scholarly journals Pathologies and kitsch in the workplace - theoretical perspective

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-30
Author(s):  
Stanisław Ciupka
Keyword(s):  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Unethical Behavior ◽  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
Situational Factors ◽  
Professional Burnout ◽  
Basic Form ◽  
Economic Organizations ◽  
The Rich

In this article we would like to touch upon the problem of reprehensible practices, pathologies that are present in many economic organizations today. We would like to consider how much unethical behavior should be largely attributed to employees, and how much it is associated with external cultural, organizational and situational factors. With this perspective, the author wants to associate pathologies in the workplace with the rich in associations, synonymous with the word kitsch, which can also be applied to economic and business issues. It is worth emphasizing that kitsch and pathology seem to permeate, and maybe even one of them can result from another. This is a paradox that the author wants to address in this article. The proper tracking of the activities of organizations by their management is the basic form of preventing pathologies in the organization. It is also associated with a significant impact on the economy, because the effectiveness of work is closely related to the problems of anxiety or embarrassment in the workplace. Some researchers may conclude that kitsch, pathology and frustration that leads to professional burnout can often be related to workaholism or even law violations in specific companies. This article is based on the method of critical analysis of literature and the method of deduction in observing behavior in organizations.

scholarly journals Quantum Chemistry of Cocaine and its Isomers I: Energetics, Reactivity and Solvation

2021 ◽  
Vol 75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Safa Ben Amara ◽  
Thorsten Koslowski ◽  
Ali Zaidi
Keyword(s):  
Dipole Moment ◽  
Solvent Effect ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Chemical Reactivity ◽  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
Solvent Polarity ◽  
Stable Conformation ◽  
Functional Theory ◽  
Implicit Solvents ◽  
The Rich

ABSTRACT We investigate the rich stereochemistry of cocaine and its diastereoisomers from a theoretical perspective using density functional theory. The relative stability of the eight considered isomers is discussed, and a comparison of the corresponding internal coordinates is given. Our results reveal that the S-pseudococaine isomer is the most stable conformation, whereas the natural occurring isomer (R-cocaine) lies higher in energy. The different isomers' chemical reactivity is discussed based on the calculation of the hardness, softness, electrophilicity and dipole moment. It was found that the dipole moment varies over a broad range from 0.65 to 4.60 D, whereas the other properties are slightly modified. The solvent effect on the energy stability of the cocaine isomers was studied by considering chloroform, dimethyl-sulfoxide (DMSO) and water as implicit solvents. Our calculations show that the different isomers' energy order and their energy gaps are slightly modified due to solvent effects. However, in all cases, the S-pseudococaine remains the most stable isomer. However, the dipole moment and the chemical reactivity of the cocaine isomers increase with the solvent polarity. Keywords: Cocaine isomers,DFT, stability, solvent effect, chemical reactivity.

scholarly journals Machiavellians, Unethical Workmates And Intention To Stay: An Empirical Exploration

2011 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pablo Ruiz Palomino ◽  
Ricardo Martinez Canas
Keyword(s):  
Unethical Behavior ◽  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
Individual Characteristic ◽  
Human Interaction ◽  
Influential Factor ◽  
Business Professionals ◽  
Intention To Stay ◽  
Resource Based View ◽  
Personal Trait ◽  
The Empirical Analysis

Machiavellianism is usually studied as an individual characteristic affecting an individual’s ethical/unethical behavior in organizations, turning into an important influential factor in that matter. However, no studies have been conducted to date testing the influence of this personal trait on the individual’s intention to stay, which on the basis of the theoretical perspective of the Resource-Based View of the Firm, have important valuable implications for the organization. Furthermore, no empirical research has been conducted in relation to test the comfort that Machiavellians experiment when an unethical climate is perceived in the organization. This paper will study the effect that a Machiavellian personality has on the individual’s intention to stay and what happens if Machiavellians are within the organization in company of workmates who behave unethically in human interaction. Results obtained through the empirical analysis in a sample of Spanish banking employees are discussed and conclusions and implications both for academics and business professionals are presented.

Examining Ethical Decision Making Behavior in E-Learning Systems

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 41-56
Author(s):  
Richelle L. Oakley ◽  
Rahul Singh
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Ethical Behavior ◽  
Unethical Behavior ◽  
Ethical Decision ◽  
Ethical Decision Making ◽  
Learning Systems ◽  
Situational Factors ◽  
The Social ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Decision Making Behavior

E-Learning has proliferated throughout the education sector in recent years. Unfortunately, an unintended and undesirable aspect of e-Learning is centered on unethical behavior exhibited by students engaged in technology-facilitated cheating. Interestingly, cheating in e-Learning systems occurs in the social context of the class. Using results from a qualitative field study, the authors investigate the socio-technical dimensions of ethical decision-making in e-Learning systems focusing on individual and situational factors. They developed propositions and provide an in-depth discussion of identified factors. Their findings provide the basis for researchers to develop testable propositions for further empirical investigations and provide insight for educators dealing with the unique challenges of the socio-technical dimensions of ethical behavior in e-Learning systems.

Boko Haram Insurgency in Cameroon

2020 ◽  
pp. 796-814
Author(s):  
Afu Isaiah Kunock
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Armed Conflict ◽  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
Effective Strategy ◽  
Boko Haram ◽  
National Population ◽  
Suicide Bombings ◽  
The Media

Cameroon has recently become a target of deadly attacks including shootings, kidnappings and suicide bombings by the Islamic insurgent group Boko Haram. Cognizant of the fact that Cameroon has not experienced anything like this since independence, the Cameroon mass media is challenged as to how to appropriately report this insurgency in a manner that will result in conflict containment and management rather than escalation. The researcher set to examine the role of the media in managing this armed conflict through the critical analysis of documents as well as interviews and observations from the theoretical perspective of framing. Framing by the media has been a very effective strategy in managing the conflict by mobilizing the national population against the sect while maintaining calm and lessening panic and anxiety. This effort by Cameroon media is highly commended although more still needs to be done.

Polluted Morality: Air Pollution Predicts Criminal Activity and Unethical Behavior

2018 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 340-355 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jackson G. Lu ◽  
Julia J. Lee ◽  
Francesca Gino ◽  
Adam D. Galinsky
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Unethical Behavior ◽  
Fixed Effects ◽  
Causal Effect ◽  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
Criminal Activity ◽  
Health Costs ◽  
Standard Errors ◽  
Clean Environment

Air pollution is a serious problem that affects billions of people globally. Although the environmental and health costs of air pollution are well known, the present research investigates its ethical costs. We propose that air pollution can increase criminal and unethical behavior by increasing anxiety. Analyses of a 9-year panel of 9,360 U.S. cities found that air pollution predicted six major categories of crime; these analyses accounted for a comprehensive set of control variables (e.g., city and year fixed effects, population, law enforcement) and survived various robustness checks (e.g., balanced panel, nonparametric bootstrapped standard errors). Three subsequent experiments involving American and Indian participants established the causal effect of psychologically experiencing a polluted (vs. clean) environment on unethical behavior. Consistent with our theoretical perspective, results revealed that anxiety mediated this effect. Air pollution not only corrupts people’s health, but also can contaminate their morality.

Looking for Ariadne’s thread: A systematic review on party-group relations in the last 20 years

Politics ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 026339572110303
Author(s):  
Marco Lisi ◽  
Rui Oliveira ◽  
João Loureiro
Keyword(s):  
American Literature ◽  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Research Strategies ◽  
Systematic Analysis ◽  
Group Relations ◽  
Economic Organizations ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
Organizational Linkages ◽  
Party Group

All too often, research on the relationship between political parties and interest groups has followed different paths. In a research field dominated by multiple and disconnected approaches, an overview of where we stand and what we know is pertinent. This study reviews and assesses the empirical evidence brought forward through a systematic analysis of 182 studies on the topic. We address three key questions. What are the analytical and theoretical perspectives employed in this scholarship? What is the focus of the research? What are the research strategies used to assess party-group relations? We answer these questions by analyzing an original, built-for-purpose dataset providing information on the analytical frameworks, research designs, and focus employed in recent studies. The analysis shows that this field of research has grown significantly over the last decade and that multiple research strategies have been employed, with a predominance of qualitative and case study approaches. The findings also suggest that different conceptualizations of party-group relations have been adopted, while the American literature tends to adopt a distinct theoretical perspective from European studies. Finally, the analytical focus has privileged economic organizations, but it has moved progressively away from the study of organizational linkages.

Extractivism or specificity of capital accumulation? A critique on the extractivist approach regarding the case of Argentina

2021 ◽  
pp. 030981682110174
Author(s):  
Nicolás Pérez Trento
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Capital Accumulation ◽  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
Explanatory Power ◽  
Development Model ◽  
Political Transformations ◽  
Alternative Approach ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Latin American Countries

The recent economic and political transformations in many Latin American countries have been increasingly analysed under the (neo-)extractivism approach. Specifically, the debate surrounding the contradictions and limitations of this development model, as well as its consequences, gained traction among scholars. In this article, we intend to put forth a critical analysis of this approach with the goal of giving an account of its explanatory power, focusing on Argentina. In order to do this, we summarize some of the more noteworthy conceptual features of (neo-)extractivism, as well as the main arguments to include Argentina as a case. Then, after presenting some immediate conceptual limitations linked to this theoretical perspective, we introduce an alternative approach in regard to the specific way in which capital accumulation takes place in Argentina, based on the Critique of Political Economy put forward by Marx in Capital, and taking the global unity of capital accumulation as a starting point. This allows us to critically engage, in the last section, with the main claims of extractivism.

Conclusion

2019 ◽  
pp. 139-152
Author(s):  
Carol Dougherty
Keyword(s):  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Contemporary Fiction ◽  
Productive Capacity ◽  
The Past ◽  
Full Circle ◽  
Return Home ◽  
The Rich ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Interpretive Framework ◽  
The Way

The Conclusion returns to the beginning of the book, bringing it full circle. The Introduction focused on the way that Odysseus introduces himself to King Alcinous as an improviser, a man of metis, to raise the possibility that we, too, as critics, might embrace the productive capacity of the unexpected literary encounter. The readings offered in the individual chapters demonstrate the ways in which the rich and complicated dynamic between coming home and keeping house already at work in the Odyssey can be seen to shift and develop in new ways, just as our appreciation of contemporary fiction dealing with these themes has expanded from its unexpected association with Homer’s Odyssey. In particular, nostalgia emerges as offering an apt interpretive framework and mode of critical analysis, striking a balance between engagement with the past and looking to the present or future. If improvisation offers a framework for the unexpected literary encounter, for finding ourselves as readers and critics in a place unknown, reading unexpected texts together, nostalgia provides us with a way to return home to Homer.

The roles of foreign influences in the evolution of social and filial relations in Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Mohammed Akinola Akomolafe
Keyword(s):  
Social Relations ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Moral Values ◽  
Cultural Identities ◽  
Traditional Values ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Poor ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Rich ◽  
Almost All

Nigeria, as a geographical entity is replete with various ethnic and cultural identities that have continued to evolve from pre-colonial times to recenttimes. Granted that civilizations from Europe and Arabia have dictated almost all spheres of living, both in the Northern and Southern geographies of the country and eroded nearly all traditional values that would have assisted in curbing social and filial tensions; it is pertinent to inquire into the social relations before this ‘encounter.’ This is important as this research seeks to invoke some aspects of the past that can be relevant for contemporary utility. Hence, through the method of critical analysis, this study takes a look at the socio-economic norms among the pre-colonial cultures that eventually evolved into Nigeria, paying attention to the place of slaves and women and laying emphasis on the filial and communal nature which allowed for a not too wide the gap between the rich and the poor. Even when this study is not unaware of the positive roles of foreign influence, it recounts the deficits of this presence and suggests that aproper way is to explore some indigenous ideas and apply them for contemporary living. Keywords: Culture, Family, Moral Values, Nigeria, Pre-colonial

scholarly journals Investigating the Drivers of Pro-Environmental Behaviour: A Household Waste Minimisation Case

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Manoj Govind Kharat ◽  
Shankar Murthy ◽  
Sheetal Jaisingh Kamble ◽  
Mukesh Govind Kharat
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
Subjective Norms ◽  
Situational Factors ◽  
Household Waste ◽  
Moral Norms ◽  
Internal Attribution ◽  
Environmental Behaviour ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Control Community ◽  
Waste Minimisation

Identifying and analysing the drivers of household pro-environmental behaviour (PEB) is a question of great interest. Providing an answer to this question investigating PEB has implications for planners and policymakers. The currents study attempts to identify and analyse the drivers that contribute to PEB significantly. To achieve this, an in-depth literature review and qualitative analysis were carried out. A questionnaire was developed to measure the PEB construct and its determinants. Next, the reliability of the questionnaire was assessed followed by Pearson’s correlational analysis. Results indicate that PEB comprises of nine dimensions viz., behavioural intention, attitude, personal moral norms, subjective norms, situational factors, perceived behavioural control, community concern, internal attribution and perceived consequences. The study results provide significant insights to help more people act in pro-environmental ways. From the theoretical perspective, the study results provide empirical evidence to researchers and a reliable and valid scale to measure PEBs.

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