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Pay‐for‐prominence: The (un)intended consequences of monetary incentives on employees' networks and attrition

open access: yesStrategic Management Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary We introduce the concept of pay‐for‐prominence, a system where employees are monetarily incentivized to become knowledge hubs in the intrafirm network and examine its effects on employees' networks and attrition. Integrating social network theory with relational incentives theory, we argue that pay‐for‐prominence motivates ...
Alessandro Iorio   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evolution of Armenian Surname Distribution in France between 1891 and 1990

open access: yesGenealogy
The evolution of the Armenian presence in mainland France from 1891 to 1990 is described on the basis of an inventory of more than 7000 family names of Armenian origin extracted from the INSEE surname database. Several surname samplings are proposed, and
Pierre Darlu, Pascal Chareille
doaj   +1 more source

‘Why didn't you bring us a pumpkin?’ Relational recognition of caste, class, and tribe in rural Andhra Pradesh, India « Pourquoi ne nous as‐tu pas apporté de citrouille ? » Reconnaissance relationnelle de la caste, de la classe et de la tribu dans les zones rurales de l'Andhra Pradesh (Inde)

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
This article analyses the ways characteristics associated with the ‘Schedule Tribe’ (‘ST’) category in India shape situated acts of relating to others with either deference or assumed superiority. Ethnography shows how within an indigenous Adivasi community the traits that determine identification within the group generate feelings of entitlement and ...
Thomas Herzmark
wiley   +1 more source

Hispanic Surname Classification Scheme.

open access: yes, 2013
Hispanic Surname Classification Scheme.
Rachel A. Kramer (285072)   +3 more
core   +1 more source

On the Origin of the Surname Korelskiy (Karelskiy)

open access: yesВопросы ономастики
The surname Korelsky (Karelsky) is particularly common in settlements in the central and northwestern parts of the Arkhangelsk region (Primorsky and Kholmogory districts). Several thousand people have this surname.
Anton Igorevich Sobolev
doaj   +1 more source

Unnatural Wills: Inheritance Disputes and Inequality

open access: yesThe British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Within the conceptual frame of relational economic sociology, inheritance disputes are a canonical form of relational mismatch. But the social patterning of relational mismatches, and their various ties to inequality, remain murky. In this paper, I examine all known inheritance disputes in Dallas from 1895–1945 within their social context to ...
Shay O'Brien
wiley   +1 more source

Surnames and ancestry in Brazil.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2017
This paper presents a method for classifying the ancestry of Brazilian surnames based on historical sources. The information obtained forms the basis for applying fuzzy matching and machine learning classification algorithms to more than 46 million ...
Leonardo Monasterio
doaj   +1 more source

A foglalkozásnévi eredetű családnevek típusa a magyar családnevek rendszerében

open access: yesNévtani Értesítő, 2016
Occupational names in the system of Hungarian family names. Outcomes of a typological analysis of historical names     Occupational names can be regarded as one of the most characteristic types of Hungarian family names: 10 out of the 20 most ...
Mariann Slíz
doaj   +1 more source

From politics to economics: The investigation of the determinants of local administrative hierarchy in the Tang–Song transition

open access: yesAsia‐Pacific Economic History Review, Volume 65, Issue 1, Page 39-78, March 2025.
Abstract This study collects original data to examine the determinants of classification criteria of county hierarchy and its rank variations during the Tang–Song period. The results reveal that the county hierarchy was affected by both economic and political situations, with more emphasis on politics in Tang and economics in Song.
Nan Li, Heqi Cai
wiley   +1 more source

Archiving an Enchanted Childhood? The Swiss Case of Letters to Santa Claus

open access: yesChildren &Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the conditions under which children's written productions are collected, mediated, and archived through a case study of letters addressed to Santa Claus in Switzerland. Since 1950, the Swiss Post has responded annually to thousands of letters sent by children; a selection of these letters has also been preserved in a ...
Samuel Morard
wiley   +1 more source

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