Resources of history and hope: Studying left-wing political parties through loss

The paper offers loss as a framework for identifying resources of hope in insider studies of left-wing political parties. It interrogates and builds on insights from our paper on the resistance leadership of Corbynism in the UK (Sinha et al., 2019), in conversation with Walter Benjamin and Raymond Williams, proposing political parties as perhaps unique resources of hope in times of loss. Three threads of hope are offered. The first is a consideration of the ambivalence of factions and the potential for intra and cross-factional learning and leadership. The second is the notion of leaders and leadership within political parties as an ongoing and live area of contention and possibility. The third is an examination of political parties as resources of care and hope. The paper concludes by making the case that insider research of political parties can engage with the contingency of history through recovering and composing potent narratives that can act as guides for future research and practice

A software-assisted qualitative content analysis of news articles: Examples and reflections

This article offers a step-by-step description of how qualitative data analysis software can be used for a qualitative content analysis of newspaper articles. Using NVivo as an example, it illustrates how software tools can facilitate analytical flexibility and how they can enhance transparency and trustworthiness of the qualitative research process. Following a brief discussion of the key characteristics, advantages and limitations of qualitative data analysis software, the article describes a qualitative content analysis of 230 newspaper articles, conducted to determine international media perceptions of New Zealand's environmental performance in connection with climate change and carbon emissions. The article proposes a multi-level coding approach during the analysis of news texts that combines quantitative and qualitative elements, allowing the researcher to move back and forth in coding and between analytical levels. The article concludes that while qualitative data analysis software, such as NVivo, will not do the analysis for the researcher, it can make the analytical process more flexible, transparent and ultimately more trustworthy

Managing legitimacy in a cross-border post-merger integration context: the role of language strategies

This paper develops a conceptual framework of language strategies in the cross-border post-merger and acquisition (M&A) context as firms seek legitimacy for integration from their internal stakeholders. We contribute by developing a framework for advancing the debate that cross-border bidder firms employ rationalistic and nationalistic rationales to legitimise their M&A choices, including the role of language, which is an embodiment of culture to help create synergies in a post-merger integration (PMI) context. Based on our review of social identity, legitimacy, and strategic integration literature, our conceptual model outlines language strategies to achieve the twin goals of PMI and legitimising their choices. We offer a critical review of the approaches used in cross-border PMI and integrate the role of language in gaining legitimacy for the internal stakeholders, such as its impact on employees and managers. From an international human resource management perspective, we highlight the importance of language strategies for each of the four integration scenarios for the bidder and target firm employees and managers, primarily when neither the target nor the bidder firm uses English as their native language. Finally, we develop propositions to advance future research in this area. The role of international language training and other approaches is also highlighted

Theorizing dramaturgical resistance leadership from the leadership campaigns of Jeremy Corbyn

What are the practices through which resistance leadership transitions from marginality to power? We present a framework of dramaturgical resistance leadership, paying particular attention to the relational dynamics between leaders, internal factions and external stakeholders. In doing so, we draw on an ‘expanded’ social drama analysis framework informed by the work of social anthropologist Victor Turner, incorporating insights from the resistance and critical leadership studies literatures. We develop our framework through a narrative case analysis of the British Labour Party’s 2015 and 2016 internal elections of its current leader Jeremy Corbyn where we identify a space between the phases of relational crisis and redress that offers possibilities for the enhancement and growth of resistance leadership. Within this space, we identify three practices of dramaturgical resistance leadership: ‘anti-establishment leadering’, ‘organizational redrawing’, and a ‘trifold focus’. These offer a means of rethinking the purpose and role of leaders within resistance movements alongside the co-constituted relations and generative practices that enable resisting groups to gain traction

Software-gestützte qualitative Inhaltsanalyse von Zeitungsartikeln: Beispiele und Reflektionen

This article offers a step-by-step description of how qualitative data analysis software can be used for a qualitative content analysis of newspaper articles. Using NVivo as an example, it illustrates how software tools can facilitate analytical flexibility and how they can enhance transparency and trustworthiness of the qualitative research process. Following a brief discussion of the key characteristics, advantages and limitations of qualitative data analysis software, the article describes a qualitative content analysis of 230 newspaper articles, conducted to determine international media perceptions of New Zealand's environmental performance in connection with climate change and carbon emissions. The article proposes a multi-level coding approach during the analysis of news texts that combines quantitative and qualitative elements, allowing the researcher to move back and forth in coding and between analytical levels. The article concludes that while qualitative data analysis software, such as NVivo, will not do the analysis for the researcher, it can make the analytical process more flexible, transparent and ultimately more trustworthy.URN: http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0114-fqs150283Este artículo ofrece una descripción paso a paso de cómo puede usarse software de análisis cualitativo de datos para un análisis cualitativo del contenido de artículos periodísticos. Usando NVivo como un ejemplo, se ilustra cómo las herramientas de software pueden facilitar la flexibilidad analítica y cómo pueden enriquecer la transparencia y confiabilidad del proceso de investigación cualitativa. Tras una breve discusión de las características, ventajas y limitaciones del software de análisis cualitativo de datos, el artículo describe un análisis cualitativo de contenido de 230 artículos periodísticos, para determinar las percepciones de los medios internacionales acerca del desempeño ambiental de Nueva Zelanda en relación con el cambio climático y las emisiones de carbono. El artículo propone un enfoque de codificación multinivel durante el análisis de los textos de noticias que combina elementos cuantitativos y cualitativos, lo que permite al investigador avanzar o retroceder en la codificación y entre los niveles analíticos. El artículo concluye que mientras software de análisis cualitativo de datos, como NVivo, no hará el análisis para el investigador, puede hacer el proceso analítico más flexible, transparente y en última instancia, más confiable.URN: http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0114-fqs150283In diesem Beitrag zeigen wir Schritt für Schritt, wie qualitative Software für die Inhaltsanalyse von Zeitungsartikeln genutzt werden kann. Wir illustrieren exemplarisch, in welcher Weise die Verwendung von NVivo die analytische Flexibilität unterstützen und die Transparenz und Vertrauenswürdigkeit des qualitativen Forschungsprozesses verbessern kann. Nach einer kurzen Diskussion einiger Grundcharakteristika und der Vor- und Nachteile von qualitativen Softwarepaketen beschreiben wir die inhaltsanalytische Arbeit an 230 Zeitungsartikeln, die sich mit der internationalen Medienrezeption der neuseeländischen Umweltpolitik und spezifischer mit Fragen des Klimawandels und der Kohlendioxid-Emission befassen. Wir schlagen hierzu einen Mehrebenen-Ansatz im Analyseverlauf vor, bei dem quantitative und qualitative Elemente zum Einsatz kommen, die Forschenden erlauben, sich flexibel zwischen Kodierprozeduren und analytischer Verallgemeinerung zu bewegen. Wir schließen mit kurzen Ausführungen dazu, dass qualitative Analysesoftware wie NVivo zwar niemals die Auswertungsarbeit für die Forschenden übernehmen kann, dass sie aber hilft, Forschung zu flexibilisieren und transparenter und verlässlicher zu machen.URN: http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0114-fqs15028

Sustainable environmental practices in the New Zealand wine industry: An analysis of perceived institutional pressures and the role of exports

The focus of this article is to use institutional theory to provide a better understanding of environmental issues facing New Zealand wineries. Findings from a survey of New Zealand wineries indicate that institutional pressures do not fully explain the adoption of sustainable environmental practices in the New Zealand wine industry. The authors found that firms with a higher commitment to exports will adopt one of the environmental practices identified to a greater degree. The authors present explanations for these results in terms of the nature of the industry, size of the winery operations, and the higher overall export orientation of this industry

A software-assisted qualitative content analysis of news articles: example and reflections

This article offers a step-by-step description of how qualitative data analysis software can be used for a qualitative content analysis of newspaper articles. Using NVivo as an example, it illustrates how software tools can facilitate analytical flexibility and how they can enhance transparency and trustworthiness of the qualitative research process. Following a brief discussion of the key characteristics, advantages and limitations of qualitative data analysis software, the article describes a qualitative content analysis of 230 newspaper articles, conducted to determine international media perceptions of New Zealand's environmental performance in connection with climate change and carbon emissions. The article proposes a multi-level coding approach during the analysis of news texts that combines quantitative and qualitative elements, allowing the researcher to move back and forth in coding and between analytical levels. The article concludes that while qualitative data analysis software, such as NVivo, will not do the analysis for the researcher, it can make the analytical process more flexible, transparent and ultimately more trustworthy. (author's abstract)In diesem Beitrag zeigen wir Schritt für Schritt, wie qualitative Software für die Inhaltsanalyse von Zeitungsartikeln genutzt werden kann. Wir illustrieren exemplarisch, in welcher Weise die Verwendung von NVivo die analytische Flexibilität unterstützen und die Transparenz und Vertrauenswürdigkeit des qualitativen Forschungsprozesses verbessern kann. Nach einer kurzen Diskussion einiger Grundcharakteristika und der Vor- und Nachteile von qualitativen Softwarepaketen beschreiben wir die inhaltsanalytische Arbeit an 230 Zeitungsartikeln, die sich mit der internationalen Medienrezeption der neuseeländischen Umweltpolitik und spezifischer mit Fragen des Klimawandels und der Kohlendioxid-Emission befassen. Wir schlagen hierzu einen Mehrebenen-Ansatz im Analyseverlauf vor, bei dem quantitative und qualitative Elemente zum Einsatz kommen, die Forschenden erlauben, sich flexibel zwischen Kodierprozeduren und analytischer Verallgemeinerung zu bewegen. Wir schließen mit kurzen Ausführungen dazu, dass qualitative Analysesoftware wie NVivo zwar niemals die Auswertungsarbeit für die Forschenden übernehmen kann, dass sie aber hilft, Forschung zu flexibilisieren und transparenter und verlässlicher zu machen. (Autorenreferat

Resources of history and hope: Studying left-wing political parties through loss

The paper offers loss as a framework for identifying resources of hope in insider studies of left-wing political parties. It interrogates and builds on insights from our paper on the resistance leadership of Corbynism in the UK (Sinha et al., 2021), in conversation with Walter Benjamin and Raymond Williams, proposing political parties as perhaps unique resources of hope in times of loss. Three threads of hope are offered. The first is a consideration of the ambivalence of factions and the potential for intra and cross-factional learning and leadership. The second is the notion of leaders and leadership within political parties as an ongoing and live area of contention and possibility. The third is an examination of political parties as resources of care and hope. The paper concludes by making the case that insider research of political parties can engage with the contingency of history through recovering and composing potent narratives that can act as guides for future research and practice