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Del 31 - Stockholm studies in sociology, N.S.
Measuring professional judgements : an application of the factorial survey approach to the field of social work
Häftad, Engelska, 2015
145 kr
Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar
The focus of this thesis is the factorial survey approach as a method for studying professional judgements in social work. The factorial survey approach, which was first introduced in the social sciences around the beginning of the 1980s, constitutes an advanced method for measuring human judgements of social objects. At the general level, this quasi-experimental approach involves presenting respondents with fictive descriptions of social objects (vignettes), in which selected characteristics describing the objects to be judged are simultaneously manipulated.
Del 41 - Stockholm studies in sociology, N.S.
Director interlocking and firm ownership : longitudinal studies of 1- and 3-mode network dynamics
Häftad, Engelska, 2015
111 kr
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This thesis is based on three empirical studies of the director interlock network among Swedish firms listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange, focusing on its consequences for firm behavior and its association with ownership structures. Director interlocks are created when directors serve on, and hence interlock, several boards. Director interlocks aggregate to a social network that not only connects most firms into a single component, but are, more essentially, also shown to affect firm behavior. The introductory chapter contains a review of the director interlock research as well as some suggestions for future research directions. Study I is an examination of the importance of director interlock relations for stock repurchases. Using parametric survival analysis, it is demonstrated that the decision to repurchase stocks is dependent on both the firms' economic settings and their director interlocks. Study II examines the network impact on recruitment of new board members in the network of firms, directors, and owners. Using simulations, it is shown that directors with personal contact with a director and/or owner of the recruiting firm have a substantially increased probability of being recruited to the focal board. Study III examines the association between ownership and director interlocks. Re-analyses of the same network examined in Study II show that multiple director assignments are highly dependent on ownership interlocks. The three studies exemplify the real-world consequences of board interlocks and field a new understanding of the mechanisms behind their formation. Furthermore, the association between the director and ownership interlock suggests that the ownership network (co-)produces some of the phenomena that have been attributed to the director network. These results underscore the need for further examination of director interlocks to bring the owners back into the analysis.
Del 42 - Stockholm studies in sociology, N.S.
Bridging the world : alcohol policy in transition and diverging alcohol patterns in Sweden
Häftad, Engelska, 2015
136 kr
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What happens to alcohol consumption and alcohol-related consequences when the availability of cheaper alcohol increases? The availability increased as Sweden gradually adapted its traveller's allowances to the European Union standard. This made it easier to buy larger amounts in e.g. Denmark and Germany, where alcohol prices are lower. Additionally, Denmark decreased the tax on spirits, decreasing prices further. The economic literature has a clear expectation; linking demand to price, people are expected to buy and consume more when alcohol becomes less expensive. The present dissertation studied the effects of these rational incitements - increased availability and lower price - on purchasing and consuming more alcohol and thus experiencing more alcohol-related consequences, but found that the people expected to take most advantage of these changes did not behave as predicted. At the same time, people further away from the border increased their consumption. Thus, there are many factors affecting people's decisions and changing patterns, some of which are discussed here. Nina-Katri Gustafsson is a sociologist. Her doctoral work was on alcohol patterns and alcohol-related consequences in relation to policy changes. The work was carried out at the Centre for Social Research on Alcohol and Drugs (SoRAD), Stockholm University.