Cognitive Dissonance in Online Shopping in an Emerging E-tailing Market

Author(s): Haritha S.,Bijuna C Mohan / Language(s): English Issue: 3/2022

The paper investigates cognitive dissonance in the context of online shopping of electronic products. The study attempts to analyze the influence of product involvement and perceived risks on cognitive dissonance. To the best of the authors' knowledge, this is one of the first studies to assess the impact of perceived risks on cognitive dissonance in the online purchase of electronic products in an emerging and thriving market like India. This study contributes significantly in understanding online buying behavior in electronics product category which is currently growing exponentially due to the pandemic. The study further analyzes the impact of cognitive dissonance on satisfaction. It also attempts to address the impact of satisfaction on repurchase intention and Electronic Word of Mouth (EWOM). The study analyzed the reaction of 716 respondents to a structured self-administered questionnaire. Data were analyzed using Partial Least Squares-Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM).The study reveals that cognitive dissonance significantly impacts satisfaction and satisfaction largely impacts repurchase intention and EWOM. The study further shows that product involvement influences cognitive dissonance. On the other hand, perceived risks did not have a significant relationship with cognitive dissonance.

Приложение на регресионния анализ за определяне факторите, влияещи на трудовата реализация на хората с увреждания в България

Author(s): Svetlana Angelova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2022

The article deals with an extremely important and difficult to solve problem related to the identification of the factors that influence the level of employment of people with disabilities on the labor market in Bulgaria. To solve this task, the regression analysis method was chosen and a regression model including a complex of factors affecting the unemployment level of the specified target group was developed on the basis of official statistical information. The regression model has been solved and the factors having the strongest impact on the employment of people with disabilities have been determined. On this basis, justified recommendations and proposals for the introduction of policies and measures to increase the employment rate of this target group have been made.

Główne determinanty migracji zarobkowych Polaków do państw Unii Europejskiej po 2004 roku i ich następstwa

Author(s): Andrzej Wojtaszak / Language(s): Polish Issue: 54/2022

Poland’s accession to the EU in 2004 allowed for free movement citizens and labor migrations. From the beginning of our membership in the EU, labor markets was opened by: Sweden, Ireland, Great Britain, and in 2006: Finland, Greece, Spain, Portugal as well as Italy and the Netherlands. The other member states waited for Poland’s accession to the Schengen Agreement (December 21, 2007). From March 30, 2008, Poles, without personal checks at internal borders, they may cross the borders of the Community. Since 2011, all restrictions for Poles on the labor market in EU countries have been abolished. Poles’ economic migration in the second decade of the 21st century is short-term or long-term (this also applies to residents), the first of them amounted to over 2 million citizens annually. Besides material benefits for migrants, there are also consequences negative, related to the separation of families or limitation of control over the upbringing of the young generations and caring for seniors.

PSIHOTERAPIJA SA DECOM NAKON PANDEMIJE

Author(s): Aleksandra Radević / Language(s): Serbian Issue: 9/2022

The aim of this article is to present a theoretical and practical approach to working with children in the post pandemic period. The theoretical approach of this article is Polyphonic Development of Domains and phenomena of fluid society. In article is presented my experience in working with children in USA and phenomena that appeared in contact with them and parents. I also had opportunity to witness effects of pandemic and raise some questions about the future of development. Pandemic experience has constricted contact functions and possibly affected development of I-You relationship. Therapeutic contact has made transformation and switched from physical space to virtual space. In this change some new challenges have been brought to the field of working with children. The question is, how can we develop online playing?

Editörden: Ukrayna Savaşı ve Büyük Kriz

Author(s): / Language(s): Turkish Issue: 2/2022

Unfortunately, instead of celebrating the end of the pandemic, 2022 have brought probably the largest refugee crisis we have faced since the 2nd World War. Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine began in February, some 7 million Ukrainians have taken to the roads and sought refuge in neighbouring countries. At the same time, we have seen a large segment of the population displaced within the country during the invasion, which affected especially the northern and eastern regions of the country.

Göç Dergisi Mülteciler Günü Özel Sayısı

Author(s): / Language(s): Turkish Issue: 3/2022

Türkiye, coğrafi konumu sebebiyle, tarih boyunca göç hareketleriyle karşı karşıya kalmış bir ülkedir. Son yıllarda artan göç ve özellikle de 2011 sonrası, Suriye’den gelen göçle beraber, gerek göçmen sayısı gerekse göç üzerine yürütülen çalışmaların sayısı hızla artmıştır. Birleşmiş Milletler Genel Kurulu’nun göç ve sığınma hareketleri konusunda farkındalığın artmasını amaçlayarak 2001 tarihinden itibaren 20 Haziran’ı Dünya Mülteciler Günü olarak benimsemiştir. Türkiye de, bu karar çerçevesinde, mültecilerin hakları konusunda farkındalık oluşturmak amacıyla 20 Haziran’da Dünya Mülteciler Günü’nü çeşitli etkinliklerle kutlamaktadır.

От съставителите – Миграцията към селото. Социокултурни измерения и изследователски перспективи

Author(s): Desislava Pileva,Violeta Periklieva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2022

Mixed opinions: public attitudes towards the welfare state in Poland

Author(s): Gavin Rae,Katarzyna Piotrowska / Language(s): English Issue: 4/2022

This paper examines public opinion in Poland towards welfare policies and structures. We start by outlining the main research into welfare state models, in particular drawing on the welfare state typologies of Esping-Andersen. We then outline the existing contradictory research that exists on whether a distinct welfare state model is identifiable in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), including Poland. We use this as a context to analyse the opinions of Poles towards the welfare state. Our research uses original quantitative data garnered from a survey carried out on a representative sample in Poland. There is particular strong support for aspects of the social democratic welfare state model within Polish society. Furthermore, large sections of Polish society remain supportive of some of the welfare structures that were existent during Communism. Concurrently, there is significant support for a liberal welfare state model within the most privileged sections of society. The analysis therefore finds that the opinions of Polish society are mixed, which to some degree reflects the hybrid nature of its welfare state.

Perspektywa poznawcza w badaniach ruchów społecznych: przypadek ruchów na rzecz sprawiedliwości klimatycznej

Author(s): Przemysław Pluciński / Language(s): Polish Issue: 4/2022

Mitigating and adapting to climate change are two critical civilizational challenges nowadays, and many social actors are facing them. The paper’s objective is to analyse the phenomenon of Polish climate justice social movements through the use of the ‘cognitive approach’, introduced and developed by Ron Eyerman and Andrew Jamison. The article addresses two main issues. First, it attempts to reconstruct a conceptual-methodological framework for research on environmental activism. Second, it presents a preliminary presentation of the cognitive universes and practices of Polish climate justice movements based on the findings from desk research and an empirical investigation based on 30 in-depth interviews conducted in three Polish cities (Poznań, Wrocław, Warszawa). The article also addresses research gaps while pointing out the need for greater involvement of the social sciences in climate change mitigation measures, including opening up academia to bottom-up perspectives. 

David M. Farrell, Jane Suiter, Reimagining Democracy: Lessons in Deliberative Democracy from the Irish Front Line. Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 2019

Author(s): Joanna Podgórska-Rykała / Language(s): English Issue: 4/2022

БРАТЯ МИЛАДИНОВИ И ЗВЕЗДАТА НА ЕПИСКОП ЩРОСМАЙЕР

Author(s): Plamen Bochkov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 21/2022

The article recalls lesser-known facts from the relations between the Croatian bishop Josip Strossmayer and the brothers Konstantin and Dimitar Miladinovi in the period around the publication of the collection of folk songs from 1860. The bishop is among the main supporters of the idea of Bulgarian liberation a collection with the conviction that it helps the spiritual uplift of a glorious people in the past. The work of Bishop Strossmayer is an example of political courage and cultural foresight, and he emerged as a recognized leader of Slavic unity in the long service of his spiritual fast.

ОБРАЗЪТ НА БЪЛГАРСКИТЕ СВЕТЦИ В ПРАВОСЛАВНАТА АГИОГРАФИЯ (ИКОНОПИС)

Author(s): Dimitar Dobrevski,Russana Goleva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 21/2022

“We walk on a land soaked in martyr’s blood, in the footsteps of saints we know little about ...” As an ancient Christian people, we Bulgarians honor saints, monks and martyrs in their universal integrity. This spiritual pantheon includes ancient prophets, apostles and fathers, bright and familiar to all sacred names of the rank of Archdeacon Stephen, George the Victorious, Dimitar of Thessaloniki, Nicholas of Myra and hundreds of notable figures in human Christian history. The moment when Bulgaria joined the large family of Orthodox countries is indisputable but in fact, it was long before the christening of the Bulgarians by St. Prince Boris that many Bulgarian Orthodox saints shone in people’s memory and gratitude. For this good reason, the Bulgarian Orthodox Church has established a separate holiday – “Sunday of All Bulgarian Saints”, celebrated on the second Sunday after Pentecost. Unfortunately, the pantheon of our saints is still lacking a number of names, some of which were present centuries ago. Notably, there can be no doubt that this topic has not only “purely” ecclesiastical, but also its cultural and social dimensions.

СВЕТИ МИНА И ВЪЛЦИТЕ В ЕДНА НЕОБИЧАЙНА ИКОНОГРАФСКА КОМПОЗИЦИЯ ОТ ГЕРМАНСКИЯ МАНАСТИР

Author(s): Vladislava Spasova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 21/2022

The object of the present study is an unusual iconographic composition from the German Monastery, exhibited today in the exposition of the Sofia Museum, combining the figures of our famous saints warriors St. George and St. Mina, presented at first glance in his role as savior of a girl (princess), to which St. Mina hands over keys, and two wolf dogs are tied to the stirrup of his left leg. This is a very rare theme in the iconography of the holy martyr, brought by the folk cult of St. Mina, known among all Balkan nations for his mythical rule over wolves, and the icon was commissioned because of the prayed miracle St. Mina performed for the shepherds.

ВИЗУАЛИЗАЦИИ НА ФОЛКЛОРНИ ТЕКСТОВЕ В ТВОРЧЕСТВОТО НА НИКОЛА КОЖУХАРОВ (1892–1971) В КОНТЕКСТА НА БЪЛГАРСКОТО ИЗКУСТВО ОТ 20-ТЕ ГОДИНИ НА ХХ В.

Author(s): Daniela Petrova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 21/2022

After the end of the World War I, Bulgarian artists turned their attention to the folklore tradition and the Orthodox faith in order to culminate in a process that began about ten years earlier by authors such as Haralampi Tachev and Stefan Badzhov. At the forefront is the search for the native and its contemporary reading. This long journey in Bulgarian fine art began with the late Art Nouveau aesthetics and the rediscovery of medieval Bulgarian ornamentation from frescoes or handwritten illuminations and reached its most significant moment in the Bulgarian artist’s view of the folklore text, tradition, folk faith. The newly established in 1919 society “Rodno izkustvo (native art)” provides a haven for many different creative personalities, but all united 147 by the main motive for the search for the “native”. The main figure in the “Rodno izkustvo” movement is Nikola Kozhuharov (1892–1971), who soon returned from studying in Paris, taking an active part in the artistic life in Bulgaria. His early work is related to the aesthetics of symbolism – very late, but popular among Bulgarian artists. Gradually, Kozhuharov’s experiments with the universal symbolist narrative took on a characteristically Bulgarian appearance. The nymphs in his paintings turn into samodivi and zmeitsi, the women, unnamed by nationality and universal in aesthetic characteristics, wear Bulgarian folk costumes. Among his plots, there are titles such as: “Samodiva rides a grey deer”, “Zmeyove and zmeitsi are stealing Radka”, “Sun steals a beautiful Grozdanka” etc. The choice of titles for the author is not accidental. Upon closer examination, behind these names the outlines of specific folklore texts are clearly visible. Such a study of the text and its close connection with the pictorial image is most clearly observed in the work of Kozhuharov, which clearly speaks of his interest in folklore and the derivation of the image with the characteristics of the “native”. The modern of its time reading of the authentic Bulgarian folklore, although a topic of many art studies, poorly concretizes the role of the text, which is the basis for the creation of a visual image. In my article, I will try to textually read Kozhuharov’s paintings based on the texts of folk songs and legends, I will compare the characteristics of the textual and visual image and I will try to find the border between the creative imagination and the concreteness of the word.

ПРОЛЕТНИТЕ ПРАЗНИЧНИ ОБИЧАИ ОД СЕЛО ИСТИБАЊА, ВИНИЧКО

Author(s): Alexander Dimitrijevski / Language(s): Macedonian Issue: 21/2022

Only a fragment from the complex and vast Macedonian music folklore will be presented in this paper thru the example of the village of Istibanja, Vinica region in which very strong bond with the tradition and active performance of the customs during one year still exists. The focus of the paper will be on the customs of the spring cycle in which intermingling of the spiritual and profane segments shows unique example of amalgam between pagan, orthodox Christian and local traditional beliefs and customs. Special attention will be dedicated to the meaning of the music segment from the festivities and during the performance of the customs.

THE PERSONAL NAMES OF THE BULGARIANS FROM THE VILLAGE OF LIPNITSA, KYUSTENDZHA1 COUNTY, ACCORDING TO THE ARCHIVAL DOCUMENTS, CREATED IN CONNECTION WITH THE TREATY OF CRAIOVA (1940)

Author(s): Snezhanka Gencheva / Language(s): English Issue: 21/2022

Статията анализира личните имена на 1 417 българи от севернодобруджанското село Липница, както са вписани в опис-декларации от 1940 г. – по групи, честота на употреба и като източник на допълнителна информация за етно-демографските процеси в Добруджа и България.

ЕДИН ВАЖЕН ДОКУМЕНТ, КАСАЕЩ СЪЗДАВАНЕТО НА НАУЧНАТА ДИСЦИПЛИНА „ТРАКОЛОГИЯ“ И РАЗВИТИЕТО НА АРХЕОЛОГИЯТА В БЪЛГАРИЯ

Author(s): Dennis Isaev / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 21/2022

On July 8, 1970, a meeting of the Council of Ministers was convened by Todor Zhivkov to discuss issues related to the discovery and preservation of valuable archaeological finds in Bulgaria. The center of discussion is the method of discovering the then discovered tombs in Pliska. At the beginning of the meeting, it was noted that the archeological excavations conducted in Bulgaria are at a very low scientific level. Lyudmila Zhivkova shares the opinion that the excavations should be carried out in a complex way and should involve scientists from different fields – historians, ethnographers, numismatists, anthropologists, physicists, chemists, epigraphists, art critics, architects and others. Several key and current proposals are being discussed: To make historical approach of the archeology; To appoint a historian who thinks and sees things historically as director of the Archaeological Institute; To create a complex commission to make a scientifically based plan for the excavations; To consult with foreign scientists who have more experience; To end the practice of standing excavated materials in drawers. Regarding speculation in archeology, it is said that after September 9, the thesis was accepted that everything should be related to the Slavs and Russia. In addition, from there another thesis is created that those 326 who dealt with the origin of Ancient Bulgaria were in the wrong position. Regarding antiquity, it is discussed that we are the only classical country in the world of Thracian culture. The problem, however, is that Thracian culture stands in the chests. According to this document, the Serbs want to prove that there was no culture in the Bulgarian lands in order to prove one day that they were and are a hegemon. On the other hand, there is a case in a Romanian museum, where Bulgarian pottery is defined as Byzantine. The issue of holding a congress on thracology with the center in Sofia was also discussed, as well as the establishment of an independent department at the Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” mainly for studying the history and material culture of the ancient population of the Bulgarian lands. The document clearly shows the need for systematic research. They are supported by an overall vision, a concept for the research, conservation, socialization and transformation of historical finds and phenomena into a cultural and creative process for modern society.

МУЗЕЈСКАТА ПОСТАВКА ВО МУЗЕЈ ТЕРАКОТА – ВИНИЦА

Author(s): Blagitsa Stojanova,Magdalena Manaskova / Language(s): Macedonian Issue: 21/2022

The Archaeological and Historical Museum Terracotta is a local museum institution opened to the public in 2006. In the modern culture, the term museum has more meanings, gradually surpassing its original experience as a kind of sanctuary and becoming part of a market industry that is defined as a post-museum. This is how the Terracotta Museum can be defined, as a post-museum with clearly defined agendas, a different approach to visitors and intensively involved in other areas of social living. The permanent museum exhibition presents over 300 important archeological objects from several archeological sites located on the territory of the municipality of Vinica. As the name of the museum suggests, the emphasis is on the presentation of the terracotta “icons” from the archeological site Vinićko Kale, but visitors have the opportunity in chronological order to get acquainted with the cultures and civilizations that left a mark on the territory of the municipality of Vinica in the time period of 5000 B.C., until the XII century. In addition, a small part of the permanent exhibition is singled out, as an illustration of the rich material culture presented at the museum.

ЕРМИНИЯ НА ХРИСТО ЙОВЕВИЧ ОТ САМОКОВ

Author(s): Rositsa Manova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 21/2022

Managed to be preserved for centuries, the iconic painting of Bulgaria intrigues and involves connoisseurs and researchers of Bulgarian art in reflections related to the work of the old masters. The technique of ancient images is studied with the help of ancient treatises and erimines, affecting all technological issues and methods used by artists, creators of Bulgarian art. The knowledge gained from them, together with modern research on authentic monuments, makes it possible to determine with great accuracy the nature of iconic works and the technology of their creation. Among the sources from the era of Christianity, which are the most complete and of the greatest interest to European researchers, today ranks the hermione of Hristo Yovevich stored in IM – Samokov.

ИЛЮСТРАЦИИ

Author(s): Author Not Specified / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 21/2022