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Autopoiesis of the techno-social systems as a factor of social risks proliferation

RUDN journal of Sociology, 2015
The article describes the problem of the unpredictable proliferation and complication of techno-social systems (such as Internet and financial markets).
D E Orlov, N A Orlova
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Perceived Security, Confidence in the Police and Subjective Well‐Being in Hong Kong: Evidence from the World Values Survey

Behavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The legitimacy of the Hong Kong police has somewhat plummeted amid the Umbrella Movement in 2014 and the Pro‐Democracy Movement in 2019. This study aims to explore the dynamics among Hong Kongers' perception of security, confidence in the police, and their subjective well‐being using the Wave 7 (2017–2022) of the World Values Survey (WVS‐7 ...
Melody W. S. Ip, Heng Choon (Oliver) Chan   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cultural symbols and landowners’ power:the practice of managing Scotland’s natural resource [PDF]

, 2000
This article deals with the claim that Scottish landowners' power is directly related to their status in law, by arguing that it is, in fact, much more to do with their (inter)relationship with particular cultural symbols that can be associated with the ...
Samuel, Andy M. M.
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Examining Gender and Cultural Influences on Customer Emotions

Journal of Consumer Behaviour, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Understanding consumer emotional experiences on e‐commerce platforms is crucial for businesses seeking to enhance customer engagement and personalization. Recent research has demonstrated that these experiences are more intricate and diverse than previously examined, encompassing a wider range of discrete emotions and spanning multiple ...
Vinh Truong
wiley   +1 more source

A Systematic Review of Substance Misuse Treatment Processes and Outcomes as Implemented in Prisons for Men in the UK

Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background With a rising prison population, a substantial portion of whom are identified as substance misusers, it is important to understand the availability of treatment pathways, their successes and areas for improvement. Given the likely importance of national factors in criminal justice and substance use service provision, we chose to ...
Kim Barnett, Noor Butt, Rosie Allen, Pauline Goodlad, Anne Krayer, Adam O'Neill, Peter Huxley, Catherine Robinson, Emily Peckham, Rob Poole   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Thinking Complexity with Harrison White: Towards Social Emergence via Indexical Language

Sociologica
Harrison C. White, a founding giant of the relational turn in Sociology, has left us a monumental model of social emergence based on the interplay of three primitives (identity, control, switching) and two principles (self-similarity, dispersion) of ...
Jorge Fontdevila
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The Contexts of Conversion among U.S. Latinos

, 2017
The growth of Protestantism among U.S. Latinos has been the focus of considerable discussion among researchers. Yet few studies investigate how Latino Protestants and Latino Catholics differ, or which types of Latinos convert from Catholicism to ...
Ellison, Christopher G., Ramos, Aida I., Woodberry, Robert D.   +2 more
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Measuring Student Engagement in Community College: Construct Validity of the Community College Survey of Student Engagement

New Directions for Community Colleges, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using data from the 2019 Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE) 3‐year cohort, this article presents a validation study of the 2017 version of CCSSE. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were implemented to investigate the psychometric properties and construct validity with strategies to address missing data.
Yi Wang, E. Michael Bohlig, Sandra L. Dika   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Harrison White : des réseaux sociaux à une théorie structurale de l'action

Sociologies, 2007
Harrison White is a major figure of North American sociology and an important theorist of social network analysis. His book Identity and Control, first published in 1992 and currently being revised for a second edition, proposes a structural theory of ...
Michel Grossetti, Frédéric Godart
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Towards Systemic Leadership Resilience: Proposing the Hybrid Artificial Intelligent Leader in Response to Economic Crises

Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences / Revue Canadienne des Sciences de l'Administration, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Researchers now understand that the Great Recession stemmed from a “systemic leadership failure,” involving various entities such as the government, financial institutions, investors, homeowners, and regulators. Consequently, traditional leadership approaches of the time came under intense scrutiny, necessitating a shift in leadership ...
Faidon Theofanidis, Eleni Tsianaka, Christos Livas   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source