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| Translated title of the contribution | This Should Not Matter Here : Organizational Translations of Performance and Morality |
|---|---|
| Original language | German |
| Pages (from-to) | 243-263 |
| Number of pages | 21 |
| Journal | Zeitschrift fur Soziologie |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Early online date | 22 Aug 2024 |
| Publication status | Published - 30 Aug 2024 |
Abstract
This article ties in with the current debate on the transformation of moral values in and through organizations. Although more recent neoinstitutionalist works now model the expected divergence between assertions and practice in a more nuanced way than older works, they do not shed any conceptual light on the interactions within normatively formatted organizational structures. Our extension of the communication theory model focuses precisely on these intersubjective negotiation processes. It is based on the results of an ethnographic study on highly selective selection procedures for “talented” managers of corporations, which, in addition to the classic performance evaluation, also explicitly want to take normatively charged concepts such as diversity and equal opportunities into account. We conclude that the processing of such conflicting values can be described as translation cascades. We condense these conceptually in the analytical distinction between formal and situational translations of morality.
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- Sociology and Political Science
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In: Zeitschrift fur Soziologie, Vol. 53, No. 3, 30.08.2024, p. 243-263.
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AU - Guse, Juan S.
AU - Hasenbruch, Monika
AU - Weingärtner, Simon
AU - Wagner, Gabriele
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2024 bei den Autorinnen und Autoren, publiziert von De Gruyter.
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KW - Elite Promotion
KW - Meritocracy
KW - Moralization
KW - Neoinstitutionalism
KW - Organizational Sociology
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KW - Sociology of Evaluation
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