Université de Fribourg

Judihui oder Schweizuntergang: Mehrsprachigkeit und Vielfalt im sprachenpolitischen Diskurs

Berthele, Raphael

In: D. Thürer & R. Blindenbacher (Eds.), Embracing Differences. Wertschätzung des Andersseins. Zürich - Basel - Genève: Schulthess, pp. 27–38

Haute Ecole pédagogique Fribourg

Representations and concepts of professional ethos among Swiss religious education teacher trainers

Rota, Andrea ; Bleisch, Petra

In: British Journal of Religious Education

Over the past two decades, the organisation of religious education classes in Switzerland has undergone profound reforms. Amid the increasing secularisation and pluralisation of the religious landscape, many cantons have introduced a compulsory course that falls under the responsibility of the state and is aimed at teaching basic knowledge about a variety of religions. These reforms have enabled...

Université de Fribourg

La langue partenaire : Régimes politico-linguistiques, conceptualisations et conséquences linguistiques

Berthele, Raphael

In: Cohabitation des langues et politique linguistique. La notion de "langue partenaire".

Dans cette contribution, le concept très métaphorique de « langue partenaire » est analysé, de manière assez critique, au regard du principe de territorialité des langues et du multilinguisme institutionnel, deux régimes politico-linguistiques qui cohabitent dans la Confédération helvétique. Les enjeux d’un partenariat entre langues, au niveau des institutions mais également des...

Università della Svizzera italiana

The role of job satisfaction in transitions into self-employment

Guerra, Giuliano

As observed in many advanced economies experiencing an increase of self-employment rates since the late 1970s, a flourishing small- and medium-size enterprise sector is traditionally associated with positive economic development and growth. In the regional context, areas benefiting from an established entrepreneurial culture are in general more successful and innovative, as well as better...

Università della Svizzera italiana

The influence of role models on immigrant self-employment : a spatial analysis for Switzerland

Guerra, Giuliano ; economiche, Università della Svizzera italiana, Svizzera ; Patuelli, Roberto ; economiche, Università della Svizzera italiana, Svizzera

Theoretical and empirical research suggests a connection between the presence of role models and the emergence of entrepreneurs. Existing entrepreneurs may act as role models for self-employment candidates by providing successful examples. By explicitly considering the self- employment rates of the natives, which may influence locally the decisions of immigrants towards entrepreneurship, we...

Università della Svizzera italiana

Message effectiveness in corporate career websites : analysis of the top 30 employers in Switzerland

Zamparini, Alessandra ; scienze della comunicazione, Università della Svizzera italiana, Svizzera ; Calegari, Paola ; comunicazione, Università della Svizzera italiana, Svizzera ; Lurati, Francesco ; della comunicazione, Università della Svizzera italiana, Svizzera

This paper proposes a comprehensive tool for analyzing online recruitment messages, drawing upon dimensions of employers’ online communication effectiveness developed in the literature. A codebook is developed to analyze the content of corporate career websites, including the dimensions identified by Cober, Brown and Levy (2004), in order to evaluate employment websites. This is integrated...

Università della Svizzera italiana

Ethnic concentration, cultural identity and immigrant self-employment in Switzerland

Guerra, Giuliano ; Patuelli, Roberto ; Maggi, Rico

Immigrant self-employment rates vary considerably across regions in Switzerland. Business ownership seems to provide an alternative to wage labour, where immigrants have to face structural barriers such as the limited knowledge of the local language, or difficulties in fruitfully making use of their own human capital. Despite the historically high unemployment rates with respect to natives,...

Università della Svizzera italiana

Communicating CSR : the practice in the top 300 companies in Switzerland

Birth, Gregory ; Illia, Laura ; Lurati, Francesco ; Zamparini, Alessandra

This paper documents the empirical results of a field study conducted among top Swiss companies. The survey investigates their practices in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) communication as well as their opinions about how favorable the Swiss context is for this kind of communication. Results show CSR communication in Switzerland as a practice in evolution, still needing expertise. In this...