The narrative cleansing of Andrew Carnegie: entrepreneurial generativity as identity capital

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 203-220
Author(s):  
John H. Humphreys ◽  
Mario Joseph Hayek ◽  
Milorad M. Novicevic ◽  
Stephanie Haden ◽  
Jared Pickens
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Psychological Capital ◽  
Social Identities ◽  
Theoretic Model ◽  
Narrative Construction ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Self Identity ◽  
Narrative Reconstruction

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to proffer a reconstructed theoretic model of entrepreneurial generatively that accounts for personal and social identities in the narrative construction of entrepreneurial identity.. Design/methodology/approach The authors followed general analytically structured history processes using the life of Andrew Carnegie to understand how generativity scripts aid in aligning personal and social identities in the formation of entrepreneurial identity. Findings The authors argue that Carnegie used entrepreneurial generativity as a form of redemptive identity capital during the narrative reconstruction of his entrepreneurial identity. Originality/value This paper extends Harvey et al.’s (2011) model of entrepreneurial philanthropy motivation by including forms of self-capital (psychological capital and self-identity capital) as part of the co-construction of entrepreneurial identity and proposing a reconstructed capital theoretic model of entrepreneurial generativity.

scholarly journals It’s my choice! Investigating barriers to pro-social blood donating behaviour

2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 243-258 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robin Pentecost ◽  
Denni Arli ◽  
Sharyn Thiele
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Blood Donation ◽  
Self Determination Theory ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Capital City ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Self Identity ◽  
External Regulation ◽  
Intrinsic Motivations ◽  
International University

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate barriers to pro-social behaviour in the form of blood donating using self-determination theory. Design/methodology/approach Respondents were recruited through intercepts at a major international university and at points within the community in a capital city in Australia. Sampling was conducted over a three-week period resulting in a sample of 617 respondents. Findings Results show intrinsic motivations positively influence intentions towards blood donation, self-identity, and locus of control. Further, despite positively influencing other factors, external regulation positively influenced amotivation indicating the more likely people feel pressured to donate blood, the less likely they will be motivated to donate blood. Originality/value This would suggest one way to influence more people to become donors is to place greater focus on the positive emotional feelings they derive from the act of donating blood and the control they have over that donation. Using external regulation strategy which often suggests people “must” or “have-to” donate blood may be limiting blood donation numbers.

Workplace democracy and psychological capital: a paradigm shift in workplace

2018 ◽  
Vol 41 (9) ◽  
pp. 1088-1116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ki-Soon Han ◽  
Pooja Garg
Keyword(s):  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Psychological Capital ◽  
Organizational Outcomes ◽  
Computational Tool ◽  
Organizational Strategies ◽  
Workplace Democracy ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Alpha Reliability

Purpose This paper aims to explore the role of workplace democracy in generating psychological capital, which is an inevitable paradigm for the contemporary organizations. The study also provides a conceptual framework which connotes the nexus between the two constructs. Design/methodology/approach The study is qualitative in nature and uses content analysis to identify the determinants of workplace democracy and psychological capital. Furthermore, the study used SPSS macro, i.e. PROCESS, a computational tool for calculating inter-coder reliability by using KALPHA, i.e. Krippendorff’s alpha reliability estimate (Hayes, 2013; Krippendorff, 2011). Findings The present study adds to the literature by signaling the dire need for building democratic workplaces and offers significant insights for the management and human resource practitioners to cultivate workplace democracy to build their employees’ psychological strengths, which in turn will result in enhanced organizational outcomes. Originality/value The present study brings attention toward the necessity for a shift in the generic organizational strategies and instigate organizations to nurture a democratic setup for developing employees’ psychological capital.

“Which hat do I say I'm wearing?”: identity work of independent coaching practitioners

2014 ◽  
Vol 38 (8) ◽  
pp. 764-779 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina Evans ◽  
David Lines
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Identity Work ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Self Identity ◽  
Specific Category ◽  
Exploratory Investigation ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
Insight Into

Purpose – This paper aims to provide an insight into the complexities of the identity work performed by independent coaches, based on an investigation into their “lived experiences”. The emerging coaching industry has created opportunities for individuals wishing to pursue a career as independent executive/career coaches. Design/methodology/approach – This exploratory investigation was conducted using the principles of grounded theory, drawing on insights from “knowledgeable informants” (18 in total) gained through interviews and focus group discussion. Findings – Despite the attractiveness of pursuing an independent career, the findings surfaced a number of tensions in the way that independent coaches transform and perform their identity. One tension involves balancing notions of self-identity and “ideal work” with presenting a credible self to different client groups, the purchasers of their services. Research limitations/implications – As the research focused on a specific category of independent practitioners, more research is required to assess the generalizability of the findings to other categories of practitioners. Practical implications – A framework illuminating the processual nature of identity work among independent coaches is presented. This could be used to inform developmental conversations with aspiring independent coaches, or to support the content on formal coaching programmes. Originality/value – In drawing attention to the complexities of identity work performed by independent coaches, given the contingencies affecting their work, this research offers a different contribution to the coaching literature.

scholarly journals Social identities in the field: how fluctuating fieldworker identities shape our research

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 186-198 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Kirkebæk Johansson Gosovic
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Social Identities ◽  
Data Generation ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Ethnographic Fieldwork ◽  
Anthropological Theory ◽  
Multiple Identity ◽  
Identity Processes ◽  
Interpretation Process ◽  
At Home

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to contribute to developing the understanding and practice of fieldwork in familiar settings by expanding the literature on fieldworker identities. Design/methodology/approach Based on ethnographic fieldwork in a multinational biopharmaceutical corporation, and drawing on anthropological theory of social identities, the paper demonstrates the multiple and fluid identities that we as organizational ethnographers purposefully take on, accidentally acquire, unintentionally are ascribed with and experience during ethnographic fieldwork in familiar settings. Findings Building on these insights, and by expanding the literature on researcher identities, the paper develops a critique of the spatial and temporal notions often attached to fieldwork in familiar settings by demonstrating how outsider identities are ascribed even “at home” and how insider identities can be experienced when away. It further reflects on the ways in which these identities shape the data generation and interpretation process. Originality/value This paper argues that to properly grasp the multiple identity processes involved in a fieldwork, we must escape the spatial and temporal conceptualization of being either an insider or an outsider. Instead, the paper argues for a relational and situational perspective on being an insider and an outsider in the field and proposes to conceptualize “insider” and “outsider” as ascribed, changing and sometimes volatile social identities.

Employee well-being in a stressful work environment

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Work Environment ◽  
Organizational Justice ◽  
Work Engagement ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Psychological Capital ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Employee Health ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
Work Contexts

Purpose Psychological capital and perceived organizational justice are important personal and job-related resources with scope to positively affect employee health in stressful work contexts. Delivering programs to develop these resources together with a focus on increasing work engagement can best help generate desired outcomes. Design/methodology/approach This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context.  Findings Psychological capital and perceived organizational justice are important personal and job-related resources with scope to positively affect employee health in stressful work contexts. Delivering programs to develop these resources together with a focus on increasing work engagement can best help generate desired outcomes. Originality/value The briefing saves busy executives and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format.

The ties that bind: mutuality of political destiny between Hong Kong and Taiwan

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 137-148
Author(s):  
Wai Kwok Benson Wong
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Self Identity ◽  
Bonding Effect ◽  
Two Systems ◽  
Negative Perceptions ◽  
One Country Two Systems ◽  
The One ◽  
Ruling Party

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explain how post-1997 Hong Kong has been perceived in Taiwan and to critically evaluate the demonstration effects of Hong Kong under the “One Country, Two Systems” policy on cross-strait relations. Design/methodology/approach “Today’s Hong Kong, Tomorrow’s Taiwan” has become a dominant discourse in cross-strait relations in recent years. The paper has adopted discourse analysis of selected texts during and after the 2014 Sunflower Movement to elucidate the disapproval of the developments of post-handover Hong Kong and the construction of the Movement’s self-identity. Findings It has observed the following arguments which shaped the prevailing perceptions among critics of the “One Country, Two Systems” policy: political infiltration of China in Hong Kong could be extended to Taiwan in the sense that the Beijing authorities would adopt the identical approach to manipulate Taiwan through the cross-strait trading agreements; negative perceptions and images of China and Chinese capitals as a collective aggressor and a threat, raising fear and worries in both Hong Kong and Taiwan; and Kuomintang, as a ruling party at that time under the leadership of President Ma Ying-jeoh, was dismissed by protesters as an incompetent gatekeeper and defender of Taiwan’s interests. Originality/value The pervasive sentiments and perceptions about post-1997 Hong Kong has been articulated discursively by the young activists in Taiwan and Hong Kong into a statement – “Today’s Hong Kong, Tomorrow’s Taiwan” – which has brought about a somewhat unexpected bonding effect between Hong Kong and Taiwan through a strong disapproval of “One Country, Two Systems” and the China factor, which has be reproduced, delivered and circulated in both societies since 2014.

Across intergenerational masculinities: straight divisions, gay multiplications

2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-88
Author(s):  
Ian Davis ◽  
Mark Vicars
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experience ◽  
Identity Construction ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Social Implications ◽  
Narrative Construction ◽  
Content Type

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present two examples how stories and storying can be utilised to excavate forgotten points and junctures that result as fundamental episodes in the forming of the subjective selves. Writing in-between masculinity and queerness both stories trace the experience of two boys through accounts of initiation and subjection. Design/methodology/approach – Using autobiography as a method, in concert with Deleuzian-Guattarian notions of becoming and becoming other the paper explores how the discovery of subjective difference informs how the work of identity making and survival take place. Findings – What is uncovered in the process of the paper is how we learn the disguises needed for survival through an early encounter away from the dominating and into the dominated. In this process of becoming other strategies are designed to disguise difference and avoid detection. Social implications – The gaps and fissures that exist between intergenerational positions in conjunction with the straight/gay sexuality binary provide the environment within which the paper operates. Through personal biography the paper investigates how this structure informs the subjective positionality and the identity construction. Originality/value – The openness of the writing found in both of these accounts, although clearly a narrative construction, are also akin to a stream of remembering or spontaneous prose writing. The accounts themselves are not heavily edited; they have not been figured and refigured to produce pleasing literary effects. Instead they remain raw utilising narrative tropes such as flash-back and dramaturgy simply as conduits to memory. The tropes that are employed could be read as defensive or distancing mechanism, a protection against the capacity of the unfolding lived experience to disturb and disrupt.

scholarly journals Visual mapping of identity: negotiating ethnic identity

2020 ◽  
Vol 54 (11) ◽  
pp. 2747-2775
Author(s):  
Ofer Dekel-Dachs ◽  
Emily Moorlock
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Complex Nature ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Self Identity ◽  
Visual Research ◽  
Visual Tool ◽  
Multiple Voices ◽  
Visual Methodology ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose This paper aims to offer a novel participatory visual research method, the mapping of identity (MOI) protocol that embraces the complex nature of contemporary consumers’ lived reality. Design/methodology/approach The MOI protocol is a two-phase methodology. The first phase includes collage creation, based on a taxonomy of attachments, followed by an elicitation interview structured around the participant’s collage. In phase two, the categories elicited in phase one are synthesised into key themes in collaboration between the researcher and the participant. Findings MOI methodology provides an effective platform for participants to bring together disjointed memories, fragments and thoughts. Two individual cases are presented that seem similar on the surface; however, when deconstructing these narratives, their lived experiences and the effect that these narratives have on the construction of the self are very different. Treating participants as co-researchers and letting the choices they make in their collage creation lead the interview empowers the participant and enables the researcher to better understand their complex identity articulations. Research limitations/implications This study contributes a visual methodology capable of exploring and celebrating the complexities of self-identity. Practical implications MOI is a useful tool for facilitating self-exploration in liquid markets. Marketing experts should provide materials that are not too confining and facilitate consumers in expressing multiple voices. Social implications The participatory nature of MOI methodology allows for the emergence of stories from those that might otherwise go unheard, helping to understand unfamiliar and sometimes unrecognised identities. Originality/value Marketing literature recognises the complex nature of contemporary lived reality; however, some of the intricate aspects of this reality have not been dealt with in all their complexity. A reason for this gap is the paucity of suitable research methods. The MOI protocol presented in this paper addresses this, providing an effective visual tool to explore the complex web of contemporary consumer life.

A perspective-taking model for global assignments

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 280-297 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joon Hyung Park ◽  
Je’Anna Lea Abbott ◽  
Steve Werner
Keyword(s):  
Host Country ◽  
Cognitive Processes ◽  
Perspective Taking ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Psychological Capital ◽  
View Point ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Host Country Nationals ◽  
Conceptual Paper ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to propose a model that explains how proactive cognitive processes, such as perspective-taking, relates to expatriates’ effectiveness. Design/methodology/approach – This conceptual paper presents the model that is based on the perspective-taking models developed by Parker et al. (2008) and applies them to the expatriate context. Findings – The authors present a framework that delineates how the perspective-taking process leads to an expatriate’s effectiveness. The authors provide propositions about which factors motivate expatriates to engage in perspective-taking and which factors influence higher accuracy of understanding of the host country nationals’ (HCN) perspective. Practical implications – Guidance is provided for the training of expatriate to develop perspective-taking. Originality/value – The paper expands the expatriate research by incorporating the perspective-taking model to identify which factors may motivate expatriates to see the HCN view point. Also, the paper contributes to the literature by identifying how resources such as expatriates’ psychological capital may promote the degree of accuracy or comprehension with respect to the HCN thoughts and feelings.

The notion of Mosel wine and its controversies

2019 ◽  
Vol 121 (12) ◽  
pp. 3076-3088 ◽  
Author(s):  
Håkon Aspøy
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Geographical Indications ◽  
Narrative Construction ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Ethnographic Fieldwork ◽  
Collective Narratives ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
External Sources ◽  
Depth Interviews

Purpose The concept of terroir is institutionalized through geographical indications (GIs) in large parts of the wine-producing world. GIs in wine are associated with certain taste characteristics. Mosel wine is said to be slender and fresh. However, external sources of pressure are recognized as challenging this notion. The purpose of this paper is to explore the narrative construction of Mosel wine and how institutions, markets and climate are presented as having implications for its taste. Design/methodology/approach Ethnographic fieldwork was carried out over ten weeks during the fall of 2016, consisting of three weeks of participant observation and 12 in-depth interviews. Post-fieldwork, data were interpreted as collective narratives. Additionally, a wide range of written sources on Mosel wine has been analyzed. Findings It is found that a development toward big-bodied wines was considered a threat to the region’s stylistic image, in which light-bodied wines represented the cornerstone. Consequently, this had triggered introspection and greater discursive attentiveness to “lightness” to preserve the credibility and identity of Mosel as a GI. Findings show that these aesthetic controversies functioned to recreate and consolidate the notion of Mosel wine and its sense of terroir. Originality/value Focusing on how taste in wine is narratively produced, this paper utilizes an inductive approach rarely employed within terroir research.

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