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Leisure Practices as a Manifestation of Profession-Class Identity of Ukrainians

open access: yesУкраїнський соціологічний журнал, 2019
The article analyzes leisure practices as external manifestations of professionalclass identity. The degree of scientific work of the selected problems is determined. Formulates the relationship between class identity and class position.
Anastasia Voronkova   +3 more
doaj  

From accidents to assets—The value pathways of patents for serendipitous inventions

open access: yesStrategic Management Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary Firms often celebrate accidental inventions that lead to major breakthroughs, yet little is known about how the value of serendipitous inventions materializes. Using data from 8530 patented inventions across 23 countries, our research shows that these inventions differ from planned R&D outcomes.
Christoph Grimpe   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

An Outline of a Theory of Play

open access: yesSymbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
Play is often dismissed as trivial, yet it is a fundamental and adaptive aspect of human and mammalian life. This paper develops a sociological theory of play, treating it as a total social fact that spans biological, psychological, and social dimensions.
Seth Abrutyn
wiley   +1 more source

Reconciling Goffman and Disability Studies: “Interactional” and “Structural” Stigma in the Lives of Parents of Learning‐Disabled Adults

open access: yesSymbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
Erving Goffman cuts a divisive figure in disability studies. Some criticize his conception of “stigma” as deviance‐focused and as ignoring structural forces that shape personal encounters. Others praise his recognition of stigma as an interactional phenomenon.
Gareth M. Thomas
wiley   +1 more source

The Relationship of Tourist?s Leisure Lifestyle and Recreation Demand in Rural Tourism Area

open access: yes, 2009
[[abstract]]Leisure life has became a significance issue for modern people, and for sociologists, the leisure lifestyle for people is also a major concern for them. By present urbanization level, the ?rurality? of rural areas certainly the best facter of
Hsin-Yi Shih
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A Country That Never Sleeps? A Web Scrapping Analysis of the 24‐h Economy Policy in Ghana

open access: yesThunderbird International Business Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In light of revitalizing Ghana's economic landscape through sustainable job creation underpinned by 24‐h operations across all key sectors, the National Democratic Congress proposed the ‘24‐h economy’ policy proposal. This study employs the web‐scraping technique through text mining and python codes to analyse 1820 comments from Facebook, X ...
Pius Gamette   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Re‐Defining Modern Zoo Roles Through the ‘7‐Pillar Framework': Quantitative Evidence From Zoo Visitors and Non‐Zoo Visitors

open access: yesZoo Biology, EarlyView.
Conceptual overview of the diverse roles of modern zoos. Established roles are shown in black and new or emerging roles in green, while entertainment (red) represents a historically established but increasingly criticized role. ABSTRACT Traditionally, the roles of zoos have been summarised in the ‘4‐Pillar Framework’ comprising Conservation, Education,
Andrea Rizzardi Orlandi   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Action of Leisure in The Participation of Drama therapy for Juvenile Delinquency

open access: yes, 2009
[[abstract]]The problems of teenagers have become serious increasingly, which result in more attention on the studies of juvenile delinq uency then ever.
Ghin-Yi Ye
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What Should We Do With Sewage Sludge? Public Preferences for Biosolids Management in Australia

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Biosolids are a solid byproduct of municipal wastewater treatment systems. Conventionally, because of their nutrient and carbon content, most biosolids have been applied to agricultural lands in Australia. However, growing concerns over methane emissions, ongoing management and transportation costs and contaminants of emerging concern, such as
Curtis Rollins   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Relations among Leisure Constraint Leisure Activity Types and Participation Frequency and Work Satisfaction?An Example of Female Staffs at Hotels in Taichung

open access: yes, 2009
[[abstract]]Due to leisure activity is indispensable to work, but leisure activity is under the influence of work characteristics for female staffs at hotels who are the leisure activities providers .
Kai-Tinag chan
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