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Between Job and Satisfaction:
Motivations and Career Orientations of German “High Quality” Call Center Employees
Frank Kleemann Chemnitz University of Technology, Dept. of Sociology Germany [email protected] Ingo Matuschek Chemnitz University of Technology, Dept. of Sociology Germany [email protected] Abstract In this paper, we argue that a “high quality” type of call center work is emerging, leading…
Foreword from the Editor:
Special Issue on Affect Control Theory
Andreas Schneider This special issue on affect control theory (ACT) is a team effort to honor the founder of ACT research, David Heise (), and the start of his “permanent sabbatical.” Contributions were initiated at the Nags Head Conference Series,…
Editorial – Science, Scholarly Communication, and Access: Open is Better.
Mike Sosteric [email protected] A little philosophy inclineth man’s mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men’s minds about to religion. Francis Bacon Editorial Hello and welcome to the new EJS. Let me introduce myself. My name is Michael Sosteric.…
A Proposal for Integrating Folklore and Affect Control Theory
Tara M. Dunphy University of Waterloo Neil J. MacKinnon Department of Sociology and Anthropology University of Guelph Abstract As a substantive area, folklore encompasses many divergent phenomena. Folklore theorists have attempted to honor the social, dynamic, and linguistic nature of…
Policy Narratives of Aging: The Right Way, the Third Way or the Wrong Way?
Jason L. Powell Health Sciences and Social Care School of Community Salford University UK [email protected] Margaret M. Edwards School of Social Science Liverpool John Moores University UK [email protected] Abstract Introduction This paper analyses key policy narratives regarding old age and…
Crazy About You:
Reflections on the Meanings of Contemporary Teen Pop Music
Phillip Vannini Washington State University Scott M. Myers Washington State University Please address all correspondence to Phillip Vannini, Department of Sociology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-4020. Fax (509) 335- 6419. Email: [email protected]. We would like to thank the anonymous…
Flexible Learning, Contemporary Work And Enterprising Selves
John Garrick Faculty of Business UTS Robin Usher RMIT University Melbourne Dr John Garrick is a Senior Researcher at the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia and the author of ‘Informal Learning in the Workplace: Unmasking Human Resource Development’. He is…
To Sociological Research Online
Sociological Research Online, the first fully refereed sociology journal to be published on the Internet….Sociological Research Online is produced by a consortium of the British Sociological Association, the Universities of Surrey and Stirling and SAGE Publications, under the aegis of…
Foucauldian Gerontology: A Methodology for Understanding Aging
Jason L. Powell University of Salford Great Britain [email protected] Simon Biggs Keele University Great Britain [email protected] Abstract There has been a rise in recent years of a theoretical current entitled “Foucauldian gerontology”. This broad theory has attempted to understand how…
