Modeling the Evaluation Process in a Public Controversy

2018 ◽  
Vol 40 (5) ◽  
pp. 651-679 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karl-Emanuel Dionne ◽  
Chantale Mailhot ◽  
Ann Langley
Keyword(s):  
Media Coverage ◽  
Evaluation Process ◽  
Organization Studies ◽  
Public Controversy ◽  
Critical Issues ◽  
Orders Of Worth ◽  
Major Increase ◽  
Over Time

Public controversies have attracted increasing attention in the organization studies literature. They emerge when critical issues are not defined and understood in the same way by different stakeholders, influencing the way they evaluate the worth of other actors, objects, and situations. In this paper, we show how the “orders of worth” perspective of Boltanski and Thévenot may throw light on the evolution of an evaluation process occurring during a public controversy. In particular, we study the Quebec student conflict of 2011 and 2012 that followed a proposed major increase in higher education tuition fees. We conducted an in-depth case study based on media coverage of the actions and discourses of the major actors to examine how objects and actions associated with a controversy are successively defined, redefined, and evaluated over time through a series of tests of worth. Our article contributes to the organizational literature on public controversies by drawing attention to the role of six types of evaluative moves in situations of controversy, and by offering an abductively developed model for understanding the evaluation process as it evolves over time. We suggest that actors, through these evaluative moves, may displace the object of a test, and therefore the foci for evaluation, through actions intended to bolster their positions.

scholarly journals Power, the Pacific Islands, and the Prestige Press: A Case Study of How Climate Reporting is Influenced by UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Summits

2021 ◽  
pp. 194016122110180
Author(s):  
Meghan M. Shea ◽  
James Painter ◽  
Shannon Osaka
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Pacific Islands ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Emotional Appeals ◽  
Issue Attention ◽  
Quantitative Results

While studies have investigated UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) meetings as drivers of climate change reporting as well as the geopolitical role of Pacific Islands in these international forums, little research examines the intersection: how media coverage of Pacific Islands and climate change (PICC) may be influenced by, or may influence, UNFCCC meetings. We analyze two decades of reporting on PICC in American, British, and Australian newspapers—looking at both volume and content of coverage—and expand the quantitative results with semi-structured interviews with journalists and Pacific stakeholders. Issue attention on PICC increases and the content changes significantly in the periods around UNFCCC meetings, with shifts from language about vulnerability outside of UNFCCC periods to language about agency and solutions. We explore the implications of these differences in coverage for both agenda setting and the amplification of emotional appeals in UNFCCC contexts.

scholarly journals DEFINING AND DESIGN UNDERSTANDING THE VARIOUS REALMS OF HOSPITALITY DISCIPLINE: AN ENVIRONMENTALIST ECO-RESPONSIBLE GOLF RESORT

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 63-73
Author(s):  
Rahul Mehta
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Hospitality Industry ◽  
Social Implications ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
Hospitality Sector ◽  
Conceptual Study ◽  
Over Time

Purpose of study: The purpose of this conceptual study is to develop a more better understanding of hospitality One of the oldest profession known over time. Methodology: This article is based on a conceptual study of the various definitions and sectors of the hospitality sector. This article also presents the various studies by different researchers and presents how a variety of researchers have classified hospitality in their studies. Main Findings:  This study has provided a new understanding of the hospitality industry and the various sectors associated with it. Social Implications/Applications: This case study is a conceptual study done to define and understand the concept of hospitality in a much better perspective and it can help researchers from varied realms of hospitality to have much valuable insights of this term. Originality: Hospitality has been defined by many researchers in many perspectives. This study has been done with a rigorous literature review then defined the term in a combination which has all aspects related to it. The study has then been supported by a case study of an eco-friendly resort- The Karma Lakelands. This study has been done to understand, explore and extend the basic principles of hospitality and the role of interior designing in it.

scholarly journals NOVAS TECNOLOGIAS E CONFIANÇA NAS ORGANIZAÇÕES: UM ESTUDO DE CASO NO CONTEXTO HOSPITALAR

2007 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Carolina S. Queiroz ◽  
Daniel Augusto Moreira
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Health Care Organization ◽  
Care Organization ◽  
Private Health Care ◽  
Organization Studies ◽  
Organizational Complexity ◽  
New Challenges

<p align="justify">The rate by which the implementation of new technologies has grown in all sectors of the economy increased organizational complexity and uncertainty. As a result, companies and their members now face a number of new challenges. This paper analyzes one case study that contemplates the implementation of new technologies in a radiotherapy unit of a large private health care organization. Its main objective is to analyze the growth in social complexity, which derives from the use of technologies and to verify its implications for organization. Furthermore, it intends to investigate the role of trust as a variable of adjustment of the organization to the external environmental needs. </p><p align="justify">Key words: Organization Studies. Innovation. New Technologies. Trust.</p>

scholarly journals Our Bodies Our Voice: A case study on utilization of governance streams to change the policy for prevention of sexual violence in universities and the role of grassroots organizations

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia Dictus ◽  
Elena Syurina
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Policy Change ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Grassroots Organizations ◽  
Policy Window ◽  
Key Events ◽  
The Impact

Sexual violence (SV) is an issue of global importance, with significant prevalence in the EU generally and the Netherlands in particular. Stigma and taboo often result in underreporting and exacerbate the already substantial mental health consequences of SV. Universities are recognized as high-risk settings, but in general awareness, response and prevention in Dutch universities have been limited. This article analyzes a case study of key events over a number of years resulting in policy change and active response in one university in the Netherlands, focusing on the impact and role of the Our Bodies Our Voice foundation, which started as a grassroots student initiative, using the Kingdon model of policy change. The aim is to make explicit how governance streams need to be aligned to place the issue of SV on the agenda of higher educational institutions, and findings highlight the importance of media coverage, advocacy, awareness raising and perseverance on the part of initiatives like OBOV, while building towards a policy window.

Religion and Mobilization in the Syrian Uprising and War

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wendy Pearlman
Keyword(s):  
Divide And Conquer ◽  
Structural Constraints ◽  
State Repression ◽  
Conflict Settings ◽  
Per Se ◽  
Syrian Conflict ◽  
Role Of Religion ◽  
Over Time

What role does religion play in mobilization in general, and in mobilization in conflict settings in particular? This chapter explores these questions through a case study of the Syrian uprising and war. Using published sources and original interviews, the author traces the role of religion and sect in Syria’s pre-2011 politics and then in successive stages of the subsequent conflict. She examines the role of religion in the motivations driving protest, the processes generating collective action, the militarization of mobilization, and the transformation of an uprising into war. It is argued that, while religion came to occupy an increasingly prominent place in mobilization over time, its role in the Syrian conflict has been less attributable to religion per se than to the ways religion is entwined with power, privilege, and the dynamics of violence itself. Where religion sometimes appeared significant, such as in the tendency of demonstrations to begin at mosques, the power of religion lay not in piety but in structural constraints. Though religion and sect became increasingly salient as the conflict escalated, this was primarily due to state repression and strategies of divide and conquer, and nothing particular to Islam. Scrutiny of the Syrian experience encourages us to critique assumptions about the distinctiveness of religion in driving protest and conflict in majority-Muslim societies, and instead to examine such mobilization using the same conceptual tools employed in cases of conflict across time and space.

scholarly journals Reproductive Choices in Gibraltar: A Case Study of a Community In Transition, 1960-1996

2007 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 149
Author(s):  
Stacie D. A. Burke ◽  
Lawrence A. Sawchuk
Keyword(s):  
Life Course ◽  
Women's Employment ◽  
Social Disruption ◽  
Opportunity Structure ◽  
Reproductive Choices ◽  
Transition Points ◽  
Employment Education ◽  
Over Time

Times of social disruption and change unsettle community equilibrium and represent important transition points. This research examines the 15-year border closure between Spain and Gibraltar and its subsequent reopening in 1985 in reshaping the community opportunity structure, particularly women’s employment, education, and housing. The study examines 3284 births which occurred in the community between 1960 and 1996, noting a general rise in premarital conceptions in the community. This research compares life course decisions among marital and premarital conceivers over time, stressing important changes in the community’s ecological setting and the powerful role of political disturbances in structuring those changes.

The Role of Individuals and Social Capital in POSIX Standardization

2011 ◽  
pp. 66-85
Author(s):  
Jim Isaak
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Related Research ◽  
Common Values ◽  
Corporate Influence ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Over Time ◽  
The Way

While standards are issued by organizations, individuals do the actual work, with significant collaboration required to agree on a common standard. This article explores the role of individuals in standards setting as well as the way these individuals are connected to one another through trusting networks and common values. This issue is studied in the context of the IEEE POSIX set of standards, for which the author was actively involved for more than 15 years. This case study demonstrates that the goals and influence of individual participants are not just that of their respective employers but may follow the individual through changes of employment. It also highlights changes in the relative importance of individual and corporate influence in UNIX-related standardization over time. Better understanding of the interaction between individuals and organizations in the context of social capital and standardization can provide both a foundation for related research and more productive participation in these types of forums.

The Role of Advocacy in Shaping Immigrant Education: A California Case Study

2009 ◽  
Vol 111 (3) ◽  
pp. 817-850 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurie Olsen
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Bilingual Education ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Immigrant Students ◽  
Proposition 227 ◽  
Immigrant Education ◽  
Ballot Initiative ◽  
English Only

Background Context Throughout United States history, immigrant education has been shaped and defined by political struggles over immigration, language rights, national security, and educational equity and access. Bilingual education has become the contemporary battleground for these struggles. In 1996, in California, a struggle ensued between supporters of bilingual education and the English Only movement, culminating in a public ballot initiative, Proposition 227, designed to end bilingual education. Purpose/Focus This article explores the ways in which advocacy groups engage in efforts to protect immigrant students’ access to, and inclusion in, schools, and how that engagement is shaped and seeks to impact on prevailing policies and ideologies. Design This qualitative case study is based on historical records from the Proposition 227 campaigns, analysis of media coverage, and interviews, and was written as a reflective piece by a social scientist who was active in the campaigns. Conclusions and Recommendations The battle over Proposition 227 was just one episode in a historically broader and deeper societal struggle between fundamentally different perspectives about the role of public schools in a diverse society. Although the explicit conflicts between English Only and bilingual education forces in California before, during, and after Proposition 227 were focused on English learner program design—the language to be used for instruction, materials, and credentialing—this was and is an ideological struggle. Advocates for bilingual education were unprepared for fighting this battle in the public arena of a ballot initiative. In the course of the Proposition 227 campaign, advocates drew lessons that informed a revised strategy: to shift the basic paradigm within which immigrant education is framed beyond the framework of civil rights and a compensatory program to redefine immigration schooling in an affirmative, additive 21st-century global vision. This has resulted in a renewed advocacy movement, illustrating the role that advocacy organizations play in adapting and reshaping the dialogues and policies over immigrant education.

Exploring the Role of IS in Dynamic Capabilities

2010 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 19-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Duhan ◽  
Margi Levy ◽  
Philip Powell
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Dynamic Capabilities ◽  
Recent Literature ◽  
Dynamic Capability ◽  
Sustainable Competitive Advantage ◽  
Capability Development ◽  
Over Time ◽  
Systemic View

Resource-based theory suggests that firms develop idiosyncratic capabilities that contribute to sustainable competitive advantage when they are valuable, rare, inimitable and non-substitutable. The successful use of information systems (IS) and information technology (IT) has been linked to improved firm performance. Recent literature suggests that a deeper understanding of what capability means in practice may be gained from a disaggregation into component competences and resources. A better understanding of the role of IS/IT in business level capability may be achieved through a fuller articulation, both of the capability itself, and the contribution of IS/IT, together with an evaluation of the effectiveness in delivering sustainable competitive advantage. A dynamic capabilities perspective explains the way firms adapt capabilities to changing market environments over time. This paper explores these propositions through an exploratory case study using a framework derived from a resource-based and systemic view of the firm. The analysis suggests a dynamic Capability Development Model through which the implications and potential for IS and IT over time may be understood. The paper addresses three issues. First, it offers a better articulation of what capability concepts mean in practice. Second, it takes a disaggregated understanding of capabilities, and third, it sheds light on the dynamics of capabilities.

scholarly journals Becoming Salient: The TMT Leader’s Role in Shaping the Interpretive Context of Paradoxical Tensions

2016 ◽  
Vol 38 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 403-432 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Knight ◽  
Sotirios Paroutis
Keyword(s):  
Equilibrium Model ◽  
Dynamic Equilibrium ◽  
Top Management Team ◽  
Management Team ◽  
Business Units ◽  
Dynamic Equilibrium Model ◽  
Embedded Case Study ◽  
Over Time

How do paradoxical tensions become salient in organizations over time? Ambidexterity and paradox studies have, thus far, primarily focused on how tensions inside organizations are managed after they have been rendered salient for actors. Using a longitudinal, embedded case study of four strategic business units within a media organization, we theorize the role of the top management team leader’s practices in enabling tensions to become salient for their respective lower-level managers when there are initial differences in how tensions are interpreted across levels. Our findings extend a dynamic equilibrium model of organizing by adding interpretive context as an enabling condition that shapes the emergence of salience through the provision of a constellation of cues that guide sensemaking. Informed by a practice-based perspective on paradox, we also contribute a conceptual model of leadership as practice, and outline the implications for ambidexterity studies.

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