Search results for "Elite"
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Social comparison processes, narrative mapping and their shaping of the cancer experience: a case study of an elite athlete.
2011
Drawing on data generated by life history interviews and fieldwork observations we illuminate the ways in which a young elite athlete named David (a pseudonym) gave meaning to his experiences of cancer that eventually led to his death. Central to this process were the ways in which David utilized both social comparisons and a narrative map provided by the published autobiography of Lance Armstrong (2000). Our analysis reveals the selective manner in which social comparison processes operated around the following key dimensions: mental attitude to treatment; the sporting body; the ageing body; and physical appearance. The manner in which different comparison targets were chosen, the ways in…
¿Campo artístico o tótems de un grupo de estatus? Ritual tradicional, innovación estética y reproducción social en las Fallas de Valencia
2020
¿Pueden ser analizadas las fallas de Valencia con el concepto de campo artístico de Pierre Bourdieu? Esta cuestión ha sido abordada otras veces, pero ha obtenido una respuesta axiomática, considerando sólo su vertiente artística. Sin embargo, entendemos que, a diferencia de los campos artísticos modernos, en las Fallas y otras fiestas tradicionales no podemos constatar una dinámica de autonomización social ni una dinámica de oposición entre arte burgués y arte puro o la sustitución de vanguardias. Por el contrario, el dominio de los Fallas de la elite refleja la heteronomía del mundo fallero respecto del campo económico y social. Por ello a partir de datos cuantitativos y cualitativos el ar…
The Responsible University in Southeast Asia : A Tale of the Transition from an Elite to a Mass Higher Education System
2019
AbstractAs is the case in the Nordic countries, universities in Southeast Asia are expected to act in a responsible manner by fostering greater participation in higher education across different social groups and by promoting regional development. To date, however, few studies have investigated such important aspects within the context of emerging economies undergoing considerable political, social and economic changes. Our study setting is Indonesia, a country with large socio-economic asymmetries that is undergoing the historical transition from an elite to a mass higher education system. The chapter provides evidence of the roles played by different types of universities located in speci…
Role Satisfaction Mediates the Relation between Role Ambiguity and Social Loafing among Elite Women Handball Players
2010
The aims of the study were to develop a questionnaire on self-reported social loafing (SRSLQ), and then to examine its relations with role ambiguity and role satisfaction in a sample of 110 women handball players competing at the elite level in Norway. Structural equation modeling analyses indicated that the SRSLQ was a psychometrically sound measure. In line with the expectations, role satisfaction fully mediated the positive relation between role ambiguity and self-reported social loafing: The more players experienced role ambiguity, the less satisfied they were with their role in the team, and the more social loafing they reported.
The balancing act of combining school and football in the transition from a non-professional club into junior-elite academy football
2021
Football players in the transition from junior-to-senior are usually involved in dual careers, combining school and football – a process that makes them dependent on a holistic talent-development journey. The aim of the current study was to describe how male junior elite football players (N=10; 5=living at home, 5=living away from home) perceived stressors in the transition from a non-professional club into a junior elite academy. Furthermore, the school transition (between lower- and upper-secondary school) and social transition (based on the school and football transitions) as a consequence of the football transition into academy football. Based on Wylleman and Lavallee’s (2004) and Stamb…
Preferred Coach Leadership Behaviour in Elite Soccer in Relation to Success and Failure
2008
Multidimensional models of leadership in sport suggest that in order to maximize performance there should be congruence between the actual coaching behaviour and behaviours preferred by players. This study examined the preferred coaching leadership behaviours in prolonged periods of perceived success and failure in eighty-eight elite soccer players in Norway using the Leadership Scale for Sport (LSS). The three preferred behaviours were Positive Feedback, Training & Instruction, and Democratic Behaviour in both scenarios. All preferred behaviours (except Autocratic Behaviour) were higher in the unsuccessful scenario (p <.01). Negative relationships existed between age/experience and…
Un sello inédito sobre "dolium" del "municipium Cascantum" (Cascante, Navarra)
2018
En este trabajo damos a conocer un contexto arqueológico de una de las villae que dibujaron el paisaje rural en el Valle del Queiles durante época altoimperial romana. Se trata del yacimiento arqueológico de “Piecordero I” que está siendo excavado ininterrumpidamente desde el año 2007; las numerosas campañas de prospección y excavación arqueológica realizadas nos están permitiendo conocer la cultura material de este tipo de asentamientos en el ager de Cascantum, así como la articulación de la sociedad que la habitó. El estudio se centra en un sello sobre dolium inédito localizado en la pars rustica, que nos aporta nuevos datos sobre la élite local y el paisaje productivo agrícola en época A…
Shades of Mediatization
2015
This study investigates mediatization of campaign coverage of German and Austrian elite newspapers from 1949 to 2009. With a cross-national perspective on a sixty-year time span, it is well suited to examine the long-term development of mediatization. It focuses on news media logic and its components that have not been satisfyingly investigated by empirical research yet. In Step 1, the study empirically identifies three components of media logic: partisanship, personalization, and detachment from policy. In Step 2, it presents evidence that these components are largely invariant between the two countries, seven newspapers, and four time intervals investigated, pointing to the institutional…
¿Se han hecho más democráticos los partidos en España? La evolución en las reglas de elección del líder (1977-2008)
2011
En este trabajo, los autores verifican si, entre 1977 y 2008, ha habido un aumento de la democracia interna en los principales partidos políticos españoles. Para ello, analizan el proceso de selección del líder, al tiempo que cuestionan si ha habido un incremento de la igualdad en la participación para elegirlo, favoreciendo sistemas representativos o de elección directa. El artículo plantea también la hipótesis de si el grado de igualdad en las reglas de la elección influye en el grado de competencia en la lucha por el liderazgo del partido. Para comprobar tal supuesto, los autores examinan las condiciones de elegibilidad así como la representatividad del cuerpo electoral que escoge al líd…
Politiskā elite pēc Latvijas Republikas neatkarības atjaunošanas
2017
Sabrūkot Padomju Savienībai, Latvijas Republika atguva savu valstisko neatkarību. Mainoties valsts pārvaldes struktūrām, atvērts paliek jautājums par to, cik ļoti lielā mērā mainās personas, kas aizpilda amatu šajās pārvaldes struktūrās. Darbā tiek pētīta LR jaunās politiskās elites biogrāfija 1985., 1990. un 1995.gadā. Apkopotie jaunās elites biogrāfiskie dati tiek analizēti pēc elites cirkulācijas un elites reprodukcijas teorijām. Pēc analīzes veikšanas četros biogrāfiskajos aspektos, tiek secināts, ka Latvijā pēc pārejas izveidojusies jaunā politiskā elite, ir veidojusies vairāk elites cirkulācijas ceļā. Pētījumā secināts, ka jaunās elites locekļu vairums ieņēmuši pozīcijas elitē arī 199…