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Like A Jar Of Flies? A Study Of Self-Control In An Organizational Social Dilemma With Large Stakes, Matthew W. Mccarter, Jonathan R. Clark, Darcy Fudge Kamal, Abel Winn Dec 2018

Like A Jar Of Flies? A Study Of Self-Control In An Organizational Social Dilemma With Large Stakes, Matthew W. Mccarter, Jonathan R. Clark, Darcy Fudge Kamal, Abel Winn

Business Faculty Articles and Research

We study the practice of self-control in an organizational social dilemma when the stakes are large, using 47 years of vital census data from 18th century Sweden. From 1750 to 1800, eighty percent of Sweden lived in a simple-structure organization called a bytvång or village commons. The amount of resources a village family received was a function of their size. During this period, crop failures left the population facing starvation. Using autoregressive time-series modeling, we test whether the people of Sweden continued to take steps toward increasing the stress on the commons by marrying and birthing children or practiced …


Loki: God Of Mischief, Tori Blas Dec 2018

Loki: God Of Mischief, Tori Blas

Student Scholar Symposium Abstracts and Posters

Loki is commonly recognized as one of the many characters inhabiting the cinematic universe of Marvel. There, he is the son of Odin, brother of Thor, and the god of mischief. In the original context of Norse mythology, all but one of those descriptors are incorrect. Besides being an antagonist that often opposes Thor in the Marvel franchise, he has significance in Norse mythology from being the only god living in Asgard despite descending from giants of Jotunheim to his role in the end of Asgard and the world, better known as Ragnarok. He is seen as a god despite …


Disappearing Swedes, Case 2: Carl Anders Carlsson, Martha J. Garrett Phd, Cg Dec 2018

Disappearing Swedes, Case 2: Carl Anders Carlsson, Martha J. Garrett Phd, Cg

Swedish American Genealogist

No abstract provided.


Who Is The New Sag Editor?, Geoff Morris Dec 2018

Who Is The New Sag Editor?, Geoff Morris

Swedish American Genealogist

No abstract provided.


News From The Swenson Center: The Swedish Immigrant Trail Game, Elisabeth Thorsell Dec 2018

News From The Swenson Center: The Swedish Immigrant Trail Game, Elisabeth Thorsell

Swedish American Genealogist

No abstract provided.


Handwriting Example #57 Dec 2018

Handwriting Example #57

Swedish American Genealogist

No abstract provided.


Full Issue Vol. 38 No. 4 Dec 2018

Full Issue Vol. 38 No. 4

Swedish American Genealogist

No abstract provided.


What Happened In Sweden In The 1600s?, Elisabeth Thorsell Dec 2018

What Happened In Sweden In The 1600s?, Elisabeth Thorsell

Swedish American Genealogist

No abstract provided.


A New Genealogical Society In Sweden, Annelie Jonsson Dec 2018

A New Genealogical Society In Sweden, Annelie Jonsson

Swedish American Genealogist

No abstract provided.


A Little Sag History, Elisabeth Thorsell Dec 2018

A Little Sag History, Elisabeth Thorsell

Swedish American Genealogist

No abstract provided.


Bits & Pieces Dec 2018

Bits & Pieces

Swedish American Genealogist

No abstract provided.


The Literal Heritage Of The Vikings, Ebba Wallin Fogelqvist Dec 2018

The Literal Heritage Of The Vikings, Ebba Wallin Fogelqvist

Swedish American Genealogist

No abstract provided.


Australian And U.S. Family Connections, Elisabeth Thorsell Dec 2018

Australian And U.S. Family Connections, Elisabeth Thorsell

Swedish American Genealogist

No abstract provided.


The Coat Of Arms -- A Symbol Of The Family, Nils William Olsson Phd, Fasg Dec 2018

The Coat Of Arms -- A Symbol Of The Family, Nils William Olsson Phd, Fasg

Swedish American Genealogist

No abstract provided.


The Sag Workshop Group Picture 2018 Dec 2018

The Sag Workshop Group Picture 2018

Swedish American Genealogist

No abstract provided.


Handwriting Solution #57 Dec 2018

Handwriting Solution #57

Swedish American Genealogist

No abstract provided.


Book Reviews Dec 2018

Book Reviews

Swedish American Genealogist

No abstract provided.


Genealogical Queries Dec 2018

Genealogical Queries

Swedish American Genealogist

No abstract provided.


The Last Page Dec 2018

The Last Page

Swedish American Genealogist

No abstract provided.


Interesting Web Sites Dec 2018

Interesting Web Sites

Swedish American Genealogist

No abstract provided.


The Saga Of The Jómsvikings: A Translation With Full Introduction, Alison Finlay, Þórdís Edda Jóhannesdóttir Oct 2018

The Saga Of The Jómsvikings: A Translation With Full Introduction, Alison Finlay, Þórdís Edda Jóhannesdóttir

Northern Medieval World

Unique among the Icelandic sagas, part-history, part-fiction, the Saga of the Jómsvikings tells of a legendary band of vikings, originally Danish, who established an island fortress off the Baltic coast, and launched and ultimately lost their heroic attack on the pagan ruler of Norway in the late tenth century. The saga's account of their stringent warrior code, fatalistic adherence to their own reckless vows, and declarations of extreme courage as they face execution articulates a remarkable account of what it meant to be a viking. This translation presents the longest and earliest text of the saga, never before published in …


Abuse Or Be Abused: Traumatic Memory, Sex Inequality, And Millennium As A Socio-Literary Device, Kate Rose Oct 2018

Abuse Or Be Abused: Traumatic Memory, Sex Inequality, And Millennium As A Socio-Literary Device, Kate Rose

Dignity: A Journal of Analysis of Exploitation and Violence

This article applies the research of French psychiatrist Muriel Salmona to literary analysis of Stieg Larsson’s protagonist, Lisbeth Salander, in the Millennium trilogy (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, 2008; The Girl Who Played with Fire, 2009; The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest, 2010). It suggests that Larsson’s novels may be useful in raising awareness of childhood sexual abuse, through reading neglected signs linked to the neurology of traumatic memory. In the tradition of Nordic noir novels, hyperboles in Salander’s sensationalized identity serve to magnify and bring to light a misunderstood social problem. The article …


Influences Of Pre-Christian Mythology And Christianity On Old Norse Poetry: A Narrative Study Of Vafþrúðnismál, Andrew E. Mcgillivray Sep 2018

Influences Of Pre-Christian Mythology And Christianity On Old Norse Poetry: A Narrative Study Of Vafþrúðnismál, Andrew E. Mcgillivray

Northern Medieval World

In this study, McGillivray explores the cultural environment in which the Eddic poem Vafþrúðnismál was composed and re-examines the relationship between form and content in the poem and the respective influences of pre-Christian beliefs and Christian religion on the text. The poem has a dual aspect, acting as a poetic framework and functioning as a sacred story. It serves both as a representation of early pagan beliefs or myths and also as a myth itself, relating the journey of the Norse god Óðinn to the hall of the ancient and wise giant Vafþrúðnir, where Óðinn craftily engages his adversary in …


New Studies In The Manuscript Tradition Of Njáls Saga: The Historia Mutila Of Njála, Svanhildur Óskarsdóttir, Emily Lethbridge Sep 2018

New Studies In The Manuscript Tradition Of Njáls Saga: The Historia Mutila Of Njála, Svanhildur Óskarsdóttir, Emily Lethbridge

Northern Medieval World

Njáls saga is the best known and most highly regarded of all medieval Icelandic sagas and it occupies a special place in Icelandic cultural history. The manuscript tradition is exceptionally rich and extensive. The oldest extant manuscripts date to only a couple of decades after the saga's composition in the late thirteenth century and the saga was subsequently copied by hand continuously up until the twentieth century, even alongside the circulation of printed text editions in latter centuries. The manuscript corpus as a whole has great socio-historical value, showcasing the myriad ways in which generations of Icelanders interpreted the saga …


Handwriting Example #56 Sep 2018

Handwriting Example #56

Swedish American Genealogist

No abstract provided.


Swedish-American Church Records -- An Addendum, Jill Seaholm Sep 2018

Swedish-American Church Records -- An Addendum, Jill Seaholm

Swedish American Genealogist

No abstract provided.


The Catastrophe In The Mountains, Monica Fogelqvist Sep 2018

The Catastrophe In The Mountains, Monica Fogelqvist

Swedish American Genealogist

No abstract provided.


News From The Swenson Center: Summer Intern Shelby Tells About Her Work, Shelby Jensen Sep 2018

News From The Swenson Center: Summer Intern Shelby Tells About Her Work, Shelby Jensen

Swedish American Genealogist

No abstract provided.


Bits & Pieces Sep 2018

Bits & Pieces

Swedish American Genealogist

No abstract provided.


Handwriting Solution #56 Sep 2018

Handwriting Solution #56

Swedish American Genealogist

No abstract provided.