cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20039738.v1
title: Jumping the Fence Dot Com: Public Opinion on Commodification of Adultery

description: Recently, organizations arrived in Brazil to convert adultery into a product. Their actions have been promoted through controversial marketing activities and extensive media coverage. It has had resonance among public opinion, revealing different positions around the issue. Assuming that the truth is established over contingent and historical conditions and that practices reproduce accepted truths from an established discourse, we question how the commoditization of adultery discourse is based on amid public opinion discursive practices. To look at this issue, we adopt a macro-marketing critical approach, attached to Michel Foucault's social theory. In line with this choice, the analytical procedure adopted is the Foucauldian archeological method. The commoditized adultery discourse analysis evidenced stylistics of adultery that posits morally. At the end, musings about social implications are discussed.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20039740
title: The Effectiveness of the Strategists of Corporate Social Responsibility

description: The importance of the individual in the construction, maintenance, and change of institutions characterizes Social Practice Theory. The purpose of this study is to analyze the profile and involvement of strategists in social responsibility. This begins with the identification of the role, agency, experience, and characteristics of the practitioners who operate in the environmental certification of Brazilian companies. The discussion of the results is based on the concepts of corporate social responsibility and the theory of Strategy as Practice. The study was conducted in two phases. In the first stage, consisting of a qualitative and exploratory nature, a case study was implemented at the Suzano Paper and Cellulose Company. In the second stage, a quantitative survey of 23 companies was conducted. These companies account for 41% of the population of certified companies. This study contributes to the field by highlighting the different dimensions of the profile of practitioners and their relationship with collective practices and their involvement in the certification process.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20039740.v1
title: The Effectiveness of the Strategists of Corporate Social Responsibility

description: The importance of the individual in the construction, maintenance, and change of institutions characterizes Social Practice Theory. The purpose of this study is to analyze the profile and involvement of strategists in social responsibility. This begins with the identification of the role, agency, experience, and characteristics of the practitioners who operate in the environmental certification of Brazilian companies. The discussion of the results is based on the concepts of corporate social responsibility and the theory of Strategy as Practice. The study was conducted in two phases. In the first stage, consisting of a qualitative and exploratory nature, a case study was implemented at the Suzano Paper and Cellulose Company. In the second stage, a quantitative survey of 23 companies was conducted. These companies account for 41% of the population of certified companies. This study contributes to the field by highlighting the different dimensions of the profile of practitioners and their relationship with collective practices and their involvement in the certification process.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20039743
title: Do Internal Discourses Hold without Management Accounting Support? A Case Study on the Auto Parts Industry

description: This study examines the relationship among diverse organizational discourses by studying the impact of management information systems on such discourses. Based on the relevant gap in the literature that could be minimized or eliminated, this research raises the discussion about “objective” information originating from management information systems, which either strengthens or weakens discourses. A case study was developed regarding a young auto parts industrial organization, and three levels of organizational discourse were analyzed through action research: 1) partners’ beliefs; 2) entrepreneurship; and 3) real financial results. The findings indicate that the lack of managerial information raises diverse alternative discourses, which do not substitute for information on financial results. Eventually, the credibility of whoever practices the discourse without the corresponding information on management accounting reports is weakened.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20039743.v1
title: Do Internal Discourses Hold without Management Accounting Support? A Case Study on the Auto Parts Industry

description: This study examines the relationship among diverse organizational discourses by studying the impact of management information systems on such discourses. Based on the relevant gap in the literature that could be minimized or eliminated, this research raises the discussion about “objective” information originating from management information systems, which either strengthens or weakens discourses. A case study was developed regarding a young auto parts industrial organization, and three levels of organizational discourse were analyzed through action research: 1) partners’ beliefs; 2) entrepreneurship; and 3) real financial results. The findings indicate that the lack of managerial information raises diverse alternative discourses, which do not substitute for information on financial results. Eventually, the credibility of whoever practices the discourse without the corresponding information on management accounting reports is weakened.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20039747
title: A Weberian Perspective on Family Firms’ Corporate Governance: a Study of Multigeneration Firms

description: The purpose of this study is to enrich the study of corporate governance in Brazilian family firms by including Max Weber’s typology of legitimate authority as a source of analytical insight. We emphasize governance in family firms because of the perception that they are more likely to mix different authority types into their governance, particularly as they age. The major implication of this theoretical study is that rational-legal analysis, inherent in economic thought, needs to be complemented by an understanding of the dynamics regarding traditional and charismatic authorities, which are present (to some extent) in all organizations, but particularly in family firms. This new perspective may help the field transition from a strictly economic to a more hybrid perspective that includes sociological thought. Through this process, it can expand the capacity for comprehension, explanation, and intervention in the reality.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20039747.v1
title: A Weberian Perspective on Family Firms’ Corporate Governance: a Study of Multigeneration Firms

description: The purpose of this study is to enrich the study of corporate governance in Brazilian family firms by including Max Weber’s typology of legitimate authority as a source of analytical insight. We emphasize governance in family firms because of the perception that they are more likely to mix different authority types into their governance, particularly as they age. The major implication of this theoretical study is that rational-legal analysis, inherent in economic thought, needs to be complemented by an understanding of the dynamics regarding traditional and charismatic authorities, which are present (to some extent) in all organizations, but particularly in family firms. This new perspective may help the field transition from a strictly economic to a more hybrid perspective that includes sociological thought. Through this process, it can expand the capacity for comprehension, explanation, and intervention in the reality.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20039749.v1
title: Sustainability Management in an Organizational Context: Interrelating Sensemaking, Narratives, and Strategic Decision-making

description: Historically, it makes sense for organizations, particularly those surrounded by extremist approaches to sustainability, to prioritize evolutionary and instrumental decision logics. These logics reinforce immediate financial gains from investments on social and environmental spheres. However, this attitude is insufficient for meeting relational and spacetime requirements that are inherent in the strategic and systematic management of sustainability pillars (economic, environmental, and social). To cope with this challenge, customized and interrelated decisions are required to consider individuals and different time scales. Based on the contributions of the sensemaking and narrative approaches, this study sheds light on the alternative senses of the decision-making process and presents them in different frameworks.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20039749
title: Sustainability Management in an Organizational Context: Interrelating Sensemaking, Narratives, and Strategic Decision-making

description: Historically, it makes sense for organizations, particularly those surrounded by extremist approaches to sustainability, to prioritize evolutionary and instrumental decision logics. These logics reinforce immediate financial gains from investments on social and environmental spheres. However, this attitude is insufficient for meeting relational and spacetime requirements that are inherent in the strategic and systematic management of sustainability pillars (economic, environmental, and social). To cope with this challenge, customized and interrelated decisions are required to consider individuals and different time scales. Based on the contributions of the sensemaking and narrative approaches, this study sheds light on the alternative senses of the decision-making process and presents them in different frameworks.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20039755
title: Conditioning Factors of Entrepreneurship: Social Network or Social Class?

description: Underpinning modern economic sociology theory, the concept ofimersão, as conceived by Granovetter, has been holding against a barrage of criticism. Barber, for example, questions the primacy conferred by Granovetter on the market economy as well as his assigned importance to social structures based on interpersonal relations. According to Barber, two relevant types of economic interactions (besides the market, as previously described by Polanyi) coexist: reciprocity and redistribution. All such interactions are embedded in different types of social structures, in analogy with systems of social stratification. Therefore, this study evaluates the explanatory power of these two alternative conceptions, insofar as they focus on the way entrepreneurs pursue their businesses. For such an endeavor, it relies upon data obtained from a survey of 100 entrepreneurs. The findings indicate an important association between interpersonal relations and the remaining variables. However, Barber’s contributions are not to be dismissed altogether. Moreover, the overall results shed light on aspects hereunto unexplored vis-à-vis the complex processes of market construction.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20039755.v1
title: Conditioning Factors of Entrepreneurship: Social Network or Social Class?

description: Underpinning modern economic sociology theory, the concept ofimersão, as conceived by Granovetter, has been holding against a barrage of criticism. Barber, for example, questions the primacy conferred by Granovetter on the market economy as well as his assigned importance to social structures based on interpersonal relations. According to Barber, two relevant types of economic interactions (besides the market, as previously described by Polanyi) coexist: reciprocity and redistribution. All such interactions are embedded in different types of social structures, in analogy with systems of social stratification. Therefore, this study evaluates the explanatory power of these two alternative conceptions, insofar as they focus on the way entrepreneurs pursue their businesses. For such an endeavor, it relies upon data obtained from a survey of 100 entrepreneurs. The findings indicate an important association between interpersonal relations and the remaining variables. However, Barber’s contributions are not to be dismissed altogether. Moreover, the overall results shed light on aspects hereunto unexplored vis-à-vis the complex processes of market construction.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20039756
title: Meeting Robert Cooper: the Beginnings and the Future of the Processual Approach in Organization Studies

description: The objective of this study is to examine the theoretical contribution of Robert Cooper’s work for organization studies. Cooper was one of the first authors to propose and develop a processual approach to the analysis of the organizational phenomenon. To accomplish this, the paper will discuss the main ideas present in Cooper’s works. His main works to be analyzed here include: The open field, Organization/disorganization, andFormal organization as representation. We will also analyze Cooper’s works dedicated to situate the body in the analysis of organizations, as well as those which elaborated the idea that Chia (1998a) called the ‘logic of the other’. We will also argue that this idea permeated all his writings. Finally, we will discuss what constitutes a theoretical contribution and what was the theoretical contribution of the writings of Cooper here analyzed for the study of organizations. We will also highlight some final considerations regarding how Cooper has been read in Brazil and how this theoretical encounter with this author may raise new possibilities for research in the Brazilian organization studies.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20039756.v1
title: Meeting Robert Cooper: the Beginnings and the Future of the Processual Approach in Organization Studies

description: The objective of this study is to examine the theoretical contribution of Robert Cooper’s work for organization studies. Cooper was one of the first authors to propose and develop a processual approach to the analysis of the organizational phenomenon. To accomplish this, the paper will discuss the main ideas present in Cooper’s works. His main works to be analyzed here include: The open field, Organization/disorganization, andFormal organization as representation. We will also analyze Cooper’s works dedicated to situate the body in the analysis of organizations, as well as those which elaborated the idea that Chia (1998a) called the ‘logic of the other’. We will also argue that this idea permeated all his writings. Finally, we will discuss what constitutes a theoretical contribution and what was the theoretical contribution of the writings of Cooper here analyzed for the study of organizations. We will also highlight some final considerations regarding how Cooper has been read in Brazil and how this theoretical encounter with this author may raise new possibilities for research in the Brazilian organization studies.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20039759
title: Different Organizational Attachments: Exploring Ideas, Organizational Factors Antecedents and Management Practices

description: The purpose of this study is to analyze the conceptions regarding three organizational attachments (entrenchment, consent, and commitment) and highlight the forms of management as well as the human resource practices/policies related to these attachments. It also explores the organizational background factors that may be associated with the development of these various constructs. A series of semi-structured interviews was conducted with 20 managers from three organizations (two public and one service), and the data were analyzed through content analysis. The results show that managers have different conceptions about the three attachments, background factors, and management practices. Based on the example of how an organization offers conditions that stimulate the permanence of its workers, it was found that, for the constructs of entrenchment and consent, it is important to have a human resource policy that offers benefits. Regarding the construct of commitment, it is vital that an organization offers conditions for growth and develops managerial actions related to training, incentives, and awards.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20039771.v1
title: Practice-Based Studies: methodological possibilities for research on organization studies

description: Abstract In this paper we discuss a methodological proposal for practice-based studies (PBS), aiming to expand the theoretical and empirical possibilities in the field of organization studies. Based on Schatzki's concept of practice, we discuss its phenomenological basis, as well as the possibility of integrating the various dimensions of practice expressed in the diversity of approaches identified in the review of six special issues of European journals on the subject. As a method, we propose a phenomenology-based immersion, and ethnography as a research strategy, that allows for the expansion of the researcher's involvement in the practice being studied. We also offer for consideration the adoption of research techniques that enhance the ability to describe, represent and understand this practice, especially in studies of social phenomena such as power, agency, organizational learning, among others.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20039771
title: Practice-Based Studies: methodological possibilities for research on organization studies

description: Abstract In this paper we discuss a methodological proposal for practice-based studies (PBS), aiming to expand the theoretical and empirical possibilities in the field of organization studies. Based on Schatzki's concept of practice, we discuss its phenomenological basis, as well as the possibility of integrating the various dimensions of practice expressed in the diversity of approaches identified in the review of six special issues of European journals on the subject. As a method, we propose a phenomenology-based immersion, and ethnography as a research strategy, that allows for the expansion of the researcher's involvement in the practice being studied. We also offer for consideration the adoption of research techniques that enhance the ability to describe, represent and understand this practice, especially in studies of social phenomena such as power, agency, organizational learning, among others.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20039773
title: Conceptual anachronism and social construction of knowledge in organization studies: an analysis based on conceptual history

description: Abstract With this study, we propose the use of Koselleck's Conceptual History theoretical and methodological assumptions as a basis for critical analysis of conceptual anachronism in the Social Sciences and Organization Studies. Illustratively, we describe an example of how scholars may incur in error by neglecting semantic changes related to a particular concept and, thereby, generate a kind of anachronism as an effect of the use of polysemic and historically determined concepts to define contemporary phenomena and contexts. Therefore, the original meanings assigned by Frederick Taylor to the concept of 'organization' were gathered using onomasiologic and semasiologic analysis. Then, they were compared to the interpretations of functionalist sociologists in the 1960s. We hope, through the discussion presented, to prevent further distortions caused by anachronism in the interpretation of scientific concepts, particularly in the fields of Social Sciences and Organization Studies.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20039773.v1
title: Conceptual anachronism and social construction of knowledge in organization studies: an analysis based on conceptual history

description: Abstract With this study, we propose the use of Koselleck's Conceptual History theoretical and methodological assumptions as a basis for critical analysis of conceptual anachronism in the Social Sciences and Organization Studies. Illustratively, we describe an example of how scholars may incur in error by neglecting semantic changes related to a particular concept and, thereby, generate a kind of anachronism as an effect of the use of polysemic and historically determined concepts to define contemporary phenomena and contexts. Therefore, the original meanings assigned by Frederick Taylor to the concept of 'organization' were gathered using onomasiologic and semasiologic analysis. Then, they were compared to the interpretations of functionalist sociologists in the 1960s. We hope, through the discussion presented, to prevent further distortions caused by anachronism in the interpretation of scientific concepts, particularly in the fields of Social Sciences and Organization Studies.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20039774
title: Group learning climate and behaviors

description: Abstract There is increased recognition by the organizations of the need to restructure work around teams, thus providing opportunities for members to learn from colleagues through dialogue and discussion. In this study, our purpose was to define and to operationalize the group learning climate (GLC) as a predictor of the group learning behavior. We defined and operationalized GLC as a second order latent variable with seven dimensions, in order to obtain content validity, both convergent and discriminant. We tested this hypothesis with a sample of 217 workers who work as a team in an organization that develops software and provides training courses in software use. The structural equation modeling showed that the GLC has a strong correlation with the group learning behavior. Thus, the promotion of the GLC requires that the team realize that they have: management support; enough time to do the work and learn; control over organizational events; the possibility to initiate action and make decisions; opportunities to learn from experts; easy access to information and written guidelines, and a general feeling of satisfaction with the workplace.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20039774.v1
title: Group learning climate and behaviors

description: Abstract There is increased recognition by the organizations of the need to restructure work around teams, thus providing opportunities for members to learn from colleagues through dialogue and discussion. In this study, our purpose was to define and to operationalize the group learning climate (GLC) as a predictor of the group learning behavior. We defined and operationalized GLC as a second order latent variable with seven dimensions, in order to obtain content validity, both convergent and discriminant. We tested this hypothesis with a sample of 217 workers who work as a team in an organization that develops software and provides training courses in software use. The structural equation modeling showed that the GLC has a strong correlation with the group learning behavior. Thus, the promotion of the GLC requires that the team realize that they have: management support; enough time to do the work and learn; control over organizational events; the possibility to initiate action and make decisions; opportunities to learn from experts; easy access to information and written guidelines, and a general feeling of satisfaction with the workplace.