Introducing Influence Processes into a System of Collective Decisions
In: The American journal of sociology, Band 86, Heft 6, S. 1203-1235
ISSN: 1537-5390
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In: The American journal of sociology, Band 86, Heft 6, S. 1203-1235
ISSN: 1537-5390
In: Social science research: a quarterly journal of social science methodology and quantitative research, Band 109, S. 102816
ISSN: 1096-0317
In: Social networks: an international journal of structural analysis, Band 79, S. 34-47
ISSN: 0378-8733
In: The annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Band 682, Heft 1, S. 43-59
ISSN: 1552-3349
This article examines how processes of aging, generational shifts, and changes over historical time periods shape differences in work values in the United States. Our analyses of data from the General Social Survey and the International Social Survey Program show that changes over historical time periods are most consistently responsible for differences in work values. In particular, during recent periods, Americans tend to place greater importance on jobs that provide security, high income, and opportunities for advancement; this is consistent with a narrative that these job rewards have become more difficult to attain recently and are thus more problematic for workers. Some differences in work values are also attributable to aging or life course processes, especially the greater importance placed on high income during the mid-life years when family responsibilities are generally greatest. By contrast, we find few differences in work values among members of different generations or cohorts. We also find that people from less advantaged social origins and those with greater labor market resources are more likely to value economic rewards.
In: Socio-economic review, Band 3, Heft 3, S. 389-416
ISSN: 1475-147X
In: The journal of mathematical sociology, Band 10, Heft 3-4, S. 271-294
ISSN: 1545-5874
In: American behavioral scientist: ABS, Band 26, Heft 4, S. 479-492
ISSN: 1552-3381
Marsden and Reed isolate seven patterns of cultural choice using a cluster analysis of a multidimensional scale of items from a 1977 survey of leisure activities in the Southern region of the United States. They then use regression analysis to isolate the social demographic correlates of the clusters.
In: American behavioral scientist: ABS, Band 26, Heft 4
ISSN: 0002-7642
In: Public opinion quarterly: journal of the American Association for Public Opinion Research, Band 60, Heft 4, S. 650-652
ISSN: 0033-362X
In: Teaching sociology: TS, Band 16, Heft 1, S. 108
ISSN: 1939-862X
In: Annual review of sociology, Band 46, Heft 1, S. 109-134
ISSN: 1545-2115
In the five decades since its inception in 1971, the General Social Survey (GSS) project has prospectively recorded the current characteristics, backgrounds, behaviors, and attitudes of representative cross sections of American adults covering more than two generations and more than a century of birth cohorts. A foundational resource for contemporary social science, the data it produces and disseminates enable social scientists to develop broad and deep understandings into the changing fabric of US society, and aid legions of instructors and students in teaching and learning. It facilitates internationally comparative survey research and places the United States in the context of other societies through the International Social Survey Program, which it cofounded. This article first recounts the GSS's origins, design, and development. It then surveys contributions based on GSS data to studies of stratification and inequality, religion, sociopolitical trends, intergroup relations, social capital and social networks, health and well-being, culture, and methodology.
Provides a general description of the 688 distinct establishments included in the 1991 National Organizations Study, paying particular attention to variables that describe the composition & settings of these workplaces. Results reflect the concentration of the US economy in service-producing activities & industries. Fewer than 50% of for-profit workplaces are ages 20+ with establishments that are part of larger companies being older than other types of establishments. Women are employed in greatest numbers in the nonprofit sector, but compose 45% of full-time employees generally. Less extensive data were collected on the racial composition of establishments, though it seems that minorities tend to be concentrated in larger workplaces. Technical & institutional aspects of the environment of establishments are discussed & correlated with their for-profit, nonprofit, & public status. 5 Tables, 4 Figures. D. M. Smith
In: American behavioral scientist: ABS, Band 37, Heft 7, S. 891-910
ISSN: 1552-3381
This article provides a descriptive overview of the work establishments in the National Organizations Study (NOS). It begins by reviewing their auspices, industry settings, and composition. Next, it introduces the survey items and scales used to measure coordination and control structures including structural differentiation, formalization, decentralization, and the presence of internal labor markets. Other items and scales refer to aspects of the technical and institutional environments. The NOS includes a quite diverse set of establishments, most of which provide services rather than produce goods. The public, nonprofit, and private, for-profit sectors are well represented. A sizable fraction of the workplaces are parts of larger organizations. Differences between descriptive statistics for the unweighted and weighted NOS samples highlight differences in the structures and environments of larger and smaller establishments.
In: American behavioral scientist: ABS, Band 37, Heft 7, S. 891-929
ISSN: 0002-7642
In: Annual review of sociology, Band 4, Heft 1, S. 455-484
ISSN: 1545-2115