AGENDA: A Celebration of the Work of Charles Wilkinson: Served with Tasty Stories and Some Slices of Roast

Conference held at the University of Colorado, Wolf Law Building, Wittemyer Courtroom, Thursday, March 10th and Friday, March 11th, 2016. Conference moderators, panelists and speakers included University of Colorado Law School professors Phil Weiser, Sarah Krakoff, William Boyd, Kristen Carpenter, Britt Banks, Harold Bruff, Richard Collins, Carla Fredericks, Mark Squillace, and Charles Wilkinson We celebrate the work of Distinguished Professor Charles Wilkinson, a prolific and passionate writer, teacher, and advocate for the people and places of the West. Charles\u27s influence extends beyond place, yet his work has always originated in a deep love of and commitment to particular places. We honor Charles\u27s work in the same way he approached it, by starting with place and expanding to include the entire country. We will close by coming back home to Boulder, where we are fortunate to call Charles a friend, colleague, and mentor

"Face Work" on Social Media - Implementing the Theory of Face Work in the Context of Women’s Personal Conflict on Social Media

This study observed the way in which Indonesian women experienced face works on social media, particularly Instagram. The main locus of Face Work theory is at the interpersonal level of communication. However, the substantial development and the interactive nature of social media have established the platform for implementing face works’ elements in the context of social media.  Thus, the primary objective of research was to explain the way in which Indonesian women expressing face works in the contexts of personal conflicts on social media. The theoretical framework of this research drew on Goffman’s thought of face works. Sara Mills’ critical discourse analysis was used to reveal the way face works are implemented by women on social media. The result indicated that women are indeed implementing face works on social media. Therefore, in terms of theoretical implication, this study underpinned the notion that face works are important forms of expressions on social media particularly for women who are experiencing personal conflicts. The research also suggests the importance in understanding various women’s expressions that are commonly neglected due to the notion that the expressions are beyond the dominant male languages. 

Dangerous work: The gendered nature of bullying in the context of higher education

This paper discusses results from a research project which set out to investigate gender differences in the nature and experience of bullying within the higher education sector. Gender differences emerged in the form and perception of bullying as well as in target response. Results also indicate that, irrespective of gender, bullies can capture and subvert organizational structures and procedures (official hierarchies, mentoring systems, probationary reviews) to further their abuse of the target and to conceal aggressive intent. These outcomes are discussed in relation to gendered assumptions behind management practices and in relation to the masculinist ethic that underpins many higher education management initiatives. Overall, results indicate that bullying cannot be divorced from gender and that such behaviour needs to be seen in a gendered context

Reframing the measurement of women’s work in the sub-Saharan African context

This research note considers how we measure women’s work in the sub-Saharan African (SSA) context. Drawing on qualitative work conducted in Burundi, the note examines how existing measures of women’s work do not accurately capture the intensity and type of work women in SSA undertake. Transcripts from qualitative interviews suggest that women think of work to meet their roles and responsibilities within the household. The women in the interviews do not frame work as a career or a primary activity in a time-use allocation. As a result, researchers need to nest questions regarding women’s work within surveys that ask about roles and responsibilities within the household, and about how women meet these responsibilities with a financial component.Published versionAccepted manuscrip

A Theological Context of Work from the Catholic Social Encyclical Tradition

This article draws upon 100 years of writings which are referred to as the Catholic Social Tradition (CST). Using this tradition as a guide, the nature of work is explored along with the principles and virtues which vitalize the deepest dimension of work — how it affects the dignity of the human person. It develops five operational ethical principles which can be applied to questions of workplace ethics. Organizational policies and programs that seem consistent with CST are also discussed. Michael Naughton is Assistant Professor of Management and Theology at the University of St. Thomas (MN). Dr. Naughton\u27s major research interest involves examining the influence and application of religious values on employees and the workplace environment. Gene R. Laczniak is Professor of Business in the Department of Marketing at Marquette University. His primary research interests focus on the social influence of business activities on society as well as marketing strategy

Considerations on Performance Management Models of Work Teams in the Context of Globalization

In the context of today ‘s business world the multinational companies use as managerial instruments the intercultural working teams (IWT). The performance management seems to be problematically within this kind of teams. Their members are liable to bring on a large scale different points of view related to proper ways of reward, recognize, estimate as well as train and develop the working team members. IWT are the interaction's expression between people with different values and behaviors, derived from various national and/or organizational cultures. This document is an introduction of an extensive study that is ongoing and aims to clarify if and why the intercultural teams are differently managed as the monocultural teams and what does this difference consist of. Ensuing from bibliographical research, I have identified up to now various performance management models applied to the working teams. Now I will follow how these models could be applied, improved or combined, in the context of intercultural component of working teams.management, performance, interculturality, work team, models

Creativity at work: The role of context

Viewing creativity in context stresses the need to explore how creativity is really defined by organisational actors engaged in creative processes, whether these be related to product innovation or other types of innovation. That which in some cases might be viewed as a powerful influencing context factor, may in other instances be seen as just another company practice. Likewise, differences across organic units within the same company are probably better examined by looking at the historical and spatial pattern developed over time between individual actors and groups, as well as their unique set of contextual factors. The same reasoning can be extended to an analysis of creativity in industries and in national cultures. Only by taking into account the actors’ perspective of context, can researchers be permitted to fully comprehend the interplay between the creative person and his/her context. To summarise, this chapter has addressed creativity in context, and offered some additional thoughts that may be used by researchers to continue to investigate the socio-psychological view of creativity.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

INTERCULTURAL WORK TEAMS, A CHALLENGE IN THE NEW CONTEXT OF ROMANIA’S EUROPEAN INTEGRATION

In the context of globalization, organizations proceed to adapt to exploit new opportunities by creating intercultural work teams (IWT). Consequently, their management acquires new dimensions. To be successful, international companies should adapt to cultural norms of the host country, without neglecting their own organizational cultural values that have ensured their success. IWT are the main instrument used currently to achieve this fit. IWT are the basic unit for performance in any global organization. We analyze the situation of IWT in Siemens VDO Romania and Alcatel-Lucent Romania, as promoters of teamwork and intercultural knowledge transfer inside them.work teams, intercultural, globalization, management