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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Group agency"”.
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Corporations as Group Agents / Responsible Collectives in Theory and in Practice
… examine the existing philosophical literature on group agency and collective responsibility and to demonstrate that this literature fails to sufficiently address the hierarchical organization of corporations, thereby severely limiting the applicability of this literature to real-world business …
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A rational choice framework for collective behavior
… mediated, people can more and more easily form groups, teams, and communities around shared interests and goals. Yet there is a constant struggle across forms of social organization to maintain stability and coherency in the face of disparate individual experiences and agendas. When are …
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Structural and functional differences in support in close relationships between the East Asian and the Western cultural contexts
… (Japanese and Korean) and Western (US) cultural groups. Results indicated that Korean individuals were less attached to the romantic partner compared to Americans, but this cultural difference was not reflected in their support network. Responsive support from close others was linked to both …
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Crisis as opportunity? Emergent groups, crisis relief, and social innovation in response to Covid-19
… a proliferation of emergent crisis response groups and initiatives aimed at alleviating suffering. This qualitative case study follows the emergence and progression of eight such emergent response groups located in the Western Cape to explore the relationship between crisis response and …
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Contrasting characteristics of childcare agencies that assess and do not assess for development
… Tennessee. Center-based childcare and family/group agencies were examined. These groups were further divided into childcare agencies and family/group agencies that use and do not use assessments. Quantitative data were gathered via a survey to examine various characteristics of the two types …
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DISCOURSES OF DIVERSITY: NEGOTIATING THE BOUNDARIES FOR EQUITY, INCLUSION, AND IDENTITY THROUGH THE DISCOURSE OF SOCIALLY SITUATED SUBJECTS
… and discursive struggles over individual, group, institutional and national identities. Questions of who fits into the category of "American," who should be included in U.S. institutions, and the boundaries for their inclusion have taken center stage in this 21st century moment. …
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Territory and history: the justification of detachment from the land as a stage in the development of human agency
… this thesis is to research the ontology of human agency that informs the structure of most contemporary theories of territorial rights. Rather than establishing a new normative approach to the issue of the allocation of territories to subjects, my work focuses on a descriptive conceptual analysis …