Imagining a Transnational Future for Research on Differences

2019 ◽  
pp. 123-132
Author(s):  
Banu Özkazanç-Pan
Keyword(s):  
Transnational Migration ◽  
Migration Studies ◽  
Cultural Management ◽  
Political Debates ◽  
Nation States ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Cross Cultural Management ◽  
Organizational Scholarship ◽  
New Research

This chapter examines offers new directions for organizational scholarship based on the key concepts derived from transnational migration studies and applied to notions of self, culture and work. Fundamentally, transnational modes of thinking and analyzing require us to consider the composition and coming together of society rather than a reflection of the boundaries/boundedness of nation-states. They provide insights as to what citizenship means beyond an accident of birth and turn our gaze to the ways in which historical conjunctures impact contemporary economic arrangements, political debates and cultural institutions. For organization scholars who want to study diversity and cross-cultural management and attend to difference, transnational modes provide insights as to new ways of understanding people in the form of mobile subjectivities and move us to consider the question of who/what is the subject of management research? By relying on new ontologies and epistemologies available from a transnational migration studies framework, the chapter offers insights about how the social world is being made and remade and the consequences of such action and intention for the (organizational) lives of people around the world. In doing so, it opens up vistas for new research questions, agendas, and approaches to guide organizational scholars and scholarship.

Introduction

2019 ◽  
pp. 3-18
Author(s):  
Banu Özkazanç-Pan
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Approach ◽  
Transnational Migration ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Migration Studies ◽  
Cultural Management ◽  
Interdisciplinary Field ◽  
Work And Organizations ◽  
Cross Cultural Management

The introduction provides the reader with a context for transnational migration studies and its importance for studying people, work and organizations today. Starting out referencing contemporary trends, such as Brexit, the election of Trump and general rise of anti-immigrant, righ-wing regimes globally, the introductory chapter lays the foundation for a transnational migration perspective. Key ideas from transnational migration studies, an interdisciplinary field born out of sociology, are explained and their relevance for theorizing and studying difference in the context of globally-mobile people made explicit. The chapter then outlines how existing approaches to the study of people and work under these new times and in the context of mobility has taken shape in the management, focusing explicitly on diversity and cross-cultural management areas. These two scholarly areas represent the dominant approach to the study of people and difference albeit there have been critical interjections into static notions of identity, place and work in these areas. Altogether, the introduction lays the foundation for the book in terms of the need for and importance of transnational migration studies as a much-needed theoretical approach for rethinking identity, difference and work in the diversity and cross-cultural management fields.

scholarly journals Understanding Technological Unemployment: A Review of Causes, Consequences, and Solutions

Societies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 50
Author(s):  
Yuri Lima ◽  
Carlos Eduardo Barbosa ◽  
Herbert Salazar dos Santos ◽  
Jano Moreira de Souza
Keyword(s):  
Social Impact ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
Developed Economies ◽  
Technological Unemployment ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Usa ◽  
The Subject ◽  
New Research ◽  
The Impact

Many studies have focused on estimating the impact of automation on work around the world with results ranging widely. Despite the disagreement about the level of impact that automation will have, experts agree that new technologies tend to be applied to every economic sector, thus impacting work regardless of substituting or complementing it. The purpose of this study is to move on from the discussion about the size of the impact of automation to understanding the main social impacts that automation will cause and what actions should be taken to deal with them. For this purpose, we reviewed literature about technological unemployment found in Scopus and Web of Science published since 2000, presenting an academic view of the actions necessary to deal with the social impact of automation. Our results summarize causes, consequences, and solutions for the technological unemployment found in the literature. We also found that the literature is mainly concentrated on the areas of economy, sociology, and philosophy, with the authors situated in developed economies such as the USA, Europe, and New Zealand. Finally, we present the research agenda proposed by the reviewed papers that could motivate new research on the subject.

scholarly journals Krytyczna analiza naukowej ciszy, czyli dlaczego Romowie migrują (z naszego pola widzenia)

2018 ◽  
Vol 62 (2) ◽  
pp. 39-67
Author(s):  
Kamila Fiałkowska ◽  
Michał P. Garapich ◽  
Elżbieta Mirga-Wójtowicz
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Social Imaginary ◽  
Migration Studies ◽  
It Impacts ◽  
Migration Research ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Subject

This article discusses the phenomenon of academic silence in regard to Romani migration from Poland — both in Polish Romani studies and in migration studies. The absence of the subject of Romani migration in migration research in Poland is contrasted with the absence of the subject of migration in Romani studies. Paradoxically, the group most associated in the social imaginary with mobility is absent from migration studies in Poland. On the other hand, in studies of the Romani people in Poland, the group turns out to be surprisingly static and immobilized. The aim of the paper is to explore this particular type of discursive silence, to consider the underlying theoretical and conceptual reasons for it, and finally, to reflect on how it impacts migration and Romani studies.

“Superdiversity”: a new paradigm for inclusion in a transnational world

2019 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 477-490 ◽  
Author(s):  
Banu Ozkazanc-Pan
Keyword(s):  
Transnational Migration ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Analytic Framework ◽  
Migration Studies ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Organization Studies ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Nation States ◽  
New Directions ◽  
Diversity Research

Purpose Transnational migration has become a defining feature of many societies across the globe. This paper focuses on contributions to diversity theorizing and research available from “superdiversity”, an analytic framework derived from transnational migration studies. “Superdiversity” speaks to the novel social transformations taking place globally and provides new opportunities, albeit with critique, for conceptualizing and studying people, difference and inclusion. The purpose of this paper is to provide innovative ways to rethink hallmark concepts of diversity scholarship by offering new insights about the role of nation-states, the concept of difference and inclusion in the midst of mobility. Design/methodology/approach The paper relies upon transnational migration studies as an emergent field of inquiry about societal level changes brought upon by the ongoing movement of people. The social, cultural and political transformations growing out of transnational migration are used to theorize new directions for diversity research in the context of management and organization studies. By relying on “superdiversity” and its mobility-based ontology, epistemology and methodology, the paper proposes new ways to think about and carry out research on difference and inclusion. Findings Deploying the analytic framework of “superdiversity,” the paper offers “belonging” as the new conversation on inclusion and proposes mobile methods as a means to study mobile subjects/objects. In addition, it discusses how the ongoing transformative societal changes by way of transnational migration impact the ways in which the author theorizes and carry out diversity research. Questions and concerns around ethics, (in)equality and representation are considered vital to future research in/around diversity. Originality/value Extensive changes in societies emerging out of ongoing encounters between/among different kinds of people have taken shape by way of transnational migration. As a result, emergent and novel notions of difference have been forged in a transnational manner across social fields. By examining these transformations, the paper provides new directions and challenges for diversity scholarship in the context of rising societal tensions and rhetoric around difference and “belonging” in nation-states. It also provides alternative considerations for understanding and theorizing inclusion in diversity research.

Shedding light on the darker side of language

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Betty Beeler ◽  
Philippe Lecomte
Keyword(s):  
Group Behavior ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Dark Side ◽  
Multicultural Teams ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Cultural Management ◽  
Cross Cultural Communication ◽  
The Social ◽  
Cross Cultural Management

The purpose of this article is to shed light on the “darker” side of language in cross-cultural communication and explore ways that it can be addressed, using a dialogical approach. Bakhtin’s dialogical perspective conceptualizes sensemaking as the co-construction of meaning through interconnected utterances (“addressivity” and “responsivity”), multivoicedness (“polyphony”), and multiple speaking styles (“heteroglossia”). We use these concepts to analyze the social processes underlying linguistic hegemony and language-based in-group behavior in a case study of the performance of six multicultural teams at an American subsidiary in France. We found that although dialogical practices proved to be effective in deterring the emergence of the dark side of language, the lack of a dialogical mindset prevailed in four of the six teams. These findings point to the need for cross-cultural management policies which reward addressivity, polyphony, and heteroglossia while penalizing team members who use their superior language skills to dominate others.

scholarly journals Con la muerte en el álbum. La fotografía de difuntos en Buenos Aires durante la segunda mitad del siglo XIX

Revista Trace ◽  
2018 ◽  
pp. 103
Author(s):  
Diego Fernando Guerra
Keyword(s):  
Rio De La Plata ◽  
Río De La Plata ◽  
Oil Painting ◽  
La Plata ◽  
Nation States ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Siglo Xix ◽  
New Nation ◽  
Siglo Xx

Entre 1840 y las primeras décadas del siglo XX, la fotografía de difuntos fue la manifestación iconográfica más importante de los ritos funerarios de la burguesía rioplatense. Si bien el retrato fue el género artístico predominante en los nacientes Estados nacionales del período, por su función ordenadora del tejido social a la vez que expresión social del individuo, la fotografía no sólo profundizó su difusión social sino que también absorbió y transformó prácticas seculares localmente arraigadas, como la mascarilla mortuoria, los grabados de cabezas yacentes y los retratos al óleo de personas “vivas” que usaban el cadáver como modelo. En el presente artículo se propone recorrer el desarrollo de ese particular género fotográfico durante la segunda mitad del siglo XIX, a fin de contribuir al conocimiento de una práctica que sigue siendo, aún hoy, un asunto poco abordado por la historiografía.Abstract: From 1840 to the first decades of the XXth Century, death portraiture was the most important manifestation of the funerary rituals of Rio de la Plata bourgeoisie. While portrait was –due to its potential to put in order the social weave and to be a social expression of individuals– a preeminent artistic gender in those brand new nation-states of the period, photography not only multiplied its social diffusion; it also absorbed and transformed secular practices locally rooted like mortuary masks, “lying heads” engravings, and oil painting portraits where the subject seems alive, but the model was a corpse. This article proposes to go through the evolution of this particular photographic gender during the second half of the XIXth century, in order to contribute to a better knowledge of a matter that is –still today– scarcely treated by historiography.Résumé : Entre 1840 et les premières décennies du XXe siècle, la photographie de défunts a été la manifestation iconographique la plus importante des rituels funéraires de la bourgeoisie du Río de la Plata. Si le portrait a été un genre artistique prédominant au sein des nouveaux États nations de la période, tant par sa fonction ordinatrice du tissu social que comme expression sociale de l’individu, la photographie en a approfondi la diffusion sociale ; elle a absorbé et transformé des pratiques séculaires localement enracinées, tels le masque mortuaire, les gravures de portraits de gisants et les peintures à l’huile de personnes “vivantes” qui prenaient le cadavre pour modèle. Cet article propose de suivre le développement de ce genre photographique particulier dans le second XIXe siècle, afin de contribuer à la connaissance d’une pratique qui reste, de nos jours encore, un sujet peu abordé par l’historiographie.

Mobile Methodologies

2019 ◽  
pp. 109-122
Author(s):  
Banu Özkazanç-Pan
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Nation State ◽  
Place And Space ◽  
Cultural Management ◽  
Nation States ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
New Directions ◽  
Cross Cultural Management ◽  
Over Time

This chapter starts off by noting that transnational approaches contribute a multiscalar understanding and analysis of mobile subjectivities such that attending them to them requires moving beyond comparative lenses. To clarify, a transnational paradigm does not discount the importance of the nation-state but rather, holds is as a precarious achievement and construction made possible by discourses of difference and belonging. Yet the nation-state and thus, ‘cultural values’ as reflections of nation-states cannot be the starting point for an analysis that aims to understand subjectivities that move across scales and the specificity of experiences associated with mobile encounters. This chapter provides examples of work that can attend to these issues under the notion of “mobile methodologies”. Under this approach, researchers move with the research object/subject over time, place and space as needed to understand the assembling of transnational lives, experiences and practices. The chapter contrasts these approaches with existing works within diversity and cross-cultural management research that adopt comparative and static methods that are unable to attend to mobile subjects. In sum, the chapter offers critique and new directions for methodologies that can be used to study transnational subjects.

Cosmopolitans

2019 ◽  
pp. 63-78
Author(s):  
Banu Özkazanç-Pan
Keyword(s):  
Transnational Migration ◽  
Global Business ◽  
Cultural Management ◽  
Global Context ◽  
The Third ◽  
Global Nomad ◽  
New Directions ◽  
Final Consideration ◽  
Cross Cultural Management

As the final chapter expanding upon the new agentic, reflexive subjectivities arising from transnational migration, the focus herein is on cosmopolitanism and cosmopolitans. The first section of the chapter underscores the main tenets of cosmopolitanism and cosmopolitans and thereby offers insights into the various ways this notion has been theorized. This sets the stage for empirical examples of cosmopolitanism in research that takes shape at the intersections of global business, work and difference. These examples challenge the notion of cosmopolitanism as referencing people who have a global mindset and are ‘citizens of everywhere and nowhere’ approaches which dominate cross-cultural management and examinations of difference in a global context. The third section focuses on the ways ‘global nomad’ as a particular example of cosmopolitanism challenges financialized notions of diversity in the context of organizations and neo-liberalism. In concluding this chapter, the final consideration is around the linkage of cosmopolitanism to an ethics of difference that embodies the epistemic, social and material aspects of transnational being and belonging. By addressing these concerns, the chapter offers new directions in relation to the quest for theorizing and accounting for various forms of difference in relation to people and work.

Netnography

2014 ◽  
pp. 1496-1511
Author(s):  
Guido Lang ◽  
Stanislav Mamonov ◽  
Karl R. Lang
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Community ◽  
Research Community ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Community Environments ◽  
New Research ◽  
Insight Into

The advent of the Internet has facilitated many new forms of communication and thus has laid the foundation for new forms of interaction and social organization. The challenges of gaining insight into the social processes that occur in these newly emerging digital spaces require the development of new research approaches and methodologies. Netnography, or Internet ethnography, is one such example. It focuses on gaining cultural insights from virtual community environments and was originally developed for consumer research in the field of marketing, but has since been used in a number of other fields, including urban planning. This chapter examines the philosophical assumptions and specific methods of netnography as a newly emerging research approach. Findings from a qualitative analysis of ten cases of published netnography studies reveal differences in both philosophical assumptions and uses as a research methodology, including the subject of research – community – and the role of the researcher. The chapter closes with some recommendations and a call for future research.

Netnography

2012 ◽  
pp. 233-248
Author(s):  
Guido Lang ◽  
Stanislav Mamonov ◽  
Karl R. Lang
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Community ◽  
Research Community ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Community Environments ◽  
New Research ◽  
Insight Into

The advent of the Internet has facilitated many new forms of communication and thus has laid the foundation for new forms of interaction and social organization. The challenges of gaining insight into the social processes that occur in these newly emerging digital spaces require the development of new research approaches and methodologies. Netnography, or Internet ethnography, is one such example. It focuses on gaining cultural insights from virtual community environments and was originally developed for consumer research in the field of marketing, but has since been used in a number of other fields, including urban planning. This chapter examines the philosophical assumptions and specific methods of netnography as a newly emerging research approach. Findings from a qualitative analysis of ten cases of published netnography studies reveal differences in both philosophical assumptions and uses as a research methodology, including the subject of research – community – and the role of the researcher. The chapter closes with some recommendations and a call for future research.

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