Common-Sense and Scientific Interpretation of Human Action

Schütz, Alfred

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“…experience is considered to be important as it helped to establish a degree of acceptance amongst the practising community (May, 1993) and better enabled valid in situ interpretations to be made of what was being observed and spoken about. This shared lifeworld perspective (Schutz, 1953) also offered benefits when analysing data after collection, thus adding to the study's validity and reliability (Brannick and Coghlan, 2007). …”

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The rhetoric of “knowledge hoarding”: a research-based critique

Trusson

Hislop

Doherty

2017

JKM

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Article accepted for publication in Journal of Knowledge Management, 03/08/17. AbstractPurpose -Via a study of IT service professionals, this article responds to a recent trend towards reifying 'knowledge hoarding' for purposes of quantitative/deductive research. A 'rhetorical theory' lens is applied to reconsider 'knowledge hoarding' as a value-laden rhetoric that directs managers towards addressing assumed worker dysfunctionality.Design/methodology/approach -A qualitative study of practicing IT service professionals (assumed within IT service management 'best practice' to be inclined to hoard knowledge) was conducted over a 34 day period. 20 workers were closely observed processing IT service incidents and 26 workers were interviewed about knowledge sharing practices. Findings -The study found that the character of IT service practice is more one of pro-social collegiality in sharing knowledge/know-how than one of self-interested strategic knowledge concealment. Research limitations/implications -The study concerns a single occupational context. The study indicates that deductive research that reifies 'knowledge hoarding' as a naturallyoccurring phenomenon is flawed, with clear implications for future research.Practical implications -The study suggests that management concern for productivity might be redirected away from addressing assumed knowledge hoarding behaviour and towards encouraging knowledge sharing via social interaction in the workplace. Originality/value -Previous studies have not directly examined the concept of knowledge hoarding using qualitative methods, nor have they considered it as a rhetorical device.

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The rhetoric of “knowledge hoarding”: a research-based critique

Trusson

Hislop

Doherty

2017

JKM

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“…Drawing on the work of Alfred Schütz [35] we conceive calculations of vulnerability and resilience as "first order constructions", that is, socio-technical construction that is situated in practice and with a primary function of enabling purposeful action. For the social-scientific analysis of vulnerability and resilience, however, we undertake "second order constructions" [35].…”

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“…For the social-scientific analysis of vulnerability and resilience, however, we undertake "second order constructions" [35]. We thus examine the first order observations of our respondents in order to identify typical patterns within them.…”

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Once You Are In You Might Need to Get Out: Adaptation and Adaptability in Volatile Labor Markets—the Case of Musical Actors

Ibert

Schmidt

2014

Social Sciences

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Abstract:The labor market for musical actors is very challenging for several reasons. On the one hand, it is difficult to acquire a position: qualification requirements are high, competition is fierce and reputation is difficult to build up. On the other hand, once in it is often necessary to get out: once being in, market demand for roles with a stage age above 45 drops dramatically and it becomes increasingly hard to stay healthy due to the threefold exposure to bodily strains of acting, dancing and singing. This labor market thus presents potentially interesting situations, in which the meaning of the concept resilience-in the sense of valuing preservation-can change fundamentally. While at the beginning of a career, the main challenge is often to adapt to market requirements, in the second half of a career it becomes increasingly important to become adaptable to a broader spectrum of opportunities, including exit scenarios. The paper generates empirically grounded ideal-typical accounts of the meaning of adaptation and adaptability for musical actors with a focus on the actors' networking strategies, their professional identities, and the corresponding ways of perceiving and creating spaces.

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“…From this point of view the 'meaning', stressed by Lachmann, is no private or individualistic meaning but a cultural or intersubjective one. It is "our commonly everyday world (the Schutzian 'life-world') in which the meanings we ascribe to our own acts and those of others are typically not in doubt and taken for granted" (138; for Schütz see: Schütz 1973Schütz , 1976. All actors are members of the language game with its commonly shared intersubjective meanings.…”

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Rationality, Hermeneutics, and Communicational Processes. On L. Lachmann’s Approach of Hermeneutical Economics

Priddat

2014

Communication and Economic Theory

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Common-Sense and Scientific Interpretation of Human Action

Cited by 338 publications

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The rhetoric of “knowledge hoarding”: a research-based critique

The rhetoric of “knowledge hoarding”: a research-based critique

Once You Are In You Might Need to Get Out: Adaptation and Adaptability in Volatile Labor Markets—the Case of Musical Actors

Rationality, Hermeneutics, and Communicational Processes. On L. Lachmann’s Approach of Hermeneutical Economics

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