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Taking sides with patients using institutional ethnography

Cupit, Caroline; Rankin, Janet; Armstrong, Natalie - In: Journal of Organizational Ethnography 10 (2021) 1, pp. 21-35

theoretical tool of “standpoint”. Findings Starting with the development of the study, the authors trouble the researcher … a framework for “taking sides” with patients. They describe how the researcher used IE to take a standpoint and map … institutional relations from that standpoint. They argue that IE enabled an innovative analysis but also reflect on the challenges …

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All set in stone? : how essentialist beliefs about aging affect older workers' motivation to continue working beyond retirement age

Weiss, Mona; Weiss, David; Zacher, Hannes - In: Journal of organizational behavior : OB ; the … 43 (2022) 8, pp. 1446-1461

Although population aging requires that employees increasingly work beyond traditional retirement ages, negative age stereotypes often portray older workers as unwilling or unable to work longer. However, recent lifespan developmental research suggests that there are significant individual...

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Towards more and better markets for farmers : the case of family Farming Agri-processing in Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil

Schneider, Sergio; Cenci, Alexander - In: Italian review of agricultural economics 79 (2024) 3, pp. 43-55

Recent studies on markets and their role in development processes have highlighted the crucial importance of market access as well as of power relations. In this article we argue that it is necessary to take a step forward regarding the notion that markets are collective action devices that can...

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Examining institutional content of the balanced scorecard : logics and translations in Ukrainian business environment

Firsova, Svitlana; Ta Huy Hung - In: Organizations and markets in emerging economies 8 (2017) 2, pp. 142-164

This study examines institutional definitions and meanings Ukrainian managers attach to one of the most popular management concepts - the Balanced Scorecard. Socially constructed discourses, that is, beliefs, understandings, expectations, interpretations, collective cognitions and meanings...

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The two blades of Occam’s razor in economics : logical and heuristic

Becchio, Giandomenica - In: Economic thought 9 (2020) 1, pp. 1-17

realism in economic modelling. Occam's razor can be intended as a principle of logic that emphasises simplicity, or as a …

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Divided by the Atlantic : classical liberals and libertarians on international order

Rohac, Dalibor - In: Journal of contextual economics : Schmollers Jahrbuch 142 (2022) 2, pp. 93-109

societies. In the United States, libertarian foreign policy thinking has been outsourced to structural realism. However, in the … form in which it is deployed to make the case for restraint, such realism often contradicts basic analytic and normative …

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Person, place, and pragmatism : theorizing urban spaces

Martin, Aaron; Shukr, Amal - In: Cogent business & management 11 (2024) 1, pp. 1-17

reinvent or contemporize themselves through urban renewal projects, specifically those related to social inclusion. Realism, as …

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A realist political economy and moral philosophy : Smith and Mittermaier

Stettler, Michael - In: Journal of contextual economics : Schmollers Jahrbuch 143 (2023) 1/4, pp. 85-104

In the Theory of Moral Sentiments, Smith argued against the account of human nature which views moral sentiments as deriving from self-love. This paper emphasises that Smith's understanding of human nature was not that it was either selfish or benevolent. Human nature consists of the ability to...

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Economic analysis of institutions : nominalism and definition by effect

Stettler, Michael A. - In: Journal of contextual economics : Schmollers Jahrbuch 142 (2022) 4, pp. 367-386

Neo-institutional economics covers various subject areas that are not the traditional domain of economics, while still employing the tools of economic analysis such as: rational choice theory and equilibrium theory. Many fields of study, including law, firms, property, etc., are characterised as...

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The effect of information and communication technologies on gender equality at a selected university in South Africa

Naicker, Visvanathan; Mbengo, Ivy - In: Technology audit and production reserves 6 (2022) 4/68, pp. 26-33

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