Balls, Barbecues and Boxing : Contesting gender regimes at organizational social events

What do the relaxed social events held by companies and organizations do for continued gender inequality? This article argues that outings, barbecues and parties offer opportunities for members of an organization to challenge unequal gender regimes. But they can also end up maintaining these inequalities instead. The article draws on Joan Acker’s theory of gendered organizations, and Judith Butler’s notion of gender performativity. Based on 208 accounts of organizations’ social events, it identifies the following four areas of gender performativity and their varying significance in reaffirming or challenging unequal gender regimes: gender images, status differences, the body and sexuality. The findings indicate that practices reaffirming unequal gender regimes outnumber practices that possibly balance or break them. Paradoxically, practices that challenge unequal gender regimes, when joined with powerful responses from the hitherto privileged party, can form a vicious circle which again ends up continuing unequal gender regimes. The article provides a more nuanced understanding of ambivalences and the contested nature of gender regimes which is important in identifying avenues for gender equality

Chromosomal Localization of the Carcinoembryonic Antigen Gene Family and Differential Expression in Various Tumors

Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) is a glycoprotein which is important as a tumor marker for a number of human cancers. It is a member of a gene family comprising about 10 closely related genes. In order to characterize mUNAs transcribed from individual genes we have identified by DNA and RNA hybridization experiments, gene-specific sequences from the 3 ' noncoding regions of CEA, and of nonspecific cross-reacting antigen (NCA) mRNAs, which have been recently cloned. With these probes, CEA mRNAs with lengths of 3.5 and 3.0 kilobases and an NCA mRNA species of 2.5 kilobases were identified in various human tumors. A 2.2-kilobase mRNA species, however, could only be detected in leu kocytes of patients with chronic myeloid leukemia by hybridization with a probe from the immunoglobulin-like repeat domain of CEA. This region is known to be very similar among the various members of the CEA gene family, and indeed the probe hybridizes with all four mRNA species. In situ hybridization with a cross-hybridizing probe from the NCA gene localized the members of the CEA gene family to the short and to the long arm of chromosome 19. In addition, a CEA cDNA probe was found to hybridize to the long arm of chromosome 19 only

Diversity und Diversity Management in Berliner Unternehmen: im Fokus: Personen mit Migrationshintergrund ; Ergebnisse einer quantitativen und qualitativen empirischen Studie

"Das vorliegende Buch befasst sich mit der betrieblichen Integration von Personen mit Migrationshintergrund. Im Zentrum stehen die Ergebnisse einer telefonischen Befragung von Personalverantwortlichen in 500 Berliner Unternehmen sowie von 40 darauf aufbauenden Tiefen-Interviews mit verschiedenen betrieblichen Akteuren aus sechs Unternehmen, die zu Fallstudien verdichtet wurden. Damit wird aus Diversity-Perspektive beleuchtet, inwieweit sich die Vielfalt auf dem Berliner Arbeitsmarkt in der Personalstruktur der Unternehmen widerspiegelt und welcher personalpolitische Umgang damit verbunden ist. Auf der Basis der empirischen Befunde sowie weiterer Konzepte zur Förderung von Chancengleichheit werden zudem Ansatzpunkte für das Personalmanagement aufgezeigt: Durch eine entsprechende Organisationsanalyse kann der Handlungsbedarf ermittelt werden. Gezielte Maßnahmen können dann darauf hinwirken, dass die Vielfalt im Unternehmen erhöht wird, Personen mit Migrationshintergrund besser integriert und die Potenziale der Vielfalt genutzt werden." (Autorenreferat

Specialized Literacy Professionals as Literacy Leaders: Results of a National Survey

This large-scale national survey of specialized literacy professionals was designed to answer questions about responsibilities, including leadership, and preparation for these roles. Questionnaires, completed by over 2,500 respondents, indicated that respondents had multiple responsibilities that included both instruction of struggling readers and support for teachers. Four distinct role-groups were identified: instructional/literacy coaches, reading/literacy specialists, reading teachers/interventionists, and supervisors. The findings indicated a need for more precise definitions of the roles of these professionals and for preparation programs to include experiences that address the tasks required. Themes discussed included: roles have changed and require more focus on leadership, specialists must be nimble, and they require more in-depth preparation to handle the leadership demands of their positions

Motor, cognitive and mobility deficits in 1000 geriatric patients : protocol of a quantitative observational study before and after routine clinical geriatric treatment – the ComOn-study

© The Author(s). 2020 Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.Background: Motor and cognitive deficits and consequently mobility problems are common in geriatric patients. The currently available methods for diagnosis and for the evaluation of treatment in this vulnerable cohort are limited. The aims of the ComOn (COgnitive and Motor interactions in the Older populatioN) study are (i) to define quantitative markers with clinical relevance for motor and cognitive deficits, (ii) to investigate the interaction between both motor and cognitive deficits and (iii) to assess health status as well as treatment outcome of 1000 geriatric inpatients in hospitals of Kiel (Germany), Brescia (Italy), Porto (Portugal), Curitiba (Brazil) and Bochum (Germany). Methods: This is a prospective, explorative observational multi-center study. In addition to the comprehensive geriatric assessment, quantitative measures of reduced mobility and motor and cognitive deficits are performed before and after a two week's inpatient stay. Components of the assessment are mobile technology-based assessments of gait, balance and transfer performance, neuropsychological tests, frailty, sarcopenia, autonomic dysfunction and sensation, and questionnaires to assess behavioral deficits, activities of daily living, quality of life, fear of falling and dysphagia. Structural MRI and an unsupervised 24/7 home assessment of mobility are performed in a subgroup of participants. The study will also investigate the minimal clinically relevant change of the investigated parameters. Discussion: This study will help form a better understanding of symptoms and their complex interactions and treatment effects in a large geriatric cohort.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Differenzielles Personalmanagement

Becker FG. Differenzielles Personalmanagement. In: Ortlieb R, Sieben B, eds. Geschenkt wird einer nichts – oder doch? Festschrift für Gertraude Krell. Programmatisches – Personalpolitik – Gender – Diversity – Diskursive Anknüpfungen. München, Mering: Hampp; 2012: 19-24

Strategische Bindung der Ressourcen von Fach- und Fuehrungskraeften. Beurteilung und Umsetzung in Unternehmen (Strategies to Retain Resources of Specialists and Executives. Managerial Assessments and Implementation)

In diesem Beitrag wird analysiert, welche Strategien zur Bindung der Ressourcen von Fach- und Fuehrungskraeften, d.h. ihrer fuer den Unternehmenserfolg bedeutsamen Kompetenzen, in Unternehmen als geeignet beurteilt und welche tatsaechlich umgesetzt werden. Auf der Basis der Ressourcenabhaengigkeitstheorie von Pfeffer und Salancik und von Etzionis Ansatz der Compliance-Beziehungen entwickeln wir eine Typologie bestehend aus fuenf Bindungsstrategien, mit denen der Zufluss und der Erhalt kritischer Ressourcen gesichert werden koennen. Die Ergebnisse einer Clusteranalyse auf der Basis der Befragung von 159 Personalmanagern der hoechsten Leitungsebene in deutschen Unternehmen unterstuetzen unsere theoretischen Ueberlegungen zu dieser Typologie. Zugleich zeigt sich eine Diskrepanz zwischen der Beurteilung von Bindungsstrategien und deren Umsetzung, die wir nicht vollstaendig erklaeren koennen. Wir diskutieren Implikationen fuer die Personalpraxis und -forschung. Der Beitrag zur Forschung liegt insbesondere im Fokus auf die organisationale Ebene sowie in der Anwendung der Ressourcenabhaengigkeitstheorie, mit der wir den Blick fuer die Verknuepfung von Personalbindung, Personalgewinnung und Wissensmanagement als komplementaere Praktiken der Ressourcenbindung oeffnen. (In this study, we analyze which strategies HR managers regard as appropriate to retain specialists’ and executives’ resources, i.e. their strategically relevant competences, and which strategies HR managers actually use. On the basis of compliance theory and resource dependence theory we develop a taxonomy of five retention strategies that are apt to secure the accrual and retention of critical resources. The results of a cluster analysis based on data from interviews with top HR managers of 159 German companies support our theoretical considerations. At the same time, they reveal a large gap between the assessment of the appropriateness of retention strategies and their implementation, that we cannot explain completely. We discuss implications for managerial practice and research. Our contribution to HR research stems in particular from our focus on the organizational level of company retention practices and by applying resource dependence theory to explain a company’s choice of retention strategies. This perspective highlights the close relationship between employee retention, recruitment and knowledge management as complementary strategies to retain resources.)retention management, resource dependence theory, cluster analysis

Associations between multiple accelerometry-assessed physical activity parameters and selected health outcomes in elderly people--results from the KORA-age study.

INTRODUCTION: Accelerometry is an important method for extending our knowledge about intensity, duration, frequency and patterns of physical activity needed to promote health. This study has used accelerometry to detect associations between intensity levels and related activity patterns with multimorbidity and disability. Moreover, the proportion of people meeting the physical activity recommendations for older people was assessed. METHODS: Physical activity was measured in 168 subjects (78 males; 65-89 years of age), using triaxial GT3X accelerometers for ten consecutive days. The associations between physical activity parameters and multimorbidity or disability was examined using multiple logistic regression models, which were adjusted for gender, age, education, smoking, alcohol consumption, lung function, nutrition and multimorbidity or disability. RESULTS: 35.7% of the participants met the physical activity recommendations of at least 150 minutes of moderate to vigorous activity per week. Only 11.9% reached these 150 minutes, when only bouts of at least 10 minutes were counted. Differences in moderate to vigorous activity between people with and without multimorbidity or disability were more obvious when shorter bouts instead of only longer bouts were included. Univariate analyses showed an inverse relationship between physical activity and multimorbidity or disability for light and moderate to vigorous physical activity. A higher proportion of long activity bouts spent sedentarily was associated with higher risk for multimorbidity, whereas a high proportion of long bouts in light activity seemed to prevent disability. After adjustment for covariates, there were no significant associations, anymore. CONCLUSIONS: The accumulated time in moderate to vigorous physical activity seems to have a stronger relationship with health and functioning when shorter activity bouts and not only longer bouts were counted. We could not detect an association of the intensity levels or activity patterns with multimorbidity or disability in elderly people after adjustment for covariates