This study investigates the intricate relationship between cognitive sociology and sustainable eating practices, specifically focusing on organic food purchase behaviours. We aim to uncover the complex social drivers influencing these behaviours by bridging social practice theory with...

Abstract Despite being conjointly stronger in their synergies in the past, there is still a significant gap between management and organization studies and sociology. The temporal lag is also, on occasion, a substantive lag. The emergent sociological concept of emotional reflexivity has recently...

Abstract Organizational sociology and organization studies have a long history together, while also sharing a proclivity to self-diagnose crises. Instead of taking these assessments at face value, this paper treats them as an object of study, asking what conditions have fueled them. In the case...

Abstract Organizations remain a vital sociological topic, but organizational sociology, as a subfield, has evolved significantly since its inception. In this paper, I argue that organization sociology is becoming increasingly disconnected from organizational theory, as currently conceived. The...

Transitions toward a circular economy require a nuanced understanding of how change plays out in households in relation to the role of consumers and daily consumption practices. However, little policy and research attention has been paid to the complexities of achieving necessary transformations...

Purpose - The purpose of this study is to investigate the position of religion for the three constitutions of Egypt. Design/methodology/approach - In this study, by tracing religious identity-related studies and seeing whether their existence is attributed to the ruling elites' attitudes, it...

Unter dem Schlagwort „Künstliche Intelligenz“ werden weitreichende Veränderungen in der Arbeitswelt verhandelt. Es stellen sich Fragen nach der veränderten Rolle von Menschen in Arbeitsprozessen sowie ihrer Entscheidungsfreiheit über Arbeitsinhalte und -bedingungen. Dieses Buch geht...

Economists and sociologists recognize taxation as an important element of the life of individuals. As the tax system and policies of each country reflect the characteristics of the country's social, political, cultural and economic structure, tax systems differ according to the characteristics...

This article explores children's consumption practices from a sociology of consumption perspective. The aim is to discover whether South African children, in their consumption of clothing, engage in symbolic consumption and to identify the ways in which they do so. Existing studies on children...

This research project explores the use of phenomenological sociology in understanding socioeconomic inequality. The study uses a Google online survey to collect data from participants regarding their employment status, household income, experiences of financial constraints, stress related to...

This paper highlights the interdisciplinary approach in research with an illustration of self-help groups and microfinance. It has taken two subjects namely sociology and economics into consideration. Self-help group is a subject matter under sociology and microfinance is a subject covered under...

Democratic backsliding across consolidated democracies has led scholars to decry the harm to democratic norms. However, democratic norms remain largely under-theorized phenomena. This conceptual gap holds implications for one of the primary drivers of backsliding: voters who prioritize...

In Funding White Supremacy, Robert B. Williams shows how current federal policies have perpetuated and expanded the racial wealth gap in the United States. Through the lens of stratification economics, Williams explores how twelve tax expenditures buried in the federal tax code shower over

"This book aims to provide a comprehensive analysis to understand how movie audiences' behaviors and preferences are shaped by addressing the effects of audience sociology and consumer behavior on the film industry within the framework of theories. Utilizing theoretical frameworks to better...

This book demonstrates, via formal statements and empirical illustrations, that nonlinearities in social processes can be modeled systematically to create solutions with practical applications in the institutional forms of paid employment, schooling, and familial relations including marital and...

"Organizational sociology is a distinct field within sociology that examines how the structure of the group influences, limits, and defines human interactions within a given organizational context"-- Provided by publisher

Social Exchange Theory (SET) is a framework that explains social behaviour as a result of interactions based on the exchange of tangible and intangible resources. Central to SET is the norm of reciprocity, where individuals give benefits and expect rewards in return, striving to maximize gains...

This book analyses Pareto’s social and political thought a hundred years after his death, showing how the structure of the scholar’s works is generally quite clear (contrary to what is commonly presumed), and how the maintenance of the social and political systems’ equilibrium represents...

Social entrepreneurship paves the way for both social and economic development of a country. To learn this unique combination, social entrepreneurship education plays a vital role. It positively influences the entrepreneurial intentions of the students. Previously this education was limited to...