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Anthropology
Sandra Stark, Daniel Peter, Andreas Tutic
Summary: The study investigates the evolution of cooperation in the Volunteer's Dilemma using the stochastic Moran process on dynamic graphs, which models a birth-death dynamic on structured finite populations. The results suggest that a high degree of homophily is required for the evolution of cooperation in the Volunteer's Dilemma, while other parameters have relatively small effects on the fixation of cooperation in the population.
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Anthropology
Ana Bravo, Robert W. Krause, Rosario Ortega-Ruiz, Eva M. Romera
Summary: Longitudinal multivariate social network analysis of 3692 adolescents in 136 classrooms revealed that adolescents perceive their friends as popular but do not choose popular peers as friends. Adolescents align their perceptions of popularity with their friends. Those who receive many popularity nominations gain more popularity but not more friendship. Friends of peers seen as popular are more likely to be seen as popular.
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Anthropology
David Bright, Jurgen Lerner, Giovanni Radhitio Putra Sadewo, Chad Whelan
Summary: This paper discusses the dynamics of co-offending and its relationship with crime categories. The research findings show that compared to solo offenders, groups of co-offenders are more likely to engage in crime events involving multiple crime categories. Additionally, there is evidence of differential association and social learning in market and property crime within the context of co-offending.
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Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism
Xing'an Xu, Juan Liu
Summary: This research proposes a proactive strategy to mitigate unfavorable consequences after service failures by offering discounts through promotional games before failures. Results show that winning discounts through promotional games induces higher perceived luck, recovery expectancy, and customer forgiveness. Additionally, the framing of winning results as non-losses is more effective in crowded environments, while both framing types yield similar results in non-crowded environments. These findings contribute new knowledge to the under-researched area of proactive service recovery and expand the literature on luck and promotional games in the tourism service recovery field.
ANNALS OF TOURISM RESEARCH
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Sociology
Fei Liu, Jun Xiang, Jiali Yuan, Wenhong Zhang
Summary: This research examines the influence of intra-couple comparisons and social comparisons with individuals of the same gender on couples' respective class identities. The findings suggest that the relative social status of the husbands, compared to other married men in society, plays a crucial role in shaping couples' class identities.
RESEARCH IN SOCIAL STRATIFICATION AND MOBILITY
(2024)
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Sociology
Georg Kanitsar, Katharina Pfaff
Summary: Past research has shown that attitudes towards gay athletes have improved and support for homosexuality has increased, yet a homophobic climate persists in amateur and professional football. This study conducted an online survey and found that anti-gay attitudes are rare in the football community. However, the study also discovered that there is a prevalent phenomenon of pluralistic ignorance, where people overestimate the anti-gay attitudes of others despite their own positive attitudes.
SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH
(2024)
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Anthropology
Christian S. Schmid, David R. Hunter
Summary: This paper discusses alternative estimation methods for approximating maximum likelihood estimates (MLEs), specifically focusing on the maximum pseudo-likelihood estimator (MPLE) as a starting point. The authors exploit the fact that the MPLE fails to satisfy the likelihood principle, leading to different MPLEs for different networks with the same sufficient statistics. The proposed method has shown its merit in producing an MLE for network datasets and models that were difficult to estimate using other known methods.
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Sociology
Kamran Rabiei
Summary: The present article discusses the contributions of Al-Wardi in studying Iraqi society and understanding Arab society. He is considered as one of the pioneering secular intellectuals in Iraq and an influential social thinker in the Arab world. Al-Wardi developed a non-Marxist conflict sociology that draws inspiration from Ibn Khaldun's works. Through his research and writings on the main issues of his society, Al-Wardi sparked debates and controversies among the public and intellectuals. He demonstrated the persistence and transformation of Bedouin culture in modern Iraqi urban and rural societies, considering it as the foundation of Arab culture. However, Al-Wardi's academic pursuits were hindered by political repression and censorship in the Baathist regime, preventing him from establishing a school of thought in Iraq. This article explores this issue as the tragedy of discontinuity in Middle East sociology. Al-Wardi's ultimate goal was to promote sociology at the national level and contribute to the development of Arab sociology, although its realization and feasibility remain uncertain.
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Sociology
Nick Petersen, Yader R. Lanuza, Marisa Omori
Summary: This article explores the stratification of punishment based on skin color and proposes indirect mechanisms. The study finds that colorism in punishment, especially for Hispanics, operates through a cumulative process and is institutionalized in the criminal justice system.
SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH
(2024)
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Sociology
Jonas Wiedner
Summary: This paper examines the impact of educational expansion on the demand for qualified labor, using a self-assessed over- and underqualification approach. The study finds evidence of overexpansion in the United Kingdom and signs of underexpansion in West Germany. The results also indicate that mismatch dynamics are strongest for workers without university degrees in both contexts.
SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH
(2024)
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Sociology
John P. Bumpus, Angel L. Harris, Scott M. Lynch
Summary: This study examines the relationship between school academic culture and college enrollment. It finds that variation in school academic culture is associated with declines in enrollment, suggesting that exposure to conflicting cultural models can affect students' decision-making.
SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH
(2024)
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Anthropology
Thijmen Jeroense, Niels Spierings, Jochem Tolsma
Summary: People are more likely to interact with others who are similar to them in terms of socio-demographics and values. The loss of ties with dissimilar individuals may contribute to network homogeneity. However, there is limited research on the relationship between similarity and tie loss. This study addresses this gap by investigating the core discussion network of Dutch citizens and examining how ties are embedded in the network.
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Anthropology
Francesco Renzini, Federico Bianchi, Flaminio Squazzoni
Summary: The study aims to extend previous research on advice-seeking across organizational boundaries through an agent-based model. By utilizing more realistic assumptions and fitting the simulated network to existing data, the findings demonstrate the advantage of exploring multiple generative paths in analyzing network formation.
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Anthropology
Petro Tolochko, Hajo G. Boomgaarden
Summary: The Exponential Random Graph family of models (ERGM) is a powerful tool for simultaneous modeling of endogenous network characteristics and exogenous variables. This paper examines two methods for estimating multiple networks, hierarchical and integrated, and evaluates their accuracy and advantages. Recommendations are provided for future researchers on how to proceed with multiple network analysis. This research highlights the importance of analyzing multiple networks to gain a comprehensive understanding of social phenomena.
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Anthropology
Timothee Chabot
Summary: Homophily does not always imply homophilic selection, especially in terms of socioeconomic homophily. This study examines the contribution of different relational processes to the emergence of socioeconomic homophily among French middle-school students.
Review
Sociology
Shekinah Hoffman
Summary: Sexual harassment of women in the casino gaming industry is widespread and accepted as the norm, but research in this area is lacking. This article argues that the casino gaming industry is an appropriate research setting to study the adverse health outcomes and inequalities resulting from workplace sexual harassment. The industry exhibits two key organizational characteristics: a historically male-dominated and overtly sexualized culture, and a highly diverse workforce consisting largely of immigrants and minorities. Studying sexual harassment in this industry can provide insights into the targets of harassment, the various forms it takes based on gender, race, and class, and the resulting negative health and job-related outcomes for different individuals.
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Anthropology
Laura Forastiere, Davide Del Prete, Valerio Leone Sciabolazza
Summary: Investigated policy evaluation methods under interference, provided a generalized propensity score-based estimator to estimate direct and spillover effects of continuous treatment, considering asymmetric network connections with varying intensities.
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Anthropology
Ruiqi Li, Jing Liang, Cheng Cheng, Xiaoyan Zhang, Longfeng Zhao, Chen Zhao, H. Eugene Stanley
Summary: Venture capital is a rapidly growing industry in China, but it still faces uncertainties. This paper highlights the importance of building a strong social network among VC institutions to mitigate risks and improve financial performance. By analyzing temporal syndication networks based on VC investment records, the study shows that higher networked VC institutions tend to have better financial performance. The use of k-shell decomposition as an evaluation measure reveals distinct groups of VC institutions in China with different financial performance and investment behaviors.
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Anthropology
Emmanuel Kyeremeh, Markus H. Schafer
Summary: Previous studies have shown that difficult individuals are present in personal networks and have an impact on them, but little is known about the turnover, retention, and quality change of such difficult ties. This study addresses this gap by examining two forms of network change and identifying associated factors. The findings reveal that over time, some difficult ties reappear as sources of aggravation, some are removed from the network, and others can no longer be verified as problematic members. Exchanging support and kinship play significant roles in these processes, along with personal characteristics such as gender, income, and relocation.
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Anthropology
Theresa M. Floyd, Alexandra Gerbasi, Giuseppe (Joe) Labianca
Summary: This study explores the impact of supervisor-employee political relationship and workplace network on dismissal decisions. The findings suggest that the political concerns of supervisors, along with their network circumstances, influence whether an employee is terminated. The study contributes to understanding involuntary turnover beyond performance considerations by highlighting the role of social networks and organizational politics.
