scholarly journals Accounting for Culture in Policy Transfer: A Blueprint for Research and Practice

2020 ◽  
pp. 147892992096535
Author(s):  
Daniel Bertram
Keyword(s):  
Research Agenda ◽  
Institutional Context ◽  
Policy Transfer ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Research Culture ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
The Status ◽  
Independent Variable ◽  
Constructivist Approaches

In recent years, the burgeoning literature on transnational dissemination of policies has moved beyond orthodox models to incorporate the institutional context by means of social-constructivist approaches. This article engages in a critical review of the status quo by arguing for the importance of an overlooked key variable in policy transfer research: culture. Particularly, it is contended that culture plays an under-acknowledged role in co-shaping transfer dynamics both as a dependent and as an independent variable and consequently deserves a more thorough embedment in mainstream research. To this end, operational recommendations for how future studies can measure, incorporate, and isolate cultural factors are offered and a feasible research agenda is proposed.

Institutional work amidst the financial crisis: emerging positions of elite actors

Organization ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 187-214 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suhaib Riaz ◽  
Sean Buchanan ◽  
Hari Bapuji
Keyword(s):  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Critical Discussion ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Institutional Work ◽  
Mainstream Media ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Global Financial Crisis

We draw on the institutional work literature to analyse the rhetoric in mainstream media spawned by the global financial crisis. We identify the emerging positions (status quo, neutral and change) of actors on major themes (policy, practices, recovery and regulation) related to the crisis and the rhetorical processes used (appeals to expert authority, finding someone to blame, use of scenarios, and avoidance of critical discussion) to communicate these positions. We find that academics lead the charge for change in policy, relying mostly on rhetorical processes that involve the use of past scenarios and blame, but also often avoid critical discussion through over-generalization. In contrast, banks focus on changes in practices, mostly using future scenarios, finding specific others to blame, and also appealing to expert authority. The US Federal Reserve takes the lead on maintaining the status quo on regulation-related issues, largely through using various scenarios and appeals to expert authority. We also find a large number of neutral positions and interpret this as tacit support for existing institutions. We conclude by charting out a broader research agenda for further investigation of the actors-institutions interplay, particularly within the context of the financial crisis.

scholarly journals What Do We Know about Algorithmic Literacy? The Status Quo and a Research Agenda for a Growing Field

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Oeldorf-Hirsch ◽  
German Neubaum
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Research ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
User Behavior ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Theory Building ◽  
Measurement Development ◽  
Future Research ◽  
The Status ◽  
Different Dimensions ◽  
The Relationship

The increasing emergence of algorithms in our daily use of technologies comes with a growing field of empirical research trying to understand how aware and knowledgeable individuals are about algorithms. This field is marked by a certain diversity in terms of how it theorizes and measures people’s literacy when interacting with algorithms. We propose converging on the term algorithmic literacy that covers different dimensions used by previous research. This article summarizes the state of knowledge on algorithmic literacy by systematically presenting initial steps in theory building and measurement development. Drawing on this, we propose an agenda including five different directions that future research could focus on: 1) theory building to understand algorithmic literacy, 2) addressing the algorithmic divide, 3) uncovering the relationship between algorithmic literacy and attitudes, 4) examining algorithmic literacy as predictor for user behavior, and 5) exploring ways to increase algorithmic literacy.

scholarly journals Critical thresholds. Traversing architectural pedagogy, research, and practice

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Colin Fournier
Keyword(s):  
Initial Phase ◽  
Major Part ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Infrastructure Systems ◽  
Critical Thresholds ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Status ◽  
Governing Institutions ◽  
The City

<p>It is significant that the AASA – Association of Architecture Schools of Australasia (<a href="https://aasa.org.au">https://aasa.org.au</a>) conference on <em>“</em>Applied Collaborations<em>”</em> took place in Christchurch in the Fall of 2015, not long after the earthquakes that tragically destroyed a major part of the city. Although the physical devastation was extensive and highly traumatic for the inhabitants, it was encouraging to observe that, after an initial phase of shock and paralysis, came an optimistic period of quasi euphoria, a revolutionary spirit, a sense that the city could be radically reinvented instead of being rebuilt merely as a faithful replication of the past.<br />Rather than aspiring to a reinstatement and perpetuation of the status quo, it was felt that it could emancipate itself from its colonial past, become a better city and, most importantly, that its rebirth could call upon the energy, enthusiasm, self-motivation and generosity of all its inhabitants and truly involve the participation of the community as a whole.<br />The city, while still licking its wounds and clearing up the debris, went through a vibrant period of recovery and utopian dreaming, a phase when it was felt that anything was possible, that not only could the urban fabric and its supporting infrastructure systems be radically changed but that its governing institutions could also be transformed, as well as the fabric of society as a whole. It was felt that this unique opportunity had to be seized before it was too late. The time had come for a major urban and social mutation.</p>

scholarly journals Tourism Digital Marketing Tools and Views on Future Trends: A Systematic Review of Literature

2021 ◽  
pp. 712-726
Author(s):  
Mavis Chamboko-Mpotaringa ◽  
Tembi Tichaawa
Keyword(s):  
Review Literature ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Digital Marketing ◽  
Future Trends ◽  
Review Of Literature ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
Literature Synthesis ◽  
The Status ◽  
Managerial Implications

Owing to the unprecedented advancements in digital technologies adopted for use in marketing tourism, their use in tourism is expected only to gain momentum. The purpose of this paper is to systematically review literature published in tourism-related journals on digital marketing tools in tourism from 2016-2020, and to discuss future trends. The analysis reveals that the increased adoption of digital marketing tools has disrupted the status quo of the tourism industry. Findings also highlight a growing and broad digital marketing tools terrain that is thematically diverse. Tourism marketers have to ensure that they understand the trends in the digital marketing domain and be able to adapt to the changes in order to remain competitive. Based on literature synthesis, the study provides insights into practical managerial implications and provides the groundwork for future studies.

scholarly journals EXPLORING DEEUROPEANIZATION

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 552-555
Author(s):  
Spasimir Domaradzki
Keyword(s):  
European Integration ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
National Interest ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
European Studies ◽  
Preliminary Stage ◽  
The Status ◽  
European Values

There is a noticeable disproportion between the research conducted on the process of Europeanization and its potential antonym Deeuropeanization. Whereas Europeanization has dominated the research agenda of European studies for already four decades, the concept of Deeuropeanization emerged only over the last decade and its conceptualization is rather in its preliminary stage. However, more and more journalists, intellectuals and scholars reach for this tempting antonym to accent on the negative trends observed within the process of European integration. The aim of this article is to identify the most common utilizations of the term, propose further extension of the concept and to reflect on its research potential. The article distills Deeuropeanization as a return to national interest, a departure from the European values, but also identifies institutional and procedural, and mimetic Deeuropeanization. With regard for these dimensions Deeuropeanization cannot be treated as a general antonym of Europeanization. Concluding, the article sets criteria for the identification of the process of Deeuropeanization. Firstly, when the Europeanization process produces worse results in comparison to the status quo ante. Secondly, when it leads to dystrophy of the integration consensus. Thirdly, when it facilitates the emergence of factors weakening Europeanization. Thus, the article provides a platform for the identification of Deeuropeanization as a distinct and helpful extension of the cognitive apparatus in the European Studies.

The Status Quo of Situation-Specific Theories

2014 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 278-298 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eun-Ok Im
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Nursing Interventions ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Link Theory ◽  
Or Practice ◽  
The Status ◽  
Theory Research

The purpose of this article is to explore the status quo of situation-specific theories through an integrated literature review on situation-specific theories that have been published since 1999. The literature was searched through multiple databases including PubMed, CINAHL, and PsycINFO and analyzed in terms of purpose of theorizing, types of theorizing, sources of theorizing, and linkages to research or practice. Four themes reflecting the current status of situation-specific theories were extracted: (a) explicitly claimed and not explicitly claimed situation-specific theories; (b) multiple philosophical bases; (c) unique theorizing process; and (d) providing clear directions for nursing interventions but rarely evaluated. Nurses need to continuously make their efforts to develop theoretical bases that could closely link theory, research, and practice in nursing and that could adequately serve new nursing needs and challenges.

scholarly journals Frontiers of business intelligence and analytics 3.0: a taxonomy-based literature review and research agenda

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 685-739
Author(s):  
Mathias Eggert ◽  
Jens Alberts
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Business Intelligence ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Sensor Data ◽  
Third Wave ◽  
The Third ◽  
Systems Research ◽  
The Status

Abstract Researching the field of business intelligence and analytics (BI & A) has a long tradition within information systems research. Thereby, in each decade the rapid development of technologies opened new room for investigation. Since the early 1950s, the collection and analysis of structured data were the focus of interest, followed by unstructured data since the early 1990s. The third wave of BI & A comprises unstructured and sensor data of mobile devices. The article at hand aims at drawing a comprehensive overview of the status quo in relevant BI & A research of the current decade, focusing on the third wave of BI & A. By this means, the paper’s contribution is fourfold. First, a systematically developed taxonomy for BI & A 3.0 research, containing seven dimensions and 40 characteristics, is presented. Second, the results of a structured literature review containing 75 full research papers are analyzed by applying the developed taxonomy. The analysis provides an overview on the status quo of BI & A 3.0. Third, the results foster discussions on the predicted and observed developments in BI & A research of the past decade. Fourth, research gaps of the third wave of BI & A research are disclosed and concluded in a research agenda.

scholarly journals Stuck with the car and all its harms? A public health approach to the political economy of the status quo

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex Macmillan ◽  
Katharine Cresswell Riol ◽  
Kirsty Wild
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Political Economy ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Public Health Research ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Public Health Approach ◽  
Mode Shift ◽  
Adequate Knowledge ◽  
Physical Environments ◽  
The Status

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scholarly journals Mycobacterium avium in the Postgenomic Era

2007 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 205-229 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine Y. Turenne ◽  
Richard Wallace ◽  
Marcel A. Behr
Keyword(s):  
Mycobacterium Avium ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Status ◽  
Functional Understanding ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
Survival Mechanisms ◽  
Insight Into

SUMMARY The past several years have witnessed an upsurge of genomic data pertaining to the Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC). Despite clear advances, problems with the detection of MAC persist, spanning the tests that can be used, samples required for their validation, and the use of appropriate nomenclature. Additionally, the amount of genomic variability documented to date greatly outstrips the functional understanding of epidemiologically different subsets of the organism. In this review, we discuss how postgenomic insights into the MAC have helped to clarify the relationships between MAC organisms, highlighting the distinction between environmental and pathogenic subsets of M. avium. We discuss the availability of various genetic targets for accurate classification of organisms and how these results provide a framework for future studies of MAC variability. The results of postgenomic M. avium study provide optimism that a functional understanding of these organisms will soon emerge, with genomically defined subsets that are epidemiologically distinct and possess different survival mechanisms for their various niches. Although the status quo has largely been to study different M. avium subsets in isolation, it is expected that attention to the similarities and differences between M. avium organisms will provide greater insight into their fundamental differences, including their propensity to cause disease.

scholarly journals Socially Transformative Resilience: A Conceptual Model and Research Agenda for a New Construct

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine S. Leventhal ◽  
Vilas Sawrikar ◽  
Sumeet Jain ◽  
Angus MacBeth
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Dominant Culture ◽  
Psychosocial Wellbeing ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Face ◽  
Original Approach

Marginalised individuals face significant and consistent adversities and injustices that their dominant culture counterparts rarely or never face, such as discrimination, low resource access, and violence. These challenges have been linked to poor wellbeing, both empirically and in individuals’ lived experiences. An original approach to improving this situation is introduced here via a novel transtheoretical construct: socially transformative resilience. Socially transformative resilience is conceived as a type of resilience in which individuals not only improve their psychosocial wellbeing in the face of challenge, but also resist, transcend, and/or seek to change the status quo, increasing their liberation as well. The key components and mechanisms of this new construct are described in detail, drawing on theoretical and empirical evidence. Key propositions of the model include the dual importance of moral and emotional initial responses to stressors, the centrality of a multidimensional reflection process, and the utility of acceptability-control appraisals in choosing which actions and resources to activate in service of wellbeing and liberation. An agenda for future research is presented, including examining and refining the model, developing a measure, creating interventions, and investigating relationships with psychopathology.

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