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Smith, Sally. "An exploration of professional identity in the information technology sector." Thesis, Edinburgh Napier University, 2016. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/9731.
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At present the Information Technology profession appears to be dogged by high profile project failure, high graduate unemployment rates, employers unable to recruit suitable staff and a professional body under attack. It is not even clear that IT can be considered a profession when compared with other occupational groups in which professional bodies regulate entry and employers demand professional status from their employees. There are some advantages in belonging to a recognised profession, including external recognition and status; and, consequentially, disadvantages in not belonging. To find out more about the nature of professional identity as experienced in the workplace, this study was designed to explore how IT professionals in leadership roles self-identify. Professional identity is defined to be a coherent self-conception based on skills, abilities, experiences and identification with a profession. The underlying identity theories accept a complex picture of multiple identities with identity commitment and salience affecting behaviour in different contexts. This study explored the nature of professional identity construction and adaptation for experienced IT professionals. As a previously unexplored group in a relatively new profession, the life narrative technique was used to identify factors in the construction and adaptation of identity with insights drawn over the course of a working life. The findings revealed that participants constructed organisational, technical skills-based and leadership identities but there was little identification with the IT profession, as would have been in evidence, for example, through membership of the British Computer Society or developmental interactions with prototypical IT professionals. Analysis of the data uncovered mechanisms which could explain the lack of identification with the IT profession, including the rate of technological change and an underpowered professional body. The findings were evaluated and a set of emerging recommendations for stakeholders in a strong and stable IT sector were framed, including encouraging employers to endorse chartered status and careful consideration of the review on computing course accreditation underway.
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Björklund, Lowe, and Jakob Boyer. "Organizational identity in the public sector during times of crises." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-448337.
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Title: Organizational identity in the public sector during times of crises Date of submission: 2021-06-01 Authors: Lowe Björklund and Jakob Boyer Advisor: Josef Pallas Course: Master’s thesis 30 credits Purpose: Organizational identity (OI) has gained attention due to its feasibility in several organizational respects. Swedish healthcare is a well-debated area, and there is an ongoing discussion on how it should be managed. Crises can spark discussions about OI, opening up the possibility to gain insights related to the concept. Therefore, OI may work as a tool for making progress in understanding management within Swedish healthcare. The research might show if a prominent crisis can produce alternative views of how OI is affected during times of crises. Design/Methodology: To investigate OI, a qualitative method was chosen together with semi-structured interviews as a data collection method. The motivation for the particular research design and methodology stems from prior research investigating OI, where qualitative semi-structured interviews were used. Findings: The findings showed that the OI of the Swedish hospital had been highlighted and reinforced after Covid-19's introduction. The hospital had developed a more congruent idea of their OI, while the temporary nature of the connection between hospital staff indicated that the connection had not become stronger. The findings also indicated a relationship between the motivation of hospital staff and management’s actions. Many of the effects forced upon the hospital by the crisis had produced many positive changes (e.g., less territorial thinking and increased digital measures). However, part of these changes was thought to stay only temporarily; thus, the hospital’s OI was considered fixed and fluid. In addition, the research indicated that the hospital’s OI was shaped in an ongoing process of interactions between organizational members internally rather than external factors. The findings also suggest that organizational members had viewed the crisis both as a threat and an opportunity, while perceiving gaps between the present and the future along with costs not to change. Research limitations: The findings may have a questionable level of generalizability due to the case study approach.
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Ajjo, Lilaf. "Modern Turkish National Identity in Museums : Representation Analysis in Istanbul Museums and Heritage Sector Between 2010-2020." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för ABM, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-448669.
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The representation of national identity in museums of the 21st century´s diverse and multicultural societies is a challenging task. It is a task that involves questions of narrative and heritage inclusivity as well as questions of power and ideology. This thesis includes an investigation of the representation of the Turkish national identity in two state owned museums, one private museum and two contested heritage sites in Istanbul. Both contested sites were legally transformed from museums to mosques in 2020. The investigation also involves questions of power and legitimacy in the Turkish heritage sector in the past decade. Qualitative methods including observations, grounded theory initial coding, exhibition spatial syntax analysis and objects´ value analysis are used in the research. The analysis results revealed a fragmentation in the Turkish national identity representation and in the power structure of the Turkish heritage sector where different key actors are involved in national identity production and representation. The History narrative represented is linear and fragmented where each selected museum presents a different historical period with an emphasis on the multicultural nature of the region historically. Ideology and the heritage policy analysis has revealed that the Turkish heritage sector is heading towards an Ottoman based ideology instead of the secular Kemalism ideology that had built the modern Turkish national identity since the establishment of the republic in 1923. The results show that the challenge of representing inclusive and sustainable heritage and national identities in multicultural societies is complex. However, to achieve that, museums and heritage sectors would have to adopt policies of recognition and civil society involvement. The state would have to take an architect role by funding the museum and heritage sector without interfering in museum´s function. This is a two years master’s thesis in Museum and Cultural Heritage Studies.<br>Representationen av nationella identiteter i museerna av 2000-talets mångkulturella samhälle är en utmanande uppgift. En uppgift som involverar frågor om integration, nationellt kulturarv och narrative inkludering samt frågor om makt och ideologi. Denna uppsats omfattar en undersökning av den turkiska nationella identitetsrepresentationen i två statliga museer och ett privat museum samt två omtvistade kulturarv i Istanbul. De två omtvistade platserna omvandlandes från museer till moskéer år 2020. Undersökningen omfattar också frågor om makt och legitimitet inom den turkiska kulturarvssektorn med fokus på det senaste decenniet. Kvalitativa metoder inklusive observationer, grundad teorins kodning, rumslig syntaxanalys och objekts analys används i forskningen. Analysresultaten avslöjade fragmenteringen av den turkiska nationella identitetsrepresentationen och maktstrukturen i den turkiska kulturarvssektorn där olika nyckelaktörer är involverade i representationen och produktionen av det turkiska nationella identitet. Det historienarrative som är representerat är linjärt och fragmenterad där varje utvalt museum presenterar en specifik historisk period med fokus på regionens mångkulturella historia. Ideologi och kulturarvspolitikanalysen har avslöjat att den turkiska kulturarvssektorn är på väg mot en ottomansk baserad ideologi i stället för den sekulära Kemalism-ideologin som byggde den moderna turkiska nationella identiteten sedan republiken grundades år 1923. Resultaten visar att utmaningen att representera inkluderande och hållbara kulturarv och nationella identiteter i multikulturella samhällen är komplex. För att uppnå detta måste emellertid museer och kulturarvssektorer överväga erkännandepolitik samt civilsamhällets-engagemangspolitik och staten måste ta en arkitektroll genom att finansiera museets och kulturarvssektorn med ett armslängdavstånd. Detta är ett tvåårigt examensarbete i Musei- och kulturarvsvetenskap.
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Cook, Audrey Ciceley Heloise. "A study of identity formation in the London investment banking sector." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2008. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/1947/.
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This thesis seeks to investigate identity formation within the London investment banking sector in the context of career development. The sector has undergone a host of changes in the past two decades. The ‘Old City’ was distinguished by trust, reputation and stability which was informally regulated through a kinship network comprised of a social elite. De-regulation in 1986 ushered in the ‘New City’ characterised by individualistic competition, inflated capital sums, truncated careers, volatility and diversification. Existing research concerning identity has largely focussed on how ‘Old City’ class and gender relations continue to predominate and shape career opportunities. Scholars have highlighted how patterns of privilege and exclusion are reproduced through a variety of ‘performances,’ disadvantaging those who are unable to access a limited range of acceptable class and gender positions. This study takes a different starting point to explore how ‘performance’ may play a role in identity work to further careers but in a way which is attentive to the distinctive conditions of the New City. Specifically, this research explores how identity may be constructed and constantly re-worked and revised, drawing upon a range of different resources within a highly diverse setting. The thesis seeks to engage with this research agenda by applying Giddens (1984; 1991) theoretical framework on self-identity, reflexivity and performance. A longitudinal research design was used to elicit qualitative data from six senior investment bank employees, gathering accounts on changes experienced over the period of a year as well as past events. The thesis investigates how a biographical narrative was reflexively maintained via the accommodation and perpetuation of a variety of different performances within a series of social terrains. These in turn served to reproduce the broader financial institutional context. A further contribution is developed which focuses on the theoretical interplays between selfidentity, reflexivity and performance through a detailed analysis of the empirical materials.
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Healicon, Alison. "Resistance and identity in a voluntary sector sexual violence support service." Thesis, Manchester Metropolitan University, 2012. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.573421.
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This research took place over a three-year period, in a small feminist, women-only, voluntary sector, sexual violence support service. The organisation resides at the intersection between policy, therapy, and feminism and the overall aim was to investigate the construction of meaning pertaining to sexual violence in a contemporary cultural, social, and economic context, which simultaneously fears and obsessively consumes stories of sexual violence. The thesis attempts to show what this meant for women who had experienced sexual violence, as well as for the service fighting for survival in a time of austerity and the denigration of feminism. In doing so, identified are moments of ~~tance at an individual, '. , .. organisational, and political level and the notion of identity explored. Research methods included an ethnographic immersion in the organisation and subsequent reflection on field-notes and the researcher's own practice, which included face-to-face, and telephone, helpline support, and participation in regular project work, meetings, training, informal conversations and agency outreach visits. Supplementing this ethnographic data were transcripts from in-depth semi- structured interviews with ten women who had experienced sexual violence, and who were involved in the organisation as either a client or volunteer. Interviews with five members of staff as well as a focus group with the management committee were also undertaken. Simultaneously explored were theoretical analyses and specific examples of local and national policy, and both feminist and mainstream media interpretation of on-going feminist praxis such as Slutwalk, alongside autobiographies, novels and other writing from survivors of sexual violence. Such an approach necessitated an ethical research practice and due consideration was given to the representation of personal and organisational experiences. That is, given these diverse methods, research practice, which maintained confidentiality, avoided sensationalising certain experience and prioritised debates with respondents in the service, enabled the identification of key themes. Findings suggested that national sexual violence policy appropriated feminist language instrumentally to further categorise deserving and undeserving victims based on notions of innocence and risk. The pathologised victim found in policy was contested by respondents through the avoidance of specific terminology, and by the service through the maintenance of a political identity asserting its specialness in response to external and internal pressures. Feminism's reluctance to consider female perpetrated violence was explored in narrative accounts, which suggested an ambivalence that has not been adequately theorised. These findings have both theoretical and practical implications. The gendered subjectivity of some feminist theory is troubled as delimiting and partial. Foucault's anti-essentialist ethical critique was employed to reconsider possibilities for social transformation. Feminist praxis has become further divorced from its political history but this has not necessarily lead to negative consequences. Current .,;A feminist reformulations were considered and the main contribution to knowledge is the particular focus on a service, which defines itself as feminist even within this alienating cultural context. Practice and theory are mutually productive but an anti- essentialist position may mean they remain irreconcilable. Although this area .of study requires further consideration, the research is potentially useful to practitioners in the field of sexual violence, academics engaged with theoretical debates relating to power, feminism, and women, particularly those women who have experienced sexual violence.
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Demirkiran, Melisa. "Föreningslivets (TUF) och skolans betydelse för turkiska ungdomars identitet : En kvalitativ studie om fem turkiska ungdomars uppfattning om deras identitetskapande." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Lärarutbildningen, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-9076.
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The Swedish society has gone through a radical change. From being a monoculture society it has developed into a multicultural society representing a mixture of people from all around the world. This change has had a significant impact on both the Swedish school system and the teacher’s role. Therefore a subsequent ambition for a multicultural school would be to recognize this diversity and establish guidelines for how to meet each individual students need. To be able to recognize how different students develop in different ways is one of the reasons for this research. Different directions of social science have discussed in what way schools take part in youth identity formation. However, it has been less argued how immigrant associations take part in the same formation. This essay aims to illustrate, analyze and discuss how five young Turkish students, living in two different cultures, experience how the school and immigrant associations have affected the formation of their identity. I have chosen to use a qualitative approach, using in-depth interviews with five youths at the age of 16-18. The common denominator of these youths are (i) they all have roots in Turkey, (ii) they are all students at upper-secondary school, (iii) they study in the Stockholm area and (iv) they are members of TUF (The Turkish Youth Association). The conclusion of this study is that the school, teachers and friends play a very important role in youth identity formation. A problem that this research identifies is that the schools lack the capability to satisfy individual needs, resulting in many students facing difficulties when forming an identity. Due to the fact that many times the school does not encourage, nor observe the different backgrounds of the students. Furthermore, according to my research a probable reason why many youths with foreign background search immigrant associations, is because they feel fellowship and security when together with people from the association. This, in turn, has a positive effect on their self-image and identity. Title: The importance that voluntary sector (TUF) and the school have on Turkish youth’s identity creation.
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Kenny, Kate Marguerite. "Passionate attachments : emotion, power and identity at work in the development sector." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.612955.
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Normand, Carey. "Policy and pedagogy in the further education sector : an emerging professional identity." Thesis, University of Dundee, 2013. https://discovery.dundee.ac.uk/en/studentTheses/d4febffc-a37a-4e08-9624-a7ee47537ae0.
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Saqib, Zunaira. "Understanding Pakistan's non-profit sector : issues of organisational identity in TVOs and NGOs." Thesis, University of Leicester, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/2381/42920.
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Pakistan’s non-profit sector has traditionally been divided in three segments namely, traditional voluntary organisations (TVOs), non-governmental organisations (NGO), and faith based organisations (FBOs). These organisations are typically identified based on their preference of funding sources and causes. The literature falls short of suggesting the reasons for such differences in identities and how these identities have emerged. This research explores the non-profit sector of Pakistan from the lens of organisational identity and asks how TVOs and NGOs construct their identity as non-profits, as well as how their identity affects, and is affected by, their preference of funding sources and income generation. Interpretive methodology was used to build four distinctive case studies of TVOs and NGOs. Findings from this study suggest that non-profits’ identity was established based on their funding choice in the earlier years which in turn was affected by their founders’ influential backgrounds. Reliance on local donors and donations was a central attribute in defining TVOs identity, while reliance on foreign funding projects was a central element of NGOs identity. These identities then influenced future funding decisions and preferences. The TVOs were named family non-profit due to hefty dependence on circle of family and friends to fund and run the organisation. The TVOs were found to have successful income generation ventures that could assimilate them to social enterprises, however they were reluctant to identify as such. NGOs failure at income generation was dominantly caused by international donors’ lack of support for such projects. Based on the findings of this research, a framework for understanding the hybrid nature of non-profit organisational identity is proposed. The model identifies the factors that play a significant role in the emergence of these identities and that may create conflict among them.
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Carnes, Rebekah. "Working at doing good: worker identity in career volunteers." Thesis, Kansas State University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/15609.
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Master of Arts<br>Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work<br>Nadia Shapkina<br>In the current climate of proliferating nonprofit organizations and demanding social service needs, volunteers play a crucial role. This study looks at career volunteers, who, unlike other types of volunteers, identify with their work as if it were a paying occupation. It examines personal narratives and experiences through interviews in two Kansas communities and in-depth participant observation in one Kansas homeless shelter to find unique identity formation in the way that career volunteers make sense of who they are and what they do. These volunteers show a tendency to reject modern frames around the concepts of work, home, and volunteerism. Instead, they integrate life categories, lending an often counter-cultural conception of identity and meaning to their lives’ work.
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Konya, Kaanakia Toge. "Exploring identity processes in the work setting of a developing country through the lenses of social identity and post-colonialism." Thesis, Brunel University, 2014. http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/10999.
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The concept of understanding one’s origin or existence spans across almost every sphere of social science; despite its popularity, there is still a lack of research exploring identity in the work setting of developing countries. This thesis aims to contribute to understanding identity processes of workers in developing countries through the lenses of social identity and post-colonialism. The rationale for using these areas lies in the perceived nature of identity processes for people in developing countries by taking into account historical and cultural influences; for social identity (Tajfel & Turner, 1979), the “prototype” and “cohesion, solidarity and harmony” and for post-colonialism (Sen, 2006; Ekeh, 1975; Ekanola, 2006; Mizuno & Okazawa, 2009), “power”, the “dialectics of the colonized mind” and “social formations”. This thesis takes a socio-psychological approach, which is based on a qualitative research method; in particular, 47 in-depth interviews with professionals from the oil and gas sector of Nigeria form a key aspect of the research method. Findings reveal that social identity theory can be used to interpret the propensity of Nigerians to identify with groups. The thesis finds that social identity captures the importance attached to group identification through an understanding of the drivers and benefits of harmony to the self-concept in the chosen context. However the thesis also finds that social identity but does not cater for other integral aspects of identity processes, such as power and identity struggle. The thesis finds that by addressing the perception of perpetuated colonialism produced by the persistent domination of foreign workers in senior roles and their interaction with indigenous workers, post-colonial theory adequately covers issues of power and struggle. In summary, the thesis finds that the integration of social identity theory and post-colonial theory facilitates a more holistic interpretation of identity processes in regions like Nigeria. Hence this thesis contributes to the literature on identity processes in the work setting of a developing country.
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Rosengren, Alexandra, Andrea Standoft, and Ann Sundbrandt. "Brand Identity & Brand Image : A case study of Apotek Hjärtat." Thesis, Jönköping University, JIBS, EMM (Entrepreneurship, Marketing, Management), 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-12623.
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<p>Background: The Swedish pharmaceutical retailing market was re-regulated in February 2010, which enabled competition. Hence, it has now become important to stand out through having a strong brand. In order for a brand to be strong, the brand identity and the brand image need to be congruent. This study investigates brand awareness, brand identity and brand image in the biggest newly established pharmaceutical retailing company, Apotek Hjärtat. Since brand develops over time, the researchers believe that the newness of the company provides an interesting aspect.</p><p>Purpose: The aim of this study is to explore if there is a gap between Apotek Hjärtat’s brand identity and brand image.</p><p>Method: This study uses a mixed method approach. The qualitative method is used in forms of interviews, in order to obtain information concerning the brand identity of Apotek Hjärtat. The quantitative method refers to a survey conducted on the customers of Apotek Hjärtat, which generated information concerning the brand image.</p><p>Conclusion: Apotek Hjärtat has a strong and coherently communicated brand identity. However, the brand image is not mirroring the brand identity, partly due to the fact that many customers have not yet made up their mind concerning Apotek Hjärtat.</p>
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Chohan, Rozina. "An evaluation of inter-organisational identity theft knowledge sharing practice in the UK retail sector." Thesis, University of Central Lancashire, 2016. http://clok.uclan.ac.uk/18611/.
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Knowledge is an essential source of competitive advantage in modern society and is particularly important in the current on-line environment due to increased business interactions throughout the world. Knowledge sharing initiatives taken by organisations to improve technicalities to tackle cyber threat have been extensively investigated. A particular focus of this study was on the security professionals sharing their learning experience in order to help address and mitigate identity theft. Multiple case studies were employed to interpret the triangulated data collected. ShoppingCo, PaymentCo, TeleCo, and NetworkingCo participated in this investigation. Semi structured interviews were scheduled and conducted in conjunction to company reports, personal communication, presentation slides and related materials was gathered to ensure trustworthiness and authenticity. Pattern matching analysis was employed to draw conclusions by evaluating 30 transcripts and 11 internal documents. The major theoretical contribution of this study was the proposal of a conceptual framework that adapts for private sector organisations knowledge sharing elements in the security profession. Lack of knowledge of the manager’s role is addressed. Current knowledge sharing and corporate communication practices are synthesised. Formal and informal communication, social forums and networking events are evaluated. Thus, improving the current understanding of identity theft. This empirical study contributes to an improved understanding of inter-organisational knowledge sharing practice within three retailers and an official networking forum. Because of this evaluation, an extended framework is proposed and components synthesised into a new framework. Recommendations are drawn based on an evaluation of what is working and what does not seem to be providing benefits with regard to knowledge that address and mitigate identity theft. The framework suggested that the key to improved knowledge sharing was to persuade a range of security officials working for different private sector organisations to share their knowledge of identity theft prevention.
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Crespi, Mirinda Carmen. "Volunteers to advisors : a reflective study of leadership, education and change in a Third Sector organisation." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10036/3867.
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This thesis explores how I have taken steps to improve my practice of leadership as a Chief Executive within a Third Sector Drug and Alcohol Support Service and to build professional identities for volunteers in the service. I studied how volunteers’ identities changed from that of ‘Volunteer’ to ‘Advisor’ and what I learned about myself as a leader. I noted the value of studying my own reflections as a leader and how change became embedded throughout the organisation as a consequence. As a result of this process, I developed a mnemonic that I consider to encapsulate key aspects of leadership. This is entitled ‘CAVEAT’ and identifies competency, visibility, empowerment and a therapeutic orientation as important qualities of a leader in positions like my own. The study is informed by in-depth focus group discussions, semi-structured interviews, personal reflections, questionnaires and surveys. It provides recommendations for Chief Executives of Third Sector organisations involved in leadership and the professional identity-building of a volunteer workforce in an era of outcome-based commissioning.
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James, Matthew. "Narratives of an organization's identities." Thesis, University of Bath, 2013. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.600644.
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The thesis explores narratives constructed by participants about an organization’s identities. I examine how identity-relevant statements were deployed as exercises in power, serving to legitimize and promote their authors. Framed within an interpretive paradigm, the research adopts reflexive approaches to consider participants’ understandings. I draw on organizational identity theory and empirical studies to explore the multiplicity and conflicting nature of identity in organizations. Literatures on organizational narratives, storytelling and power are also considered. The ethnography is set in a public sector organization in which I worked: the Personal Accounts Delivery Authority (PADA). Its role was to deliver the Government’s reforms to private pension provision in the UK; the reforms came into force in October 2012. The narrative data constructing the research were collected through semi-structured interviews with 60 members of the organization, transcripts of organizational events and a diary I recorded for a year. These data are augmented by a series of vignettes that weave in accounts of my experiences while working for and researching PADA. The analysis of narrative data is constructed in three chapters, each of which explores identity-relevant narratives from different perspectives. The first analysis chapter examines narrative data through five concepts: reflexivity, voice, plurivocity, temporality and fictionality. The second analyses identity narratives in two organizational events and the third explores my understandings of the organization’s identities from an autoethnographic perspective. The discussion chapter provides three readings that interpret the data through different lenses: narrative and storytelling, organizational identity and autoethnographic erspectives. I then make concluding remarks, including ideas for future research and the contribution of my research to the study of organizational identity. The primary contribution of the ethnography is to scholarship at the intersection of identity and power in organizations and specifically how identity-relevant narratives are deployed as exercises in power by participants. There are also contributions to narrative research methods, including the value of researching identity ethnographically. Additionally, I suggest practical contributions to literature on understanding issues of culture and sense-making in public bodies and how employees from different sector backgrounds (public and private) interact within a public sector context to deliver government reforms.
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Lueddeke, Jill. "Gendered discourse in practice : an exploration of language and professional identity in managers in the further education sector." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2014. https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/369992/.
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One of the most enduring issues in the area of women and management is the concept of the glass ceiling. This thesis explores whether there is still a persistence of attitudes that place women in an antithetical position to executive power, by examining how men and women construct their professional identities or representations of themselves as managers through their discourse. The research considers whether women use language differently in carrying out their management tasks, i.e., in ways that reflect their feminine social identities. Further, the study focusses on determining whether some women disqualify themselves from senior management posts by the way in which they construct their identities. The assumption underpinning the thesis is that the discourse used by managers to create their professional identities presents clues to the values, attitudes and beliefs of managers within the organisation, a further education college. Analysis of the data revealed evidence for three main gendered discourses at play in the further education college under discussion: (1) some women downplay their authority; (2) they prefer a collaborative, team-based approach to management; and (3) they make reference to differentiating their management behaviours to demonstrate care and concern for individual circumstances. There is evidence that some women bring valuable skills to the workplace, particularly in the areas of a potential people-focussed, supportive style that nurtures and develops staff, as well as their emotional literacy and sensitivity to the face needs of others. However, the deferential demeanour and use of mitigating language can make some women appear to be hesitant, unsure and sometimes unclear as managers; the performative identity constructed through this type of discourse is potentially one of uncertainty, and this demeanour could conceivably disadvantage some women in terms of advancement or promotion. While the findings may not be fully transferable to other contexts, the study makes an empirical contribution to knowledge in offering the conclusions as relevant material to inform the conceptualisation of management development programmes and to develop existing managers in the further education sector.
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Umrani, Sumera. "Constructing, negotiating and reconstructing English Language Learner Identity : a case study of a public sector university in Postcolonial Pakistan." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/25483.
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This is an instrumental case study that focuses on the construction of English Language Learner Identity (ELLI) in postcolonial Pakistan. It is a study of students at a public sector university in the province of Sindh. The study broadly examines how English language learners reconstruct, redefine and negotiate their language learner identities during their English language learning journeys. In particular, it attempts to explore learners’ investment and agency in learning English and what ‘future possible selves’ they want to achieve after acquiring English language skills. Consideration is given to how learning English as a second language may be impacted by students’ gender, social class and ethnolinguistic selves and how learners’ English Language Learner Identity is formed and reformed in postcolonial Pakistan. This instrumental case study of the University of Sindh did not attempt to explore the case in its entirety but rather studied a particular aspect of it. In order to gather the data for my study I recruited three cohorts - primary (Year 1) and secondary (Year 2, 3 and 4) participants and other stakeholders from the Institute of English Language and Literature (IELL), the University of Sindh (UoS). Year 1 students were the key participants in the study but with the involvement of 2nd, 3rd and 4th year students, I was able to construct a possible sense of language learner identity and language learning evolution beyond the first year students’ experiences. Year 1 students were interviewed twice over a twelve-month period during which time they also wrote reflective diaries twice a month. Engagement with each of the other year groups involved one focus group discussion with each year once only in the middle of the data collection journey. In addition, participant shadowing and non-participant classroom observations were also utilised to enhance understanding and to triangulate the data. The views of other stakeholders such as the language teacher, the Director of the Institute and the Dean of the Faculty were also gathered to supplement and inform the data collected from students. The key findings of this study suggested that investment, learner agency, desire for possible future selves and historical and cultural consciousness are the main constructs of language learner identity in postcolonial Pakistan. Learners have invested in English language learning through a number of processes and have had unique language learning journeys exercising their learner agency. It reinforced an understanding of learners’ identities as dynamic and multidimensional and fluid in nature, being continually reconstructed and negotiated over time in different academic, social and cultural contexts leading to a hybridised English Language Learner Identity (ELLI) situated in the ‘third space’. It was found that Year 1 students were open to negotiating their multidimensional identities but conformed to an acceptance of the primacy of English while their senior counterparts resisted and sometimes challenged not only English language learning but also the significance of English as a mechanism for linguistic and cultural manipulation. It was noticed that the nature and extent of investment, agency and identity negotiations were related to learners’ individual experiences, social class, academic, family and ethnolinguistic background and their year of the degree programme.
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Jensen, Karsten. "Connecting professional identity and workplace learning in a public sector context of change : the case of Danish social workers." Thesis, University of Leicester, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2381/40034.
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This study explores the inter-related roles of professional identity and informal learning in shaping responses by social workers to the context of change. The background for the study is the multiple policy reforms, changing the modality of public services of Denmark into the requirements of the competition state. Aiming to understand the relations between professional identity and informal learning, the study examines, how workers engage in informal learning in microrelations of everyday practices in a context of change. The study employs a qualitative research strategy, leaning on an interpretivist and a social constructivist approach. The data collection is done through semi-structured interviews, involving 20 social workers located in different municipalities in Denmark. The study concludes that the social workers' adjustment of professional identity in response to organisational change is mediated and facilitated by informal learning through microrelations of the workplace. Confirming the essential role of microrelations, the study illustrates, how the microrelations at work provide a space that facilitates informal learning to strengthen the capacity to act and to adjust professional capacity in relation to the context of change. Finally, the study documents how professional identity is based on a core of professional autonomy that itself is formed by exclusion of ‘the other’. The study adds to an area of research that is not yet well documented. Giving a voice to social workers, this study is the first to explore the narratives of social workers in terms of, how workers adjust professional capacity in a context of change as well as documenting how microrelations emerge at the workplace, offering a space for informal learning and adjustment of professional identity.
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Buck, Gillian. "Peer mentoring and the role of the voluntary sector in [re]producing 'desistance' : identity, agency, values, change and power." Thesis, Keele University, 2016. http://eprints.keele.ac.uk/2410/.
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Despite much enthusiasm for the practice of peer mentoring by ex-offenders it has received very little empirical scrutiny. This thesis examines the micro dynamics and intimate interactions within these relationships. In doing so it highlights how mentors are often much more than functional additions to existing criminal justice systems. They are also presented as teachers, co-operators and critical agents. The narratives in this study highlight how dominant forms of knowledge often minimise or miss the lived experiences of crime and change. In contrast, peer mentors place lived experiences at the centre of their approach and in doing so they critically question exclusionary practices and re-humanise themselves and their peers. The work of peer mentors also highlights and at times challenges the hidden power dynamics that are subsumed when ‘regular’ interventions take place. But, mentoring cannot avoid or operate outside of these power relationships. It can and does generate other power dynamics. Whilst many of these complex relations remain hidden in current evaluations of the practice they are rendered visible here. Data were obtained from qualitative interviews with eighteen peer mentors, twenty peer mentees, four service coordinators and two Probation officers, who were drawn from a range of voluntary sector providers in the North of England. Observations of practice were also carried out, including: volunteer recruitment processes; training courses; and formal supervision sessions. Where possible mentors were also observed facilitating group work with their peers. The analysis of the data drew upon techniques of thematic analysis and critical discourse analysis focusing upon how mentoring was described, performed and justified by participants. As a result of this analysis five overarching themes emerged. These are: identity, agency, values, change and power.
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Lazar, Eva. "Ain't I a citizen?, a study of consciousness, resistance and identity in the domestic service sector in post-apartheid South Africa." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp02/NQ52832.pdf.
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Otubanjo, Babasola Olutayo. "Industry construction of the meaning of corporate identity in Nigeria's banking services sector : an interpretive analysis of corporate advertisements, 1970-2005." Thesis, Brunel University, 2008. http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/4979.
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This thesis seeks to examine how the meaning of corporate identity was constructed through the corporate advertisements that were published in Nigeria's national press media between 1970 and 2005 by the major operators in the Nigerian banking industry. In order to accomplish this task, this research has been divided into ten chapters. The first chapter introduces the research. It conceptualises a research question and provides an overall trajectory for this thesis. Chapter two established four ontologically grounded reasons for pursuing this research from the social constructionist perspective and chapter three sought to examine how the meaning of corporate identity was constructed (in theoretical literature) between 1970 and 2008. Chapter four presents an analysis of the construction of the meaning of the concept of corporate identity in the Nigerian banking industry between 1970 and 2005. Chapter six concerns research methodology and the specific research method drawn to address the question being investigated in this research. Chapters seven and eight presents the empirical findings and chapter nine makes an attempt to establish what has been accomplished in the process of this research by discussing its outcomes. Chapter ten concludes the thesis. It considers the contributions emerging from this research and its implications in terms of relevance for corporate identity theory and practice. In addition, it examines the limitations of the research as well as possible future research directions of this study. Finally, the thesis ends with a summary and conclusion. Findings from this research indicate the emergence of four new scholarships, namely generic, distinctive, innovative and transformative corporate personalities. Importantly, the outcome of this study provides ample evidence to argue that the industry construction of the meaning of corporate identity witnessed an ongoing flow of changes and stabilities, which run through these new scholarships.
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Ye, Junjia. "Multiple identities in the transnational workplace : the case of Singapore's financial sector /." online access from Digital Dissertation Consortium access full-text, 2006. http://libweb.cityu.edu.hk/cgi-bin/er/db/ddcdiss.pl?MR19731.
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El-Badawy, Emman Seif El Din. "Educating for global citizenship in Egypt's private sector : a critical study of cosmopolitanism among the Egyptian student elite." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10871/29780.
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In an age of globalisation, conflicting identities and cultures continue to remain a source of seemingly intractable conflict. Educative interventions are meanwhile increasing in trend among academics, politicians and multilateral aid organisations. Each regard education as a long-term solution to contemporary social and security issues. Supporting literature on the relationship between education and identity suggests that formal education has a powerful influence on students’ outlook on life, their loyalties and their identities. This premise suggests that when questioned about global issues, Egyptian students who attend international schools within their own country of origin should show more signs of cosmopolitanism and global mindedness than their nationally educated peers. Yet, contrary findings to that of prevailing discourse suggest that education’s ability to shape values and loyalties is likely overemphasised when placed in the context of foreign curricula and international education. At times, students of international schools involved in this study showed more signs of nationalism than their nationally educated counterparts, and presented as equally traditional, conservative and ‘anti-West’ as their compatriots. The thesis thus argues that when education is placed within an international framework, its ability to socialise is significantly weakened, as it is faced with considerable firewalls that are yet to be adequately acknowledged in the discussion of post-national citizenship education. Using a combination of interpretative and critical research methods, rich and original qualitative data was gathered on attitudes and lifestyles of elite Egyptians enrolled at a variety of Egypt’s private international schools. Twenty-two international school educated Egyptian students, and a control group of 21 nationally educated Egyptian students of the same socio-economic background were invited to participate in specially tailored one-to-one interviews to measure their degree of cosmopolitan attitudes. Supplementary participant observations of Egyptian families actively involved in Egypt’s international education community were also conducted to consider the complementarity of the students’ home lives with their school lives. Focus groups were held with students of international schools to determine their views and attitudes towards global issues and other communities. All findings from this research were assessed alongside large-scale values surveys including the World Values Surveys and the Arab Youth Surveys. With the large sample size of pre-existing opinion polls, and the unique isolation of curriculum type as an independent variable in this study, it was possible to assess the transformative impact that an international education plays in the expression of values and beliefs of Egyptian students. The findings of this thesis have multidisciplinary value. For political science readers, the study offers a critical and epistemological analysis of concepts of cosmopolitanism, Westernisation, globalisation and global citizenship. For readers of the Middle East, it is a study into Egyptian youth today and their conflicting identities and loyalties. The Egyptian experience of private international schools and foreign investment is representative of a regional trend, and valuable to those wishing to consider competing narratives for identity in twenty-first century Middle East societies. Finally, it is a study that has an added value to educationists as it explores the role education plays on identity, and more specifically the role of international schools on globalisation and international mindedness. The growing trend of research and analysis that focuses on increased global connectedness and a culturally converging world makes this thesis an important and timely contribution. In an effort to extend the debate beyond the prevailing macro-analyses of change through globalisation, this thesis stresses the importance of looking at global interconnectivity at the micro-level, and particularly how young people navigate and negotiate their identity within the context of increasingly transnational spaces. Through this endeavour, it has reached a critical evaluation of our current understanding of a ‘post-national’ future, through the attitudes and opinions of some of today’s internationally educated generation.
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Sole, Louise. "Impact of changes in the professional identity of doctors on their relationships with organisational management in the South African Private healthcare sector." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/52323.
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This study seeks to establish whether the doctor in the private healthcare sector sees their professional identity as being under threat and how this impacts the interrelationships within the organisation in which they work. Healthcare in South Africa is a dynamic, growing industry, in which the private sector accounts for 52% of the total spend, yet there is a disjoint in the relationship between hospital management and the doctor. To combat the trends of increasing costs, competition, customer expectations of quality care and a changing healthcare environment, the doctor and hospital need to improve this relationship.
The research involves an exploratory study in the form of twelve doctor semi-structured interviews within the private health sector. A purposive sampling strategy is used to identify doctors who are typical of the identified population so as to gain representative perspectives.
This study concludes that a professional identity threat to doctors currently exists. Insight is provided into those characteristics that doctors see as forming their identity and the sources of perceived threats to that identity. Engagement practices that can be considered by the organisational management are proposed with a view to mitigating and managing such changes to the doctor s professional identity.<br>Mini-disseration (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2015.<br>nk2016<br>Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS)<br>MBA<br>Unrestricted
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Junior, Jaime Santos. "Na trama das identidades: vida e trabalho no corte de cana em Sergipe." Universidade de São Paulo, 2014. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/8/8132/tde-01122014-163005/.
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Esta tese tem como objetivo principal analisar o modo como se erigem as identidades entre trabalhadores cortadores de cana-de-açúcar, cuja atividade apresenta dois traços distintivos, a saber: a sazonalidade do vínculo empregatício e a ocorrência das migrações. Ao fixar o interesse analítico no tema dos elos entre a experiência do trabalho e os processos de construção identitária, procura-se trazer a lume a trama de ações que envolve o exercício da reflexividade em face dos constrangimentos da estrutura. Importa, nesse sentido, sublinhar não apenas às condições de trabalho que o tornam precário, mas recuperar a dimensão da agência manifesta nos significados atribuídos às suas ações a partir desse contexto. Para tanto, a fundamentação teórica nutre-se de uma microssociologia das relações cotidianas que compreende as identidades em seu aspecto contingente, enquanto processo. A pesquisa de campo ocorreu em Sergipe, que é uma fronteira de expansão dessa atividade econômica e pólo de atração para trabalhadores de outras localidades. A composição da amostra dos casos incluiu trabalhadores de cinco usinas existentes no estado. O desenho metodológico, de tipo qualitativo, fundamentou-se em entrevistas biográficas com trabalhadores que estavam no corte da cana, além da observação direta dos espaços de trabalho e de vida extra-trabalho, bem como material quantitativo sobre o crescimento da área plantada, da produção e do perfil dos efetivos das usinas. Os resultados mostram que, mesmo em condições adversas os trabalhadores atribuem significados diversos à sua conduta, que não se resume à imagem de passividade com que por vezes são vistos. As identidades não são simples decalque da posição social. A maneira pela qual eles tecem representações acerca do contexto de vida e trabalho deixa entrever um campo de tensões prenhe de ações de resistência e confronto<br>This thesis aims to analyze how sugar cane harvest workers build their identities. This kind of work has two distinctive features: the seasonality of employment and the occurrence of migration. By analyzing the relation between the work experience and the processes of identity construction, we seek to bring to light the practice of reflexivity concerning structural constraints. The focus we intend to provide is not only on the poor working conditions, but also on the agency competence of the subjects which allow us to understand the meanings assigned to their social actions. Hence, the theoretical foundation is nourished by microsociology of everyday relationships, which consider identities in their contingent aspect, as a process. The fieldwork was carried out in Sergipe, which is a new frontier in the economic growth of this industry and it has attracted workers from other regions. The sample of the cases was composed of workers from five factories located in the area. As a qualitative research, the methodological design was based on biographical interviews with workers who harvested sugar cane, as well as on direct observation of work spaces and side work, including quantitative information about the expansion of the planted area, production and workers. The results show that even in adverse conditions the workers ascribe different meanings to their conduct, which is not reduced to an image of passivity, which is sometimes seen. Identities are not simple reflex of social position. The way they create representations about their lifestyle and work allows us to understand how the acts of resistance and confrontation work
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Zambrano, Fernández Valeria Kamila. "El impacto de la identidad visual para generar empatía como parte de la cultura organizacional en empresas del sector bancario." Bachelor's thesis, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC), 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/651612.
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Esta investigación tiene por objetivo valorar el papel de la identidad visual en la generación de empatía como parte de la cultura organizacional de las empresas privadas del sector bancario. Así, se planteó como hipótesis que la adecuada implementación de los elementos de una identidad visual ayudará a generar valores como la empatía para poder cambiar y mejorar las dinámicas y vínculos laborales en el Perú.
El tipo de investigación es descriptiva, ya que se busca observar el fenómeno de estudio y describir su comportamiento. Además, el diseño de investigación es mixta teniendo características cualitativas y cuantitativas, contando con trabajo de campo con la finalidad de recolectar información directa de los mismos trabajadores y de especialistas en los temas de la investigación.
Los resultados obtenidos evidencian que existe un ambiente laboral agradable para los trabajadores gracias a los valores institucionales como la empatía, desarrollando de manera exitosa sus relaciones laborales. Además, el 100% de los individuos encuestados afirma conocer los valores institucionales, por lo que se pudo corroborar que existe coherencia en la comunicación visual que transmiten los elementos de la identidad, siendo los colores y el tono de comunicación los elementos más importantes para transmitirlos adecuadamente.
Finalmente, se pudo valorar el papel de la identidad visual en la generación de empatía en la institución bancaria, y se puede afirmar que la identidad visual corporativa ayuda a transmitir la comunicación interna de manera coherente soportando los valores planteados en la cultura organizacional estableciendo relaciones laborales basadas en la empatía.<br>This research aims to assess the role of visual identity in generating empathy as part of the organizational culture of private companies in the banking sector. Therefore, it was hypothesized that the proper implementation of visual identity’s elements will help to generate values such as empathy that will be able to change and improve labor dynamics and bonds in Peru.
The research type is descriptive, since it seeks to observe the phenomenon within the study and describe its behavior. In addition, the research design is mixed with qualitative and quantitative characteristics, including a field work with the intention of collecting information from the workers and specialists in the research topics.
The main results show that there is a pleasant working environment for workers due to institutional values such as empathy, which successfully help to develop their labor relations as well. In addition, 100% of the participants claim to know their institutional values, which could mean that there is coherence in the visual communication that the elements of identity transmit, with colors and tone of voice as the most important elements to transmit.
Finally, it was possible to assess the role of visual identity as an empathy generator in the banking institutions. It can also be affirmed that corporate visual identity helps to transmit internal communication in a coherent way as well as it supports the values established in the organizational culture by establishing labor relationships based on empathy.<br>Trabajo de investigación
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Fitzpatrick, Lesley Maria Gerard. "Inventing cultural heroes : a critical exploration of the discursive role of culture, nationalism and hegemony in the Australian rural and remote health sector." Queensland University of Technology, 2006. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/16371/.
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Rural and remote areas of Australia remain the last bastion of health disadvantage in a developed nation with an enviable health score-card. During the last ten years, rural and remote health has emerged as a significant issue in the media and the political arena. This thesis examines print media, policy documents and interviews from selected informants to ascertain how they represent medical practitioners and health services in rural and remote areas of Australia, why they do so, and the consequences of such positions. In many of these representations, rural and remote medical practitioners are aligned with national and cultural mythologies, while health services are characterised as dysfunctional and at crisis point. Ostensibly, the representations and identity formulations are aimed at redressing the health inequities in remote rural and Australia. They define and elaborate debates and contestations about needs and claims and how they should be addressed; a process that is crucial in the development of professional identity and power (Fraser; 1989). The research involves an analysis and critical reading of the entwined discourses of culture, power, and the politics of need. Following Wodak and others (1999), these dynamics are explored by examining documents that are part of the discursive constitution of the field. In particular, the research examines how prevailing cultural concepts are used to configure the Australian rural and remote medical practitioner in ways that reflect and advance socio-cultural hegemony. The conceptual tools used to explore these dynamics are drawn from critical and post-structural theory, and draw upon the work of Nancy Fraser (1989; 1997) and Ruth Wodak (1999). Both theorists developed approaches that enable investigation into the effects of language use in order to understand how the cultural framing of particular work can influence power relations in a professional field. The research follows a cultural studies approach, focussing on texts as objects of research and acknowledging the importance of discourse in the development of cultural meaning (Nightingale, 1993). The methodological approach employs Critical Discourse Analysis, specifically the Discourse Historical Method (Wodak, 1999). It is used to explore the linguistic hallmarks of social and cultural processes and structures, and to identify the ways in which political control and dominance are advanced through language-based strategies. An analytical tool developed by Ruth Wodak, Rudolf de Cillia, Martin Reisigl and Karin Leibhart (1999) was adapted and used to identify nationalistic identity formulations and related linguistic manoeuvres in the texts. The dissertation argues that the textual linguistic manoeuvres and identity formulations produce and privilege a particular identity for rural and remote medical practitioners, and that cultural myth is used to popularise, shore up and advance the goals of rural doctors during a period of crisis and change. Important in this process is the differentiation of rural and remote medicine from other disciplines in order to define and advance its political needs and claims (Fraser, 1989). This activity has unexpected legacies for the rural and remote health sector. In developing a strong identity for rural doctors, discursive rules have been established by the discipline regarding roles, personal and professional characteristics, and practice style; rules which hold confounding factors for the sustainability of remote and rural medical practice and health care generally. These factors include: the professional fragmentation of the discipline of primary medical care into general practice and rural medicine; and identity formulations that do not accommodate an ageing workforce characterised by cultural diversity, decreasing engagement in full time work, and a higher proportion of women participants. Both of these factors have repercussions for the recruitment and retention of rural and remote health professionals and the maintenance of a sustainable health workforce. The dissertation argues that the formulated identities of rural and remote medical practitioners in the texts maintain and reproduce relationships of cultural, political and social power. They have also influenced the ways in which rural and remote health services have been developed and funded. They selectively represent and value particular roles and approaches to health care. In doing so, they misrepresent the breadth and complexities of rural and remote health issues, and reinforce a reputational economy built on differential professional and cultural respect, and political and economic advantage. This disadvantages the community, professions and interest groups of lower value and esteem, and other groups whose voices are often not heard. Thus, regardless of their altruistic motivations, the politics of identity and differentiation employed in the formulated identities in the texts are based on an approach that undermines the redistributive goals of justice and equity (Fraser 1997), and works primarily to develop and advantage the discipline of rural medicine.
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Breslin, Randal Scott. "Exploring the professional journeys of exemplary expatriate field leaders in the international aid sector : a collective case study." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/25495.
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The international aid sector is a multi-billion dollar industry that has continued to grow in size, influence and complexity since the 1970s. The stakeholders are globalised and diverse, from elite UN politicians in New York and Geneva to malnourished infants in Somalia. This study attempts to focus on the professional development of one category of player in this multifaceted sector, that is the expatriate field leader employed international non-government organisations (INGO) and responsible for the implementation of projects in a cross-cultural environment. The study found that relationships, results, and grit were three foundational traits of exemplary expatriate filed leaders in the international aid sector. This collective case study takes a grounded theory approach to explore the professional journeys of 12 exemplary expatriate field practitioners in the international aid sector who work in Central Asia, Middle East, and North Africa with ten different INGOs and have an average of 12.5 years of field experience. The participants were nominated for the study by their supervisors or peers as being exemplary field leaders. The study purposes to gain insight into the professional journey of exemplary field leaders by examining their work-life experience from age 18 until present. Biographic narrative interviews were conducted and supplemented with professional development timelines to create the initial data set. The study provides insight into the processes of professional identity formation of expatriate aid workers and identifies seven events that shape their professional self-identity. These experiences consist of a variety of reflected appraisals and intrinsic rewards that validated or changed how the research participants saw themselves. Participants credited good relationships and seeing the results of their work as what keeps them going in spite of difficulties. On the other hand, the most difficult work experiences of the aid workers were not carjacking, riots, dust, heat, bugs, strange food, or low funding but relational conflicts and the grief associated with relational disappointments. Interpersonal relationships were core to both the best experiences and the most difficult experiences of the research participants. Gritty appears to be a better construct to describe exemplary field leaders than resilient. Grit is a trait defined as perseverance and passion for long-term goals. The research participants demonstrated grit in many situations, not least of which was in their commitment to learn the local language in-situ of crisis-affected people. The research participants believed that learning local languages was a key to establish and maintain meaningful relationships and cooperation with local people. The study also includes a discussion of an apparent incongruity in the international aid sector. On one hand the sector promotes the necessity of humanitarian professionals to establish and maintain collaborative relationships with crisis-affected people, but survey evidence suggests most workers in the humanitarian sector put a low priority on learning the languages of crisis-affected people while others do not have sufficient opportunity to learn the local languages because of the well-entrenched tradition of short-term employment contracts of 1-12 months and the practice of churning (rotating experienced staff from project to project). It appears that the current system of doing business in the humanitarian sector may actually obstruct professional competence and contribute to failed outcomes.
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Beaudry, Myriam. "Interorganizational Collaboration and Professional Diversity: A Mixed-Methods Investigation of Disagreement in the Context of Disaster Risk Management." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/42224.
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Disasters such as major floods and heat waves are taking an increasing toll on societies. Like other pressing policy issues, they are complex and cut across sectors, jurisdictions, and professional fields. Addressing these problems requires interorganizational collaboration between heterogeneous organizations and thus, interactions between representatives who may have different professional views and identities. Successful collaboration partly hinges on their capacity to integrate perspectives and develop sustainable working relationships despite differences. This thesis aimed to improve our understanding of the role played by professional differences in perspectives and identities in public-sector interorganizational collaboration. Three specific objectives were pursued in a multilevel approach: 1) To document the role of professional diversity for interorganizational collaboration when considered outside of sectoral or jurisdictional differences; 2) To investigate how salient differences in professional identity affect perceptions and reactions following task disagreement; and 3) To investigate the cognitive and relational pathways by which emotions, conflict perceptions, and information processing can predict decision quality and relationship quality following disagreement. Study 1 examined the experience of interorganizational collaboration in disaster management based on qualitative interviews with professional- and executive-level public servants from relevant Canadian federal organizations. Findings suggested that professional diversity was not by itself a salient issue. The most disempowering type of diversity was differences in mandates, especially when combined with differences in expertise or identities. Study 2 examined whether group composition based on professional identity was associated with differential perception of and reaction to disagreement during interorganizational problem solving. It was based on a small sample of experienced senior risk managers involved in a quasi-experimental simulation. In terms of disagreement perception, nonparametric analyses indicated that interprofessional teams reported more disagreement than homogeneous ones even if observed disagreement did not differ. In terms of reaction, disagreement showed consistent negative associations with reported measures of effectiveness, performance, and relationship quality in homogeneous teams. In contrast, these associations were either positive or nonsignificant in interprofessional teams. Study 3 experimentally tested in a disciplinary-defined university sample whether salient group professional composition affected how people perceived and reacted to a scripted task disagreement. Findings indicated that after experiencing the exact same task disagreement, participants in interprofessional teams were significantly more satisfied with their team than those in homogeneous teams. Path analyses supported the two hypothesized pathways linking emotion following disagreement to integrative decision making and satisfaction: a) a cognitive pathway whereby surprise predicted beneficial outcomes through increased reported task conflict and increased information processing and b) a relational pathway whereby negative emotions predicted detrimental outcomes through increased reported relationship conflict and decreased information processing. As a whole, the thesis improves our understanding of the cognitive and relational roles played by professional diversity in interorganizational collaboration. It provides evidence on the beneficial effects of salient diversity for group cohesion in the face of disagreement. It documents intervening cognitive and relational processes predicting performance and relational quality following task disagreement. Finally, it proposes research avenues whereby social psychology can be leveraged to support the adaptation of public-sector organizations to contemporary challenges in public policy.
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Braz, Célia Lucia do Rosario. "Identidade institucional e reputação em uma organização privada sem fins lucrativos." Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, 2013. https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/1081.
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Previous issue date: 2013-10-21<br>Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior<br>The current demands of our society, predicated on the aspects of information economy, culture of service and knowledge society, make the reputation one of the greatest values that an organization can have today, and can be understood as a "vote of confidence" that organization acquired. However, reputation, image and identity are a closely linked phenomena in organizations, to the extent that an identity able to create a good image in the minds of stakeholders can have a positive impact on corporate reputation. At that time, in Brazil, the private nonprofit organizations are not in a comfortable position when it comes to trust in institutions. Thus, the primary objective of this study is to clarify how the institutional identity of a social organization can influence the construction and maintenance of its corporate image and reputation, on the premise that these three concepts are interrelated. To meet this objective, we conducted a case study of qualitative and quantitative approach with the Arco Associação Beneficente, an institution of 22 years that serves children and youth with education services and social assistance. We investigated (i) its institutional identity, composed of the essential attributes of organizational identity and the way these projects are externally - corporate identity, (ii) the general impression that the general public has about the organization - its corporate image, and (iii) evaluation of key stakeholders about the institution - their corporate reputation. Among the results, are: consistency between organizational identity and corporate identity of Arco, except for formal communication factor, a high level of knowledge about the existence of the institution in the region, accompanied by a positive corporate image, and the realization of the strong influence that the institutional identity plays in building and maintaining the reputation of the entity<br>As atuais demandas de nossa sociedade, calcadas nos aspectos economia da informação, cultura do serviço e sociedade do conhecimento, fazem com que a reputação constitua hoje um dos maiores valores que uma organização pode possuir, podendo ser entendida como um crédito de confiança que a organização adquiriu. Entretanto, reputação, imagem e identidade são fenômenos intimamente ligados nas organizações, na medida em que uma identidade capaz de criar uma boa imagem na mente dos stakeholders pode trazer impactos positivos na reputação corporativa. Nesse momento, no Brasil, as organizações privadas sem fins lucrativos não se encontram em uma posição confortável quando o assunto é confiança nas instituições. Desse modo, o objetivo primordial do presente estudo é clarificar como a identidade institucional de uma organização social pode influenciar a construção e a manutenção da sua imagem e reputação corporativa, partindo da premissa de que estes três conceitos estão inter-relacionados. Para atender a esse intuito, foi realizado um estudo de caso de abordagem qualitativa e quantitativa junto à Arco Associação Beneficente, uma instituição que há 22 anos atende crianças e jovens com serviços de educação e assistência social. Foram investigadas (i) sua identidade institucional, composta pelos atributos essenciais da identidade organizacional e pela maneira como estes são projetos externamente identidade corporativa; (ii) a impressão geral que o público externo tem sobre a organização sua imagem corporativa; e (iii) a avaliação dos principais stakeholders sobre a instituição sua reputação corporativa. Dentre os resultados apurados, estão: a coerência entre a identidade organizacional e a identidade corporativa da Arco, exceto pelo fator comunicação formal, um alto índice de conhecimento sobre a existência da instituição na região, acompanhado por uma imagem corporativa positiva, e a constatação da forte influência que a identidade institucional exerce na construção e manutenção da reputação da entidade
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Reckziegel, Adriano. "A opção dos jovens pelo trabalho em bancos públicos federais : razões e perspectivas." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/49673.
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São inúmeras as alternativas profissionais existentes para os jovens nos dias de hoje, e realizar concurso para bancos públicos é apenas mais uma dentre elas. Neste estudo propõe-se elaborar um panorama sobre as perspectivas de jovens empregados em dois bancos públicos federais, atuando na Região Metropolitana de Porto Alegre. Partiu-se de uma abordagem sobre Setor Público, Carreira, Identificação com a Organização, Mercado de Trabalho e Jovem para responder à questão: Quais as razões que levam jovens a buscarem emprego em bancos públicos e suas perspectivas de carreira nesta instituição? Para tanto, foram entrevistados 31 empregados utilizando um roteiro semi-estruturado. Para a análise das entrevistas foi utilizado o método de análise de conteúdo. Verificou-se que eles pouco conhecem as empresas e o trabalho que será desenvolvido antes de prestarem o concurso. São levados a elas em busca de estabilidade, salário e outros benefícios, assim como por influencia da família e de pessoas próximas. Estabilidade e segurança acompanham as falas dos entrevistados quando citam suas perspectivas de trabalho dentro dessas organizações. Entendem que sua carreira dentro das instituições depende principalmente de seu próprio esforço e identificam possibilidades de crescimento profissional, apesar de nem sempre terem clareza sobre o que é necessário para este avanço. A decepção com o lado comercial dos bancos foi recorrente. Aspectos de identificação com a instituição estão presentes nas respostas, mas não parece suficiente para que pensem em permanecer nesses bancos por toda sua vida profissional. A grande maioria deles planeja seguir outros caminhos no futuro, sempre buscando estabilidade e segurança, além de maiores ganhos financeiros. Apesar disso, muitos admitem que pouco ou nada fazem para buscar outras colocações e raros dizem buscar a sua auto-realização.<br>Young adults have multiple professional paths to choose from, public banks being just one of them. Drawing from theories on public sector, career, identification with organization, job market and young adults, this study develops an overview of the perspectives of young employees in two federal banks located in the metropolitan area of Porto Alegre. To develop this overview, 31 employees were interviewed through a semi-structured questionnaire, and responses were analyzed though content analysis. It was found that these young workers, prior to being hired, know very little about the companies and the jobs they will perform. Their main reasons to work for these banks are utilitarian benefits – e.g., stability and salary – and their main influences are family and friends. They also emphasize stability and job security when talking about professional perspectives in these banks. They believe that their careers within institutions depend primarily on their own efforts and they envision possibilities of professional growth, although they may not be clear on what is needed to achieve this growth. Their disappointment with the commercial aspect of banks is very salient. Their answers point out elements of identification with the institution, but this identification does not suffice to guarantee their unconditional institutional loyalty. The vast majority of these young workers plan to move to other career paths in the future in search of stability, job security, and greater financial gains. Nevertheless, many of them admit doing very little to actually pursue these paths. Very seldom do they mention professional self-realization as an important element in their decisions.
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Arrowsmith, William. "The development and evaluation of an instrument of personality measurement to attempt to identify those students who may dropout from the education sector." Thesis, University of Wolverhampton, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.287960.
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Lourenção, Marina Toledo de Arruda. "Desenvolvimento de modelo de identidade para marca setorial: um estudo sobre a marca Brasil Fashion System." Universidade de São Paulo, 2016. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/96/96132/tde-05092016-163551/.
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Alguns setores da economia não se identificam ou não se beneficiam da imagem passada pelo seu país de origem. Para eles é necessária a criação de uma identidade própria por meio das marcas setoriais, para competição no mercado externo. O presente estudo propõe um modelo de identidade para marcas setoriais e verifica sua aplicabilidade para a marca setorial Brasil Fashion System. Foram definidos três objetivos específicos. O primeiro consiste em identificar quais são os atributos envolvidos na construção da identidade setorial da marca estudada diante das organizações responsáveis pela sua formação. O segundo, em identificar quais são os aspectos comuns percebidos na sua identidade entre as organizações responsáveis pela sua formação. O terceiro, em identificar quais são os desafios e os benefícios trazidos pela marca setorial Brasil Fashion System. Foi desenvolvida uma pesquisa qualitativa exploratória por meio de entrevistas em profundidade, realizadas com três grupos: i) Gestores das associações que fazem parte da marca Brasil Fashion System; ii) Gestora da Agência de Promoção a Exportação Brasileira (Apex-Brasil); iii) Diretor da empresa Gad, responsável pela consultoria realizada para a marca setorial estudada. Os resultados indicam que os atributos do modelo de identidade para marcas setoriais podem ser aplicados à marca Brasil Fashion System com exceção de dois elementos: embalagem e ação dos distribuidores e fornecedores. Foi descoberto que os atributos da identidade da marca setorial de moda não foram percebidos de modo convergente pelas associações que a compõem e, por fim, que a marca setorial Brasil Fashion System atualmente não está trazendo benefícios para o setor de moda brasileiro porque não está sendo utilizada corretamente. Os entrevistados acreditam que se a sua campanha de marketing fosse colocada em prática a marca poderia trazer benefícios ao setor. Os motivos indicados pela falta de utilização da marca estão relacionados à dificuldade de encontrar mercados-alvo comuns entre as associações para que elas possam realizar eventos no exterior em conjunto; ao grande número de marcas da Apex existentes e que devem ser utilizadas ao mesmo tempo pelas associações; à definição de atributos para a Brasil Fashion System que não são adequados a todas as associações; à frequente troca de gestores da Apex e das associações que dificulta a continuidade de projetos setoriais e à ausência de um comitê responsável pelo desenvolvimento da marca. Acredita-se que marcas setoriais que representem setores menores podem trazer maiores benefícios, uma vez que a sua gestão é facilitada pelo menor número de diversidade existente entre as organizações representadas pela marca. Espera-se que o modelo desenvolvido possa ser aplicado para a construção da identidade de marcas setoriais de outros setores em trabalhos posteriores, contribuindo para a gestão e estudos nesta área<br>Some economy\'s sectors do not identify or do not benefit themselves from disseminated image for their country of origin. For them is necessary to create their own identity through sector brands to compete in foreign markets. This study aims to propose a model of identity for sector brands and verify its applicability to the sector brand Brazil Fashion System. Additionally, this study has also defined three specific objectives. The first is to identify what are the attributes involved in the construction of the sector brand identity in view of the brand management organizations. The second one is to identify what are the common attributes perceived by fashion industry association in the sectorial brand. The third one is to identify what are the challenges and benefits brought by the sector brand Brazil Fashion System. An exploratory qualitative research through in-depth interviews was developed. Interviews were conducted with three groups: i) managers of trade associations that are part of Brazil Fashion System brand; ii) manager of Brazilian Exports Promotion Agency (Apex-Brasil); iii) the company\'s director Gad, responsible for consulting performed for the sector brand studied. As a result of this study, it was found that the model of identity for sector brands developed in this study can be applied to the analysis of Brazil Fashion System brand identity attributes with the exception of two elements: packing and action of distributors and suppliers. It was also discovered that the attributes of the sector fashion brand identity were not perceived equally by the associations that compose it and, finally, the sector brand Brazil Fashion System is not currently bringing benefits to the Brazilian fashion industry because it is not being used properly. The respondents believe that if their marketing campaign was put into practice, the brand could bring benefits to the sector. The reasons given for the lack of use of the brand were relate to: the difficulty of finding common target markets among associations so that they can hold events abroad together; the large number of Apex\'s brands to be used at the same time by the associations; the definition of attributes for the Brazil Fashion System that are not suitable for all associations; the frequent change of Apex and association\'s managers which makes the continuity of sector projects and the absence of a committee responsible for brand development. It is believed that sector brands representing smaller sectors can bring greater benefits, since their management is facilitated by the lower number of diversity among the organizations represented by the brand. It is expected that the developed model can be applied to identity development of sectorial brands from other sectors in later works, in order to verify its applicability to different sectors and to contribute to the management and for further studies about sector brands
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Svedberg, Agnes. "Nyplantering : Om NYKS-nätverkets arbete med att förändra den maskulint kodade skogsbranschen." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för pedagogik, didaktik och utbildningsstudier, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-414480.
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Idag lever vi i ett samhälle där vissa yrken och branscher av tradition betraktas som maskulina respektive feminina. En bransch som idag är tydligt maskulint kodad och manligt dominerad är den svenska skogsbranschen. För att förändra den maskulint kodade yrkeskulturen har föreningen NYKS, Nätverket för yrkesverksamma kvinnor och icke-binära i skogsbranschen bildats. Syftet med följande uppsats är att undersöka hur NYKS-nätverket arbetar med att förändra den maskulint kodade yrkeskulturen inom skogsbranschen. Utifrån syftet har två frågeställningar skapats. De handlar om vilka upplevda föreställningar om yrkeskulturens genusordning inom skogsbranschen som NYKS-medlemmarna försöker förändra och om vilka yrkesidentiteter NYKS-nätverkets medlemmar konstruerar. NYKS reformarbete av yrkeskulturen betraktas teoretiskt som en pedagogisk process vilket syftar till att skapa medvetenhet om orättvisor och hinder samt forma nya identiteter och därigenom förändra yrkeskulturer. Genom semistrukturerade intervjuer med nätverkets medlemmar dras, efter kodning och tematisering av intervjuerna, slutsatserna att de har tydliga kulturella föreställningar om både kvinnor och män i branschen, vilka sätter den rådande genusordningen. De upplever att det får konsekvenser att sticka ut från normen och att mannen är norm. Efter att NYKS bildades har det dock börjat ske en förändring enligt medlemmarna. Förändringsarbetet som NYKS arbetar med sker genom att på olika sätt sprida deras tolkning av genusordningen där män och kvinnor har olika förutsättningar. Förändringen sker från gräsrotsnivå där bland annat språket är en viktig del för att både beskriva och ifrågasätta den nuvarande genusordningen. Ytterligare en slutsats är att NYKSnätverkets medlemmar förändrar sina yrkesidentiteter efter att ha blivit medvetna om strukturer och fått nya kunskaper genom fysiska och digitala träffar vilka har medfört ett transformativt lärande. Nätverkets medlemmar har nu format sin identitet utifrån ett systerskap och därigenom har även medlemmarnas yrkesidentitet blivit en könsidentitet. Tidigare forskning om genus och yrkeskultur har visat hur genusordningar reproduceras i olika branscher, där mannen blir norm. Däremot finns jämförelsevis lite kunskap om hur detta förändras och ifrågasätts. Denna uppsats bidrar till kunskapen om hur genusordningar ifrågasätts och förändras genom att studera hur intresseföreningen NYKS bedriver reformarbete inom skogsbranschen.<br>Today we live in a world where some professions and industries are seen as masculine respective feminine. One industry which today is clearly masculine coded and male dominated is the Swedish forestry sector. To change the masculine coded occupational culture the association NYKS was founded. The NYKS acronym translates to “The network for professional women and non-binary in the forestry sector”. The purpose of this paper is to examine how NYKS is working to change the masculine coded occupational culture in the forestry sector. To achieve this purpose, I have tried answering two questions about which perceived notions about the occupational culture’s gender structure within the forestry sector that NYKS-members are trying to change and which occupational identities are the NYKSnetwork’s members trying to form. Their work to reform the occupational culture can theoretically be seen as a pedagogic process which aims to raise awareness about injustices and obstacles, and to form new occupational identities and thereby change the occupational culture. Through semi-structured interviews with the network’s members it is concluded, after coding and theming of the interviews, that they have distinct cultural notions about both women and men in the industry, which creates the current gender structure. They experience that there are consequences for breaking the norm and that the masculine is the norm. Since NYKS founding things have started change according to the members. The reform work that NYKS performs is by spreading their view of the gender structure where men and women have different preconditions. The change happens at the grass-root level where, among other things, language plays an important role both to describe but also to question the current gender structure. Another conclusion is that the members of the NYKS-network changed their occupational identities by becoming aware of these structures through physical and digital assemblies, which means the assemblies have led to a transformative learning. The members now form their identity based on a sisterhood and due to that the members occupational identity has also become a gender identity. Previous research on gender and occupational culture have shown how gender structures reproduce in different industries, where the masculine becomes the norm. There is however comparatively little knowledge of how these things change and are questioned. This paper aims to contribute to the knowledge of how gender structure is questioned and changed by studying how the interest organization NYKS performs reform work within the forestry sector.
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Soltanov, Elnur. "A Political Economy Of Russian Foreign Policy: The Effects Of Natural Resource-financial Sectors On The Formation Of Russian Foreign Policy In The Context Of The International Market." Master's thesis, METU, 2004. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/1065093/index.pdf.
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A POLITICAL ECONOMY OF RUSSIAN FOREIGN POLICY:
THE EFFECTS OF THE NATURAL RESOURCE-FINANCIAL SECTORS ON
THE FORMATION OF RUSSIAN FOREIGN POLICY IN THE CONTEXT OF
THE INTERNATIONAL MARKET
Soltanov, Elnur
MS, Department of International Relations
Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Fatih Tayfur
January 2004, 114 pages
This research aims to analyze Russian natural resource-finance sectors&rsquo<br>effects on Russian foreign policy from the collapse of the Soviet Union on. The main question it tries to answer is why they are successful to determine the main contours of a relatively peaceful foreign policy in a crises-laden Russia which have had so many reasons to switch to an aggressive behavior. In this regard, the military-industrial complex is the other crucial economic sector to be referred to frequently. Given the overwhelming nature of the international structure that Russia finds itself in, and given the general change in the worldview of the Russians, it becomes clear that the resource-finance sector on the one hand and the military-industrial complex on the other are much more than mere economic sectors, being organic material cores of alternative national and international identities. Such a holistic approach in turn makes it possible to draw on the explanatory power of the legitimacy factor and to go beyond different group preferences in accounting for Russian foreign policy. Analyzing different sectors&rsquo<br>and their commodities&rsquo<br>structural characteristics in the context of the international market helps to discard the &ldquo<br>politics of international trade&rdquo<br>as a too narrow conceptual framework to study Russian foreign policy and to understand different economic sectors&rsquo<br>true explanatory utility.
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Kodalak, Celal Metin [Verfasser], Karin [Akademischer Betreuer] Gottschall, Knobloch Eva [Akademischer Betreuer] Senghaas, and Olaf [Akademischer Betreuer] Groh-Samberg. "Social Identity and Collective Action : Two Case Studies of Unionization in the Turkish Information Technologies (IT) Sector / Celal Metin Kodalak. Betreuer: Karin Gottschall. Gutachter: Eva Senghaas Knobloch ; Olaf Groh-Samberg." Bremen : Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Bremen, 2013. http://d-nb.info/1084866188/34.
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Düring, Sara. "Frihet på gott och ont : En kvalitativ intervjustudie om rollen som volontär i det sociala arbetet med unga." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för socialt arbete, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-178991.
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Syftet med studien var att öka förståelsen om upplevelsen av rollen som volontär inom det sociala arbetet med ungdomar och unga vuxna, genom att beskriva rollen som volontär utifrån upplevelsen av att agera som en ”icke-professionell” hjälpare gentemot sin målgrupp, och att tolka resultaten i relation till tidigare forskning på området. Sex semi-strukturerade intervjuer har genomförts med volontärer från fyra ideella föreningar. Intervjusvaren har analyserats med tematisk analys. Resultat och analys har presenterats i form av sex centrala teman som kommer redogöras för nedan. Temat drivkrafterna beskriver varför man blivit volontär. En central drivkraft är att ge till andra men volontärer beskriver också hur den offentliga sektorn inte kan ge tillräckligt eller rätt typ av stöd för att stötta de unga. I temat hur engagerad ska man vara? illustreras skillnader i hur volontärerna ser på föreningsengagemanget, där vissa volontärer lägger stort engagemang i den ideella förening de tillhör medan andra fokuserar på grunduppdraget som volontär. Detta kan leda till frustration och slutsatsen dras att det finns svårigheter att identifiera en gemensam identitet kring hur engagerad man ska vara som volontär. I temat stå för ställningstaganden beskrivs hur volontärerna anser att det ingår i deras roll att stå för vissa värderingar och ställningstaganden. Volontärer delar spontant de flesta av föreningens värderingar men det ges också uttryck för ambivalens. Temat frihet på gott och ont skildrar hur frihet och kravlöshet är återkommande teman när volontärerna beskriver sin roll. Det handlar om friare arbetsförhållanden, mindre byråkrati, men också en känsla av frihet i mötet med den unge, jämfört med yrkeslivet. I temat känslan av otillräcklighet framställes en av baksidorna med friheten: en önskan att hjälpa mer än vad man kan göra i rollen som volontär. Detta område kopplas ihop med temat friheten på gott och ont, där ett resonemang förs om att bristen på mandat i rollen som volontär bidrar till känslan av otillräcklighet. I temat stöd från olika håll beskrivs hur volontärerna får stöd att hantera svårigheter. Stödet kommer från andra volontärer, föreningen, anhöriga och volontärerna har också personliga strategier. Vissa volontärer vill inte använda föreningens begränsade resurser för sina egna behov av stöd i rollen, vilket anses ha en koppling till volontäridentiteten.<br>The purpose of the study was to increase understanding of the experience of the role as a volunteer in social work with young people and young adults, by describing the role as a volunteer based on the experience of being a “non-professional” helper towards the target group, and interpret the results in relation to previous research in the field. Six semi-structured interviews were conducted with volunteers from four non-profit organizations. The interviews have been analyzed with thematic analysis. Results and analyses have been presented in the form of six themes which are described below. The theme driving forces describe the reasons why the respondents are active as volunteers. A central motivation is to give to others but there also an experience that the public sector cannot provide enough, or the right kind, of support to the youth. The theme how committed should one be? describes differences in the volunteers’ view on how active and involved a volunteer should be in the non-profit organization that they work for. Some volunteers place great commitment on the organization while others focus only on the volunteering task. This can lead to frustration and it is concluded that there are difficulties in identifying a common identity about how committed one should be as a volunteer. Support the statements illustrates how the volunteers see it as a part of their role to stand for certain values and statements of the organization. Volunteers share most of the organization’s values, but ambivalence is expressed in some areas. Freedom for better or worse portrays freedom and lack of demands as recurring descriptions when the volunteers talk about their role. Volunteers describe freer working conditions, less bureaucracy but also a feeling of freedom in the meeting with the young person, compared to working life. Feelings of inadequacy illustrates one of the downsides of freedom: a desire to help more than one can do in the role as a volunteer. This theme is linked to the theme of freedom for better or worse. A suggested explanation is that the volunteers lack the authority and tools necessary to create change in a young person’s situation and that the inability to create change contributes to feelings of inadequacy. Different kinds of support describe how the volunteers receive support in dealing with difficulties. The support comes from other volunteers, the non-profit organization, relatives and the volunteers also have personal strategies. Some volunteers feel that they should not use the organization’s limited resources for their own need of support in the role, which has a correlation to volunteer identity.
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Blomberg, Marcus, and Dora Jansson. "Att leva med organisationens image –En kvalitativ studie om arbetstagarens upplevelse av sin organisationstillhörighet." Thesis, Örebro universitet, Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskap, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-89979.
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The interpretation an individual does as an organizational member is complex. This studyfocuses on the meaning that arises when an individual interprets their organization through theopinions of others. The importance of other people's perceptions of the organization has thusfar seen a low degree of sociological research. However, this study intends to contribute to suchresearch. The purpose of this study is to understand how external perceptions of one's ownorganization become part of an organizational member’s identity, as well as the importance ofthese external perceptions in the organizational member’s relationship with the organizationand external actors. The study takes a qualitative approach, and the results are based on semistructuredinterviews with informants working in different positions in the Swedish bankingsector. The theoretical frameworks used in this study consist of Tom J. Brown et al. and thetheory of organizational identity, Pierre Bourdieu's concept of habitus, and the forms of capitalcombined with Howard Becker's Commitment theory, and finally Erving Goffman'sdramaturgical perspective. The results show that the most crucial aspect for the informants tostay in an organization is the social contacts and networks they receive from their organizationalmembership. Thus, the perceptions of external actors' regarding the organization have littlebearing on the perceived commitment of the informants. Furthermore, it appears that theinformants in interactions with others find their financial knowledge to be highly valued by thepublic, despite a perceived negative attitude towards the sector. The study finds this to beimportant for the impression management, and role-taking informants undertake in interactions.Lastly, it seems that the habitus has a central purpose in understanding the meaning informantsplace in other people's perceptions of the organization, both regarding commitment andinteractions.<br>Det tolkande som en individ gör i egenskap av organisationsmedlem är komplext och dennastudie riktar in sig på den mening som uppstår när en individ tolkar sin organisation i utifrånandras uppfattningar. Betydelsen av andras uppfattningar om organisationen har hittills sett enlåg grad av sociologiskt inriktad forskning och det är något som denna studie ämnar bidra med.Syftet med denna studie är att få förståelse för hur externa uppfattningar av den egnaorganisationen blir del av en organisationsmedlems identitet, samt betydelsen av dessa externauppfattningar i organisationsmedlemmens relation till organisationen och externa aktörer.Resultatet av denna kvalitativa studie baseras på semistrukturerade intervjuer med informantersom arbetar på olika positioner inom den svenska bankbranschen. Det teoretiska ramverk somhar använts i studien är Tom J. Brown m.fl. och teorin kring organisationsidentitet, PierreBourdieus habitusbegrepp och kapitalformer i relation till Howard Beckers teori om åtagande,och slutligen Erving Goffmans dramaturgiska perspektiv. Resultatet visar att den viktigasteaspekten till att informanterna stannar kvar i organisationer är de sociala kontakter och nätverkde får. Därför kan man se att externa aktörers uppfattningar om organisationen har litenbetydelse för informanternas upplevda åtagande. Det framkommer även att informanterna iinteraktioner upplever deras finansiella kunskap som högt värderad av allmänheten, trots enupplevd negativ inställning till branschen som helhet. Detta konstateras ha betydelse för denintrycksstyrning och det rolltagande informanterna gör i interaktioner. Avslutningsvis,framläggs det även att habitus verkar ha en central roll i att förstå betydelsen som informanternalägger i andras uppfattningar om organisationen, både gällande åtagande och i interaktion.
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Widenberg, Johanna. "Fäderneslandets antikviteter : etnoterritoriella historiebruk och integrationssträvanden i den svenska statsmaktens antikvariska verksamhet ca 1600-1720 = Antiquities of the fatherland : the use of history and the striving for ethnic integration in the antiquarian sector of the Swedish state ca 1600-1720 /." Uppsala : Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis (AUU) : Uppsala universitetsbibliotek [distributör], 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-7119.
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Walker, Kimberly Allyn. "The Construction and Impact of Power in Cross-Sector Partnerships: An Interpretive Phenomenological Study." Antioch University / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch159284139183969.
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Pepple, D. G. "Mirror organisation : an investigation into ethnic identify as a determinant of employee psychological ownership perception : a survey of public and private sector employees in River State, Nigeria." Thesis, University of Huddersfield, 2018. http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/34554/.
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The implementation of employee ethnic representation has become a widespread practice for organisations operating within multi ethnic societies. However, scholars disagree on its effectiveness in positively influencing employees’ perceptions. Also, the process through which ethnic identification positively influences employee perceptions is currently unknown. The purpose of this study is to investigate the process through which ethnic identification influences employee psychological ownership perception. To achieve this aim, the thesis first reviews relevant literature which highlights the gap in literature and support the need for this study. For example, existing studies have not considered the components of psychological ownership and how they are influenced. This study contributes by showing that psychological ownership perception is a formative construct comprised of three distinct components; employee self-efficacy, organisational self-identity and employee voice. A review of literature on the empirical context show the importance of this study within the Nigerian context specifically noting Nigerians displayed high levels of ethnic identification. The problem that persist for organisations was how ethnic identification may be channelled to organisational identification. A quantitative cross-sectional survey data collection approach was adopted for this study. Structural equation modelling was used to analyse survey responses from 1,525 employees of selected public and private sector organisations in Rivers State, Nigeria. Findings suggest the following relational framework for linking ethnic diversity and employee psychological ownership perception; that employees who overtly identify with their ethnicity at work will positively attract co-worker social support and this is possible in an organisational climate that promotes interpersonal fairness. Co-worker social support positively mediates the relationship between employee ethnic identification and employee psychological ownership perception. The practical implication for organisations operating within a multi ethnic environment is human resource practitioners to pay attention to ethnic identification because of its influence on co-worker social support and employee psychological ownership perception. The originality of this thesis is seen in the relational framework designed to link ethnic diversity to employee psychological ownership perception. This study contributes to existing literature by explaining how employees’ ethnic identification influences their perception of psychological ownership. The study provides new insights on the components of employee psychological ownership perception and how they relate to ethnic identity. The investigation of psychological ownership perception at the individual component level is novel and provides new insight into how psychological ownership relates with antecedents that influences it.
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Johnson, Martin. "Vision and achievement : an investigation into the foundation of the modern Hospice Movement to identify the role of corporate vision in the non-profit and voluntary sector." Thesis, University of Bedfordshire, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10547/337176.
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This investigation examines the management concept of corporate vision in organisations. The study includes an investigation of the etymology and definitions of vision, and considers existing views of its application in management theory. Research was carried out into the foundation of independent voluntary hospices in Britain, using case studies, interviews, hospice histories, and a questionnaire survey. Information was obtained from 11 case studies and from questionnaires responses of 140 founders of seventy-two separate hospices. The principal finding is that corporate vision is a valid concept in organisations, and a definition of successful corporate vision is derived from the evidence obtained. The content of successful vision was shown to admit detailed analysis, and a feasibility test was devised which was then applied to a number of projects. The feasibility test showed a clear correlation between feasibility scoring and project time to completion. It is also shown that there are several common elements between hospice visions and the activity of a small number of successful visionary individuals both in business and charitable work. A relationship is demonstrated between leadership and corporate vision which shows that the leader is subordinate to the vision. Team structure and behaviour in hospice founding groups is shown to be at variance with those commonly found in business organisations. Hospice founders do not appear to use relative measures either for progress or success, and accept substantial changes to financial targets largely without concern. The only common factor related to failure of hospice projects is shown to be visions that were defective at the outset, in that they were not shared. The context of corporate vision is considered, and it is concluded that corporate vision as a concept is not necessarily applicable to all types of organisation.
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Robertsson, Hans. "Maskulinitetskonstruktion, yrkesidentitet, könssegregering och jämställdhet /." Stockholm : Katrineholm : Arbetslivsinstitutet ; Hellman [distributör], 2003. http://ebib.arbetslivsinstitutet.se/aio/2003/aio2003_13.pdf.
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FRASCAROLI, DANIELA. "VALUTARE L'EFFICACIA DELLA FORMAZIONE: STUDIO DI CASO DI UN PERCORSO CON ALLENATORI DI SETTORE GIOVANILE." Doctoral thesis, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10280/705.
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Il presente lavoro nasce dall’interesse ad approfondire il tema della formazione e in particolare della sua valutazione e della sua efficacia.
La prima parte consiste nell’esplorazione della letteratura: il primo capitolo si focalizza sulla valutazione considerando sia la valutazione nelle scienze sociali, sia la valutazione della formazione (es. evoluzione, questioni centrali); il secondo è dedicato all’approfondimento della training effectiveness (strettamente connessa, ma distinta della training evaluation) e nel terzo capitolo vengono presentati diversi aspetti del corso di formazione (es. approccio, caratteristiche, dispositivi di formazione e valutazione, evoluzione) oggetto dello studio di caso: un percorso formativo complesso che coinvolge la trasformazione di aspetti dell’identità professionale, rivolto ad allenatori di calcio di settore giovanile.
Nella seconda parte vengono presentati i tre studi empirici. Il primo è finalizzato ad esplorare, da diversi punti di vista, gli esiti della formazione (focalizzandosi in particolare sull’evoluzione delle rappresentazioni) e quali elementi della proposta formativa sono stati di sostegno alla generazione di tali esiti. Nel secondo studio viene presentata l’esplorazione qualitativa finalizzata ad approfondire, da diverse prospettive, se e come il gruppo di formazione (proposto come principale strumento di formazione) possa essere un elemento a sostegno dell’efficacia formativa. Infine il terzo studio ha l’obiettivo di rileggere la training effectiveness attraverso la fase valutativa di follow-up, indagando in particolare tre oggetti: le traiettorie di cambiamento dei soggetti, il contributo del dispositivo valutativo e la spendibilità dello strumento semi-proiettivo DSSVP.
Il capitolo conclusivo è dedicato alla lettura trasversale degli studi, alle riflessioni conclusive sul contributo del lavoro al costrutto di training effectiveness e ai rilanci per l’azione.<br>This work was born from the interest to deepen the training issue and particularly its evaluation and its effectiveness.
The first part consists of the literature analysis: the first chapter is focused on the evaluation considering both the evaluation in the social sciences and the training evaluation (e.g. evolution, crucial issues); the second is aimed to deepen the training effectiveness (strictly connected, but different from the training evaluation) and the third chapter is dedicated to different aspects of the course (e.g. approach, characteristics, training and evaluation methods) that is object of the case-study: a complex educational program involving the change in professional identity aspects, aimed to youth sector’s soccer coaches.
The second part consists of three qualitative studies. The first is aimed to explore, from different points of view, the training outcomes (the focus is particularly on the representations’ change) and which aspects of the educational proposal have been a support to reach these outcomes. The second study presents the qualitative research aimed to investigate, from different perspectives, if and how the training-group (proposed as privileged tool) can contribute to the training effectiveness. The last study is aimed to explore the training effectiveness through the follow-up evaluation phase investigating specifically three objects: the change trajectories of subjects who have attended the formative path and the contribute both of the evaluation method and system and of the semi-projective tool DSSVP.
The last chapter is dedicated to the conclusive remarks (both about the three studied considered together and about the contribute of the research to the training effectiveness construct) and to further development.
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Nilsson, Alicia, and Emma Wasseng. "Min digitala arbetsplats : En studie gällande användning av informationssystem inom offentlig förvaltning." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för informatik (IK), 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-65981.
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Nya komplexa IT-system som erbjuder möjligheter för verksamheter och företag utvecklas runt oss hela tiden. Gränsen mellan människa och teknologi har blivit allt suddigare och människor identifierar sig med teknologi som fungerar som en resurs för dem. För att ett system ska ge så stor nytta som möjligt för en stor mängd människor inom olika verksamheter, behövs en förstahands förståelse för hur verksamheten och individerna i den fungerar. Detta för att sedan kunna implementera ett nytt, eller utveckla ett befintligt system, som passar behoven hos de som ska använda systemet. När traditionella arbetssätt digitaliseras för mer effektivitet i verksamheten, blir framgångsrik implementering otroligt viktigt för att digitaliseringen verkligen ska möjliggöra en resurs för anställda. Syftet med detta arbete är att få en förstahands förståelse av en situation och kontext där det traditionella arbetssättet kompletteras och delvis byts ut mot en digital version, en digital arbetsplats. Genom enkäter, intervjuer och workshops kunde beteendemönster identifieras och därmed tydliggöra användarnas attityd och relation till teknologi och den digitala arbetsplatsen, både individuellt och i grupp. Utifrån användarinformationen sammanställdes två olika ITidentiteter. Sammanställningen av användare och deras relation till IT bidrog till ökad förståelse för de anställdas inställning till den digitala arbetsplatsen, samt möjlig utveckling av denna för att passa olika verksamheter och anställda bättre.<br>New advanced IT-systems that offer better possibilities for organisations, are constantly being developed around us. The line between Man and Technology has become more unclear, to the extent that humans can identify themselves with resourceful IT. If a system is going to be useful for a larger amount of people within organisations - A first-hand knowledge of the context is needed, to then be able to successfully implement, or develop a system that is suitable for the users’ needs. When a traditional workplace is to be digitalised for a more efficient way of working, implementation is very important if the system is to be a resource for the users. The aim of this study is therefore to get firsthand knowledge about the context, where the traditional way of working is to be complemented or partially replaced by a digital version. Through surveys, interviews and workshops, patterns of behavior were identified and therefore 5 clarified the users’ attitude and relationship to technology- both individually and in groups. From the user research, two IT-identities were compiled. These IT-identities contributed to a better understanding of the staff attitudes towards the digital workplace, and possible development to suit many different employees and organisations.
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Le, Roux Alta S. "Establishing the role of branding in social enterprises." Thesis, University of Pretoria, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/32391.
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“What role did branding play in the social marketing processes of the three Schwab
Foundation award winning social enterprises (SEs)?” The research problem, as well
as the research questions, revolve around the issue of establishing how branding
may be employed as part of the social marketing process in such a way as to
increase the competitiveness of those organisations known as social enterprises
(SEs).
This study investigates three SEs whose Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) have won
The Schwab Foundation Social Entrepreneur (SFSE) of the Year Awards, to
determine how branding was used as a communication tool to position their
organisations as leaders and differentiators in the development sector. The three
SEs that were chosen as case study organisations are: Soul City, Heartbeat and the
Johannesburg Housing Company (JHC).
The theoretical context focuses firstly on the non-profit sector in South Africa as the
context and environment of this study, more specifically, the evolution of non-profit
organisations (NPOs) into Social Enterprises (SEs). This is followed by defining
communication principles and applications as they appear in both profit-driven and
non-profit organisations/social enterprises (NPOs/SEs). This is applied in two
different communication contexts: communication within corporate organisations and
communication within development organisations.
The last theoretical focus is placed on understanding what branding means, a
description of the different branding categories, and a view of the evolution of
branding to brand building and brand leadership. This is followed by a discussion on
the importance of brand identity and equity in the process of brand development,
brand management and measurement, including a presentation of the main role
players in this brand-building process. Branding is then discussed as it is applied in
SEs, outlining what a strong brand could do for the development sector.
A combination of qualitative and quantitative research approaches are utilised; more
specifically a qualitative research approach, supported by a quantitative one,
referred to as the “dominant less-dominant model”. This study is based on the
grounded theory model supported by a collective case study approach, also referred
to as “building theories from case study research”.
The study further indicates the theory that was generated by this study, namely “The
Social Enterprise (SE) branding layered grounded theory model”. Whereas the 1st
layer displays the important role that the NPO/SE sector if fulfilling in modern society;
the 2nd layer the specific space and linkages of SEs with the different other society
sectors are explained; the 3rd layer positions/similar to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
with the growth path of NPOs towards SEs and their own sustainability on the
NPO/SE pyramid model; the 4th layer indicates the fact that the same corporate
communication principles applies to the development sector; and the 5th layer
stresses the important role that branding plays as the core element of a corporate
communication strategy.
In summary, the study found that a lack of implementation of corporate
communication in NPOs and SEs, more specifically the absence of a corporate
identity, image and a strategic brand management process, has a direct impact on
the effectiveness of
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Källgren, August, and Pernilla Mideskog. "Strategiska förändringar ur ett yrkesperspektiv : En studie av ambulanssjukvårdarna i Östergötland." Thesis, Linköping University, Department of Management and Engineering, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-53138.
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<p><strong>Syfte:</strong> Syftet är att beskriva och analysera hur en yrkesgrupp påverkas av förändrade kompetenskrav och upprepade verksamhetsövertaganden.</p><p><strong>Metod:</strong> Vi har gjort en kvalitativ fallstudie av ambulanssjukvården i Östergötland, en del av sjukvården som är offentligt finansierad men som drivs av en privat entreprenör. Såväl primär- som sekundärdata har använts.</p><p><strong>Teoretiska perspektiv: </strong>Teoriavsnittet innefattar offentlig sektors omvandling, kompetens, förändring, stress, yrkesroll och yrkesidentitet.</p><p><strong>Empiri: </strong>Primärdata har inhämtats från tre intervjuer med personer som har god kontakt med den specifika verksamheten och de anställda. Sekundärdata har inhämtats från tryckt litteratur och ett antal elektroniskt publicerade artiklar.</p><p><strong>Slutsats: </strong>Ambulanssjukvården har de senaste decennierna genomgått vissa förändringar. Verksamheten har privatiserats, blivit mer tekniskt avancerad och dessutom har Socialstyrelsen höjt kompetenskraven för de anställda. De ökade kompetenskraven har lett till en ökad fokusering på formell utbildning, och försök till att stärka yrkesidentiteten och strävan efter professionalisering.</p><br><p><strong>Aim:</strong> The aim is to describe and analyze how a group of professionals is affected by changed skill requirements and repeated business takeovers.</p><p><strong>Methodology: </strong>We have made a qualitative case study of the ambulance operations in Östergötland, a part of the health care that is publicly funded but run by a private operator. Both primary and secondary data have been used.</p><p><strong>Theoretical perspectives:</strong> The theoretical perspective includes the transformation of the public sector, competence, change, stress, professional role and professional identity.</p><p><strong>Empirical foundation:</strong> Primary data has been collected from three interviews with people who are connected to the specific operations and the employees in some way. Secondary data has been collected from literature and electronically published articles.</p><p><strong>Result: </strong>The Ambulance operations have gone thru some changes the last decades. The operations has been privatized, has become more technologically advanced and there has been an increase in the skill requirements for employees. These increased requirements have led to a greater focus on formal education, and attempts to strengthen the professional identity and a strive for professionalism.</p>
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Black, Elizabeth Leslie. "Older people in Scotland : family, work and retirement and the Welfare State from 1845 to 1999." Thesis, St Andrews, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/561.
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WHITMORE, Margaret, and whittys2002@yahoo com au. "The search for character: servant-leadership in an Australian organisation." Edith Cowan University. Business And Public Management: School Of Business And Law, 2004. http://adt.ecu.edu.au/adt-public/adt-ECU2006.0003.html.
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This study is in response to globalisation, changing world values and the call in modern literature for leaders of good character. Servant-leadership is offered to fill this requirement because its effectiveness is said to be reliant on the good character of the leader. In the literature this type of leadership is said to represent a new paradigm. The work of servant-leadership's proponent, Robert Greenleaf, is thoroughly examined to explain how his understanding of trust as faith is linked to spirituality and this is the key to understanding the character of servant-leaders. Greenleaf's work is compared with the modern servant-leadership literature and identifies a gap in the literature explaining Greenleaf's spirituality.This is a qualitative analysis using classical Grounded Theory and uses the work of Anthony Giddens to give it a modern sociological grounding. Classical Grounded Theory uses typologies or
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Goulart, Denise Alessandra [UNESP]. "Religião, juventude e trabalho social: processos identitários na agência missionária evangélica Jocum." Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/88738.
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