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Understanding Values Work : Institutional Perspectives in Organizations and Leadership.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Askeland, Harald.
Other Authors: Espedal, Gry., Jelstad Løvaas, Beate., Sirris, Stephen.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing AG, 2020.
Edition:1st ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contents
  • Notes on Contributors
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • 1 Understanding Values Work in Organisations and Leadership
  • Purpose and Focus of the Book
  • Introducing Values and Values Work
  • Values in Organisations and Leadership
  • Overview of Chapters in the Book
  • The What of Understanding Values Work-A Theoretical Framework
  • Exploring Who Is Doing Values Work-The Actors
  • Understanding How to Do Values Work
  • References
  • I Understanding Values, Values Work and Complex Institutional Contexts
  • 2 Values-Reviewing the Construct and Drawing Implications for Values Work in Organisation and Leadership
  • Introduction
  • Basic Distinctions and Trajectory of the Values' Concept
  • Values in Streams of Institutional Theory
  • Rounding Out the Concept of Values
  • Implications for Values Work in Organisation and Leadership
  • References
  • 3 What Is Values Work? A Review of Values Work in Organisations
  • Research on Values Work: An Introduction
  • A Literature Review of Values Work in Organisations
  • Defining Values Work
  • The Institutional Context of Studies on Values Work
  • Values Work in Investigating Institutional Processes
  • Values Work Enhancing Normative Dimensions of Work
  • Outcomes of Studies on Values Work
  • Future Research on Values Work
  • References
  • 4 Institutional Complexity Challenging Values and Identities in Scandinavian Welfare Organisations
  • Introduction
  • Institutional Complexity
  • The Context of the Scandinavian Welfare State
  • Introducing a Market Logic
  • Changes Affecting Public Values
  • The Welfare Mix
  • Coexisting Logics in Welfare Organisations
  • The Sectors as Ideal Types
  • Hybrid Civic Organisations and Values
  • Overall Discussion
  • Concluding Remarks
  • References
  • II Who Performs Values Work?.
  • 5 Institutional Leadership-The Historical Case Study of a Religious Organisation
  • Institutional Leadership as Institutional Work
  • The Jesuits
  • Ordering Individual Values
  • Ordering the Corpus' Values
  • Ordering a Poor Way of Life
  • Leading a 'Poor' Corpus
  • Conclusion
  • Published Sources
  • References
  • 6 'Good Leaders Do the Dirty Work': Implicit Leadership Theory at the Multicultural Workplace
  • Introduction
  • A Critical Review of the Comparative Paradigm of Cultural Universals
  • Exploring Implicit Ideas of Leadership at the Multicultural Workplace
  • Research Design and Methods
  • Implicit Ideas of Leadership at the Multicultural Workplace
  • Implicit Ideas of Good and Bad Leadership in the Nursing Homes
  • Contextual Factors and Individual Experiences as Sources of Implicit Ideas of Leadership
  • Negotiating Leadership in the Nursing Homes
  • Concluding Remarks
  • References
  • 7 Foxes and Lions: How Institutional Leaders Keep Organisational Integrity and Introduce Change
  • Introduction
  • Institutional Leadership: Linking Field, Organisation and Actor Levels
  • Institutional Pluralism and Public Administration
  • The Institutional Embodiment of Purpose: Strategies for (Not) Building Integrity While (Not) Introducing Change
  • Habitual and Projective Agency
  • Empirical Illustrations
  • Conclusions
  • References
  • 8 Institutional Leadership: Maintaining and Developing the 'Good' Organisation
  • Introduction
  • Relating Values Work and Institutional Leadership
  • Research Setting
  • Mission, Character and the Embodiment of Values
  • Conceiving of the Good Home: Continuity and Development in Institutionalising the Mission
  • Leaders' Contribution to Institutionalising 'the Common Good': Value Processes as Conveying of Character and the Role of the Organisation.
  • Conceiving of and Performing 'Good Practice': Embodying Values in Organisational Structure and Practice
  • Concluding Remarks
  • References
  • 9 Women's Path to Leadership Through Values Work in a Context of Conflict and Violence
  • Introduction
  • A Context of Conflict and Violence
  • Women Leadership, Values and Values Work
  • Discovering Paths to Leadership Through Narrative Life Stories
  • Basombana's Story
  • Kusinza's Story
  • Individual and Collective Values on Education of Girls
  • Values Work Within the Framework of Religious Civil Society Organisations
  • The Fight for Women's Rights
  • Concluding Remarks
  • References
  • III How Is Values Work Performed?
  • 10 Catching Values in Flight: A Process Perspective on Researching Values in Organisations
  • Introduction
  • Process Studies and Values Work
  • Process Studies' Role in Enhancing the Temporal and Relational Aspects of Organisational Work
  • Values as Part of Institutionalising Processes
  • Investigating Values Informed by Process Studies-A Strong-Process Perspective
  • Concluding Remarks
  • References
  • 11 Values as Fixed and Fluid: Negotiating the Elasticity of Core Values
  • Introduction
  • Theoretical Perspectives on Core Values as Fixed and Fluid
  • Research Context and Methods
  • Research Setting and the Values Discourse
  • Data Collection and Analysis
  • Case Description and Findings
  • Framing
  • Targeting
  • Confronting
  • Identifying
  • Negotiating
  • Discussion
  • Capturing the Fixed and Fluid Nature of Values
  • The Elasticity of Values
  • The Shortcomings of Core Values
  • Concluding Remarks
  • References
  • 12 Work on Values When Shaping Public Institutions: "What's Trust Got to Do with It?"-Experiences from Scandinavia
  • Introduction
  • The Value of Trust in Public Institutions
  • The Context: Models and Reforms on Trust in Scandinavia.
  • Theoretical Perspectives: Values Work and Institutional Logic
  • Research Setting and Method
  • Research Setting
  • Textual Analysis
  • Findings
  • Values Work Mechanisms
  • Pockets of Concern and Competing Understandings of Root Causes
  • Practising Trust, Possibilities and Obstacles
  • Circulating Trust
  • Discussion
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • 13 The Art of Making Sense of Volunteering
  • Introduction
  • Agents, Values and Identity
  • The Volunteers
  • Not Paid
  • Engagement
  • Voluntary
  • For the Benefit of the Other
  • So, Why Not Money?
  • The Rewards of Unpaid Work
  • Discussion
  • References
  • 14 The Value of Group Reflection
  • Introduction
  • Theoretical Framework and Previous Research
  • Identity
  • Self-Awareness in Identity Processes
  • Supervision
  • Method
  • Description of the Intervention
  • Data Analysis
  • Ethical Considerations and Limitations of the Study
  • Findings
  • Moving Inward
  • Moving Forward
  • Discussion
  • Concluding Remarks
  • References
  • Index.

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