial instrument for overcoming stereotypes of renewable energy and as a promising direction for accelerated implementation of investment projects.

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Does Korea’s ODA Contribute to the promotion of Economic Cooperation? An Empirical Analysis of the impact of ODA on Korean Exports and Overseas Direct Investment

Korean Journal of Public Administration ◽

10.24145/kjpa.56.3.6 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 56 (3) ◽

pp. 169-203

Author(s):

Kyung-pyo Kang ◽

Jun-mo Kang

Keyword(s):

Empirical Analysis ◽

Direct Investment ◽

Economic Cooperation ◽

The Impact

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Globalization, Poverty, Environmental Degradation and Economic Growth Nexus: Empirical Analysis of SAARC Regions

Studies of Applied Economics ◽

10.25115/eea.v39i1.3757 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 39 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Adiqa Kiani ◽

Ejaz Ullah ◽

Khair Muhammad

Keyword(s):

Economic Growth ◽

Sri Lanka ◽

Empirical Analysis ◽

Environmental Degradation ◽

Negative Relationship ◽

Policy Makers ◽

Significant Negative Relationship ◽

The Impact

The main objective of this study is to investigate the impact of poverty, globalization, and environmental degradation on economic growth in the selected SAARC countries. This study is employed panel Autoregressive Distributive Lag (ARDL) technique for empirical analysis using selected SAARC regions including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka over the period of 1980 to 2018. Globalization impacts economic growth positively and significantly. In addition to this the significant negative relationship is found between population and economic growth. The results show that poverty is positively related with environmental degradation. Furthermore, the results indicate that globalization is positively and significantly associated with environmental degradation in the SAARC region. Finally, the results show that urbanization is positive and significantly associated with environmental degradation, which could be the serious concerns for the policy makers to control.

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ICT SMEs, Performance, Absorptive Capacity and Transformative Capacity

Restaurant Business ◽

10.26643/rb.v118i3.7988 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 118 (3) ◽

pp. 178-188

Author(s):

Yeon-Sung Cho ◽

Kyung-Il Khoe

Keyword(s):

Firm Performance ◽

Market Orientation ◽

Empirical Analysis ◽

Absorptive Capacity ◽

Latent Variables ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Transformative Capacity ◽

The Impact ◽

The Empirical Analysis ◽

Innovative Capacity

This study intends to integrate the relationship of market orientation, innovative capacity and firm performance to Information and Communication Technology(ICT) SMEs. The purpose of this study is to identify the role of absorptive capacity and transformative capacity that affect the performance of ICT SMEs. Hypotheses were established between five latent variables. A total of six hypotheses were established including the moderated effects of absorptive capacity and transformative capacity. Of the data collected after the survey, 112 valid surveys were selected as the final sample, except for 17 questionnaires with high non - response and insincere response. The empirical analysis of this study used smartpls3.0, Partial Least Squares (PLS), a variance-based structural equation modeling. The empirical analysis of this study revealed that the impact of market orientation on innovative capacity was significant. Moreover, the innovative capacity had a positive effect on the performance of ICT SMEs. In addition, the absorptive activity had a positive moderated effect between the market orientation and the innovative capacity. On the other hand, the transformative capacity showed a positive moderated effect in relation to innovative capacity and firm performance. Our empirical results have demonstrated the importance of knowledge based capacity in the ICT SMEs.

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