Problematizing the Cooperative Firm: A Marxian View on Paradoxes, Dialectics, and Contradictions
Abstract Scholars are increasingly turning their attention to cooperative firms, characterized by worker ownership and management, as a way for organizations to address the economic, societal and environmental problems posed by corporate capitalism. This renewed interest stems from the potential of cooperatives to foster an alternative economic system ...
Jon Las Heras +2 more
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Alternative Childhood Vaccination Schedules in Israel: A Mixed-Methods Study on Prevalence, Patterns, and Public Health Implications. [PDF]
Sales E +5 more
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The Support Paradox: Explaining (Mis)Matches in Refugee Workplace Support
Abstract Recent refugee movements have spurred corporate initiatives, with workplace support proving critical for integration. However, while research on workplace support for refugees remains limited, the broader support literature highlights paradoxical effects – support either benefits or harms recipients depending on how well it matches their needs.
Robin Pesch, Ebru Ipek
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ABSTRACT This article responds to recent debates in this journal surrounding raciolinguistics and potential pitfalls of siloing of race and reproducing essentialism in the scholarship of language and race. Using Stuart Hall's theory of articulation, it provides an anti‐essentialist linguistic ethnographic analysis of identity construction in a UK ...
Steve Dixon‐Smith
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Thermodynamic analysis of magnetocaloric properties of ferromagnet undergoing structural phase transition near Curie temperature. [PDF]
L'vov VA, Salyuk O, Kosogor A.
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Kant on Bullshit Jobs—Mere Means and True Means
ABSTRACT Following David Graeber's Bullshit Jobs, there has recently been academic and public discussion about useless work. Immanuel Kant maintains that we ought to be means for others and that there is a duty to be useful. Graeber and Kant are both concerned with a form of harm often overlooked in contemporary ethics and political philosophy, namely,
Martin Sticker
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Conservation Challenges for Endemic Vascular Plants: Exploring Large-Scale Patterns in Climate-Driven Distribution and Distinctive Functional Traits. [PDF]
Liu U, Cossu TA, Pritchard HW.
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Immigrants’ Changing Religiosity: The Case of Spain
ABSTRACT This article analyzes changes in religiosity of the migrant–origin population in Spain. Using data from the Spanish General Social Survey (ESGE) from four different years between 2013 and 2023, we compare people with migrant background with respect to the native‐born population in terms of religious affiliation (vs.
Jacobo Muñoz‐Comet +1 more
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Interrelations of Leptin and Interleukin-6 in Vitamin D Deficient and Overweight Orthodox Nuns from Northern Greece: A Pilot Study. [PDF]
Karras SN +14 more
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ABSTRACT Christian nationalism scholarship and discourse has surged in the years since Trump's 2016 election victory, even as, by most measures, adherence to Christian nationalist beliefs has declined. Applying scholarship on political backlash, I propose that this apparent discrepancy may be explained both by ideological trends antithetical to public ...
Jesse Smith
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