Theoretical Perspectives and Empirical Literature

Relationship management rapidly is becoming a central research paradigm in the marketing channels literature. A growing body of conceptual and empirical literature addresses different aspects of interfirm relationships, building in part on recent theoretical developments in organization theory, law, and economics. Interestingly, however, some of these theoretical frameworks make radically different assumptions about the nature of interfirm relationships, though these differences to date have not been examined systematically in the marketing literature. The author reviews these theoretical perspectives and develops a formal typology of approaches to relationship management. Specifically, he develops a typology of three different forms of governance, which vary systematically in terms of how specific interfirm processes are carried out. He also discusses the antecendents of different relationship forms and shows the results of a preliminary empirical test.

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Contemporary Immigration: Theoretical Perspectives on its Determinants and Modes of Incorporation

International Migration Review ◽

10.1177/019791838902300311 ◽

1989 ◽

Vol 23 (3) ◽

pp. 606-630 ◽

Cited By ~ 148

Author(s):

Alejandro Portes ◽

Jözsef Böröcz

Keyword(s):

Labor Migration ◽

International System ◽

Social Embeddedness ◽

Empirical Literature ◽

Theoretical Perspectives ◽

The Social ◽

Labor Flows ◽

Heuristic Device ◽

Over Time

This article reviews conventional theories about different aspects of labor migration: its origins, stability over time, and patterns of migrant settlement. For each of these aspects, we provide alternative explanatory hypotheses derived from the notions of increasing articulation of the international system and the social embeddedness of its various subprocesses, including labor flows. A typology of sources and outcomes of contemporary immigration is presented as an heuristic device to organize the diversity of such movements as described in the empirical literature.

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Gender and Poverty

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199914050.013.11 ◽

2017 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Janet C. Gornick ◽

Natascia Boeri

Keyword(s):

Interdisciplinary Studies ◽

Economic Resources ◽

Empirical Literature ◽

Middle Income ◽

Empirical Results ◽

Middle Income Countries ◽

Theoretical Perspectives ◽

Poor Households ◽

And Gender ◽

Study Database

This article examines the link between gender and poverty. It begins with a discussion of selected theoretical perspectives that have informed the study of poverty, with emphasis on economic insufficiency, capabilities deprivation, and social exclusion as well as the feminization of poverty. It then considers key contributions to the empirical literature on poverty and gender, focusing on interdisciplinary studies that define poverty based on economic resources. It also reviews selected empirical results from a group of twenty-six high- and middle-income countries, based on data from the Luxembourg Income Study Database. More specifically, it explores the likelihood that women and men live in poor households, and how that likelihood varies by family structure and the strength of their attachment to the labor market. Finally, it explains how the empirical results and the main findings from the literature review contribute to the challenge of evaluating the connection between gender and poverty.

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Theoretical Perspectives on the Cause of Stuttering

Contemporary Issues in Communication Science and Disorders ◽

10.1044/cicsd_31_s_80 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 31 (Spring) ◽

pp. 80-91 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Nicoline Grinager Ambrose

Keyword(s):

Theoretical Perspectives

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The Evolution of Music Therapy

Musik- Tanz und Kunsttherapie ◽

10.1026/0933-6885/a000221 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 26 (4) ◽

pp. 207-221

Author(s):

Wolfgang Mastnak

Keyword(s):

Music Therapy ◽

Evidence Based Medicine ◽

Wide Spectrum ◽

Evidence Based ◽

Modern Music ◽

Guided Imagery And Music ◽

Theoretical Perspectives ◽

International Importance ◽

Evolution Of Music ◽

Based Medicine

Abstract. Five overlapping eras or stages can be distinguished in the evolution of music therapy. The first one refers to the historical roots and ethnological sources that have influenced modern meta-theoretical perspectives and practices. The next stage marks the heterogeneous origins of modern music therapy in the 20th century that mirror psychological positions and novel clinical ideas about the healing power of music. The subsequent heyday of music therapeutic models and schools of thought yielded an enormous variety of concepts and methods such as Nordoff–Robbins music therapy, Orff music therapy, analytic music therapy, regulatory music therapy, guided imagery and music, sound work, etc. As music therapy gained in international importance, clinical applications required research on its therapeutic efficacy. According to standards of evidence-based medicine and with regard to clearly defined diagnoses, research on music therapeutic practice was the core of the fourth stage of evolution. The current stage is characterized by the emerging epistemological dissatisfaction with the paradigmatic reductionism of evidence-based medicine and by the strong will to discover the true healing nature of music. This trend has given birth to a wide spectrum of interdisciplinary hermeneutics for novel foundations of music therapy. Epigenetics, neuroplasticity, regulatory and chronobiological sciences, quantum physical philosophies, universal harmonies, spiritual and religious views, and the cultural anthropological phenomenon of esthetics and creativity have become guiding principles. This article should not be regarded as a historical treatise but rather as an attempt to identify theoretical landmarks in the evolution of modern music therapy and to elucidate the evolution of its spirit.

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Media Psychology and Complex Modes of Entertainment Experiences

Journal of Media Psychology Theories Methods and Applications ◽

10.1027/1864-1105/a000030 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 23 (1) ◽

pp. 34-38 ◽

Cited By ~ 21

Author(s):

Christoph Klimmt

Keyword(s):

Empirical Studies ◽

Terror Management Theory ◽

Death And Dying ◽

Terror Management ◽

Media Psychology ◽

Mixed Emotions ◽

Theoretical Perspectives ◽

Complex Modes ◽

History Of ◽

Media Enjoyment

This comment briefly examines the history of entertainment research in media psychology and welcomes the conceptual innovations in the contribution by Oliver and Bartsch (this issue). Theoretical perspectives for improving and expanding the “appreciation” concept in entertainment psychology are outlined. These refer to more systematic links of appreciation to the psychology of mixed emotions, to positive psychology, and to the psychology of death and dying – in particular, to terror management theory. In addition, methodological challenges are discussed that entertainment research faces when appreciation and the experience of “meaning for life” need to be addressed in empirical studies of media enjoyment.

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