The Significance of Temporality for the Development of Sociological Theory

Maines, David R.

doi:10.1111/j.1533-8525.1987.tb00296.x

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“…Time is said to drive society, serving as the basic mechanism through which sociological acts at all levels exist and operate (Katovich, 1987; Maines, 1987). Human actions are said to be embedded in time, and time is seen as a mechanism through which human behavior is organized and regulated (Maines).…”

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A Holistic Framework for Nursing Time: Implications for Theory, Practice, and Research

Jones

2010

Nursing Forum

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Topic-Nursing time has relevance for those who produce it, those who receive it and those who must pay for it. Though the term nursing time may be commonly used, a common understanding of the concept within the fields of nursing and healthcare administration is lacking.Purpose-The purposes of this paper are to explore the concept of nursing time and to identify implications for theory development, clinical and administrative practice, and research.Discussion-Both physical and psychological forms of time are viewed as fundamental to our experience of time as social beings. Nursing time has significant intrinsic and instrumental value in nursing and healthcare. A holistic approach incorporating the physical, psychological, and sociological aspects and dimensions of nursing time is advocated.Conclusions-Multiple strategies to enhance the patient experience of nursing time are warranted and should address how much time nurses spend with patients as well as how they spend that time. Patterns of overlapping and competing time structures for nurses should be identified and evaluated for their effect on physical time available for patient care and the psychological experiences of time by nurses and patients.

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Section: Timementioning

confidence: 99%

A Holistic Framework for Nursing Time: Implications for Theory, Practice, and Research

Jones

2010

Nursing Forum

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“…The other dimension is social time, which is mainly resulted of globalization. The time-space destination is one of the crucial elements that drive the hotel business to introduce and adapt changes (Maines, 1987). Thus, it can be said that change is a permanent as changes do occur all the time.…”

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Managing Change and Strategic Thinking: Evidences from Hospitality and Tourism Sector of the UK

Sah¹,

Nadda²

2018

IJARBSS

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This qualitative paper examines the strategic thinking and managing change in complex business environment in the hospitality and tourism sector of the UK through the cases of Hilton London Canary Wharf and Hilton London Tower Bridge. For the purpose of analysis, researchers explored the research phenomenon under different models including TALC model and IBTEE Model. Using convenience sampling, researchers interviewed face-to-face 12 Line Managers and 30 employees through open-ended semi-structured interview questions regarding change management process and obstacles interlinked with it. Findings revealed that although Hilton hotels have adapted changes to some extent but there is still more room for further improvement. The management of the selected hotels highly relies on the training purpose for the effective change adaption whereas coaching and research is lagging behind. The biggest constraint during effective change adaption is the diverse background of the workforce as most are from the multicultural backgrounds. Moreover, the communication, ritual, and cultural barriers are causing issues in the change process. Lastly, the recommendations are given for consolidating effective change management at workplace.

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“…73-1 12) discussion of the evolution of child labor laws dramatically illustrates their interrelatedness in one arena. However, it is OUI intent to focus on the relatively neglected "substance of temporality" as integral to a sociological theory of deviance (Maines 1987).…”

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Untimely Acts: Extending the Interactionist Conception of Deviance

Reese

Katovich

1989

The Sociological Quarterly

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hteractionists and l a b ing theorists have made actors central to a jointly constructed process of deviance. This article extends their arguments to the deviant act itself and suggests how uses and conceptions of time and temporality distinguish deviant acts from routine or other unconventional acts. It treats time systematically in relation to designations of deviance by, first, correlating timing with temporal structures; second, comparing and contrasting deviant acts with untoward and anomalous acts; third, discussing nine temporal dimensions involved in the construction of deviant acts by illustrating how diagnosticians identify problematic drinking; fourth, elaborating the use of these dimensions to deviance in general and to issues of legal and "universal wrongs" which imply a negotiated moral order in modem society.The issues raised by the interactionist perspective on deviance (particularly, the labelling or societal reaction perspective) have encouraged sociologists to explore the interaction between alleged deviants and their audiences and, thus, to treat deviance as joint action (). Adherents and opponents of the interactionist perspective will likely go on debating the merits of specific conceptualizations (e.g., secondary deviance in Gove 1975), but few deny to interactionists their hard-won understanding of deviance as a socially constructed reality which involves the process of stigmatizing actors and acts (Schur 1975). While the probability of ascribing and stigmatizing some acts and actors as deviant can allow researchers to detect and predict regularities, there is nothing within nature and outside of a negotiated order that makes an act deviant in and of itself (Erikson 1962).Despite a wide appreciation that no act is inherently or intrinsically deviant, the aspects of an act which are likely to evoke specific societal reactions and designations remain incomplete and unsystematic. This article explores how an act is defined as deviant through a shared and consensual use of time and, consequently, how particular acts come to be viewed as untimely and vulnerable to negative ascriptions.One crucial but neglected determination of deviance revolves around the temporal *Direct all wrrespadence to: WiUiam A. Reese, Department of Sociology, P.O. Box 30790, Texas Christian University, Fort Wonh, TX 76129.dimensions of an act. Specifically, interactants use particular temporal coordinates or parameters to demarcate the socially defined boundary between normalcy and deviance and as critical cues of how deviant (severe or bad) an act is considered. Understanding how acts or actors become identified as deviant is bound to an additional understanding of how interactants organize temporal life to construct patterned responses to acts and to negotiate distinctions between a variety of these acts.We suggest that time and temporal dimensions are used by competent members of society (the "wide awake citizenry" of Schutz and Luckmann 1973,) and agents of social control to "document" and "typify" action, as either...

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The Significance of Temporality for the Development of Sociological Theory

Cited by 44 publications

References 19 publications

A Holistic Framework for Nursing Time: Implications for Theory, Practice, and Research

A Holistic Framework for Nursing Time: Implications for Theory, Practice, and Research

Managing Change and Strategic Thinking: Evidences from Hospitality and Tourism Sector of the UK

Untimely Acts: Extending the Interactionist Conception of Deviance

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