scholarly journals The family as a capital asset

Sociologija ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 227-243 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andjelka Milic
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Extended Family ◽  
Family Type ◽  
Sample Survey ◽  
Sociological Research ◽  
Economic Decline ◽  
Extended Families ◽  
The Family ◽  
Functional Features ◽  
The Relationship

A representative sample survey of families/households in Serbia at the beginning of the third millennium (2003), carried out by the Institute for Sociological Research, has shown the percentage of extended families to be unexpectedly high (30%). Earlier surveys, however, led to the belief that they were almost disappearing as a model and part of the reality of family life. Further analysis of data has convinced us that a revival of a family type, which emerged as a result of the transformation of the traditional zadruga or joint family, is underway. Throughout the socialist period characterized by the discouragement of agricultural development and industrialization, this family type survived and took the form of a hybrid or mixed household consisting of farmers-workers, which has been on a steady decline since the mid 1960s. In contemporary circumstances, marked by a decade-long social crisis and economic decline, an expansion of the extended family model takes place. It is distinguished by completely new morphological, structural, socioeconomic and functional features, which indicate the existence of strategies applied by individual families with the aim of adapting to the blocked, postponed and belated socioeconomic transformation, namely, avoiding the risks it brings. On the basis of the produced empirical evidence, the existence of two types of extension have been determined: horizontally (lateral descent) and vertically extended family type (blood relationship, patrilinearity). It has also been determined that these two types differ in the ways of their emergence and maintenance, as well as in essential inner relations. Vertically extended families are characterized by the elements of the traditional patriarchal order, while horizontal extension is a result of modernizing trends that have never fully developed (especially as far as the relationship between spouses is concerned).

scholarly journals Economic Poverty: Does the Break-Up of Families Matter?

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 224
Author(s):  
Maria Alessandra Antonelli ◽  
Valeria De Bonis
Keyword(s):  
Family Structure ◽  
Living Arrangements ◽  
Divorce Rate ◽  
Marriage Rate ◽  
Econometric Analysis ◽  
Family Type ◽  
Traditional Family ◽  
Extended Families ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Oecd Data

In this paper we investigate the relationship between family structure and poverty for European countries using Eurostat and OECD data. In particular, we focus on the change in living arrangements, with the traditional type of household—couple with children—being partially replaced by single and extended families. The results of our econometric analysis show that the decline in the traditional family type affects individual poverty: the marriage rate and the share of couples, both with and without children, are inversely related to poverty; the divorce rate, the shares of extended families and singles with children are, instead, positively related to poverty.

scholarly journals SOCIOLOGICAL ANALYSES OF HEAD’S PERSONALITY INTEGRALITY MODEL: THEORY AND PRACTICE

wisdom ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 110-120
Author(s):  
Карина Каджиковна Оганян
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Personality Type ◽  
Management Style ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Family Type ◽  
Personality Theory ◽  
Sociological Research ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
Democratic Management ◽  
The Family

We developed the integral manager’s personality theory, which is a three-component model of effective management. The model reveals the interdependence of management leader’s style, his personality type and the organizational culture type. Sociological research was conducted with the aim of empirical verification and justification of the integral manager’s personality theory. The "ideal" leader should have such characteristics: to be active, innovate, to be able to unite the collective, and show flexibility in management, according to the results of university teachers’ survey in St. Petersburg. The innovator (creative-transforming and productive type) possesses these parameters, according to Yu. M. Reznik's classification. Most of the interviewed leaders (head of the department) believe that they involve workers in the decision-making process and make a decision together with the team. These characteristics are reflected in the democratic management style, according to R. Likert's classification. The most desirable leader for undergraduate students is the leader of an innovator who is able to quickly navigate the situation and make decisions, according to the results of the second sociological survey. It was revealed that the most effective is an organization in which the team is united, committed, and each employee acts as an integral component of one team as a result of comparing the answers of undergraduate students from two universities - SPbGEU and KEMGU. The most effective interdependence for undergraduate students of KemSU and SPbGEU is: a passionate leader personality type, manage in the team style and developing the clan culture in the organization. The Family type in combination with the Innovative-creative type was a comfortable management type of the organization because undergraduate students want to feel the unity and friendly atmosphere in the organization, while having the opportunity to take the initiative.

scholarly journals Transmission of Collective Memory and Jewish Identity in Post-War Jewish Generations through War Souvenirs

Heritage ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 1785-1798
Author(s):  
Bronec
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Collective Memory ◽  
Political Regime ◽  
Sociological Research ◽  
Liberal Democratic ◽  
The Family ◽  
Post War ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Jewish Families

The article includes a sample of testimonies and the results of sociological research on the life stories of Jews born in the aftermath of World War II in two countries, Czechoslovakia and Luxembourg. At that time, Czechoslovak Jews were living through the era of de-Stalinization and their narratives offer new insights into this segment of Jewish post-war history that differ from those of Jews living in liberal, democratic European states. The interviews explore how personal documents, photos, letters and souvenirs can help maintain personal memories in Jewish families and show how this varies from one generation to the next. My paper illustrates the importance of these small artifacts for the transmission of Jewish collective memory in post-war Jewish generations. The case study aims to answer the following research questions: What is the relationship between the Jewish post-war generation and its heirlooms? Who is in charge of maintaining Jewish family heirlooms within the family? Are there any intergenerational differences when it comes to keeping and maintaining family history? The study also aims to find out whether the political regime influences how Jewish objects are kept by Jewish families.

Intergenerational Association of Alexithymic Characteristics for College Students and Their Mothers

2001 ◽  
Vol 89 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isao Fukunishi ◽  
Wayne Paris
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Intergenerational Transmission ◽  
Nuclear Family ◽  
Extended Family ◽  
Parental Bonding ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Toronto Alexithymia Scale ◽  
Extended Families ◽  
The Family ◽  
Family Types

The intergenerational association of alexithymic characteristics of mothers and their children were examined in a sample of 232 pairs of college students and their mothers. Scores on the Toronto Alexithymia Scale, Parental Bonding Inventory, and the Family Environmental Scale of college students were significantly correlated with their mothers' memories of when they were also 20 years old. College students' scores were significantly correlated with their mothers' scores on each questionnaire. The student-mother pairs were further divided into two family types, nuclear and extended families. Correlations were higher for scores of the nuclear family than for those of the extended family. Such results suggest there may be intergenerational transmission of alexithymia and related factors from mothers to children.

Understanding the audience: Purbeck Folk Festival

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danielle Robyn Pilcher ◽  
Nick Eade
Keyword(s):  
Research Process ◽  
Family Type ◽  
Ongoing Research ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Family ◽  
Potential Difficulty ◽  
Quota Sampling ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Insight Into

Purpose – Despite the ongoing research into visitor motivation in the live events and tourism industries, only a limited amount of research has examined the motivational factors exhibited in individual segments of society. The purpose of this paper was to identify a relationship between visitor demographics and visitor motivation, for the purpose of enhanced market research at folk festivals in the UK. Design/methodology/approach – In this research, a qualitative study of visitor demographics and their accompanying motivation to attend Purbeck Folk Festival is reported. The study was conducted in the form of interviews, which investigated the underlying motivation behind visitor attendance to Purbeck Folk Festival in 2014. The research process, guided by the literature of Robson (2011) and Bryman (2012), aimed to establish the extent to which visitor demographics did or did not impact visitor motivation to attend the event. Findings – The study revealed five motivational dimensions, and from this devised five core audience segments including: the escapists, the socialites, the family type, the experience seekers and the folkniks. This study highlights the correlation between visitor demographics and visitor motivation and suggests further applications of this research and similar research in the field of live events. The study contributes an insight into the audience of Purbeck Folk Festival and may be used to provide an understanding of audience profile and behaviour at folk festivals within the UK. Research limitations/implications – Due to the nature of the research, participants will be secured through non-probability quota sampling, which is a method of convenience. This approach may place limitations on the validity of the findings, as researcher bias may occur when selecting participants, for example, avoiding visitors who look intimidating or abnormal (Robson, 2011). The use of open-ended questions in the capacity of a greenfield event was identified as a potential difficulty, as participants are required to think about their answers and provide opinions, unlike a closed question method, which although quicker and easier, may not be as effective (Kumar, 2014). Therefore, to keep participants engaged and willing to provide further information, the interview design was kept short and questions are easily comprehendible. Originality/value – The research study reflects early the work of Mayo (Dickson, 1973), Maslow (1954) and Herzberg (1966), and builds on more recent literature by Kruger and Saayman (2012), which analysed the relationship between audience profile and motivation to attend.

scholarly journals Senior Citizens and Their Roles in Family and Household

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 32
Author(s):  
S. M. Ayoob
Keyword(s):  
Living Arrangements ◽  
Extended Family ◽  
Senior Citizens ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Social Recognition ◽  
Family Type ◽  
Role Taking ◽  
The Family ◽  
Family And Household

The family is considered as the most important and outstanding primary group in the society. The extended family type is diminishing in the modern era due to multiple and unavoidable reasons. However in some countries, people give their support to preserve extended family system at least keeping their senior citizens in the same household. Senior citizens also play active roles by supporting the family members in numerous ways. This study was conducted to identify the living arrangements, roles played by the senior citizens in family and household and the reasons behind the active role taking behavior among senior citizens. Out of 20 Divisional Secretariat Divisions in Ampara district, 08 Divisional Secretariat Divisions where Muslims predominantly live have been selected as the study area using simple random sampling method. The sample size is 392. The primary data was collected from key informant interviews, case studies and focus group discussions. The study highlighted that 95% of the senior citizens in the study area are living with their family members. Maintaining household activities, guiding the family members, providing counselling, providing security, socialization, mediating, providing monetary support and mobile role are the major roles played by senior citizens. The reasons for this active role taking behaviour are physical fitness and healthy lifestyle of senior citizens, disaster situation, economic condition, loneliness and isolation, lack of organizational structure and social recognition in study area. Beyond their old age, the contribution of senior citizens to the family is immeasurable.

scholarly journals Social workers understanding of extended families position in child welfare in Lithuania, Chile and Norway

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 84-107
Author(s):  
Siv Oltedal ◽  
Ingunn Studsrød ◽  
Rasa Naujanienė ◽  
Carolina Muñoz Guzmán
Keyword(s):  
Child Welfare ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Extended Family ◽  
Responsibility To Protect ◽  
Private Sphere ◽  
Child Welfare Services ◽  
Extended Families ◽  
State Involvement ◽  
The Family ◽  
The World

Child welfare services around the world deal with families and family complexities. The study from Chile, Lithuania and Norway explores how social workers define family and more specific the position of extended families within child welfare and thus indicate contextual differences and similarities. In the data collection, five focus groups were included: one Lithuanian (eight participants), two Chilean (with two and two participants) and two Norwegian groups (with seven and eight participants). The analysis reveals significant and thematic differences and similarities between the countries related to the fluid and varied concept of family. The results also show variations across contexts in which families that are targeted by the services, the involvement of children and nuclear and extended family members. A dilemma between children’s need to keep family bonds and the states responsibility to protect children, can be exemplified with the position of the extended family. We can identity a difference between Norway, with comprehensive state involvement that can be framed as they are dealing with a public family, and both Chile and Lithuania, which put more of an emphasis on problem-solving within families, and thus look at the family as more of a private sphere.

Civil Society and the Family

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Esther Muddiman ◽  
Sally Power ◽  
Chris Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Young People ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Intergenerational Transmission ◽  
Extended Family ◽  
Dinner Table ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

The relationship between the family and civil society has always been complex, with the family often regarded as separate from, or even oppositional to, civil society. Taking a fresh empirical approach, this book reveals how such separation underestimates the important role the family plays in civil society. Considering the impact of family events, dinner table debates, intergenerational transmission of virtues and the role of the mother, this enlightening book draws on survey data from 1000 young people, a sample of their parents and grandparents, and extended family interviews, to uncover how civil engagement, activism and political participation are inherited and fostered within the home.

Family Structure in Los Angeles, California: 1850–1900

1996 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-39
Author(s):  
Barbara Laslett ◽  
Katherine Nash
Keyword(s):  
Los Angeles ◽  
Social History ◽  
Family Life ◽  
Nuclear Family ◽  
Extended Family ◽  
Life Patterns ◽  
The Family ◽  
History Of ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
The Relationship

In an overview of recent research on the history of the family, Tamara Hareven (1991) points out that this field of study took its inspiration from developments in historical demography and from the “new social history” of the 1960s. Family historians, like other social historians, had “a commitment to reconstructing the life patterns of ordinary people, to viewing them as actors as well as subjects in the process of change” (ibid.: 95). The flowering of research in this field has provided us with a more detailed understanding of the relationship between social change and family life than was previously available. We have learned, among other things, that rather than a single trajectory of change from extended family life before industrialization to the nuclear family afterward, changes in family organization have rarely been invariant, linear, or unidirectional.

scholarly journals Grandparents and grandchildren (review of foreign studies)

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 97-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.V. Bulygina ◽  
S.V. Komarova
Keyword(s):  
Family Members ◽  
Intergenerational Relationships ◽  
Extended Families ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Relationship

The article reviews foreign studies of intergenerational relationships. It analyzes grandchild-grandparent relations, as well as the figure of the grandparent and his/her understanding of his/her role in the system of relations with family members belonging to different generations. Putting a figure belonging to the older generation of the family in the spotlight made it possible to look for and find new factors that determine the nature and quality of the relationship between grandparents and grandchildren. The article also examines the specificity of interrelations between grandchildren and grandparents living in extended families or separately from their children and grandchildren.

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