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How do you describe what lies in-between? Bricolage, network thinking and Lycia-Trm̃misa
No full textOrganizational altercasting: Developing impression management and cyber‐risk disclosures
Get PDFThe study develops theorizing of external organizational communications that entail impression management. This includes developing linkages to Goffman's work and a Goffmanian research tradition. Our approach innovatively articulates dimensions of impression management entailing the presentation of others and nuanced practices of what we term organizational altercasting (OAC). Altercasting has been conceptualized in a Goffmanian tradition. OAC, seen as implicated in more developed organizational impression management (OIM), involves an organization constructing for another/others (an audience with whom the organization interacts) a persona that is congruent with the organization's goals. Our theorizing also innovatively draws from Goffmanian insight in a coherently associated way—namely, by appreciating the pervasiveness of interaction rituals, including those that take place in an organizational communication style using today's technology. We suggest that OAC especially tends to entail tact. The empirical focus is a case analysis of a Polish bank (CB) facing challenges of cybersecurity and disclosing/communicating externally on cybersecurity/cyber‐risk. For insight, we address this question: In terms of a developed theorizing of OIM (including OAC), how did the bank respond to external challenges, related to cybersecurity, through public disclosures/communications? A content analysis of types of multimedia, with attention given to context, indicated the importance of the presentation of others. We were drawn to how CB's customers, a key audience, were presented in CB's external communications, highlighting long‐term engagement in, and an increase in the significance of, these communications. For our case, articulation of OIM and the presentation of others was further developed through OAC, with particular attention given to communication style vis‐à‐vis modern technology. Our work promotes OAC's wider applicability, including beyond cyber‐risk disclosures
Written Evidence to the House of Lords UK Engagement with Space Committee SPA0094
No full textWritten evidence submitted for the House of Lords UK Engagement with Space Committee. Report published by the Authority of the House of Lord
Long-term tracking reveals variable partial migration and nomadism in an Endangered bustard
Get PDFNomadism is characterised by irregular movement patterns that vary within and among years, as individuals respond to dynamic environmental conditions across space and time. Nomadic bird movements are poorly understood because their high variability challenges traditional monitoring techniques. To effectively manage nomadic populations, we need better understanding of their movement patterns. Ludwig’s Bustard Neotis ludwigii is a nomad in the semi-arid shrublands in southern Africa that is presumed to follow seasonal rainfall patterns. It is classified as Endangered owing to power line collisions, but conservation efforts are hampered by limited understanding of its movement ecology. We analysed GPS tracking data for six Ludwig’s Bustards lasting up to 12.7 years, the longest for any nomadic bird, to assess individual space-use, movement intensity (distance, duration and frequency) and regularity (timing and direction). Movement patterns and home ranges varied considerably among individuals and across years, irrespective of tracking time. Two bustards were partial seasonal migrants, while four were nomadic. Home range size spanned 4 600 to 158 200 km2. Most individuals’ home ranges contained more than one core area, linked by erratic movements, and ranges expanded in the dry season. We recorded 49 long-distance (>137 km) and 212 short-distance (6–130 km) movements. Five of six bustards completed long-distance movements, the longest of which was 642 km in eight days. Long-distance movements were typically westerly in winter and easterly in summer, following large-scale rainfall patterns, whereas the timing and direction of short-distance movements were irregular and variable. Individuals spent 0–3.5% of time within protected areas. Our study provides new insights into the movement ecology of Ludwig’s Bustards, which exhibit both nomadic behaviour and facultative partial migration. These flexible strategies reflect adaptation to an unpredictable semi-arid environment. By revealing previously unknown movement patterns, our long-term tracking contributes novel understanding of nomadic behaviour and informs conservation of this threatened species.Le nomadisme se caractérise par des déplacements irréguliers qui varient au cours d’une même année et d’une année à l’autre, les individus réagissant à des conditions environnementales dynamiques dans l’espace et dans le temps. Les déplacements des oiseaux nomades sont mal compris, car leur grande variabilité rend difficiles les techniques de suivi traditionnelles. Pour gérer efficacement les populations nomades, nous devons mieux comprendre leurs modes de déplacement. L’Outarde de Ludwig Neotis ludwigii est un oiseau nomade qui vit dans les zones arbustives semi-arides d’Afrique australe et qui semble suivre les cycles saisonniers de la pluie. Elle est menacée par les collisions avec les lignes électriques, mais les efforts de conservation sont entravés par une compréhension limitée de son écologie de déplacement. Nous avons analysé les données de suivi GPS de six Outardes de Ludwig sur une période allant jusqu’à 12,7 ans, la plus longue pour un oiseau nomade, afin d’évaluer l’utilisation de l’espace par chaque individu, l’intensité de ses déplacements (distance, durée et fréquence) et leur régularité (moment et direction). Les schémas de déplacement et les domaines vitaux variaient considérablement d’un individu à l’autre et d’une année à l’autre, indépendamment de la durée du suivi. Deux outardes étaient des migratrices saisonnières partielles, tandis que quatre étaient nomades. La taille des domaines vitaux s’étendait de 4 600 à 158 200 km2. La plupart des domaines vitaux des individus comprenaient plus d’une zone centrale, reliées par des déplacements erratiques, et s’étendaient pendant la saison sèche. Nous avons enregistré 49 déplacements sur de longues distances (>137 km) et 212 déplacements sur de courtes distances (6–130 km). Cinq des six outardes ont effectué des déplacements sur de longues distances, le plus long étant de 642 km en huit jours. Les déplacements sur de longues distances étaient généralement vers l’ouest en hiver et vers l’est en été, suivant les régimes pluviométriques à grande échelle, tandis que le moment et la direction des déplacements sur de courtes distances étaient irréguliers et variables. Les individus ont passé 0 à 3,5% de leur temps dans des zones protégées. Notre étude apporte de nouvelles informations sur l’écologie des déplacements des Outardes de Ludwig, qui présentent à la fois un comportement nomade et une migration partielle facultative. Ces stratégies flexibles reflètent une adaptation à un environnement semi-aride imprévisible. En révélant des patrons de déplacement jusqu’alors inconnus, notre suivi à long terme apporte une nouvelle compréhension du comportement nomade et contribue à la conservation de cette espèce menacée
Children’s belief in Santa Claus and Moral behavior: A two-wave longitudinal study of children’s prosocial behavior during Christmas
Get PDFChildren are told that Santa Claus is a real agent who can observe them, judge them, and reward them. Famously, He's making a list, he's checking it twice; He's going to find out who's naughty or nice. Our goal was to determine which factors, if any, influence whether belief in Santa or other traditions associated with the Christmas Festival influence a child’s moral behavior. We conducted a pilot in 2019, then replicated and extended our findings in 2021 and 2022. Overall, we collected analyzable data from 440 UK-based parents who reported on their child’s (ages 4 to 9) behavior at two timepoints: During mid/late November, and the week preceding Christmas Day (December 25). We constructed and refined a tool for parental report of everyday behaviors of children that broadly covers positive/prosocial behavior and negative/antisocial behaviors. We find that a child’s belief alone is insufficient to predict positive behaviors, but that the presence and intensity of Christmas rituals influence positive behavior, and specifically influence unprompted behaviors. Further, a parent’s intention to model Christmas relevant behaviors indirectly affects the child’s behavior. Other potential predictors of behavioral improvements were ruled out, including parents’ mood, whether parents’ explicitly reminded their children of Santa, the amount of free-time and family-time a child had during the Christmas period, and various aspects of religiosity (though our sample was highly secular). We report, for the first time, that a child’s behavior actually improves as Christmas Day approaches, and though the effect is small, it is primarily attributable to participation and exposure to Christmas rituals. These results have practical and theoretical implications for the evolution of moralizing religions in our species
Where do we want the glaciological community to be in 2073? Equality, diversity and inclusion challenges and visions from the 2023 Karthaus Summer School
Get PDFFounders’ political ties and new venture performance: the enabling role of absorptive capacity
Get PDFDespite a growing body of research on political ties and firm performance, our understanding of the mechanisms through which founders’ political ties affect new venture performance (NVP) in developing markets remains limited. Drawing on resource dependency theory, we examine the mediating role of absorptive capacity (ACAP) in the relationship between founders’ political ties and NVP, and how environmental dynamism moderates this pathway. Using unique survey data from 309 Egyptian new ventures, we find that ACAP mediates the relationship between founders’ political ties and NVP. Moreover, the relationships between founders’ political ties and ACAP are strengthened under higher levels of environmental dynamism. These findings have important implications for research on political ties and entrepreneurship, providing valuable insights into the roles of ACAP and environmental dynamism in the context of new ventures
Systemic Violence, Social Harms and Necropolitics: The Interaction of Prison and Life 'On Road' for Women Engaged in Sexual Commerce in East London
Get PDFThis study draws on theories of systemic violence (Ruggiero 2020; Žižek 2008), social harms (Canning and Tombs 2021; Hall et al. 2020; Pemberton 2016) and Mbembe’s (2019; 2003) necropolitics to highlight social harms experienced by women ‘on road’. Data originally generated for a consultation funded by Doctors of the World UK (Henceforth DOTW UK) to examine the self-perceptions of health needs by women engaged in street level sex work was reanalysed to tease out a panoramic view of the social harms and systemic violence experienced by the women interviewed. The reanalysis highlighted how the early life systemic violence experienced by many of the women interviewed exacerbated acute marginalization, resulting in spiralling levels of systemic and personal violence, stigma and social harm
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