[EN]Edition Sigma

Die vorliegende Studie untersucht die pädagogische Vorbereitung und Begleitung von Freiwilligen, die ihren Dienst in Ländern des globalen Südens absolvieren. Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeiter deutscher Entsendeorganisationen sowie von Aufnahmeorganisationen im ‚Süden‘ sprechen über Ziele und [...]

englischYouth mentoring is an important instrument in reducing social disadvantages and educational injustice. However, the willingness to volunteer as a mentor, which is necessary for its implementation, has remained largely unexplored. In this study, voluntary work in youth mentoring is examined [...]

englischEmployee participation and co-management are critical success factors for the digital transformation of public administration. By evaluating the development and implementation of digital innovations in the field of HRM, leadership, communication and organisational design in seven German [...]

englischSubstantial processes of demographic and social change are increasingly altering social relations between generations. In volunteer work and paid work, extra-familial contact between generations is taking place and is demanded under the guiding principle of age diversity. In this book, a [...]

englischThe German broadcast system has grown historically – in ist beginning after World War II as a service produced by public-law and its institutions following the British Boradcasting Company as a blueprint. In the late 1980s, the system was opened by media politics for private broadcast [...]

Vom Abfallbetrieb über den Flughafen bis zum Krankenhaus: Zahllose Einrichtungen in öffentlicher Trägerschaft wurden in den letzten Jahrzehnten privatisiert – oft begleitet von heftigen Kontroversen. In diesen Debatten wurden die Folgen für die Beschäftigten oft nur wenig beachtet, und [...]

englischClaudia Gather, feminist, researcher, networker, mentor, professor and tireless political influencer, has left a lasting impression in recent decades through her work, thinking and actions, not only on the field of gender studies in terms of research, teaching and practice but also on those [...]

englischThe intensively discussed term transformation refers to the comprehensive restructuring of processes and behaviour in order to address societal challenges posed by far-reaching changes in energy, transport, production and agricultural systems. Since such complex transformations are always [...]

Wie sehen Weiterbildungsteilnehmende die Gesellschaft, und wie hängen Gesellschaftsbilder und Bildungsinteressen zusammen? Was verändert sich möglicherweise im Verlauf einer längeren Weiterbildung daran? Diesen Fragen sind die Autoren in einer umfangreichen empirischen Untersuchung nachgegangen. Sie [...]

englischAlong with only a small handful of European industries, video game development typifies creative knowledge work under high-risk employment conditions. Data on the global video game market indicate that the industry is expanding worldwide and will only continue to gain in relevance for [...]

Wirtschaft und Arbeitswelt befinden sich mitten in einem epochalen Umbruch. Für diese Konstellation bedarf es eines verlässlichen Orientierungsrahmens. Denn ohne neue inhaltliche Impulse und erweiterte Perspektiven kommt eine belastbare progressive Strategie nicht aus. Dieses Buch sammelt [...]

englischPrevious research into the causes of academic failure among students both from and not from a migrant background has traditionally focused on empirically and qualitatively measurable problems young people have fitting in between milieu-specific patterns of perception, thought and action and [...]

Ida Altmann-Bronn gehörte zu den prominenten Köpfen der deutschen Gewerkschafts- und proletarischen Frauenbewegung in der Zeit vor dem Ersten Weltkrieg. Aufgewachsen in der ostpreußischen Provinz und ausgebildet im russischen St. Petersburg, kam sie 1890 nach Berlin und schloss sich der [...]

englischThis book provides analysis of current trends in research evaluation worldwide and compares the research assessment and innovation ecosystems in Austria, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland and Slovenia. It argues that in each country the research [...]

englischThis special edition of ‘WSI-Mitteilungen’, the academic journal of the Institute of Economic and Social Research (WSI), focuses on the state of labour relations in Germany. The system of German industrial relations aroused lively interest following the corporatist crisis management of [...]

englischMany studies have highlighted benefits of international volunteering, particularly the positive impacts for the volunteers themselves. Adding to this scholarship, the papers in the collection fill an important gap in our understanding of the impact of international development volunteering [...]

englischThis book conducts a multidimensional study of the phenomenon of innovation transfer using the example of wikis based on Web 2.0 within a large and complex chemical pharmaceutical company. In this context, innovation transfer is understood to be a social and organisational process used for [...]

englischThis pioneering study on the (West) German consumer electronics industry in decline takes a new look at the structural crisis of the 1970s/80s and its interpretation, development and location by drawing on previously unevaluated sources in German and Japanese. The industry study focuses on [...]

englischThe concept of ‘Industry 4.0’ denotes a radical technological upheaval and structural changes in employment, qualification requirements, the blurring of the boundaries between one’s work and private life, personnel checks or the organisation of work. Therefore, the term relates to the core [...]

Wirtschaftliche Globalisierung und europäische Integration begrenzen die Möglichkeiten korporatistischer Steuerung im Rahmen von Nationalstaaten. Um der Gefahr zu begegnen, dass dadurch auch soziale Standards abgesenkt werden, bemühen sich die Gewerkschaften schon seit langem um eine Ausweitung [...]

Grundsätzliche Diskussionen über das „gute Leben“ sind selten geworden – heute erscheint es uns zeitgemäß, das „gute Leben“ als „Lebensqualität“ mit den Methoden der empirischen Sozialforschung zu untersuchen. Neuberger befasst sich in diesem Buch sowohl empirisch als auch theoretisch mit der Frage, [...]

englischWith the federalism reform of 2006, the German federal states gained legislative power over their civil servants. This did not only lead to a substantial difference in pay levels but also to fragmented civil service regulations with different degrees of attractiveness. Requests to move to [...]

englischWhich criteria must arguments against local wind farms fulfil to be recognised as plausible in the context of climate change? This study focuses on two objectives: First, the peculiarities of these arguments are elaborated in contrast to the general justification of the energy transition, [...]

englischThis book compares the roles of municipalities in Europe, using categories such as municipal autonomy, task profiles, territorial and political frameworks, and financial conditions. Past and present reform trends and discourses are also described and classified. The study constitutes a [...]

englischThere is no doubt that time – time scarcity, time spent together, leisure time – forms an increasingly important part of everyday life, that of both families and individuals. Therefore, it is important to know how the temporal conditions of everyday life can be reshaped with a view to [...]