Expert saying and doing in dealing with domestic violence: reflections on a case of legal aid in an antiviolence center

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 441-459
Author(s):  
Laura Lucia Parolin
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Legal System ◽  
Discursive Practice ◽  
Discursive Practices ◽  
Legal Aid ◽  
Interactional Expertise ◽  
Systematic Analysis ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Discourse Practices

PurposeThis article sheds light on the legal services offered by antiviolence centers through a discursive practice-based analysis of women who have experienced domestic violence and the lawyers who volunteer in the center.Design/methodology/approachUsing a practice-based framework, the article utilizes a case study of the first legal meeting between a lawyer and a woman who has experienced violence. The case study illustrates how the legal advisors' expertise is deployed in the use of “discursive practices” in dealing with women who have experienced domestic violence. Through a systematic analysis of the verbatim narrative, the case shows how the lawyer performs her legal help through expert “discursive practices” which are situated in recognition of the texture of practices experienced by women in the legal system.FindingsThe case study shows how a practice-based approach is able to account for lawyers' discursive and interactional knowledge in dealing with domestic violence. This expert doing and saying includes the ability to read the complexities of abusive situations, using “professional vision” to identify, highlight and codify clues and patterns of a partners' violent behavior; the mastery of “co-implication” with women to support the development of a narrative of the abuse as a crime recognizable both by the victim and the legal system.Originality/valueThe analysis shows that practice-based approaches to knowing and learning in investigating discourse practices can provide insights on practitioners' interactional expertise as well as the relevance of the service. While a close look at the actual practices illustrates the lawyer's interactional mechanisms, the crucial role of legal aid in the antiviolence center can be appreciated by contextualizing within the texture of practices that characterizes women's experiences with violence.

Demands, identities and repertoire of protest: an analysis of the Mexican cannabis movement

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 108-116
Author(s):  
Edgar Guerra
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Deep Understanding ◽  
Civil Society Organizations ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Systematic Analysis ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Governmental Organization ◽  
Academic Literature ◽  
The Relationship

PurposeIn this paper, the author analyzed the repertoire of protest that cannabis activists employ in marches and mass demonstrations. The purpose of this paper is to understand the relationship between key demands and identities surrounding cannabis movement and the repertoire of protest they normally use.Design/methodology/approachThe work was designed as a qualitative case study to build a deep understanding and detailed description of the cannabis movement’s dynamics and an analysis of its repertoire of protest. Data collection was carried out in two fieldwork periods in 2016 and 2017. This phase mainly consisted of ethnographic work and semi-structured interviews. An exploratory study was also carried out in May 2016. Information was mainly collected through interviews that delved into various issues regarding the movement’s internal composition and dynamics. As such, the author conducted 23 interviews with participants in marches and mass demonstrations, as well as with current non-governmental organization members. The compiled information was analyzed according to the “documentary method.”FindingsAlthough the Global Marijuana March brings together users, activists, civil society organizations and politicians, the Mexican cannabis movement has non-articulated demands, it lacks a strong common identity and limited resources for mobilization. These features find an echo in a poor repertoire of protest.Originality/valueThis is the first scholarly and systematic analysis of the Mexican cannabis movement in the academic literature. Further, there is a systematic analysis of the cannabis movement repertoire of protest and how cannabis activists are able to translate their demands and identities into banners, chants, performances, masks and costumes, performances, pamphleteering, and demonstrations.

Discourse phronesis in organizational change: a narrative analysis

2014 ◽  
Vol 27 (5) ◽  
pp. 769-779 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noora Jansson
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Change ◽  
Narrative Analysis ◽  
Public University ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Discursive Practices ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Research Advance ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine how discursive practices are involved in organizational change. Design/methodology/approach – This research scrutinizes organizational change by combining discourse and practice approaches. A case study at a public university hospital is conducted with a narrative analysis method. Findings – The key finding of this research is that discursive practices are involved in organizational change through discourse phronesis. Discourse phronesis is a socially and contextually developed phenomenon, and hence discursive practices are particular within context. The case study revealed four particular discursive practices as examples of discourse phronesis: field practices, mandate practices, priority practices and word practices. Practical implications – The results of this research advance awareness of the concealed power within discursive practices and, more importantly, invite practitioners to pursue the intellectual virtue of discourse phronesis while implementing organizational change. Discourse phronesis may be utilized as a gateway to advance change goals and to translate various discourses and actions that otherwise might remain unexplained. Originality/value – Although extensively studied, organizational change has not previously been directly approached through discourse phronesis, and by doing so this empirical research provides novelty value to both organizational change research and discourse analysis. By introducing the concept of discourse phronesis, this research offers scholars an alternative lens, the intellectual practicality lens, through which to approach organizational change and perhaps to develop new understandings of the great challenges that organizational change complexities usually generate.

scholarly journals EXTRALINGUAL FACTORS OF DISCURSIVE PRACTICES OF FAKE NEWS

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (10(78)) ◽  
pp. 90-92
Author(s):  
Svitlana Rybachok
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
Social Practice ◽  
Social Cognitive ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Best Interests ◽  
Discursive Practice ◽  
Fake News ◽  
Discursive Practices ◽  
Hybrid Form ◽  
Discourse Practices

The article focuses on the issues of discursive practice of fake news as a certain type and format of social practice, which organizes social life by falsified means, determines communicative forms of individual behavior in typical situations in order to mislead, control minds and behavior of individuals and / or social groups through preferencial access to mass media resources, which promptly respond to any innovative processes in society, indicate the major transformations of society, changes in a particular community. The study identifies extra lingual factors of discourse formation that led to the creation of important social, cognitive, technological, political and ethical issues, as well as understanding the conditions and social practices under which there was a possibility of such discourse practices. The research reveals that modern discursive formation that correlate with specific technological, political, information and communicative means of virtual and real media resources have formed specific interactive and communicative/discursive practices of fake news as a hybrid form of information production and dissemination in order to manipulatively influence the public opinion, political decisions in the best interests of dominated groups.

Boundary spanners in crisis management

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 233-244 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jori Pascal Kalkman
Keyword(s):  
Crisis Management ◽  
Selection Process ◽  
Boundary Spanners ◽  
Organizational Boundaries ◽  
Systematic Analysis ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Coordination And Collaboration ◽  
Practical Implications

PurposeCrisis management increasingly requires coordination and collaboration between multiple organizations. This means that inter-organizational boundaries have to be spanned by dedicated organizational members (i.e. boundary spanners). This paper aims to describe which features facilitate the work of boundary spanners in crisis management.Design/methodology/approachA case study, consisting of 26 interviews, has been conducted in the Netherlands to explore how civilian and military representatives effectively spanned inter-organizational boundaries.FindingsFive features are identified that enable boundary spanners to improve crisis management coordination and collaboration. Boundary spanners are likely to be successful when they (1) serve long terms, (2) are sensitive to partners' concerns, (3) have considerable discretion, (4) are politically skilled and (5) prove influential in their own organization.Practical implicationsCrisis organizations can extend boundary spanners' term length, broaden their discretionary space and give them more influence to facilitate their work. Additionally, in the selection process, it would be well to choose organizational members who display a sensitivity to the interests of crisis partners and possess political skill.Originality/valueMultiple studies have reiterated the key role of boundary spanners in enabling crisis management coordination and collaboration. Yet, this study is the first to provide a systematic analysis of key features that help boundary spanners to reach this goal.

scholarly journals The emergence of sensemaking through socio-material practices

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 597-607
Author(s):  
Noora Jansson ◽  
Nina Lunkka ◽  
Marjo Suhonen ◽  
Merja Meriläinen ◽  
Heikki Wiik
Keyword(s):  
Video Analysis ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Qualitative Case Study ◽  
Organisational Change ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
Discursive Practices ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Holistic Process ◽  
Dynamic Agency

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to increase understanding of how sensemaking occurs as a holistic, processual phenomenon during an organisational change. Design/methodology/approach A longitudinal, qualitative case study was conducted by analysing video-recorded meetings among the staff of two recently merged surgical departments in a university hospital. Sensemaking was approached through the lens of socio-material practices. Findings The analysis revealed that material-discursive practices produce sensemaking in various ways, creating a holistic process and a dynamic agency. Four sensemaking practices were identified through which personnel made sense of the development of ward inpatient rounding: facilitated meetings, a status board, video analysis and humour. Originality/value This paper identifies diverse sensemaking practices, each of which increases understanding of sensemaking as a holistic, processual phenomenon that emerges through socio-material practices. The paper also enhances practical understanding of how sense is made of a working practice, as well as how a working practice is developed and improved during an organisational change.

Legitimizing private legal systems through CSR communication: a Walmart case study

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 439-455
Author(s):  
Virginia Harrison
Keyword(s):  
Legal System ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Business Practices ◽  
Corporate Communications ◽  
Legal Systems ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Csr Communication ◽  
Actional Legitimacy ◽  
Corporate Social

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand the role of corporate social responsibility (CSR) communications in business by merging previously unconnected lines of thought in communications and law. Using Walmart as an example, the study shows that CSR communication can legitimize a corporation’s autonomous legal system of regulation and governance over its business practices. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative case study of all online corporate communications webpages from Walmart was examined. Discourse and qualitative analyses were used to show how language and online communications practices created actional legitimacy for Walmart’s CSR practices. Findings Using the UN’s Guiding Principles for Business as a framework for analysis, the study demonstrated how CSR communications helps Walmart to establish its own system of CSR norms, structures and remediation processes for its business outside of the state. These communications also sought to legitimize these actions among stakeholders. Research limitations/implications This case study looks at one corporation (Walmart) to illustrate a new connection between CSR communication and legitimacy. Future research in communications can extend this line of inquiry by examining how communications can reinforce autonomous legal systems and public perceptions. Originality/value Backer’s (2007) autonomous legal system and the concept of actional legitimacy in communications have not yet been studied systematically. This case study demonstrates how CSR communications can legitimize a multinational corporation’s business practices, which, in turn, raises ethical considerations for the ways this communication serves the greater society.

scholarly journals Systematic analysis of the methodological structure of the lean literature

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Francis ◽  
Andrew Thomas ◽  
Ron Fisher
Keyword(s):  
Research Strategy ◽  
Shop Floor ◽  
Research Strategies ◽  
Systematic Analysis ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Second Stage ◽  
Body Of Knowledge ◽  
Spread Sheet ◽  
Highly Cited

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse and evaluate the methodological structure of the lean literature, so that its characteristics and influence among academics and practitioners might be better understood. The authors define “methodological structure” to be comprising six categorical components: publication category, degree of methodological disclosure, research strategies and data collection instruments (DCIs), type of data collected and analysed and type of research informants. Design/methodology/approach This study is a systematic bibliometric analysis of the lean literature. It has a two-stage research design. The first stage involves the identification of the top 50 most highly cited publications on “Lean”, with the resultant reference details being entered into a focal population set (FPS) spread sheet. The second stage involves coding and adding the six component fields of the methodological structure for each of the FPS entries. Both citation analysis (CA) and publication counting are then used to analyse patterns in these six components of methodological structure. Findings The top 50 publications in the FPS represent over 52,700 citations. All are either journal papers or books, but books are the most influential. Based upon this FPS sample, the lean literature is found to be both largely atheoretical in nature and also methodologically weak. Over half of the FPS publications are viewpoint-type publications and 46% have no methodological disclosure. The lean literature is predominantly qualitative in nature. Where disclosed, the most common research strategy is the case study and the most common DCI is the interview. High- and mid-level managers are the most frequently encountered research informants, while shop floor workers are infrequently used. Originality/value This paper starts with the most extensive known systematic review of systematic reviews of the lean literature; the result of which is the characterisation of a number of gaps in this body of knowledge. One of these gaps is the lack of any previous CA. The paper then proceeds to address this gap by providing the first CA within the lean literature. This is also the most comprehensive known CA within the field of operations and supply chain management more generally. As a consequence of this analysis, previously unknown patterns and insights into the methodological structure of the lean literature are revealed.

Domestic Violence. Case Study: Romania

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (9) ◽  
pp. 203-204
Author(s):  
Cristina Otovescu Frasie ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence
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