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  1. 1. Poor Choices? : On Social Context and the Claiming of Means-tested Benefits

    Författare :Carina Mood; Peter M. Hedström; Mary C. Brinton; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sociology; Sociologi;

    Sammanfattning : In this dissertation, comprising one theoretical chapter and three self-contained empirical studies, I study how the choice to claim means-tested benefits is affected by the social context. In Chapter 1, Considering Choices, I discuss how sociological research can benefit from taking choices into account, and I review the literature on rational choice theory to assess its relevance as a tool for considering choices in sociology. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Playing the Matching Game : An Institutional Analysis of Executive Recruitment and Selection in Software Start-ups: Silicon Valley and Stockholm

    Författare :Tiziana Sardiello; Christofer Edling; Mary Brinton; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; job-matching; executive recruitment; executive selection; entrepreneurship; start-up; software; institutionalism; institutional logics; Silicon Valley; Stockholm; Sociology; Sociologi; Sociology; sociologi;

    Sammanfattning : Software start-ups make media headlines daily, suggesting that it may take only a garage and two engineering students to begin such companies, and that these same people will constitute the core of the executive team until these organizations become multinational giants. Despite these spontaneous starts, newly formed entrepreneurial ventures have many obstacles to overcome in their resource and cultural environments when establishing their practices. LÄS MER