scholarly journals The Best Laid Plans: Why New Parents Fail to Habituate Practices

2019 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 564-589 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tandy Chalmers Thomas ◽  
Amber M Epp
Keyword(s):  
Social Practice ◽  
Practice Elements ◽  
Longitudinal Approach ◽  
First Time

Abstract Consumers regularly fail to habituate newly adopted practices. In contrast to established practices, this often occurs because understanding a practice is different from actually doing it. Our work explores this “messiness of doing” and explains why consumers successfully habituate some newly adopted practices after experiencing obstacles (i.e., misaligned practice elements) but not others. Utilizing a longitudinal approach that follows first-time parents from pregnancy through the first eight months postpartum, we track how parents plan for practices and how those plans unfold. We document a process whereby parents first engage in extensive planning and preparation prior to the birth of their child, during which parents build two realignment capabilities (anticipation and integration). After the baby’s arrival, some practices invariably do not work. Parents respond to these misalignments by following one of five paths—differentiated by the capabilities parents build while planning—that result in practice abandonment, vulnerable habituation, or habituation. Our work highlights the challenges associated with translating a social practice into an enacted practice and the corresponding importance of accumulating realignment capabilities during planning. To facilitate habituation of newly adopted practices, how consumers make plans for these practices may ultimately matter more than what they actually plan to do.

Marketing Gaps and Intersections, Between Education and Social Practice: the “Win-Win-Win Papakonstantinidis Model” and the High-Risk Ethical Priorities (HREP)

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 7-23
Author(s):  
Leonidas A. Papakonstantinidis
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Social Practice ◽  
Scientific Community ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Social Entrepreneur ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Market Trends ◽  
Good Trade ◽  
First Time ◽  
Alternative Solutions

Given gaps and intersections between education and social practice, this article goes to the next step. Efforts are focused on “what must be done,” what policy must be applied so that gaps and intersections must be eliminated, that means “all about the graduated from any education level could be absorbed by the labor market in a period. Conventional policies have failed, and alternative solutions are promoted by the scientific community among them, some scientists propose quite new forms, as the compassion-social entrepreneur. In this volume-section a quite radical reversal concept is proposed Instead of “good trade practices” in the frame of a high risk hard competitive market’s environment”, the “High Risk Ethical Priorities” is proposed taking into account market trends, and competition. From this point of view, the term “High Risk Ethical Priorities” (HREP) is introduced (for the first time), by this article. Finally, the two criteria, the Chi-square and the NE have been used, for the point of the unique equilibrium (deviation=0) be detected.

Tying the Knot

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca Probert
Keyword(s):  
Social Practice ◽  
Detailed Examination ◽  
Primary Sources ◽  
Individual Choice ◽  
Marriage Law ◽  
The Past ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Law ◽  
First Time

The Marriage Act 1836 established the foundations of modern marriage law, allowing couples to marry in register offices and non-Anglican places of worship for the first time. Rebecca Probert draws on an exceptionally wide range of primary sources to provide the first detailed examination of marriage legislation, social practice, and their mutual interplay, from 1836 through to the unanticipated demands of the 2020 coronavirus pandemic. She analyses how and why the law has evolved, closely interrogating the parliamentary and societal debates behind legislation. She demonstrates how people have chosen to marry and how those choices have changed, and evaluates how far the law has been help or hindrance in enabling couples to marry in ways that reflect their beliefs, be they religious or secular. In an era of individual choice and multiculturalism, Tying the Knot sign posts possible ways in which future legislators might avoid the pitfalls of the past.

scholarly journals Organizational members as storywriters: on organizing practices of reflexivity

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silvia Gherardi ◽  
Michela Cozza ◽  
Barbara Poggio
Keyword(s):  
Social Practice ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Important Process ◽  
Organizational Life ◽  
Learning Context ◽  
Shared Experience ◽  
Process Of Change ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Approach To Learning ◽  
Practice Elements

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe how organizational members became storywriters of an important process of organizational change. Writing became a practice designed to create a space, a time and a methodology with which to author the process of change and create a learning context. The written stories produced both the subjectivity of practical authors and reflexively created the con/text for their reproduction. Design/methodology/approach A storywriting workshop inspired by a processual and participatory practice-based approach to learning and knowing was held in a research organization undergoing privatization. For six months, 31 organizational members, divided into two groups, participated in writing one story per week for six weeks. The written story had to refer to a fact that had occurred in the previous week, thus prompting reflection on the ongoing organizational life and giving a situated meaning to the change process. Findings Storywriting is first and foremost a social practice of wayfinding, that is of knowing as one goes. Writing proved to be an effective practice that involved the authors, their narratives and the audiences in a shared experience where all these practice elements became connected and through their connection acquired agency. Originality/value Narrative knowledge has been studied mainly in storytelling, while storywriting by organizational members has received less attention. This paper explores storywriting both as a situated, relational and material practice and as the process that produces narratives which can be considered for their content and their style.

scholarly journals MAINTAINING THE SELF-EXISTENCE THROUGH SHORT STORY “JALAN SUMUR MATI”

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 149-162
Author(s):  
Dessy Wahyuni ◽  
Yeni Maulina
Keyword(s):  
Short Story ◽  
Social Practice ◽  
Textual Analysis ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Physical Development ◽  
The Self ◽  
Practice Elements ◽  
Discourse Practice

Riau is a wealthy region where physical development appears everywhere. However, many people are marginalized and neglected by this development. Due to this fact, most Riau Malay people tend to have negative prejudice and not accept the presence of foreign immigrants, including Indonesian Chinese. However, Olyrinson can blend in with the local community through his work, which often raises topics about humanity and his real-life. Using a three-dimensional framework of Fairclough (1989; 1992a; 1992b; 1995a; and 1995b), this study critically explores the various efforts made by Olyrinson in the short story "Jalan Sumur Mati" to defend his existence by changing prejudices. In this case, the author analyzes relevant texts and explores dialectical relationships between literary works and other social practice elements, which will be presented through textual analysis, discourse practice, and social practice.

Equality, sexual values and permissive legislation: the English experience

1972 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. R. McGregor
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Social Practice ◽  
Memorial Lecture ◽  
Sexual Values ◽  
Evolutionary Theories ◽  
The World ◽  
Democratic Equality ◽  
The Individual ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Ideal

I have the honour to address you today in this lecture founded to cherish the memory of L. T. Hobhouse, who was the first professor of sociology in this University and in these islands. He devoted his life to extending the study of social development within the framework of those evolutionary theories which had contained so much of Victorian social thought. He discerned a ‘self-conscious evolution of humanity’, found ‘therein a meaning and an element of purpose for the historical process which has led up to it’, and concluded that the ‘slowly wrought out dominance of mind in things is the central fact of evolution’. His fundamental thesis was that humanity had for the first time reached the stage of self-direction. Hobhouse's approach to sociology was itself a protest against sterile separatism either among the several social sciences or between them and the world of everyday affairs. He was a main contributor in his day to the principles of constructive liberalism and a leading exponent of the ideal of democratic equality. He sought for himself a unity of academic theory and social practice through his lifelong commitments as a journalist and commentator as well as an active participant in the work of Trade Boards and other institutions of the labour market. I do not therefore feel that I should apologize for taking as the theme of this memorial lecture present-day anxieties, enthusiasms and confusions about sexual conduct in their bearing upon Hobhouse's ideals of the liberation of the individual, of self-direction and of democratic equality.

Jewish Atheists in Foxholes?

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-73
Author(s):  
Stacey Gutkowski
Keyword(s):  
Political Violence ◽  
Social Practice ◽  
Recent Advances ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract War and other forms of collective political violence raise existential questions for those touched by them. Recent advances in the study of ‘atheism in foxholes’ have been hitherto overlooked in the sociology of war. But they can further illuminate the relationship between war and existential questions. Bringing these literatures into conversation for the first time, this article analyses a sample of young, secular Jewish-Israelis (hilonim) interviewed in the aftermath of the 2014 Israel-Gaza War. It shows how speakers borrowed from both Jewish and Western secular formations to answer existential questions and ‘manage luck.’ Contributing to the theorization of war as social practice through a case study of ‘foxhole atheism’, the article also invites us to think of war as having a ‘secular’ ontology.

The adaptation of everyday practices in the adoption of chronic illness

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 325-343 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kadi Lubi
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Illness ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Social Practice ◽  
Chronic Illnesses ◽  
Self Management ◽  
Management Skills ◽  
Social Practice Theory ◽  
Related Information ◽  
Practice Elements ◽  
Research Findings

This article uses social practice theory to examine the role of information-seeking in the maintenance of existing lifestyle and illness-related adjustments in the context of chronic illnesses. The research findings are derived from a thematic analysis of 16 semi-structured in-depth interviews with Estonian Parkinson’s disease patients. The coding scheme bases on the four practice elements outlined by Schatzki (practical understandings, rules, teleological structures and general understandings) and other categories related to chronic illness self-management skills, bodily movements, daily routines and information-seeking practices. The findings reveal that people with chronic illness value maintaining their existing lifestyles as long as possible and the willingness to seek out illness-related information is related to the severity and duration of the disease. These findings suggest that effective illness-related communication that supports self-management should provide patients with possibilities to adjust and switch between practices in a time and a pace that is natural and acceptable to them.

Women in the Crossfire

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Paul Churchill
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Evolution ◽  
Social Practice ◽  
Gender Construction ◽  
Child Rearing ◽  
Original Research ◽  
Adverse Experiences ◽  
Honor Killing ◽  
Sociocultural Contexts ◽  
First Time

Every year, thousands of girls and women die, often at the hands of blood relatives. These victims are accused of committing honor violations that bring shame upon their family—such transgressions range from walking with a boy in their neighborhood to seeking to marry a man of their own choosing to being a victim of rape. Women in the Crossfire presents a thorough examination of honor killing, an age-old social practice through which women are trapped and subjected to terror and deadly violence as consequences of the evolution of dysfunctional patriarchal structures and competition among men for domination. To understand the practice of honor killing, its root causes, and possibilities for protection and prevention, this book considers the issues from a variety of perspectives (epistemic, anthropological, sociological, cultural, ethical, historical, psychological, etc.) and makes use of original research—an analysis of a database of honor killing cases, published here for the first time. Specifically, the book addresses the salient traits and trends present in honor killing incidents and examines how honor is understood in sociocultural contexts where these killings occur. It illuminates socialization factors within honor-shame cultures that include gender construction, child-rearing practices, and adverse experiences that prime boys and men to take roles as one-day killers of sisters, daughters, and wives in the name of honor. In addition to this microcausal pathway, the book relies on theories of cultural evolution to explain how honor killing was an adaptation to specific ecological challenges and co-evolved with other patriarchic institutions.

scholarly journals NARRATIVES OF STAKEHOLDERS UNDER THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE STRATEGY AS SOCIAL PRACTICE

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
JOSÉ B. S. NETO ◽  
JACQUELAINE F. BORGES
Keyword(s):  
Social Practice ◽  
Field Research ◽  
The Political ◽  
Education Environment ◽  
Political Perspective ◽  
Public Hearings ◽  
Longitudinal Approach ◽  
Relevant Role ◽  
Value Strategy

ABSTRACT Purpose: The paper is driven by the following question: how do interest group narratives contribute to the dialogue between the perspective of strategy as a practice and the stakeholder theory? The objective is to analyze the changes, permanent and tensions in the narratives of the stakeholders, seen the strategic practices, in the context of mining. Originality/value: Strategy as a social practice concerns the relationships between organizations, individuals and society in search of coexistence. This study establishes a dialogue between strategy as a social practice and the political perspective of the stakeholders, considering that they interact in networks, seeking the creation of value from mutuality. Design/methodology/approach: Field research was conducted in a qualitative and longitudinal approach. Data collection used to document research techniques in notes and videos of public hearings, newspaper research and interviews. Findings: The results show narrative interactions of six interest groups: entrepreneurial organizations, public authority, education, environment, residents of the area of implantation and the productive sector. The result suggests a relevant role of relational tensions as elements that restrict and enable changes and permanent and indicate the dynamic nature of intra and intergroup interactions of stakeholders. The proposed theoretical dialogue extends the field of strategic studies, in a postmodern dimension, by establishing a dialogue with the political side of stakeholder action as an alternative to the traditional functionalist perspective in the field.

scholarly journals Supporting Team Reflexivity During the COVID-19 Lockdown: A Qualitative Study of Multi-Vision Groups In-person and Online

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Santa Parrello ◽  
Elisabetta Fenizia ◽  
Rosa Gentile ◽  
Ilaria Iorio ◽  
Clara Sartini ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Main Tool ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Longitudinal Approach ◽  
Professional Self ◽  
Recovery Response ◽  
Time Periods ◽  
Online Format ◽  
Balint Group ◽  
First Time

Introduction: The professional self is often hindered by a lack of self-care and poor work-life balance, and cannot be considered an unlimited resource. Given this, the reflexive team is an important organizational tool for protecting workers' well-being. The non-profit organization Maestri di Strada (MdS) (“Street Teachers”) conducts action research (AR) in the area of socio-education. The main tool used by the group to protect the well-being of its members is a guided reflexivity group, inspired by the Balint Group and termed the Multi-Vision Group (MG). In March 2020, because of the COVID-19 lockdown, the MdS team had to quickly revamp its working model, and MGs were held online for the first time.Aim: Through qualitative research that takes a longitudinal approach, the aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of the MG in supporting the team's reflexivity in this new online format.Methods: This article considers MGs during two different time periods: pre-pandemic (T1) and early pandemic (T2). During T1, the MdS team met 18 times in person, while during T2 the team met 12 times through an online platform (always under the guidance of a psychotherapist). During all sessions in both time periods, a silent observer was present in the meetings, and they subsequently compiled narrative reports. The textual corpora of the reports were submitted for a Thematic Analysis of Elementary Contexts through T-Lab Plus, in order to examine the main content of the groups' discourse.Results: The results (five clusters in T1; and five in T2) show that, during T2, the group devoted considerable time to experiences tied to the pandemic (T21: schools facing the pandemic crisis; T2.2: the pandemic: death, inner worlds, and thought resistance; T2.3: kids' stories involving physical distancing and emotional proximity). The group also came up with innovative educational initiatives that defied the lockdown (T2.4: fieldwork: the delivery of “packages of food for thought”; T2.5: the MdS group: identity and separation). Based on these findings, the MG most likely contributed to the emergence of MdS as a “resilient community,” capable of absorbing the shock of the pandemic and realizing a fast recovery response.

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