infonet-economy

This article introduces translation studies in order to theorize about the ways in which international companies approach language diversity. Its purpose is to develop different language strategies relying on theoretical insights borrowed from translation studies. Inspired by historical developments in this discipline, we identify three metaphorical perspectives each with a different...

In the present study, we examined the effect of recruiter and applicant gender on recruiters' evaluations of applicants' qualifications as reported on actual applicant resumes. Forty recruiters evaluated applicant resumes that were randomly allocated to them. In total, 388 recruiter evaluations of applicant resumes comprised the sample. Results indicate that recruiter and...

Prochaska and colleagues'(e.g., Prochaska, DiClemente, & Norcross, 1992) stages-of-change theory was employed in the current study to reconceptualize the assessment of motivation to learn. We used the stages-of-change framework to develop and test a multidimensional measure of learning motivation using 3 independent samples. The pattern of relationships among the learning...

In dieser Forschungsarbeit wird die Gratwanderung unternommen, nicht nur den Widerspruch zwischen Gleichheit und Differenz, sondern auch die Frage nach der Praxisrelevanz dekonstruktivistischer Ansätze aufzulösen und damit neue Wege für die Gleichstellungsarbeit aufzuzeigen. In einem ersten Teil wird auf Grundlage der diskursiven Psychologie, dem Sozialkonstruktionismus und der...

This paper seeks to explore and to reflect upon the implications of how to conceive entrepreneurship when considered as a societal rather than an economic phenomenon. To conceive and reclaim the space in which entrepreneurship is seen at work in society, we point at the geographical, discursive and social dimensions from where we develop three crucial and connected questions that can...