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Ágnes Szabó - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Stress appraisal, information processing strategies, and somatic symptoms: A longitudinal study with immigrants.
    Journal of health psychology, 2016
    Co-Authors: Ágnes Szabó, Colleen Ward, Garth J. O. Fletcher
    Abstract:

    The study investigated threat versus challenge appraisals of acculturative stressors and their impact on the changes in psychological symptoms. It also examined information processing styles (informational, Normative, and diffuse-avoidant) as moderators of these relationships. A 6-month longitudinal study with two measuring points was conducted with a sample of immigrants. Threat appraisal was associated with more psychological symptoms, and challenge appraisal interacted with information processing styles to predict the changes in somatic symptoms. Analytical and exploratory informational styles enhanced the positive effects of challenge appraisal on psychological symptoms, whereas styles involving avoidance and Normative Orientation to one's home country dampened these positive effects.

  • Identity development during cultural transition: The role of social-cognitive identity processes
    International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 2015
    Co-Authors: Ágnes Szabó, Colleen Ward
    Abstract:

    Abstract Based on fundamental cognitive differences, Berzonsky (1989) proposed three different strategies of exploration behavior that underlie the process of identity development: informational, Normative, and diffuse-avoidant styles. The present study extends Berzonsky's theorizing to acculturation research and examines the social-cognitive processes underlying identity development of new immigrants ( N  = 218). We investigate informational (analytical and exploratory), Normative (heritage and host) and diffuse-avoidant identity styles as predictors of identity commitment and identity outcomes (self-esteem, self-concept clarity and ethno-cultural identity conflict). Two positive and two negative pathways to identity outcomes were identified, which were fully or partially mediated by identity commitment. Analytical informational style and Normative Orientation to the host society predicted stronger identity commitment, which, in turn, resulted in more positive identity outcomes. In contrast, diffuse-avoidant and exploratory informational styles exerted negative effects on identity outcomes via identity commitment. Furthermore, identity commitment buffered the negative impact of Normative Orientation to the country of origin on self-esteem. Taken together our findings indicate that identity commitment plays a central role in identity reconstruction of new immigrants.

Dorothea Baur - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Reconsidering the ‘hard facts' in CSR : From voluntary CSR on a postnational level to post-voluntarist CSR on a national level
    2012
    Co-Authors: Dorothea Baur
    Abstract:

    This paper sets out to explore venues for taking Normative analysis in CSR one level down from the postnational to the national level and for ‘tightening' it from voluntary to postvoluntarist conceptions. The goal is a) to overcome the deficit of Normative Orientation in research on the interaction between corporations and governmental institutions and b) to reflect on a Normative model of democracy that prepares the ground for postvoluntarist forms of CSR.

  • Normative Orientation from Political Theory
    NGOs as Legitimate Partners of Corporations, 2011
    Co-Authors: Dorothea Baur
    Abstract:

    The third chapter introduces the political models of liberalism and deliberative democracy as potential perspectives for assessing the legitimacy of NGOs as partners of corporations. It gives a brief overview over economic and political liberalism and over the most relevant strands of deliberative democracy, namely the liberal-constitutionalist and the discursive strand. It also argues that the political models of communitarianism and republicanism are not suitable for assessing the interaction between NGOs and corporations, since they rest on presumptions such as shared values, strong communities, etc. which are often missing in the postnational constellation.

  • Insights from Part IV
    NGOs as Legitimate Partners of Corporations, 2011
    Co-Authors: Dorothea Baur
    Abstract:

    In contrast to procedural criteria, substantive and structural criteria do not provide the Normative Orientation that helps us judge the legitimacy of NGOs as partners of corporations. Relying on substantive criteria in order to define whether an NGO is serving public interests is risky because it may exclude certain groups a priori. Moreover, even if we can distinguish public from particularistic claims, substantive criteria cannot differentiate between activists and NGOs. Nor does relying on structural criteria clarify the blurred boundaries among the three actors, as internal democratic structures do not reveal anything about the actor’s commitment to public interests. Disclosing interest ties might help to expose cases of co-optation or corporate front groups, but with respect to the distinction between NGOs and activists, it risks driving a wedge between them and grassroots activists. And legal accountability must not be confused with Normative legitimacy. Structural criteria thus only provide limited Normative Orientation. In general, they fail to appreciate the fine distinctions amongst the three actor types.

Garth J. O. Fletcher - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Stress appraisal, information processing strategies, and somatic symptoms: A longitudinal study with immigrants.
    Journal of health psychology, 2016
    Co-Authors: Ágnes Szabó, Colleen Ward, Garth J. O. Fletcher
    Abstract:

    The study investigated threat versus challenge appraisals of acculturative stressors and their impact on the changes in psychological symptoms. It also examined information processing styles (informational, Normative, and diffuse-avoidant) as moderators of these relationships. A 6-month longitudinal study with two measuring points was conducted with a sample of immigrants. Threat appraisal was associated with more psychological symptoms, and challenge appraisal interacted with information processing styles to predict the changes in somatic symptoms. Analytical and exploratory informational styles enhanced the positive effects of challenge appraisal on psychological symptoms, whereas styles involving avoidance and Normative Orientation to one's home country dampened these positive effects.

Colleen Ward - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Stress appraisal, information processing strategies, and somatic symptoms: A longitudinal study with immigrants.
    Journal of health psychology, 2016
    Co-Authors: Ágnes Szabó, Colleen Ward, Garth J. O. Fletcher
    Abstract:

    The study investigated threat versus challenge appraisals of acculturative stressors and their impact on the changes in psychological symptoms. It also examined information processing styles (informational, Normative, and diffuse-avoidant) as moderators of these relationships. A 6-month longitudinal study with two measuring points was conducted with a sample of immigrants. Threat appraisal was associated with more psychological symptoms, and challenge appraisal interacted with information processing styles to predict the changes in somatic symptoms. Analytical and exploratory informational styles enhanced the positive effects of challenge appraisal on psychological symptoms, whereas styles involving avoidance and Normative Orientation to one's home country dampened these positive effects.

  • Identity development during cultural transition: The role of social-cognitive identity processes
    International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 2015
    Co-Authors: Ágnes Szabó, Colleen Ward
    Abstract:

    Abstract Based on fundamental cognitive differences, Berzonsky (1989) proposed three different strategies of exploration behavior that underlie the process of identity development: informational, Normative, and diffuse-avoidant styles. The present study extends Berzonsky's theorizing to acculturation research and examines the social-cognitive processes underlying identity development of new immigrants ( N  = 218). We investigate informational (analytical and exploratory), Normative (heritage and host) and diffuse-avoidant identity styles as predictors of identity commitment and identity outcomes (self-esteem, self-concept clarity and ethno-cultural identity conflict). Two positive and two negative pathways to identity outcomes were identified, which were fully or partially mediated by identity commitment. Analytical informational style and Normative Orientation to the host society predicted stronger identity commitment, which, in turn, resulted in more positive identity outcomes. In contrast, diffuse-avoidant and exploratory informational styles exerted negative effects on identity outcomes via identity commitment. Furthermore, identity commitment buffered the negative impact of Normative Orientation to the country of origin on self-esteem. Taken together our findings indicate that identity commitment plays a central role in identity reconstruction of new immigrants.

Grunwald Armin - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Balancing Engagement and Neutrality in Technology Assessment
    Oekom verlag, 2019
    Co-Authors: Delvenne Pierre, Grunwald Armin
    Abstract:

    peer reviewedaudience: researcher, professional, studentAt the TA18 conference on “Technology Assessment and Normativity”, held in Vienna in June 2018, an equally spontaneous and memorable controversy arose between Armin Grunwald and Pierre Delvenne concerning the roles of neutrality and democracy in technology assessment (TA), its philosophical foundations, and TA’s obligation to be inclusive. How do TA’s obligation to democracy and its operational neutrality relate to each other, where do they interfere, and what are the practical consequences? And what does this imply for TA’s future? Should we shape TA today according to the ideals of a strong democracy that advocates value-oriented solutions while not shying away from conflicts? Or should we rather strive for a fundamental Normative Orientation toward democracy, which, however, for this very reason follows the neutrality principle in TA practice and does not favor certain pathways? As editors of TATuP’s special issue on normativity in technology assessment, our intention has been to make this debate accessible to a wider readership by confronting the two researchers once more with the core issues of their dispute. Interview by Linda Nierling (ITAS, KIT) and Helge Torgersen (ITA, Vienna)

  • Balancing Engagement and Neutrality in Technology Assessment
    2019
    Co-Authors: Delvenne Pierre, Grunwald Armin
    Abstract:

    At the TA18 conference on “Technology Assessment and Normativity”, held in Vienna in June 2018, an equally spontaneous and memorable controversy arose between Armin Grunwald and Pierre Delvenne concerning the roles of neutrality and democracy in technology assessment (TA), its philosophical foundations, and TA’s obligation to be inclusive. How do TA’s obligation to democracy and its operational neutrality relate to each other, where do they interfere, and what are the practical consequences? And what does this imply for TA’s future? Should we shape TA today according to the ideals of a strong democracy that advocates value-oriented solutions while not shying away from conflicts? Or should we rather strive for a fundamental Normative Orientation toward democracy, which, however, for this very reason follows the neutrality principle in TA practice and does not favor certain pathways? As editors of TATuP’s special issue on normativity in technology assessment, our intention has been to make this debate accessible to a wider readership by confronting the two researchers once more with the core issues of their dispute. Interview by Linda Nierling (ITAS, KIT) and Helge Torgersen (ITA, Vienna).Peer reviewe