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- Hultin, Lotta, et al.
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Precarity, Hospitality, and the Becoming of a Subject That Matters : A Study of Syrian Refugees in Lebanese Tented Settlements
- 2022
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In: Organization Studies. - : SAGE Publications. - 0170-8406 .- 1741-3044. ; 43:5, s. 669-697
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- How is it possible to gain a sense that you have a voice and that your life matters when you have lost everything and live your life as a ‘displaced person’ in extreme precarity? We explore this question by examining the mundane everyday organizing practices of Syrian refugees living in tented settlements in Lebanon. Contrasting traditional empirical settings within organization studies where an already placed and mattering subject can be assumed, our context provides an opportunity to reveal how relations of recognition and mattering become constituted, and how subjects in precarious settings become enacted as such. Specifically, drawing on theories on the relational enactment of self and other, we show how material-discursive boundary-making and invitational practices – organizing a home, cooking and eating, and organizing a digital ‘home’ – function to enact relational host/guest subject positions. We also disclose how these guest/host relationalities create the conditions of possibility for the enactment of a subject that matters, and for the despair enacted in everyday precarious life to transform into ‘undefeated despair’.
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- Metzger, Jonathan, 1978-, et al.
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‘Power’ is that which remains to be explained: Dispelling the ominous dark matter of critical planning studies
- 2017
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In: Planning Theory. - London : SAGE Publications. - 1473-0952 .- 1741-3052. ; 16:2, s. 203-222
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The purpose of this article is to contribute to the development of new theoretical and methodological resources for analysing power dynamics in planning studies. Our overarching aim is to demystify the concept of ‘power’ and what it purports to be describing, making those practices grouped under this label more tangible and, hence, also more readily contestable. Investigating how the effects we label as power are produced, instead of using ‘power’ as an all-covering explanation of societal events, demands a conceptualization of power as the outcome of social processes rather than as a causal variable behind them. An empirical study of a referendum regarding a major urban development in a Swedish suburban municipality illustrates how strong assumptions regarding the dominance of, for example, pre-existing powerful actor-constellations or purely economic relations are not always very helpful, highlighting the need for more acute attentiveness to the micro-physics of power.
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- Burbano, Vanessa C., et al.
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The Gender Gap in Meaningful Work
- 2023
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In: Management science. - Stockholm : Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI). - 0025-1909 .- 1526-5501.
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- An understanding of differences in nonmonetary work conditions is fundamental for a complete characterization of individuals’ well-being at work. Thus, to fully characterize gender inequalities in the labor market, scholars have begun to explore gender differences in nonmonetary work conditions. We examine one such condition—meaningful work—using nationally representative survey data linked with worker and employer administrative data. We document a large and expanding gender gap in meaningful work, wherein women experience their jobs as more meaningful than men do. We then explore patterns underlying this difference. We find little correlation between women’s higher experience of meaningful work and either labor market decisions related to first parenthood or women’s underrepresentation in leadership jobs. Instead, the gender gap appears to be highly correlated with the sorting of more women into occupations with a high level of beneficence: the sense of having a prosocial impact. Though both women and men experience such jobs as more meaningful, women do so by a larger margin. Next, we consider the relationship between the gender difference in meaningful work and the gender wage gap, contributing to the discussion on compensating differentials in work amenities. We find that, whereas the gender gap in meaningful work closes a substantial part of the wage gap in lower paid jobs, it does little to close the gap in higher paid jobs in which the gender wage gap is largest.
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- Gustafsson, Ingrid, et al.
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Hyper-organized eco-labels – An organization studies perspective on the implications of Tripartite Standards Regimes
- 2018
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In: Food Policy. - : Elsevier BV. - 0306-9192 .- 1873-5657. ; 75, s. 124-133
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- In this article, we analyze the specific tools used to organize global food governance: standards, certification and accreditation, to develop and enhance the discussion regarding Tripartite Standards Regimes (TSR). The dynamics and implications of TSRs are discussed through an in-depth process study of the organization of a Swedish eco-label and the two TSRs of which this labeling organization has been a part of between 1985 and 2016. Using the theoretical concept hyper-organization, the article shows the development of four and five-fold organizational layers of control. Two implications of the hyper-organized TSRs are highlighted: (1) Public authorities play a much greater part in global food governance than previous research has acknowledged. The role of the state, in turn, has implications for how legitimacy and responsibility are sought. (2) In the complex organization of standards, certification and accreditation, responsibility is diffused and very hard to locate. Surprisingly, as the role of public authorities in TSRs becomes clearer and more articulate, the system grows more complex, making responsibility even harder to locate.
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- Kriström, Bengt, et al.
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The infinitely worried forest owner key biotopes and forest certification in a Faustmann model
- 2020
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In: Journal of Forest Economics. - : Now Publishers. - 1104-6899 .- 1618-1530. ; 35, s. 69-73
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- In this note, we consider a case when a forestry property may lose its market value through "political risk", illustrated here by it being classified as containing a key biotope. If a key biotope is found on a forest property in Sweden, the wood is almost impossible to sell. We show how the Faustmann formula is modified in this case and identify a "balance sheet" effect and a shortened rotation period. The theory seems to have some empirical support, given observed changes in bank lending contracts and alleged changes in forester's behavior to reduce the "political risk".
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- Laurell, Christofer, 1987-, et al.
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Assessing the interplay between crowdfunding and sustainability in social media
- 2019
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In: Technological Forecasting and Social Change. - : Elsevier BV. - 0040-1625 .- 1873-5509. ; 141, s. 117-127
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The Authors This paper aims to assess the degree to which sustainability-oriented dimensions are integrated within the public discourse on crowdfunding in social media. Utilizing Social Media Analytics (SMA), we track discussions on crowdfunding in user-generated content published in social media. Based on an empirical material of 141,754 user-generated content, we identify 308 entries (0.21 percent) explicitly or implicitly relating to sustainability and 80 percent of these 308 entries came from professional actors. In this material, 37 sustainability-oriented campaigns are identified and 26 of them (70 percent) received one entry. Taken together, this paper adds to previous literature by assessing and describing the seemingly minor role played by social media with regards to the interplay between crowdfunding and sustainability.
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- Rannikko, Heikki, et al.
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Mobilising finance and achieving early growth in new technology-based firms: a legitimacy perspective
- 2022
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In: International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research. - : Emerald Publishing. - 1355-2554 .- 1758-6534. ; 28:6, s. 1532-1555
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Purpose: This study investigates a mediational model between legitimated elements, financial resource mobilisation and subsequent early firm growth among New Technology-Based Firms (NTBFs) using conformity and control perspectives of legitimacy. Design/methodology/approach: To test the hypotheses, a longitudinal database of 303 NTBFs from Sweden, Finland and France is used. The ordinary least square regression analysis method is applied, and the proposed mediation relationships are studied by employing the four-step approach developed by Baron and Kenny (1986). Findings: This study finds that based on the conformity principle, two out of three legitimated elements (business plan and incubator relationship, but not start-up experience) have an impact on financial resource mobilisation, which in turn, is associated with early growth in NTBFs based on the control principle. Thus, financial resource mobilisation positively mediates the relationships among the two legitimated elements and early growth in NTBFs. Research limitations/implications: This study has several limitations, which also generate promising pathways for future research. Future research should study the relationship between the three legitimacy elements and financial resource mobilisation and early growth across a wider range of firms and settings. The questionnaire was also based on a single point in time and could not capture the evolving nature of the legitimacy elements and fundraising. Hence, future research can examine the multidimensionality of these processes; longitudinal qualitative studies can be a complement, allowing for a better understanding of the impact of legitimacy on NTBFs. Practical implications: The findings offer implications for managers of NTBFs because developing legitimacy is critical to NTBFs early growth and development. The findings indicate that NTBFs' founders must systematically develop business plans and that incubators help enhance legitimacy through a signalling. Social implications: It is believed that the study meaningfully contributes to the collective understanding of the role of legitimacy in driving the development of NTBFs. Given the importance of NTBFs in our economies, coupled with the lack of attention given to the role of mobilisation of external resources in explaining NTBF early growth, it is believed that the study is both timely and important. Originality/value: The findings meaningfully contribute to the collective understanding of NTBF growth. While there are studies that have examined the antecedents of growth and finance separately, this study proposes a novel mediational model that integrates both and tests it empirically.
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- Singh, Reema, et al.
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There is no place like home : home satisfaction and customer satisfaction in online grocery retailing
- 2022
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In: International Review of Retail, Distribution and Consumer Research. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0959-3969 .- 1466-4402. ; 32:4, s. 370-387
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This study acknowledges that home is a central and valenced place for most people, and therefore it is assumed that (a) the content in people’s general category for home issues can be activated easily, particularly by various home-related stimuli, and that (b) the affective charge of such content can have a valence-congruent impact on evaluations of home-related stimuli. These assumptions were the basis for two empirical studies carried out in an online grocery shopping context with respect to home delivery. Both studies indicate that home satisfaction had a positive influence on satisfaction with home delivery–and that home satisfaction had an indirect and positive influence of overall satisfaction with the retailer that provides home delivery. These findings, then, emphasize the need to ‘emplace’ the contemporary online shopper: although the shopper faces an abundance of alternatives only a mouse-click away, he or she is still emplaced in an environment when orders are placed and when goods are received. And when this environment is home, it is particularly likely to influence home-related offers.
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- Åberg, Pelle, 1977-, et al.
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Organizational Identity of Think Tank(er)s : A Growing Elite Group in Swedish Civil Society
- 2020
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In: Politics and Governance. - : Cogitatio. - 2183-2463. ; 8:3, s. 142-151
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Think tanks, defined as organizations that produce policy research for political purposes (McGann, 2007; Medvetz, 2008),are an increasingly ubiquitous type of policy actor world-wide. In Sweden, the last 20 years’ sharp increase in think tanknumbers (Åberg, Einarsson, & Reuter, 2019) has coincided with the decline of the traditional Swedish corporatist modelbased on the intimate involvement of the so-called ‘popular movements’ in policy-making (Lundberg, 2014; Micheletti,1995). Contrary to the large, mass-membership based and democratically organized movement organizations, think tanksare small, professionalized, expert-based, and seldom represent any larger membership base. Their increasingly important role as the ideological greenhouses in Swedish civil society might, therefore, be interpreted as an indication of anincreasingly elitist and professionalized character of the latter. But what is a think tank? The article explores how a sharedunderstanding of what constitutes a think tank is constructed by think-tankers themselves. In the study, interviewed thinktank executives and top-level staff reflect upon their own organizations’ missions and place in the Swedish policy system.
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