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Organization Development for Social Change [PDF]
, 2005 The field of organization development (OD) has emerged from efforts to improve the performance of organizations, largely in the for-profit sector but more recently in the public and not-for-profit sectors as well.
Jane G. Covey +2 more
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, 2016 There is a growing imperative for responses to climate change to go beyond incremental adjustments, aiming instead for society‐wide transformation. In this context, sociotechnical (ST) transitions and social–ecological (SE) resilience are two prominent ...
R. Gillard +3 more
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Dental Anthropology, 2006 Described are observations on Batak foods, tooth use, oral hygiene, and resulting wear and oral pathology in dental casts of 29 Batak ranging from 15 to 49 years of age. Commonly consumed foods are roughly 80 percent plant, and 20 percent animal products.
Christy G. Turner II, James F. Eder
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Social Synergetics, Social Physics and Research of Fundamental Laws in Social Complex Systems [PDF]
arXiv, 2009 We proposed social synergetics and the four basic theorems, in which theorem of perfect correlation on humanity is researched mathematically. Generally, we discuss the four variables and the eight aspects in social physics. We search social thermodynamics and the five fundamental laws of social complex systems.
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Comparison of social and physical free energies on a toy model [PDF]
, 2004 Social free energy has been recently introduced as a measure of social action obtainable in a given social system, without changes in its structure. The authors of this paper argue that social free energy surpasses the gap between the verbally formulated value sets of social systems and the quantitatively based predictions.
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Bridging Social Distance During Social Distancing: Exploring Social Talk and Remote Collegiality in Video Conferencing [PDF]
arXiv, 2021 Video conferencing systems have long facilitated work-related conversations among remote teams. However, social distancing due to the COVID-19 pandemic has forced colleagues to use video conferencing platforms to additionally fulfil social needs. Social talk, or informal talk, is an important workplace practice that is used to build and maintain bonds ...
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Mobilizing Public Will For Social Change [PDF]
, 2003 Examines the theory and strategies of "public will" campaigns and offers tangible criteria for their evaluation. It provides a rich inventory of strategies for use in mobilizing the public will through an integration of models of agenda building, social ...
Charles T. Salmon +2 more
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Determinants of Social-economic Mobility in the Northern Region of Malaysia [PDF]
arXiv, 2020 Colleting the data through a survey in the Northern region of Malaysia; Kedah, Perlis, Penang and Perak, this study investigates intergenerational social mobility in Malaysia. We measure and analyzed the factors that influence social-economic mobility by using binary choice model (logit model). Social mobility can be measured in several ways, by income,
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Organizations Driving Positive Social Change
, 2016 Academic and practitioner interest in how market-based organizations can drive positive social change (PSC) is steadily growing. This paper helps to recast how organizations relate to society.
U. Stephan +3 more
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Using social and behavioural science to support COVID-19 pandemic response
Nature Human Behaviour, 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic represents a massive global health crisis. Because the crisis requires large-scale behaviour change and places significant psychological burdens on individuals, insights from the social and behavioural sciences can be used to help ...
J. V. Bavel +42 more
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