scholarly journals Collective identity construction in international collaborations

2020 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 123-140
Author(s):  
Ying Zhang ◽  
Chris Huxham
Keyword(s):  
Identity Formation ◽  
Collective Identity ◽  
Joint Venture ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Strategic Partnership ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Interorganizational Collaborations ◽  
Cross National

This article explores the dynamic processes of collective identity formation among the participating organizational members in interorganizational collaborations that cross national boundaries. A longitudinal, qualitative multi-case study research approach was adopted in the empirical investigation of collective identity in three international business collaborations that involve a Sino-British strategic partnership, a Sino-Australian, and a Sino-Polish joint venture. Based on the analyses of the data collected from in-depth interviews, participant observation, and archival materials, a theoretical framework of collective identity (re)formation is developed. It suggests that two inseparable elements (states and processes) constitute a cyclic and enduring process of collective identity formation through partners’ orchestrating discursive resources involving a common sense of ‘we-ness’. The shifts between various states are driven by partners’ processes of negotiation, integration, solidification, and reformation of collective identity. A deconstruction process may also emerge, giving rise to the termination of the collaborative relationship. The research presented in this article advances the understanding of collective identity formation in the field of organizational identity by extending the discursive perspective of collective identity into the context of interorganizational collaborations that cross national borders. This research also provides further empirical evidence on the active role played by organizational members in the use of cultural narratives as strategic resources to express their identity beliefs, which differs from the deterministic view of culture in shaping organizational members’ behaviors.

scholarly journals Strategi Pengelolaan Komunikasi dalam Membentuk Personal Branding di Media Sosial Tiktok

Koneksi ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 280
Author(s):  
Shani Dwi Putri ◽  
Suzy Azeharie
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Communication ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
Communication Management ◽  
Circular Model ◽  
Personal Branding

One of the features that characterize TikTok social media is its main page called For You Page or FYP. Users who are frequently featured on FYP can become popular and have many followers, known as TikTok celebrities. The strategies used by each TikTok celebrity in forming personal branding tend to be different from one another. This research aims to find out the authentic personal branding that TikTok celebrities want to form in their TikTok accounts and the communication management strategies they are doing to form their personal branding on TikTok. This research is conducted because there has not been any research that discussed communication management strategies to form personal branding on TikTok social media before. The theories used in this research are new media theory, personal branding, and communication management strategy Circular Model of SoMe for Social Communication. The research uses descriptive qualitative research approach with case study research method. The datas are obtained from in-depth interviews with five key informants, non-participant observation, documentation, and literature study. The results show that the communication management strategies carried out by each TikTok celebrity was through their interaction and content. The types of interactions differ according to their personal choices and do not always depend on the category of content they create.Salah satu ciri khas media sosial TikTok adalah halaman utamanya yang bernama For You Page atau FYP. Pengguna yang sering ditayangkan dalam FYP dapat menjadi populer dan memiliki banyak pengikut, disebut sebagai seleb TikTok. Strategi yang digunakan setiap seleb TikTok dalam membentuk personal branding cenderung akan berbeda satu sama lain. Tujuan penelitian adalah untuk mengetahui personal branding autentik yang ingin dibentuk seleb TikTok dalam akun TikTok mereka dan untuk mengetahui strategi pengelolaan komunikasi yang dilakukan para seleb TikTok dalam membentuk personal branding masing-masing di media sosial TikTok. Penelitian ini dilakukan karena belum ada penelitian yang membahas mengenai strategi pengelolaan komunikasi dalam pembentukan personal branding di media sosial TikTok.Teori yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah teori media baru, personal branding, dan strategi pengelolaan komunikasi Circular Model of SoMe for Social Communication. Penelitian menggunakan pendekatan penelitian kualitatif deskriptif dengan metode penelitian studi kasus. Data hasil penelitian diperoleh dari hasil wawancara mendalam, observasi non-partisipan, dokumentasi, dan studi kepustakaan terhadap lima narasumber. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa strategi pengelolaan komunikasi yang dilakukan setiap seleb TikTok adalah melalui interaksi dan konten. Jenis interaksi yang dilakukan berbeda sesuai kehendak pribadi setiap seleb TikTok, serta tidak selalu bergantung pada kategori konten yang dibuat.

scholarly journals We are what we tell: an enquiry into NGOs' organizational identity and accountability

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniela Pianezzi
Keyword(s):  
Identity Formation ◽  
Collective Identity ◽  
Organizational Identity ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Action Research Project ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Documentary Analysis ◽  
Over Time

PurposeThis study offers a critical inquiry into accountability vis-à-vis organizational identity formation. It investigates how accountability evolves in the transformation of an NGO operating in the field of migration management from an informal grassroots group into a fully-fledged organization.Design/methodology/approachThe paper is the outcome of a participatory action research project on Welcome Refugees (WR), a UK-based NGO. The project involved documentary analysis, focus group and semi-structured interviews, field notes, and participant observation. The analysis draws from poststructuralist theorization to explain the interplay between organizational identity and different forms of NGO accountability over time.FindingsThe study shows how different forms of accountability became salient over time and were experienced differently by organizational members, thus leading to competing collective identity narratives. Organizational members felt accountable to beneficiaries in different ways, and this was reflected in their identification with the organization. Some advocated a rights-based approach that partially resonated with the accountability demands of external donors, while others aimed at enacting their feelings of accountability by preserving their closeness with beneficiaries and using a need-based approach. These differences led to an identity struggle that was ultimately solved through the silencing of marginalized narratives and the adoption of an adaptive regime of accountability.Practical implicationsThe findings of the case are of practical relevance to quasi-organizations that struggle to form and maintain organizational identity in their first years of operation. Their survival depends not only on their ability to accommodate and/or resist a multiplicity of accountability demands but also on their ability to develop a shared and common understanding of identity accountability.Originality/valueThe paper problematizes rather than takes for granted the process through which organizations acquire a viable identity and the role of accountability within them.

scholarly journals Media Activism as Movement? Collective Identity Formation in the World Forum of Free Media

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 59-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hilde C. Stephansen
Keyword(s):  
Identity Formation ◽  
Collective Identity ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
World Social Forum ◽  
Media Advocacy ◽  
Diverse Range ◽  
Media Activism ◽  
The World ◽  
Free Media ◽  
Building Project

More than simply tools used by social movements to reach other substantive aims, media are increasingly becoming <em>subjects</em> of activism. This article contributes to advancing understanding of such media-focused activism through a case study of the World Forum of Free Media, a thematic forum for media activists and media advocacy organisations linked to the World Social Forum. Based on qualitative research conducted between 2008 and 2016—including participant observation, in-depth interviews and textual analysis—the article critically explores the extent to which the World Forum of Free Media can be considered a ‘free media’ movement in the making, and examines some of the challenges and contradictions that such a movement-building project entails. Drawing on social movement theory, specifically the concept of collective identity, it analyses efforts by forum organisers to mobilise a very diverse range of actors—from alternative media activists to policy- and advocacy NGOs—around a plural and inclusive ‘free media’ identity. While the World Forum of Free Media has to some extent succeeded in facilitating convergence around a set of core principles and ideas, it has so far struggled to develop a clear outwards-facing identity and mobilise a broad grassroots base.

scholarly journals Komunikasi Pemasaran Kennedy, Voice & Berliner dalam Membangun Loyalitas dengan Klien

Prologia ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 350
Author(s):  
Jacqueline Annabell ◽  
Yugih Setyanto ◽  
Sisca Aulia
Keyword(s):  
Public Relations ◽  
Word Of Mouth ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Direct Marketing ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Personal Selling ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Marketing Communication ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
High Level

Marketing communication is carried out with the main goal of selling. Companies that offer services and products compete with each other in applying marketing communication strategies to attract clients and maintain the loyalty of clients who have become regular customers. This research utilizes marketing communication theory and client's loyalty. The research approach used in this research is a descriptive qualitative approach with case study research methods and data collection techniques carried out by interviews, non-participant observation, literature study and documentation. The result of this study indicates that Kennedy, Voice & Berliner runs a mix of marketing communications, namely events and experiences, public relations and publicity, direct marketing, word-of-mouth marketing, and personal selling. Kennedy, Voice & Berliner clients have a high level of engagement and are supported by a high level of repeated purchase, reciprocity and client's satisfaction with Kennedy, Voice & Berliner in which they use the services of Kennedy, Voice & Berliner’s  public relations consultant on an ongoing basis. Komunikasi pemasaran dilaksanakan dengan tujuan utama menjual. Perusahaan-perusahaan yang menawarkan jasa maupun produk saling berkompetisi dalam mengaplikasikan strategi komunikasi pemasaran untuk menarik minat klien serta mempertahankan loyalitas klien yang telah menjadi pelanggan tetap. Penelitian ini menggunakan teori komunikasi pemasaran dan loyalitas klien. Pendekatan penelitian yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah pendekatan kualitatif deskriptif dengan metode penelitian studi kasus dan teknik pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan wawancara, observasi non-participant, studi pustaka dan dokumentasi. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukan bahwa Kennedy, Voice & Berliner menjalankan bauran komunikasi pemasaran yaitu events and experiences, public relations and publicity, direct marketing, word-of-mouth marketing, dan personal selling. Klien Kennedy, Voice & Berliner memiliki keterikatan yang tinggi dan didukung dengan  tingkat pembelian ulang yang tinggi, adanya timbal balik dan rasa puas klien terhadap Kennedy, Voice & Berliner sehingga memakai jasa konsultan public relations Kennedy, Voice & Berliner secara terus-menerus.

Allies Forging Collective Identity: Embodiment and Emotions on the Migrant Trail

2014 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chandra Russo
Keyword(s):  
Identity Formation ◽  
Social Movement ◽  
Collective Identity ◽  
Social Distance ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Original Data ◽  
Illustrative Case ◽  
Embodied Experience ◽  
Emotional Experiences ◽  
The U.S

This article examines how embodied experience and the accompanying emotions help social movement allies to forge collective identity. The analysis is based on the Migrant Trail, an annual protest event in which allies of the border-justice movement spend a week walking seventy-five miles through the U.S.-Mexico borderlands to protest migrant deaths. Original data include four years of participant observation, interviews conducted during the 2011 Migrant Trail, and surveys conducted a year and a half after the event. Findings suggest that embodied and emotional experiences help allies overcome challenges such as social distance from beneficiaries, a lack of credibility in the movement, and no lineage of resistance. This study contributes to an understanding of collective identity formation among allies and offers an illustrative case for the important role embodiment plays in the emotions of collective action.

Constructing an integrated e-invoice system: the Taiwan experience

2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 370-383 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheng-Chi Chen ◽  
Cheng-Chieh Wu ◽  
Scott Miau
Keyword(s):  
Participant Observation ◽  
National Level ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Organizational Challenges ◽  
Level Information ◽  
Diffusion Phase ◽  
Smart Government

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to understand the impediments and proposed solutions during the e-invoice implementation and promotion. Design/methodology/approach – A participant observation-based case study research approach was utilized to examine the process and challenges for enabling the national e-invoice service. Findings – The e-invoice evolution process is summarized into three phases: the paperless phase, the diffusion phase and the cloud-enabled phase. The co-evolutionary adaptation process was drawn to highlight the broader issues of constructing a national-level information system. Research limitations/implications – Although this research is limited from the perspective of Taiwan, it provides a good illustrative example of e-invoice implementation. Originality/value – The findings can provide preliminary understanding of how an integrated e-invoice platform can enable the development of smart government. This paper also highlights issues of legal, technical, political and organizational challenges in e-government development.

IMPLEMENTASI MANAJEMEN KURIKULUM MADRASAH MUROTTILIL QUR’AN AL-RIFA’IE 2 MALANG

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 70
Author(s):  
Akhmad Ulul Albab
Keyword(s):  
Planning Process ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Evaluation Process ◽  
Observation Time ◽  
Curriculum Planning ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Learning Program ◽  
Planning Stage ◽  
Academic Calendar

This thesis aims to examine the management process applied in the Madrasah Murottilil Qur'an Al-Rifa'ie 2 Malang. Beginning with the curriculum planning process, implementing the curriculum, and how to evaluate the curriculum of the Madrasah Murottilil Qur'an Al-Rifa'ie 2 Malang. This research aims to find out and describe the managerial process of the curriculum, and the inhibiting factors in the implementation of efforts to achieve the vision, mission that has been set.This thesis is a report on the results of field research using a qualitative descriptive method with a case study research approach that takes place at the Al-Rifa'ie 2 Malang Boarding School.Data collection is done by interview, observation, and documentation. Data analysis is done by reducing data, then presenting data, and finally from the compiled data conclusions are drawn. Checking the validity of the data is done with credibility which includes Triangulation, peer checking, extension of observation time, increasing perseverance.The results of the analysis show that the curriculum management implemented by p Madrasah Murottilil Qur'an Al-Rifa'ie 2 At the planning stage, the process carried out was planning the implementation time, the learning program, making the academic calendar, and how the evaluation was held. At the implementation stage, it starts with a new santri test, conducts learning and conducts an ascension test. The evaluation process is carried out at least 2x in one month, and 1 and after one semester.

Management of Records in Adapted Buildings as Records Centres in Zimbabwe

Mousaion ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Samson Mutsagondo ◽  
Getrude Maduyu ◽  
Godfrey Tsvuura
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Records Management ◽  
Personal Observation ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Design Data ◽  
Professional Management ◽  
The Government

This paper discusses the challenges of records management that arise from the use of adapted buildings as records centres in Zimbabwe, despite the advantages of using such buildings. A qualitative research approach was used as well as a case study research design. Data were collected from seven officers of the Gweru Records Centre through semi-structured interviews. Personal observation was used to triangulate findings from interviews. It was found that the use of adapted buildings as records centres was a cheaper and quicker way of establishing records centres throughout the country. However, a number of preservation, security and management challenges cropped up as the conditions of the buildings and the environment of the adapted buildings were not conducive to the proper and professional management of records. This study is important in that it explores the prospects and challenges of using adapted buildings as records centres in Zimbabwe, an area that has not been researched by many authors. This provokes archival authorities and the government to seriously consider establishing purpose-built records and archival centres.

The European identity formation in Ukraine

2017 ◽  
pp. 102-109
Author(s):  
Larysa Kovryk-Tokar
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Identity Formation ◽  
European Integration ◽  
European Community ◽  
Collective Identity ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Political Integration ◽  
European Identity ◽  
European Values

Every nation is quite diverse in terms of his historical destiny, spiritual priorities, and cultural heritage. However, voluntary European integration, which is the final aim of political integration that began in the second half of the twentieth century from Western Europe, provided for an availability of large number of characteristics in common in political cultures of their societies. Therefore, Ukraine needs to find some common determinants that can create inextricable relationship between the European Community and Ukraine. Although Ukrainian culture is an intercultural weave of two East macrocivilizations, according to the author, Ukraine tends to Western-style society with its openness, democracy, tolerance, which constitute the basic values of Europeans. Keywords: Identity, collective identity, European values, European integration

An Ever Further Apart Union? National and European Attachments in the European Union

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tracey Raney
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Identity Formation ◽  
Identity Construction ◽  
Political Institutions ◽  
Active Role ◽  
The Political ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Political Identities ◽  
Political Identification ◽  
The Eu

This paper is about the ways that citizens perceive their place in the political world around them, through their political identities. Using a combination of comparative and quantitative methodologies, the study traces the pattern of citizens’ political identifications in the European Union and Canada between 1981 and 2003 and explains the mechanisms that shape these political identifications. The results of the paper show that in the EU and Canada identity formation is a process that involves the participation of both individuals and political institutions yet between the two, individuals play a greater role in identity construction than do political institutions. The paper argues that the main agents of political identification in the EU and Canada are citizens themselves: individuals choose their own political identifications, rather than acquiring identities that are pre-determined by historical or cultural precedence. The paper makes the case that this phenomenon is characteristic of a rise of ‘civic’ identities in the EU and Canada. In the European Union, this overarching ‘civic’ identity is in its infancy compared to Canada, yet, both reveal a new form of political identification when compared to the historical and enduring forms of cultural identities firmly entrenched in Europe. The rise of civic identities in both the EU and Canada is attributed to the active role that citizens play in their own identity constructions as they base their identifications on rational assessments of how well political institutions function, and whether their memberships in the community will benefit them, rather than on emotional factors rooted in religion or race. In the absence of strongly held emotional identifications, in the EU and Canada political institutions play a passive role in identity construction by making the community appear more entitative to its citizens. These findings offer new theoretical scope to the concept of civic communities and the political identities that underpin them. The most important finding presented in the paper is that although civic communities and identities are manufactured by institutions and political elites (politicians and bureaucrats), they require thinking citizens, not feeling ones, to be sustained.   Full text available at: https://doi.org/10.22215/rera.v2i4.179

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