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Maria Stefani untersucht die Diskrepanz zwischen professioneller Gesundheitskompetenz und dem privaten Gesundheitsverhalten von Pflegefachpersonen. Ausgehend von subjektiven Gesundheitsvorstellungen der Berufsgruppe rekonstruiert sie in Ihrer qualitativen Studie entsprechende soziale Deutungs- und Handlungsmuster in Anlehnung am Deutungsmusterkonzept von Oevermann. Als Ergebnisse formuliert die Autorin eine empirisch begründete Theorie zur Entgrenzung von Pflegeberuf und Privatleben und präsentiert eine handlungsrelevante Typenbildung zum Gesundheitsverhalten. Des Weiteren zeigt sie praktische Implikationen für das Betriebliche Gesundheitsmanagement in der Gesundheits- und Krankenpflege auf. (Rückseite Buchumschlag)

AbstractThis paper investigates the effects on riskiness and performance of gender diversity in Italian bank boards. Italy deserves special attention because European comparisons for the 2000s show that it was among the European Union countries where women were least represented in bank boardrooms, and this gap remains even in a quota law regime. Our main econometric results suggest that gender diversity may have a positive impact on the credit portfolio riskiness and on profitability. Both results may be driven by women's higher risk aversion and their higher propensity to monitor activities, suggesting that women are "gold dust" for Italian banks. These findings, obtained by using a unique data set over the period 1995–2010 and by taking into account possible sources of endogeneity, support the effectiveness on bank performance of greater female presence on boards. Moreover, our econometric set‐up could offer a benchmark for further analysis on gender diversity effects for many countries, where a gender quota law is still not in place.

This paper contributes to the literature on social capital and financial institutions by analysing the relationship between the market share of Italian credit cooperative banks (CCBs) in 2003–2011 at the province level and some measures of trust and of membership in formal associations (networks). According to anecdotal evidence, cooperatives require high levels of social capital to be successful, but theoretical predictions are ambiguous, and there is still little empirical evidence. We find that the social capital and market shares of Italian CCBs are related and that the links are stronger when banks lend to small enterprises. When the types of associations are separated according to their particularistic or universalistic nature, the results show that it is especially the latter that matters. We also find that the link between social capital and CCBs is due more to their cooperative structures than to their local orientations.