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Logical reframing: A theory‐based view of entrepreneurial persuasion
Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Research Summary Prior literature that addresses how entrepreneurs systematically deal with Knightian uncertainty has primarily focused on individual entrepreneurs but has largely neglected that, to be successful, entrepreneurs must also persuade others of their view of the future.
Timo Ehrig, Jens Schmidt
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, 2015 Incompleteness and undecidedness are pervasively present in human reasoning activities and make the definition of the relevant computational models challenging. In this discussion paper we focus on one such model, namely abstract argumentation frameworks,
Pietro Baroni +5 more
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What Program for Love in the 21st Century? Thinking With and Beyond Luhmann
Systems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.ABSTRACT From a sociological perspective, the paper examines how normative frameworks for intimate relationships have changed since the publication of Luhmann's Love as Passion (1982). Building on Luhmann's notion of a program for love, we discuss his claim that late 20th century love semantics were organized around a program of understanding. We argue
Chiara Piazzesi, Martin Blais
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Generative AI—the Transgression of Technology
Systems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article offers a systems‐theoretical analysis of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) grounded in Niklas Luhmann's sociology of technology. It addresses a central conceptual problem: How GenAI can be understood within a theoretical framework that has traditionally defined technology as a means of stabilising action through causal ...
Jesper Tække
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Linguistic Markers of Destructive Leadership: An Exploratory Cross‐domain Study
British Journal of Management, EarlyView.Abstract This article examines how destructive leadership in politics and business is reflected in distinctive patterns of language use. Drawing on Pennebaker's psycholinguistic theory and his Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count (LIWC) analytical framework, we report two studies.
Eugene Sadler‐Smith +4 more
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‘Whitby Woman’, ‘Waitrose Woman’: Gender and Voting Behaviour at the 2024 UK General Election
The Political Quarterly, Volume 96, Issue 1, Page 74-82, January/March 2025.Abstract Women were identified as key targets in the 2024 British general election. There was much speculation as to whether ‘Whitby’ or ‘Waitrose’ women would swing the result for Labour. This interest in women voters stemmed, at least partially, from the fact that the 2017 and 2019 British general elections were the first where a modern gender gap—a ...
Rosie Campbell +3 more
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Has the Moment for Electoral Reform at Westminster Finally Arrived?
The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract The rise to power of Andy Burnham, a vocal critic of first past the post, has put Westminster electoral reform back on the political agenda. This article examines the case for reforming the voting system, why it has strengthened in recent years, why efforts have failed before and what this tells us about the necessary conditions for reform: a ...
Robert Ford
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Gender &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article examines Feminists for Life's (FFL) rhetoric and activism on US college campuses in the 1990s as a case study into the complexities of organizing against abortion in a historical context whereby few supports existed for young pregnant women.
Isobel Bloom
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The Fifth National Career Leaders Conference [PDF]
, 2022 This article reflects on the recent Career Leaders Conference held at the University of Derby in June 2022. The report explains the importance of the event and the role that the University plays in supporting the career development ...
Moore, N.
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Unnatural Wills: Inheritance Disputes and Inequality
The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Within the conceptual frame of relational economic sociology, inheritance disputes are a canonical form of relational mismatch. But the social patterning of relational mismatches, and their various ties to inequality, remain murky. In this paper, I examine all known inheritance disputes in Dallas from 1895–1945 within their social context to ...
Shay O'Brien
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