"Like a Frog in a Well": Young People's Views of the Future Expressed in Two Collaborative Research Projects in Sri Lanka

Kingsolver, Ann E.

doi:10.17730/humo.69.1.87652108l7417273

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“…Researchers have commented on the perceived danger sensed by respondents when asked to reveal their ethnic identity in such an environment (Kingsolver 2010). Respondents were also drawn from a snowball sample so that, while appropriate to reach those otherwise difficult to access, there may be a bias in the sample.…”

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Ethnic homophily perceptions as an emergent IHRM challenge: evidence from firms operating in Sri Lanka during the ethnic conflict

Lee

Reade

2014

The International Journal of Human Resource Management

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Original citation:Lee, Hyun-Jung and Reade, Carol (2015) Yet little is known about the international human resource management challenges arising from such societal context. Utilizing social identity theory, we propose that ethnic homophily perceptions in the workplace-an employee's assessment that colleagues prefer working with ethnically similar others-is a reflection of the societal context and can be detrimental to the organization if not managed appropriately. We investigate whether contact theory offers insights to manage such perceptions. Drawing on a sample of 550 managers in Sri Lanka during a period of protracted ethnic conflict, we found that employee sensitivity to ethnic conflict in the societal context is positively related to ethnic homophily perceptions in the workplace, and that both ethnic diversity in workgroups and quality of work relationships serve to reduce perceptions of ethnic homophily.

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Section: Limitations and Future Research Directionsmentioning

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Ethnic homophily perceptions as an emergent IHRM challenge: evidence from firms operating in Sri Lanka during the ethnic conflict

Lee

Reade

2014

The International Journal of Human Resource Management

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“…Religious nationalism becomes embedded in neoliberal thought by advancing discourses of self-help, management science, piety, financial investment, entrepreneurship, and business skills (Atia, 2012). State violence against anti-capitalist protestors and religious nationalist violence against minorities have gone hand in hand to produce neoliberal developmental trajectories infused with privatization and unemployment (Kingsolver, 2010).…”

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The necropolitics of neoliberal state response to the Covid-19 pandemic in India

Jagannathan

Rai

2021

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We draw from the experience of the Covid-19 pandemic in India to outline that the neoliberal consolidation of the state is enabled by precariousness, violence, and inequality in overlapping planes of marginality. The pandemic showed the abysmal state of public health institutions in India as people experienced an erosion of dignity in both life and death. The harsh and sudden lockdown announced by the Indian state rendered workers jobless, hungry, exhausted, and on the borders of death. Instead of providing social security to workers, the state embarked on a neoliberal agenda of deregulation, weakening job security, and collective bargaining legislation. The state enacted a violent discourse of Hindu nationalism to blame Muslims for the spread of the pandemic in India to deflect attention from its abdication of responsibility in making healthcare and social security available to vulnerable segments of the Indian population. The neoliberal policy response of the state during the pandemic was embedded in the necropolitics of protecting the middle class and elite lives while directing structural violence against the working class and Muslims, making their lives disposable.

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“…This is because of the tense interethnic climate prevalent during the period of data collection. Researchers have commented on the perceived danger sensed by respondents when asked to reveal their ethnic identity in such an environment (Kingsolver, 2010). It was not comfortable to ask ethnicity information, and doing so may have lowered the response rate.…”

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Does ethnic conflict impede or enable employee innovation behavior?

Reade

Lee

2016

IJCMA

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Purpose-The purpose of this study is to investigate whether a societal context of ethnic conflict influences employee innovation behavior in the work domain, and whether a collaborative conflict management style adopted by supervisors plays a moderating role. Design/methodology/approach-Drawing on the conflict, organizational behavior and innovation literature, the study examines the main and interaction effects of employee sensitivity to ethnic conflict, organizational frustration, and collaborative conflict management style of supervisors on employee engagement with colleagues to innovate products, services, and job processes. Hypotheses are tested using hierarchical regression analysis, controlling for ethnic diversity in workgroups. Findings-Employee innovation behavior is greatest when employee sensitivity to ethnic conflict is high, organizational frustration is low, and when supervisors are perceived to be highly collaborative in managing conflict, regardless of whether the workgroup is ethnically homogenous or diverse. Research limitations/implications-The research findings expand our knowledge of the effects of sociopolitical conflict on employee behavior and the role of collaborative conflict management. Future research can address limitations including self-reports, cross-sectional design, and single country setting. Practical implications-The findings suggest that employee innovation behavior can be enhanced through developing collaborative conflict management skills of those in leadership positions. Originality/value-This is the first study to empirically examine the influence of ethnic conflict on employee innovation behavior, and is of value to businesses operating in conflict settings.

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"Like a Frog in a Well": Young People's Views of the Future Expressed in Two Collaborative Research Projects in Sri Lanka

Cited by 7 publications

References 4 publications

Ethnic homophily perceptions as an emergent IHRM challenge: evidence from firms operating in Sri Lanka during the ethnic conflict

Ethnic homophily perceptions as an emergent IHRM challenge: evidence from firms operating in Sri Lanka during the ethnic conflict

The necropolitics of neoliberal state response to the Covid-19 pandemic in India

Does ethnic conflict impede or enable employee innovation behavior?

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