scholarly journals Los Planes de igualdad de oportunidades como instrumento de una política de cambio social

2021 ◽  
pp. 145-154
Author(s):  
Juan José García Escribano ◽  
Inmaculada Concepción Sánchez Ruiz
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Social Change ◽  
Cultural Change ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Municipal Level ◽  
Different Levels

On many occasions, politics is intended to achieve lofty objectives of social and cultural change related to the achievement of real equality between women and men, but for this, the institutionalization of equality bodies at different levels of government and instruments is unavoidable. Those enable the actions necessary for the implementation of these policies. In this article, a content analysis of the equality plans developed in the municipalities of the Murcia Region is carried out, with the aim of knowing the impact that equality legislation has on the development of equality plans at the municipal level, as well as whether they have served as an instrument of social change policies. En numerosas ocasiones, desde la política se pretende alcanzar excelsos objetivos de cambio social y cultural relacionados con la consecución de la igualdad real entre mujeres y hombres, pero para ello es ineludible la institucionalización de organismos de igualdad en los diferentes niveles de gobierno y de instrumentos que posibiliten las acciones necesarias para la implementación de esas políticas. En el presente artículo se realiza un análisis de contenido de los Planes de igualdad desarrollados en los municipios de la Región de Murcia, con el objetivo de conocer la incidencia que tiene la legislación en igualdad sobre el desarrollo de Planes de igualdad en el ámbito municipal, así como si los mismos han servido como instrumento de políticas de cambio social.

Cultural Transition in a Kibbutz Industry from Clan to Hierarchical Control Attributes

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (6) ◽  
pp. 829-862 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yaffa Moskovich
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Cultural Change ◽  
Hierarchical Control ◽  
Cultural Transformation ◽  
Cultural Transition ◽  
Hierarchic Structure ◽  
Clan Culture ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Private Individual

Abstract This article describes changes in a kibbutz factory as an outcome of social change in the kibbutz community and in Israeli society. The study estimates the cultural transformation in the specific kibbutz industry and analyzes the transition from its original clan culture to a Weberian hierarchic structure. The findings serve as a basis for comparing the impact of cultural change in various kibbutz industries and other types of enterprises as well. When founded, the plant operated according to socialist values: Equity, democracy, rotation among managers and familial features. From the 1980s, when the kibbutz underwent privatization, its factory also shifted away from strict socialist principles. After a financial crisis in the 1990s, the factory experienced a period of decline and finally closed. Later, a private individual from outside the kibbutz bought and reopened the factory, drastically changing its organizational culture as the business became a stratified hierarchic organization.

Jeevika, Women and Rural Bihar: Cultural Impact of a Development Intervention

2020 ◽  
Vol 69 (2) ◽  
pp. 158-173
Author(s):  
Ashok Pankaj
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Cultural Change ◽  
Rural Women ◽  
Cultural Impact ◽  
Development Intervention ◽  
Cultural Aspects ◽  
Whole Process ◽  
Important Impact ◽  
Rural Livelihood ◽  
The Impact

This article narrates a story of cultural change caused by livelihood intervention in rural Bihar (India). It shows that the impact of Jeevika, a microcredit-based rural livelihood promotion project, goes beyond its call for promoting livelihoods. The article recognises the distinction between structural and cultural aspects of social change and holds that an important impact of Jeevika on rural women of Bihar has been the cultural loosening of the patriarchal noose over their necks. It argues that the sustainability of such an impact is, however, unlikely, as the structural bases of patriarchy, namely, family, caste, land and agriculture, remain largely unaffected. Moreover, the whole process is exogenous—a creation of programme intervention.

scholarly journals (Divorce in the Palestinian society and its relation to some variables from the point of view of divorced women in the city of Ramallah during the period (2010- 2019: الطلاق في المجتمع الفلسطيني وعلاقته ببعض المتغيرات من وجهة نظر المطلقات في مدينة رام الله خلال الفترة (2010- 2019) "دراسة ميدانية نقدية"

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Abd Elmajid Naief Alawneh
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Cultural Change ◽  
Educational Level ◽  
Economic Change ◽  
Divorce Rate ◽  
Monthly Income ◽  
Cultural Economic ◽  
Palestinian Society ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The City

    This study is a critical analytical study in which the researcher used the analytical descriptive approach to describe the previous studies in this subject. In addition, he dealt with the field aspect which is represented by selecting the research society, the divorced women in the Palestinian city of Ramallah, using the questionnaire tool, In the study of these cases of divorced women, where the aim of this research in dealing with the problem of divorce in the Arab Palestinian society, especially after the knowledge of the increased presence of this phenomenon in recent years, the researcher studied the impact of factors that affect the increase This phenomenon was dealt with in two parts: the main theoretical section in this research in an analytical and critical manner based on the previous studies, in addition to a field social study on a sample of divorced women in the city of Ramallah in the middle of the West Bank. This research led to a number of results. The most important of these results was that the divorce rate has been high in recent years for many reasons, especially the unconscious and insufficient awareness, in addition to the existence of social diseases and the absence of social democracy within the family itself, Other factors, cultural, economic and social Kaltgar. It also emerged that cultural change is the most influential on the rise of divorce cases followed by economic change and social change, where it was found that the first place in the impact on the rise of divorce came to the cultural change, which reached the degree of impact to the value of (87%) followed by second place in the degree The impact on the rise of divorce cases in the Palestinian society for economic change, which was 69%, while the degree of impact of social change in the impact on the increase in divorce in this community to a value of only 30% Cultural and economic, The majority of divorced women were younger than 30 years of age (68%), non- women or single- parent children (83%) with a low level of education, (68%). Most of them do not work permanently (68%) and have an average monthly income or less (87%). It was found that there is a strong and inverse and statistically significant relationship between reproduction, educational level and income levels. The higher the number of divorces, the higher the number of children, the educational level and level Monthly income less divorce rate and vice versa. At the end of this research, the researcher made a number of recommendations at the public and private levels, the most important of which was the introduction of an orientation course for those who are coming to marriage and the necessity of alerting the media about the dangers of this phenomenon in different aspects. In terms of lifestyles, procreation and others.    

scholarly journals Content Analysis of Gossip at Different Levels of a Hospital

Organizacija ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 54 (4) ◽  
pp. 306-318
Author(s):  
Maryam Babaei Aghbolagh ◽  
Farzad Sattari Ardabili ◽  
Elena Voitenko
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Organizational Context ◽  
Negative Attitude ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Organizational Environment ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
The Social ◽  
Organizational Levels ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Different Levels

Abstract Background: Most societies have a negative attitude toward gossip and managers are concerned about the impact of gossips on the communication in an organizational environment. Our study examined the perception of gossip, and the context of gossip at different levels of a hospital, a case of organization with high communicational relation among staff. Also, the differences between the gossip context within the organizational context and within the social environment have been considered. Methodology: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 27 informants, 9 in each of three groups: nurses, supervisors and managers of the Hospital. Recorded interviews were analyzed using content analysis, and results for each group of respondents were compared. Finally, the main gossiping issues for each group were categorized. Results: The study revealed that the topics of gossip in a hospital can be divided into eight main categories, and 34 sub-categories all identifiable by special topics. These main topics included confidentiality issues, merits, financial status/standing, personal characteristics, position, communications, biography, and job conditions. In terms of organizational gossip, a person’s merit in the workplace and financial standing were of particular interest to the participants of this study. Also, the gossip topics at different levels among nurses, administrators, and managers had significant differences. Conclusion: Managers should acknowledge different gossip contents among people at different organizational levels, and that employees do not have the same motives for communication at different organizational levels. Additionally, the distances between contents in the Tendency to Gossip Questionnaire and categories in the organizational environment need more studies, to explore precedents and outputs. Managers may use these findings to facilitate organizational change and communication.

Information and Communication Technology and Cultural Change

2012 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
pp. 222-231 ◽  
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.

Soziale Disziplinierung im flexiblen Kapitalismus

2004 ◽  
Vol 34 (136) ◽  
pp. 339-356
Author(s):  
Tobias Wölfle ◽  
Oliver Schöller
Keyword(s):  
Social Welfare ◽  
Second Step ◽  
Social Rights ◽  
Federal Law ◽  
Capitalist Development ◽  
The Core ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Municipal Level

Under the term “Hilfe zur Arbeit” (aid for work) the federal law of social welfare subsumes all kinds of labour disciplining instruments. First, the paper shows the historical connection of welfare and labour disciplining mechanisms in the context of different periods within capitalist development. In a second step, against the background of historical experiences, we will analyse the trends of “Hilfe zur Arbeit” during the past two decades. It will be shown that by the rise of unemployment, the impact of labour disciplining aspects of “Hilfe zur Arbeit” has increased both on the federal and on the municipal level. For this reason the leverage of the liberal paradigm would take place even in the core of social rights.

TEACH-POT: Provide Opportunities in Teaching

2020 ◽  
pp. 79-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Giulia Ballatore ◽  
Ettore Felisatti ◽  
Laura Montanaro ◽  
Anita Tabacco
Keyword(s):  
Academic Community ◽  
Real Effect ◽  
The Real ◽  
Main Components ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Training Opportunities ◽  
Different Levels

This paper is aimed to describe and critically analyze the so-called "TEACHPOT" experience (POT: Provide Opportunities in Teaching) performed during the last few years at Politecnico di Torino. Due to career criteria, the effort and the time lecturers spend in teaching have currently undergone a significant reduction in quantity. In order to support and meet each lecturers' expectations towards an improvement in their ability to teach, a mix of training opportunities has been provided. This consists of an extremely wide variety of experiences, tools, relationships, from which everyone can feel inspired to increase the effectiveness of their teaching and the participation of their students. The provided activities are designed around three main components: methodological training, teaching technologies, methodological experiences. A discussion on the findings is included and presented basing on the data collected through a survey. The impact of the overall experience can be evaluated on two different levels: the real effect on redesigning lessons, and the discussion on the matter within the entire academic community.

Overseas Development Administration. A Guide to Social Analysis for Projects in Developing Countries. London: HMSO. 1995. viii+248 pages. Hardbound. £18.95.

1996 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 189-190
Author(s):  
Mir Annice Mahmood
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Social Change ◽  
Practical Experience ◽  
Development Projects ◽  
Social Analysis ◽  
Economic Perspective ◽  
Human Environment ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Overseas Development

This book, hereinafter referred to as the Guide, has been developed for those social analysts (e.g., anthropologists, sociologists, and human geographers) who have had little or no practical experience in applying their knowledge as development practitioners. In the past, development projects would be analysed from a narrow financial and economic perspective. But with the evolution of thinking on development, this narrow financial and economic aspect has now been broadened to include the impact on society as the very meaning of development has now come to symbolise social change. Thus, development is not restricted only to plans and figures; the human environment in its entirety is now considered for analysis while designing and implementing development projects.

Examining the interrelationships among reward systems, organisational climate and cultural changes in the hospitality industry

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christos Kakarougkas ◽  
Theodoros Stavrinoudis
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Change ◽  
Latent Variable ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Reward System ◽  
Senior Executives ◽  
Cultural Changes ◽  
Organisational Climate ◽  
Individual Variables ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Method Of Extraction

This paper aims to explore the impact of a hotel’s reward system on strengthening: positiverelationships and communication among employees; the creation of a change-friendlyorganisational climate and cultural change barriers, within the context of a cultural changeprocess in a hotel. Quantitative data were collected from a proportionally stratified,representative sample of 207 Greek five-star hotels’ senior executives and analysed with theprincipal component method of extraction and Structural Equation Modelling. This led to thecreation and validation of three prototype second-order latent variable models, whichhighlight and depict the impact of individual variables and their importance for a rewardsystem creating an organisational climate for or against cultural change in hotels. Theoriginality of the paper lays on both theoretical and practical levels. On a theoretical level, thepaper’s findings manage to fill a knowledge gap through a novel modelling of a rewardsystem on a hotel’s organisational climate in times of cultural change. On a practical level, thepaper findings enable hotels’ executives to focus on specific variables of a reward system thatcan enhance and/or prevent a cultural change initiative.

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