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Voluntary sustainability assurance in small and medium‐sized entities: The role of country origin in Europe

Business Strategy and the Environment, Volume 32, Issue 1, Page 462-483, January 2023., 2023
Abstract The assurance of sustainability information by small and medium‐sized entities (SMEs) has not attracted much research interest to date. To rectify this, we draw on a sample of European firms (from the EU, the United Kingdom and Norway) extracted from the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) database and explore the disclosure variable in relation
Antonio Somoza
wiley   +1 more source

Stroje, texty, sítě a jiné obrazy: metaforický rozměr sociologie

Acta Universitatis Carolinae: Philosophica et Historica, 2016
Main objective of the article is to explore the sociological implications of the conceptual metaphor theory, which is based on the idea that metaphors are not only discursive ornaments, but rather the basic principle of human thought as such. The article
Jakub Mlynář
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Proč je domácí násilí klíčovým tématem pro sociologii a sociální teorii: Napětí, paradoxy a důsledky [PDF]

Gender a Výzkum, 2014
Sociology and sociological theory have been effective in analyzing societal and institutional conflict and violence, but less so in analyzing the specifics of interpersonal violence.
Jeff Hearn
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From a systems theory of sociology to modeling the onset and evolution of criminality [PDF]

Networks and Heterogeneous Media, Vol. 10, No. 3 (2015), pp. 421-441, 2014
This paper proposes a systems theory approach to the modeling of onset and evolution of criminality in a territory, which aims at capturing the complexity features of social systems. Complexity is related to the fact that individuals have the ability to develop specific heterogeneously distributed strategies, which depend also on those expressed by the
arxiv   +1 more source

Mentors and sponsors: Making a difference for racially and culturally minoritised academics in Australian universities

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
Abstract Mentorship and sponsorships play a significant role in faculty experiences, career trajectories, well‐being and academic success in higher education. In this study, 23 racially and culturally minoritised (RACM) academics were interviewed about their experiences working in Australian universities, and all spoke about the key importance of their
Kathomi Gatwiri, Zoë Krupka, Samara James   +2 more
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Organic versus cosmetic efforts of the quality of carbon reporting by top New Zealand firms. Does market reward or penalise?

Business Strategy and the Environment, Volume 32, Issue 1, Page 686-703, January 2023., 2023
Abstract This study explores the quality of carbon reporting (QCR) by New Zealand (NZ) firms and its changes over time. It also explores the impact of QCR on the market reputation of firms. Using a sample of 300 company‐year observations between 2015 and 2020 from top listed firms of NZ, the study develops a 14‐item QCR index.
Habib Zaman Khan, Muhammad Nurul Houqe, Ielemia K Ielemia   +2 more
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Niklas Luhmann’s system theory: A critical analysis

RUDN journal of Sociology, 2019
This article considers the nature of the theoretical legacy - the system theory - of the German sociologist Niklas Luhmann. The author focuses on three topics: first, he briefly describes Luhmann’s ideas in the context of the contemporary sociological ...
J Šubrt
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Jackknife covariance matrix estimation for observations from mixture [PDF]

Modern Stochastics: Theory and Applications 2019, Vol. 6, No. 4, 495-513, 2019
A general jackknife estimator for the asymptotic covariance of moment estimators is considered in the case when the sample is taken from a mixture with varying concentrations of components. Consistency of the estimator is demonstrated. A fast algorithm for its calculation is described.
arxiv   +1 more source

Community music, identity and belonging among Dutchies in Australia: Comparing assimilation to multiculturalism

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
Abstract This article discusses variations in the experiences of Dutch identity and belonging to a music‐making group in the Dutch migrant community in Melbourne, Australia. It answers the research question “Which variations of ‘Dutch identity’ are there for the participants and how does music‐making relate to this?”. Feelings of identity and belonging
Karien Dekker, Jora Broerse, Nonja Peters   +2 more
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Theoretical foundations and limits of word embeddings: what types of meaning can they capture? [PDF]

arXiv, 2021
Measuring meaning is a central problem in cultural sociology and word embeddings may offer powerful new tools to do so. But like any tool, they build on and exert theoretical assumptions. In this paper I theorize the ways in which word embeddings model three core premises of a structural linguistic theory of meaning: that meaning is relational ...
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