Way Of Management Research Articles

Disease Management in Regenerative Cropping in the Context of Climate Change and Regulatory Restrictions.

Regenerative agriculture as a term and concept has gained much traction over recent years. Many farmers are convinced that by adopting these principles they will be able to address the triple crisis of biodiversity loss, climate change, and food security. However, the impact of regenerative agriculture practices on crop pathogens and their management has received little attention from the scientific community. Significant changes to cropping systems may result in certain diseases presenting more or less of a threat. Shifts in major diseases may have significant implications regarding optimal integrated pest management (IPM) strategies that aim to improve profitability and productivity in an environmentally sensitive manner. In particular, many aspects of regenerative agriculture change risk levels and risk management in ways that are central to effective IPM. This review outlines some of the challenges, gaps, and opportunities in our understanding of appropriate approaches for managing crop diseases in regenerative cropping systems.

The Development of Modeling Shared Spaces to Support Sustainable Transport Systems: Introduction to the Integrated Pedestrian–Vehicle Model (IPVM)

The significance of developing shared road infrastructure in cities throughout the world is growing. Driven by the need to improve traffic management in ways that enhance multiple sustainability outcomes, developing the tools needed to test shared space proposals is becoming more sought after by responsible agencies. This paper reviews approaches to simulation modeling focused on representing and assessing shared spaces, culminating in a new approach presented here called the Integrated Pedestrian–Vehicle Model (IPVM)—a novel framework that combines social force models, car-following models and other algorithms from the robotics domain to better describe both mobility and activity within a shared space. The IPVM recognizes that while shared spaces are inherently multimodal, past efforts have tended to use pedestrian models as a starting point. Most consider the interaction of pedestrians with other pedestrians and static road infrastructure. Shared space models are generally microscopic models that integrate a social force model with a variety of car-following models to describe the interaction between vehicles and pedestrians. However, there is little research and few practical methodologies that address the long-range conflict avoidance between vehicles and pedestrians. This aspect is crucial for accurately representing the desire lines and pathways of pedestrians and active transport users in complex environments like shared spaces. The IPVM describes and visualizes shared road infrastructure with an absence of separating infrastructure between users and outputs. It generates metrics that can be used in conjunction with the latest evaluation approaches to gauge the sustainability credentials of shared space road proposals. Enhanced modeling of shared space solutions can lead to more effective implementation, which can potentially reduce the presence of cars, increase public and active transport use and lead to a more sustainable transport system.

Holistic cold-start management in serverless computing cloud with deep learning for time series

Serverless computing is the most innovative and affordable cloud service model that improves three strategic business objectives: flexibility, efficiency, and innovation. Compared to monolithic applications, serverless computing applications scale better as the applications are further broken down into small building blocks of functions. Resources are assigned per function and can scale up as function requests increase. Hence, serverless computing has been increasingly employed in high-impact areas such as banking and health care. An issue affecting serverless computing’s performance is cold-start — the delays in assigning resources for function execution. Such delays can violate the Service Level Agreements especially those of time-sensitive applications. Current cold-start management policies operate in silos with narrow focuses on function, application, runtime, or infrastructure levels. Such policies do not incorporate higher-level requirements like those in the Service Level Agreements. Additionally, operating in silos does not follow the principle of continuous feedback loops among management policies at different system levels, which is essential for AI-driven self-adaptive future computing systems. Therefore, this paper proposes a novel 2-prong cold-start management policy that allows feedback loops with other higher management policies and orchestrates lower-level cold-start optimization policies. The main policy driver is the temporal convolutional network (TCN) model that can predict function instance arrivals from 5 to 15 min into the future. Evaluation strategies were proposed for both the TCN model and the management policy. Evaluation results show that the TCN model performs reliably across two trace datasets from leading serverless computing providers. Notably, the proposed cold-start policy evaluation plan allows organizations to realistically evaluate their cold-start management in ways that have never been done before.

‘Your CV looks amazing but I am sorry, you didn’t get the job’: analysing experiences of global majority physiotherapists aspiring to and working at consultant level practice in the UK

IntroductionEffective leadership shapes organisational culture to deliver world class healthcare. Racially minoritised individuals rarely access opportunities leading to leadership positions. This paper expands on themes from qualitative research which explored...

Residential land owner type mediates the connections among vacancy, overgrown vegetation, and equity

Attributes of property parcel owners are hypothesized to impact land management outcomes, because different types of owners are likely to have different capacities and motivations for land stewardship. We used emerging data resources to examine how owner type relates to the prevalence of overgrown vegetation in Toledo, Ohio, and Trenton, New Jersey, USA. Overgrown vegetation was characterized at the property parcel scale using data from comprehensive parcel surveys in each city, and owner attributes were categorized using local property tax databases. We categorized owners into types (e.g., individuals, investors, nonprofits), classified owners as local or non-local, and determined whether or not parcels were owner-occupied. Then we tested for differences in rates of overgrown vegetation across owner types using inferential statistics including chi-squared tests and autologistic regression. Individual owners had lower rates of overgrown vegetation than other owner types. Neighborhood context was also important, as overgrown lawns were more prevalent in high-vacancy areas. Among parcels owned by individuals, overgrown vegetation was less prevalent when the owner resided locally, and when the property was owner-occupied. This study advances our understanding of social-ecological outcomes in US shrinking cities by exploring how land ownership is related to vegetation management in ways that can dictate whether vegetation is serving as an amenity to the community. These findings may help promote desirable social-ecological outcomes and lead to more equitable futures in high-vacancy neighborhoods. Specifically, our results point to more equitable vegetation outcomes when parcels are owned by individuals, and particularly owners who reside on-site or locally.

The dynamics of coordination patterns in multiteam systems response to emergency: Case study from a pharmaceutical enterprise.

Effective coordination of multiteam systems (MTSs) can help enterprises respond quickly to complex and uncertain problems under disasters. However, it is unclear how MTS coordination patterns dynamically affect MTS performance in disasters. This study examined how MTSs responded to an emergency production incident at the Zhejiang Huisong Pharmaceutical Company in China during the COVID-19 pandemic through a qualitative and quantitative study. Based on social network theory, we found that a centralized coordination pattern impacts MTS performance by giving play to the leadership team's network centrality position advantage during the crisis outbreak period. In the post-crisis period, the decentralized coordination pattern impacts MTS performance by giving play to the advantages of horizontal coordination. Our results help managers to consider the dynamics of coordination patterns in crisis management in ways that assist them in adapting an effective coordination pattern to changing and uncertain operational conditions.

СИСТЕМИ ЕКОНОМІЧНОГО УПРАВЛІННЯ ІННОВАЦІЙНОГО РОЗВИТКУ ПІДПРИЄМСТВА

The article is devoted to the theoretical and methodological foundations of the application of the basic systems of economic management of the enterprise in the management of innovative development. The relevance of the problem lies in the fact that a modern enterprise on the way to success must take a number of circumstances into account, first of all, it must be based on the introduction of innovations, and economic management of the enterprise should be the the basis of management. The main focus of the article is on the analysis of three systems of economic management of the enterprise – the CVP system, the system of balanced indicators and the controlling system. The author identified the main problems solved by each of the systems regarding the innovative development of enterprises, the advantages and disadvantages of their use in the management of scientific research and innovation activities of the enterprise. It was determined that the CVP system enables the construction of a model of planned income from innovative activities and partially solves the biggest problem of innovative development of the enterprise – taking into account innovative risks; the system of balanced indicators coordinates the operational and strategic management of innovative development by building a complex of interrelated specific indicators of their achievement, helps to determine indicators of intangible asset evaluation; the controlling system involves the creation of a new concept of management, which is based on the management's way of thinking, focused on effective economic management and on the basis of the formation and use of information support for analysis, planning, and evaluation of innovative development. In fact, each of the three analyzed systems solves separate problems of improving the management of research and innovation and reflects the need to change the concept of management by innovative development of a modern enterprise. The conducted analysis of the peculiarities of the use of each of the economic management systems in relation to the innovative development of the enterprise will enable the optimization of managerial decision-making in the process of forming and implementing strategic and operational plans of the enterprise.

Understanding the Roles of Romantic Partners and Parents in the Management of Type 1 Diabetes in Emerging Adults.

During the emerging adulthood of people with type 1 diabetes, long-term romantic partners may be involved in diabetes management in ways that supplant parental involvement. We examined the perspectives of involvement in diabetes management of the parents and romantic partners of 29 emerging adults with type 1 diabetes, using qualitative interviews and an online survey. When the individuals with diabetes were in long-term romantic relationships, their partners were heavily involved in managing diabetes and providing support; however, when the individuals with diabetes were in short-term relationships or not in a relationship, their parents were described as having the biggest positive impact on their diabetes management. Emerging adults described the involvement of their parents and romantic partners in both positive and negative ways. Romantic relationship status is an important but understudied variable in understanding social involvement and its effects on type 1 diabetes management during emerging adulthood.

“Seeing to be seen”: The manager’s political economy of visibility in new ways of working

Recent changes in the world of work have modified the conditions of the exercise of management in ways that challenge managers’ traditional authority and identity, both symbolically and physically. In this context, we analyse the “visibilizing process” of managers, through which they attempt to make themselves more visible, in ways that reaffirm their authority and restore their identity as managers. To that end, we develop a Foucauldian framework on power and visibility, which sheds light on the “political economy of visibility” of the manager. We apply this framework to a case study that encouraged a re-spatialization of remote work in coworking spaces. The findings show how the manager in our case study staged his own visibility, by enhancing managerial control, to manage his invisibility and shape his intertwined identities. Through the visibilizing process, the manager legitimated his role, materialized his function, and restored his authority.

Te Hā o Te Reo

Drawn from a talk presented at the 2019 Viva Lingua Viva indigenous languages event in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, this article presents the findings of a qualitative case study focused on a 10-week Māori language programme, Te Hā o te Reo (“the essence of the language”) offered to staff at a New Zealand university. The article reports on the pedagogical practices employed in the course through a discussion of qualitative interview data collected for a wider study on the experiences of non-Māori students of Te Reo Māori as a second language. The analysis presents insights from a sample of adult student participants and by the courses’ chief designer and teacher. A focussed consideration of four key classroom practices suggests a teaching approach based on three Māori culture-specific pedagogical principles (Whanaungatanga—relationship-based learning; Koakoa—joy, humour; Kaupapa Māori—Māori principles and worldview), which are found to shape both course content and classroom management in ways that are well aligned with student’s needs and expectations.

Adolescent girls' migration and its impact on early marriage: Qualitative findings in Mali.

Adolescent girls in West Africa are migrating in search of educational and livelihood opportunities. In Mali, early marriage (before the legal age of 16) is a common practice. This paper builds on prior research on female migration that focused on the direct influences of migration on marriage and explores the wider social impact of rising female migration in sending communities by examining direct and indirect effects and intended and unintended consequences. This study examines perceptions about migration among girls and their parents including how it influences marital timing, marriage preparations, marriage practices, and marital relations. Qualitative data were collected from 140 adolescent girls and 115 parents of adolescent girls in rural areas in focus group discussions (FGDs) (n = 31) and in-depth interviews (IDIs) (n = 41) to inform how girls’ migration patterns might influence program recruitment strategies and content for an intervention aimed at addressing early marriage in Mali. Our findings concur with earlier studies that migration has direct effects on marriage because it allows girls to both avoid early marriage and prepare for marriage through the assembly of goods and wares to bring to their conjugal homes. Despite some of the perceived risks of migration on marriage, the indirect effects of migration include allowing girls to see different types of marriage practices and marital relationships between husbands and wives and potentially allowing migrant girls to exert more influence over the marital process compared to non-migrants. However, migration can expose girls to new ideas and alternatives that may be incongruent with cultural expectations for them once they return to their communities. This study suggests that migration is seen as an inevitable part of life for many adolescent girls in Mali. Girls who migrate may return to their villages with not only items or income that provide direct benefits to a marriage, but also viewpoints on the expectations for women and girls in their communities that indirectly influence marital relationships. Although this can be challenging for individual returned girls in terms of reintegration, these new expectations may, over time, lead to social changes that influence migrants and non-migrants. Program strategies and approaches must consider the possibility of migration as an important aspect of every adolescent girl’s opportunity structure. The qualitative data suggests that certain skills are critical for adolescent girls. Programs should emphasize the acquisition of relevant skills such as communication, risk assessment, negotiation and money management in ways that are relevant for migrants and non-migrants.

Local Trichoderma strains as a control strategy of complex black root rot disease of strawberry in Egypt

BackgroundEconomics and human safety to avoid health risks caused by fungicides are materializing new era of biological pest control. Trichoderma species ranked high among other agents to control complex black root rot disease of strawberry caused by Fusarium solani, Rhizoctonia solani, and Pythium sp. Our study aimed to document the efficacy of local strains representing T. harzianum, T. viride, T. virinis, and T. koningii against such a disease.Materials/methodsThese strains were cultured separately on potato dextrose broth medium to test their inhibitory effect against strawberry black root rot in vitro and in vivo. Strawberry growth and yield were also assessed relative to the untreated check and the fungicide Actamyl. Activity of peroxidase and chitinase were measured in plant leaves using spectrophotometer.ResultsEach of the antagonistic fungal strains significantly reduced growth area of all pathogenic fungi collectively causing the disease. Trichoderma harzianum, T. viride, and T. koningii reduced the growth area more than 90.6% for all tested pathogenic fungi. Each species significantly reduced disease incidence and severity under field conditions. The highest reduction in the disease incidence and severity, 83.3 and 88.5% respectively, was attained by mixture of the four species. This mixture increased the strawberry fresh and dry weight by 83.3 and 176.9%, respectively, and the yield by 117.1%. All Trichoderma species tested significantly increased the activity of two plant defense-related enzymes of strawberry plants against the pathogens. Their mixture attained the highest increase of peroxidase and chitinase activity by 150 and 160.9%, respectively.ConclusionsWhile the fungal mixture could considerably increase the strawberry fresh and dry weight as well as the yield, it suppressed the incidence and severity of the disease. So, integrated pest management in ways that make these biocontrol agents complementary or superior to chemical fungicides should further be examined against this disease.

Net value of farmland ecosystem services in China

AbstractFarmland ecosystems are one of the most important landscapes in the world and provide many important ecosystem services for humans. However, most methods of calculating the value of ecosystem services (VES) for these ecosystems have neglected the costs of providing these services or have only considered direct costs. As a result, they have led to the adoption of uneconomical or suboptimal land use and environmental conservation strategies. Because it is increasingly necessary to identify approaches that will produce net benefits both for humans and for the environment that supports us, it is necessary to accurately account for these costs. In this paper, we propose a method for assessing the net value of ecosystem services (NES) for farmland ecosystems, which accounts for both direct and indirect costs, and apply this approach to agriculture in China to provide an improved basis for farmland management. We found that the NES of Chinese farmland decreased from 4.2 × 1012 RMB in 1952 to 3.7 × 1012 RMB in 2014 (1RMB=0.1628USD), in part due to reductions in the area of agricultural land. In addition, the NES in 2014 equaled only 47.4% of the VES, and this percentage would be even lower if more costs could be quantified. Because the direct and indirect costs differ among China's regions, the magnitude of this decrease also varies regionally. To protect China's food security and ecological health, the government will need to adjust farmland management in ways that account for these regional differences to ensure that both humans and our environment benefit.

Monitoring landscape-scale environmental changes with citizen scientists: Twenty years of land use change in Great Britain

Citizen science is increasingly recognised as one of the most cost-effective means of achieving large-scale and long-term biodiversity monitoring. Here we assess the potential for citizen scientists to contribute to the long-term monitoring of land cover, land use and habitat change through ongoing field data collection.Land cover monitoring is most commonly carried out via remote sensing or professional surveys but these can be costly, low detail or spatiotemporally limited. We used ongoing habitat data collection by citizen scientists participating in a structured survey of breeding birds to assess whether there is the potential for citizen scientists more broadly to play a role in the long-term monitoring of habitat extent and condition. Categorical habitat data has been collected annually by over 2500 volunteers as part of the UK Breeding Bird Survey since 1994 and we used this to quantify temporal variation in the reporting of different habitats in the British countryside. Where possible we validated our estimates of habitat cover and change using independent estimates from professional surveys and other datasets.We detected increases in woodland cover, in particular mixed woodland, and declines in farmland cover, particularly livestock farming. Our habitat cover estimates closely matched alternative land cover estimates but there was little correspondence in estimates of change between survey types and we discuss why discrepancies may occur.Although the data we used were not initially designed for this purpose, our results suggest that there is considerable potential to use citizen science for cost-effective identification of temporal patterns in land use, habitat-type and management in ways that could complement other methods.

CEO Compensation Structure and the Accuracy of Management Earnings Forecasts

We investigate whether common compensation features can encourage managers to reveal more of their private information. Under the assumption that managers have private knowledge of their firms’ future earnings, we use management forecast accuracy to proxy for the extent to which managers reveal their private information and offer two main findings. First, both the amount of severance pay a manager receives and the convexity of their stock option portfolio (i.e., vega) are positively associated with that manager’s forecast accuracy. This suggests that if shareholders compensate managers in ways that reduce concerns over firm volatility, they are more forthcoming with their private information. Second, these contracting incentives are more strongly associated with forecast accuracy when short-term pressure to conceal private information is higher. Additional analyses suggest that (1) these results are unlikely explained by earnings management activity subsequent to the forecast, (2) managers with these contracting incentives issue less optimistically biased forecasts, and (3) these contracts increase forecast accuracy of both good and bad news. Overall, our results suggest compensation can encourage managers to provide more accurate disclosures, a clear benefit to capital market participants.

Working with complex natural systems sometimes calls for thinking outside the square

The two features in this issue tell of recovery of local ecosystems after thinking ‘outside the square’. The first is the case of Hinewai Reserve in New Zealand, owned and managed by the Maurice White Native Forest Trust, where the paper's author Hugh Wilson recognised that the colonising shrub Gorse (Ulex europaeus) facilitated rather than inhibited recovery by the site's prior species. The second is the case of East Trinity wetland, near Cairns Queensland, Australia where the Queensland Government has used lime-assisted tidal inundation to counter degradation severely degraded coastal acid sulphate soil created by ill-advised agriculture. In both cases, outstanding natural recovery has occurred to date and is continuing. There are many take home messages from these case studies – not only the obvious messages regarding potential to harness the resilience of local species to periods of stress and stress release but also messages regarding what is the appropriate level of intervention needed to achieve recovery. This emphasises that all restoration interventions are, in essence, methods of compensating for damage to ensure that natural recovery – the purpose and end result of all restoration – can recommence. Those lessons are obvious in projects where natural recovery is clearly the primary mechanism of reinstating biota; but they are less obvious in projects where all habitat features and biota have been depleted and timely recovery requires rebuilding habitats and reintroducing biota. In mine site restoration, for example, soils, habitat structure and biota usually need to be completely reintroduced; yet it is still rewarding to model interventions on mimicking natural conditions and processes; whether it include such things as preparations for germination and plant development (see Mayence and colleagues this issue) or importing woody debris to foster invertebrate recovery (see Lythe and colleagues). Ecological restoration and management requires us to avoid simplistic dogmas where they are not helpful. Not only does it behove us to question assumptions such as that only native plants can play a role in native recovery – but also assumptions such as that all natives necessarily behave in a manner conducive to the persistence of the broader native ecosystem. Barrett and colleagues, for example, find somewhat damaging levels of browsing by native fauna on an endangered ecological community in the Stirling Range in Western Australia and suggest potential management options. Thinking outside the square is also required to manage for unexpected threatened species in recovering mine sites (Craig and colleagues); differing fire regimes where threatened species share a habitat (Hunter); finding methods for detecting whether management is achieving appropriate conditions for target native fauna (Schultz and colleagues); and considering new funding models for ecological research (Dovers and colleagues). The paper in this issue reviewing progress with implementation of the Wunambal Gaambera People's Healthy Country Plan also signals the maturation of efforts to do things differently, adapting Conservation Action Planning to Indigenous land and sea management in ways that lead to specific conservation and culturally beneficial outcomes (see Austin and colleagues this issue). Just like in the case of Hinewai Reserve in New Zealand, Australian cases of private conservation management planning can be flexible enough to build capacity and ensure the planning and implementation is socially responsive and can be sustained over time.

Deconstructing Higgins: gender bias in the Pygmalion phenomenon

PurposeDespite considerable empirical evidence to support the existence of the Pygmalion effect, studies that focus on the role of gender within this phenomenon have produced varied results. Whereas the research has consistently demonstrated the Pygmalion effect with male leaders, less research evidence exists to support this phenomenon among female leaders. This paper aims to present a conceptual framework for understanding the potential role gender can play in the Pygmalion effect and why women may face obstacles in their efforts to serve as Pygmalion leaders. Research propositions are presented with the intent of guiding future research in this area.Design/methodology/approachFor the purpose of this theoretical paper, elements of the sociological, structural and psychological perspectives are drawn to present an understanding of the potential influence a leader’s gender has on the facilitation of the Pygmalion effect. A brief background to the Pygmalion effect is first provided followed by research related to this phenomenon. Then the underlying elements of the Pygmalion effect are revisited and attention is drawn to those factors affecting subordinate receptiveness to leader influence. Following that, these ideas are integrated with gender-based research to present the theoretical framework and research propositions.FindingsThis paper’s framework offers a fuller understanding of the role of a leader’s gender in facilitating the Pygmalion effect by identifying factors that can influence subordinate perceptions of leader efforts. Gender-based cues influence subordinate perceptions of leader expertise and power. In turn, this will influence subordinate receptiveness to leader elicited expectations and supportive behaviors.Practical implicationsThe theoretical framework of this paper suggests that under certain conditions, gender differences can impact subordinate receptiveness to leader behaviors and performance expectations. Managers need to be aware of the gendered-nature of the work context and how it can influence subordinate perceptions of leaders. Otherwise, gender-based cues can unwittingly undermine women who endeavor to elevate follower self-efficacy beliefs.Social implicationsStereotypes regarding women in managerial roles can undermine the capacity of women to effectively mentor and inspire others. These biases must be explicitly confronted and challenged. Moreover, given the global nature of the workforce it is critical to understand how national cultures can differ in their attitudes toward women in management in ways that can impede the ability of a woman to facilitate this transformative process.Originality/valueThe theoretical framework of this paper broadens the understanding of gender differences in the Pygmalion effect. This paper attempts to explain the lack of consistent findings for women who attempted to serve as Pygmalion leaders. It is asserted that rather than a leader’s gender, it is gender-based contextual cues that influence the leader’s capacity to trigger the Pygmalion effect. Thus far, no systematic effort has been made to identify the conditions under which subordinates are receptive to the influence of Pygmalion male or female leader expectations and behaviors.

The Retweet as a Function of Electronic Word-of-Mouth Marketing: A Study of Athlete Endorsement Activity on Twitter

The purpose of this study was to examine endorsement-related tweets from athletes and determine which characteristics of those tweets could increase the degree of electronic word-of-mouth marketing (eWOM) generated by the message. Previous literature has suggested that the retweet function in Twitter is a form of eWOM. Through the lens of eWOM, the concepts of vividness, interactivity, and congruence are used to understand what tweet characteristics generate the most retweets. A sample of professional-athlete endorsement and sponsored tweets (n = 669) was used and coded based on frameworks adapted from previous studies. Results indicated that the interaction between levels of high vividness and high interactivity generated the highest frequency of retweets. Reported findings could inform athletes and/or brand managers in ways to increase the eWOM of sponsored messages on Twitter.

TOWARDS DEVELOPING A SUSTAINABLE HERITAGE TOURISM AND CONSERVATION ACTION PLAN FOR IRBID’S HISTORIC CORE

Tal (mount) Irbid in Irbid city, Jordan, with its continuous human occupation from the Bronze Age until the present, demonstrates the main landmark that has guided the spread of the urban growth of the city. The outcome of studies carried out at Irbid’s historic core, in relation to assessing the loss and degradation of the core’s cultural heritage, shall be analyzed, investigated, and discussed, as also concerns, obstacles, and issues of sustainability to this urban heritage conservation and tourism planning. The paper starts by defining the urban heritage for the historic core, which tends to be set aside, in the city’s rapid development. Actually, the remaining historic buildings can also provide the necessary inter-relationships between the historic core areas and the wider urban context to achieve a sustainable and integrated tourism and conservation action plan for the three heritage neighborhoods around the Tal, while building on tourism opportunities and taking into consideration the needs and the vital role of the local community. The paper concludes that urban heritage conservation and protection of the integrity and identity of the historic core city fabric can assist in its branding, promotion, and management in ways that could enhance the local community belonging, quality of everyday lifestyle, and visitors' experience.

Towards socially just adaptive climate governance: the transformative potential of conflict

ABSTRACTConflict is an important factor in ongoing climate change debates and its role in management is under increasing scrutiny. In this paper, I present the results of an advanced discourse analysis that analyses trends in the relationship between conflict and climate change. I present two primary discourses dominate discussion: (i) climate as a security risk and (ii) climate as one of many factors affecting power relations that may lead to conflict. Both narratives implicitly or explicitly discuss climate conflict as a cause–outcome relationship, and further primarily construct conflict and climate change within normative frames. Yet, conflict has transformative potential and can be incorporated into management in ways that harness its capacity to drive innovation and lead to more robust and just adaptive governance. I argue for a shift in the discursive frame from a cause– outcome-oriented approach to a process-driven approach, one that treats conflict as an integral part of adaptive governance processes, thus being more just and equitable. Such a shift in focus can lead to positive on ground climate adaptation outcomes, in ways that respect rather than are counter-intuitive to dominant political and societal imbalances and institutional structures.