with two questions: Why do fictional expectations change in the course of capitalist development? And: Are fictional … expectations becoming more important in contemporary capitalism? …

The paper develops a sociological approach for understanding the role of expectations in collective action. It argues … that an approach based on expectations is better suited to explain collective action in episodes of social change than …

’ expectations towards works councils turn out to be a blind spot of industrial relations research. In order to fill this gap we … conducted a qualitative exploratory study. Our results show that four types of expectations can be differentiated: (1 … issues. Moreover, the interviewees remarked some expectations with regard to personal characteristics of works councils. A …

This research thesis is devoted to the analysis of sentiments and expectations in the system of economic markets with … from January 1991 to June 2010 to quantify sentiments, expectations and economically relevant variables and examine the … with economic variables like investments, incoming orders and stock market developments. The expectations, the assessment …