A Literature Review on the Publicness of Chinese Social Organizations

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 62-107
Author(s):  
Yina Geng

Abstract In the transformation of the Chinese society, the production and continuity of the publicness of social organizations affect the process and direction of social publicness. It is found out in this article through the review of relevant literature at home abroad that about the concept formulation of the publicness of social organizations the academic community has two directions: “what is” and “what ought to be.” The concepts of the publicness of social organizations are mainly classified according to social practices and political discourses. The production modes of the publicness of social organization mainly include the endogenous type and the exogenous type. Scholars believe that the alienation, incompleteness and contradiction in the publicness of social organizations are the main current crises and challenges, which are mainly attributed to the internal and external environments of social organizations. Therefore, scholars have put forward paths for fostering the publicness reproduction of social organizations. Based on the perspectives of different disciplines such as politics and sociology, researchers have adopted different approaches and methods. In the future, more efforts should be made to study the publicness of social organizations in elaborating research topics, deepening theoretical research, promoting qualitative research, and strengthening quantitative research.

Author(s):  
Manuel Martínez Nicolás ◽  
Enric Saperas ◽  
Ángel Carrasco-Campos

Tras su institucionalización a comienzos de la década de los 70 con la creación de las primeras facultades de Ciencias de la Información, la investigación española sobre comunicación se consolida como ámbito disciplinar desde los años 90 con la multiplicación de la oferta de estos estudios en la universidad española, que propicia un crecimiento exponencial de la comunidad académica y de la producción científica en este campo. El ingente esfuerzo de metainvestigación realizado en la última década, centrado especialmente en las revistas especializadas, y en menor medida en las tesis doctorales, está permitiendo reconstruir aspectos relevantes de la investigación comunicativa en España en este periodo, pero sin atender de manera suficiente a aquellos elementos que nos permitirían realizar un diagnóstico de la orientación epistemológica general que haya seguido la actividad científica en este ámbito. Este trabajo pretende contribuir en esa dirección mediante un análisis de contenido de una muestra de 1.098 artículos publicados entre 1990 y 2014 por seis revistas españolas especializadas de referencia, con el propósito de describir la evolución de los objetos de estudio y de los dispositivos metodológicos de la investigación española sobre comunicación en este periodo. Los resultados indican la progresiva diversificación de los objetos de estudio; la preeminencia de los trabajos sobre contenidos mediáticos, con una desatención creciente de la dimensión institucional del sistema comunicativo (empresas, profesionales, mercados, políticas públicas, etc.); el decaimiento de la investigación teórica; la mejora paulatina de la calidad metodológica de los trabajos empíricos publicados; y el predominio, cada vez más acusado, de la investigación cuantitativa, y especialmente de los análisis de contenido realizados sobre documentos de origen mediático (noticias, anuncios, series televisivas, etc.). Las tendencias observadas son discutidas apelando al impacto que hayan podido tener en la investigación española sobre comunicación los cambios experimentados por el sistema comunicativo (crecimiento del sector, advenimiento de la digitalización, etc.) y por el renovado contexto institucional (autonomización de las titulaciones de comunicación, implantación del programa Academia de acreditación del profesorado universitario) en el que ha venido desarrollándose la actividad científica en este ámbito disciplinar en el último cuarto de siglo.After its institutionalisation during the early 1970s through the creation of the first faculties of Communication Sciences, Spanish communication research consolidates as a disciplinary field in the 1990s. During this period, the increasing number of universities degrees on communication studies led to an exponential growth of the academic community and, so, of the scientific production in the field. The enormous efforts of meta-research carried out in the last decade, specially focused on the study of peer-reviewed journals, and to lesser extent of PhD theses, have allowed the reconstruction of some relevant aspects of the current communication research in Spain. Nevertheless, these studies have not considered sufficiently those elements which would allow to identify the general epistemological orientation followed by the scientific activity in the field of communication. This paper intends to contribute to this research line. For this purpose, a content analysis has been applied to a sample of 1098 papers published between 1990 and 2014 by six major peer-reviewed communication journals, in order to observe the evolution of the objects of study and the methodological procedures in Spanish communication research during this period. The results show a progressive diversification of the objects of study, the pre-eminence of the studies on media content, a growing neglect of the institutional dimension of the media system (companies, professionals, markets, public policies, etc.), a decreasing interest on theoretical research, a gradual improvement of the methodological standards of empirical research, and a growing dominance of quantitative research, specially by means of content analysis applied to media documents (news, advertisements, television series, etc.). The observed trends are put for discussion considering the consequences that could have be generated on Spanish communication research by the changes of the media system (the growth of the communication sector, the advent of digitalization, etc.) and  by the updated institutional context (the autonomy of university degrees in communication studies, the implementation of the Academia teaching acreditation programme) on which scientific activity has deveolped over the past 25 years.


2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 379-388
Author(s):  
Hyuksoo Kwon ◽  
Eunsang Lee

The aim of this research was to explore research trends and issues in Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in South Korea. To accomplish this, we conducted an analysis of 222 peer-reviewed journal papers related to ESD in South Korea. The research concentrated on identifying four characteristics of ESD research: 1) key publication features, 2) the research topics described, 3) the research design employed, and 4) the types of sample/subjects. The results showed that the initial ESD research began in South Korea in 2005, and the number of the journal papers has increased since 2010. Regarding research topics, more research has been conducted on establishing conceptual or theoretical foundations related to ESD. Moreover, teachers’ attitudes or perceptions and program development associated with sustainable development were studied in depth. There were similar ratios of the theoretical research, quantitative research, and qualitative research regarding research design but mixed methods studies indicating the least ratio. Content analysis was the most prevalent analysis technique for quantitative/mixed ESD research. Regarding data sources or participants, the most common data source was the literature. Several research suggestions were made for assessing ESD programs and in-service teachers’ ESD professional development. Keywords: ESD, South Korea, science education, technology education, research trends.


2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yati Afiyanti

AbstrakPenggunaan literatur baik pada penelitian kuantitatif maupun pada penelitian kualitatif mutlak diperlukan. Literatur digunakan untuk memberikan suatu gambaran hal-hal yang telah diketahui dan yang belum diketahui dari suatu fenomena khusus. Penelusuran dan peninjauan ulang berbagai literatur yang relevan dengan suatu topik penelitian dapat dilakukan sebelum, selama dan setelah dilakukannya proses pengambilan dan analisis data penelitian tersebut. Khususnya pada penelitian kualitatif, penggunaan literature memiliki berbagai tujuan berdasarkan jenis penelitian kualitatif yang dilakukan. Secara umum, untuk mempertahankan kealamiahan data, penggunaan literatur secara ekstensif dilakukan setelah penelitian dilakukan. AbstractEither in quantitative research or in qualitative research, using the literature is critical. It is conducted to generate a picture of what is known and not known about a particular situation. Searching and reviewing of the relevant literature of the study could be conducted before, during, and after the data collection and analysis of the study. In qualitative research particularly the purpose conducting the literature review varies, based on the type of study to be conducted. In general, to keep the scientific nature of data, using the extensive literature should be conducted after the study has been conducted.


2014 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 275-293 ◽  
Author(s):  
Duo Qin

Much of modern econometrics stems directly from the post-1940 works of Haavelmo and the Cowles Commission (CC) Monograph 10. This paper examines the consolidation process of the Haavelmo-CC research program mainly during the 1950–70 period from three aspects: (i) developments of econometrics textbooks, (ii) emerging themes and trends in econometric research, and (iii) the contribution of the program to empirical modeling of real-world issues. The examination reveals that the program has gained dominance primarily through its adherence to the scientific banner and style rather than its empirical relevance. The adoption of the hard science methodology is decisive in winning over the academic community; the taxonomy of econometrics into steps involving primarily specification, identification, and estimation has played a pivotal role in generating compartmentalized research topics with manageable technical challenge and also in facilitating the educational need for compiling self-contained subjects and definitely soluble questions.


Author(s):  
Silvia Gherardi

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the ten years of the journal through a personal reflection. Design/methodology/approach – A review of the articles published in the last ten years. Findings – I argue that what has distinguished QROM in these ten years are two distinctive features: reflexivity on practices of qualitative research, and openness to the application of qualitative methods to unusual research topics. Originality/value – The main limit of the paper resides in the subjectivity of the person who has read the articles. Other readers may have different opinions and may have chosen different criteria.


Author(s):  
Raza Mir

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to argue that rather than contest the artificial schism produced by social scientists between “qualitative” and “quantitative” research, we should to accept this binary, however, contingently, and use it productively. This would be an act of “strategic essentialism” that would allow us to be productive in the research and inquiry. Design/methodology/approach The paper uses postcolonial theory to make a case for contingent representation, i.e. using artificial categories to carve out a space for heterodox theoretical approaches. Findings Researchers devoted to qualitative research must resist thinking, speaking and evaluating that research using quantitative thinking. Also, while ethical considerations are paramount in qualitative research, we need to debunk the narrow understanding of ethics as “following rules.” Also, qualitative researchers need to be aware of the institutional pulls that the research will be subject to, and also be ready to resist them. Originality/value This paper discusses how good research resists the siren call of institutionalization. It challenges the “common sense” assumptions of the field and brings them into the realm of the questionable. It seeks to theorize the untheorizable, and anthropologize the dominant.


Author(s):  
Abdolghani Abdollahi Mohammad ◽  
Mohammad Reza Firouzkouhi

Introduction: Quantitative research is not suitable for COVID pandemic research because it does not cover the social consequences of qualitative research. COVID 19 is a social event that is important because of the disruption of the natural order of society. To defeat the disease, social interaction is needed, so qualitative research is appropriate to find the challenges and experiences of society. Therefore, due to the inconsistency of people's health behaviors with epidemiological models, people's vulnerability in epidemics, unexpected consequences or surprising results, extracting participants' experiences from medical procedures and revealing flexibility in the face of social problems, the use of qualitative research in this pandemic that will be important.


2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthias Borgstede ◽  
Marcel Scholz

In this paper, we provide a re-interpretation of qualitative and quantitative modeling from a representationalist perspective. In this view, both approaches attempt to construct abstract representations of empirical relational structures. Whereas quantitative research uses variable-based models that abstract from individual cases, qualitative research favors case-based models that abstract from individual characteristics. Variable-based models are usually stated in the form of quantified sentences (scientific laws). This syntactic structure implies that sentences about individual cases are derived using deductive reasoning. In contrast, case-based models are usually stated using context-dependent existential sentences (qualitative statements). This syntactic structure implies that sentences about other cases are justifiable by inductive reasoning. We apply this representationalist perspective to the problems of generalization and replication. Using the analytical framework of modal logic, we argue that the modes of reasoning are often not only applied to the context that has been studied empirically, but also on a between-contexts level. Consequently, quantitative researchers mostly adhere to a top-down strategy of generalization, whereas qualitative researchers usually follow a bottom-up strategy of generalization. Depending on which strategy is employed, the role of replication attempts is very different. In deductive reasoning, replication attempts serve as empirical tests of the underlying theory. Therefore, failed replications imply a faulty theory. From an inductive perspective, however, replication attempts serve to explore the scope of the theory. Consequently, failed replications do not question the theory per se, but help to shape its boundary conditions. We conclude that quantitative research may benefit from a bottom-up generalization strategy as it is employed in most qualitative research programs. Inductive reasoning forces us to think about the boundary conditions of our theories and provides a framework for generalization beyond statistical testing. In this perspective, failed replications are just as informative as successful replications, because they help to explore the scope of our theories.


2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-34
Author(s):  
Aikaterini Derdemezi ◽  
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Kanellos Toudas ◽  
Paraskevi Boufounou ◽  
Georgios Georgakopoulos ◽  
...  

The aim of this study is to examine the effects of the capital controls on the process and financial performance of large-cap companies operating in Greece listed on the Athens Stock Exchange. More specifically, the markets’ behavior is studied, as well as the reactions of the investors after the announcement of the implementation of the measure. The mixed method (quantitative research with questionnaires and qualitative research with interviews with financial managers and senior executives) was used. The main findings of the research are that the measure of capital controls: was deemed necessary and effective based on its aims, which were (a) the protection of the mass withdrawal of deposits and (b) the stabilization and security of the financial system had a significant effect on increasing the use of electronic banking. But also had significant negative effects: on the investment decisions of companies, on their competitiveness and reputation abroad, on the ability to raise new capital, on their liquidity and therefore on their ability to cope with key functions, as well as on their imports and exports. Keywords: Capital controls, listed large-cap companies, crisis, Athens Stock Exchange, Greece.


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