Indigenous Research on Chinese Management: What and How

2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Ping Li ◽  
Kwok Leung ◽  
Chao C. Chen ◽  
Jar-Der Luo
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Research ◽  
Engaged Scholarship ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Chinese Management ◽  
Methodological Approaches

We attempt to provide a definition and a typology of indigenous research on Chinese management as well as outline the general methodological approaches for this type of research. We also present an integrative summary of the four articles included in this special issue and show how they illustrate our definition and typology of indigenous research on Chinese management, as well as the various methodological approaches we advocate. Further, we introduce a commentary on the four articles from the perspective of engaged scholarship, and also three additional articles included in this issue. Finally, we conclude with our suggestions for future indigenous research.

Indigenous Management Research in China from an Engaged Scholarship Perspective

2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 123-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew H. Van de Ven ◽  
Runtian Jing
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Research ◽  
Theoretical Knowledge ◽  
Management Research ◽  
Engaged Scholarship ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Specific Knowledge ◽  
Chinese Management ◽  
Indigenous Management ◽  
Cultural Boundaries

This commentary discusses the four articles in this special MOR issue on indigenous management research in China. It begins by recognizing the importance of indigenous research not only for understanding the specific knowledge of local phenomena, but also for advancing general theoretical knowledge across cultural boundaries. Challenging to undertake, we propose a method of engaged scholarship for conducting indigenous research. The four articles in this special issue provide good examples of applying principles of engaged scholarship in their indigenous Chinese management studies.

Translation, interpreting and the genealogy of conflict

2012 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 169-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luis Pérez-González
Keyword(s):  
Special Issue ◽  
Social Phenomena ◽  
The Public ◽  
Institutional Settings ◽  
Public Consciousness ◽  
The Media ◽  
Methodological Approaches ◽  
To Come ◽  
The Stability ◽  
The Impact

While the growing ubiquitousness of translation and interpreting has established these activities more firmly in the public consciousness, the extent of the translators’ and interpreters’ contribution to the continued functioning of cosmopolitan and participatory postmodern societies remains largely misunderstood. This paper argues that the theorisation of translation and interpretation as social phenomena and of translators/interpreters as agents contributing to the stability or subversion of social structures through their capacity to re-define the context in which they mediate constitutes a recent development in the evolution of the discipline. The consequentiality of the mediators’ agency, one of the most significant insights to come out of this new body of research, is particularly evident in situations of social, political and cultural confrontation. It is contended that this conceptualisation of agency opens up the possibility of translation being used not only to resolve conflict and tension, but also to promote them. Through a variety of theoretical and methodological approaches, the contributing authors to this special issue explore a number of sites of linguistic and cultural mediation across a range of institutional settings and textual/interactional genres, with particular emphasis on the contribution of translation and interpreting to the genealogy of conflict. The papers presented here address a number of overlapping themes, including the dialectics of governmental policy-making and translation, the interface between translation, politics and the media, the impact of the narrative affiliation of translators and interpreters as agents of mediation, the frictional dynamics of interpreter-mediated institutional encounters and the dynamics of identity negotiation.

scholarly journals Formal and Methodological Approaches to Applied Linguistics (Languages Special Issue)

Languages ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 94
Author(s):  
Sonja Mujcinovic ◽  
Eduardo Gómez Garzarán
Keyword(s):  
Applied Linguistics ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Spanish Society ◽  
Methodological Approaches

This Special Issue, entitled Formal and Methodological Approaches to Applied Linguistics, brings together recently published papers on various aspects of applied linguistics presented at the AESLA37 (Spanish Society of Applied Linguistics) conference in Valladolid held on 27–29 March 2019 [...]

scholarly journals What Is Electoral Psychology?—Scope, Concepts, and Methodological Challenges for Studying Conscious and Subconscious Patterns of Electoral Behavior, Experience, and Ergonomics

Societies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 20
Author(s):  
Sarah Harrison
Keyword(s):  
Electoral Behavior ◽  
Aggregate Level ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Methodological Challenges ◽  
Introductory Article ◽  
Electoral Studies ◽  
Psychological Models ◽  
Methodological Approaches ◽  
Electoral Psychology ◽  
The Individual

Electoral psychology is defined as any model based on human psychology that is used to explain any electoral experience or outcome at the individual or aggregate level. Electoral psychology can also be an interface with other crucial aspects of the vote. For example, the interface between electoral psychology and electoral organization constitutes electoral ergonomics. The very nature of the models tested in electoral psychology has also led scholars in the field to complement mainstream social science methodologies with their own specific methodological approaches in order to capture the subconscious component of the vote and the subtle nature of the psychological processes determining the electoral experience and the way in which it permeates citizens’ thoughts and lives. After defining electoral psychology, this introductory article scopes its analytical roots and contemporary relevance, focuses on the importance of switching from “institution-centric” to “people-centric” conceptions of electoral behavior, and notably how it redefines key concepts such as electoral identity and consistency, and approaches questions of personality, morality, memory, identity, and emotions in electoral psychological models. Then, it discusses some of the unique methodological challenges that the field faces, notably when it comes to analyzing largely subconscious phenomena, and addresses them, before explaining how the various contributions to this Special Issue give a flavor of the scope and approaches of electoral psychology contributions to electoral studies.

scholarly journals Hybridity and the news: Blending genres and interaction patterns in new forms of journalism

Journalism ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jelle Mast ◽  
Roel Coesemans ◽  
Martina Temmerman
Keyword(s):  
Interaction Patterns ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Individual Contributions ◽  
Multiple Issues ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Methodological Approaches ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Different Levels ◽  
Careful Assessment

This paper introduces the Special Issue’s central theme of ‘hybridity and the news’, defining the scope and setting the scene for the multiple issues and debates covered by the individual contributions in this collection. Opposing both relativist positions that discard hybridity as an analytically useless concept, and preconceived notions that construe hybridity as intrinsically negative or positive, it is argued to move beyond binary thinking and to approach hybridity as a particularly rich site for the analysis of forms and processes of experimentation, innovation, deviation and transition in contemporary journalism. In order to profoundly understand these developments, which come in many forms, manifest themselves on different levels, and serve multiple purposes, a comprehensive, multi- and interdisciplinary perspective is needed. The Special Issue aims to contribute to this research agenda by looking closely into blending categories and interaction patterns in journalistic forms, genres, and practices, encompassing theoretical frameworks and methodological approaches from various disciplinary backgrounds including political and communication sciences, sociology, linguistics, cultural studies, and history. While taking different angles on the subject and being variously located on the macro and micro levels of analysis, the articles assembled here all engage in a careful assessment of ‘hybridity and the news’ through profound conceptualizations and empirical analyses, connecting with and shedding new light on long-standing debates about the nature and meaning of journalism.

Commentary on ‘Opportunities and Challenges of Engaged Indigenous Scholarship’ (Van de Ven, Meyer, & Jing, 2018)

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 463-466 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne S. Tsui
Keyword(s):  
Research Design ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Primary Factor ◽  
Local Context ◽  
Indigenous Research ◽  
Chinese Firms ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Chinese Management

The mission ofManagement and Organization Review, founded in 2005, is to publish research about Chinese management and organizations, foreign organizations operating in China, or Chinese firms operating globally. The aspiration is to develop knowledge that is unique to China as well as universal knowledge that may transcend China. Articulated in the first editorial published in the inaugural issue of MOR (2005) and further elaborated in a second editorial (Tsui, 2006), the question of contextualization is framed, discussing the role of context in the choices of the research question, theory, measurement, and research design. The idea of ‘engaged indigenous research’ by Van de Ven, Meyer, and Jing (2018) describes the highest level of contextualization, with the local context serving as the primary factor guiding all the decisions of a research project. Tsui (2007: 1353) refers to it as ‘deep contextualization’.

Engaged scholarship: Questioning relevance and impact in contemporary entrepreneurship/small and medium-sized enterprise research

2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 363-367 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kiran Trehan ◽  
David Higgins ◽  
Ossie Jones
Keyword(s):  
Significant Contribution ◽  
Complex Problem ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Mutual Understanding ◽  
Engaged Scholarship ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
The World

The aim of this Special Issue is to make a significant contribution to understanding the theory and practice of engaged scholarship; by engaged scholarship we mean ‘collaborative form of inquiry in which academics and practitioners leverage their different perspectives and competencies to coproduce knowledge about a complex problem or phenomenon that exists under conditions of uncertainty found in the world’. Such a definition draws attention towards the co-constructed nature of knowledge which has relevance by creating space for interaction between the academic and practitioner, creating the opportunity for knowledge and understanding to be co-created and enacted into practice. This space facilitates the ability to question one another and gain mutual understanding by directly bringing together methods of inquiry and practice.

Social Emotions: A Multidisciplinary Approach

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 187-201
Author(s):  
Jordan McKenzie ◽  
Rebecca Olson ◽  
Roger Patulny ◽  
Michelle Peterie
Keyword(s):  
Multidisciplinary Approach ◽  
Sociological Perspective ◽  
Social Dimensions ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Social Emotions ◽  
The Social ◽  
Methodological Approaches

Abstract Current research on emotions represents a broad church of methodological approaches. The essays in this special issue will investigate how social emotions inform research across numerous disciplinary fields and methodological approaches. This introduction will set out the social dimensions of emotions like shame, anger, anxiety, empathy and pity from a specifically sociological perspective. In sum, this will work to counter tendencies that individualise emotions as purely subjective or cognitive phenomena, and to demonstrate how the significance of social emotions is not restricted to any singular discipline.

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