Search results for "Methodology"

La realidad virtual en la fase precompra del turismo de cruceros: un estudio experimental basado en la variable presencia

2023

En el ámbito del turismo, nuevas tecnologías disruptivas como la Realidad Virtual (RV) están remodelando la experiencia del consumidor (Beck et al., 2019; Flavián et al., 2019). En la fase precompra, la RV se posiciona como una herramienta especialmente útil al proveer al consumidor de una simulación sensorial de la experiencia turística de manera previa al viaje (Tussyadiah et al., 2018). Entre las cualidades distintivas de la RV destaca la alta capacidad para generar la sensación de presencia (Biocca, 1997), definida como un estado psicológico en el que el usuario se siente en el entorno virtual representado (Steuer, 1992). No obstante, la exploración y adaptación de la RV en turismo toda…

An Economic Definition of the City

1998

International audience

How to explain socially responsible corporate actions institutionally: theoretical and methodological critique

2008

There has been little theoretical debate of why companies behave in socially responsible ways whilst descriptive analysis of corporate social responsibility is flourishing. As result, there have been few methodological debates on how to study both what responsible actions are and why companies act accordingly. This methodological and theoretical essay discusses how institutional social theory has been and could be used in explaining socially responsible corporate behaviour. It is explored what kinds of theoretical tools are needed in explaining this behaviour and how various tools can be integrated into one model explaining socially responsible corporate actions. It is argued that researche…

Financial Fragmentation and Economic Growth in Europe

2015

Using industry data from Eurostat and applying the Rajan-Zingales methodology, we investigate the real growth effects of banking sector integration in the European Union. Our sample stretches from 2000 until 2012 and includes the phase of rapid financial integration before the global financial crisis as well as the following phase of financial fragmentation and bank deleveraging. We find evidence that banking sector integration had a more than four times stronger growth effect during the crisis than in normal times. Growth effects are also stronger in times of domestic bank deleveraging. We conclude that concerns of European policy makers about fragmentation in the European banking sector a…

Etic and emic data production methods in the study of journalistic work practices : A systematic literature review

2023

This methodological paper discusses the application of etic and emic perspectives in producing data sets for the study of journalistic praxis. The concepts refer to the researcher-analyst’s and the practitioner-informant’s viewpoints, respectively, and that being the case, they have inherent weaknesses if used independently. We argue that these shortcomings can be mitigated through an integrated application of the concepts and by seeing the two perspectives as complementary to each other. Combining etic and emic perspectives will allow for a more comprehensive understanding of complex yet routinized real-life behaviour such as journalistic work. Following the appraisal of the etic-emic comb…

Merkityksellisen ohjaus- ja vuorovaikutussuhteen olemus lastentarhanopettajakoulutuksen ohjatussa harjoittelussa

2014

Introduzione all'edizione italiana

2022

The Introduction to the Italian edition of A sociology of crime by Stephen Hester and Peter Eglin focus on the relevance of constructionist theories of crime

Czy teologia komparatywna zastąpi teologię religii?

2016

Wśród dyscyplin religiologicznych szczególne miejsce zajmuje teologia komparatywna (copmarative theology). Niektórzy jej przedstawiciele wysuwają dość radykalną tezę, iż winna ona zająć miejsce teologii religii. Pytanie o słuszność tej tezy stanowi główną problematykę niniejszego opracowania. Artykuł składa się z czterech części. Po przedstawieniu istotnych założeń teologii religii i teologii komparatywnej przeanalizowane zostaną aktualne relacje między obydwiema dyscyplinami. W części ostatniej rozpatrzona zostanie możliwość współpracy między teologią komparatywną a teologią religii. Autor opowiada się za modelem twórczej kooperacji obydwu dyscyplin. Efektem tego mogłaby być komparatywna t…

Sezione monografica. La cooperazione internazionale allo sviluppo. Costruire sull’esperienza

2018

La propensione per lo studio delle specificità culturali ha fatto dell’antropologia una delle discipline direttamente interessate ai processi di mutamento pianificato. L’attenzione per la cooperazione internazionale allo sviluppo e alle sue ricadute professionali è stata ben presente nell’antropologia italiana e all’interno dei convegni SIAA, ma il dibattito in seno all’associazione è rimasto per il momento sottodimensionato rispetto a un altro ambito di grande interesse pubblico, la migrazione dai paesi affetti da conflitti e povertà verso l’Europa e al ruolo che gli antropologi possono svolgere nelle politiche di accoglienza.

On hidden heterogeneity in directional asymmetry – can systematic bias be avoided?

2006

8 pages; International audience; Directional asymmetry (DA) biases the analysis of fluctuating asymmetry (FA) mainly because among-individual differences in the predisposition for DA are difficult to detect. However, we argue that systematic bias mainly results from predictable associations between signed right-left asymmetry and other factors, i.e. from systematic variation in DA. We here demonstrate methods to test and correct for this, by analysing bilateral asymmetry in size and shape of an irregular sea urchin. Notably, in this model system, DA depended significantly on body length and geographic origin, although mean signed asymmetry (mean DA) was not significant in the sample as a wh…