Submitted by Renata Lopes (renatasil82@gmail.com) on 2015-12-17T09:57:24Z No. of bitstreams: 1 cristianooliveiradesousa.pdf: 3825541 bytes, checksum: 124b239f6dcb195de4e7041f980c3494 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Adriana Oliveira (adriana.oliveira@ufjf.edu.br) on 2015-12-17T11:13:12Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 cristianooliveiradesousa.pdf: 3825541 bytes, checksum: 124b239f6dcb195de4e7041f980c3494 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-12-17T11:13:12Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 cristianooliveiradesousa.pdf: 3825541 bytes, checksum: 124b239f6dcb195de4e7041f980c3494 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-08-28 / CAPES - Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Este estudo busca realizar uma análise dos homens que ocuparam os cargos da Mesa Administrativa da Venerável Ordem Terceira de São Francisco de Assis de Vila Rica, no período abarcado entre a primeira eleição de Mesa ocorrida em 1751, até o ano de 1804. Buscamos identificar quem eram os homens que constituíam a “elite dirigente” daquela instituição, procurando traçar um perfil prosopográfico destes homens, conjugado com a análise de suas trajetórias, tentando perceber sua participação em outras instituições que conferiam prestígio e poder naquela sociedade de Antigo Regime. Tentamos provar que a participação naquela instituição e principalmente a ocupação dos cargos dirigentes na Ordem Terceira de São Francisco de Assis funcionava como mais um dos critérios que auxiliavam na hierarquização social, conferindo prestígio e visibilidade, e funcionando como uma via de legitimação local em busca de ascensão social. / This study seeks to create an analysis of the men who were members of the Administrative “Mesa” of the Venerable Third Order of Saint Francis of Assisi from Vila Rica, in the period between the first elections of the “Mesa” which occurred in 1751 until the year of 1804. We seek the identification of the men who formed the ruling elite of that institution trying to create a prosopographic profile of those men, combined with the analysis of their trajectory, trying to observe their participation in other institutions which conferred prestige and power in that “old regime society”. We try to prove that the participation and especially the occupation of leading position in the Third Order of Saint Francis of Assisi worked as another criteria to help the social hierarchisation, offering prestige and visibility, and working as a way of local legitimization to achieve social ascension.

The problem of Czech society today is foremost the part of corruption that can be labeled as systemic, large scale or political corruption; and its causes, demonstrations, and therefore also possible solutions differ significantly from those for individual bribery. The public still holds very distorted opinions about the causes and therefore also possible solutions of large scale corruption. The most significant is the idea of political corruption as a personal ethical failure of an individual. The solution to this is their replacement. However, past experiences prove that political corruption is a systemic problem and replacement of individuals does not bring a substantial change. To understand how large scale political corruption functions, it is important to know the point of view of politicians who are its direct participants or encounter it. It is established that a significant motivational factor for corruption is an effort of politicians to keep their power and prestige, and with it the need of raising funds for re- election. Key words: corruption, political corruption, systemic corruption, power, status, prestige

The diploma thesis is about the current problem of the lack of nurses, in particular general, children and practical nurses in the environment of the Czech health care. In the introduction of the theoretical part, there is an overall view of the current lack of workers in these professions and the consequences that this deficit brings to the Czech hospitals. Furthermore, the theoretical part is about several topics that are generally identified as causes of the lack of interest in this profession due to the lack of nurses. These are especially the issues of education of nurses, salaries and also the prestige of a nurse's profession. The area of competence in nursing professions is elaborated as a supplement chapter, to the overall view of current issues. The empirical part includes eleven interviews with nurses in senior positions (ward and head nurses in hospitals), the topics of which are processed in the theoretical part. The interviews were processed as thematic analysis with the help of open coding. Particularly, data obtained from a discussion group of nurses on social networks was used to illustrate the situation. The final part of the thesis contains the evaluation of the interviews, the answers to the research questions, the comparison of the opinions of the respondents with the publicly...

The profession of a social worker has a significant role in the society context. The task of the social worker is to help people to solve their problems, cope with difficult everyday life situations, provide courage for active solutions and reinforce the responsibility for one's own life. This thesis presents the social worker's profession and it is divided into six main chapters. In theoretical segment social work is defined in the first chapter. The second chapter contains information on history of the social work and analyses the current state of it. The third chapter is devoted to the ethics of social work, ethical dilemmas, ethical code and professional values. The fourth chapter defines the social worker's profession, mentions the required personal qualities and competences as well as its roles. Furthermore, it describes the characteristics of the profession itself and professional identity, studies the prestige of the profession and education of social workers. The practical part starts with the fifth chapter and it maps the opinions of social workers about their profession. The research strategy, the selection of the respondents and course of the survey and the data evaluation methods are described there. The final chapter interprets the collected data and provides their graphical depictions.

Are elementary public school teachers who have been upwardly mobile occupationally more helpful, as measured by Anderson-Brewer "Dominative-Socially Integrative" observation scheme, to children of lower and upper occupational status families than teachers who have not engaged in upward occupational mobility?

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Background: To many customers, prices are mundane; however, marketers engage in casuistry to purport their product as superior to others by enticing prices. Prices are the most susceptible variable in the Marketing Mix. The thesis posits a discussion on whether marketers should change pricing techniques depending on if they want to launch a (new) sugar-sweetened beverage in Eastern or Western Europe. Not a plethora of research has been written on this topic, which is why this thesis agog to find out which pricing strategies or strategy they should use when they enter Eastern or/and Western Europe with (new) sugar-sweetened beverages. The three quintessence of price-setting methods this paper exerts and later reflects painstakingly in the analysis chapter are penetration pricing, price skimming, and prestige pricing. Sugar-sweetened beverages were chosen as a central topic of interviews as the great majority of the population consumes sugar- sweetened beverages. All participants could form their opinion on the issue by dint of this aspect.  Method: Qualitative method was chosen for the thesis. The qualitative method opens more room for insights and in-depth discussions with the participants. Seven individuals from Eastern and Western Europe were enquired to answer the questions can be found in the appendix.  Results: The results reflect that it is worth ruminating to marketers to use different pricing strategies in Eastern and Western Europe based on the answers gathered. Besides, the interviews also shed light on how complexly customers view the price and the differences within Europe based on regions. Despite some differences, many similarities were also found in the individuals' perceptions. Lastly, publishing the result, the thesis also aims to draw on how one individual's perceptions change with time and the circumstances that influence it.  Conclusions: From the findings, it might be possible to extrapolate which pricing strategy marketers should use to enter Eastern and Western Europe with a (new) sugar-sweetened beverage. The outcome of the interviews reflects that Eastern European individuals who were interviewed are dismissive of price skimming; meanwhile, the asked Western Europeans were dismissive about penetration pricing and prestige pricing in the context of sugar-sweetened beverages.

The problem of Czech society today is foremost the part of corruption that can be labeled as systemic, large scale or political corruption; and its causes, demonstrations, and therefore also possible solutions differ significantly from those for individual bribery. The public still holds very distorted opinions about the causes and therefore also possible solutions of large scale corruption. The most significant is the idea of political corruption as a personal ethical failure of an individual. The solution to this is their replacement. However, past experiences prove that political corruption is a systemic problem and replacement of individuals does not bring a substantial change. To understand how large scale political corruption functions, it is important to know the point of view of politicians who are its direct participants or encounter it. It is established that a significant motivational factor for corruption is an effort of politicians to keep their power and prestige, and with it the need of raising funds for re- election. Key words: corruption, political corruption, systemic corruption, power, status, prestige

English has been a central language in various sectors of South Korean (henceforth Korean) society for over a century, with historical events and contexts resulting in a glorification of the language as both an essentiality for success and an indicator of superiority and modernity (Park, 2009; Cho, 2017). With English becoming omnipresent in recent times due to an increasing focus on globalisation within Korean society, most families rigorously pursue English education to ensure optimal chances of employment. In turn, due to the necessity for additional English education outside of school, such as expensive private education, the divide between social classes in Korea has been continuously growing up to this day (Cho, 2017). Due to these existing inequalities and language ideologies, English is generally recognised as an indicator of social class in Korea. Despite the strong history of English in this country, however, Koreans’ perceptions of English, whether they see it as a key for vertical social mobility, and how they conceptualise English with respect to their self-images remain under-researched. Thus, by approaching this topic empirically, the present thesis explores the perspectives of English-speaking and non-English-speaking Korean native speakers regarding the role of English in Korea. To investigate this, the present study incorporates semi-structured interviews on the addressed topics and a subsequent content analysis through which themes are both established and interpreted. The participants were selected according to their age, English proficiency, and respective employment, with all interviewees being in their 20s and all working either in the real estate market or being involved in university undergraduate studies. The participants’ responses in the interviews showed similarities between the two groups, namely that both English-speaking and non-English-speaking participants of the present study position themselves similarly towards the role of English in Korea. First, it seems clear from the responses that English is perceived more as a marker of social class and less as a tool for vertical social mobility. This finding appears to indicate that English influences movement within the social hierarchy of Korea only to a certain extent, according to the interviewees’ perspectives, due to English being less important after recruitment by a company. Second, the participants conceptualise English as having general overt prestige. At the same time, the participants’ responses indicate that they connect English with the possibility of putting themselves in danger of face-threatening acts (FTAs). Thus English is conceptualised positively as being an indicator of intelligence, power, and wealth, while being negatively conceptualised as being a possible threat to the face of Koreans, resulting in their reluctance to speak English.

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