@phdthesis{Borković2010, author = {Borković, Vladimir}, title = {Evaluation kommunaler Sportprojekte zur sozialen Integration von Heranwachsenden}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam}, address = {Potsdam}, isbn = {978-3-86956-051-9}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-48186}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {372}, year = {2010}, abstract = {Gegenstand der Studie ist die Evaluation eines kommunalen Sportprojekts. Die Forschungsarbeit entstand aus der wachsenden Erkenntnis heraus, dass es nicht mehr nur um die Entwicklung und Durchf{\"u}hrung kommunaler oder sozialer Projekte geht, sondern zunehmend darauf ankommt, die Projektarbeit zu evaluieren, um ihren Einfluss auf die kommunale, soziale und personale Entwicklung zu pr{\"u}fen und in der Folge die Implementierung zu optimieren. Die unterschiedlichen Schritte in der Definition des theoretischen Rahmens, der Datenanalyse sowie der Erarbeitung der evaluativen Empfehlungen wurden unternommen mit dem Anspruch auf Modellcharakter, um f{\"u}r zuk{\"u}nftige Evaluationsvorhaben entsprechende Standards zu setzen. Die Grundidee des kommunalen Sportprojekts „Straßenfußball f{\"u}r Toleranz" ist innovativ: M{\"a}dchen und Jungen erobern durch gemeinsames Fußballspielen den {\"o}ffentlichen Raum. Sie spielen ohne Schiedsrichter und nach speziellen Regeln. Das Projekt richtet sich ausdr{\"u}cklich an sozial benachteiligte Jugendliche und bezieht gleichermaßen Jungen wie M{\"a}dchen ein.}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{Wilhelm2012, author = {Wilhelm, Jan Lorenz}, title = {Wozu Evaluation? Organisationssysteme bewerten Stadtteilf{\"o}rderung mit Kalk{\"u}l}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam}, address = {Potsdam}, isbn = {978-3-86956-187-5}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-59833}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {302}, year = {2012}, abstract = {In den letzten 20 Jahren sind Evaluationen Schritt f{\"u}r Schritt zu einem festen und gleichzeitig kontrovers diskutierten Bestandteil politischer F{\"o}rderung geworden. Auf der Basis langj{\"a}hriger Beobachtungen der Evaluationspraxis des F{\"o}rderprogramms „Soziale Stadt" zeigt dieses Buch zun{\"a}chst, dass Evaluationst{\"a}tigkeiten in Ministerien, Kommunalverwaltungen und Planungsb{\"u}ros mit ganz unterschiedlichen Erwartungen, Herausforderungen, Widerspr{\"u}chen und Irritationen verkn{\"u}pft werden. Evaluationen werden dabei sowohl als Hoffnungstr{\"a}ger, als auch als Schreckgespenst gesehen. Der Autor nimmt diese Beobachtungen zum Anlass, den Umgang mit Evaluationen in politischen Organisationen kritisch zu hinterfragen und systematisch zu erkl{\"a}ren. Reduziert auf die Frage „Wozu Evaluation?" wird auf der Basis eines systemtheoretischen Zugangs erkl{\"a}rt, welche unterschiedlichen Funktionen Evaluationen in Organisationen erf{\"u}llen k{\"o}nnen. Vertiefend wird dabei auf organisationales Lernen, auf politische Steuerungslogik und auf die Notwendigkeit von Symbolisierungen eingegangen.}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{Kuenn2012, author = {K{\"u}nn, Steffen}, title = {Unemployment and active labor market policy : new evidence on start-up subsidies, marginal employment and programs for youth unemployed}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-62718}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, year = {2012}, abstract = {In industrialized economies such as the European countries unemployment rates are very responsive to the business cycle and significant shares stay unemployed for more than one year. To fight cyclical and long-term unemployment countries spend significant shares of their budget on Active Labor Market Policies (ALMP). To improve the allocation and design of ALMP it is essential for policy makers to have reliable evidence on the effectiveness of such programs available. Although the number of studies has been increased during the last decades, policy makers still lack evidence on innovative programs and for specific subgroups of the labor market. Using Germany as a case study, the dissertation aims at contributing in this way by providing new evidence on start-up subsidies, marginal employment and programs for youth unemployed. The idea behind start-up subsidies is to encourage unemployed individuals to exit unemployment by starting their own business. Those programs have compared to traditional programs of ALMP the advantage that not only the participant escapes unemployment but also might generate additional jobs for other individuals. Considering two distinct start-up subsidy programs, the dissertation adds three substantial aspects to the literature: First, the programs are effective in improving the employment and income situation of participants compared to non-participants in the long-run. Second, the analysis on effect heterogeneity reveals that the programs are particularly effective for disadvantaged groups in the labor market like low educated or low qualified individuals, and in regions with unfavorable economic conditions. Third, the analysis considers the effectiveness of start-up programs for women. Due to higher preferences for flexible working hours and limited part-time jobs, unemployed women often face more difficulties to integrate in dependent employment. It can be shown that start-up subsidy programs are very promising as unemployed women become self-employed which gives them more flexibility to reconcile work and family. Overall, the results suggest that the promotion of self-employment among the unemployed is a sensible strategy to fight unemployment by abolishing labor market barriers for disadvantaged groups and sustainably integrating those into the labor market. The next chapter of the dissertation considers the impact of marginal employment on labor market outcomes of the unemployed. Unemployed individuals in Germany are allowed to earn additional income during unemployment without suffering a reduction in their unemployment benefits. Those additional earnings are usually earned by taking up so-called marginal employment that is employment below a certain income level subject to reduced payroll taxes (also known as "mini-job"). The dissertation provides an empirical evaluation of the impact of marginal employment on unemployment duration and subsequent job quality. The results suggest that being marginal employed during unemployment has no significant effect on unemployment duration but extends employment duration. Moreover, it can be shown that taking up marginal employment is particularly effective for long-term unemployed, leading to higher job-finding probabilities and stronger job stability. It seems that mini-jobs can be an effective instrument to help long-term unemployed individuals to find (stable) jobs which is particularly interesting given the persistently high shares of long-term unemployed in European countries. Finally, the dissertation provides an empirical evaluation of the effectiveness of ALMP programs to improve labor market prospects of unemployed youth. Youth are generally considered a population at risk as they have lower search skills and little work experience compared to adults. This results in above-average turnover rates between jobs and unemployment for youth which is particularly sensitive to economic fluctuations. Therefore, countries spend significant resources on ALMP programs to fight youth unemployment. However, so far only little is known about the effectiveness of ALMP for unemployed youth and with respect to Germany no comprehensive quantitative analysis exists at all. Considering seven different ALMP programs, the results show an overall positive picture with respect to post-treatment employment probabilities for all measures under scrutiny except for job creation schemes. With respect to effect heterogeneity, it can be shown that almost all programs particularly improve the labor market prospects of youths with high levels of pretreatment schooling. Furthermore, youths who are assigned to the most successful employment measures have much better characteristics in terms of their pre-treatment employment chances compared to non-participants. Therefore, the program assignment process seems to favor individuals for whom the measures are most beneficial, indicating a lack of ALMP alternatives that could benefit low-educated youths.}, language = {en} } @misc{ArniCaliendoKuennetal.2014, author = {Arni, Patrick and Caliendo, Marco and K{\"u}nn, Steffen and Zimmermann, Klaus F.}, title = {The IZA evaluation dataset survey}, series = {Postprints der Universit{\"a}t Potsdam : Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Reihe}, journal = {Postprints der Universit{\"a}t Potsdam : Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Reihe}, number = {122}, issn = {1867-5808}, doi = {10.25932/publishup-43520}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-435204}, pages = {22}, year = {2014}, abstract = {This reference paper describes the sampling and contents of the IZA Evaluation Dataset Survey and outlines its vast potential for research in labor economics. The data have been part of a unique IZA project to connect administrative data from the German Federal Employment Agency with innovative survey data to study the out-mobility of individuals to work. This study makes the survey available to the research community as a Scientific Use File by explaining the development, structure, and access to the data. Furthermore, it also summarizes previous findings with the survey data.}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Lohr2015, author = {Lohr, Frauke}, title = {Konzeption und Evaluation eines F{\"o}rderprogramms zur Entwicklung der schriftlichen Erz{\"a}hlf{\"a}higkeit von F{\"u}nftkl{\"a}sslern}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-395413}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {271}, year = {2015}, abstract = {Gut ausgebildete Schreibkompetenzen gelten als zentrale Voraussetzung f{\"u}r den schulischen Erfolg. Wenngleich die schriftliche Textproduktion unbestritten fester Bestandteil des Deutschunterrichts ist, wird vielfach beklagt, dass die vorhandenen Schreibkompetenzen unzureichend sind. Blickt man auf die fachdidaktische Forschung so zeigt sich, dass Schreibkompetenz ein schwer zu definierendes Ph{\"a}nomen bleibt und innerhalb der schreibdidaktischen Forschung strittig ist, wie Schreibkompetenz - insbesondere nach Erwerb der grundlegenden Schreibfertigkeiten - am Besten entwickelt werden kann. Zudem gilt f{\"u}r das Fach Deutsch, insbesondere den Aufgabenbereich „Texte verfassen", das eine empirische Fundierung der Fachdidaktik bisher kaum realisiert wurde. Vor diesem Hintergrund wurde in der vorgelegten Arbeit ein Programm zu F{\"o}rderung der schriftlichen Erz{\"a}hlf{\"a}higkeit von F{\"u}nftkl{\"a}sslern entwickelt und anschließend in der regul{\"a}ren Unterrichtspraxis eingesetzt und begleitend evaluiert. Methodisch orientiert sich die Arbeit dabei im Hinblick auf die Konzeption, Umsetzung und Evaluation des F{\"o}rderprogramms an den von Einsiedler postulierten „Standards der (didaktischen) Entwicklungsforschung". Bei der im ersten Schritt erfolgten Konzeption des F{\"o}rderprogramms ging es darum eine spezifische, didaktische Konzeption, die Kombination sprachstruktur- und (lern)prozessbezogenener Elemente, sprachwissenschaftlich basiert und p{\"a}dagogisch-didaktisch begr{\"u}ndet zu entwickeln. Bei der hierzu notwendigen Integration verschiedener theoretischer Zug{\"a}nge unterschiedlicher Fachdisziplinen galt es vorhandene Ans{\"a}tze im Hinblick auf interne Anschlussm{\"o}glichkeiten auszuloten und auf diesem Wege einen sich gegenseitig erg{\"a}nzenden, umfassenden Bezugsrahmen zu schaffen. Dabei gelang - unter Einbeziehung von Modellen und Befunden aus der Schreibentwicklungsforschung - die innerhalb der Schreibforschung vielfach geforderte, jedoch bisher fehlende Integration von strukturellen Ans{\"a}tzen aus der linguistischen Schreibforschung mit den innerhalb der Kognitionspsychologie favorisierten prozessuellen Ans{\"a}tzen. Auf dieser Grundlage wurde ein aufgabenbasiertes Programm mit insgesamt acht verschiedenen F{\"o}rdermodulen entwickelt, aufgabenbasiert deshalb, weil dies nicht nur einen lehrergesteuerten aber sch{\"u}lerzentrierten Unterricht erm{\"o}glicht, sondern auch einen adaptiven Unterricht, somit den spezifischen Anforderungen des Unterrichts in heterogenen Lerngruppen gerecht wird, was angesichts der zunehmenden (sprachlich-kulturellen) Heterogenit{\"a}t in regul{\"a}ren Schulklassen sinnvoll scheint. In einem zweiten Schritt wurde innerhalb einer Pilotstudie die Umsetzbarkeit des F{\"o}rderprogramms im schulischen Kontext erprobt. Unter Kontrolle seiner praktischen Umsetzbarkeit (Machbarkeitshypothese) wurde im Anschluss daran die Wirksamkeit des F{\"o}rderprogramms im Hinblick auf eine Steigerung in den produktbezogenen Schreibmaßen (Wortschatzvarianz, Satzkomplexit{\"a}t, lexikalische Dichte, Koh{\"a}sionsgrade, Textl{\"a}nge) und die Stabilit{\"a}t der F{\"o}rdereffekte untersucht. Dies geschah mittels eines quasiexperimentellen Untersuchungsplans, genauer eines Zweigruppen-Pretest-Posttest-Follow-up-Plans mit Kontrollvariablen. Grundlage hierf{\"u}r war eine m{\"o}glichst heterogene Stichprobe von knapp 200 Sch{\"u}ler/innen. Denn angesichts der angesprochenen zunehmenden Heterogenit{\"a}t in regul{\"a}ren Schulklassen galt es neben der Wirksamkeit und Nachhaltigkeit des F{\"o}rderprogramms auch dessen Eignung f{\"u}r den Unterricht in heterogenen Lerngruppen zu pr{\"u}fen. Die Ergebnisse dieser Pr{\"u}fung sprechen daf{\"u}r, dass es gelungen ist ein entsprechendes F{\"o}rderprogramm zu entwickeln. Trotz dem Auftreten von forschungsmethodischen Schwierigkeiten, die innerhalb der vorgelegten Arbeit ausf{\"u}hrlich im Hinblick auf Ursachen und Wirkungen diskutiert werden, k{\"o}nnen, unter Ber{\"u}cksichtigung des explorativen Charakters der Studie, die Ergebnisse insbesondere zur Wortschatzvarianz und zur Satzkomplexit{\"a}t ebenfalls als Indizien f{\"u}r die Effektivit{\"a}t des F{\"o}rderprogramms gelten.}, language = {de} } @misc{CaliendoSchmidl2016, author = {Caliendo, Marco and Schmidl, Ricarda}, title = {Youth unemployment and active labor market policies in Europe}, series = {Postprints der Universit{\"a}t Potsdam : Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Reihe}, journal = {Postprints der Universit{\"a}t Potsdam : Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Reihe}, number = {125}, issn = {1867-5808}, doi = {10.25932/publishup-43695}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-436950}, pages = {32}, year = {2016}, abstract = {Since the economic crisis in 2008, European youth unemployment rates have been persistently high at around 20\% on average. The majority of European countries spends significant resources each year on active labor market programs (ALMP) with the aim of improving the integration prospects of struggling youths. Among the most common programs used are training courses, job search assistance and monitoring, subsidized employment, and public work programs. For policy makers, it is of upmost importance to know which of these programs work and which are able to achieve the intended goals - may it be the integration into the first labor market or further education. Based on a detailed assessment of the particularities of the youth labor market situation, we discuss the pros and cons of different ALMP types. We then provide a comprehensive survey of the recent evidence on the effectiveness of these ALMP for youth in Europe, highlighting factors that seem to promote or impede their effectiveness in practice. Overall, the findings with respect to employment outcomes are only partly promising. While job search assistance (with and without monitoring) results in overwhelmingly positive effects, we find more mixed effects for training and wage subsidies, whereas the effects for public work programs are clearly negative. The evidence on the impact of ALMP on furthering education participation as well as employment quality is scarce, requiring additional research and allowing only limited conclusions so far.}, language = {en} } @article{SallenHemmingRichartz2017, author = {Sallen, Jeffrey and Hemming, Karen and Richartz, Alfred}, title = {Facilitating dual careers by improving resistance to chronic stress}, series = {European journal of sport science : official journal of the European College of Sport Science}, volume = {18}, journal = {European journal of sport science : official journal of the European College of Sport Science}, number = {1}, publisher = {Routledge, Taylor \& Francis Group}, address = {Abingdon}, issn = {1746-1391}, doi = {10.1080/17461391.2017.1407363}, pages = {112 -- 122}, year = {2017}, abstract = {The starting point of this contribution is the potential risk to health and performance from the combination of elite sporting careers with the pursuit of education. In European sport science and politics, structural measures to promote dual careers in elite sports have been discussed increasingly of late. In addition to organisational measures, there are calls for educational-psychological intervention programmes supporting the successful management of dual careers at the individual level. This paper presents an appropriate intervention programme and its evaluation: stress-resistance training for elite athletes (SRT-EA). It comprises 10 units, each lasting 90 minutes. It is intended for athletes and aims to improve their resistance to chronic stress. The evaluation was carried out in a quasi-experimental design, with three points of measurement (baseline, immediately after, and three months after) and two non-randomised groups: an intervention group (n=128) and an untreated control group (n=117). Participants were between 13 and 20 years of age (53.5\% male) and represented various Olympic sports. Outcome variables were assessed with questionnaires. Significant short- and mid-term intervention effects were explored. The intervention increased stress-related knowledge, general self-efficacy, and stress sensitivity. Chronic stress level, stress symptoms, and stress reactivity were reduced. In line with the intention of the intervention, the results showed short- and mid-term, small to medium-sized effects. Accordingly, separate measurements at the end of the intervention and three months later showed mostly positive subjective experiences. Thus, the results reinforce the hope that educational-psychological stress-management interventions can support dual careers.}, language = {en} } @misc{SallenHemmingRichartz2017, author = {Sallen, Jeffrey and Hemming, Karen and Richartz, Alfred}, title = {Facilitating dual careers by improving resistance to chronic stress}, series = {Postprints der Universit{\"a}t Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe}, journal = {Postprints der Universit{\"a}t Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe}, number = {463}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-412735}, pages = {12}, year = {2017}, abstract = {The starting point of this contribution is the potential risk to health and performance from the combination of elite sporting careers with the pursuit of education. In European sport science and politics, structural measures to promote dual careers in elite sports have been discussed increasingly of late. In addition to organisational measures, there are calls for educational-psychological intervention programmes supporting the successful management of dual careers at the individual level. This paper presents an appropriate intervention programme and its evaluation: stress-resistance training for elite athletes (SRT-EA). It comprises 10 units, each lasting 90 minutes. It is intended for athletes and aims to improve their resistance to chronic stress. The evaluation was carried out in a quasi-experimental design, with three points of measurement (baseline, immediately after, and three months after) and two non-randomised groups: an intervention group (n = 128) and an untreated control group (n = 117). Participants were between 13 and 20 years of age (53.5\% male) and represented various Olympic sports. Outcome variables were assessed with questionnaires. Significant short- and mid-term intervention effects were explored. The intervention increased stress-related knowledge, general self-efficacy, and stress sensitivity. Chronic stress level, stress symptoms, and stress reactivity were reduced. In line with the intention of the intervention, the results showed short- and mid-term, small to medium-sized effects. Accordingly, separate measurements at the end of the intervention and three months later showed mostly positive subjective experiences. Thus, the results reinforce the hope that educational-psychological stress-management interventions can support dual careers.}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Ullrich2018, author = {Ullrich, Andr{\´e}}, title = {Eigenschaften wandlungsf{\"a}higer Systeme}, publisher = {GITO}, address = {Berlin}, isbn = {978-3-95545-265-0}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {XIX, 403}, year = {2018}, abstract = {Wandlungsf{\"a}higkeit beschreibt die F{\"a}higkeit eines Systems, proaktiv oder reaktiv Maßnahmen f{\"u}r die Modifikation seiner Eigenschaften schnell und effizient zu entwickeln, umzusetzen und anzuwenden sowie sich proaktiv darauf vorzubereiten, inaktiv zu sein und passiv Einwirkungen aus der Umwelt zu tolerieren. Die Eigenschaften wandlungsf{\"a}higer Systeme werden h{\"a}ufig als Indikatoren (z.B. Modularit{\"a}t, Wissen) verwendet. Dabei existiert eine Vielzahl potenzieller Indikatoren, deren jeweilige Relevanz jedoch ungekl{\"a}rt ist. Hier setzt die Zielstellung der vorliegenden Arbeit an. Das Erkenntnisziel ist die Erkl{\"a}rung der Wandlungsf{\"a}higkeit sozio-technischer Systeme. Zu diesem Zweck wird ein Erkl{\"a}rungsmodell der indikatorbasierten Wandlungsf{\"a}higkeit erstellt, das zum Nachweis von Wandlungsf{\"a}higkeit, zur Bewertung dieser sowie zur Systemanalyse genutzt werden kann. Weiterhin wird exemplarisch eine positive Korrelation von Wandlungsf{\"a}higkeit und Schnelligkeit sowie Effizienz bei Ver{\"a}nderungsprojekten nachgewiesen.}, language = {de} } @article{KlattNoelMusculusetal.2019, author = {Klatt, Stefanie and Noel, Benjamin and Musculus, Lisa and Werner, Karsten and Laborde, Sylvain and Lopes, Mariana Calabria and Greco, Pablo J. and Memmert, Daniel and Raab, Markus}, title = {Creative and Intuitive Decision-Making Processes: A Comparison of Brazilian and German Soccer Coaches and Players}, series = {Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport}, volume = {90}, journal = {Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport}, number = {4}, publisher = {Routledge, Taylor \& Francis Group}, address = {Abingdon}, issn = {0270-1367}, doi = {10.1080/02701367.2019.1642994}, pages = {651 -- 665}, year = {2019}, abstract = {Purpose: The concepts of creativity and intuition have been well studied in isolation, but less is known about their distinctive contributions to option generation in decision making. Method: We examined the relation between creative and intuitive decision making in two studies-one involving coaches and one involving soccer players-using video footage of real soccer matches. Additionally, we analyzed whether this relation is culture generic or culture specific by conducting matched cross-cultural studies in a European and a South American country. Results: In Study 1, results indicate a conceptual overlap of creativity and intuition for Brazilian and German soccer coaches. Furthermore, coaches did not differ in their evaluation of creative and intuitive actions of players of both cultures. In Study 2, we found that for both subsamples the total number of generated options was positively correlated with the quality of the first and the final option and that the quality of players' first (intuitive) option was higher than that of options generated later. Moreover, results indicate a positive correlation between a player's creativity score and the quality of the first generated option for the whole sample. Conclusion: Overall, our findings provide meaningful information regarding athletes' and coaches' option-generation processes in decision making in complex team sports.}, language = {en} }