The Global Pesticide Complex: Infrastructure, Fragility and Frontiers of Agrarian Change
Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Although most pesticides have long been on the market, the political economy surrounding their production, regulation and use has undergone considerable change, spurring renewed interest in the social sciences. The global pesticide complex (GPC) is an analytical device to understand the multidimensional nature of these changes. In this special
Marion Werner +3 more
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Detecting Favoritism in Public Procurement
The Journal of Industrial Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Favoritism as a mode of corruption is a major concern in public procurement (PP) in many countries. We propose a regression discontinuity design (RDD) test arguing that the winning history of marginal winners and losers can be used to detect favoritism.
Joosua Virtanen +2 more
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Polarization in the COVID-19 pandemic: The impact of vaccination status and conspiracy theories. [PDF]
Ann N Y Acad SciWillemsen L +4 more
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It’s All About Me (Or Is It Us?): The Narrative Antecedents of the Locus of Celebrity
Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.Abstract For two decades, research on individual and organizational celebrity has flourished. However, the literature remains limited in several ways. First, despite recent gains regarding the antecedents of celebrity, current theory does not fully explain why celebrity resides at a specific locus (i.e., at the individual‐ and/or organizational level).
Laura D’Oria +3 more
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Free from conspiracies: The negative relationship between societal freedom and belief in generic and content-specific conspiracy theories. [PDF]
Br J Soc PsycholSiemiątkowski M +2 more
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Social Media Is a Threat for Democracy! A Political Perspective for Analysing and Diminishing Harm
Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.Abstract Social media platforms, once hailed as potential champions of dialogue, have evolved into commodified spaces in which their business models incentivize hate speech, misinformation, polarization, and the political fragmentation of society, benefiting corporate and political elites while eroding democracy.
Itziar Castelló +3 more
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The efficacy of interventions in reducing belief in conspiracy theories: A systematic review. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2023 O'Mahony C +3 more
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From Platform Design to Attention Governance: Rethinking Social Media Externalities
Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.Abstract Social media platforms have become central infrastructures through which information is produced, distributed, and contested in contemporary societies, with growing consequences for organizations, social interactions, and democracy. Yet, management and organization scholars tend to treat social media platforms as contexts rather than focal ...
Mirko Benischke, Corinne Post
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Paranoia affected COVID-19 vaccine refusal by increasing beliefs in conspiracy theories and mistrust of science. [PDF]
Front PsycholSimione L +5 more
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Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.Abstract Private transnational governance institutions increasingly acquire regulatory authority in contexts of weak or inactive state regulation, yet their capacity to exercise it remains contested. We extend Poulantzas' concept of relative autonomy, understood as the capacity to act with organizational independence from specific fractions of capital ...
Mahreen Khan +2 more
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