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Long-Term Dynamics of Voluntary Engagement: Differentiating Social Structural from Cohort and Period Effects

Prior research has suggested three explanations why levels of voluntary engagement rise and fall over time within societies. A social structural explanation considers individual resources crucial for engagement and argues that a redistribution of those resources may bring about changes in engagement. A cohort-based explanation considers socialisation and experiences in formative years as crucial for ...

Political Spillovers of Workplace Democracy in Germany

While works councils provide a highly developed mechanism to promote workplace democracy, research on their consequences has been dominated by economic aspects. This study brings a new perspective to the understanding of works councils by examining their influence on workers’ political behavior. Political spillover theory suggests that participation in the firm’s decision making has the potential to ...

The development and correlated change of narcissism and self-esteem in adulthood

The conceptual and empirical overlap of grandiose narcissism and self-esteem is part of ongoing debate. Whereas cross-sectional findings suggest a moderate correlation between both constructs, evidence on the longitudinal relationship of narcissism and self-esteem is still lacking. Using data of two longitudinal studies consisting of more than 10,000 participants in adulthood, the aim of the present ...

The scientific value of numerical measures of human feelings

Human feelings measured in integers (my happiness is an 8 out of 10, my pain 2 out of 6) have no objective scientific basis. They are “made-up” numbers on a scale that does not exist. Yet such data are extensively collected—despite criticism from, especially, economists—by governments and international organizations. We examine this paradox. We draw upon longitudinal information on the feelings and ...

Haushalt (PAPI) 2017 - Feldversion (en)

Person (PAPI) 2017 - Feldversion (en)

Haushalt (M1/M2) 2017 - Feldversion (en)

Haushalt (M1-M2) 2018 - Feldversion (en)

Personen und Biografie (M1-M2) 2018 - Feldversion (en)

Person (M1-M2) 2018 - Feldversion (en)