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Biography, Risk and Uncertainty—Is there Common Ground for Biographical Research and Risk Research?

open access: yesForum: Qualitative Social Research, 2010
This contribution introduces different perspectives of research which combine the concepts biography, risk and uncertainty. It starts with outlining the assumption that biographical research and risk research could gain from an exchange of concepts and ...
Jens O. Zinn
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Home country institutional ties and Chinese SMEs' OFDI: Institutional polycentrism and resource dependence perspectives

open access: yesGlobal Strategy Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary Combining institutional polycentrism and resource dependence perspectives, we theorize that small‐and‐medium‐sized enterprises' (SMEs) outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) depends on the types and levels of home institutional ties, and this relationship is moderated by technological resources.
Zibang Chen   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Intergenerational Biographical Structuring

open access: yesForum: Qualitative Social Research, 2008
Presupposing the thesis of interactive biographical structuring, two narrative-biographical interviews of a mother and her son are analyzed by looking at the process of biographical co-construction.
Wolfram Fischer, Martina Goblirsch
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Navigating Workplace Bullying: A Critical Theory Exploration of Lecturers' Experiences in a Higher Education Context

open access: yesHuman Resource Development Quarterly, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Workplace bullying (WB) remains a pervasive concern across all sectors, including higher education institutions (HEIs), where shifting power dynamics, performance pressures, and transformation mandates often create fertile ground for systemic abuse.
Helen Meyer
wiley   +1 more source

Metaphors as Traces of Discourses in Biographical Texts

open access: yesForum: Qualitative Social Research, 2007
In this article I discuss the potentials of discourse theory for biographical research from a social constructivist perspective. The connection between discourse theory and biographical research is becoming increasingly important in qualitative research.
Ute Karl
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Young bodies, aging ovaries: A systematic review and meta‐synthesis of women's perspectives on spontaneous premature ovarian insufficiency

open access: yesInternational Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract Objectives Spontaneous premature ovarian insufficiency (POI) is a condition characterized by the cessation of ovarian function before age 40, unrelated to medical interventions. It affects approximately 3.5% of women worldwide and can result in significant emotional, physical, and social consequences.
Maria Patricia Roman   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Review: Anne Waldschmidt & Werner Schneider (Eds.) (2007). Disability Studies, Kultursoziologie und Soziologie der Behinderung [Disability Studies, Cultural Sociology and the Sociology of Disability: Explorations of a New Research Field]

open access: yesForum: Qualitative Social Research, 2008
This book contains 13 articles and gives an overview of German disability studies in relation to theory, research perspectives and research results. It contains theoretical approaches to the theory of disability and introduces the reader to empirical ...
Lisa Pfahl
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Corporate Website Disclosures and Financial Reporting Quality

open access: yesJournal of Corporate Accounting &Finance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the relationship between corporate website disclosures and financial reporting quality. Using website disclosures for firms included in the S&P 500 and S&P Midcap 400 indices, a detailed disclosure index is constructed that distinguishes reproduced financial disclosures, incremental financial disclosures that are not ...
Nicholas Mueller
wiley   +1 more source

When Does Top Management Team Diversity Matter in Large Organizations?

open access: yesJournal of Organizational Behavior, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Top management teams (TMTs) drive strategic leadership, but there is little clarity on when the composition of these upper echelons most impacts organization performance. Drawing from the categorization‐elaboration model, we study an 18‐year sample of approximately 4500 organizations and over 32 000 executives and find a positive relationship ...
Frances Fabian   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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