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1. Gray, Christina M. Efficient passions: justice and care ethics in international human rights advocacy.

Degree: PhD, Politics and International Relations, 2013, University of Southern California

URL: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll127/id/665452/rec/2249

► Founded on moral and knowledge authority, NGO activities influence state behavior and international politics more broadly. NGO authority is understood to be composed of moral… (more)

▼ Founded on moral and knowledge authority, NGO activities influence state behavior and international politics more broadly. NGO authority is understood to be composed of moral and knowledge claims and practices that are (often implicitly) founded in justice ethics. Justice ethics is founded on universal, abstract rules and principles, assumes all humans are autonomous and equal, and values impartial, rational decision-making. Knowledge authority is based on expert knowledge, on a reputation for “rigorous, objective” research. Moral authority is based on apolitical representation of human beings across the globe, codified by international law. This foundation on justice ethics is implicit, but it is the dominant frame in which NGOs exercise authority in public. I find that the above definition of moral and knowledge authority is incomplete, because these definitions of moral and knowledge authority do not accurately explain all of the moral and knowledge authority that is evident in human rights advocacy. I argue that care ethics is a foundational, yet often undervalued element in the deployment of NGO knowledge and moral authority. ❧ In addition, understanding that NGO work depends on care ethics in addition to justice ethics helps explain the gendered and complex relationship between moral and knowledge authority in practice. For example, it helps us understand why certain types of work and certain styles of arguing, particularly those that depend on care and the feminine, are carefully managed in public, and are viewed with more ambivalence than other more typically masculine roles and arguments. Tensions emerge between the need to motivate people to action—to mobilize shame, empathy and outrage on one hand, and the need to argue for objective, dispassionate, rational policies and legal findings on the other. While elements of care may often be feminized and devalued, it does not follow that women only practice care or that care is relatively unimportant or ineffectual, however. ❧ Using a critical feminist methodology to examine NGO authority, I argue that moral and knowledge authorities depend on both justice and care ethics, ethics that are differently valued and deeply gendered in practice. This makes care ethics hard to see, particularly in public practices of NGOs, but while it may often be hidden from view, care ethics is fundamental to human rights advocacy and NGO authority. I show how care ethics apply in the everyday work of NGOs, in the theoretical foundations of NGO authority, and in the deployment of that authority in arguments against torture. To accomplish this, I develop a framework of care ethics based on concepts of mature care, reciprocity and co-feeling and apply this framework to the human rights advocacy. I show how this care ethics framework fills in theoretical gaps in our understanding of ethics in international politics, and how human rights advocacy can be improved through the application of a care ethical framework. Advisors/Committee Members: Tickner, Judith Ann (Committee Chair), Wiseman, Geoffrey (Committee Member), Eliasoph, Nina S. (Committee Member).

Subjects/Keywords: care ethics; feminist ethics; human rights; international politics

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APA (6^th Edition):

Gray, C. M. (2013). Efficient passions: justice and care ethics in international human rights advocacy. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Southern California. Retrieved from http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll127/id/665452/rec/2249

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Gray, Christina M. “Efficient passions: justice and care ethics in international human rights advocacy.” 2013. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Southern California. Accessed January 22, 2021. http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll127/id/665452/rec/2249.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Gray, Christina M. “Efficient passions: justice and care ethics in international human rights advocacy.” 2013. Web. 22 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

Gray CM. Efficient passions: justice and care ethics in international human rights advocacy. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Southern California; 2013. [cited 2021 Jan 22]. Available from: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll127/id/665452/rec/2249.

Council of Science Editors:

Gray CM. Efficient passions: justice and care ethics in international human rights advocacy. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Southern California; 2013. Available from: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll127/id/665452/rec/2249

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2. Kim, Sahangsoon. Short-term project organizations for corporate entrepreneurship: evidence from the Japanese animation industry (2000–2008).

Degree: PhD, Business Administration, 2010, University of Southern California

URL: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll127/id/421163/rec/5841

► Corporate entrepreneurship has been and will continue to be the most important means of ensuring firm survival and prosperity. To cope with a dynamically competitive… (more)

▼ Corporate entrepreneurship has been and will continue to be the most important means of ensuring firm survival and prosperity. To cope with a dynamically competitive environment and overcome various limitations, firms form collaborative entrepreneurships. Evidence from the practice shows that short-term collaboration among firms has become valuable for corporate entrepreneurship projects. My dissertation is a study of short-term project organizations for corporate entrepreneurship. Specifically, I examined two important and interconnected issues concerning short-term project organizations — formation and acquisition of new capabilities.; Due to its complex nature, corporate entrepreneurship sits in the crosshairs of numerous theoretical lenses. I examined literature about corporate entrepreneurship, short-term organizations, and mobility. Using behavioral theory of the firm and organizational learning as guiding theoretical perspectives, I viewed corporate entrepreneurship as a series of problem-solving activities. Specifically, the nature of corporate entrepreneurship demanded non-local search activity beyond firm boundaries. With this understanding, I investigated the novelty of entrepreneurship projects and internal and external resource conditions as factors responsible for the formation of short-term project organizations. Then, I examined whether corporate entrepreneurship could contribute to the acquisition of new capabilities. I theorized that the mobility of external experts in and out of corporate entrepreneurship projects, firms’ own experience in entrepreneurship, and previous experience in capability acquisition could predict firms’ chances of acquiring new capabilities. I systematically examined these claims by testing hypotheses with a sample of 645 Japanese TV animation programs produced by 83 unique animation studios and 288 directors between 2000 and 2008.; Results strongly supported theories of the formation of short-term project organizations by providing evidence that the Novelty of Project, External Resource Availability, and Internal Resource Constraints increased the likelihood of a corporate entrepreneurship project being carried out by short-term project organizations. The results also provided supporting evidence that mobility of external experts and previous experience in capability acquisition enhanced firms’ chances to learn new capabilities.; My dissertation contributes to corporate entrepreneurship literature by examining the conditions that lead to the formation of short-term collaborative entrepreneurship activities. It contributes to organizational learning theory by providing evidence that short-term project organizations offer learning experiences to participating firms and people. It speaks to the growing audience of mobility studies by showing that different types of mobility have different values in corporate entrepreneurship. It also provides valuable insights to managers who seek sustainable competitiveness through corporate entrepreneurship by emphasizing the value of… Advisors/Committee Members: Kim, Jay (Ji-Yub)Rajagopalan, Nandini (Committee Chair), Kennedy, Mark T. (Committee Member), Eliasoph, Nina S. (Committee Member).

Subjects/Keywords: corporate entrepreneurship; Japanese animation; mobility; non-local search; short-term project organization

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APA (6^th Edition):

Kim, S. (2010). Short-term project organizations for corporate entrepreneurship: evidence from the Japanese animation industry (2000–2008). (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Southern California. Retrieved from http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll127/id/421163/rec/5841

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Kim, Sahangsoon. “Short-term project organizations for corporate entrepreneurship: evidence from the Japanese animation industry (2000–2008).” 2010. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Southern California. Accessed January 22, 2021. http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll127/id/421163/rec/5841.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Kim, Sahangsoon. “Short-term project organizations for corporate entrepreneurship: evidence from the Japanese animation industry (2000–2008).” 2010. Web. 22 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

Kim S. Short-term project organizations for corporate entrepreneurship: evidence from the Japanese animation industry (2000–2008). [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Southern California; 2010. [cited 2021 Jan 22]. Available from: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll127/id/421163/rec/5841.

Council of Science Editors:

Kim S. Short-term project organizations for corporate entrepreneurship: evidence from the Japanese animation industry (2000–2008). [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Southern California; 2010. Available from: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll127/id/421163/rec/5841

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3. Majdik, Zoltan P. The gene is out of the bottle: the communication of genetic complexity in direct-to-consumer genetics.

Degree: PhD, Communication, 2010, University of Southern California

URL: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll127/id/203466/rec/6748

► This dissertation interrogates norms of state-of-the-art communication for direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic services. It finds that the introduction of DTC genetics disrupts settled norms of social… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: biotechnology; practice; complexity; genetics; rhetoric

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Majdik, Z. P. (2010). The gene is out of the bottle: the communication of genetic complexity in direct-to-consumer genetics. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Southern California. Retrieved from http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll127/id/203466/rec/6748

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Majdik, Zoltan P. “The gene is out of the bottle: the communication of genetic complexity in direct-to-consumer genetics.” 2010. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Southern California. Accessed January 22, 2021. http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll127/id/203466/rec/6748.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Majdik, Zoltan P. “The gene is out of the bottle: the communication of genetic complexity in direct-to-consumer genetics.” 2010. Web. 22 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

Majdik ZP. The gene is out of the bottle: the communication of genetic complexity in direct-to-consumer genetics. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Southern California; 2010. [cited 2021 Jan 22]. Available from: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll127/id/203466/rec/6748.

Council of Science Editors:

Majdik ZP. The gene is out of the bottle: the communication of genetic complexity in direct-to-consumer genetics. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Southern California; 2010. Available from: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll127/id/203466/rec/6748

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4. Lo, Yu-Chieh (Jade). Blending and bridging in field formation.

Degree: PhD, Management, 2010, University of Southern California

URL: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll127/id/383630/rec/1139

► Compared to the literature on the effects of organizational fields, much less is known about how early pioneers struggle for recognition and resources during the… (more)

▼ Compared to the literature on the effects of organizational fields, much less is known about how early pioneers struggle for recognition and resources during the course of field formation, and how benign resource mobilization strategies, if overused, may also produce unintended consequences at both individual and collective levels. This dissertation focuses on two complementary processes in the context of field formation: blending and bridging. Important breakthroughs often come from attempts to blend elements from disparate knowledge domains, and legitimating and promoting new ideas requires skill of building new coalitions by bridging multiple “worlds” that all stand to benefit from new ideas. When blending and bridging are not balanced, however, the efforts of entrepreneurs are likely to be subject to the familiar negative consequences of blending and bridging, including unclear identity and increased coordination and evaluation costs. Proper balances of blending and bridging enable those who participate in nascent fields to manage the apparent tensions between their positive and negative consequences.; This argument is tested in two empirical studies and further expanded in a theory chapter. Using the NanoBank data on NSF grants in nanotechnology, the first essay asks how pioneers in a nascent field can use bridging strategies to overcome the liability associated with both the newness of their own ideas and the novelty of the emergent field in which they work, and how these strategies might also backfire if overused. With patent data from NanoBank, the second study inspects how a new institutional logic favoring interdisciplinary research enabled nanotechnology to emerge from the intersections of multiple knowledge domains by blending familiar elements in novel ways. Motivated by findings from these empirical inspections, I sketch a general theory about the role of blending and bridging in the process of field formation in the third essay.; Overall, I find in this research support for my argument that the struggle between “being innovative” and “being recognizable” is indeed a real tension, but not one that is irresolvable: actors in a nascent field and the emergent field itself can maintain their viability with delicate balances between novelty and familiarity, breadth and focus, and diversity and coherence. By addressing some fundamental tensions associated with blending and bridging processes in the course of field formation, this dissertation hopes to contribute to organization theory and entrepreneurship studies. Advisors/Committee Members: Kennedy, Mark T.Zucker, Lynne G. (Committee Chair), Adler, Paul S. (Committee Member), Fiss, Peer C. (Committee Member), Eliasoph, Nina S. (Committee Member).

Subjects/Keywords: field; field emergence; bridging; entrepreneurship

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APA (6^th Edition):

Lo, Y. (. (2010). Blending and bridging in field formation. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Southern California. Retrieved from http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll127/id/383630/rec/1139

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Lo, Yu-Chieh (Jade). “Blending and bridging in field formation.” 2010. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Southern California. Accessed January 22, 2021. http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll127/id/383630/rec/1139.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Lo, Yu-Chieh (Jade). “Blending and bridging in field formation.” 2010. Web. 22 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

Lo Y(. Blending and bridging in field formation. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Southern California; 2010. [cited 2021 Jan 22]. Available from: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll127/id/383630/rec/1139.

Council of Science Editors:

Lo Y(. Blending and bridging in field formation. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Southern California; 2010. Available from: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll127/id/383630/rec/1139

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