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Hermeneutic Sociology of Knowledge for Intercultural Understanding

open access: yesForum: Qualitative Social Research, 2009
Intercultural communication is a form of interaction that is highly susceptible to errors. Hence, for a long time it has been studied primarily with regard to the kinds of misunderstandings that it typically produces.
Norbert Schröer
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Exercise and intervention: On the sociology of powerful knowledge

open access: yesLondon Review of Education, 2019
This article discusses John White's recent critique of the notion of 'powerful knowledge'. It is argued that White raises some salient points but overlooks the genesis of powerful knowledge as an idea and its debt to Durkheim and Bernstein.
doaj   +2 more sources

Environmental, Social, and Governance Factors as Tools for Improving Market Efficiency: A Study on Equity Misvaluation

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigated whether superior environmental, social, and governance (ESG) practices enhance corporate value and market efficiency under various economic theories. Using a multi‐country panel of 31 economies from 2015 to 2022, we find that both ESG performance and disclosure improve intrinsic value and mitigate equity misvaluation ...
Xinyu Wang   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Integrated Reporting in the Public Sector: Theoretical Foundations and Determinants of Quality

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Integrated reporting (IR) has gained attention as the IFRS Foundation promotes its use through the International Integrated Reporting Council framework (IIRF). Public sector (PS) organizations, as key drivers of economic, social and environmental sustainability, are increasingly adopting IR to enhance transparency and accountability.
Ana Zorio‐Grima, Andreea Hancu‐Budui
wiley   +1 more source

Review: Jürgen Raab (2008). Visuelle Wissenssoziologie. Theoretische Konzeption und materiale Analysen [Visual Sociology of Knowledge: Theoretical Concepts and Analyses]

open access: yesForum: Qualitative Social Research, 2010
The book "Visual Sociology of Knowledge: Theoretical Concepts and Analyses" attempts to provide a theoretical foundation for the hermeneutics of images as an interpretative method for audio-visual material, in the tradition of the sociology of knowledge.
Katharina Miko
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Family Involvement and Financial Performance: How Do They Affect the Sustainability Commitment of Family Businesses?

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The socio‐emotional wealth (SEW) perspective suggests that the specific priorities of a family business may make it more or less inclined to engage in sustainable practices. This paper examines how family business heterogeneity regarding family ownership, financial performance, and family board members affects the sustainability commitment of ...
Sonia Sánchez‐Andújar   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sociology as science of liberation: a case-study of manual laborers [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper begins by adverting to the re-opening of the question of the relationship between (working) class and its representation in light of mounting awareness of the price paid for the eclipse of class-based discourse within politics, academia and ...
Gilfillan, Paul
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Stock Market Reactions to Climate Risk Events: A Systematic Literature Review and Research Agenda

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As global warming intensifies, climate risks' impact on firm value has become a critical concern for academia and investors. This systematic literature review analyzes 50 event studies in this research field, classifying them by climate risk type.
Mario Schuster, Rainer Lueg
wiley   +1 more source

Sociological Futures and the Sociology of Work [PDF]

open access: yes
This essay is a response to the call for a discussion about future trends in sociology by focusing broadly on the sub-discipline of work and employment. In doing so the piece directly engages with earlier interventions made by John Scott (2005) and Gayle
Tim Strangleman
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Sociology of Knowledge Approach to Discourse Analysis. A Research Programme for the Analysis of Social Relationships of Knowledge and Politics of Knowledge

open access: yesForum: Qualitative Social Research, 2010
In this paper I discuss the theoretical basis of a sociology of knowledge approach to discourse (Wissenssoziologische Diskursanalyse, WDA), and its methodological implications and transpositions.
Reiner Keller
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