Thesis (Ph. D.)--Washington State University, December 2008. / Title from PDF title page (viewed on Apr. 26, 2010). "Department of Political Science." Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-212).

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Victoria University (Melbourne, Vic.), 2009.

Dissertation (Ph.D.)--The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2010. / Directed by Leila Villaverde; submitted to the Dept. of Educational Leadership and Cultural Foundations. Title from PDF t.p. (viewed Jul. 9, 2010). Includes bibliographical references (p. 270-297).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2005. / Title from first page of PDF file. Document formatted into pages; contains xiv, 130 p.; also includes graphics. Includes bibliographical references (p. 121-130). Available online via OhioLINK's ETD Center

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Akron, Dept. of Sociology, 2009. / "May, 2009." Title from electronic thesis title page (viewed 11/18/2009) Advisor, Rebecca J. Erickson; Faculty Reader, Clare L. Stacey; Department Chair, John F. Zipp; Dean of the College, Chand Midha; Dean of the Graduate School, George R. Newkome. Includes bibliographical references.

The aim of this dissertation is to study the conditions of and changes in sociative democracy processes at club level. One sports club is studied, Örebro Sportklubb (ÖSK), from its foundation in 1908 up to 1989. The main sources are club minutes, member magazines and annual reports. Democracy, and its twofolded relation to sport and economy processes, is the main problem area of the study. The specific question is how aspirations for economic effectiveness and sporting success influenced the democracy processes in ÖSK between 1908 and 1989. The Swedish sports movement has been described as a democratic movement. But the same movement has also been portrayed as an undemocratic movement made of men, for men. The study is based on a broad understanding of the democracy concept where issues of representativeness, influence, participation and knowledge are prominent. At a club level, the study is analysing the contents of the Swedish sports movement's democracy and its change during the 1900s. The thesis also illustrates how the pursuit of economic efficiency affected the associative democracy. These efficiencies were visible already in the 1920s, but was deepened during the 1970s. In short, the democratic range decreased, and successful sections became less and less motivated to finance the deficits of other sections. But the increased market orientation did not only represent a threat to the associative democracy. Marketisation and commercialization also preconditioned the democracy. At the club arena (Eyravallen), the members met in the clubhouse and café which, in turn, deepened the social capital and friendships within the club.

Made available in DSpace on 2015-03-03T11:52:38Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2014-08-28Bitstream added on 2015-03-03T12:06:20Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 000809834.pdf: 311069 bytes, checksum: cf053bfe72547d3d6f47b505fd80c6e7 (MD5) / Hoje a escola se apresenta como um “novo cenário” de inserção de jovens que desde muito cedo se identificam travestis. Essa realidade aponta para uma transformação profunda nas características comuns que formavam o universo das travestis brasileiras, que viam na prostituição a única forma de estarem inseridas na sociedade. Regularidades tendem apontar que algumas mudanças foram primordiais para esse processo, hoje corpos mais plásticos, naturais, forjados a partir de tecnologias menos invasivas, bem como, a possibilidade de transitarem entre estar vestido de mulher ou não, prática somente possível nas gerações atuais, e que fazem com que as travestis ocupem cada vez mais espaços no cenário social Portanto, a pesquisa pretende compreender a partir de mudanças já pontuadas , como é a trajetória escolar e social de um sujeito que se intitula travesti nos dias de hoje . O recurso metodológico seguirá a Luz da teoria sociológica de Pierre Bourdieu que busca identificar o habitus primário, o capital cultura, social e econômico que asseguram nesse sujeito sua longevidade escolar. O estudo da trajetória foi realizado através da análise dos relatos desse agente e permitiu identificar as práticas, estratégias e expectativas que marcaram a sua trajetória escolar / Today, the school presents itself as a new scenario insertion of young people who identify very early transvestites. This reality points to a profound transformation in the common characteristics that formed the universe of Brazilian transvestites, who saw in prostitution the only way of being inserted into society. Regularities tend to point out that some changes were crucial to this process, now more plastic bodies, natural, forged from less invasive technologies, as well as the possibility of transitioning between being dressed as a woman or not, can only practice on current generations, and that make transvestites increasingly occupy spaces on the social scene Therefore, the research aims to understand from changes already scored, how is school and social trajectory of a guy who calls himself a transvestite today. The methodological approach will follow the Light of Pierre Bourdieu's sociological theory that seeks to identify the primary habitus, capital, culture, social and economic ensuring that your school subject longevity. The study of the trajectory was performed by analysis of reports and allowed this agent to identify the practices, strategies and expectations that marked his school career

Os ganhos competitivos adquiridos pela ação coletiva, através do fenômeno de formação de redes colaborativas, podem ser considerados respostas a uma série de pressões do ambiente econômico que limitam ou restringem a competitividade das empresas no início da era da globalização. Estruturada em torno de informações e relações sociais, a partir de 1990 vem se consolidando uma nova abordagem no campo da estratégia, que se propõem a analisar as organizações em âmbito interno, defendendo que as principais fontes de competitividade empresarial são endógenas. Um dos recursos endógenos recorrentes em estudos acadêmicos e empíricos na explicação do desempenho de comunidades e nações, ao longo das últimas duas décadas foi o capital social. Neste sentido, o capital social, torna-se um recurso marcadamente competitivo, funcionando como um potencializador da capacidade individual e coletiva mediante práticas colaborativas podendo tornar-se fonte de melhoria ou manutenção da competitividade em empresas associadas em redes colaborativas. Esta é uma afirmação essencial para o presente estudo, que teve como objetivo geral verificar a relação do capital social com a competitividade das redes colaborativas vitivinícolas da Serra Gaúcha através de estudo nas redes APROVALE e APROBELO, enquanto que os objetivos específicos foram a identificação dos fatores explicativos do capital social, e da competitividade, verificação de características empresariais que interferem na manifestação destes construtos, bem como análise das suas correlações e por fim comparação dos níveis de capital social e competitividade nas duas redes estudadas. Quanto a metodologia, utilizou-se uma survey para medição de capital social e competitividade que foi fruto do trabalho do grupo de pesquisa TSO (Teoria Social em Organizações) e como principais técnicas de análise estatística utilizou-se análise fatorial, regressão linear, correlação bivariada de Pearson, análise de variância e estatísticas descritivas. Como principais resultados do estudo estão à presença de altos índices de capital social no cluster vitivinícola da Serra Gaúcha, distribuídos uniformemente entre as três dimensões estudadas, às altas correlações presentes entre o capital social e a melhoria da competitividade, os altos coeficientes de determinação entre eles, bem como, que estes dois construtos compartilham variáveis determinantes e essencialmente subjetivas. Ainda, perante os resultados tornou-se possível afirmar que diferentes combinações de elementos vinculados aos dois construtos levam a resultados diferenciados, ou a realidades organizacionais idiossincráticas. O estudo finaliza destacando as contribuições confirmadas pela literatura pesquisada, as contribuições discrepantes em relação a literatura pesquisada, contribuições metodológicas, limitações da pesquisa e sugestões para estudos futuros. / Submitted by Marcelo Teixeira (mvteixeira@ucs.br) on 2014-04-30T12:25:03Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Kadigia Faccin.pdf: 2805222 bytes, checksum: b192ca8b5ac4e5b149210284347b98a2 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2014-04-30T12:25:03Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Kadigia Faccin.pdf: 2805222 bytes, checksum: b192ca8b5ac4e5b149210284347b98a2 (MD5) / The competitive gains acquired by collective action, through the phenomenon of collaborative networks can be considered responses to a series of pressures of the economic environment that limit or restrict the competitiveness of companies in the early age of globalization. Structured around information and social relations since 1990 has consolidated a new approach in the field of strategy, they propose to analyze organizations in the domestic sphere, arguing that the main sources of business competitiveness are endogenous. One of the endogenous resources in academic studies and empirical explanation of the performance of communities and nations, over the past two decades has been the social capital. In this sense, social capital becomes a resource strongly competitive, functioning as an enhancer of the individual and collective capacity through collaborative practices can become a source of improvement or maintenance of the competitiveness of member companies through collaborative networks. This is a key statement for the present study, which aimed to verify the relationship of social capital and competitiveness of collaborative networks of Serra Gaucha Wine cluster by studying networks APROVALE and APROBELO, while the specific objectives were to identify the factors explain the social capital and competitiveness, verification of company characteristics that influence the expression of these constructs as well, analysis of their correlations and finally comparing the levels of social capital and competitiveness of the two studied networks. For the methodology, we used a survey to measure social capital and competitiveness was the result of work of the research group TSO (Social Theory in Organizations) and the main statistical analysis used the factor analysis, linear regression, bivariate correlation Pearson, analysis of variance and descriptive statistics. The main results of the study are the presence of high levels of social capital in the Serra Gaúcha wine cluster evenly distributed between the three dimensions studied, the present high correlations between social capital and improve competitiveness, too distributed on three dimensions, the high correlation coefficients among them, and that these two constructs share determinant variables and essentially subjective. Still, before the results became possible to say that different combinations of elements linked to the two constructs lead two different results, or the idiosyncratic organizational realities. The study concludes highlighting the contributions confirmed by the literature, the differing contributions for literature, methodological contributions, research limitations and suggestions for future studies.

Background: Sweden has in the past four years experienced a large influx of refugees. Some of these refugees were arranged housing upon arrival by the Swedish state. Approximately 30 percent of the refugees that were arranged housing have within five years relocated from the initial municipality of residence.   Purpose:                  The purpose of this study is to analyze the influence refugee’s networks has on their internal migration in Sweden. Information regarding refugees residential preferences, and if location-specific social capital affect these preferences is important for policymakers to facilitate integration.   Method:                  The initial and subsequent residential locations among refugees is studied to analyze how important other immigrants overall, and other immigrants from the individual’s country of birth in a municipality affect if a refugee stays in the initial municipality of residence or not.   Conclusion:             The results suggest that refugees stay in municipalities with high a representation of inhabitants from the individual’s birth country but move away from municipalities where there is a large share of immigrants overall.

abstract: This dissertation integrates research on boards of directors with human and social capital perspectives to examine board appointments. A director's appointment to a board is in part due to the belief that the individual can contribute critical resources and monitoring to the organization. The ability of a director to provide these resources and monitoring depends on his or her level of human and social capital. This dissertation more fully integrates human and social capital perspectives into our understanding of board appointment events. From these theoretical underpinnings, a model is developed proposing that several human and social capital indicators, including educational level, expertise, director experience, and access to network structural holes, affect the likelihood of joining a new board, joining a prestigious board, and exiting a current board. I also consider a number of contextual- and individual-level variables that may potentially moderate the relationship between a director's human and social capital and director mobility. Through this dissertation, I make a number of contributions to the literatures on boards, board appointments, and human and social capital. First, I offer a more comprehensive perspective of the board appointment process by developing an individual-level perspective of board appointments. Second, I contribute to a more comprehensive understanding of the market for corporate directors. Third, I focus on several salient dimensions of director mobility. Fourth, I contribute to the growing literature on human and social capital at the board and director levels. Finally, I add to the growing literature on director selection. / Dissertation/Thesis / Ph.D. Business Administration 2011