scholarly journals Hyper academia

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 219-231
Author(s):  
Ana María Munar
Keyword(s):  
Short Story ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Thought Experiment ◽  
Emotional Engagement ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Critical Reflexivity ◽  
Value Judgements ◽  
Moral Justifications ◽  
Digital Cultures ◽  
Academic Rankings

Purpose What ought we morally to do in a tourism academia dominated by metrics, quantification and digital codification? The purpose of this paper is to address this question by presenting the idea of “hyper academia” and exploring ethical perspectives and values related to hyper-digital cultures. Design/methodology/approach Drawing inspiration from classical and post-disciplinary traditions, the topic is exposed in a creative and multi-layered way using conceptual, philosophical and artistic tools. It is structured in four sections: An introductory essay on gratitude, a philosophical thought experiment, a literary short story and a manifesto. Findings Gratitude referencing is a method of personalizing the attribution of influence in scholarship and restoring the importance of depth and slowness over speed, novelty and quantity. The thought experiment allows us to see how we make value judgements on academic work under different scenarios. The dystopian short story shows the radical power that such a genre has to create emotional engagement whilst activating our critical reflexivity. Finally, the manifesto answers the question of what we morally “ought to do” by inviting scholars to engage with five duties. Originality/value This paper looks beyond previous descriptive studies of academic rankings and metrics, inviting tourism scholars to reflect on the values and moral justifications behind our evaluation cultures.

Cultivating digital cultures

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 2-6
Author(s):  
Jeff Kavanaugh
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Culture ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Soft Skills ◽  
Senior Management ◽  
Content Type ◽  
China And India ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Exponential Change ◽  
Digital Cultures

Purpose This paper aims to describe the findings of a recent Infosys survey that found digital technologies are being used to meet focused objectives such as improving customer experience or increasing productivity. This is contrary to much of the earlier rhetoric that large companies must quickly make an exponential change to survive against the digital upstarts. Design/methodology/approach This paper is based on an Infosys survey of more than 1,000 senior management executives globally at companies with more than US$1bn in annual revenue across the USA, Europe, Australia, China and India. Findings This paper expands upon findings that outline why soft skills are just as important as technical ones to foster an organizational culture that ensures the success of digital initiatives. Specifically, the paper elaborates on findings across five key areas: planning, hiring, training for skills, incentives and workplace for organizational culture. Originality/value This paper will help HR leaders build a lifelong learning culture and use it to retain top talent. This includes pursuing multiple talent approaches and initiatives, providing training programs, rigorous hiring methods and working toward sustainably smarter infrastructures.

scholarly journals Entrepreneursheep and context: when entrepreneurship is greater than entrepreneurs

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 267-278 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johan Gaddefors ◽  
Alistair R. Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Short Story ◽  
Social Entrepreneurship ◽  
Social Factors ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Unit Of Analysis ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Entrepreneurship Theory ◽  
Context Shapes ◽  
Empirical Material

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explain how context shapes what becomes entrepreneurial. Design/methodology/approach The paper is part of a longitudinal study over ten years, an ethnographic work including interviews, participating in meetings and shadowing. Texts and voices boiled down to transcripts and notes were sorted in NVivo. The empirical material was presented as a simple, short story, with the aim to question established assumptions and relations. The paper propose context as the unit for analysis, instead of entrepreneurs and outcomes. This opened up the scale from a narrow individualism to a much broader appreciation of the entrepreneurship as shaped by social factors. Findings The paper provides insights about how context determines entrepreneurship. It is not simply the context in itself, but the things that are going on in the context. What entrepreneurship does is to connect and thus create a raft of changes. The paper suggests that to depart from context as the unit of analysis will avoid the objectification of entrepreneurship and open up for discussing the becoming of entrepreneurship. The case illustrates how entrepreneurship is an event in a flow of changing circumstances. Entrepreneurship is formed from the context itself, rather than being individual or social; entrepreneurship appears simultaneously to be both. Entrepreneurship can and does exist in multiple states regardless of the observer and the observation. Originality/value This paper fulfils an identified need to learn more about how entrepreneurship and context interact. It illustrates how context is more engaged in the entrepreneurial process than entrepreneurship theory acknowledges.

An economic case for a UK collective collection

2015 ◽  
Vol 28 (1/2) ◽  
pp. 63-69
Author(s):  
David Ball
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Return On Investment ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Statistical Data ◽  
Thought Experiment ◽  
Just In Time ◽  
Time Model ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Research Libraries ◽  
The Core

Purpose – This paper is a thought experiment that investigates the possibilities of moving from the typical “just-in-case” model of managing legacy collections of printed monographs to a centralised “just-in-time” model. Design/methodology/approach – Reliable published statistical data have been used; the core of these are the annual library statistics for UK research libraries collected by SCONUL. From these and other sources, the costs of monograph storage across UK research libraries have been determined. Findings – Establishing a centralised collective collection would bring a large return on investment. Research limitations/implications – This is not an empirical study. Originality/value – The value of this study is high.

Explaining the measurement and evaluation stasis

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 213-227 ◽  
Author(s):  
Howard Nothhaft ◽  
Hanna Stensson
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Empirical Investigation ◽  
Thought Experiment ◽  
Principal Agent Theory ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Constructive Dialogue ◽  
Self Interest ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Measurement And Evaluation ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explain the “evaluation deadlock” or “stasis” diagnosed by many authors. The explanation relies on a thought experiment. Design/methodology/approach The paper is conceptual and builds on a thought experiment inspired by qualitative research such as interviews with communication consultants in Sweden. It makes use of principal–agent theory and Akerlof’s theory of lemon markets. Findings A plausible explanation for the evaluation stasis requires consideration of practitioners’ self-interest as businesspeople. The deadlock is explained by an anomaly in practitioner populations and passive or active but covert resistance. If the long-time neglect of measurement and evaluation has led to expectation inflation and overpromising, even well-performing actors might shy away from rigorous measurement and evaluation practices in their own mandates, since they fear being measured against promotional, not realistic standards. At the same time, on the level of industry discourse, these practitioners would still advocate for measurement and evaluation in principle, so as to avoid the suspicion of underperformance. Research limitations/implications The paper suggests an explanation for further empirical investigation. It does not attempt to demonstrate anything else than that the suggestion is plausible and that it warrants further investigation. Practical implications The scientific community engaged in the measurement and evaluation debate appears puzzled by the discrepancy between practitioners’ words and actions. The authors hope that the paper contributes to a more realistic and thus more constructive dialogue between practitioners and academics in the measurement and evaluation debate. Originality/value Inspired by Alvesson and Spicer’s concept of functional stupidity, the paper argues that attempts to explain the evaluation stasis have been marked by circumspection and narrowness. At present, explanations for the evaluation stasis tend to focus on lack of knowledge or inadequate systems or frameworks. The paper offers a more comprehensive explanation.

The suffering of refugees in Ghassan Kanafani’s “The Child Goes to the Camp”: a critical appraisal

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rania Mohammed Abdel Abdel Meguid
Keyword(s):  
Short Story ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Critical Appraisal ◽  
Appraisal Theory ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Refugee Camps ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Resistance Literature ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Shed Light

Purpose This paper aims to present a critical appraisal of Ghassan Kanafani’s short story “The Child Goes to the Camp” using the Appraisal Theory proposed by Martin and Rose (2007) in an attempt to investigate the predicament of the Palestinians who were forced to flee their country and live in refugee camps as well as the various effects refugee life had on them. Design/methodology/approach Using the Appraisal Theory, and with a special focus on the categories of Attitude and Graduation, the paper aims to shed light on the plight of refugees through revealing the narrator’s suffering in a refugee camp where the most important virtue becomes remaining alive. Findings Analysing the story using the Appraisal Theory reveals the impact refugee life has left on the narrator and his family. This story serves as a warning for the world of the suffering refugees have to endure when they are forced to flee their war-torn countries. Originality/value Although Kanafani’ resistance literature has been studied extensively, his short stories have not received much scholarly attention. In addition, his works have not been subject to linguistic analysis. This study presents an appraisal analysis of Kanafani’s “The Child Goes to the Camp” in an attempt to investigate how the author’s linguistic choices are key to highlighting the suffering of the Palestinians, especially children, in refugee camps.

Advancing tourist gaze research and authenticating the native-visitor: introduction to a special issue honoring work by John Urry

2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 373-378 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arch G. Woodside
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Thought Experiment ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Tourist Gaze ◽  
Additional Work ◽  
New Meanings ◽  
Meta Review ◽  
Introductory Paper ◽  
Sense Of Obligation

Purpose – This introductory paper aims to offer a rudimentary model that describes the antecedent recipes for creating native-visitors. The paper describes what is unique and valuable about the seven articles that follow in their descriptions and explanations of the behavior of native-tourists. This special issue is to honor the originality and value of the contributions of tourism research’s leading critic, John Urry. Design/methodology/approach – The paper presents a paradigm that includes eight profiles of tourists identified by low/high conjunctions of knowledge, training and authentication of performances of tourism places. The study calls for a normative stance that tourists should develop a sense of obligation to learn before visiting to enrich understanding of what they are seeing and to reduce the negative outcomes of the tourist gaze. The method includes describing the unique and valuable contributions in each of the seven following articles in the issue. Findings – The analysis and outcomes are viewable best as propositions from a thought experiment. The seven articles that follow the introduction are appropriate data for a meta-review of the development of new meanings of tourism generated from the concept of native-tourist. Research limitations/implications – This study may spur necessary additional work to confirm that native-tourists do interpret performing tourist places differently and more richly than naïve tourists. Originality/value – The article is high in originality in establishing the benefits from studying native-tourists as unique contributors to clarifying and deepening the meanings of tourism drama enactments.

scholarly journals A right to die for prisoners?

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-66
Author(s):  
Angelika Reichstein
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Thought Experiment ◽  
Prison Population ◽  
The State ◽  
Right To Die ◽  
Assisted Dying ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Duty To Protect ◽  
Utopian Thought ◽  
The Right

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore whether, although the state has a duty to protect prisoners, there should nevertheless be a right for prisoners to decide when and how they die. Design/methodology/approach Utilising a utopian thought experiment, the paper covers a series of interrelated issues: the aims of punishment, the functions of prisons, the rights of prisoners and the responsibilities of the state towards inmates. While the paper takes a European focus, it is of interest to a global audience, as the philosophical ideas raised are universally applicable. Findings As the right to die advances in society, so should it advance for prisoners. Once assisted dying has been legalised, it should also be available for dying prisoners. Originality/value The question has so far not been analysed in depth. With an ageing prison population, however, it is vital that we start engaging with the problems posed by an ageing and dying prison population.

A good man is hard to find: project management, entrepreneurship and serendipity

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 114-119 ◽  
Author(s):  
William B. Gartner
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Collective Action ◽  
Short Story ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mind's Eye

Purpose The purpose of this paper commentary is to explore the intersection of project management and entrepreneurship through a poetic exploration of Flannery O’Connor’s short story: “A Good Man is Hard to Find.” Through the use of the Japanese Haiku format, this commentary probes the nature and meaning of “projects,” the importance of goals and their limitations, the influence of context across time, and the role of agency and circumstance in entrepreneurship as denoted by the idea of serendipity. Design/methodology/approach Poesis. Findings Imagination steers the course. Vision sees the possibility; But the mind’s eye sees through a distorted lens that is always misfit. So the unplanned path becomes the project. Always; Accidents happen. Originality/value Project Management: Goals with temporary; Collective action; Entrepreneurship: “Organizing collective Action.” Compromise?

Intellectual capital disclosure and academic rankings in European universities

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isabel Brusca ◽  
Sandra Cohen ◽  
Francesca Manes-Rossi ◽  
Giuseppe Nicolò
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Capital ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Fourth Stage ◽  
Content Type ◽  
European Universities ◽  
The World ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
World Ranking ◽  
Academic Rankings ◽  
The Way

Purpose The purpose of this study is to compare of the way intellectual capital (IC) is disclosed in the websites of the universities in three European countries to assess the way universities decide to communicate IC to their stakeholders and identify potential patterns and trends. In addition, the relation between the level and the type of IC Web disclosure in universities and academic rankings as a proxy of performance is explored to reveal interrelations. Design/methodology/approach The study is based on a sample of 128 universities coming from Greece (22), Italy (58) and Spain (48). The websites of the universities are content-analysed to measure the level of IC disclosure. The IC disclosure metrics are then correlated with the academic rankings of the World Ranking. Findings While the level of IC disclosure among universities and among countries is not homogeneous, human capital and internal capital items are more heavily disclosed compared to external capital items in all three countries. In addition, larger universities in terms of number of students tend to disclose more on IC. Moreover, there is a positive correlation between the level of IC Web disclosure and the academic ranking that challenges the IC disclosure strategies followed by the universities. Originality/value The paper represents an innovative contribution to the existing literature as it investigates websites to assess the level of IC disclosure provided by universities in a comparative perspective. Furthermore, it analyses the relationship between the online IC disclosure and European universities’ academic rankings and provides evidence on the interaction between the IC disclosure and the ecosystem in which the universities operate contributing to the fourth stage of IC research.

Modelling advances in gatekeeping theory for academic libraries

2019 ◽  
Vol 76 (2) ◽  
pp. 389-408
Author(s):  
Paul Ojennus
Keyword(s):  
Academic Libraries ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Conceptual Analysis ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Thought Experiment ◽  
Levels Of Analysis ◽  
Library And Information Science ◽  
Communication Studies ◽  
Information Flows ◽  
Content Type

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the appropriateness of gatekeeping theory, particularly its recent elaboration in journalism and communication studies for the investigation of information flows in academic libraries. Design/methodology/approach This paper uses the methods of conceptual analysis and thought experiment. Findings This paper finds that current elaborations of gatekeeping theory are useful for modeling library information flows, particularly identifying and evaluating influences on those flows. It is able to reframe intransigent issues around library neutrality and open access so that more nuanced approaches can be constructed. Originality/value Gatekeeping theory as elaborated by Shoemaker and Vos for journalism and communication studies, while occasionally referenced the library and information science (LIS) literature, has not been previously evaluated as a framework for library information flows. This is the first paper to assess the potential of aspects of the theory such as levels of analysis and multiplicity of channels to reframe issues in LIS.

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