Micro histories of intercultural knowledge exchange: Tao Xingzhi’s educational poetry

2019 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 2-14
Author(s):  
Jing Qi ◽  
Catherine Manathunga ◽  
Michael Singh ◽  
Tracey Bunda
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Change ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Chinese Language ◽  
Knowledge Exchange ◽  
Impact Response ◽  
Educational Reforms ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Educational Philosophies ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
Tao Xingzhi

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide a micro historical account of the work of a key Chinese educational reformer, Tao Xingzhi (1891–1946), who transformed educational ideas from John Dewey to effect social and cultural change in 1920s–1940s China. Design/methodology/approach This paper examines English and Chinese language sources, including Tao’s poetry, to present a fresh analysis of Tao’s epistemological life history. It draws upon transnational historical approaches to chart the multidirectional circulation of progressive education philosophies around the globe. It also explores some conceptual dimensions of Chinese historical thinking and historiographical strategies. Findings Tao Xingzhi engaged in critical intercultural knowledge exchange in implementing educational reforms in China. He blended and critiqued Chinese and Deweyian educational philosophies to create unique educational reform, which involved reversing some of Dewey’s approaches as well as adapting others. Originality/value This paper foregrounds Tao Xingzhi’s agency in transforming some of Dewey’s ideas in the Chinese context and challenges studies that adopt an “impact-response” approach to Tao’s contribution, which suggest a one-way flow of knowledge from a “modern” West to a “traditional” China. It brings hitherto unexplored Chinese language sources to an English-speaking audience, particularly Tao’s poetry, to gain new historical insights into Tao’s educational reforms. It contributes to transnational understandings of the multidirectional flows of knowledge about Progressive educational philosophies around the world.

Contesting the dominant narrative: expanding the multistory cultural change approach

2020 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 217-228
Author(s):  
Martijn van Ooijen ◽  
Antonie van Nistelrooij ◽  
Marcel Veenswijk
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Culture ◽  
Cultural Change ◽  
Change Process ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Construction Safety ◽  
Change Processes ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Organizational Field ◽  
Content Type

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to expand the theory on multistory cultural change by showing how a dominant narrative on construction safety dynamically interrelates and is contested on multiple intertextual levels in an organizational field of organizations contributing to the recovery of houses in an earthquake region.Design/methodology/approachAn ethnoventionist research approach was adopted in which interpretation of data to find narratives and designing interventions went hand-in-hand.FindingsWe found four distinctive composite narratives besides the dominant narrative to which five actors refer in their accounts, thereby contributing to three types of story patterns. These narratives disclose the taken-for-granted ideas and beliefs that characterize the challenge of changing organizational culture. One intervention, which intended multiple stories to touch the surface, was highlighted as a multistory intervention.Research limitations/implicationsFurther research could extend the knowledge on other change interventions that contribute to multistory cultural change processes.Originality/valueAdopting an ethnoventionist approach to provide deep insights on an unfolding cultural change process for both scholars and practitioners.

The curvilinear relationship between advice-giving and innovative capability: a knowledge exchange and combination explanation of the moderated relations

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dao-Jin Wang ◽  
Hong-Jiang Lv ◽  
Ying-Tang Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Indirect Effect ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Knowledge Exchange ◽  
Curvilinear Relationship ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Advice Giving ◽  
Innovative Capability ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to elucidate how the advice-giving affects innovative capability by involving knowledge exchange and combination as a mediator and contextual ambidexterity as an important contingency. Design/methodology/approach Based on a survey of 96 Chinese teams, a set of hypotheses was tested using regression analyzes. Findings The findings showed that contextual ambidexterity moderates the indirect effect of advice-giving on innovative capability through knowledge exchange and combination. When contextual ambidexterity is high, workers engage in more knowledge exchange and combination for the team at intermediate levels of advice-giving, the indirect effect of advice-giving at low levels and at high levels exist. When contextual ambidexterity is low, there is no indirect effect of advice-giving at any level. Practical implications Managers should be aware of the inverted U-shaped relationship between advice-giving and innovative capability and strengthen the construction of contextual ambidexterity. Originality/value This paper makes up for the theoretical gap between advice-giving and innovative capability. Furthermore, it provides a theoretical reference for practitioners to improve their innovative capability.

Readiness for information security of teachers as a function of their personality traits and their assessment of threats

2020 ◽  
Vol 72 (5) ◽  
pp. 787-812
Author(s):  
Noa Aharony ◽  
Dan Bouhnik ◽  
Nurit Reich
Keyword(s):  
Information Security ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Cultural Change ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Security Awareness ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Information Security Awareness ◽  
Secure Information ◽  
The Impact

PurposeThis study examines the impact of personality traits on the degree of challenge experienced by individuals with respect to the threat on their information, the evaluation of their self-efficacy to secure the information and hence, their readiness to secure information.Design/methodology/approachThe study's population consisted of 157 teachers from various educational institutions across Israel. We used five questionnaires to gather data.FindingsFindings reveal a link between participants' personality traits, situation evaluation indicators and their readiness to secure information. Further, the greater subjects' information security awareness and familiarity with information security concepts, the better their application of the tools for securing information will be.Originality/valueThe importance of this research lies primarily in that it highlights the importance of individual differences while dealing with information security awareness. The findings constitute a theoretical and empirical basis for building tools toward guiding teachers to protect their information, as well as for devising educational and pedagogic programs for making a cultural change.

Anatomy of successful tourism shopping districts

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 831-846
Author(s):  
Bob Mckercher
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Local Stakeholders ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
Operational Issues ◽  
Retail Shopping ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse the factors that make tourist shopping districts successful. Design/methodology/approach In total, 12 sets of face-to-face interviews were conducted in 7 cities on 4 continents in September and October, 2019. In total, 21 individuals participated in the interviews. Interviews were conducted in Bangkok Thailand, Singapore, Melbourne and Brisbane Australia, Ottawa Canada, New York USA (three sets of interviews) and London England (four sets of interviews). Findings The literature focusses on operational issues, while respondents highlighted higher order issues relating primarily to organisational structure, governance and funding. Research limitations/implications The study focusses primarily on English speaking jurisdictions, with the exception of Bangkok. As such, the results may not be generalisable to non-English speaking economies. Practical implications Insights into factors influencing the success of tourism retail shopping districts are highlighted, especially the role of governance and creativity. Social implications The paper indicates that local stakeholders also play a key role in the success of such districts. Originality/value This is the first comprehensive, global study of the factors that make tourism shopping districts successful.

The relationship and development trend of corporate social responsibility (CSR) literature

2019 ◽  
Vol 58 (4) ◽  
pp. 601-624 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu-Cheng Lin ◽  
Roni Padliansyah ◽  
Tzu-Chiang Lin
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Recent Trend ◽  
Knowledge Structure ◽  
Development Trend ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Research Topics ◽  
Content Type ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide a comprehensive view of the longitudinal status and the knowledge structure of the CSR research by identifying the major study topics, the development of CSR research, the leading authors and countries, as well as the most cited reference. Design/methodology/approach The authors systematically reviewed 14,490 articles in 15 journals specialized in CSR published between 2000 and 2016 with bibliographic coupling analysis and social network analysis to unveil the recent trend of CSR research. Findings The results identified 15 research topics in CSR research. This study accordingly suggests that CSR implication is the most popular topic in the CSR research field. Particularly, the publications regarding to “CSR Implication” increased with a dramatic trend. Furthermore, the rest of the 14 topics had a stagnant trend movement. Most of the leading authors of CSR research came from English-speaking countries. CSR investigations with varied topics simultaneously attracted the attentions of researchers from developed counties. On the other hand, researchers from developing countries simply focused limited issue. Originality/value This study proposes an automatic content analysis from scientometric perspective to reveal a comprehensive and longitudinal understanding of CSR research. Such examination on CSR studies is critical to afford researchers’ urgent need to grasp current research status and potential research space.

Exploring international atmospherics

2019 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 368-383 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Paz Toldos ◽  
Eva M. González ◽  
Scott Motyka
Keyword(s):  
Consumer Behavior ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Brand Image ◽  
Retail Store ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Global Brand ◽  
English Music ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
Retail Atmospherics ◽  
Practical Implications

PurposePrevious research has demonstrated that, in retail settings, music has some of the largest effects on consumer behavior. However, it is still unknown how the language of the lyrics (native vs foreign) affects consumer behavior. In order to address this gap in retail atmospherics, the purpose of this paper is to examine the differential effects of the language of the lyrics of the music played and explain the interactions between the music language and volume.Design/methodology/approachThe data were obtained from a field study conducted in an apparel store and from 241 shoppers speaking Spanish as their native language. The study involved the manipulation of language of the lyrics of music played in the store (native vs foreign).FindingsResults indicate that customers in a non-English speaking country are more likely to make purchases when music is played in English, which fits with the store’s global image. This effect is mediated by time spent in the store.Practical implicationsFor managers of global apparel brands, the results suggest that English music may be a good option to increase time spent in the store and subsequent purchases. This is especially attractive as music is an atmospheric cue that can be easily modified at less expense than other atmospheric cues.Originality/valueThis work is the first to demonstrate that fitting the language of the lyrics of music in an international retail store to a global brand image affects consumer behavior. Furthermore, it demonstrates that atmospherics research may not directly transfer to non-English speaking countries.

The FCA’s new enforcement process – what will work, and what won’t

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 79-81
Author(s):  
Polly James ◽  
Adam Jamieson
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Change ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Valuable Insight ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Practical Guidance

Purpose To review the FCA’s new enforcement process, drawing on what we believe are the positives and negatives and how the FCA should further improve the enforcement process. Design/methodology/approach Breaks down the FCA’s new enforcement process, highlighting the background and stimulus for change, the structural and cultural change, other process changes and our hopes for further reform. Findings Prospects have improved for firms/ individuals who are subject to FCA enforcement actions. Defendants who have good defensive arguments to make, but who would previously have felt under pressure to jettison those arguments in order to settle at an early stage and secure a 30 per cent discount will now be subject to a fairer process, weighted less favourably for the regulator. Originality/value Practical guidance from experienced regulatory lawyers who have valuable insight after working within the FCA.

Dubai Shopping Festival: tourists’ nationality and travel motives

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 116-131 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sangeeta Peter ◽  
Victor Anandkumar
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Destination Marketing ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Tourism Product ◽  
Marketing Organisation ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose – Tourists differ in their needs, motives and activities but they can be described based on demographic characteristics, nationality being one of them. The purpose of this paper is to compare the different nationalities travelling to Dubai during the Dubai Shopping Festival on their travel motives. Design/methodology/approach – Data were collected from 604 English-speaking tourists, using the mall intercept technique, during the XVIII edition of the shopping festival from January-February 2013. Findings – The study found that a total of 23 nationalities differed on their travel motives. Research limitations/implications – Only English-speaking tourists were included in the study. Practical implications – Tourists from different nationalities differ on their travel motives .The findings of this study will help the Destination Marketing Organisation in understanding the travel motives of the tourists which would help in developing products and market-specific destination promotion. Originality/value – Shopping festivals are being promoted by various destinations as a tourism product. Yet there is a lack of research literature on this topic. This empirical study on travel motives of international tourists visiting a shopping festival will be a worthy addition to the literature.

Image retrieval with SINCERITY

2015 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 204-218
Author(s):  
Elaine Ménard ◽  
Vanessa Girouard
Keyword(s):  
Image Retrieval ◽  
Search Engine ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
User Testing ◽  
Content Type ◽  
French And English ◽  
French Speaking ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
Engine Testing ◽  
User Friendly

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop a search engine dedicated to image retrieval in a bilingual (French and English) context. This paper presents the first phase of user testing that was carried out to validate and refine SINCERITY, the new search device. Design/methodology/approach – This first phase of the search engine testing involved a small group of image searchers (10 French-speaking and 10 English-speaking participants) who were asked to retrieve a sample of images (30) using the new tool. A questionnaire was also developed to compile the comments of the users. Findings – The results of this first phase of testing revealed that even though image indexing was sometimes problematic, the participants did not encounter major difficulties retrieving images with SINCERITY. Comments and suggestions received will be taken into consideration to improve the performance and aesthetics of the search engine. Originality/value – Once fully operational, SINCERITY will allow users to search images in an attractive and user-friendly manner. Eventually, other types of images (documentary and artistic) will be added to the image database linked to the image search engine, as well as other languages.

scholarly journals Researching accounting

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 412-424
Author(s):  
Hasri Mustafa
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Developing Nations ◽  
Early Research ◽  
Methodological Issues ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Research Context ◽  
Hands On ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
Key Topics ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to engage, cooperate and communicate for a more visible form of research accounting in early research settings, especially by those in non-native English speaking and developing nations. Design/methodology/approach The paper highlights four early research settings: in writing a research undertaking, in gaining acceptance of a research undertaking, in situating the self in the research context and in the renegotiation of the research context. Findings The paper finds that although organisations offer a forum for a discussion of socialising form of accounting, organisational communication inverts many of the norms of academic etiquettes. It interrupts, takes statements out of context and challenges the academic claim of accounting as a language of business. Practical implications The paper alerts corporations, managers, supervisors and researchers that communicating accounting is distinct from communication skills, though both emphasise that communications comprise behaviours which can be learned. Inexperienced researchers are not the only potential readers of the paper. The study is an attempt to provide accounting researchers with a resource for making informed decisions concerning the communication type they face and by placing their research agenda within the appropriate accounting characterisations. Originality/value The paper broadens the view of what constitutes knowledge of accounting and the knowledge about accounting and the ways to attain them. The key topics explored in the study provide “hands-on” methodological issues that could be adapted for use on similar programmes.

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