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Bridging Moral Aspirations and the Mundane Reality: A Grounded Study of the Process of Radical Purpose Adaptation in a Business School

Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract In previous research, scholars have often highlighted the important role of leaders in defending and protecting a historical organizational purpose. However, adopting such a ‘backward‐looking’ perspective, researchers have devoted much less attention to understanding how an organizational purpose can be deliberately changed and leveraged to ...
Luca Manelli, Carlotta Benedetti, Josip Kotlar, Federico Frattini   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Toxic utopia: Unseen ideology and “Le Politique” in China Miéville's The City & The City

Orbis Litterarum, EarlyView.
Abstract What if ideology were not just hidden—but aesthetic? This article reads China Miéville's The City & The City not as a metaphor for division, but as a speculative blueprint for how politics operates through enforced invisibility. By threading Derrida's Absolute Other and Rancière's le politique through Miéville's uncanny urban layering, we ...
Bo Kampmann Walther, Rune Graulund
wiley   +1 more source

Design and Characteristics of a Single-Story Building Model Incorporating Waste

Buildings
The construction field is one of the largest sectors and industries worldwide. This industry is the main industry accused of contributing to greenhouse gases and increasing the effects of climate change.
Mohamed Darwish, Mohamed Elnakeb, Marina Moawad, Marwan Mohamed Shawki, Ehab Abdelhamid, Donia Eldwib, Mohamed Nagib Abouzeid, Maram Saudy, Safwan Khedr, Khaled Nassar   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Life-cycle assessment of concrete hollow blocks and autoclaved aerated concrete blocks

, 2023
J.M. Ongpeng, M.V. Umali
openaire   +1 more source

Cultural Competence in Community‐Level Initiatives to Advance Racial Equity in Homeless Services

Public Administration, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how organizations in collaborative networks in the United States address racial inequality in homelessness through cultural competence continuum and actionable initiatives. Conducting a content analysis, we deductively and inductively code the U.S.
Saerim Kim, Andrew Sullivan, Kotomi Yokokura, Hyokyung Kwak, Emily Nwakpuda   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Influence of magnetized water on the Properties of hollow Concrete blocks Made with fully Recycled Aggregate

Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering
With accelerated global urbanization, construction waste has become an increasingly severe problem and drives growing interest in recycled aggregate utilization.
Xiji Hu, Ruizhen Yan, Kerui Jia, Fanqi Meng   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Optimising of thermal insulation thickness based on wall orientations and solar radiation using heating-degree hour method

Case Studies in Thermal Engineering
Buildings consume more than a third of the world's energy demand, and painstaking adjusting the insulation thickness of external walls is an effective way to save energy.
Cenker Aktemur, Mutlu Tarık Çakır, Musa Faruk Çakır   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Development of a thermally improved hollow concrete block

, 2015
The paper is focused on the comparison of the compression strength and thermal insulation of improved prototypes of hollow concrete building blocks to traditional local building blocks, with the aim of developing a new product for the local market that meets the demand for better insulated buildings.
Caruana, Caroline, Yousif, Charles, Buhagiar, Spiridione, Grima, Charlon, Sustainable Energy 2015 : the ISE Annual Conference   +4 more
openaire   +1 more source

Context, Mechanism, and Outcome: Explaining Gendered Administrative Burdens on Abortion Access in Italy

Public Administration Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Abortion access in Italy provides a case to examine how gendered administrative burdens emerge through the interplay of legal provisions, informal frontline practices, and contextual influences. Drawing on the Context–Mechanism–Outcome framework from realist evaluation, the analysis shows how legal access to abortion is constrained by ...
Debra Lanfranconi, Markus Hinterleitner
wiley   +1 more source

Framing Decolonization: Case Study of the Pan‐Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change

Public Administration Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article considers the relationship between formal policy discourse and dynamics of decolonization. Initiatives of decolonization implicate the political status of Indigenous peoples, wherein peoples can be understood as agents or dependents within the state.
River Doxtator, Jennifer Wallner, Lydia Zhou   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source