Toward an Understanding of the Role of Agency and Choice in the Changing Structure of Canada's National Sport Organizations

1995 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 135-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa M. Kikulis ◽  
Trevor Slack ◽  
C.R. Hinings
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Design ◽  
Considerable Change ◽  
State Agency ◽  
Institutional Pressures ◽  
Sport Organizations ◽  
Time Period ◽  
The Government ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Change Dynamic

The period between 1984 and 1988 was one of considerable change in the Canadian sport system. National sport organizations (NSOs) were subject to institutional pressures from the government agency Sport Canada to dispense with their traditional operating procedures and move to a more professional bureaucratic organizational design. Researchers who have studied this time period have suggested that NSOs were passive receptors of these government pressures and that they acquiesced to the changes promoted by Sport Canada. This paper challenges this idea and suggests that the role of human agents and the choices they made in response to the pressures emanating from the state agency are important aspects of the change dynamic. Using data from a study of 36 NSOs, this paper shows that NSOs demonstrated resistance in the form of pacifying activities and ceremonial conformity.

Tourism suppliers’ view of the role of government initiatives and tourism competitiveness in distressed contexts

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erisher Woyo
Keyword(s):  
Developing Economies ◽  
Tourism Development ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Role Of Government ◽  
Level Of Involvement ◽  
Government Involvement ◽  
The Government ◽  
Using Data ◽  
High Level

This chapter analyses the role of government initiatives in tourism competitiveness, using data collected from suppliers operating in a distressed tourist destination. The government’s involvement in the process of tourism development, especially in developing countries, is critical. The role and participation of governments in tourism development vary from minimal to a high level of involvement. Developing economies with ongoing political and economic challenges like Zimbabwe have not been comprehensively researched, especially on the nexus between competitiveness and government initiatives. Using qualitative data from a convenience sample of 15 hospitality and tourism managers in Zimbabwe, it was found that the role of government is important for enhancing tourism competitiveness. The study concludes that a higher level of government involvement is needed for Zimbabwe to enhance competitiveness. The government should play a greater role, especially in providing an enabling environment for improved competitiveness while reducing corruption.

scholarly journals The Role of the Ambon City’s Population and Civil Registration Office in Controlling Incoming Migration

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 163
Author(s):  
Rahmawati Sururama ◽  
Tiara Nanuru
Keyword(s):  
Personal Data ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Population Monitoring ◽  
Monitoring And Control ◽  
Population Mobility ◽  
Civil Registration ◽  
The Government ◽  
Using Data ◽  
And Control

The objectives of this study are to find out the role of the Ambon City’s Population and Civil Registration Office in Controlling Incoming Migration and to find out the obstacles faced by the Ambon City's Population and Civil Registration Office in Controlling Incoming Migration. This study used a qualitative descriptive research method. Data Collection was obtained through observation, interview, and documentation. Data were analyzed using data reduction, display data, and verification. Primary and secondary data were used as the sources for analysis. The informants in this study were the chief of the Population and Civil Registration Office Ambon City and the Population Monitoring and Control Division, as well as the migrants. Ambon City’s Government, through the Population and Civil Registration Office, has carried out its duties as regulated by the Mayor of Ambon Regulation No. 17/ 2009 article 14 paragraph 2, namely: Coordinating the monitoring of urbanization of population and supervising the registration of population mobility flows. The constraints faced by the Ambon City population and civil registration office, namely: Most of the population who migrated to Ambon City did not report themselves so the authorities had difficulty monitoring the flow of urbanization and monitoring population mobility; inspected and supervised residents, who have not lived in Ambon city for six months, have moved to other areas; there is no effort and awareness of people who have been examined and under supervision to change by reporting personal data to the government.

scholarly journals DAMPAK KEMISKINAN TERHADAP POLA MOBILITAS TENAGA KERJA ANTARSEKTOR DI INDONESIA

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Evie Dian Pratiwi ◽  
Khusnul Ashar ◽  
Wildan Syafitri
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Regression Models ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Education Level ◽  
Multinomial Regression ◽  
Service Sectors ◽  
The Government ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Role Of The Government

Mobility can act as a stepping stone to get out of poverty. This research examines whether the effect of poverty encouraging or inhibiting the mobility of workers across sectors. By using data from the 2018 Indonesia National Labor Force Survey (Sakernas) that cover 8,869 respondents, this study applies multinomial regression models to analyse inter-sector mobility types among labors in Indonesia. The results show that low-income workers in the industrial and service sectors tend to have a 4.8% and 6.3% greater probability of transferring to the agricultural sector. However, agricultural workers that suffer from poverty choose to survive in the same sector due to the high cost of inter-sector mobility. Other findings show that older age and higher education level decreased the propensity to move across sectors. In the efforts to alleviate poverty, the role of the government is expected to be seen in two ways. Firstly, by facilitating workers to move into productive sectors, i.e. industrial and service sectors, and secondly, by increasing the productivity of the agricultural sector.

Developmental Practices, Organizational Culture, and Minority Representation in Organizational Leadership

2011 ◽  
Vol 639 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fiona M. Kay ◽  
Elizabeth H. Gorman
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Minority Groups ◽  
Mentoring Programs ◽  
Law Firms ◽  
Minority Representation ◽  
Playing Field ◽  
Time Period ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Human And Social Capital

Explanations of minority underrepresentation among organizational managers have focused primarily on either employee deficits in human and social capital or employer discrimination. To date, research has paid little attention to the role of developmental practices and related cultural values within organizations. Using data on large U.S. law firms, the authors investigate the role of formal developmental practices and cultural values in the representation of three minority groups among firm partners: African Americans, Latinos, and Asian Americans. The authors find that formal practices and cultural values intended to aid employee growth and development do not “level the playing field” for minorities. Formal training and mentoring programs do not increase minority presence, while a longer time period to promotion, a cultural commitment to professional development, and a cultural norm of early responsibility are all negatively associated with minority representation. Although the pattern is broadly similar across all three groups, some effects vary in interesting ways.

scholarly journals Sultan Sumbawa Political Communication Pattern in Managing the Government (Study of Sultan Kaharuddin III's Government)

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-25
Author(s):  
Ofi Hidayat
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Political Communication ◽  
Transition Period ◽  
Social Philosophy ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Government ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Object Of Study ◽  
Islamic Values

The role of political communication in running a government is a way to achieve a goal. Political communication in Indonesia has existed since the time of the ancient Javanese kingdom. The study of political communication in Asia, especially in Indonesia, is still not too famous as in Western countries, the study of political correspondence that develops in Indonesia has more to do with modern governance based on the concept of Western political studies. In this study, researchers will examine what forms of social-political communication exist in Indonesia, especially in the former Sultanate. The government of Sultan Kaharuddin III, who led the Sultanate of Sumbawa, was chosen as the object of study this time. This research was conducted because during the reign of Sultan Sumbawa, when it used a government system that adopted Islamic values ​​and at that time also was a transition period for the independence of the Republic of Indonesia, then the Sultanate of Sumbawa only joined the Republic of Indonesia in 1950. This research will be examined using qualitative research methods. Researchers will look for how the form of political communication by Sultan Sumbawa using data collection techniques by observation, interviews with informants, and other supporting data collection. Researchers will interpret the phenomena that occur by using phenomenology. The results of this study describe the form of Sultan Sumbawa's political communication that uses the noble values ​​of social philosophy and is based on Islamic values ​​in running the government. The use of local arts and traditions has also become one of the political communication media used to achieve goals in the government system. So this is a distinguishing factor between the Sumbawa Sultanate and other Sultanates in Indonesia.

scholarly journals Unofficial Media, Government Trust, and System Confidence Evidence From China: An Empirical Exploration of the Attitudes of Netizens Based on the Dual Moderating Effect

2022 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caijuan Chen ◽  
Li Li ◽  
Jie Ye
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Model ◽  
Cognitive Theory ◽  
Necessary Conditions ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Public Support ◽  
Social Attitudes ◽  
Negative Role ◽  
The Government ◽  
Using Data

Mass media has a significant impact on public support for the government. This manuscript constructs a mixed model with official media use as the moderating variable and government trust as the intermediary variable to explore the mechanism of how unofficial media use affects system confidence, using data from a survey of the political and social attitudes of netizens (2015). The study finds that official media use weakens the negative role of unofficial media use in building system confidence, with the intermediary variable of government trust creating the necessary conditions for weakening the effect of unofficial media use. Moreover, the effect of unofficial media use on system confidence is heterogeneous. These findings remind us that it is necessary to deepen research into the micromechanisms that explain how unofficial media use reduces system confidence, a task for which cognitive theory is well suited.

Gender Politics in the Lobbying Profession

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-29
Author(s):  
Timothy M. LaPira ◽  
Kathleen Marchetti ◽  
Herschel F. Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Political Participation ◽  
Gender Politics ◽  
Washington Dc ◽  
Government Relations ◽  
Professional Experiences ◽  
Underrepresentation Of Women ◽  
The Government ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Experiences Of Women

AbstractAlthough political scientists have increasingly focused on the role of gender in the policy process and the characteristics of individual lobbyists, little is known about the gender politics of the government relations profession. We extend the study of professional women to the unique political context of Washington, DC, lobbying, an important form of political participation that is understudied in terms of gender. Using data from more than 25,000 individuals registered to lobby the federal government from 2008 to 2015, we show that women account for 37% of the lobbyist population in Washington, that female lobbyists are more likely to work as in-house employees than for contract lobbying firms, and that the largest Washington lobbying firms are strongly biased towards employing men. We add to these findings qualitative data from in-depth interviews with 23 lobbyists to reveal how the professional experiences of women often depend on the idiosyncrasies of lobbying employment and the political nature of their work. We conclude that the underrepresentation of women in the professional lobbying community is an underappreciated problem with broader implications for gender equality in elite political participation.

scholarly journals Community Rules in City Branding Communication (Study on “Boyolali Smile of Java” city branding in Boyolali, Indonesia)

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (10) ◽  
pp. 740
Author(s):  
Dewi Saktianingrum ◽  
Sri Hastjarjo ◽  
Andre Rahmanto
Keyword(s):  
Community Involvement ◽  
Communication Model ◽  
City Branding ◽  
Small Cities ◽  
Community Activists ◽  
Strategic Policy ◽  
The Government ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Communication Study

City branding has become a practice carried out in various countries including Indonesia. Cities in Indonesia are trying to increase their competitiveness through city branding. The success of city branding been achieved by several big cities in Indonesia, small cities and several districts have implemented city branding as a strategic policy. Boyolali is one of the regencies that has recently also carried out city branding. With the approach of the Kavaratzis city branding communication model, this study wants to describe the role of the community as a stakeholder in city branding of Boyolali Regency. The methods used were interviews and documentation, the informants in this study consisted of the government side and several community activists in Boyolali Regency. Data were analyzed using data analysis techniques Miles and Huberman. The results showed a lack of community involvement in the planning and implementation of city branding. However, these communities eventually became part of the Boyolali city branding tertiary communication. The activities carried out by these communities were finally able to become a branding tool for Boyolali, which not controlled by the government.

scholarly journals Foreign Aid, Political Institutions and Economic Freedom: Empirical Evidence from Selected Developing Countries

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 153-178
Author(s):  
MirajulHaq MirajulHaq ◽  
Nuzhat Shamim ◽  
Muhammad Luqman
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Foreign Aid ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Political Institutions ◽  
Economic Freedom ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Time Period ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Using Data

This articleempirically examines the effects of foreign aid on economic freedom while consideringthe mediating role of political institutions. Wecontribute to the literature in two ways.First, weprovide an empirical analysisofhow different types of foreign aid affectthe economic freedom of the receiving country. Second, we provide evidence regarding how political institutions mediatethe foreign aid/economic freedom relationship. We useIV and GMMtechniquesto test a model using data from 40developing countries covering the time period 1985 to 2016. Our analysis yieldsthree main findings. First, democratic and politically stable countriesenjoy more economic freedom.Second, foreign aid’s net effect is to reduce economic freedom, whether weconsider official development assistance (ODA) ornet official assistance (NOA).Finally, economic freedomincreaseswithboth types of foreign aid if the receiving country’s political institutionsare moredemocraticand/ordurable.

scholarly journals STRUKTUR BIROKRASI DAN DISPOSISI DALAM PELAKSANAAN KAWASAN SEHAT BEBAS ASAP ROKOK DI SEKOLAH

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Parmadi Sigit Purnomo ◽  
Totok Sundoro ◽  
Pramukti Dian S
Keyword(s):  
School Environment ◽  
Smoking Habit ◽  
Code Of Conduct ◽  
Smoking Ban ◽  
General Rules ◽  
Bureaucratic Structure ◽  
The Government ◽  
Using Data

Based on the Health Research and Development Agency in 2013, the Special Province of Yogyakarta tended to be high at 21.2% for the proportion of the population aged over or equal to 10 years who smoked every day. One of the districts in the Yogyakarta Special Region that has a policy on non-smoking areas is Bantul Regency. The regulation regarding the non-smoking areas is regulated in the Bantul Regent's Regulation No. 18 of 2016 concerning Healthy Areas Non-Smoking (HANS). This study aims to determine the structure of the bureaucracy and disposition in the implementation of a Healthy Smoke Free Area in Schools. This research uses descriptive qualitative method. Data analysis using data reduction, data presentation, and drawing conclusions.  The results of interviews about the bureaucratic structure in the implementation of the HANS found that there were no smoking procedures for smokers in schools. General rules are included in the school code of conduct in the form of a slogan / smoking ban. The disposition aspect possessed by the school could not be said to be good in the implementation of the HANS, it was evident that there were still school residents who still smoked in the school area and found cigarette putp in the school area. The conclusion of the research is that the bureaucratic structure does not yet exist and the disposition factor cannot be carried out properly so that it is expected that there will be a follow-up from the Government of Bantul Regency to be able to socialize Bantul Regent Regulation No. 18 of 2016 concerning Smoke-Free Healthy Areas in the school environment involving the role of the Health Office, BNNP and / or the Police and develop a culture of reporting and providing guarantees for reporters from the Principal, as well as making special regulations / SOPs for school residents who have a smoking habit.

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