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Luna, Alexandre J. H. de O., Marcelo L. M. Marinho, and Hermano P. de Moura. "Agile governance theory: operationalization." Innovations in Systems and Software Engineering 16, no. 1 (May 25, 2019): 3–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11334-019-00345-3.

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Quaranta, Mario. "Fuzzy Set Theory and Concepts: A Proposal for Concept Formation and Operationalization." Comparative Sociology 12, no. 6 (2013): 785–820. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15691330-12341283.

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AbstractThe quantity-quality debate in social sciences also concerns concept formation and operationalization. The first approach has strong naturalist assumptions, while the second one focuses on the historical specificity of concepts. The solution to overcome this divide would be finding a path which balances the two perspectives. In this article we argue that fuzzy set theory can be a helpful tool for concept formation and operationalization. The application of fuzzy set theory to concept formation and operationalization provides, first, the opportunity of looking at concepts as complex constructs made up of attributes logically interconnected one with the other and, second, of measuring them accordingly. Thus, after presenting our general argument, we show a theoretical and an empirical application of how to use fuzzy sets in concept formation and operationalization.
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Leydesdorff, Loet. "Luhmann's sociological theory: its operationalization and future perspectives." Social Science Information 35, no. 2 (June 1996): 283–306. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/053901896035002007.

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Luhmann (1984) has proposed a second-order theory of social communications, but its formalization in terms of second-order systems theory has remained underdeveloped. Second-order systems theory is a formal option and, furthermore, Shannon's (1948) mathematical theory of communication is available. The operationalization of Luhmann-type (reflexive) communications in terms of Shannon-type (first-order) communications has theoretical consequences: one is able to distinguish, more clearly than Luhmann did, between not (yet) meaningful information (“uncertainty”) and its potential meaning after selection by an observing system. Structural coupling between co-evolving systems can be distinguished from operational coupling between subsystems. This operationalization provides us with means to clarify, among other things, the theoretical debate between Münch and Luhmann about Parsons' concept of “interpenetration”. Technological developments can be analysed in terms of operational and recursive coupling at the interfaces between sciences and markets. In a triple helix model of university-industry-government relations codes of functionally differentiated communication can be translated into each other. Interorganizational configurations support the emerging communication systems.
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Edwards, Tim. "Book Review: Developments Toward the Operationalization of Structuration Theory." Organization 13, no. 6 (November 2006): 911–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1350508406067378.

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Petronio, Sandra, and Jeffrey T. Child. "Conceptualization and operationalization: utility of communication privacy management theory." Current Opinion in Psychology 31 (February 2020): 76–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2019.08.009.

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Burton, Velmer S., Francis T. Cullen, T. David Evans, and R. Gregory Dunaway. "Reconsidering strain theory: Operationalization, rival theories, and adult criminality." Journal of Quantitative Criminology 10, no. 3 (September 1994): 213–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf02221211.

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Stanley, Mary Jo, Sevaughn Banks, Wendy Matthew, and Sherri Brown. "Operationalization of bandura’s social learning theory to guide interprofessional simulation." Journal of Nursing Education and Practice 10, no. 10 (July 9, 2020): 61. http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/jnep.v10n10p61.

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Background and objective: In the clinical setting, health care professionals are expected to work in teams, yet, there is limited academic exposure to other allied health students and little preparation is done in traditional classrooms to practice with other allied health students. As health professionals work in an environment influenced by social interaction, interprofessional simulation (IPS) instruction may lack necessary frameworks that support professional practice. To promote collaborative learning in IPS that takes into account real interprofessional clinical situations, Bandura’s social learning theory was used as the guiding framework for this pilot simulation study.Methods: Conventional content analysis, as used in study designs to describe a phenomenon, allowed for the flow of categories to be derived from standardized debriefing sessions with nursing and social work students (N = 24).Results: Qualitative data identified three themes capturing students’ voices: effective and efficient patient care, team appreciation, and early implementation of simulation.Discussion and conclusions: Outcomes of this pilot study support the integration of a guiding framework in designing IPS for nursing and social work education that takes into account the social nature of the clinical environment through observed action and replicated behavior for requisite interprofessional skills for clinical practice.
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Covell, Christine L., and Souraya Sidani. "Nursing intellectual capital theory: operationalization and empirical validation of concepts." Journal of Advanced Nursing 69, no. 8 (November 16, 2012): 1785–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jan.12040.

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Cepoi, Victor. "A meta-analysis and explanation of innovation processes through the outline of Social Fields Theory." Research in Social Change 12, no. 3 (September 1, 2020): 15–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/rsc-2020-0012.

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Abstract Modern reports and studies on innovation processes offer a variety of possibilities for measuring and explaining innovation processes. These reports have a comparable model for operationalization of the concept of innovation, as they include both quantitative and qualitative indicators. The complexity of the modern societies and the interaction of actors, determines also to look for alternative models, which would embrace this complexity. We do not question these approaches and their reliability toward measuring the innovation performance, but rather to focus on alternative operationalization and explanation. Thus, through the embedment of the Social Fields Theory in the context of innovation processes it would offer various possibilities of applying a more coherent operationalization toward the explaining innovation. This article will display a critical assessment of a number of studies and projects, which used this approach in order to explain the innovation, but also using different methodologies that incorporate innovation processes and the theory of Social Fields.
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Huelss, Hendrik. "After decision-making: the operationalization of norms in International Relations." International Theory 9, no. 3 (October 25, 2017): 381–409. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1752971917000069.

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Research on norms in International Relations (IR) includes various concepts related to how norms influence actions. These approaches focus on the decision-making process, and largely neglect the operationalization of norms. This omission leads to an analytical gap: a lack of attention to how the substance of abstract norms is transformed and constructed in the operationalization process. This article draws on the Foucauldian theme of governmentality to introduce a novel perspective on operationalizing norms. It focusses in particular on the role of techniques as understudied parts inherent to the reflexive processes of operationalization and meaning production. The article thereby contests the prevalence of fundamental norms in conventional IR theory. It demonstrates, instead, that global governance techniques do not simply translate rationalities into practice, but construct their very own normativities. These theoretical reflections are illustrated by analysing the operationalization of norms through indicators in the case of the European Union’s human rights policy.
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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Theory operationalization"

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Yates, George C. (George Cochrane). "A Comprehensive Competitive Advantage Construct: Its Theory and Operationalization." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1991. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc332834/.

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Competitive advantage (CA) is an intuitively evident concept which has been widely used in theoretical research in strategy. But CA's diffuse image and its dynamic nature make it a difficult concept to apply. The purpose of this study was to develop a comprehensive (or macro) CA construct capable of being applied in an empirical manner across a broad spectrum of business situations. This objective required both an adequate grounding of the CA concept within its nomological- net of theories and a new operationalization approach.
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Cacciotti, Gabriella. "Fear of failure in entrepreneurship : a review, reconceptualization and operationalization." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2015. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/73258/.

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In entrepreneurship, the fear of failure has been identified as a significant barrier to entrepreneurial activity. The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM), the world's largest study of entrepreneurial activity, defines the fear of failure as a strong inhibitor for seizing opportunities and transforming entrepreneurial intentions into entrepreneurial actions. Contrary to entrepreneurship research, psychological theory offers a counterintuitive prediction of the outcomes of fear of failure. While early achievement theories argued that fear of failure inhibits behavior, later psychological research has found fear of failure to be dualistic in nature, sometimes motivating individuals to act while at other times inhibiting such action. Although there is no unified theory on fear of failure within the psychology literature, the theoretical background of this construct in entrepreneurship appears even more fragmented. An examination of the existing entrepreneurship literature on fear of failure reveals that scholars have used different definitions and measures to explain this phenomenon and investigate its effects on entrepreneurial behavior. Because these measures refer to a different nature of the fear of failure construct, it is very unlikely that they converge to capture the same phenomenon. Therefore, a clear understanding of the nature and effects of fear of failure in entrepreneurship is needed. In this respect, this thesis addresses the research question of how fear of failure can be defined and measured within the entrepreneurial process. Three articles have been developed to answer this research question. In Article 1, the conceptual issues associated with the current status of the literature on fear of failure in entrepreneurship and the characteristics of the entrepreneurial setting that shape the fear of failure experience are discussed. Building on these conceptual observations, Article 2 adopts a qualitative approach to investigate the experience of fear of failure antecedent and concurrent to the entrepreneurial process. Sixty-five entrepreneurs and potential entrepreneurs have been interviewed to show that fear of failure can be defined as a complex combination of cognition, affect, and behavior. Finally, in Article 3 four studies are conducted to develop and validate a new measure of entrepreneurial fear of failure. Findings from these three articles shed light on the fear of failure construct in entrepreneurship, which emerged as a context-sensitive phenomenon.
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Prpic, John. "Specifying and Operationalizing an Organizational Theory of Crowdsourcing." Doctoral thesis, Luleå tekniska universitet, Industriell Ekonomi, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-62985.

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Introduction: Despite rapid developments across multiple areas of research and practice, an organizational-level theory of Crowdsourcing has yet to emerge. Objectives: Therefore, this thesis has two major objectives; 1) specify the boundaries, constructs, and relationships of an organizational-level theory of Crowdsourcing, and 2) begin the theoretical validation process by operationalizing the theory for new exploratory, explanatory, and conceptual research. Methods: In respect to the first objective, an organizational-level theory of Crowdsourcing is created through inductive processes based upon observations of the real-world, and the extant organizational literature. In respect to the second objective, a mixed-methods research design is implemented to present three separate studies that use the theoretical perspective as a lens to operationalize new exploratory, explanatory, and conceptual Crowdsourcing research. Results: The Crowd Capital perspective is introduced, and defines three new constructs for the Crowdsourcing research; Dispersed Knowledge, Crowd Capability, and Crowd Capital. Crowd Capital theory is shown to be a valid theoretical contribution in the management research by illustrating the perspective’s incremental originality and scientific utility. Conclusion: The thesis develops and validates an organizational-level theory explaining how and why organizations implement Crowdsourcing, and through the exploratory and explanatory operationalizations of the Crowd Capital perspective, this work contributes to the empirical knowledge-base in the Crowdsourcing research. Further, this thesis contributes methodologically by illustrating and implementing a mixed-methods research design for theory validation in the Crowdsourcing research, while also supplying managers and executives with detailed guidance on the trade-offs inherent to the different modalities of Crowdsourcing. Thesis Organization: This thesis is organized in a monograph format comprised of eight chapters; 1) Introduction, 2) Literature review, 3) Theoretical model, 4) Methodology, 5) Exploratory research, 6) Explanatory research, 7) Conceptual research, and 8) Conclusion. As an outcome of this thesis, three journal articles and five conference proceedings have been accepted in peer-reviewed outlets1, and the author has been awarded a mini-track about Crowdsourcing at one of the most prestigious conferences in the field. The articles and the conference mini-track details are listed in Appendix A & B at the end of the dissertation.
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Reinler, William A. "To assess Robert K. Mertons paradigm: 75 years with “Social Structure and Anomie"." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för hälsa och samhälle (HS), 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-25779.

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Robert Mertons anomiteori har historiskt fått skarp kritik på grund av sitt svaga empiriska stöd och sina teoretiska antaganden. Vissa har dock menat att det svaga empiriska stödet beror på felaktiga operationaliseringar av Mertons teori. Den här studien syftar således till att studera operationaliseringar i tidigare forskning av Robert Mertons ursprungliga anomiteori som den presenterades år 1938 i Social Structure and Anomie. Först genomförs en noggrann genomgång och analys av artikeln Social Structure and Anomie och den teori som där presenteras. Genom en systematisk litteraturöversikt har sedan 13 artiklar som operationaliserat Mertons teori valts ut och sedan analyserats utifrån de centrala delarna av Robert Mertons paradigm. Resultaten visar att kulturellt definierade intressen nästan enbart har operationaliserats som akademiska och/eller ekonomiska mål och att de accepterade medlen operationaliserats i enlighet med de kulturellt definierade intressena. Vidare konstateras att varken anpassningsformer eller kulturperspektivet har någon framträdande plats i operationaliseringarna.
Historically, Robert Merton’s theory of anomie has suffered from harsh criticism on the basis of its weak empirical support and theoretical assumptions. Although, some have made the claim that the failing support is because of inadequate operationalization of Merton’s theory. The purpose of this study is therefore to analyze the operationalization in previous research of Robert Merton’s original theory of anomie, as it was presented in 1938 in Social Structure and Anomie. Firstly, a thorough examination and analysis is conducted on the article Social Structure and Anomie and the theory therein. Secondly, through a systematic review 13 articles that operationalize Merton’s theory were selected and then analyzed based on the core parts of Robert Merton’s paradigm. Results indicate that the culturally defined goals almost exclusively are operationalized as academic and/or economic goals and that the institutionalized means are operationalized in accord with the culturally defined goals. Furthermore, it is found that neither adaptations nor the cultural perspective have any significant place within operationalization.
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Edvardsson, Karin. "How to set ratiohnal environmental goals : theory and applications." Licentiate thesis, KTH, Philosophy and History of Technology, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-3875.

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Environmental goals are commonly set to guide work towards ecological sustainability. The aim of this thesis is to develop a precise terminology for the description of goals in terms of properties that are important in their practical use as decision-guides and to illustrate how it can be used in evaluations of environmental policy.

Essay I (written together with Sven Ove Hansson) identifies a set of rationality criteria for individual goals and discusses them in relation to the typical function of goals. For a goal to perform its typical function, i.e., to guide and induce action, it must be precise, evaluable, approachable (attainable), and motivating.

Essay II argues that for a goal system to be rational it must not only satisfy the criteria identified in Essay I but should also be coherent. The coherence of a goal system is made up of the relations that hold among the goals, most notably relations of support and conflict, but possibly also relations of operationalization. A major part of the essay consists in a conceptual analysis of the three relations.

Essay III contains an investigation into the rationality of five Swedish environmental objectives through an application of the rationality criteria identified in Essays I-II. The paper draws the conclusion that the objectives are not sufficiently rational according to the suggested criteria. It also briefly points at some of the difficulties that are associated with the use of goals in environmental policy and managemen

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Edvardsson, Karin. "How to Set Rational Environmental Goals : theory and applications." Licentiate thesis, Stockholm, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-3875.

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Langer, Markus E., and Aloisia Schön. "Enhancing corporate sustainability. A framework based evaluation tool for sustainable development." Forschungsschwerpunkt Nachhaltigkeit und Umweltmanagement, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, 2003. http://epub.wu.ac.at/1576/1/document.pdf.

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Corporate sustainable development is placed between simplified interpretations and an overabundance of complexity and requirements that hampers implementation. Stakeholder Relations Management is one approach for the operationalization of sustainable development on the corporate level, which enables the inclusion of aspects of sustainability into corporate decision-making in a pragmatic way. However, stakeholder pressure and economic constraints lead companies to adopt only a small segment of the concept of sustainable development. Therefore, a referential framework is needed in order to regard corporate initiatives within the wider context of sustainable development on the theoretical level. The framework of sustainable development presented here, which was developed during a research project funded by the "Austrian Science Fund", takes the wide range of notions of sustainable development into account. Like a map, the framework depicts approaches to sustainable development and provides an overview of the aspects of sustainable development (scope) as well as the different levels of complexity that are associated therewith (depth). This framework is conceived as a tool to classify approaches to sustainable development in a wider context. (author's abstract)
Series: Research Paper Series of the Research Focus Managing Sustainability
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Kraft, Elsa Canelle. "A operacionalização de segurança humana no sistema jurídico e político internacional." Master's thesis, Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/6180.

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Tese de Mestrado em Relações Internacionais, especialização em relações diplomáticas e Cooperação
Conceito multidimensional progressivamente incluído nas estratégias a todos os níveis, a segurança humana tem como objectivo garantir aos indivíduos e às comunidades as condições para uma vida digna, livre do medo e das necessidades. Por oferecer uma nova abordagem sobre temas como o da ajuda, do desenvolvimento e das intervenções humanitárias, bem como incentivando a criação de normas, o seu contributo e potencial são consideráveis. Porém, perto de duas décadas depois da sua formulação oficial, o balanço da sua operacionalização é mitigado. Além de uma utilização reservada da segurança humana como tal, também lhe falta peso jurídico. As críticas a seu respeito reflectem aliás parte dos constrangimentos colocados à sua aplicação universal. Não obstante, ela está integrada no direito internacional do ponto de vista material, na medida em que o seu conteúdo se encontra salvaguardado em muitos documentos, nomeadamente através da protecção dos direitos humanos. Por outro lado, a prática comprova a sua efectividade, constando ela das agendas de muitos países e organizações, sendo ainda que as perspectivas do seu pleno reconhecimento formal pela Organização das Nações Unidas parecem promissoras.
Progressively integrated in multi-level strategies, human security is a multidimensional concept whose goal is to guarantee people and communities a life in dignity, free from fear and from want. As it offers a new approach on themes like aid, development and humanitarian intervention, as well as it foments norm creation, its contribution and potential are considerable. Yet, nearly two decades after its official formulation, the balance of its operationalization is mitigated. Besides the timorous use of the term “human security” itself, it also lacks juridical weight. For that matter, the criticisms made about it reflect the existing constraints to its universal enforcement. Nevertheless, it is already included in international law in a material way, insofar as its content is safeguarded in many documents, in particular through human rights protection. On the other side, as human security is part of many countries and organizations’ agendas, practice substantiates its effectiveness, including the fact that the perspectives of its full recognition by the Unites Nations Organization seem promising.
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Books on the topic "Theory operationalization"

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Boven, Erica, and Marieke Winkler, eds. The Construction and Dynamics of Cultural Icons. NL Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.5117/9789463728225.

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Departing from the present need for cultural models within the public debate, this volume offers a new contribution to the study of cultural icons. From the traditional religious icon to the modern mass media icon, from the recognizable visual icon to the complex entanglement of image and collective narratives: The Construction and Dynamics of Cultural Icons offers an overview of existing theories, compares different definitions and proposes a comprehensive view on the icon and the iconic. Focusing in particular on the making of iconic representations and their changing social-cultural meanings through time, scholars from cultural memory studies, art history and literary studies present concrete operationalizations of the ways different types of cultural icons can be studied.
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Karakoç, Ekrem. Cross-National Test of the Theory. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198826927.003.0003.

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The previous chapter posed the primary research question and offered a new theory that encompassed two interrelated arguments. This chapter produces three hypotheses derived from the new theory offered in Chapter 2. Chapter 3 tests these arguments in a large-N study using multivariate statistical analysis. The first section discusses the operationalization of our main dependent and independent variables. It will also briefly outline a set of control variables and what the literature predicts regarding their effect on spending and inequality. These factors range from economic factors (globalization, inflation, female labor participation, economic development), political factors (partisanship, electoral systems, election cycle), and demographic factors. To correct for problems associated with the nature of panel data models, such as endogeneity, heteroskedasticity, and autocorrelation, it uses the Arellano-Bond estimation, which uses the Generalized Method of Moments. The rest of the chapter presents the results and offers its interpretation and conclusion.
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Stéphane, Beaulac. Part VI Constitutional Theory, A Constitutional Interpretation, Ch.41 Constitutional Interpretation: On Issues of Ontology and of Interlegality. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/law/9780190664817.003.0041.

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The chapter addresses, first, the ontological issue of whether the interpretation of a constitution is fundamentally different than the construction of statutes. Based on a comparison of the Supreme Court of Canada decisions in constitutional interpretation, especially Charter cases, and the contemporary approach to statutory interpretation, endorsing Driedger’s modern principle, it is argued that a convergence of methodology has occurred. Second, recent developments in the domestic use of international law—that is interlegality—also show commonality in constitutional and statutory interpretation. The hypothesis is that recent case law on the operationalization of international normativity, far from supporting the end of the international/national divide, actually reaffirms the Westphalian paradigm. The contextual argument and the presumption of conformity, as interpretative tools, allow courts to be more flexible, indeed more permissive, in resorting to international law.
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Roy, Deboleena. Science Studies. Edited by Lisa Disch and Mary Hawkesworth. Oxford University Press, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199328581.013.41.

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This chapter provides an overview of the emergence and development of feminist science studies and traces its engagement with key concepts in feminist theory. First, it considers the operationalization of liberal/equal rights feminist frameworks within science and the efforts to create scientific knowledge through sex/gender analyses. Next, it examines the new materialist conversations that have changed feminist theory’s relation to matter and binaries such as sex/gender, contrasting feminist poststructuralist and feminist science studies approaches to the “material turn” in feminist theory. Finally, it considers what the insights feminist science and science and technology scholarship have gleaned from social-justice epistemologies and ethical practices contribute to feminist theory—notably, contextualized analyses that are cognizant of the formative influence of colonialism, capitalism, and neoliberal biopolitics. These diverse approaches to feminist science studies share a cosmopolitical effort to move beyond critiques of science to develop new ways of working with science.
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Proctor, Kim. Measuring Group Consciousness. Edited by Lonna Rae Atkeson and R. Michael Alvarez. Oxford University Press, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190213299.013.33.

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Although group consciousness is an important concept in explaining political behavior, both theoretical guidance on how to measure group consciousness and empirical consensus regarding its operationalization are lacking. This has the potential to lead to both diverging results and inaccurate empirical conclusions, which greatly limits the ability to understand the role that group consciousness plays in politics. Using data from Pew’s 2013 “Survey of LGBT Americans,” this analysis provides a foundation for measuring group consciousness using item response theory (IRT). Through an examination of dimensionality, monotonicity, model fit, and differential item functioning, the results demonstrate that many assumptions about measuring group consciousness have been incorrect. Further, the findings suggest that previous conclusions about subgroup differences may be the result of survey bias, rather than actual between-group differences. Moving forward, scholars of political behavior should use IRT to measure latent constructs.
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Thomas, Pradip Ninan. The Politics of Digital India. Edited by Adrian Athique, Vibodh Parthasarathi, and S. V. Srinivas. Oxford University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199494620.001.0001.

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Transforming India into a digital state has been an objective of successive governments in India. However, the digital, by its very nature, is a capricious, multi-dimensional entity. Its operationalization across multiple sectors in India has highlighted the fact that the digital compact with publics in India is a two-edged sword. On the one hand, devices such as mobile phones have enabled access and efficiencies, and on the other, they have increased the scope for surveillance capitalism and the expansion of governmentality. The digital is at the same time a resource, commodity, and process that is absolutely fundamental to most if not all productive forces across multiple sectors. As a part of the Media Dynamics in South Asia series, this volume explores the making of digital India and specifically deals with the contradictions of an imperfect democracy, internal compulsions, and external pressures that continue to play crucial roles in the shaping of the same. Mindful of the key roles played by political economy and context and based on conversations with theory and practice, it makes a case for critical understanding of the digital embrace in India.
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Wan, Wilfred, and Etel Solingen. International Security: Nuclear Proliferation. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.013.121.

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Since the advent of the nuclear age, scholars have sought to provide rationales behind decisions to pursue, forgo, or relinquish nuclear weapons programs. Security, status, cost, technical capabilities, and domestic considerations have played central roles in explaining those choices. Classical neorealism was once the conventional wisdom, advancing that relative power and the logic of self-help in an anarchic world drove states to nuclear weapons. Yet, the analysis of nuclear proliferation has evolved in accordance with broader debates in international relations theory in recent decades, including the incorporation of neoliberal institutionalist, constructivist, and domestic political perspectives. The end of the Cold War and the upheaval of international order in particular marked a watershed for the literature, with scholars challenging the dominant paradigm by examining the effects of institutions, norms, and identities. Those approaches, however, under-theorized—if not omitted altogether—the role of domestic political drivers in choices to acquire or abstain from acquiring from nuclear weapons. Such drivers provide filters that can be invaluable in explaining whether, when, and how state actors are susceptible to considerations of relative power, international institutions, and norms. More recently, scholars have deployed more sophisticated theoretical frameworks and diverse methodologies. The road ahead requires greater analytical flexibility, harnessing the utility of classical perspectives while adding enough nuance to increase explanatory power, greater attentiveness to the complex interaction among variables, and improved specification and operationalization amenable to rigorous testing, all with an eye toward enhancing both historical accuracy and predictive capabilities.
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Volgy, Thomas J., Kelly Marie Gordell, Paul Bezerra, and Jon Patrick Rhamey, Jr. Conflict, Regions, and Regional Hierarchies. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.013.310.

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Despite decades of scholarly attention to conflict and cooperation processes in international politics, rigorous, comparative, large-N analyses of these questions at the region level are difficult to find in the literature. Although this relative absence may stem in part from the difficulties related to the theoretical conceptualization or methodological operationalization of regions, it certainly is not for lack of interesting variation in terms of conflict and cooperation processes across regions. Between this variation and recent contributions toward a dynamic identification of regions, comparative analysis of conflict and cooperation outcomes at the region level are primed for exploration and increasingly salient as recent political elections in the United States (Trump election) and the United Kingdom (Brexit) have demonstrated a willingness on the part of policymakers to scale back efforts toward global interdependence.Turning attention to a region level unit of analysis, however, does not require abandoning decades of scholarship at the state or dyad levels. Indeed, much of this work may be viewed as informing or complementary to comparative regional analyses. In particular, regional propensity for cooperation or conflict is likely to be conditioned by a number of prominent explanations of these phenomena at state and dyad levels, which may usefully be conceived in their regional aggregates as so-called regional fault lines or baseline conditions. These include the presence of major and/or regional powers, interstate rivalries, unresolved territorial claims, civil wars, regime similarity, trade relationships, and common membership in intergovernmental organizations.Of these baseline conditions, the impact of major and regional powers on regional patterns of cooperation and conflict is notable for both its theoretical and practical implications. Power transition theory, hegemonic stability theory, hierarchical theory, and long cycle theory all suggest major—and to a lesser extent regional—powers will seek to establish order within areas under their influence; alternatively, the overwhelming capabilities these states bring to a region arguably act as a deterrent inhibiting conflict. Empirical analysis reveals—irrespective of the causal mechanism at hand—regions characterized by the presence of a major or regional power experience less conflict. Moving forward, future research should work to test the two plausible causal mechanisms for this finding—order building versus deterrence—to determine the true nature of hierarchy’s pacifying influence.
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Barthelmes, Jens, and Isabella Sudano. Cardiovascular response to mental stress. Edited by Guido Grassi. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780198784906.003.0027.

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Mental stress, intrinsically subjective, lacks clear operationalization by any universally accepted gauge in routine clinical practice. There is not even an accepted single conceptualization of mental stress as opposed to the classic risk factors measured by, for example, resting blood pressure or low-density lipoprotein cholesterol among others. Yet, the link between psychosocial stress and cardiovascular events is a century-old intuition substantiated by many studies. Likely, mental stress affects cardiovascular health over the whole course of at-risk-stage up to cardiovascular events. This chapter discusses the major pathophysiologic effects of mental stress on cardiovascular pathogenesis.
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Prah Ruger, Jennifer. Fulfilling Global Health Justice Requirements. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199694631.003.0011.

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Ensuring that medically necessary and appropriate health care and public health goods and services are available to all is the job of justice. The PG/SHG framework aspires to a goal of self-actualized societies imbued with a commitment to social justice, where governments and people promote the central health capabilities of all. Individual states have primary obligations to prevent and address health inequalities and externalities and to realize their populations’ health capabilities. The global community provides help and guidance when states fail to deliver, though this framework eschews coercive tactics. Rather, PG/SHG deploys public dialogue and education programs to swell support for these commitments. PG/SHG offers a conceptual model of health capability and guidance for operationalization.
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Book chapters on the topic "Theory operationalization"

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Dukes, Richard L. "Operationalization of Concepts of the Theory Model." In Worlds Apart, 65–78. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1990. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1962-4_5.

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Gorra, Andrea. "Keep your Data Moving: Operationalization of Abduction with Technology." In The SAGE Handbook of Current Developments in Grounded Theory, 314–31. 1 Oliver's Yard, 55 City Road London EC1Y 1SP: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781526485656.n17.

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Gorra, Andrea. "Keep your Data Moving: Operationalization of Abduction with Technology." In The SAGE Handbook of Current Developments in Grounded Theory, 314–31. 1 Oliver's Yard, 55 City Road London EC1Y 1SP: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781526436061.n17.

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Eisend, Martin, and Alfred Kuss. "Obtaining Data for Theory Testing: Operationalization, Measurement, and Data Collection." In Research Methodology in Marketing, 123–50. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10794-9_6.

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Leydesdorff, Loet. "Summary and Conclusions." In Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Scientific and Scholarly Communication, 209–15. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59951-5_11.

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AbstractThree themes have been central to my research program: (1) the dynamics of science, technology, and innovation; (2) the scientometric operationalization and measurement of these dynamics; and (3) the Triple Helix (TH) of university-industry-government relations. University-industry-government relations provide an institutional infrastructure carrying the potential of self-organization in the knowledge base of an economy. I elaborated these themes into the problem of relating (i) Luhmann’s sociological theory about meaning-processing in communications with (ii) information-theoretical operationalizations of the possible synergies in Triple-Helix relations, and (iii) anticipatory mechanisms in cultural evolutions.
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Bellini, E., and P. Nesi. "Towards resilience operationalization in urban transport system: The RESOLUTE project approach." In Risk, Reliability and Safety: Innovating Theory and Practice, 2110–17. Taylor & Francis Group, 6000 Broken Sound Parkway NW, Suite 300, Boca Raton, FL 33487-2742: CRC Press, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781315374987-320.

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Leydesdorff, Loet. "Knowledge-Based Innovations and Social Coordination." In Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Scientific and Scholarly Communication, 1–35. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59951-5_1.

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AbstractThree themes have been central to my research program: (1) the dynamics of science, tech-nology, and innovation; (2) the scientometric operationalization and measurement of these dynamics; and (3) the Triple Helix (TH) of university-industry-government relations. In this introductory chapter, I relate these three themes first from an autobiographical perspective to (i)) Luhmann’s sociological theory about meaning-processing in communications with (ii) information-theoretical operationalizations of the possible synergies in Triple-Helix relations, and with (iii) anticipation as a selection mechanism in cultural evolutions different from “natural selection.” Interacting selection mechanisms can drive the development of redundancy; that is, options that are available, but have not yet been used. An increasing number of options is crucial for the viability of innovation systems more than is past performance. A calculus of redundancy different from and complementary to information calculus is envisaged.
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Fromm, Nicolas. "Application of theory and theorization of observations: Operationalization and the system of categories." In Constructivist Niche Diplomacy, 91–125. Wiesbaden: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-22519-3_5.

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Kiriakidis, Stavros. "Perceived Behavioural Control in the Theory of Planned Behaviour: Variability of Conceptualization and Operationalization and Implications for Measurement." In Strategic Innovative Marketing, 197–202. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33865-1_25.

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Leydesdorff, Loet. "Anticipation and the Dynamics of Expectations." In Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Scientific and Scholarly Communication, 149–73. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59951-5_8.

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AbstractThe operationalization of socio-cognitive structures in terms of observables such as texts (e.g., in discourse analysis and scientometrics) or the behavior of agents (e.g., in the sociology of scientific knowledge) may inadvertedly lead to reification. The dynamics of knowledge are not directly observable, but knowledge contents can be reconstructed. The reconstructions have the status of hypotheses; hypotheses can be tested against observations. Whereas agent-based modelling (ABM) focuses on observable behavior, simulations based on algorithms developed in the theory and computation of anticipatory systems (CASYS) enable us to visualize the incursive and recursive dynamics of knowledge at the individual level as different from the potentially hyper-incursive dynamics at the intersubjective level. The sciences can be considered as “strongly anticipatory” at this supra-individual level: expectations are discursively reconstructed in terms of next generations of expectations. This reflexive restructuring is embedded in historical dynamics on which it feeds back as a selection environment. The agents and texts entertain discursive models and thus be considered “weakly anticipatory” participants in the communication.
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Conference papers on the topic "Theory operationalization"

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Le Goc, Marc, and Fabien Vilar. "Operationalization of the Blending and the Levels of Abstraction Theories with the Timed Observations Theory." In 9th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence. SCITEPRESS - Science and Technology Publications, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.5220/0006111103640373.

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Sembiring, Dian Agnesa, Atik Nurwahyuni, and Wahyu Sulistiadi. "Analysis Study of The Comparative Quality of Patient Services Before and After Covid-19 Pandemic in Installation of Siloam Hospital TB Simatupang Installation." In The 7th International Conference on Public Health 2020. Masters Program in Public Health, Universitas Sebelas Maret, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.26911/the7thicph.04.23.

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ABSTRACT Background: In the COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease 2019) pandemic crisis that has hit Indonesia since early March 2020, urgent action is needed to overcome the situation while maintaining and improving relationships with customers so that they are still satisfied with the quality of services in hospitals, especially inpatient services. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a significant decrease in the number of inpatient visits at Siloam Hospitals TB Simatupang. This study aimed to analyze the comparison of the level of quality of patient service before and after the COVID-19 pandemic in installation of Siloam hospital TB Simatupang installation. Subjects and Method: This was a descriptive observational study conducted at Siloam Hospitals TB Simatupang from September 2020. A sample of 88 patients was selected by purposive sampling. The data was collected by questionnaire. The operationalization of this research variable is service quality, which is measured from five dimensions, namely Tangibles, Reliability, Responsiveness, Assurance, and Empathy. The data analysis used a series of tests such as validity test, reliability test, descriptive statistics and independent sample T-test. Results: During the COVID-19 pandemic, patients had a better perception than before the COVID-19 pandemic, it can be seen from service quality (Mean= 4.11), while during the COVID-19 pandemic (Mean= 4.250). Conclusion: Quality of services provided in outpatient installations during the COVID-19 pandemic is better than before the COVID-19. Keywords: service quality, COVID-19, outpatient Correspondence: Dian Agnesa Sembiring. Magister Program in Hospital Administration. Faculty of Public Health, University of Indonesia, Depok, West Java. Email: dianagnesa17@gmail.com DOI: https://doi.org/10.26911/the7thicph.04.23
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Popescu, Gabriela Adriana. "Education triad in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic. Challenges and strategies." In Condiții pedagogice de optimizare a învățării în post criză pandemică prin prisma dezvoltării gândirii științifice. "Ion Creanga" State Pedagogical University, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.46728/c.18-06-2021.p295-299.

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The school-family-community partnership (SFC) is given by the collaborative relationships between school staff and families, community members, organizations (companies, church, libraries, social services) to implement programs and activities to help students succeed in graduation. successful studies. The clearer operationalization of the concepts of parental involvement and participation allows the differentiation of the following aspects: - two types of parental involvement, namely spontaneous (starts from the bottom up) versus planned (from the top down); the latter refers to interventions or programs built in order to solve the problem of insufficient participation or absence of parents; - involvement at home - for example, a discussion at home about school activities and involvement in school - for example, parents' participation in school activities or aspects of organizing school activities: communication with the school, school-parent relationship. Trust is vital for collaboration and is a predictor of improving school results. In a world where the use of IT and communication technologies is a key feature, they represent the core element in education, involving changes in educational policies, both in setting goals and in developing strategies, providing resources and training specialists. One of the recommendations of the new education focuses on the organization of learning contents so they can use computer applications in learning, teaching and assessment processes. The present article "Integrating educational software in the activity of preschoolers" aims to demonstrate the need to use IT technologies by introducing educational software in the study process of children in kindergartens. The use of educational programs at kindergarten level proves to be an effective learning tool that causes significant changes in acquiring knowledge and changing attitude towards learning. Children prefer to gather knowledge through educational programs rather than through traditional methods and means, which contributes to creating a positive attitude towards learning and improving the quality of their results. At the same time, in order for new technologies to prove their effeciency, it is absolutely necessary for teachers to respect the instructional design of digital materials, the rules of didactic planning and the individual and age particularities of children.
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van Deurzen, Kanter, Imre Horváth, and Regine Vroom. "Defining the Phenomenon of Mental Models for Critical Events." In ASME 2013 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/detc2013-13077.

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People use cognitive representations in order to characterize, understand, reason and predict the surrounding world. A class of these representations are called mental models. Designers of informing systems are interested in how mental models influence decision making, especially during critical events. With this knowledge they could optimize the content and amount of information that is needed for a dependable decision making process. New insights are needed about the operation of mental models in the course of critical events, as well as on how informing influences the real life operationalization of mental models. Most of the definitions available in the literature are overly general, and no definition was found that would support the design of informing systems for critical events. Therefore, the objective of our research was to derive a definition of mental models that play a role in critical events. Actually, we systematically constructed a definition from those attributes of mental model descriptions that were found to be relevant to critical events. First we decomposed 125 published descriptions to a set of attributes, and then assessed each attribute to see if they were associated with critical events, or not. In fact, this analysis involved not only the relevance of the attributes to critical events, but also the frequency of occurrence in the surveyed papers. This exploration provided a large number of attributes for a new mental model definition. Based on the top rated attributes, a definition was synthesized which, theoretically, has a strong relation to critical events. Though further validation will be needed, we argue that the derived mental model definition is strong because it establishes relationships with all generic features of critical events and makes the related information contents explicit. Hence the proposed definition can be considered a starting platform for investigations of the influence of informing on decision making processes in critical events.
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