[EN]Edition Sigma

englischThere is a relationship between time and technology which has been obvious since the classical philosophies of time. Even telling the time necessitates technologies relating to measuring and counting. Technological developments have changed the temporal state of our reality. Key terms such [...]

englischThe economy of sharing is described as a phenomenon that has the potential to change markets and consumer behaviour permanently. In line with the basic principle of ‘sharing instead of owning’, sharing—according to the implicit assumption—could lead to better utilisation of hardly used goods [...]

Die vergangenen Jahrzehnte waren durch die zunehmende Durchsetzung von Personalstrategien und Modellen der Arbeitsorganisation gekennzeichnet, die den Unternehmen weitgehende Flexibilisierungs- und Kostensenkungspotenziale eröffneten – in aller Regel zu Lasten der Arbeitnehmerinnen und Arbeitnehmer [...]

Durch fortschreitende Ausdifferenzierung verwertbaren Wissens sowie Konzentration der Wertschöpfung auf Kernkompetenzen gewinnen zwischenbetriebliche Kooperationen in der Produktentwicklung an Attraktivität. Temporäre Kooperationen werden zu einem relevanten Wettbewerbsfaktor. Doch mit [...]

englischThis study takes an unembellished look at how both young people from South-East Europe perceive their own educational aspirations and how external observers assess those aspirations too. On the one hand, the young people have their say: they tell of their everyday experiences at school, [...]

englischThe thematic focus of this yearbook is concerned with the various relations of „art“ and „technology“. It seeks to interrogate and reflect their conceptual filiations, their complementarities and mutual stimulations, and contrasts and tensions. The very notion of the „work“ challenges us to [...]

englischThe society and economy of Vietnam are still characterised by a process of rapid transformation. There is high economic and political pressure on the actors of this country, which comes not only from internal developments but also from foreign countries. This book takes stock of the rapid [...]

Synthetische Biologie wird als vielversprechende Zukunftstechnikwissenschaft angesehen. Sie zielt darauf ab, Ingenieursprinzipien in der Biologie zu verwirklichen. Mit der Vision von umfassender Planbarkeit und allgemeiner Konstruierbarkeit grenzt sie sich von der nur manipulierenden Gentechnik ab. [...]

englischThe second, revised edition of this book, which has now been expanded to include an afterword, reveals that employees’ expectations of fairness and rationality when it comes to gainful employment are diverse and deeply rooted in their experiences with work and companies. Basing their [...]

Gerechtigkeits- und Rationalitätsansprüche von Beschäftigten an Erwerbsarbeit sind vielfältig und tief im Erfahrungskontext von Arbeit und Betrieb verwurzelt. Auf Basis einer breit angelegten qualitativ-empirischen Untersuchung in 24 Dienstleistungs- und Industrieunternehmen zeigen die Autoren, wie [...]

englischSince its first publication in 2013, the Lexikon der Arbeits- und Industriesoziologie has set itself the goal of providing a well-founded overview of the current knowledge of the discipline while doing justice to the dynamics of the object of study. With the third, once again updated and [...]

englischThe research field of occupational and industrial sociology has changed constantly and tremendously. Although work is still an important part of the majority of people’s lives and a key category when analysing social processes, its content, forms of organisation, demands and technological [...]

Der Untersuchungsgegenstand der Arbeits- und Industriesoziologie hat sich beständig und massiv verändert. Zwar ist Arbeit nach wie vor eine bestimmende Größe im Leben der meisten Menschen und eine zentrale Kategorie in der Analyse sozialer Prozesse. Doch Inhalte, Organisationsformen, Beanspruchungen [...]

englischThis study analyses local integration management in Germany, France and Sweden from a comparative perspective. It focuses on the inter-administrative relations, coordination and performance of integration management, with a particular focus on developments after the refugee crisis of [...]

englischThe certification mark, which was introduced in response to an EU initiative in 2017, has been available in Germany since 2019. Its main features are neutrality, monitoring/control and transparency for certain material or service promises for which the legal protection of a certification [...]

englischIn this study, the author demonstrates that a variety of uncertainties pervade markets, including those found in market economies, such as detrimental price competition, and uncertainty in market economy cooperation, such as that relating to the quality of products the market trades in. [...]

englisch‘Medicine as Science’ uncovers the forgotten identity of medicine as a modern academic discipline. Many works on the history and sociology of science and medicine have overshadowed this identity with a focus on medicine as a modern profession. Through a historical sociology and using a [...]

englischA lack of drugs with which to combat poverty-related diseases is a global health problem. This book presents various initiatives by public, non-profit or private actors which aim at strengthening product development regarding such diseases and discusses the political options for promoting [...]

englischThe articles collected in this special issue of the SEER Journal deal with all the major channels of migration corresponding to different waves, from refugees and asylum seekers fleeing war, including civil war, and ethnic conflicts on the peripheries of the former Soviet Union, to the [...]

englischDesigning a digital and flexible Federal Administration Authority in Germany is of utmost importance. In addition to reducing bureaucratic structures and increasing employer attractiveness, the main goals are to maintain and promote the skills, motivation and health of its employees in a [...]

englischWith contributions by

Jan Müller, Michael Nerurkar, Philipp Richter, Pirmin Stekeler-Weithofer, Andreas Kaminski, Hans Poser, Jörg Zimmer, Alfred Nordmann, Jens Kertscher, Petra Gehring, Gerhard Gamm, Nicole C. Karafyllis, Armin Grunwald, Klaus Wiegerling, Peter Fischer, Andreas Luckner, [...]

Betriebsratsmitglieder, die freigestellt waren und in eine ‚normale’ Beschäftigung zurückkehren möchten, stehen regelmäßig vor der Frage, wie es mit ihrer beruflichen Karriere denn nun weitergeht. Dabei muss die Freistellung keineswegs zu einem ‚Karriereknick’ führen – im Gegenteil: In der [...]

englischExternal pressure is considered one of the factors that force organizations to reform. In the case of international sports organizations, this does not seem to be true: Although the IOC, FIFA and quite a few other federations have been criticized for years, they unwaveringly stick to their [...]

englischSustainability has arrived on the financial market and in banks. The sustainability debate conveys a different form of procedural logic and different values and norms, towards which the banking industry, product development, communication with stakeholders or the banks’ own security deposit [...]

englischThis doctoral thesis investigates the current challenges posed by data protection from a sociological perspective. It argues that the category of trust is central to reinventing data protection. It proposes a holistic framework for a trust infrastructure that integrates different legal, [...]

englischNew electronic media and addictive behavior are at the center of socio-political debate due to the overall increase in media usage and the decreasing age of media users. The understanding of what constitutes »normal« media usage is controversial, for example between generations, and leads to [...]