68 research outputs found
Skill-induced Mobilization at Work: a Study of an Activist Group
International audienceThis article explores the way in which skills may mobilize individuals within an organization. To that end, it considers skills rather as mobilizing resources for individuals than strategic resources for the firm. This suggests other ways through which skills can contribute to the firm and HR policies. The theoretical framework of resource mobilization, coming from the sociology of social movements, provides explanations in this regard. The empiric part is based upon a twelve-month ethnographic work among the feminist activist group âLa Barbeâ. This part explores how an organization with few resources can mobilize and retain its members by providing skills that are coherent with their individual paths (especially the search for personal emancipation). Recommendations and the limits for human resources management are discussed to conclude, in particular, on the mobilization of talents
Mobilisation au travail par les compĂ©tences : lâapport de lâĂ©tude des groupes activistes
International audienceCet article explore la façon dont les compĂ©tences sont susceptibles de mobiliser les acteurs au sein dâune organisation. Pour ce faire, il considĂšre les compĂ©tences non comme des ressources stratĂ©giques au service de lâentreprise, mais comme des ressources facteurs de mobilisation au travail pour les individus. Le cadre thĂ©orique de la mobilisation des ressources, issu de la sociologie des mouvements sociaux, permet de saisir cette dimension des compĂ©tences. La partie empirique provient dâun travail ethnographique de 12 mois effectuĂ© auprĂšs du groupe activiste fĂ©ministe « La Barbe ». Elle explore comment une organisation disposant de peu de ressources peut mobiliser des individus en leur apportant des compĂ©tences cohĂ©rentes avec leurs parcours individuels et rĂ©pondant Ă leurs attentes concernant notamment la recherche de lâĂ©mancipation personnelle. Les enseignements et les limites pour la mobilisation au travail par les compĂ©tences dans les organisations sont ensuite discutĂ©s pour conclure notamment sur les apports de lâĂ©tude pour la fidĂ©lisation des talents
The âminimal boundary curve for endothermyâ as a predictor of heterothermy in mammals and birds: a review
According to the concept of the âminimal boundary curve for endothermyâ, mammals and birds with a basal metabolic rate (BMR) that falls below the curve are obligate heterotherms and must enter torpor. We examined the reliability of the boundary curve (on a double log plot transformed to a line) for predicting torpor as a function of body mass and BMR for birds and several groups of mammals. The boundary line correctly predicted heterothermy in 87.5% of marsupials (n = 64), 94% of bats (n = 85) and 82.3% of rodents (n = 157). Our analysis shows that the boundary line is not a reliable predictor for use of torpor. A discriminate analysis using body mass and BMR had a similar predictive power as the boundary line. However, there are sufficient exceptions to both methods of analysis to suggest that the relationship between body mass, BMR and heterothermy is not a causal one. Some homeothermic birds (e.g. silvereyes) and rodents (e.g. hopping mice) fall below the boundary line, and there are many examples of heterothermic species that fall above the boundary line. For marsupials and bats, but not for rodents, there was a highly significant phylogenetic pattern for heterothermy, suggesting that taxonomic affiliation is the biggest determinant of heterothermy for these mammalian groups. For rodents, heterothermic species had lower BMRs than homeothermic species. Low BMR and use of torpor both contribute to reducing energy expenditure and both physiological traits appear to be a response to the same selective pressure of fluctuating food supply, increasing fitness in endothermic species that are constrained by limited energy availability. Both the minimal boundary line and discriminate analysis were of little value for predicting the use of daily torpor or hibernation in heterotherms, presumably as both daily torpor and hibernation are precisely controlled processes, not an inability to thermoregulate
Le travail de mobilisation d'un groupe activiste. Le répertoire tactique, les médias et l'implication de ses membres.
This work analyses activist groups as organizations of social movements. Firstly, I study how activists express their message by mobilizing symbols (discourses, demeanor, objectsâŠ) in order to build a set of performances called the âtactical repertoireâ. To do so, they draw inspiration from their predecessors and their theoretical frames. Secondly, I describe how activists mobilize media. Their media strategy relies both on the tactical repertoire and the integration of activists into the group. Finally, I enquire how the activist group mobilize its members (how it recruits and retains them); the acquisition of emancipatory skills is a particularly strong motivation for activists. In the conclusion, I show that the tactical repertoire is the backbone of an activist group as it participates in all the tasks described (mobilization of symbols, of media and of activists). This specific characteristic defines the activist group as an organization. I rely on a one-year-long ethnography among the French feminist activist group La Barbe, which denounces the absence of women at the head of organizations. I also reflect on the methodological implications of observing a feminist activist group as a male ethnographer.Notre travail explore les groupes activistes en tant quâorganisations de mouvements sociaux. Pour cela, nous Ă©tudions comment les activistes expriment leur message en mobilisant des symboles (discours, position du corps, objetsâŠ) pour construire un ensemble de performances spĂ©cifiques appelĂ© le rĂ©pertoire tactique. Pour ce faire, ils sâinspirent de leurs prĂ©dĂ©cesseurs et de leurs cadres thĂ©oriques. Dans un deuxiĂšme temps, nous dĂ©crivons comment les activistes mobilisent les mĂ©dias Ă lâaide dâune stratĂ©gie mĂ©diatique, reposant Ă la fois sur le rĂ©pertoire tactique et sur une certaine intĂ©gration des activistes en son sein. Enfin, nous analysons les moyens par lesquels le groupe activiste mobilise ses membres (câest-Ă -dire les recrute et les retient) ; cela passe en particulier par lâacquisition de compĂ©tences Ă©mancipatrices pour les activistes. En conclusion, nous montrons que le rĂ©pertoire tactique constitue la colonne vertĂ©brale dâun groupe activiste et participe Ă toutes les tĂąches que nous avons dĂ©crites (mobilisation de symboles, des mĂ©dias et des activistes). Cette spĂ©cificitĂ© dĂ©finit le groupe activiste en tant quâorganisation. Nous nous appuyons sur un travail ethnographique dâun an auprĂšs du groupe activiste fĂ©ministe La Barbe qui dĂ©nonce lâabsence de femmes en haut des organisations. Notre travail sâaccompagne dâune rĂ©flexion mĂ©thodologique sur lâobservation dâun groupe fĂ©ministe par un ethnographe homme
Les formes du travail gratuit face à l'austérité : étude de cas d'une organisation de la santé mentale en Seine-Saint-Denis
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How Communicative Performances Can Constitute an Organization's Self
International audienceThe creation of an organization's self is the attribution of a collective will and agency to a group of individuals, thereby constituting them into an organization able to interact with its peers. As such, the organization's self represents a central issue for collective action, as studied through the prism of the "communicative constitution of organizing" (CCO). Performances, as communicative and spectacular events during which a collectivity presents its self and displays a given message, represent a little-studied opportunity to understand the constitution of the organization's self, and to explore the links between the organization's self and the selves of its members. The empirical part of this study analyses the French feminist activist group, La Barbe, which uses innovative performances to denounce the absence of women at the top of organizations. The paper's contribution is twofold: the analysis presents how visual and symbolic performances can help to constitute an organization's self, notably through what performances produce for the organization: visibility, coordination and mobilization. Second, it shows the impact of performances on those who execute them, which retroactively has important organizational effects by ensuring their engagement in the organization
How a feminist activist group builds its repertoire of actions: a case study
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Berechnung von thermischen Zustandsgroessen und Transporteigenschaften unpolarer und polarer Fluide mit Hilfe der Eyringschen Modelltheorie
Available from TIB Hannover: DW 3564 / FIZ - Fachinformationszzentrum Karlsruhe / TIB - Technische InformationsbibliothekSIGLEDEGerman
Le stage de communication : prĂ©sentation des travaux et bilan dâĂ©valuation
Yann HILDWEIN, Journaliste Ă LâĂquipe Chaque annĂ©e, avec lâUSE, est organisĂ© un stage de communication, qui est une initiation au journalisme destinĂ©e soit Ă des jeunes issus de clubs universitaires, soit Ă des Ă©tudiants, afin de permettre aux uns et aux autres de dĂ©couvrir ces mĂ©tiers, ces techniques. On leur propose, entre autres, de rĂ©aliser des travaux en audiovisuel, des travaux de presse Ă©crite, et ils passent mĂȘme de temps en temps devant la camĂ©ra. Cette annĂ©e, on a une toute petite p..
The mobilization work of an activist group. Tactical repertoire, media and members implication.
Notre travail explore les groupes activistes en tant quâorganisations de mouvements sociaux. Pour cela, nous Ă©tudions comment les activistes expriment leur message en mobilisant des symboles (discours, position du corps, objetsâŠ) pour construire un ensemble de performances spĂ©cifiques appelĂ© le rĂ©pertoire tactique. Pour ce faire, ils sâinspirent de leurs prĂ©dĂ©cesseurs et de leurs cadres thĂ©oriques. Dans un deuxiĂšme temps, nous dĂ©crivons comment les activistes mobilisent les mĂ©dias Ă lâaide dâune stratĂ©gie mĂ©diatique, reposant Ă la fois sur le rĂ©pertoire tactique et sur une certaine intĂ©gration des activistes en son sein. Enfin, nous analysons les moyens par lesquels le groupe activiste mobilise ses membres (câest-Ă -dire les recrute et les retient) ; cela passe en particulier par lâacquisition de compĂ©tences Ă©mancipatrices pour les activistes. En conclusion, nous montrons que le rĂ©pertoire tactique constitue la colonne vertĂ©brale dâun groupe activiste et participe Ă toutes les tĂąches que nous avons dĂ©crites (mobilisation de symboles, des mĂ©dias et des activistes). Cette spĂ©cificitĂ© dĂ©finit le groupe activiste en tant quâorganisation. Nous nous appuyons sur un travail ethnographique dâun an auprĂšs du groupe activiste fĂ©ministe La Barbe qui dĂ©nonce lâabsence de femmes en haut des organisations. Notre travail sâaccompagne dâune rĂ©flexion mĂ©thodologique sur lâobservation dâun groupe fĂ©ministe par un ethnographe homme.This work analyses activist groups as organizations of social movements. Firstly, I study how activists express their message by mobilizing symbols (discourses, demeanor, objectsâŠ) in order to build a set of performances called the âtactical repertoireâ. To do so, they draw inspiration from their predecessors and their theoretical frames. Secondly, I describe how activists mobilize media. Their media strategy relies both on the tactical repertoire and the integration of activists into the group. Finally, I enquire how the activist group mobilize its members (how it recruits and retains them); the acquisition of emancipatory skills is a particularly strong motivation for activists. In the conclusion, I show that the tactical repertoire is the backbone of an activist group as it participates in all the tasks described (mobilization of symbols, of media and of activists). This specific characteristic defines the activist group as an organization. I rely on a one-year-long ethnography among the French feminist activist group La Barbe, which denounces the absence of women at the head of organizations. I also reflect on the methodological implications of observing a feminist activist group as a male ethnographer
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