Zusammenfassung In diesem Beitrag wird der finnische Tangotanztourismus unter Berücksichtigung des Konzeptes des verkörperten Raumes (Low 2003) und des Raumverständnisses von Lefebvre (1991) auf den vielschichtig miteinander verbundenen Ebenen von Körper, Kultur und Raum analysiert. Die...

Zusammenfassung Prominente Mikrodatenbasis für die Analyse von Einkommen und ihrer Verteilung ist die Einkommens- und Verbrauchsstichprobe (EVS). Allerdings sind hohe Einkommen über der „Abschneidegrenze" von 35 000 DM Haushaltsnettoeinkommen pro Monat nicht vorhanden. In dieser Studie wird...

Purpose – This study seeks to examine aspects of social class associated with British public accountancy immigrants to the USA prior to the First World War. The study's specific purpose is to investigate the social mobility and fluidity associated with these élite immigrants in the early...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to offer a critique of the sociological model of professionalisation known as the “professional project” put forward by Magali Larson, which has become the prevailing paradigm for accounting historians. Design/methodology/approach The paper challenges the...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate Hispanic business professionals’ perception of psychological contract fairness, perception of discrimination, and the influence of autonomous status judgments on these variables. Design/methodology/approach – Participants were drawn...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop and test a comprehensive model of personal and institutional input variables, composed of elements describing status‐based antecedents, job/organizational context antecedents, and individual level antecedents, which may contribute to the...

Purpose This study aims to examine how social exclusion and the social status of a rejecter affect consumers’ purchase intentions toward ordinary products. Design/methodology/approach Three experiments were conducted to test the hypotheses. Findings The status of a rejecter, whether high or...

Purpose – The purpose of this article is to argue that consumers experience conflict not only when in identity transitions or social status transitions but also in-between these two, and that the relationship between these two is becoming increasingly important to address. First, this is done...

Abstracts Die Untersuchung zeigt, dass Zeitarbeitnehmer nicht nur gezwungen sind, nachteilige Arbeitsbedingungen hinzunehmen, sie erleben im Gefolge ihrer Diskriminierung auch einen sozialen Statusverlust. Auf der Grundlage einer Gelegenheitsstichprobe von insgesamt 157 Interviews sowohl mit...

This paper examines the consequences of status preferences on entrepreneurial risk-taking in a general equilibrium model of occupational choice. We distinguish between two frames of reference. In the first, status is derived from class-membership, the economic indicator of which is the expected...