Through discontinuous growth and its use in multiple sectors the podcasting established itself as a medium to be reckoned with in the future. Recently, the mainstream scene of French podcasting has seen, among its usual professionally produced shows, the presence of a few podcasts involving a clear and subjective message of activism. These manifestations, although a minority in the head of the charts, are only the visible part of a phenomenon made possible by the “long-tail” dimension of this medium. Indeed, although overwhelmed by the multitude of shows forming this tail, various activist circles have been able to take advantage of the myriad of useful qualities that this medium affords by creating their own programs. With the aim of grasping the interest shown by French activists in podcasting, this thesis was supported by the interviews of two French citizens working for progress through podcasting. The findings of these discussions were backed by active listening to the episodes produced and hosted by these participants and by three auto-ethnographic vignettes tracing the various stages of the creation of a podcasting show by the author of this work. The analysis of these results has been treated under the lenses of adequate theories to demonstrate that activists have a practical relationship with podcasting allowing them to reach their community active offline through participatory and independent episodes

The aim of this paper is to study to what extent socio-economic factors affect the grade in social studies 1b in upper secondary school at municipal level during the period of 2015-2021. The method in this study is a binomial logistic regression and the dependent variable is the grade, and the independent variables are gender, background, parental education level and certified teacher. The data for the dependent and the independent variables are collected from the Swedish National Agency for Education's database Siris at municipal level and for the upper secondary school for the college preparatory programs. Data for 30 municipalities was collected and categorized according to the municipal group division from 2017 of Sweden's Municipalities and Regions. Pierre Bourdieu's capital theory about how education has a social stratification function is used to explain the results from the binomial logistic regression.  The result of this paper indicates that socio-economic factors affect the grade. All the independent variables affect the grade in social studies during the different years. The independent variable parental education level affected the grade in 2015-2017 and 2020/2021. The independent variable gender affected the grade in 2017-2019. Certified teacher ratio affected the grade only in 2018/2019. The independent variable background affected the grade in 2017/2018. The binomial logistic regression indicates that the residual looks similar for all municipal groups A-C for almost all the years apart from in 2017/2018. Thus, the predictive power of the binomial logistic regression model is good for all municipal groups. The results indicate that socio-economic factors affect students' grades in social studies. This is relevant for professional teachers and school principals to be aware of in order to be able to provide all the students with an equal education regardless oft their socio-economic background.

This study examines whether there is a wage gap between male and female ordinary judges in the Swedish legal system in the year 2021 and what some of the possible reasons may be for the existing wage gap. The study is based on data obtained from the Swedish National Courts Administration, which includes the 1 000 ordinary judges who are active in the year 2021. The data material is then analyzed using descriptive statistics as well as a bivariate regression analysis to understand if there is an existing wage gap between male and female ordinary judges. To answer the second question, the data material is analyzed using a multiple regression analysis to give us an understanding of what may be the causes of the existing wage gap. The results show that male regular judges earn an average of 1 715 SEK more a month than their female colleagues. In addition, the results of the multiple regression analysis also show that when we use the independent variables that the data material contains, there is in 93 percentage of the cases a statistically significant guaranteed wage gap of 258 SEK per month between male and female ordinary judges in the Swedish legal system.

Personalentwicklung ist mit erheblichem Aufwand für Humankapitalinvestitionen für Unternehmen verbunden, wobei die Aneignung des Investitionsobjektes selbst und auch der Erträge aus der Investition unsicher sind. Zunächst werden aus realgeschichtlichen Befunden betriebswirtschaftliche Begründungen für die Personalentwicklung abgeleitet, und ökonomisch interpretiert. Im Hauptteil wird die Personalentwicklung innerhalb des Rahmens eines dreigeteilten Arbeitsmarktes ökonomisch analysiert. Schlussendlich werden einige Prognosen zur künftigen Rolle der Personalentwicklung auf Basis der aktuellen Entwicklungen am Arbeitsmarkt erstellt.:INHALTSVERZEICHNIS 1. EINFÜHRUNG 8 1.1. PROBLEMSTELLUNG UND ZIEL DER ARBEIT 9 1.2. AUFBAU DER UNTERSUCHUNG 12 2. STATUS DER THEORETISCHEN BETRACHTUNGEN DER PERSONALENTWICKLUNG 14 2.1. BEGRIFFSKLÄRUNG UND PRÄZISIERUNG DES UNTERSUCHUNGSOBJEKTS 14 2.2. GRUNDLAGEN DER ÖKONOMISCHEN BZW. PERSONALÖKONOMISCHEN ANALYSE 18 2.3. THEORIEBILDUNG VON PERSONALWIRTSCHAFT UND PERSONALENTWICKLUNG 23 2.4. INTERDISZIPLINARITÄT DER WISSENSCHAFTLICHEN BETRACHTUNG DER PERSONALENTWICKLUNG 26 2.5. WÜRDIGUNG UND FOLGERUNGEN FÜR DEN WEITEREN VERLAUF DER ARBEIT 31 3. REALBETRACHTUNG DER PERSONALENTWICKLUNG FÜR DEUTSCHLAND 35 3.1. REALGESCHICHTE DER PERSONALENTWICKLUNG IN DEUTSCHLAND 36 3.1.1. Die Phase vor der Industriellen Revolution: Handwerk und Manufakturen 37 3.1.2. Die Phase der industriellen Revolution bis zur Wirtschaftskrise 1873 41 3.1.3. Die Zeit von 1873 bis zum Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs 47 3.1.4. Die Entwicklung nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg und das Aufkommen des Begriffs ´Personalentwicklung´ 56 3.1.5. Die Entwicklung im Dienstleistungssektor (Beispiel Deutsche Bank) 60 3.1.6. Zusammenfassung und betriebswirtschaftliche Begründung der Personalentwicklung aus realgeschichtlicher Perspektive 61 3.2. DER SEGMENTIERTE ARBEITSMARKT ALS RAHMEN DER ÖKONOMISCHEN ANALYSE DER PERSONALENTWICKLUNG 66 3.2.1. Ausgewählte deskriptive Ansätze der Arbeitsmarktsegmentierung 67 3.2.1.1. Der institutionalistische Ansatz von Piore (1972) und Doeringer/Piore (1985) 68 3.2.1.2. Segmentierung als rationale Entscheidung des Arbeitgebers 70 3.2.1.3. Betriebszentrierte Arbeitsmarktsegmentation im theoretisch historischen Ansatz von LUTZ 72 3.2.1.4. Der dreigeteilte Arbeitsmarkt im betriebszentrierten Ansatz von SENGENBERGER 74 3.2.2. Kosten bzw. Nachteile des internen Arbeitsmarktes 77 3.2.3. Kritische Würdigung der Ansätze 79 3.2.4. Implikationen für die Begründung und Gestaltung der Personalentwicklung 82 4. ÖKONOMISCH-THEORETISCHE ANALYSE DER PERSONALENTWICKLUNG 87 4.1. BESCHREIBUNG DER VERWENDETEN THEORIEN 88 4.1.1. Grundlagen der Humankapitaltheorie 88 4.1.1.1 Grundlegende Aussagen der Humankapitaltheorie 89 4.1.1.2 Kritik und relevante Ansätze zur Weiterentwicklung der Humankapitaltheorie 97 4.1.1.3 Transferkosten des Humankapitals und Arbeitsmarktsituation als alternative Analysekriterien 104 4.1.2. Die Transaktionskostentheorie als Instrument zur Analyse von Make-Or-Buy-Entscheidungen 108 4.1.2.1 Transaktionseigenschaften und Verhaltensannahmen 113 4.1.2.2 Vertragsschemata und Formen der Arbeitsorganisation 119 4.1.3. Implizite Kontrakte als Voraussetzung und Konsequenz der Personalentwicklung 126 4.1.3.1 Notwendigkeit und Wirkungsweise von impliziten Verträgen 128 4.1.3.2 Mechanismen zur Durchsetzung impliziter Vereinbarungen 133 4.2. ÖKONOMISCH-THEORETISCHE BETRACHTUNG DER PERSONALENTWICKLUNG 138 4.2.1. Humankapital als Objekt der Personalentwicklung 138 4.2.1.1 Die Vermittlung von allgemeinem und transferierbarem Humankapital im Rahmen der Personalentwicklung 139 4.2.1.2 Berufsfachliches Humankapital als ergänzende Humankapitalkategorie für den Deutschen Arbeitsmarkt 145 4.2.1.3 Die Rolle der Personalentwicklung für die Bildung und Bindung von spezifischem Humankapital 156 4.2.2. Betrachtung der Make-or-Buy-Entscheidung bezüglich des Humankapitals aus Sicht der Transaktionskostentheorie 159 4.2.3. Schaffung von Anreizen durch Implizite Verträge 168 4.3. PERSONALENTWICKLUNG IM SEGMENTIERTEN ARBEITSMARKT AUS ÖKONOMISCH-THEORETISCHER PERSPEKTIVE 169 4.3.1. Grundlegende Aussagen und Fragestellungen 169 4.3.2. Rudimentäre Personalentwicklung im allgemeinen Segment 172 4.3.3. Qualifizierungsmaßnahmen und Karrierepfade im berufsfachlichen Segment 178 4.3.4. Ausgeprägte Personalentwicklung im betriebsspezifischen Segment 190 4.4. ZUR ÖKONOMISCHEN RATIONALITÄT DER PERSONALENTWICKLUNG 208 4.4.1. Beschaffungs- und Allokationsfunktion der Personalentwicklung 208 4.4.1.1 Informationsasymmetrien am externen Arbeitsmarkt als Begründung für Personalentwicklung 209 4.4.1.2 Humankapitalknappheiten am externen Arbeitsmarkt als Begründung für die Notwendigkeit der Personalentwicklung 211 4.4.1.3 Personalentwicklung als Mittel zur Erreichung eines optimalen Matches und einer optimalen Allokation des Humankapitals 213 4.4.2. Personalentwicklung als Anreizinstrument 215 4.4.2.1 Leistungsanreize durch Personalentwicklung 216 4.4.2.2 Anreize zum Erwerb von spezifischem Humankapital 219 4.4.2.3 Mitarbeiterbindung durch Personalentwicklung 221 4.4.3. Personalentwicklung als Ergänzung für finanzielle Anreize oder rechtliche Regelungen 225 4.5. ZUSAMMENFASSUNG DER ÖKONOMISCH-THEORETISCHEN ANALYSE DER PERSONALENTWICKLUNG 226 5. AKTUELLE ENTWICKLUNGEN AM ARBEITSMARKT UND DEREN IMPLIKATIONEN FÜR DIE PERSONALENTWICKLUNG 240 5.1. SCHILDERUNG DER VERÄNDERUNGEN AM ARBEITSMARKT 240 5.1.1. Die Beeinflussung des Arbeitskräfteangebots durch die demografische Entwicklung 241 5.1.2. Technologische und organisatorische Veränderungen und deren Auswirkung auf die nachgefragte Qualifikationsstruktur 242 5.1.3. Auswirkungen der Globalisierung auf Angebot und Nachfrage am Arbeitsmarkt 246 5.1.4. Abkehr vom Normalarbeitsverhältnis durch den Einsatz von marktnahen Beschäftigungsformen 248 5.2. AUSWIRKUNGEN DER VERÄNDERUNGEN AUF DEN SEGMENTIERTEN ARBEITSMARKT UND DEREN THEORETISCHE INTERPRETATION 251 5.2.1. Auswirkungen der Veränderungen auf den segmentierten Arbeitsmarkt 251 5.2.2. Veränderungen des humankapitaltheoretischen Kalküls aufgrund künftiger Entwicklungen 259 5.2.3. Änderungen in der Make-or-Buy-Kalkulation 267 5.2.4. Neue Bedeutung impliziter Verträge 273 5.3. RESULTIERENDE VERÄNDERUNGEN FÜR DIE PERSONALENTWICKLUNG 277 5.3.1. Beeinflussung der Personalentwicklung durch marktnahe Beschäftigungsverhältnisse 277 5.3.2. Veränderungen im Ziel- und Aufgabensystem der Personalentwicklung 278 5.3.3. Veränderungen bei Teilsystemen und Maßnahmen der Personalentwicklung 281 5.3.3.1 Veränderungen bei den Qualifizierungsmaßnahmen 281 5.3.3.2 Veränderungen bei der Karriere- und Laufbahnplanung 285 6. ZUSAMMENFASSUNG UND SCHLUSSFOLGERUNGEN 291 6.1. ZUSAMMENFASSUNG DER REALEN UND THEORETISCHEN ERGEBNISSE 291 6.2. VERHALTENSÖKONOMIK ALS INTEGRIERENDER THEORIERAHMEN ZUR BETRACHTUNG DER PERSONALENTWICKLUNG 294 LITERATURVERZEICHNIS 299

Nigerian policy is inconsistent with regard to the promotion of entrepreneurship among young adults in Anambra State that would serve as a guide to becoming self-employed. Most young adults in Anambra State lack information on entrepreneurial characteristics to become self-employed. The issues confronting Anambra State as a result of youth unemployment include increase in crime rate, drug abuse, kidnapping, and suicide rate. Guided by the human capital theory, the purpose of this case study was to explore the entrepreneurship strategies that young adults in Anambra State needed to become self-employed after graduating from universities. Twenty youth entrepreneurs participated in the individual interviews, 5 participated in a focus group, and 5 policymakers participated in another individual interview. Data were coded and analyzed using Yin's 5 step procedure involving compiling, assembling, analysing, dissembling and repeating the entire process three times until the themes emerged. The emerging themes were mentorship, vocational training, and ad-hoc programs. These findings revealed that youth who participated in these programs (mentorship, vocational training and ad-hoc) obtained entrepreneurial strategies and consequently ran more profitable enterprises than those who did not. The implications for positive social change include recommendations to policymakers to expand the mentoring program among young adults and introduce vocational education that could enhance employment rate, thereby improving the standard of living, and create educational programs for university students with the expectation that upon graduation they may be able to develop businesses that may lead to the creation of employment and empower young entrepreneurs towards national growth and development.

Financial literacy is a national problem; many studies confirmed that Americans have low levels of financial literacy. There is little to no research about financial literacy in Appalachia, and the level of financial literacy was unknown for Appalachian Kentucky. There is a problem deserving attention which can be seen by examination of the 3 key financial indicators. Many researchers found the Appalachian Kentucky region deficient regarding poverty rates, unemployment rates, and personal income rates. The purpose of this study was to develop a baseline level of financial literacy of Appalachian Kentuckians and to compare it to national levels. Becker's theory of human capital served as the theoretical framework of this study. The research questions asked the difference between the levels of financial literacy of Appalachian Kentuckians and Americans. A survey design was used to collect data from residents in an Appalachian Kentucky county (n = 35) that was mathematically average based on the key financial indicators as reported by the Appalachian Regional Commission. The national financial literacy rate was derived from the National Financial Capability Study. A one-sample t test indicated that the financial literacy level of Appalachian Kentuckians is less than the national level. Multiple linear regression analysis indicated that financial literacy levels can be predicted either by personal income or poverty. This study offers positive social change by providing a baseline understanding of financial literacy in Appalachian Kentucky to draw more attention to the improvement needs in this area. Improving financial literacy has the potential to improve key financial indicators of the region, and thus, the lives of Appalachian Kentuckians.

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In the light of a post-pandemic world, the concept of hybrid work environments has become significantly more important since the way of working has changed because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Not being dependent upon a set office spot to conduct one´s work-related tasks has created both positive and negative consequences for both the individuals and the organizations. In conjunctions with the increased importance of hybrid workplaces, we have seen an improved academic attention towards the area since scholars claim that the hybrid way of working is the future. Even though there has been an abundance of research conducted investigating the post-pandemic hybrid work environments, this thesis contributes to an area that according to us have been sparsely investigated through focusing on the effects on remote and/or hybrid workplaces and its employees due to the abruptness of the Covid-19 pandemic through the following research question:  “How has the abruptness of the Covid-19 pandemic affected remote and/or hybrid workplaces and employees?”  The research purpose of this study is to investigate how the abruptness of the Covid-19 pandemic has affected hybrid and/or remote workplace solutions and its employees. We deem to broaden the existing research whilst concurrently develop new theoretical knowledge and expand the overall understanding of the investigated area. The purpose of this study was fulfilled through conducting a qualitative study with seven semi-structured interviews with people that have worked within the same organization before, during, and after the pandemic to obtain their own personal experience regarding the effects of the implementation of hybrid work environments. Through applying a qualitative thematic analysis, the empirical findings were categorized into three overarching themes with following sub-themes that were identified as adequate and relevant to highlight.  The result of this thesis indicates that the abruptness of the Covid-19 pandemic affected the organizations and the employees in both a positive and negative way since the changes were perceived to be needed and appreciated but at the same time implemented in an abrupt fashion which worked as an epiphanic force for several cultural and psychosocial related issues for the employees. Lastly, our findings indicates that there is a need for further research within the investigated area to hopefully facilitate and aid the future organizations, managers, and employees who are planning of or are currently in the process of implementing hybrid work environments.

The objective of this thesis on the paid feminized domestic work is to describe the two current forms of employment of the live-inside maids and the live-outside domestic workers of paid domestic work in Lima Peru. The live-inside employment, cama adentro is the traditional form of maids living inside the household, and secondly, the live-outside employment, cama afuera, describes the working woman as an independent worker who lives outside the household. By focusing on the two forms of employment in the 1970s, the 2010s and the 2020s, this study aims to describe the changes on the urban labor market wherein 95% are women and almost 87% have informal employment. The feminized domestic work and the women domestic workers are objects of devaluation and subjects of discrimination. The critical case in this study is to understand the impact of informality and the informal working conditions. Vulnerability and precariousness are concepts frequently used in the current debate and research which describes the feminized remunerated domestic work as a forced labor. Who are the domestic working women, and how do they describe their work and life situation? What are the preferences or the facts of the persisting informality in the domestic labor sector that still have a great impact on the work situation as well as the women’s life situation? By considering women’s right to decent occupation this study also focuses on female empowerment, autonomy, economic independence in the urban domestic sector with influence from the market-oriented labor market in Lima. This case study is grounded in feminist care economy theory and Pierre Bourdieu’s human capital theory.