Political Ideology and Subjective Culture: Conceptualization and Empirical Assessment

Szalay, Lorand B.; Kelly, Rita Mae

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“…Initially, ideology begins to determine the content of a person's beliefs, and then it gradually begins to influence the organisation of beliefs, or the very structure of the representational (cognitive) system resisting modification. In general, even more ''progressive'' and less rigid political ideologies tend to be relatively stable over long periods of time (Szalay and Kelly 1982). Therefore, we believe it is useful to seek the origins of CSR mindsets of senior managers in political ideology as well as to investigate the consequences of CSR mindsets for the firms' CSR behaviour (Walters 1977).…”

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Mapping the Relationship Among Political Ideology, CSR Mindset, and CSR Strategy: A Contingency Perspective Applied to Chinese Managers

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The literature on antecedents of corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategies of firms has been predominately content driven. Informed by the managerial sense-making process perspective, we develop a contingency theoretical framework explaining how political ideology of managers affects the choice of CSR strategy for their firms through their CSR mindset. We also explain to what extent the outcome of this process is shaped by the firm's internal institutional arrangements and external factors impacting on the firm. We develop and test several hypotheses using data collected from 129 Chinese managers. The results show that managers with a stronger socialist ideology are likely to develop a mindset favouring CSR, which induces the adoption of a proactive CSR strategy. The CSR mindset mediates the link between socialist ideology and CSR strategy. The strength of the relationship between the CSR mindset and the choice of CSR strategy is moderated by customer response to CSR, industry competition, the role of government, and CSRrelated managerial incentives.

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Mapping the Relationship Among Political Ideology, CSR Mindset, and CSR Strategy: A Contingency Perspective Applied to Chinese Managers

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“…Converse (1964), (1983; 1988), Feldman and Zaller (1992), Green (1988), Hamill et al (1985), Inglehart and Klingemann (1979), Jacoby (1986), Klingemann (1979), Knight (1985), Kritzer (1978), Luskin (1987Luskin ( , 1993, Nelson (1977), Neuman (1981), Peffley and Hurwitz (1985), Searing (1978), Smith (1980), Sullivan et al (1978), Szalay and Kelly (1982), Szalay et al (1972). for example, eschews ideology for &dquo;belief-system&dquo; (see also Naess et al 1956: 171).…”

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Ideology: A Definitional Analysis

Gerring

1997

Political Research Quarterly

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What does &dquo;ideology&dquo; mean? As a preliminary step to answering this muchasked question, I collected what seemed to be the most thoughtful and/or influential definitions circulating within the social sciences in the postwar decades. A quick perusal of these definitions reveals the extent to which ideology remains a highly flexible conceptual tool (see Table 1). One is struck not only by the cumulative number of different attributes that writers find essential, but by their more than occasional contradictions. To some, ideology is dogmatic, while to others it carries connotations of political sophistication; to some it refers to dominant modes of thought, and to others it refers primarily to those most alienated by the status quo (e.g., revolutionary movements and parties). To some it is based in the concrete interests of a social class, while to others it is characterized by an absence of economic self-interest. One could continue, but the point is already apparent: not only is ideology farflung, it also encompasses a good many definitional traits which are directly at odds with one another.Indeed, it has become customary to begin any discussion of ideology with some observation concerning its semantic promiscuity.2 Few concepts in the social science lexicon have occasioned so much discussion, so much NOTE: I would like to thank several anonymous reviewers for helpful comments on various versions of this manuscript.1 Since it was not always possible to find a parsimonious statement of the writer's understanding of the concept, in these cases I strung together the most important passages in his or her discussion or paraphrased the discussion.

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“…With regard to construct validity, AGA relates directly to the perceptual-representational theory of belief systems (Szalay and Kelly, 1982) and is consistent with other theories, such as those of cognitive representation (Downs and Stea, 1973), cognitive maps (Tolman, 1948), internal representations (Shephard and Chipman, 1970), central representations (Reed, 1969), maze ways (Wallace, 1956), and representations (Oatley, 1979). With regard to content validity, AGA has been compared to five other widely accepted measures of meaning: similarity scaling or judgment methods; substitution; grouping or classification; judgment of relationship; and the semantic differential.…”

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The Associative Group Analysis Method and Evaluation Research

Kelly

1985

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This article presents an overview, description, and assessment of the Associative Group Analysis method for studying conceptual development and changes in belief systems. Three specific applications to evaluation research tasks are used to illustrate its potential. AGA is found to be particularly useful when cross-cultural issues, beliefs, integration, and adaptation are at issue. Evaluators are encouraged to explore AGA's utility. valuation researchers are often called upon to measure changes in conceptual development. Scholars dealing with education, cross-cultural analysis, acculturation, assimilation, and social changeoriented interventions require sophisticated methodologies to assess various dimensions of belief systems. Unfortunately, most measures focus upon attitudes only or meaning components only. In the late 1960s, Lorand B. Szalay, a social psychologist, addressed this problem by developing a new, more comprehensive methodology for studying meaning and belief systems. In the fifteen years since this development, several attempts have been made to apply this method to evaluation problems. This article presents, first, an overview of the Associative Group Analysis (AGA) method; second, a short summary of selected applications to evaluation; and, third, an assessment of the method's potential utility as a tool for evaluation research.

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Political Ideology and Subjective Culture: Conceptualization and Empirical Assessment

Cited by 13 publications

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Mapping the Relationship Among Political Ideology, CSR Mindset, and CSR Strategy: A Contingency Perspective Applied to Chinese Managers

Mapping the Relationship Among Political Ideology, CSR Mindset, and CSR Strategy: A Contingency Perspective Applied to Chinese Managers

Ideology: A Definitional Analysis

The Associative Group Analysis Method and Evaluation Research

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