scholarly journals Investeren in employability: wiens verantwoordelijkheid?

2008 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marijke Verbruggen ◽  
Anneleen Forrier ◽  
Luc Sels ◽  
An Bollen
Keyword(s):  
Path Analysis ◽  
Career Guidance ◽  
Shared Responsibility ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Do So

Investing in employability: whose responsibility? Investing in employability: whose responsibility? M. Verbruggen, A. Forrier, L. Sels & A. Bollen, Gedrag & Organisatie, volume 21, March 2008, pp. 56-73 Investing in employability is often regarded as a shared responsibility between employees and employers. In practice, however, not all employees and employers take up that responsibility. The Flemish government introduced an 'entitlement to external career guidance' to correct the observed deficiencies. In this article we investigate whether this entitlement can do so. In addition, we examine how employability-investment of employers affects employability-initiative of employees. We conduct a path analysis using data of 803 Flemish employees. Results indicate that employability-initiative of employers encourages employees to take on activities of their own accord, that especially proactive employees are willing to participate in external career guidance and that external career guidance can not totally compensate for a lack of employability-support of the employer.

It Is Your Decision to Date Interracially: The Influence of Family Approval on the Likelihood of Interracial/Interethnic Dating

2021 ◽  
pp. 0192513X2199413
Author(s):  
Byron Miller ◽  
Savanah Catalina ◽  
Sara Rocks ◽  
Kathryn Tillman
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Romantic Relationships ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Interracial Romance ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Do So

Although attitudes toward interracial romantic relationships (IRRs) have generally improved over the years, many Americans still disapprove of their family members being in IRRs. Prior studies have examined correlates of individual-level attitudes about interracial romance, but less is known about whether family members’ attitudes are directly associated with young people’s decisions to date interracially. Using data collected from 790 romantically involved college students at two large public four-year universities, we find that young adults who believe their siblings, parents, and grandparents approve of IRRs have greater odds of dating interracially. Compared to Whites, Blacks and Hispanics are more likely to be interracially involved but their decision to do so is much less dependent on the approval of their parents and grandparents. We also find young adults are more likely to date interracially if they have five or more relatives with IRR experience themselves. The findings and their implications are discussed.

The Giving Up of Weekly Rest-Days by Migrant Domestic Workers in Singapore: When Submission Is Both Resistance and Victimhood

Social Forces ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 98 (4) ◽  
pp. 1695-1718
Author(s):  
Margaret Fenerty Schumann ◽  
Anju Mary Paul
Keyword(s):  
Work Experience ◽  
Home Country ◽  
Domestic Workers ◽  
Sociology Of Law ◽  
Signaling Mechanism ◽  
Contract Renewal ◽  
Temporal And Spatial ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Do So ◽  
Migrant Domestic Workers

AbstractWhy do so few live-in migrant domestic workers (MDWs) in Singapore utilize their weekly rest-day entitlement? Using data drawn from 3,886 online profiles of prospective MDWs and 40 interview sessions with MDWs, employers, and manpower agencies, we demonstrate how the industry encourages a “logic of submission” around rest-days. Through processual analysis, we unearth multiple, repeated moments of capitulation at key moments in a MDW’s work-life: (1) their interactions with a recruitment agency while still in their home country; (2) their matching with an overseas employer; (3) the duration of their two-year contract; and (4) the time of contract renewal. Submission to less frequent rest-days can secure their employability and financial mobility but also further individuates the MDW within the employer’s household and may lead to the engraining of a habitus of submissiveness towards their employers that can open the door to workers’ exploitation. We demonstrate how nationality and work experience further inflect this logic of submission to motivate non-Filipina and inexperienced MDWs to request even fewer rest-days than their counterparts. By combining feminist migration scholarship on Asian MDWs, with a sociology of law analysis, we offer up an example of how the same act of submission can simultaneously embody both resistance and victimhood depending upon the temporal and spatial scale used, and varying interpretations of the rest-day benefit as a much-needed respite, a monetizable benefit, or a signaling mechanism.

scholarly journals Camp stability predicts patterns of hunter–gatherer cooperation

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (7) ◽  
pp. 160131 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Smith ◽  
Mark Dyble ◽  
James Thompson ◽  
Katie Major ◽  
Abigail E. Page ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Real World ◽  
Ecological Context ◽  
Hunter Gatherers ◽  
Ecological Conditions ◽  
Resource Transfers ◽  
Experimental Games ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Over Time ◽  
Do So

Humans regularly cooperate with non-kin, which has been theorized to require reciprocity between repeatedly interacting and trusting individuals. However, the role of repeated interactions has not previously been demonstrated in explaining real-world patterns of hunter–gatherer cooperation. Here we explore cooperation among the Agta, a population of Filipino hunter–gatherers, using data from both actual resource transfers and two experimental games across multiple camps. Patterns of cooperation vary greatly between camps and depend on socio-ecological context. Stable camps (with fewer changes in membership over time) were associated with greater reciprocal sharing, indicating that an increased likelihood of future interactions facilitates reciprocity. This is the first study reporting an association between reciprocal cooperation and hunter–gatherer band stability. Under conditions of low camp stability individuals still acquire resources from others, but do so via demand sharing (taking from others), rather than based on reciprocal considerations. Hunter–gatherer cooperation may either be characterized as reciprocity or demand sharing depending on socio-ecological conditions.

scholarly journals Analyzing temporal patterns of topic diversity using graph clustering

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takako Hashimoto ◽  
David Lawrence Shepard ◽  
Tetsuji Kuboyama ◽  
Kilho Shin ◽  
Ryota Kobayashi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Data Processing ◽  
Temporal Patterns ◽  
Graph Clustering ◽  
Disaster Mitigation ◽  
Great Earthquake ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Text Content ◽  
Do So

Abstract During a disaster, social media can be both a source of help and of danger: Social media has a potential to diffuse rumors, and officials involved in disaster mitigation must react quickly to the spread of rumor on social media. In this paper, we investigate how topic diversity (i.e., homogeneity of opinions in a topic) depends on the truthfulness of a topic (whether it is a rumor or a non-rumor) and how the topic diversity changes in time after a disaster. To do so, we develop a method for quantifying the topic diversity of the tweet data based on text content. The proposed method is based on clustering a tweet graph using Data polishing that automatically determines the number of subtopics. We perform a case study of tweets posted after the East Japan Great Earthquake on March 11, 2011. We find that rumor topics exhibit more homogeneity of opinions in a topic during diffusion than non-rumor topics. Furthermore, we evaluate the performance of our method and demonstrate its improvement on the runtime for data processing over existing methods.

Quantification of Adverb Intensifiers for Use in Ratings of Acceptability, Adequacy, and Relative Goodness

2002 ◽  
Vol 46 (24) ◽  
pp. 1944-1948
Author(s):  
Stephen J. Krsacok ◽  
William F. Moroney
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Scale Development ◽  
College Females ◽  
Raw Data ◽  
College Males ◽  
College Population ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
Using Data ◽  
A Current ◽  
Do So

Survey designers often assume the existence of an underlying linear continuum with equal intervals between anchors when they create a scale. However, this is not necessarily the case when labels, such as “somewhat acceptable,” “completely acceptable”, etc. are assigned to these intervals. This study examines numeric ratings assigned by college students to adverb intensifiers. Numeric ratings (from −5 to + 5) were collected from college males (n=54), college females (n=54) for positive and negative adverb-intensifiers of acceptability (n=50), adequacy (n=50), and relative goodness (n=41). Minimal differences were noted in mean ratings, variability, and order of the ratings assigned by males and females. Three different scale development strategies were utilized to develop 54 adverb intensifier scales with intervals of 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 11 descriptors for acceptability, adequacy, and relative goodness. Survey designers are invited to use these scales or the raw data to develop their own scales. Those who do so will have the advantage of using data based on a current college population.

scholarly journals SPANISH HOUSING MARKETS, 1904-1934: NEW EVIDENCE

2014 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 119-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Carmona ◽  
Markus Lampe ◽  
Joan R. Rosés
Keyword(s):  
Housing Prices ◽  
Housing Markets ◽  
Housing Demand ◽  
Entire Period ◽  
Housing Supply ◽  
Using Data ◽  
New Evidence ◽  
Hedonic Index ◽  
Demographic Growth ◽  
Do So

ABSTRACTThis article makes the first systematic attempt to analyse quantitatively the evolution of Spanish housing markets from 1904 to 1934, a period of dramatic changes in housing demand as a consequence of substantial income and demographic growth. In order to do so, we collect a new database on houses sold and their prices using data from the Registrar's Yearbooks. Furthermore, we construct a new hedonic index of real housing prices for Spain and its provinces. To our surprise, we found that real housing prices rose slightly over the entire period and, hence, that housing supply responded effectively to new demand for housing.

Geolinguistic diffusion and the U.S.–Canada border

2000 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles Boberg
Keyword(s):  
Historical Linguistics ◽  
Wave Theory ◽  
Border Effect ◽  
Canadian English ◽  
East Anglia ◽  
First Case ◽  
Phonetic Features ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The U.S ◽  
Do So

The way in which language changes diffuse over space—geolinguistic diffusion—is a central problem of both historical linguistics and dialectology. Trudgill (1974) proposed that distance, population, and linguistic similarity are crucial factors in determining diffusion patterns. His hierarchical gravity model has made correct predictions about diffusion from London to East Anglia, but has never been tested across a national boundary. The aim of this article is to do so using data from both sides of the U.S.–Canada border. Two cases are examined: the non-diffusion of phonetic features from Detroit to Windsor and the gradual infiltration into Canadian English of American foreign (a) pronunciations. In both cases, the model makes incorrect predictions. In the first case, it is suggested that the model needs a term representing a border effect, and that the diffusion of phonetic features is constrained by structural, phonological factors; in the second, a traditional wave theory of diffusion appears to fit the data more closely than a hierarchical model.

HOW DO FIRMS IN STRATEGIC SME NETWORKS BUILD COMPETITIVENESS?

2005 ◽  
Vol 13 (04) ◽  
pp. 383-408 ◽  
Author(s):  
JOAKIM WINCENT
Keyword(s):  
Firm Performance ◽  
Path Analysis ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Analysis Techniques ◽  
Middle Range ◽  
Performance Effects ◽  
Prior Literature ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Present Understanding

This study attempts to improve the present understanding of how firms build competitiveness in strategic SME networks. In particular, it empirically tests and identifies patterns among potentially important factors as mentioned in prior literature and suggests propositions as potential providers for middle-range theorizing. Using data from a population of 54 firms, influences of firm-related factors, partner-related factors, and inter-firm relation factors on competitive outcomes (i.e., organizational entrepreneurship, resource contributions to the network entity, and direct firm performance effects) were identified by using path analysis techniques. Findings suggest all factors are influential, but effects are seldom direct. Based on the results from path analysis and interviews with CEOs in the firms studied, a number of propositions are offered for future middle-range theorizing in this domain. Implications for policy and practice are suggested.

scholarly journals Analisis Jalur Faktor Angka Kematian Ibu di Provinsi Jawa Timur Tahun 2014

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 149
Author(s):  
Abdi Iswahyudi Yasril ◽  
Mahmudah Mahmudah
Keyword(s):  
Mortality Rate ◽  
Maternal Mortality ◽  
Path Analysis ◽  
Maternal Mortality Rate ◽  
Risk Pregnancy ◽  
Birth Attendance ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
Health Practitioners ◽  
Statistical Analysis Technique ◽  
Using Data

Path analysis was a statistical analysis technique which was developed from multiple regression analysis. This method was used to analyze the causal relationship that involve many variables such as maternal mortality rate (MMR). Many variables influenced the MMR but it was not easy to find the dominant variable because it will create problems multicolinearity. Therefore it used path analysis to analyze the direct and indirect effects in the incidence of MMR based on the model of causal relationship.The purpose of this study to apply path analysis on factors that affect maternal mortality rate in East Java province. This study was  a non-reactive using data SUSENAS and East Java Provincial Health Profile 2014 on maternal mortality rate in all districts in East Java using path analysis. The results of path analysis showed that there was influence between the variables of women who married at age <17 years (p = 0.045; β = 0.376), birth attendance by non-medical (p = 0.013; β = 0.475) and obstetric complications (p = 0.036; β = 0.323) on the incidence of MMR. Analyzed furthermore of variables woman who married at age <17 years (β = 0.528) and birth attendance by non-medical (β = 0.632) influenced directly and indirectly to MMR. It was expected by using this path analysis health practitioners could improve their services and assistances to all pregnant women for early detection of high risk pregnancy.

scholarly journals Researcher engagement in policy deemed societally beneficial yet unrewarded

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerald G Singh ◽  
Vinicius Farjalla ◽  
Bing Chen ◽  
Andrew Pelling ◽  
Elvan Ceyhan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Support ◽  
Mission Statements ◽  
Unintended Effects ◽  
Limited Capacity ◽  
Teaching Activities ◽  
Societal Benefit ◽  
Research And Teaching ◽  
Societal Benefits ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Do So

Public support for research depends, in part, on the eventual societal benefits from research. Maintaining that support likely requires sustained engagement between the research community and the broader public. Yet, there is little organized effort to evaluate and reward such engagement in addition to research and teaching activities. Using data from an international survey of 1092 researchers (634 established researchers and 458 students) in 55 countries and 315 research institutions, we find that institutional recognition of engagement activities is perceived as being undervalued relative to its societal benefit. Many researchers report that their institutions would not reward engagement activities despite mission statements promoting engagement. Further, those institutions that actually measure engagement activities are perceived to do so in a limited capacity (respondents perceived that on average, 2 of the 7 dimensions of engagement we considered were reflected in evaluations). Most researchers are strongly motivated to engage for selfless reasons, which suggests that strong self-oriented incentives may have unintended effects. Perhaps by recognizing the important engagement activities of researchers, institutions can better achieve their institutional missions and bolster the crucial contributions of researchers to society.

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