scholarly journals Social Justice as an Organizational Identity: An Inductive Case Study Examining the Role of Diversity and Inclusivity Initiatives in Corporate Climate and Productivity

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Organizational Identity

The construction of a leadership identity based on empathy, care, and participation: María Eliana's history

2021 ◽  
pp. 174114322110380
Author(s):  
Andrea Carrasco ◽  
María E Díaz
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Life History ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Leadership Positions ◽  
Leadership Identity ◽  
Self Recognition ◽  
History Of ◽  
Identity Based

Recent academic research highlights the role of leadership identity when thinking about the improvement of the educational field. Based on this research, this article aims to identify and analyze the elements that affect the development of leadership identity in female school principals within the Chilean context. This is achieved by working from a biographical-narrative approach, specifically from the life history technique. This analysis emerges from a considerate reflection on the teachings, and personal and professional milestones highlighted in the biogram. Both personally and professionally, a multiplicity of elements is observed in the life history of María Eliana, influencing the development of her leadership identity, particularly highlighting her self-recognition as a woman. This identity is oriented towards social justice, based on socio-emotional tools such as care, empathy, and participation; and understands and values the role these elements must take in Chilean education. The case study presents tensions for the Chilean educational system, which must be able to address the complexities that women experience while holding leadership positions, especially when challenged with the perspective that school is an inclusive space of social justice.

scholarly journals Anti-identity strategizing: The dynamic interplay of “who we are” and “who we are not”

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 136-170 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Stanske ◽  
Madeleine Rauch ◽  
Anna Canato
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Identity ◽  
Qualitative Case Study ◽  
Strategy Selection ◽  
Discontinuous Change ◽  
Change Trajectories ◽  
Change Initiatives ◽  
Identity Ambiguity ◽  
Dynamic Interplay

In this article, we investigate the strategy–identity nexus by illustrating the interaction between organizational identity, anti-identity, and strategy. While extant research illustrates the potentially constraining role of organizational identity on change trajectories, less is known about the role of organizational anti-identity. Drawing on a qualitative case study of a leading German distributor’s 32-year history, we highlight the importance of organizational anti-identity for both continuous and discontinuous change initiatives, and illustrate how organizational members can overcome identity ambiguity by referring to “who we are not as an organization” rather than to “who we are as an organization.” We further show how managers who draw on identity reservoirs may have greater leeway when exploiting anti-identity, and how ambiguity and resistance may be overcome by referring to “who we are not” as an organization. Our findings broaden our understanding of the role of anti-identity for strategy selection and contribute to the burgeoning literature on the strategy–identity nexus.

Support for Marginalized Children: Influences of Micro and Meso Contexts on Socially Just Principal Practices

2020 ◽  
Vol 104 (4) ◽  
pp. 292-313
Author(s):  
Alex N. Oldham ◽  
Lee D. Flood ◽  
Pamela S. Angelle
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
High School Principals ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
School Level ◽  
Structural Bond ◽  
Personal Story ◽  
Values And Beliefs ◽  
Contextual Values

This qualitative case study research examines the perceptions of three U.S. principals as they work for social justice in the school level meso context as enacted through the lens of their micro contextual values and beliefs. Through interviews with three rural high school principals, we look to the influence of context on decision making through a study of the principals’ articulations of the role of context in supporting or hindering their work for marginalized children. Findings from this study point to the culture of the community in which the school was situated and the challenges sometimes associated with the community as the most mentioned meso factor that guided the principals’ practice. The micro context of the leader’s personal story was a testament to what they valued and how they enacted these values as a leader for social justice. The study concludes with a model which reconceptualizes the macro, meso, and micro relationships not as a directional relationship that indicates the influence of one context onto another, but as a structural bond suggesting interdependency.

scholarly journals Organizational Reintegration and Trust Repair after an Integrity Violation: A Case Study

2014 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 371-410 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicole Gillespie ◽  
Graham Dietz ◽  
Steve Lockey
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Identity ◽  
Organizational Trust ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Stakeholder Salience ◽  
Conceptual Frameworks ◽  
Dynamic Nature ◽  
Data Manipulation ◽  
Trust Repair

ABSTRACT:This paper presents a holistic, contextualised case study of reintegration and trust repair at a UK utilities firm in the wake of its fraud and data manipulation scandal. Drawing upon conceptual frameworks of reintegration and organizational trust repair, we analyze the decisions and actions taken by the company in its efforts to restore trust with its stakeholders. The analysis reveals seven themes on the merits of proposed approaches for reintegration after an integrity violation (including open investigations, accurate explanations, apologies, penance, and systemic reforms), and novel insights on the role of organizational identity, “changing of the guard” and cultural reforms alongside procedural modifications. The case further supports the dynamic nature of stakeholder salience across the reintegration process. The study both supports propositions from existing frameworks and suggests novel theoretical extensions for future research.

From transgression to tradition: Relationality, organizational absorption, and the Lascivious Costume Ball, 1970–1984

Organization ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (6) ◽  
pp. 916-937 ◽  
Author(s):  
Celene Reynolds
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Identity ◽  
Institutional Identity ◽  
University Of Chicago ◽  
University Administration ◽  
Organizational Responses ◽  
The University

The Lascivious Costume Ball, a sexuality-themed and institutionally authorized party that took place at the University of Chicago from 1970 to 1984, began as a form of student rebellion. Yet within a few years it was diluted and managed by the university administration. Stripped of its initial transgressive character, the Lascivious Costume Ball had been integrated into the legitimate routines of the University as a representation of its institutional identity. This article uses the Lascivious Costume Ball as a case study to examine how organizations respond to potentially threatening oppositional action marshaled by their constituents. Drawing on an analysis of archival materials and 69 interviews with administrators, faculty, and alumni associated with the University at the time of the Ball, I argue that spatiotemporal context crucially shaped administrators’ approach to the event and hence its transformation. This article (1) illuminates the importance of relationality in shaping organizational responses to oppositional action; (2) introduces a new mechanism, organizational absorption, whereby organizations manage and defuse such action; and (3) suggests a fresh appreciation for the role of organizational identity in the management of disruption.

scholarly journals Acknowledging Strength in Plurality: The World Social Forum 2016 Through the Prism of Assemblage Thinking

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-74
Author(s):  
Carminda Mac Lorin ◽  
Nikolas Schall
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Power Relations ◽  
The Political ◽  
Urban Landscapes ◽  
World Social Forum ◽  
Migration Policies ◽  
The World

In this article, we contribute to debates regarding the nature and role of the World Social Forum (WSF) in the post-2010 period by employing the prism of assemblage thinking. By using the WSF 2016 held in Montreal, Canada as a case study, we outline the political potential of the assemblage approach, which allows activists and researchers of social justice and contemporary contentious spaces to address some of the intrinsic paradoxes in such mobilizations. The observation of some paradigmatic moments from the WSF 2016 offers a glimpse into the heterogeneity that shapes it. We address elements as diverse as actors' intentionalities, migration policies, urban landscapes, power relations, contents, and absences, arguing that assemblage thinking opens up innovative possibilities for analyzing multidimensional phenomena such as the WSF.

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