We examine three hypotheses at the foundation of theories concerned with the organization of social space and social solidarity in differentiated groups. The most important of these hypotheses is that interpersonal ties between actors in different positions of a social structure foster social solidarity; however, the theories are silent on the question of whether this effect of interpersonal ti...

the present research has been conducted to study job satisfaction of students and the factors affecting it. method of this research is survey-based and data collection technique was questionnaire. reliability of the questionnaires was also confirmed with cronbach's alpha method. statistical population of the research includes all students studying in sciences and research branch. the stati...

investigating and ranking the stressor factors on employees’ job performance in urmia university of medical sciences staff heidarisani m , vahedi m , rahimi gh , rahimi b * received: 25 aug , 2013 accepted: 28 oct , 2013 abstract background & aims: stress and its effect is a significant problem in all organizations therefore employees and even human are living with it in recent decade. the purp...

this paper aims to study the relationship between social capital and culture of citizenship as key elements of social sciences.  in the recent decades, the variables such as social cooperation, solidarity, trust and awareness have been discussed by sociologists as the fundamental factors of social capital and the values and norms of citizenship. thus, the current research aims at specifying the...

The Occupy Wall Street movement is a reflection of the American people's sentiments against a growth model which over-rewards the top 1 per cent and 2 under-rewards the remaining 99 per cent. The inequality in Singapore, as measured by the Gini coefficient, is even greater than that in America. Too great a gap between rich and poor undermines solidarity and social cohesion. It poses a threat to...