The Internet has changed the nature of social ties and interactions, giving rise to new ways of making social contact, offering an environment for communication and tools for these interactions. The tools that introduce new methods of communication include social networks. The scholar focused on the most popular of these – Facebook.
Topic: identity, media
Topic: methodology, sociological data
Topic: family
Topic: migration and mobility
Topic: family
Topic: gender, work
The aim of this article is to present a trend in research on measurement error in survey data and to suggest some problematic aspects of this approach. The article describes the Multitrait Multimethod experimental design and its modifi cation into a 2 Split-ballot Multitrait Multimethod (2 SB MTMM), which is used for experimental data collection in the European Social Survey.
Topic: methodology, sociological data
Topic: sociological data
Topic: historical sociology, sociological data
Kniha zevrubně popisuje fenomén „železné opony“ v Československu a soustřeďuje se na jeho nejextrémnější projev – usmrcení související se snahou„železnou oponu“ překonat. Kniha není zajímavá jen svým tématem, ale i použitou metodologií. Jde o zkoumání historie, jehož důležitou součástí je práce se strukturovanou databází.
Topic: methodology
Topic: methodology
Topic: work
Although the construction of databases, data processing, documentation and other operations with data may have a fundamental influence on research results, the management of data rarely receives attention as a separate subject in the methodology and practice of survey research. More often it gains attention only in the form of individual and isolated tasks during different stages of the research process.
Topic: sociological data
Topic: methodology
Our chapter focuses on an underrepresented topic in entrepreneurial research: small businesses owned and operated by copreneurs. We examine the divisions of labour and responsibilities in the business and family lives of copreneurs in today's Czech Republic (CR). Copreneurs are romantic couples who own and operate small businesses together. Copreneurs provide a good point for unpacking the interplay among business, family life, and gender.
Topic: gender, work
Using the so-called embeddedness perspective, this article highlights the importance of context (time, space and institutions) for the direction of current research on the gender structure of entrepreneurship. The authors focus mainly on the effects of institutional context, namely tax and family policies, on business couples (copreneurs).
Topic: gender, work
Topic: methodology
Recenze knihy Fagan, Colette, González Menèndez, Maria C., Gómez Ansón, Silvia (eds.). 2012. Women on Corporate Boards and in Top Management: European Trends and Policy. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Topic: gender, work
Topic: gender, work
The aim of the article is to provide a brief overview of current labour migration from Ukraine to the Czech Republic and to explore the degree to which Ukrainian labour migrants utilise their skills on the Czech labour market.
Topic: migration and mobility, education
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