scholarly journals Exploring Intersections of Employment and Ethnicity Amongst British Pakistani Young Men

2005 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hasmita Ramji
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
Social Context ◽  
Social Dynamics ◽  
Peer Group ◽  
Young Men ◽  
Research Focus ◽  
Group Relations ◽  
The Social ◽  
British Pakistanis

This article draws upon research conducted amongst young British Pakistani men in Lancashire to explore how different boundaries of British Pakistani identity are being constructed. It focuses on the significance of employment within Pakistani men's inter and intra-ethnic peer group relations and the ways in which the social dynamics that underlie those relations provide the context for understanding the particular nature and form that ethnicity takes. It does this through the narratives of professional and non-professional men. The article has two aims, firstly it seeks to contribute to the literature on understanding ethnic identity by looking at boundaries as they manifest themselves and suggesting one way in which ethnicity can be understood within a specific social context. Secondly, in so doing it hopes to extend research focus on British Pakistanis away from conventional agendas.

FYI: TMI: Toward a holistic social theory of information overload

First Monday ◽  
2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony Lincoln
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
Social Theory ◽  
Social Dynamics ◽  
Information Overload ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Rational Behavior ◽  
Information Usage ◽  
The Social ◽  
Critical Understanding ◽  
Theory Of Information

Research into information overload has been extensive and cross-disciplinary, producing a multitude of suggested causes and posed solutions. I argue that many of the conclusions arrived at by existing research, while laudable in their inventiveness and/or practicality, miss the mark by viewing information overload as a problem that can be understood (or even solved) by purely rational means. Such a perspective lacks a critical understanding in human information usage: much in the same way that economic models dependent on rationality for their explanations or projections fail (often spectacularly, as recent history attests), models that rely too heavily upon the same rational behavior, and not heavily enough upon the interplay of actual social dynamics—power, reputation, norms, and others—in their attempts to explain, project, or address information overload prove bankrupt as well. Furthermore, even research that displays greater awareness of the social context in which overload exists often reveals a similar rationality in its conceptualization. That is, often the same “social” approaches that offer potential advantages (in mitigating information overload) over their “non-social” counterparts paradoxically raise new problems, requiring a reappraisal of overload that takes social issues into account holistically.

scholarly journals “Just as Canadian as Anyone Else”? Experiences of Second-Class Citizenship and the Mental Health of Young Immigrant and Refugee Men in Canada

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 210-220 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carla T. Hilario ◽  
John L. Oliffe ◽  
Josephine P. Wong ◽  
Annette J. Browne ◽  
Joy L. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Context ◽  
Narrative Analysis ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Young Men ◽  
Transnational Migration ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Social ◽  
Group Interviews ◽  
Immigrant And Refugee

In recent years, the experiences of immigrant and refugee young men have drawn attention worldwide. Human-induced environmental disasters, local and global conflicts, and increasingly inequitable distributions of wealth have shaped transnational migration patterns. Canada is home to a large immigrant and refugee population, particularly in its urban areas, and supporting the mental health and well-being of these communities is of critical importance. The aim of this article is to report findings from a qualitative study on the social context of mental health among immigrant and refugee young men, with a focus on their migration and resettlement experiences. Informed by the conceptual lens of social context, a thematic narrative analysis approach was used to examine qualitative data from individual and group interviews with 33 young men (age 15 to 22 years) self-identified as immigrants or refugees and were living in Greater Vancouver, western Canada. Three thematic narratives were identified: a better life, living the (immigrant) dream, and starting again from way below. The narratives characterized the social context for immigrant and refugee young men and were connected by a central theme of negotiating second-class citizenship. Implications include the need for mental health frameworks that address marginalization and take into account the contexts and discourses that shape the mental health of immigrant and refugee populations in Canada and worldwide.

First genocide, now ecocide: an anti-life force in organisations?

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-113
Author(s):  
Paul Hoggett ◽  
Rebecca Nestor
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
Healthcare Education ◽  
External Reality ◽  
Group Relations ◽  
Public Purpose ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Holocaust ◽  
Structures Of Feeling ◽  
Life Force

Most contributions to OSD have assumed that organisations are beset by various anxieties—some inherent to their work, some to the social context in which they operate—which threaten to blow them off course. If not managed effectively these anxieties generate various defences—splitting, denial, dissociation, etc.—which undermine the capacity to engage creatively with the organisation's internal and external reality. Many of the organisations studied, in healthcare, education, etc., ostensibly have a public purpose, but what of those organisations whose purpose is antisocial, where their business is primarily to destroy rather than create? The group relations tradition emerged from the aftermath of the Holocaust and genocide. Today the genocidal impulse has become conjoined with an ecocidal one; as a result we stand on the brink of disaster. This article explores the "structures of feeling" in organisations as our existential fears reach acute levels, and asks whether we need to extend our frame of analysis beyond the anxieties and defences provoked by our destructiveness in order to better understand humanity's apparent embrace of destructiveness.

“An Opinion of Our Own”: Education, Politics, and the Struggle for Adulthood at Dartmouth College, 1814–1819

2012 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 173-195 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane Fiegen Green
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
Early Republic ◽  
Young Men ◽  
Dartmouth College ◽  
Unsuccessful Attempt ◽  
Education Politics ◽  
Legislative Action ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Future ◽  
Adjoining Room

On the night of November 11, 1817, nineteen-year-old Rufus Choate rushed to Dartmouth Hall from his Hanover boarding room to answer a call of alarm from his classmates. Professors from Dartmouth University, an institution recently created by legislative action, “had violently attacked” the student library under Choate's care “and, after an unsuccessful attempt to force the lock, literally hewed down the door” with an axe. Choate, who rejected these professors as figures of authority, joined his peers to temporarily lock the intruders in an adjoining room while they removed their books. News of the incident enraged the already volatile debate about the future of Dartmouth. Because the library riot involved generational violence, the professors accused the students of immaturity in an effort to exclude them from the Dartmouth debate. But students found that claims of immaturity could cut both ways. Although students occupied a liminal position between dependence and independence, it was not despite their youth, but because of it that they influenced the outcome of the case. The library riot, then, is important not only for understanding the social context of the Dartmouth case, but also the ways young men interpreted the meaning of youth and maturity in the Early Republic.

Understanding Popularity in the Peer System

2005 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 102-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonius H.N. Cillessen ◽  
Amanda J. Rose
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Peer Relationships ◽  
Social Dynamics ◽  
Peer Group ◽  
Prosocial Behaviors ◽  
High Status ◽  
Negative Behavior ◽  
Adjustment Problems ◽  
The Social ◽  
Developmental Significance

Much research has focused on youth who are rejected by peers; who engage in negative behavior, including aggression; and who are at risk for adjustment problems. Recently, researchers have become increasingly interested in high-status youth. A distinction is made between two groups of high-status youth: those who are genuinely well liked by their peers and engage in predominantly prosocial behaviors and those who are seen as popular by their peers but are not necessarily well liked. The latter group of youth is well known, socially central, and emulated, but displays a mixed profile of prosocial as well as aggressive and manipulative behaviors. Research now needs to address the distinctive characteristics of these two groups and their developmental precursors and consequences. Of particular interest are high-status and socially powerful aggressors and their impact on their peers. The heterogeneity of high-status youth complicates the understanding of the social dynamics of the peer group, but will lead to new and important insights into the developmental significance of peer relationships.

Social Dynamics: You Are Who You’re With

Tap ◽  
2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anindya Ghose
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
Social Dynamics ◽  
Group Composition ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Purchase Decisions ◽  
Mobile Advertising ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Impact

This chapter examines one of nine critical forces behind purchase decisions that make mobile advertising so powerful: social dynamics. Recent studies have shown that the social company we keep changes our behavior. This is our social context. Beyond our individual location at any given time, our social context influences how we interact in real life as part of a group of friends, as a couple, or with family members. And these behaviors are fundamentally different than how we behave when we are on our own. The chapter discusses the impact of social dynamics on mobile purchases, the importance of group composition, and digging deeper into consumers' personalities.

Challenging and Adverse Meditation Experiences: Toward a Person-Centered Approach

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jared R. Lindahl ◽  
Willoughby B. Britton ◽  
David J. Cooper ◽  
Laurence J. Kirmayer
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
Social Dynamics ◽  
Psychological Research ◽  
Detailed Knowledge ◽  
Causal Explanations ◽  
Buddhist Literature ◽  
Social Communities ◽  
The Social ◽  
Appraisal Processes ◽  
Person Centered Approach

Challenging meditation experiences have been documented in Buddhist literature, in psychological research, and in a recent qualitative study by the authors. Some of the central questions in the investigation of this topic are: How are meditation-related challenges to be interpreted or appraised? Through which processes are experiences determined to be expected or “normative” aspects of contemplative development versus undesirable “adverse effects” or psychopathology? And is it possible to differentiate or disambiguate the two? A review of available research suggests that distinguishing between experiences that are religious or mystical and those that indicate psychopathology depends on detailed knowledge of the specific contexts in which these experiences occur. Furthermore, research that specifically examines meditation-related challenges shows that interpretations, causal explanations, and recommended responses are often negotiated between practitioners and other people in their practice settings and larger social communities. This chapter considers some of the social dynamics of these appraisal processes and explores some of the consequences of adopting different appraisals. However, because there can be a lack of consensus around how experiences should be interpreted or appraised, a more useful question may be: What type of support does this particular experience require? Systematic attention to social context can both inform research on meditation-related challenges and provide guidance on the issues surrounding their appraisal and management in both clinical and non-clinical contexts.

Relationships between Negotiators: A Neglected Topic in the Study of Negotiation

2015 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christer Jönsson
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Social Dynamics ◽  
Social Process ◽  
International Negotiations ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
The Social ◽  
Scant Attention ◽  
Level Of Aggregation ◽  
The Individual

Negotiation can be seen as a dynamic social process. Perspectives emphasizing the social context and dynamics of negotiations have been largely neglected in the negotiation literature. This article addresses the question of why social relations have received such scant attention, reviews the existing literature on negotiation as a social process, and spells out some ingredients of a social contextual approach. Finally, by way of illustration, such an approach is applied to international negotiations. Whereas ideas about social dynamics emanate from a focus on individuals, international negotiations take place at a level of aggregation and representation most remote from the individual level. Yet, even at this macro level, social context matters in negotiations.

The microfoundations of human resources management in US public schools

2016 ◽  
Vol 54 (5) ◽  
pp. 537-557 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ben Pogodzinski
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Social Context ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Social Dynamics ◽  
Interview Data ◽  
School Level ◽  
School Systems ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Hr Management ◽  
The Social

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify the extent to which human resources (HR) decision making is influenced by the social context of school systems. More specifically, this study draws upon organizational theory focussed on the microfoundations of organizations as a lens identify key aspects of school HR decision making at the district and school level. Design/methodology/approach – Interview data were collected from district-level HR directors and local union presidents across 11 districts in Michigan and Indiana. The interviews provided information on the formal and informal aspects HR management. The interviews were audio recorded and transcribed, and the constant comparative method was used to move from initial codes to higher levels of abstraction (Miles and Huberman, 1994; Strauss and Corbin, 1990). Multiple data collection methods were utilized to help validate the interview data that were collected (Stake, 2004). Findings – The key findings show that social relationships, particularly at the school level, influence the distribution of teachers within a district. The findings support the need for closer attention to be given to the social dynamics of school systems and the impact this has on HR decision making, particular with regard to the influence of informal organizational structures and day-to-day interactions within systems. Originality/value – The current body of research does not fully attend conceptually or empirically to the broader social context of a school system which shape HR decisions. Specifically, researchers and practitioners need to further address the ways that the social dynamics of school systems shape administrative decision making with regard to HR management.

scholarly journals Reading Hebrews through Akan ethnicity and social identity

2017 ◽  
Vol 73 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Seth Kissi ◽  
Ernest Van Eck
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
Social Context ◽  
Social Identity ◽  
The Social ◽  
Mediterranean World ◽  
The Mediterranean

The Akan people of Ghana have concepts of ethnicity and social identity which are similar to those found in the Mediterranean world, which find expression in the issues addressed in the letter to the Hebrews. This similarity makes the reading of Hebrews in light of Akan ethnicity and social identity possible, giving one the expected meaning from the perspective of those concepts as within the original context of the audience. This article therefore discusses some theories on ethnicity and social identity as well as the Akan people of Ghana and their concepts of ethnicity and social identity. It further explains the social context of the letter of Hebrews against which Hebrews is then read in light of Akan ethnicity and social identity. The focus of this reading is on how the ethnic identity of the readers presented in Hebrews enhances the social identity of the readers and provides the means by which the author’s appeal to his readers for their faithfulness to God becomes meaningful and urgent.

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