Towards the Construction of Productive Interactions for Social Impact

Understanding the value of research for society has become a priority, and several methodologies have been developed to assess the social impact of research. This study aimed to determine how productive interactions are developed during the execution of research projects. A retrospective study was conducted on 33 projects from 1999 to 2020. Semi-structured interviews with the technical managers were conducted to analyze how different actors of the project—researchers, government officials, and civil society and private sector stakeholders—were involved, illustrating how productive interactions occur in specific biodiversity contexts. The results revealed different levels and intensities of productive interactions; on the one hand, three projects involved all actors; eight involved researchers outside the institution; and 25 involved community members. The number of participants ranged from 2 to 37. All research evaluated had a disciplinary orientation. The type and time of interactions with other interested parties depended on the amount of funding, project type, project duration, and, significantly, on the profile of the technical manager. The importance of assessing and valuing productive interactions was identified as a fundamental element in promoting the social impact of research, as well as integrating inter- or multidisciplinary projects that impact the conservation of socio-ecological systems.

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Is this mine? Psychological ownership and the social media follower

Young Consumers Insight and Ideas for Responsible Marketers ◽

10.1108/yc-11-2020-1256 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Caroline S.L. Tan

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Design Methodology ◽

Vital Role ◽

Psychological Ownership ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Content Type ◽

Face To Face ◽

The Social ◽

Social Currency ◽

Different Levels

Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine psychological ownership (PO) experienced by followers of social media influencers toward both influencer and the product. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected using face-to-face semi-structured interviews that were conducted with 30 respondents and analyzed using thematic analysis. Findings The study demonstrated that the PO experienced by the follower changes under different conditions resulting from perceived value, social currency and follower activity. Social currency plays a vital role in determining the target of PO, often affecting the narrative by the follower. Originality/value To the best of the author’s knowledge, this is the first paper to examine the transference of PO between product and influencer as experienced by the follower. It provides an understanding on PO that is experienced in different levels of intensity and changes depending on the motive of the follower; hence, transference of PO occurs and it is not a static.

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Conclusion: between image, act, body and language

The gestures of participatory art ◽

10.7228/manchester/9781526100771.003.0007 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 136-141

Author(s):

Sruti Bala

Keyword(s):

Social Impact ◽

The Other ◽

Participatory Art ◽

Other Hand ◽

The Arts ◽

The Social ◽

Art Practices ◽

Participatory Practice ◽

The One ◽

Historical Legacies

I have argued throughout this study that participatory art practices need to be understood in conjunction with the anxieties and contradictions that accompany them. Whether or not this is a formally constitutive characteristic worthy of naming as a genre is, in my view, less important than finding ways to account for and be responsive to the questions it poses. This is the place that this study departed from, yet oddly, it also the place it finds itself arriving at. For if this study has inquired into some of the conditions for and articulations of participation in the arts, it has also turned out to be an investigation of the ways in which participation is already circumscribed by the questions we ask of it, such as the social impact of participatory art, or its specific aesthetic features. The frictions in this endeavour will have become apparent to the perceptive reader: on the one hand I attempt to identify commonalities and systematic coherences in a field named as participatory art, and on the other hand I seek to analyse it in terms of its deviations from, and incommensurability with, a systematic narrative, in the emphasis of unruly, subtle, non-formalizable modes of participation. I treat participatory art as an inherited category, looking at its diverse, specific operations, or disciplinary routes and historical legacies. At the same time, I try to alter the terms of received wisdom by extrapolating principles and observations from the confines of one disciplinary arena into another. I search for ways in which affiliation to a given type of participatory practice might be described, only to find that formal coherences are perforated by aspects that exceed those same terms of affiliation. The analysis of participatory art and the conceptualization of participation in and through art thereby become intertwined in complex ways....

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Some Considerations Regarding the Social Responsibility of Entrepreneurs in the European Union

International Journal of Sustainable Economies Management ◽

10.4018/ijsem.2013010103 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 26-35

Author(s):

Mirela Matei ◽

Marian Catalin Voica

Keyword(s):

Social Responsibility ◽

Social Impact ◽

Social Programs ◽

The European Union ◽

Negative Effects ◽

The Social ◽

Transnational Companies ◽

The One ◽

Corporate Social ◽

The Impact

The concept of corporate social responsibility is in constant development. It passes from the sphere of large transnational companies to the smaller sized companies, in the field of SMEs. Although SMEs don’t have the impact of great corporations, they have a duty to carry out social responsibility programs. An SME, as a singular unit, does not have the social impact of transnational corporations, but the large number of SMEs creates a social impact comparable to the one generated by large corporations. Due to competitive pressures, large transnational companies have outsourced some activities. SMEs that have taken over these activities have taken over responsibility for social programs to offset the negative effects arising

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Esports Governance: Exploring Stakeholder Dynamics

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su12198270 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (19) ◽

pp. 8270

Author(s):

Qi Peng ◽

Geoff Dickson ◽

Nicolas Scelles ◽

Jonathan Grix ◽

Paul Michael Brannagan

Keyword(s):

Thematic Analysis ◽

Social Impact ◽

Governance Structure ◽

Main Role ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Governance Framework ◽

Governance Model ◽

The Social ◽

Network Administration ◽

Rising Power

Esports is a rapidly growing industry. However, the unidentifiable governance structure of the industry has contributed to a number of integrity-eroding activities. By exploring esports stakeholder dynamics, this paper answers the question, “Is the esports governance model sustainable?” Data were sourced from documentation, focus groups (N = 3) and semi-structured interviews (N = 6). Thematic analysis was conducted using Nvivo. The findings suggest that (1) the current esports governance framework features some attributes of the “lead organisation-governed network”, with the power residing mainly in game publishers; (2) the rising power of other stakeholders in the network seeking to address integrity issues has caused fragmentation of the esports governance framework; (3) esports governance is evolving towards a network administration organisation (NAO) model. Such evolution has a few challenges—most notably, the compliance of game publishers. Given the social impact of the integrity issues, governments should play a main role in facilitating a NAO model.

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Favouritism: Exploring the ‘uncontrolled’ spaces of the leadership experience

Leadership ◽

10.1177/1742715017749190 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 15 (3) ◽

pp. 381-397 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Ofelia A Palermo ◽

Ana Catarina Carnaz ◽

Henrique Duarte

Keyword(s):

Ethical Issues ◽

Social Process ◽

The Other ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Organisational Justice ◽

Other Hand ◽

The Social ◽

Leadership Experience ◽

The One ◽

The Way

In this paper, we argue that a focus on favouritism magnifies a central ethical ambiguity in leadership, both conceptually and in practice. The social process of favouritism can even go unnoticed, or misrecognised if it does not manifest in a form in which it can be either included or excluded from what is (collectively interpreted as) leadership. The leadership literature presents a tension between what is an embodied and relational account of the ethical, on the one hand, and a more dispassionate organisational ‘justice’ emphasis, on the other hand. We conducted 23 semi-structured interviews in eight consultancy companies, four multinationals and four internationals. There were ethical issues at play in the way interviewees thought about favouritism in leadership episodes. This emerged in the fact that they were concerned with visibility and conduct before engaging in favouritism. Our findings illustrate a bricolage of ethical justifications for favouritism, namely utilitarian, justice, and relational. Such findings suggest the ethical ambiguity that lies at the heart of leadership as a concept and a practice.

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Impacto da doença renal crônica em adolescentes em tratamento hemodialítico

Revista de Enfermagem UFPE on line ◽

10.5205/1981-8963.2019.240286 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 13 ◽

Author(s):

Leticia Werner Rêgo ◽

Gisele Martins ◽

Cristiane Feitosa Salviano

Keyword(s):

Social Networking ◽

Research Method ◽

Social Impact ◽

Renal Dialysis ◽

Descriptive Study ◽

Physiological Changes ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Hospital Unit ◽

The Social ◽

Qualitative Descriptive

Objetivo: compreender o impacto social da doença renal crônica em adolescentes submetidos à hemodiálise. Método: trata-se de estudo qualitativo, descritivo, com adolescentes dos 12 aos 18 anos, que realizavam hemodiálise na unidade hospitalar de Terapia Renal Substitutiva, por meio de entrevista semiestruturada. Analisaram-se os dados segundo o método de pesquisa de narrativas e figura. Resultados: identificaram-se três categorias temáticas: Modificações causadas pela hemodiálise que interferem na rotina; Sentimentos do adolescente associados à doença e à hemodiálise; Sentimentos da família associados à doença e à hemodiálise na perspectiva do adolescente. Conclusão: concluiu-se que o adolescente passa por modificações importantes em seu cotidiano, tanto pelas restrições necessárias para o controle da doença quanto pelas alterações fisiológicas. Revela-se, além disso, que sentimentos como tristeza e medo também permeiam o atendimento a este paciente. Descritores: Insuficiência Renal Crônica; Diálise Renal; Rede social; Adolescente; Família.Abstract Objective: to understand the social impact of chronic kidney disease in adolescents undergoing hemodialysis. Method: this is a qualitative, descriptive study with adolescents from 12 to 18 years old, who underwent hemodialysis in the hospital unit of Renal Replacement Therapy, through semi-structured interviews. Data was analyzed according to the narrative and figure research method. Results: three thematic categories were identified: Modifications caused by hemodialysis that interfere in the routine; Adolescent feelings associated with the disease and hemodialysis; Family feelings associated with the disease and hemodialysis from the adolescent's perspective. Conclusion: it was concluded that the adolescent undergoes important changes in their daily life, both due to the restrictions necessary to control the disease and physiological changes. Moreover, feelings such as sadness and fear also permeate the care of this patient. Descriptors: Renal Insufficiency, Chronic; Renal Dialysis; Social Networking; Adolescent; Family. Resumen Objetivo: comprender el impacto social de la enfermedad renal crónica en adolescentes sometidos a hemodiálisis. Método: se trata de un estudio cualitativo y descriptivo con adolescentes de 12 a 18 años que se sometieron a hemodiálisis en la unidad hospitalaria de Terapia de Reemplazo Renal, a través de entrevistas semiestructuradas. Los datos se analizaron de acuerdo con el método de investigación de narrativas y figura. Resultados: se identificaron tres categorías temáticas: modificaciones causadas por hemodiálisis que interfieren en la rutina; Sentimientos adolescentes asociados con la enfermedad y la hemodiálisis; Sentimientos de la familia asociados con la enfermedad y la hemodiálisis desde la perspectiva del adolescente. Conclusión: se concluyó que el adolescente sufre cambios importantes en su vida diaria, tanto por las restricciones necesarias para controlar la enfermedad como por cambios fisiológicos. También se revela que sentimientos como la tristeza y el miedo también impregnan el cuidado de este paciente. Descriptores: Insuficiencia Renal Crónica; Diálisis Renal; Red Social; Adolescente; Familia.

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The social impact of the ‘Social solidarity income’ in Greece: A qualitative interpretation

Social Cohesion and Development ◽

10.12681/scad.25763 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 14 (1) ◽

pp. 5

Author(s):

Theodoros Sakellaropoulos ◽

Varvara Lalioti ◽

Nikos Kourachanis

Keyword(s):

Social Impact ◽

Social Situation ◽

Survival Strategies ◽

Social Solidarity ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Minimum Income ◽

Positive Elements ◽

The Social ◽

Before And After ◽

The Impact

The present article sheds light on the implementation of the ‘Social Solidarity Income’ (SSI) in Greece, an example of a guaranteed minimum income (GMI). Drawing on the findings of 40 semi-structured interviews carried out in five selected municipalities, the article focuses on the ‘social impact’ of the SSI. More specifically, it investigates two inter-related themes: a) the social situation of beneficiaries and the survival strategies they used before and after receiving the SSI; and b) aspects of the SSI that should be improved at the implementation stage. It is argued that, despite certain positive elements of the SSI, such as the monetary allowance, which is a key component of the SSI and assists beneficiaries in covering their basic needs, the impact of the SSI on the lives of individuals is relatively small and a large proportion of the beneficiaries continue to rely on the survival strategies they used before implementation of the SSI

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Capturing the Impact of Public Narrative: Methodological Challenges Encountered and Opportunities Opened

International Journal of Qualitative Methods ◽

10.1177/16094069211050160 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 20 ◽

pp. 160940692110501

Author(s):

Emilia Aiello ◽

Teresa Sorde-Marti

Keyword(s):

Mixed Methods Research ◽

Social Impact ◽

Impact Analysis ◽

Future Research ◽

Leadership Practice ◽

Methodological Challenges ◽

The Social ◽

The One ◽

Work Done ◽

The Impact

Public narrative is a leadership practice of translating values into action. It links the three elements of self, us, and now: why I am called, why we are called, and why we are called to act now. Taught and learned for more than 15 years now through various learning environments (in-person or online courses, in-person or online workshops, etc.), the Narratives4Change research project (H2020, Nr. 841355) aimed at studying how public narrative is being used by individuals as a leadership practice within different domains of practice and across diverse cultural and geographical contexts, as well as what are the impacts achieved. An endeavor never carried before, capturing evidence of impact of public narrative going beyond the usage and transference posed several methodological challenges. To overcome them, we engaged in an on-going process of dialogue with researchers experienced in social impact analysis, and practitioners and leaders well experienced in using public narrative. Drawing on the work done in the framework of the Narratives4Change project, this article explains its methodological design, presenting and discussing two of the strategies adopted to capture the impact dimension, and how they were implemented. On the one hand, the communicative orientation of the mixed-methods research design of the project allowed researchers to empirically grasp the manifold agentic orientations that can be triggered by public narrative. On the other hand, how the Social Impact Open Repository criteria for social impact analysis was incorporated at the time of exploring and deepening into the social reality that was being observed sets us off on an “impact-oriented analytical mindset” that facilitated identifying evidence of impacts. Specific examples of how each of these strategies played out during the methodological design and implementation of the research are discussed, drawing lessons that can also inform the design of future research projects.

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The Social Impact of Digital Youth Work: What Are We Looking For?

Media and Communication ◽

10.17645/mac.v7i2.1907 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 7 (2) ◽

pp. 59-68 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Alicja Pawluczuk ◽

Gemma Webster ◽

Colin Smith ◽

Hazel Hall

Keyword(s):

Digital Literacy ◽

Social Impact ◽

Evaluation Process ◽

Youth Work ◽

Youth Workers ◽

Youth Engagement ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

The Social ◽

Definition Of ◽

Digital Youth

Digital youth work is an emerging field of research and practice which seeks to investigate and support youth-centred digital literacy initiatives. Whilst digital youth work projects have become prominent in Europe in recent years, it has also become increasingly difficult to examine, capture, and understand their social impact. Currently, there is limited understanding of and research on how to measure the social impact of collaborative digital literacy youth projects. This article presents empirical research which explores the ways digital youth workers perceive and evaluate the social impact of their work. Twenty semi-structured interviews were carried out in Scotland, United Kingdom, in 2017. All data were coded in NVivo 10 and analysed using thematic data analysis (Braun & Clarke, 2006). Two problems were identified in this study: (1) limited critical engagement with the social impact evaluation process of digital youth work projects and its outcomes, and (2) lack of consistent definition of the evaluation process to measure the social impact/value of digital youth work. Results of the study are examined within a wider scholarly discourse on the evaluation of youth digital participation, digital literacy, and social impact. It is argued that to progressively work towards a deeper understanding of the social value (positive and negative) of digital youth engagement and their digital literacy needs, further research and youth worker evaluation training are required. Recommendations towards these future changes in practice are also addressed.

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Analogie e mimesi tra scienze computazionali e sociologia: l'Intelligenza Artificiale in Achille Ardigň

SALUTE E SOCIETÀ ◽

10.3280/ses2009-su2005 ◽

2009 ◽

pp. 85-98

Author(s):

Giovanni Boccia Artieri

Keyword(s):

Artificial Intelligence ◽

Web 2.0 ◽

Social Impact ◽

Artificial Culture ◽

Sociocultural Change ◽

Social System Theory ◽

The Social ◽

Decision Making Processes ◽

New Perspective ◽

The One

- This essay is about the 80th-90th Italian sociological context when the second order cybernetic and the theory of the complexity introduced a new perspective. That context produced a convergence between social sciences and Artificial Intelligence (AI) theory. The paper focuses on 3 perspectives: 1. the sociocultural change: AI is a cultural approach that produces an imaginary about the mutation introduced by the informatic evolution. It opens people's concerns and hopes about the relation between "man" and cybernetic "machine". 2. The analogy between the theory that produces intelligence machines and the social system theory that thinks the society in an abstract and artificial way, by producing consequences on epistemological level and governance. 3. the social impact of the AI outputs in relational live and in the production of the reality. On the one hand the interest is about the Expert Systems that can support analytical and decision-making processes - here the risk is an emerging attitude to the abstract process rather then to the practices; on the other hand the interest is about two kinds of interactions: human-machine and human-machine-human.Keywords: Achille Ardigň, Artificial Intelligence, artificial culture, micromacro link, human-computer interaction, web 2.0.Parole chiave: Achille Ardigň, Intelligenza Artificiale, cultura dell'artificiale, micro-macro link, comunicazione uomo-macchina, web 2.0.

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