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Mamadouh, Virginie

doi:10.1023/a:1007024008646

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“…The former dimension is associated with the strength of collectiveness, degree of solidarity, and stands for incorporation into a bounded group. The latter dimension, instead, stands for the extent to which an individual is constrained by strict rules, regulations, and hierarchical authority [33].…”

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confidence: 99%

Trust in Drinking Water Quality: Understanding the Role of Risk Perception and Transparency

Brouwer

Hofman‐Caris

Aalderen

2020

Water

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In the context of an increasing societal demand for transparency in parallel with rapidly increasing numbers and concentrations of substances found in drinking water, this paper investigates how different drinking water customers perceive their tap water quality, and possible risks involved. Empirically, the paper draws on results from a representative survey, a series of interviews and focus groups conducted in the Netherlands, applying both a traditional and modern segmentation approach based on four types of perspectives (“aware and committed”, “down to earth and confident”, “egalitarian and solidary”, and “quality and health concerned”). Although in general it was found that people’s trust in tap water is high, certain groups are more concerned about water quality and health effects than others. It was shown that transparency and the availability of more information about water treatment and quality would contribute to increasing customer trust. It was also observed that, at least in the Netherlands, people have a larger trust in drinking water companies than in other institutions. Therefore, instead of referring to standards made by other institutions, it is recommended that water companies themselves provide information on water quality and emphasize their treatment procedures.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Trust in Drinking Water Quality: Understanding the Role of Risk Perception and Transparency

Brouwer

Hofman‐Caris

Aalderen

2020

Water

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“…Fatalist, latter is called as an unpredictable nature and hierarchical is an imperfect human nature but can (or mostly) be covered by good institutions, while egalitarian is a good human nature and is thought to influence institutions. Mamadouh (1999) identified three problems arising from this theory, coherence, scale, and individuals as carriers of cultural biases. The first problem is that of the difference between levels (relationships, biases, and behavior).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Organizing in this quadrant is vulnerable to egoism and lack of cooperation because individuals are free to act for their own benefit. (Mamadouh, 1999).…”

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Culture Collideation in Digital Government

Prastuti¹,

Lele²,

Keban³

2020

Proceedings of the Annual Conference of Indonesian Association for Public Administration (IAPA 2019)

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This article focuses on the implementation of e-government as a form of digital government in the context of cultural theory. This is important since cultural analysis has not been discussed much in the topic of e-government stages. The success of e-government implementation is evaluated through stages that produce key determinants/success factors. The study of determinants in the e-government stage often carried out is in the managerial and organizational capacity. Although rarely mentioned, cultural variables are important factors in the development of the stages of e-government. Grid-Group Culture Theory is used to analyze variations in values by applying two dimensions, grids and groups, and leads to four ways of life: fatalism, hierarchicalism, individualism, and egalitarianism. The results of the article concluded that there is cultural collideation in e-government. It occurred as the result of differences in the cultural nature brought by ICT. In this case egovernment which is more directed towards individualism and egalitarianism. These trends collide with an organizational culture.

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“…Douglasian Cultural Theory makes culture the central aspect in explaining social life (Mamadouh, 1999), as it is based on the idea that the ways in which individuals view the world and organize themselves are related issues (Bale, 1997). Each individual adheres to one or more lifestyles relating to a combination of cultural biases, i.e., beliefs and values, and to patterns of social relations (Bale, 1997).…”

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Does public consultation encourage social participation?

Saab

Bermejo

Garcia

et al. 2018

Journal of Ent Info Management

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Purpose Social participation or public participation is a mechanism that aims to enable decision makers to understand the real needs of society and to promote more appropriate and acceptable public policies. The purpose of this paper is to analyze, through Douglasian Cultural Theory, the public-consultation mechanism, and to what extent it encourages the participation of people with different points of view in the formulation of public policies. Design/methodology/approach This research paper uses theoretical propositions from Douglasian Cultural Theory to investigate the process of public consultation adopted by the Brazilian National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) in the formulation of public policies for Brazil’s health sector. Findings The results contribute to the findings of previous studies, i.e., that social participation is unequal, and that some points of view are dominant in policy formulation. This indicates that public managers should seek mechanisms of participation that promote more inclusive and pluralistic public participation. Research limitations/implications The main limitations of this study are the subjectivity inherent in the classification of “voices” in Douglasian Cultural Theory, the small number of contributions analyzed and the absence of some unpublished data. Originality/value The analysis contributes to the literature by supporting some and rejecting other propositions of Douglasian Cultural Theory, as well as indicating possible potential from this theory through public administration in the evaluation of mechanisms of social participation.

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Cited by 153 publications

References 54 publications

Trust in Drinking Water Quality: Understanding the Role of Risk Perception and Transparency

Trust in Drinking Water Quality: Understanding the Role of Risk Perception and Transparency

Culture Collideation in Digital Government

Does public consultation encourage social participation?

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