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Privileged irresponsibility in <i>Harvard Business Review</i> : a posthumanist discourse analysis of care, managerialism and inequality
Get PDF1 online resource (298 pages) : illustrations (some colour), chartsIncludes abstract and appendices.Includes bibliographical references (pages 250-275).Care is essential for life; we all depend upon care from others. However, the rise of
bureaucratic organizations founded on managerialist values of rationality and efficiency has contributed to the sidelining of care within organizations, so that it is unseen and undervalued in our workplaces despite being fundamental to human and more-than-human flourishing. This thesis focuses on care as an element of everyday work, rather than care as a core service (such as nursing). It questions whether privileged irresponsibility (Tronto, 1993, 2013) – the ability of those who have privilege to deny that they receive care – is contributing to economic inequality in the workplace.
Viewing care through a posthumanist lens, this study embraces radical interconnectedness and a conceptualization of care as an element of immanent relationality. A model of nested onto-epistemologies is proposed, with discursive and humanist realms situated within a wider, unbounded posthumanist landscape. Care is seen as partially obscured within the
discursive/humanist realm, but as an unconstrained affective process of relational and material interweaving in the posthuman realm. Braidotti’s (2019) conceptualization of power as both potestas (restriction) and potentia (empowerment) is applied to examine this situation.
The onto-epistemological landscape supports a discursive, critical approach to a study of texts drawn from 100 years of Harvard Business Review (HBR). This “bridge” journal is recognized as central to Western, capitalist management thought, yielding traces of managerialist discourses as well as examples of care within organizations. The study uses selected HBR articles to examine what managerialist discourses are reproduced, where care manifests and is valued (or not) in organizational life, how managerialist discourses help produce privileged irresponsibility, and how the recognition of care relates to the perpetuation of inequality by organizations. This study offers several contributions. It identifies ways that care appears within organizational life and illustrates how managerialist discourses disrupt the provision and recognition of care. It applies Tronto’s (1993, 2013) concept of privileged irresponsibility to management and organization studies, using this concept to answer the call from Amis et al. (2020) for further investigation into the mechanisms of systemic reproduction of inequality
within organizations. It suggests a link between the experience of the managerialist workplace and the “deskilling” of care and relationality in society. Finally, it offers the concept of “nested onto-epistemologies” as a way to reexamine humanist, constructivist concepts through a posthumanist lens
Suicidality among individuals with a history of criminal behavior : a test of the three step theory of suicide
Get PDF1 online resource (97 pages) : colour illustrations, charts, graphsIncludes abstract and appendices.Includes bibliographical references (pages 66-78).Individuals involved in the criminal justice system (CJS) have higher rates of suicidal ideation than the general population and are at an increased risk of suicide. Assessing suicide risk is challenging, as research indicates that many suicide risk assessments are more predictive of suicidal ideation than suicide attempts. Therefore, there is a need to differentiate individuals who think about suicide from those at risk of attempting suicide. Drawing on a sample of 190 Canadian adults, this study examined an ideation-to-action theory, the Three-Step Theory of Suicide (3ST), among individuals with a history of criminal behavior. Lifetime prevalence of suicidal ideation was 82% for individuals with a history of criminal behavior (n = 89), with 23.6% having attempted suicide. Results demonstrated partial support for the 3ST, although the 3ST did not replicate as expected for individuals with a history of criminal behavior. Implications and directions for future research are discussed
<p>Mica geochemistry, and paired <em>in situ</em> <sup>87</sup>Rb/<sup>87</sup>Sr and <em>in situ</em> <sup>40</sup>Ar/<sup>39</sup>Ar<br />geochronology of the Brazil Lake Li-Cs-Ta pegmatite, Nova Scotia, Canada</p>
No full text1 online resource (260, 27 unnumbered pages) : illustrations (some colour), maps (some colour), colour charts, graphs (some colour)Includes abstract and appendices (13 appendices attached separately).Includes bibliographical references (pages 246-287).The timing of critical mineral deposit formation is challenging to determine, particularly in areas with a complex tectono-thermal history. We apply in situ 87Rb/87Sr geochronology to investigate the emplacement timing of the Brazil Lake pegmatite Lithium-Cesium-Tantalum deposit, Nova Scotia, Canada. The novel in situ method for 87Rb/87Sr geochronology is compared with the more established 40Ar/39Ar method. Six mica types were identified in and around the pegmatite. Geochronology of the pegmatite is dictated by the initial mineralization age, determined from the oldest 87Rb/87Sr date of 390.9±1 Ma, and the maximum resetting/re-equilibration age ca. 330-320 Ma. Quartz-hosted fluid inclusions indicate post-solidus temperatures were sufficient to reset 40Ar/39Ar, but not 87Rb/87Sr systematics. Re-equilibration was driven by a combined thermal-fluid event recognized in the BLP and southern Nova Scotia.</p
2024-09-13 Senate Minutes and Agendas
No full textMinutes and agenda for the September 13th, 2024 meeting of Saint Mary’s University Senate
The role of early life freshwater tolerance and combined stressors in limiting freshwater colonization in Atlantic Canadian stickleback species
Get PDF1 online resource (v, 86 pages) : colour illustrations, charts, graphsIncludes abstract.Includes bibliographical references (pages 70-83).Atlantic Canadaian stickleback fishes (Gasterosteidae) differ in the salinities they inhabit; Threespine (Gasterosteus aculeatus) and fourspine (Apeltes quadracus) sticklebacks inhabit salinities from freshwater to saltwater, while blackspotted sticklebacks (Gasterosteus wheatlandi) and the “white” threespine stickleback ecotype (Gasterosteus aculeatus) are restricted to brackish or saltwater when breeding. I investigated if blackspotted and white threespine distribution might be limited by low freshwater tolerance during early life or when combined with cold temperatures, as occurs during over-wintering. I found blackspotted sticklebacks have relatively poor freshwater fertilization success, but all species had similar freshwater survivorship, development, and embryonic metabolic rates. Upon exposure to warm (18°C) and cold (4°C) freshwater and saltwater, adult blackspotted and threespine sticklebacks demonstrated similar standard and active metabolic rates, survival, growth, and hepatic protein synthesis rates. My results suggest blackspotted freshwater colonization might be limited by fertilization, but not by early life freshwater tolerance or the cold-stress combination as adults.</p
Professionalism in video interviews
Get PDF1 online resource (69 pages) : colour illustrations, chartsIncludes abstract and appendices.Includes bibliographical references (pages 52-59).The rise of virtual interviewing technology, notably Asynchronous Video Interviews (AVIs), has transformed personnel selection practices worldwide due to their cost and time efficiencies. Yet, research on potential biases in AVIs, particularly concerning contradictory cues impacting perceived applicant personality, remains scarce. I conducted a 2x2x2 design (messiness) x (professional dress) x (job type) to examine the possible buffering effect messiness has on the perception of professional dress, the heightened importance of conscientiousness-related cues when selecting canidates for certain jobs and these conscientiousness-related cues’s biasing effects on perceived conscientiousness and final interview outcomes. Results reveal environmental cleanliness significantly affects perceived conscientiousness and hireability, with tidier settings favoring candidates. Additionally, technical role applicants are perceived as more conscientious than those in client-facing positions. Notably, candidates in client-facing roles with formal attire and messy backgrounds received lower scores, emphasizing the importance of recording in tidy environments or utilizing background filters for fairness in hiring processes
Understanding conspiracism
Get PDF1 online resource (1, 58 unnumbered pages) : colour chartsIncludes abstract and appendices.Includes bibliographical references.While conspiracy theories are often considered epistemologically suspect, this work endeavors to provide a neutral assessment of these theories on epistemological grounds, and then examining the phenomenon that underlies the pejorative understanding. Beginning with a broad definition, conspiracy theories are assessed within the context of inquiry, and connections are drawn to similar types of theory present throughout history, such as a superstition and myths. Then, conspiracy theories are considered within the context of epistemic attitudes, and a distinction is drawn between conspiracy theorists, individuals who hold to at least one conspiracy theory, and conspiracists, individuals who demonstrate an attachment to conspiracy theories beyond their epistemological warrant. Conspiracism is then evaluated in the context of inquiry and the epistemic attitudes in order to identify where it errs, why individuals subscribe to it, and how it harms those individuals and those connected to them. By investigating conspiracism, this work seeks to set the stage for possible means of addressing this phenomenon
Immigrant and refugee women experiencing severe domestic violence in Canada : a social ecological analysis
Get PDF1 online resource (120 pages) : illustrations, chartsIncludes abstract and appendix.Includes bibliographical references (pages 96-110).This research examines the multifaceted challenges faced by immigrant and refugee
women who are survivors of severe domestic violence in Canada through a social
ecological lens. By exploring individual, relationship, community, and societal factors,
this research aims to inform culturally-sensitive policies to prevent and address domestic
violence and domestic homicide. Drawing on narratives and life experiences of survivors, the study highlights the unique challenges faced by immigrant and refugee women, including cultural isolation, language barriers, and patriarchal norms. The findings underscore the need for comprehensive approaches to support these vulnerable populations, including programs on safe dating, awareness of rights, accessible information dissemination, and training for service providers. The study reveals the
significance of a culturally-sensitive framework in understanding and addressing domestic violence among immigrant and refugee women, offering actionable recommendations to foster safer and more inclusive environments for these vulnerable populations
Development and optimization of simulation software tools for the Coordinator Detector in Jefferson Lab’s Hall A
Get PDF1 online resource (ix, 70 pages) : illustrations (some colour), charts (some colour)Includes abstract.Includes bibliographical references (pages 68-70).The Coordinate Detector is an arrangement of 2352 plastic scintillators that detects recoil
electrons, or other charged particles, originating from collisions of a high-energy electron
beam on a hydrogen target within Hall A of Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Virginia, USA. Exploiting the Coordinate Detector’s arrangement of scintillator detectors to study nucleon structure through electron-scattering requires modelling the response of the entire detector to the desired scattered particles, alongside other charged particle sources. This
thesis details the optimization of existing simulation software for the Coordinate Detector,
focusing on construction, data generation and analysis algorithms, including new algorithms. Four projects were undertaken: expanding the simulation from one subunit to
the entire detector; optimizing and expanding the scope of simulated particle generation;
using scintillator timing information to determine the horizontal angle of incident particles;
and, building an event display to provide an intuitive view of the particle hit-patterns
across the detector
To make memory material : preliminary geophysical surveys at two potential burial sites in Birchtown, Nova Scotia
Get PDF1 online resource (138 pages) : illustrations (some colour), maps (some colour)Includes abstract and appendix.Includes bibliographical references (pages 134-138).By invitation from the community, a geophysical survey was performed on two potential Black Loyalist burial sites in Birchtown, Nova Scotia, in a preliminary effort to verify local traditions regarding their existence and location. This thesis investigates the suitability of geophysical techniques on these late 18th -century burial sites; drawing on oral histories, historical documentation, and comparison against similar burial sites to explore potential social and geographic influences on early Black Nova Scotian burial traditions. Longstanding oral traditions and ethnographic observations of memorial behaviours exhibited by members of the Black Loyalist descendent community appear to support one surveyed site as a memorial space, despite ambiguous geophysical results obscuring its historicity. The results highlighted a contrast in how materiality is used to define Black Loyalist burial landscapes from the archaeological, historical, and community perspectives, and underscores the importance of community engagement in guiding archaeological investigations where physical and historical evidence is sparse