Hegemony, Class, and State Socialism: Toward a Theoretical Approach to Cultural Change, with Application to the Chinese Case

¿Cambio cultural, posible o imposible? Orientaciones para el estudio de la Cultura Organizacional en la Administración Pública Mexicana

ENERO-JUNIO 2021 - Revista Innovaciones de Negocios ◽

10.29105/rinn5.10-3 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 5 (10) ◽

Author(s):

J. Mendoza

Keyword(s):

Organizational Culture ◽

Public Administration ◽

Cultural Change ◽

Theoretical Approach ◽

Conceptual Development ◽

Civil Service ◽

Individual Behavior ◽

Frames Of Reference ◽

General Frames

Keywords: organizational culture, cultural change, general frames of reference, civil service, public administrationAbstract: This paper outlines the study of organizational culture and its changes in a context of public administration through the analysis of the implementation of civil service in the Mexican Public Administration. This conceptual development is elaborated to establish some explanations about the link between organizational culture and public administration. By analyzing this link, we establish the relevance of a theoretical approach to study organizational culture and its changes; thus, the influence of organizational culture on individual behavior in the organization is identified.Palabras clave: cultura organizacional, cambio cultural, marcos generales de referencia, servicio profesional de carrera, administración públicaResumen: En este artículo se plantea el estudio de la modificación de la cultura organizacional en un contexto de gestión pública en México. Mediante el análisis de la implantación del servicio profesional de carrera se elabora un desarrollo conceptual que establece algunas explicaciones de la mencionada relación entre cultura organizacional y administración pública mediante las cuales se busca establecer la importancia del enfoque teórico para estudiar la culturaorganizacional y su cambio. Se identifica la influencia de la cultura en el comportamiento de los individuos.

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Differential polarization imaging of sickled cells

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100102390 ◽

1988 ◽

Vol 46 ◽

pp. 62-63

Author(s):

Marcos F. Maestre

Keyword(s):

Optical Properties ◽

Theoretical Approach ◽

Polarized Light ◽

Polarization Microscopy ◽

Spectroscopic Techniques ◽

Polarization Imaging ◽

Circularly Polarized Light ◽

Circularly Polarized ◽

Microscopic Scale ◽

Chiral Structures

Recently we have developed a form of polarization microscopy that forms images using optical properties that have previously been limited to macroscopic samples. This has given us a new window into the distribution of structure on a microscopic scale. We have coined the name differential polarization microscopy to identify the images obtained that are due to certain polarization dependent effects. Differential polarization microscopy has its origins in various spectroscopic techniques that have been used to study longer range structures in solution as well as solids. The differential scattering of circularly polarized light has been shown to be dependent on the long range chiral order, both theoretically and experimentally. The same theoretical approach was used to show that images due to differential scattering of circularly polarized light will give images dependent on chiral structures. With large helices (greater than the wavelength of light) the pitch and radius of the helix could be measured directly from these images.

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Information and Communication Technology and Cultural Change

Social Psychology ◽

10.1027/1864-9335/a000123 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 43 (4) ◽

pp. 222-231 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

Nina Hansen ◽

Tom Postmes ◽

Nikita van der Vinne ◽

Wendy van Thiel

Keyword(s):

Cultural Values ◽

Information And Communication Technology ◽

Communication Technology ◽

Cultural Change ◽

Control Group ◽

Self Construal ◽

Information And Communication ◽

The Impact ◽

Ict For Development ◽

Practical Implications

This paper studies whether and how information and communication technology (ICT) changes self-construal and cultural values in a developing country. Ethiopian children were given laptops in the context of an ICT for development scheme. We compared children who used laptops (n = 69) with a control group without laptops (n = 76) and a second control group of children whose laptop had broken down (n = 24). Results confirmed that after 1 year of laptop usage, the children’s self-concept had become more independent and children endorsed individualist values more strongly. Interestingly, the impact of laptop usage on cultural values was mediated by self-construal (moderated mediation). Importantly, modernization did not “crowd out” traditional culture: ICT usage was not associated with a reduction in traditional expressions (interdependent self-construal, collectivist values). Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

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