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Investing Aura: Making Value at an Emirati Art Center

Economic Anthropology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The article examines the politics and processes of establishing value for artworks, highlighting the continued belief in Walter Benjamin's idea of aura and describing the value aura generates as “auratic value.” Focusing on an artist residency program in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) during the country's arts boom, I analyze contestations ...
Beth Derderian
wiley   +1 more source

Out of the Shadows: Autocratic Regimes, Election Observation and Legitimation

, 2018
Studies in Autocratic Legitimation Alexander Dukalskis, Johannes Gerschewski ... Finally, the essay briefly introduces the five original articles that comprise the remainder of this special issue on autocratic legitimation. The article identifies .
Debre, Maria J, Morgenbesser, Lee
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Formulas for Autocratic Stability: A Review Article

Drawing on the analytical framework of Johannes Gerschewski's The Two Logics of Autocratic Rule, we explore the complexities of autocratic stability by examining the mechanisms through which autocrats preserve their regimes.
Huang, Osbern, Kuo, Chi-Hsien, Huang, Min-Hua   +2 more
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Systemic Design in Times of Crisis: Fostering a Collaborative Culture Under Conditions of Energy Vulnerability in Northeastern Iran

Systems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The actualization of innovation in social systems requires interventions within small systems, communities and organizations. At this scale, practitioners can engage directly with the interactions, communication and dialogue among key actors, including those with conflicting interests.
Moein Nedaei
wiley   +1 more source

Formation of Distance‐Based Orientation: Political Identity through Relational Positioning in Israel

Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
Distance‐based orientation describes how pejorative labels may serve as anchor points for political identity. Existing research on political labeling has largely emphasized stigmatization, overlooking how labels may acquire durability and orienting capacity without losing pejorative force. Drawing on publicly circulating discourse, we trace positioning
Tammar Friedman, Asaf Saadon
wiley   +1 more source

Guanxi and Wasta: 20 Years of Evolution and Future Directions for Informal Network Research

Thunderbird International Business Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article provides an examination of the evolution of networking in China and the Arab world over two decades and provides an update to, and new insights arising from, an article called Guanxi and Wasta; A Comparison, published in Thunderbird International Business Review in 2006.
Kate Hutchings, David Weir, Sa'ad Ali, Sven Horak   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Abusive Legalism

, 2019
This project suggests that one response to growing scrutiny of authoritarian tactics is to turn to sub-constitutional public law, or private law. By using “ordinary” law in ways that seem consistent with formal and procedural aspects of rule of law ...
Alvin Y.H. Cheung
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The Dark Pyramid: Unpacking the Multidimensional Nature of the Dark Side of Leadership

British Journal of Management, EarlyView.
Abstract The dark side of leadership has been employed as an umbrella term to cover an array of concepts typically concerned with the dysfunctionality and/or toxicity of individual leaders. As the field of leadership studies moves towards ‘post‐heroic’ perspectives, we apply the same ontological positioning, adopting a ‘post‐villainous’ perspective in ...
Peter Stephenson, Richard Bolden, Morgen Witzel   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

How Leaders With Dark Personality Shape Their Climates: Developing a Theory of Influence Tactics and Follower Responses

British Journal of Management, EarlyView.
Abstract Despite burgeoning attention to dark leaders, we lack understanding about how they shape their climates. Using the dark triad (Machiavellianism, narcissism, psychopathy), we integrate social psychology and leadership research on interpersonal, romantic and leader–follower relationships to identify two predominant influence strategies ...
Al‐Karim Samnani, Sadia Jahanzeb
wiley   +1 more source

‘If I Don't Get That Belonging Among Us It All Falls Down’: How Middle Managers Experience Belonging Through Self and Others

British Journal of Management, EarlyView.
Abstract Belonging at work is a fundamental yet complex experience, associated with acceptance, inclusion and recognition, and underpinned by relational dynamics in organizations. Despite increasing interest, little is known about how belonging is experienced by middle managers, a group positioned between hierarchical levels and responsible for others.
Laura J. Reeves, Clare Rigg
wiley   +1 more source