Wem schlägt das "goldene Helferherz"? Vom Wandel sozialen Engagements

"Ohne Engagement läuft gar nichts konstatieren die Sparkassen des Ruhrgebietes in der Werbung und treffen mit ihrem Slogan den Nagel der aktuellen gesellschaftlichen Diskussion auf den Kopf. Leicht abgewandelt können wir sagen: "Ohne freiwilliges soziales Engagement läuft gar nichts". Nicht bei der Kirche und ihren angeschlossenen Organisationen, den Verbänden der freien Wohlfahrtspflege, bei Selbsthilfegruppen, in politischen Gruppierungen, in der Nachbarschaftshilfe oder im Freundeskreis. Pessimistisch klingen aber die Prognosen: Von der "Gesellschaft der Egoisten", die ausschließlich freizeitorientiert agieren, ist die Rede und von der Jugend, die ganz im Platonschen Sinne von Generation zu Generation selbstsüchtiger zu werden scheint." [Autorenreferat

Data Harmonisation for Energy System Analysis – Example of Multi-Model Experiments Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

A variety of models have emerged in the field of energy system analysis to answer a wide range of research questions centred around a sustainable future for the energy sector. Even models designed to address similar issues often have a different focus or modelling approach. Thus, model experiments are a vital tool to provide an overview of the range of models and enable decision-makers to make meaningful model choices. Such comparisons are executed based on a harmonised data set to ensure a high degree of comparability. In the MODEX project cluster, six model experiments, including 40 energy system models, were conducted, and efforts were made to harmonise the input data within the individual comparison and beyond them in the consortium. The experiences and findings of the consortium on how data harmonisation could be performed are presented in this paper. In particular, the focus lies on data transparency to ensure a high degree of reproducibility. A key finding is that while model heterogeneity complicates harmonisation, an early focus on data research and scenario design promotes the creation of a common data set. The metadata collection can provide a significant advantage for the use of model experiment results by external scientists and the data acquisition process itself because of the predefined machine-readable and standardised format

Is it adaptive to disengage from demands of social change? Adjustment to developmental barriers in opportunity-deprived regions

This paper investigates how individuals deal with demands of social and economic change in the domains of work and family when opportunities for their mastery are unfavorable. Theoretical considerations and empirical research suggest that with unattainable goals and unmanageable demands motivational disengagement and self-protective cognitions bring about superior outcomes than continued goal striving. Building on research on developmental deadlines, this paper introduces the concept of developmental barriers to address socioeconomic conditions of severely constrained opportunities in certain geographical regions. Mixed-effects methods were used to model cross-level interactions between individual-level compensatory secondary control and regional-level opportunity structures in terms of social indicators for the economic prosperity and family friendliness. Results showed that disengagement was positively associated with general life satisfaction in regions that were economically devastated and has less than average services for families. In regions that were economically well off and family-friendly, the association was negative. Similar results were found for self-protection concerning domain-specific satisfaction with life. These findings suggest that compensatory secondary control can be an adaptive way of mastering a demand when primary control is not possible

Innerbetriebliche Vergütungspolitik im Kundenbetreuungsbereich von Banken

Innerbetriebliche Vergütungspolitik im Kundenbetreuungsbereich von Banken. - 1993. - V, 275 S. - Augsburg, Univ., Diss., 199

Innerbetriebliche Verguetungspolitik im Kundenbetreuungsbereich von Banken

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