scholarly journals Blurring Public and Private Sociology: Challenging an Artificial Division

2009 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 19-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kate Butler
Keyword(s):  
Critical Realism ◽  
Hybrid Approach ◽  
Division Of Labour ◽  
Public Sociology ◽  
Academic World ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The Public ◽  
Theoretical Approaches ◽  
Professional Sociology ◽  
Second Modernity

This article encourages sociologists to take a hybrid approach to the incorporation of public sociology into the discipline. The idea of public sociology rests upon a double conversation between sociologists as public actors, and the involvement of the ‘extra-academic’ world into the dialogue. However, the separation of public sociology from professional sociology is artificial. The division of labour between those working solely in academia, and those reaching out to the public at large is imaginary: sociologists do work in both the public and private. By blurring the line between public sociology and professional sociology (which constitutes a ‘privacy’ of sorts), sociology is able to reach a larger audience. To illustrate this argument, I examine how three theoretical approaches within sociology, governmentality literature, critical realism and second modernity, exemplify both public and private sociology, while remaining methodologically coherent and rigorous. These approaches show sociology to be a field in which disparate, multiple, fluid theories and metatheories exist side-by-side in work that is both public and professional.

Dialogue and Coordination: How Hybrid Models Can Strengthen Labor Standards Enforcement

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 312-334
Author(s):  
Kelly Pike
Keyword(s):  
Hybrid Approach ◽  
National Development ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Hybrid Models ◽  
Labor Standards ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public And Private Enforcement

This article examines the factors that limit and support the capacity of developing states to regulate labor in the public and private spheres, as well as the role of international parties in strengthening that capacity. The purpose is to better understand the potential for a more coordinated approach informed by hybrid models of enforcement, which can contribute to closing regulatory gaps. Fieldwork was carried out in the garment sectors in South Africa and Lesotho during 2018, including 20 semi-structured interviews with industry stakeholders representing government, business, and labor. Findings indicate that the developing state has an important role to play in facilitating a more coordinated approach between systems of enforcement, including public and private enforcement agencies, national development agencies, manufacturers, buyers, and unions. The case studies indicate the potential of such an approach to, for example, improve inspection quality, accountability, and transparency. The state can play an active role in facilitating a hybrid approach to regulation that involves both state and non-state actors, with dialogue and coordination at the core of addressing broader challenges for enforcement.

scholarly journals Reframing the public sociology debate: Towards collaborative and decolonial praxis

2017 ◽  
Vol 66 (1) ◽  
pp. 92-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alberto Arribas Lozano
Keyword(s):  
Academic Success ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Expert Knowledge ◽  
Public Sociology ◽  
Good Opportunity ◽  
The Public ◽  
Professional Sociology ◽  
Different Types

This article presents a critical analysis of Michael Burawoy’s model of public sociology, discussing several of its epistemic and methodological limitations. First, the author focuses on the ambiguity of Burawoy’s proposal, problematizing the absence of a clear delimitation of the concept of ‘public sociology’. Second, the author links the academic success of the category of public sociology to the global division of sociological labour, emphasizing the ‘geopolitics of knowledge’ involved in Burawoy’s work and calling for the decolonization of social science. Then, the author expounds his concerns regarding the hierarchy of the different types of sociology proposed by Burawoy, who privileges professional sociology over other types of sociological praxis. Reflecting upon these elements will provide a good opportunity to observe how our discipline works, advancing also suggestions for its transformation. Along these lines, in the last section of the article the author elaborates on the need to go beyond a dissemination model of public sociology – the unidirectional diffusion of ‘expert knowledge’ to extra-academic audiences – and towards a more collaborative understanding of knowledge production.

Challenges for Promotion of Heritage Tourism

2019 ◽  
pp. 35-56
Author(s):  
Joanna Seraphim ◽  
Farooq Haq
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Critical Realism ◽  
Heritage Tourism ◽  
Original Research ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The Public ◽  
Delphi Techniques ◽  
Cultural Experts

This chapter appreciates the growing significance of heritage tourism, even in a place well-known as a fun-based modern destination. This study is based on an exploratory research which used qualitative research to study issues related to the promotion of heritage tourism in the United Arab Emirates. The purpose of this chapter was to identify challenges faced by the public and private tourism organizers for heritage tourism in the country. This original research employed the Delphi techniques and interviewed renowned heritage and cultural experts. Critical realism ontology was applied to analyze the qualitative data where themes emerged as the key challenges. Five themes emerged from the research that could be replicated to study heritage tourism challenges in other countries. A subsequent study to identify and assess solutions and strategies for these challenges is the suggested future study for this chapter.

scholarly journals Organizational Performance Influenced by Academic Service Quality: An Investigation in Public Universities in Malaysia

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Sailesh Sharma ◽  
Saleh Al Sinawi
Keyword(s):  
Service Quality ◽  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Public Universities ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Academic World ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Five Dimensions ◽  
The Public ◽  
Academic Service Quality ◽  
Academic Resources

The influence of service quality on organizational performance has captured a greater attention in corporate and academic world. The public universities in Malaysia are no different than such corporate world in terms of quality, services, and outcome. Hence, investigation of the influence of academic service quality on the organizational performance in public universities in Malaysia is the key attention of this study. A survey was conducted by drawing a sample of 435 international students from three public universities in Malaysia, by using a questionnaire developed by modification of SERVQUAL. The modified questionnaire assessing academic service quality comprises of five dimensions such as academic resources, academic competence, skills development, attitude, and responsiveness. Data obtained were analyzed by using techniques such as principal component analysis, one-way ANOVA, correlation, and multiple regression. Results indicated that the three universities provided the same level of academic service quality. It was also found that all the five dimensions of academic service quality significantly influenced the organizational performance. This study concludes by advocating the need of comparative studies between public and private universities in Malaysia and across countries.

Evaluation of Information System Investments: A Value Dials approach to closing the theory-practice gap

2015 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 276-292 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane Elisabeth Frisk ◽  
Frank Bannister ◽  
Rikard Lindgren
Keyword(s):  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Action Research Project ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The Public ◽  
Evaluation Approach ◽  
Theoretical Approaches ◽  
A Value ◽  
Ex Ante ◽  
Practice Gap ◽  
Theory Practice Gap

Failed or partially failed information systems (IS) investments continue to be a problem in both public and private sectors. Although there are many causes of such failure, lack of clarity about the goals and benefits expected and how they are to be realized is one of the major contributors. This is particularly so in the public sector where the purpose of IS investment is not to increase profits, but to accomplish social and political goals. One way of reducing failure and wastage rates is to have ex-ante evaluation. Over the past three decades IS research has proposed a plethora of new theoretical approaches to improving ex-ante evaluation, but with a few exceptions, these have had little impact on practice. This paper presents a way to address this gap between theory and practice. It proposes a way in which managers can improve IS investment evaluation by changing perspective from a focus on traditional analytic tools towards a design attitude that seeks to develop multi-criteria IS evaluation approach based on contextual experience and prior knowledge. The proposed approach enables organizations to design and develop a value case using value dials as a common language that defines what constitutes the value of particular IS investments for a specific context. To assess its effectiveness, this approach was applied using a multilevel dialogical action research project within a Swedish public organization. The findings show that managers in this organization significantly improved the effectiveness of their evaluation of IS investments.

Regulation, risk and health support work

2020 ◽  
pp. 79-100
Author(s):  
Mike Saks ◽  
Judith Allsop
Keyword(s):  
Public Interest ◽  
Work Conditions ◽  
Division Of Labour ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The Public ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Professional Workers ◽  
Health Support ◽  
Public And Private Sector ◽  
Regulatory Controls

The limited regulation of support workers as compared to health professional workers and the ensuing risks are discussed in this chapter from a neo-Weberian standpoint. It is argued from the example of the United Kingdom, and especially England, that it may be in the public interest, in terms of protecting users of services and their carers from harm, to extend the existing regulatory framework in a number of modern societies. This is particularly so at a time when health professions themselves are coming under increasing challenge in the wake of adverse events and the subsequent publicity to which they have been exposed. The range of actions taken to mitigate risk include extending state regulatory controls, establishing registers for additional occupations, increasing employer and professional managerial controls in the public and private sector, and implementing additional requirements for continuing educational development. Health support workers, who are numerically the largest group of health personnel, remain under regulated and under researched. Regulatory confusion too often prevails in the complex division of labour in health care in relation to the risks of support workers to users – not to mention vulnerable support workers themselves in terms of their precarious work conditions, as discussed elsewhere in this volume.

A Hybrid Approach to Big Data Systems Development

2016 ◽  
pp. 20-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anil Aggarwal
Keyword(s):  
Big Data ◽  
Hybrid Approach ◽  
Data Systems ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Business Decision ◽  
Citizen Satisfaction ◽  
The Public ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Big Data Systems ◽  
Public And Private Sector

Data has always played a critical part in business decision making. The digital economy is generating Tsunami of data which must be analyzed and used by both the public and private sector. Survival and citizen satisfaction may depend on how governments use big data to develop citizen-centric services. Big data analysis can lead to better transparency, less corruption and citizen satisfaction. Big data is an emerging area where models and applications are still emerging. Currently there are few, if any, models that provide guidance in developing applications. This chapter proposes a hybrid approach which can be used as a starting point for future development.

scholarly journals Αναζητώντας τα Χαρακτηριστικά του Ηθικού Ηγέτη: Μια εμπειρική μελέτη στον χώρο εργασίας

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 161
Author(s):  
Ειρήνη Μαρίνα Μητροπούλου ◽  
Ιωάννης Τσαούσης ◽  
Δέσποινα Ξανθοπούλου ◽  
Κωνσταντίνος Πετρίδης
Keyword(s):  
Ethical Leadership ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Intra Class Correlation ◽  
The Public ◽  
Theoretical Approaches ◽  
Green Practices ◽  
Different Dimensions ◽  
Ethical Vision ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Different Characteristics

Theories of ethical leadership differentiate on the number and type of characteristics they adopt. Τhe purpose of the present study was to review all different theoretical approaches that have been presented so far in the literature, to record the different characteristics that have been proposed , and to study empirically the importance of these characteristics. In total, twenty-seven different dimensions of ethical leadership were identified in the international bibliography. A quantitative study was carried out and forty-one employees and employers in organizations in the public and private sectors in Greece evaluated the significance of the twenty seven dimensions. The results showed that all dimensions were appraised as important by all participants. However, more emphasis was placed on the dimensions “Trust” and “Collaboration” and less on “Green Practices” and “Development of Ethical Vision”. The Intra-Class Correlation between employers and employees was noteworthy (ICC = 0.91). However, statistically significant moderate differences between the evaluationsof employers and employees emerged only on the dimensions of “Integrity” and “Ethical responsibility”, with employers showing higher scores. These results indicate that all twenty seven dimensions are relevant and important for the definition of the concept of ethical leadership.

A Hybrid Approach to Big Data Systems Development

Web Services ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 2271-2288
Author(s):  
Anil K. Aggarwal
Keyword(s):  
Big Data ◽  
Hybrid Approach ◽  
Data Systems ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Business Decision ◽  
Citizen Satisfaction ◽  
The Public ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Big Data Systems ◽  
Public And Private Sector

Data has always played a critical part in business decision making. The digital economy is generating Tsunami of data which must be analyzed and used by both the public and private sector. Survival and citizen satisfaction may depend on how governments use big data to develop citizen-centric services. Big data analysis can lead to better transparency, less corruption and citizen satisfaction. Big data is an emerging area where models and applications are still emerging. Currently there are few, if any, models that provide guidance in developing applications. This chapter proposes a hybrid approach which can be used as a starting point for future development.

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