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englischThis study focuses on corporate negotiation of business travel. Although business travel goes beyond the regulations of employed work, which indicates corporate agreement processes, these necessary agreement procedures have undergone little empirical investigation until now. This qualitative [...]

englischOf late, media coverage of anxiety and insecurity proliferating among the German population has been considerable. However, the social sciences have only recently explored these tendencies more profoundly, e.g. with respect to fears about social decline among the middle classes or [...]

englischThis dissertation presents a cross-context analysis of the conditions for success and the organisational structures of higher education from the perspective of the provider. At its core are the notions of master’s programmes as the interface between vocational and academic education and [...]

englischWhat are the effects of territorial mergers in local government? What is the impact of such reforms on administrative capacity? Do they increase efficiency and result in economies of scale and scope? Do they worsen local democracy, participation and legitimacy? These questions are crucial [...]

englischWith contributions by

Jan Müller, Michael Nerurkar, Philipp Richter, Pirmin Stekeler-Weithofer, Andreas Kaminski, Hans Poser, Jörg Zimmer, Alfred Nordmann, Jens Kertscher, Petra Gehring, Gerhard Gamm, Nicole C. Karafyllis, Armin Grunwald, Klaus Wiegerling, Peter Fischer, Andreas Luckner, [...]

englischIf companies want to attract prospective managers, they need to consider how young academics’ priorities in life have changed. What do the young elite focus on when they embark on a career after finishing their training or education? Do they want to combine advancing their careers with [...]