Processes In Social Systems Research Articles

Socialização organizacional no setor público: ações e percepções de novatos e experientes

Purpose – This study aims to explain how the process of organizational socialization of newcomers occurs in a public faculty.Design/methodology/approach – This qualitative and interpretativist research was conducted under an interactionist approach. We interviewed 14 newcomers and also experienced government employees from a state public faculty in São Paulo. The content of the interviews was analyzed by a categorization process.Findings – The findings show that socialization of newcomers is self-motivated, informal, non-institutionalized, influenced by the normative nature of work and insufficient support given by the group. Newcomers’ admission into the workplace does not cause serious conflicts or tensions that could lead to changes in the workplace. It is the proactive behavior of the newcomers that allows them to adapt to work and know traditions, beliefs and history of the organization.Research limitations/implications – The limitation of this study is the context of a public university’s workplace. Practical implications – This research allows the organization to get information about the triangular relationship between challenge, support and trust which could have direct effects on the newcomers’ workplace learning.Social implications – We propose that the organization creates a workplace in which the employees can feel strong bonds of solidarity and collectivism, and in which they could have concrete opportunities to realize that their work can contribute to something important, impacting, in the group and in the organization.Originality/value – This study articulates the concepts of organizational socialization, proactive behavior and self-socialization, which may provide future implications for public management in universities.

Living and Working Confined at Home: Boundaries and Platforms during the Lockdown

The ubiquity of digital platforms has progressively re-structured everyday life, as individuals are embedded within a structure of permanent connectivity and surveillance. A growing literature is exploring how digital platforms play a fundamental role in consolidating platform capitalism (Srnicek, 2017). Spreading across the production and reproduction of social life, digital platforms have come to significantly re-mediate social relationships and organizational processes. Digital platforms have colonized multiple areas of social life and remodelled social relations. These trends are likely to accelerate due to the COVID-19 emergency. The COVID-19 pandemic constitutes a serious threat to the global economy as containment measures have been imposed to limit human mobility. At the same time, a distinction between essential and non-essential productive activities has been imposed and a new division in labour composition emerged between so called remote working and place-based jobs. In the lockdown context, people experienced the hyper-dependence of sociality on private digital platforms, creating what Van Dijck et al. (2018) call a platform society. Social space, everyday life, and everyday communication have changed. The workplace and the home have converged: the boundaries between leisure time and labour time, the office and the home, have become blurred. For many people, this tendency has meant an increase of their labour time and the necessity to manage multiple social roles at the same time in one location. Indeed, during the coronavirus crisis, many different times, spaces and social roles converged in the home. This period also highlighted again the relevance of digital literacy and of the inequalities connected with the use of digital technologies. Moreover, individuals were forced to act within the affordances of platforms designed and owned by a few private companies.

Коммуникационные процессы в социальных системах сквозь призму Парадигмы сложности

This article is focused on the results of the study of social systems based on the principles of the Complexity Paradigm.Our research task is focused on the analysis of communication processes in social systems. Our objective is to study their way of functioning of the parameters which we find in “a human” type of social systems. As a theoretical and methodological foundation, we use the Complexity paradigm, and we also rely on the Complex Discourse Analysis that was obtained as a result of our previous studies. The results of this work introduce a new approach to a group of characteristics and development dynamics present in communication processes and systems.The conclusions set out in the article fix the paradigmatic transformations in the study of human communication systems, caused by the penetration of the category of Multi-complexity, which serves here as the adapter of the paradigm of the complexity, in the research space of the social sciences.

A pályakezdő katonák megszólításának és megtartásának lehetősége a szervezeti szocializáció eszközével

A biztonságpolitikai környezet folyamatos változásával a fegyveres erők szerepe is átalakul. A technológiai vívmányok új lehetőségeket teremtenek és folyamatosan változtatják a háborúról alkotott vélekedésünket. A megújuló eszközkészlet mellett azonban figyelemmel kell kísérni a társadalmi változások főbb tendenciáit és ezek biztonsági környezetünkre gyakorolt hatását is. A globalizáció eredményeképpen a felnövekvő generációk gondolkodásmódja és értékrendje más alapokra helyeződik. A szocializáció során végbemegy a személyiség változása az egyént körülvevő ingerek hatására. A folyamat kétirányú, vagyis a személyiség változása mellett az egyén is aktívan alakítja környezetét. Ennek fényében a szocializáció eszközként is értelmezhető. A fegyveres erők esetében a szervezeti szocializáció lehet a szervezetek hatékonyságának növeléséhez használt egyik kulcstényező. Több országban a fegyveres erők elöregedő, lassan változó, rugalmatlan szervezetet takarnak. A folyamatosan változó biztonsági környezet azonban nem teszi lehetővé a hosszú „válaszidőket”, a lassú, bürokratikus szervezeti utak betartását. A szervezet ütőképessé tételére a fiatal, jó adottságokkal rendelkező katonák jelenthetnek megoldást. A pályakezdő generációval azonban újabb igények és értékek jelennek meg a munkaerőpiacon, amelyek sok esetben a fegyveres erők megszokott értékeitől távolinak hatnak. A látszólag hiányzó közös metszet kialakítására használható a tudatosan felépített szervezeti szocializációs folyamat. Jelen tanulmány szerzője a szocializáció eszközként való tudatos használatának első lépéseként munka- és szervezeti szocializációs elméleteket mutat be, majd ismerteti azokat a lehetőségeket, amelyek segítségével a jövőben lehetségessé válik egy adott célcsoportra illeszthető szocializációs stratégia kialakítása.

An agenda for ontological cybernetics and social responsibility

PurposeThis paper aims to offer an integration of Vladimir Lepskiy’s third-order cybernetics and Raul Espejo’s Viplan methodology. Key ideas are mechanisms for social responsibility and a methodology to improve them through self-developing reflexive-active environments.Design/methodology/approachThe authors propose a methodology based on modern philosophy of science, which sets the foundation of ontological cybernetics, constructed by subjects with different epistemological stances. This methodology includes considerations for social values, worldview principles, multiple viewpoints and subject-oriented information and communication platforms.FindingsCurrent negative trends in socio-economic and environmental developments are associated with weaker social responsibilities of those holding power in society. To increase their social responsibility, the authors argue it is necessary for them to have more effective governance and development mechanisms. The proposed methodology ensures more effective interactions of stakeholders toward creating, regulating and implementing societal problem-solving.Research limitations/implicationsThis paper offers an initial theoretical conceptualization and illustration of social responsibility, which would benefit from further conceptual developments and practical applications.Social implicationsThe methodology helps increasing the level of social responsibility of all participants in control and development processes in social systems. The proposed approach allows ensuring the inclusion of stakeholders in societal problem solving through participatory methods and democratic approaches.Originality/valueThe conceptual and methodological ideas of this paper are based on the authors’ original research. The methodology and model of ontological cybernetics proposed in this paper are based on organizational cybernetics and modern views of philosophy of science. The methodology and model include basic ontological values and principles.

How Biased Perceptions of Inequality Reproduce Class Differences in Organizations

Concerns about rising levels of economic inequality are widespread and cut across culture, political ideology, and social class. Not surprisingly then, in recent years, management research has become increasingly interested in understanding how social class and economic inequality affect organizational processes. However, extant research has tended to focus on either (a) understanding how social class shapes thought and behavior or (b) investigating how people in general rationalize inequality. In this symposium, we bring together five papers that speak to the intersection of these topics. Specifically, we examine the cognitive mechanisms (including motivation, attributions, and framing) that both bias the evaluations of others based upon their social class and shape support for policies that either reinforce or redress inequality. In so doing, they shed light on how common organizational policies and practices may in fact amplify cognitive processes that ultimately perpetuate social class and economic inequity. Together, the papers show that, while people actively desire less economic inequality, they nevertheless support mechanisms by which inequality is reproduced. By integrating research from psychological and organizational sciences, such work can deepen our understanding of barriers to addressing inequality, while helping researchers and practitioners alike identify strategies for increasing support for policies that increase socioeconomic diversity and equity in organizations. The Vicious Cycle of Social Status: Poverty, Motivation, and Redistribution Preference Presenter: Holly Engstrom; U. of British Columbia Presenter: Kristin Laurin; U. of British Columbia Inequality Blindness: Motivated Perception of Inequality and Support for Policies in Organizations Presenter: Daniela Goya-Tocchetto; Fuqua School of Business, Duke U. Presenter: Keith Payne; U. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Benefitting from Blood-Lines: Perceptions of Inherited Privilege and its Transmission Over Time Presenter: Elinor Flynn; New York U. Presenter: L Taylor Phillips; NYU Stern The Consequences of Revealing First-Generational Status Presenter: Peter Belmi; U. of Virginia Presenter: Kelly Raz; Technion - Israel Institute of Technology Presenter: Margaret A. Neale; Stanford U. Presenter: Melissa C. Thomas-Hunt; Vanderbilt U. Adjusting Decisions about Low and High Performers Based on their (Dis)Advantages Presenter: David Mauricio Munguia Gomez; U. of Chicago Booth School of business Presenter: L Taylor Phillips; NYU Stern

La efectuación del territorio en un caso de toma de tierra en Córdoba, Argentina

In this investigation we inquire the effectuation of territories in the conflict of land in Cura Vasco, Cordoba, Argentina. The territory is effectuated at the intersection between devices of power and strategies of the subjects in struggle. From the analysis of discourse of thirteen in-depth interviews, we found that the power device that operates in this conflict is the political-administrative one, which emerges as a strategy of the subjects in conflict. The territory that is effectuated is characterized as an intervened territory, by the control of social relations and organizational processes in order to reproduce statehood and avoid social conflict.

Reflexões sobre o medo

The present work intends, very briefly, to provide some reflections on the phenomenon of fear along a historical process, from the point of view of various thinkers, from Classical Antiquity to the present day. More than an individual phenomenon, fear can be considered as a collective representation, and in its connection with religion has been an important instrument of social control. At present, the reflections of thinkers like Slavoj Zizek warn that because of the need for a process of social organization and efficient management of group life, as well as the possibility of having a wide range of power, the power of fear becomes increasingly relevant, emphasizing the so-called politics of fear. In a reality increasingly devoid of future prospects, where one seeks to avoid anything that is capable of causing suffering, fear begins to acquire a mode of consumption, devoid of old religious views.

Skilled Migrants Employed in Developed, Mature Economies: From Newcomers to Organizational Insiders

Migrants are a growing segment of the highly educated international workforce, and these skilled migrants (SMs) are critical to the growth of developed, mature economies. SMs frequently report negative workplace experiences antithetical to their integration, raising important questions about how organizations might help these host-country newcomers to transition to become organizational insiders. Our aim is to integrate a broad and multidisciplinary literature and identify opportunities where organizations and managers might intervene to enable a successful socialization process and improve SMs’ workplace experiences. We review the empirical research from 2000 to 2019 for SMs employed in developed, mature economies and focus on the SMs’ workplace experiences postorganizational entry. We employ a three-phase socialization model (anticipatory socialization, accommodation, and adaptation) as our organizing framework to identify SMs’ key challenges and outcomes, consider those challenges and outcomes through a socialization lens, and isolate the challenges and outcomes that characterize each transition point (from anticipatory socialization to accommodation and from accommodation to adaptation). We then use these distinguishing characteristics to recommend activities that organizations can implement at each transition to facilitate SMs’ socialization process. By leveraging the three-phase socialization model to align organizational activities with SMs’ workplace experiences, we extend the field’s understanding of SM socialization (in particular) and of the organizational socialization process (more generally).

Revisiting the Concept of Absorptive Capacity: The Moderating Effects of Market Sensing and Responsiveness

AbstractThis study proposes new moderators acting on well‐established antecedents of absorptive capacity. We treat separately the two dimensions of potential absorptive capacity and realized absorptive capacity. We first examine the moderating effect of market sensing on the relationship between coordination capability and potential absorptive capacity. Then, we assess the moderating effect of market responsiveness on the links between organizational systems and socialization processes and realized absorptive capacity. We draw on multilevel analysis with data from 205 managers from the banking sector in Turkey to test our hypothesized relationships. Our contribution reveals interesting insights on the contingent effects of market sensing and responsiveness for the emergence of absorptive capacity. Market sensing moderates the relationship between coordination capability and potential absorptive capacity, while market responsiveness moderates the relationships between organizational systems and socialization processes and realized absorptive capacity. The findings provide important implications for theory and practice on developing potential and realized absorptive capacity.

Organizational Structure And Standard Development Procedures Of standard Development Organizations——Comparative Research Based On Domestic And Foreign Perspectives

This paper takes the typical foreign standard development organizations IEEE, ASTM, W3C, and IETF as examples to analyze the characteristics of organizational structure and standard developing procedures. These four organizations are typical representative of foreign SDOs which can be divided into two categories, one is represented by IEEE and ASTM which are legal entities and their standardization organization structure and standard development procedures are relatively fixed. The other is represented by W3C and IETF, which are relatively loose and open and their standardization organizations and standard development process are more flexible. At the same time, this paper also selects the top ten social organizations that are active on the Chinese national information platform of social organization standard. Compared with foreign social organizations, it is found that their standardization organization structures are not transparent enough and too concentrated. It also found that the standard development process of Chinese social organization is relatively simple and lack of innovation.

POLITIZACIÓN DEL HABITAR EN LA CIUDAD DE BARCELONA: PRÁCTICAS COTIDIANAS MIGRANTES FRENTE AL COVID-19.

This article examines the “everyday practices” of the immigrant population of Barcelona in relation to the Covid-19 context during the first few months after the Spanish government declared a State of Emergency (Real Decreto 463/2020, March 14). The first section sets out the theoretical and methodological approach followed along with statistical information about the study population. It then goes on to investigate the “cultural practices” of the Red de Cuidados Antirracista, a network set up to help and support vulnerable migrants who live in Barcelona, also offering a brief discussion of other cases. Finally, it emphasizes the special relevance of everyday life in the social organization processes activated by migrants to cope with the pandemic, in particular how everyday life is expressed within specific practices in the city and the urban space, configuring a particular politicization of habitation.

Exploring Experiences of Organizational Socialization Among Physical Therapy and Athletic Training Junior Faculty Members

Introduction. Organizational socialization is a process by which institutions assist new faculty members' transition to their expected roles. These may include orientation sessions, mentoring pairings, and ongoing faculty development opportunities. There is a paucity of research identifying the experiences and perceptions of organizational socialization for physical therapy and athletic training junior faculty members. The purpose of this study is to gain a better understanding of the organizational socialization process for these two groups. Subjects. Junior faculty members in the fields of physical therapy (13) and athletic training (13) participated in this phenomenological qualitative study. Methods. Data were collected in a single phone interview, which was digitally recorded and transcribed verbatim. Transcripts were analyzed following the steps of Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis. Expert review, multiple analyst triangulation, and member checking served to ensure trustworthiness of the findings. Results. Organizational socialization of junior faculty in athletic training and physical therapy revolves around the components of orientation activities and collegial workplace environments. Orientation activities are part of the onboarding process and usually include a formal session to learn about roles and responsibilities. Orientation can positively impact a faculty member's understanding of their role and integration to the culture of their institution. Collegial work environments are those where experienced faculty play an active role in supporting junior members. Because they provide junior faculty some freedom and flexibility in choice of mentor, informal mentoring relationships seem to be integral to this collegial environment. Conclusion. Though these areas may form an important foundation for organizational socialization, additional solutions are needed to optimize the processes by which new faculty are trained. Administrators and institutions should strive to create innovative orientation and onboarding programs that aid newly hired educator's integration.

Imprisoned Genius: Specifying the Organizational Socialization Process of Industrial Researchers at the Firm-Owned Research Institute

Imprisoned Genius: Specifying the Organizational Socialization Process of Industrial Researchers at the Firm-Owned Research Institute

Change in the organization socialization of a basic law enforcement academy: how supervisors cope

ABSTRACT This study examines the impact of a changed organizational socialization process on how supervisors cope and adapt in their occupational role. The research study is motivated by the central question: how do supervisors adapt in their occupational role when the initial organizational socialization process has changed. Thirty-two supervisors from the United States Border Patrol served as the research study population. The supervisors were interviewed to understand the organization’s socialization process, how they coped with the change, and the impact to their supervisory role. Study participants described how expectations and experiences developed at the basic training academy were foundational for role adaptation and coping with the organizational change. The findings illustrate the persuasiveness of the profession’s socialization process is on role adjustment. The findings also highlight the need by organizations to develop supervisory leadership programs that include helping supervisors shape their interpretations and coping strategies during organizational change.

Athletic Training Junior Faculty Experiences with Institutional Expectations for Tenure and Promotion

ContextTenure-earning faculty are evaluated in 3 primary areas including teaching, research and scholarship, and service. Struggles regarding earning tenure are not unique to the academe, but within the athletic training discipline concerns do exist.ObjectiveWe examined the organizational socialization process for junior athletic training faculty members as they learned about the tenure and promotion expectations at their institutions.DesignInterpretative phenomenological approach.SettingHigher education institutions with an athletic training program.Patients or Other ParticipantsNineteen junior faculty members (13 women, 6 men) addressed their understanding of tenure guidelines. Our participants were 32 ± 3 years of age, averaged 2 ± 2 years as a full-time faculty member, and were all at the assistant rank.Main Outcome Measure(s)All participants completed one-on-one phone interviews. We followed a stepwise approach to evaluating the data, which is described by the interpretative phenomenological approach. To ensure credibility of the interview protocol and to bracket some of our possible biases, a peer review and pilot study were conducted.ResultsThere were 3 findings regarding the faculty members' understanding of the tenure process at their institutions: (1) vague expectations, (2) change in leadership, and (3) differing expectations in departments and college levels. The faculty believe improving understanding of promotion and tenure should include (1) formal, ongoing annual feedback, (2) informal communication with administrators, (3) informal institutional mentorship, and (4) instructional scaffolding.ConclusionsAthletic training junior faculty experience challenges with understanding tenure and promotion expectations at their institutions, mainly due to changes in leadership and a dichotomy between departmental and institutional expectations. The vagueness is often overcome when the faculty member receives support and guidance from colleagues and supervisors who not only share past experiences in knowledge but also provide feedback for understanding.

Protesto Indígena e Mídia: análise da Minga de resistência social e comunitária

El análisis de los discursos indígenas, gubernamentales y mediáticos permitió explorar la densidad política del repertorio de protesta indígena en Colombia. El análisis documental y de entrevistas con líderes indígenas constituyeron los instrumentos de investigación empírica. El artículo propone comprender las modalidades de protesta en su contexto sociopolítico y revelar los colectivos sociales que las operacionalizan. Se concluye la transformación del término minga como una categoría discursiva que legitimó las protestas contemporáneas y sugiere desafiadores procesos de organización social en curso.

A network view of entrepreneurial cognition in corporate entrepreneurship contexts

PurposeResearch in entrepreneurial cognition has called for a better understanding of interactions between contextual variables and cognitive processes. Based on previous work done on organizational learning and social networks, the purpose of this paper is to propose a formal model in which information acquisition, distribution and interpretation are tested as a function of cognition-based trust, perceived expertise and tie strength between organizational members in two different corporate entrepreneurship (CE) types.Design/methodology/approachThe authors conduct a quantitative analysis based on network data in two companies located in India. Special procedures known as quadratic assignment procedure and multiple regression quadratic assignment procedure were used to run the correlations and multiple regressions, respectively. The authors complement this analysis with interviews and qualitative information to build a rich description in each of these cases.FindingsThe results indicate moderate support for the model. The evidence suggests that between both types of CE types, domain redefinition requires higher levels of tie strength, trust and perceived expertise. Sustained regeneration shows moderate significant results in tie strength, and cognition-based trust.Originality/valueThe authors combined insights on social network and organizational cognitive processes to analyze interactions between context and cognition. The authors were also able to compare two different companies. The authors found consistent results regarding tie strength, but the authors also found differences between both companies, which suggest that different CE types tend to require different dynamics between context and cognitive processes.

A trajetória brasileira de construção de políticas públicas para a agroecologia

Este artigo analisa a construção de políticas públicas para a agroecologia no Brasil focalizando: (a) o contexto econômico, político e institucional e os processos de organização social que possibilitaram a emergência dessa agenda pública; (b) a constituição de redes de promoção da agroecologia e sua capacidade de influenciar a ação pública; (c) a incorporação do enfoque agroecológico nas políticas públicas considerando a coexistência de distintas concepções de agroecologia. Os resultados são provenientes de uma pesquisa interinstitucional que envolveu diversos pesquisadores e organizações vinculadas à Rede Políticas Públicas e Desenvolvimento Rural na América Latina (PP-AL). Os mesmos apontam que a construção de políticas a favor da agroecologia ganhou espaço a partir de 2002, quando a eleição do presidente Lula levou para dentro da estrutura do Estado atores com interface direta com movimentos sociais e sindicais. Na ampla coalizão política que se formou no novo governo e, sobretudo, no Ministério do Desenvolvimento Agrário (MDA), predominaram movimentos agrários com suas tradicionais pautas em torno do crédito rural e da reforma agrária. No entanto, eles passaram a conviver com um movimento agroecológico cada vez mais expressivo e organizado, o que levou à incorporação gradual de referenciais socioambientais nas políticas agrícolas diferenciadas. Além disso, esta convergência foi potencializada pela agenda da segurança alimentar e nutricional, a qual cumpriu um papel decisivo na disseminação da agroecologia como referencial de política pública.

Socialização Organizacional de Expatriados

A gestão internacional de pessoas engloba a expatriação que consiste na transferência de empregados entre as unidades da organização em diferentes países por período determinado. Para que os resultados da expatriação sejam atingidos, um processo importante é o ajustamento, que compreende a adaptação ao novo contexto. Um dos fatores de influência do ajustamento no país é a socialização organizacional, compreendida como a integração dos empregados com a organização. O objetivo dessa pesquisa foi de analisar a relação entre as táticas organizacionais e o processo de socialização organizacional de expatriados. Por meio de abordagem quantitativa e cunho descritivo, a coleta de dados ocorreu por meio de questionário online. A amostra constituiu-se por expatriados que trabalham em empresas internacionais. Os resultados foram analisados através de estatística descritiva e regressão linear. Demonstrou-se que as empresas utilizam táticas institucionalizadas para ajustar os expatriados. Identificou-se que 14% do processo de socialização organizacional é explicado pelas táticas, sendo que o impacto maior dessas táticas é percebido na dimensão da tarefa, ou seja, no papel que o expatriado irá desempenhar. A quantidade de vezes que o expatriado realizou missões internacionais pode alterar a percepção das táticas utilizadas para seu ajustamento, sendo este um achado importante desta pesquisa.