paying attention to the relative alignment of individual and organization goals requires that this fact be considered sometimes happens struggle between these two phenomena for several reasons. these two can be in conflict with one another. hence, one of the primary problem that managers are encountered, is that they attempt to combine and reconcile two somewhat contradictory issues, and they a...

Sustainability reporting continues to become more widespread, despite ambiguities underlying the concept that may lead to varied interpretations and wider scope for “managing public perceptions” (e.g., Cho et al., 2010; Neu et al., 1998). An examination of the current form it takes using the GRI suggests a trade-off between principles and rules, with reduced emphasis on normative principles and...

Geographers increasingly advocate placing research in the public arena and the creation of work that is useful for public policy makers. Existing literature indicates some approaches that have bearing on these goals, such as using participatory action research, clarifying positionality, and attending to the nature of discourse. It does not, however, generally offer empirical cases of addressing...

The problem of how to create and transfer knowledge in organizations has given rise to a rich and stimulating discourse between and within organizational studies and practitioners. This paper focuses on a still relatively unexplored aspect of this issue. This is the dilemma of setting up goals for and evaluating the outcomes of programs designed to stimulate the creation and transfer of knowled...

In this paper, we investigate whether the social roles of dialogue participants can be recognized through the social actions performed by the participant in their interactions with others in the group. Specifically we focus on determining if a participant is the leader of the group. We decompose the problem into identifying the social goals for participant discourse segments. These social goals...

Marine protected areas (MPAs) are of growing interest globally. They are principally studied from a biological perspective, with some cases documenting improved environmental conditions and increased fish yields. The MPAs that meet narrowly defined biological goals are generally presented as “successes.” However, these same MPAs may, in fact, be social “failures” when social evaluation criteria...