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View article: Acceptable or Not? Understanding Attitudes Toward Citizens' Discrimination Against Frontline Workers
Acceptable or Not? Understanding Attitudes Toward Citizens' Discrimination Against Frontline Workers Open
Research shows that frontline workers often discriminate based on race or ethnicity. However, citizens can also display discriminatory behavior—for instance, by requesting service only from workers of the same ethnic or religious backgroun…
View article: ‘So, the Moral Is: Do Not Take Nude Pictures’: Paternalism, Discrimination and Negative Social Sanctions
‘So, the Moral Is: Do Not Take Nude Pictures’: Paternalism, Discrimination and Negative Social Sanctions Open
Sometimes, adults with educational roles, for example, teachers or parents, in particular paternalise children from certain groups with the motive of protecting them from unjustified social sanctions. This paper analyses a case where a tea…
View article: “I was afraid of what I would face”: An analysis of citizens’ experiences of uncertainty in encounters with the social welfare system
“I was afraid of what I would face”: An analysis of citizens’ experiences of uncertainty in encounters with the social welfare system Open
Citizens’ encounters with street-level bureaucracy often involve a certain degree of uncertainty, as citizens cannot know or predict precisely what will happen in the encounter. Research indicates that the experience of uncertainty can be …
View article: Into the Unknown - Conceptualizing Citizens' Experiences of Uncertainty in Citizen-state Interactions
Into the Unknown - Conceptualizing Citizens' Experiences of Uncertainty in Citizen-state Interactions Open
It is often argued that uncertainty is an inherent characteristic of citizen‒state interactions. It is therefore hardly surprising that many scholars of street-level bureaucracy have studied how frontline workers cope with and make discret…
View article: Same position, different roles? How professional, organizational, and public policy logics shape frontline managers’ role conceptions
Same position, different roles? How professional, organizational, and public policy logics shape frontline managers’ role conceptions Open
This article integrates street-level bureaucracy and institutional logics theory to investigate how co-existing institutional logics shape frontline managers’ understanding of their managerial role. Based on 21 narrative interviews with ma…
View article: Connective and Tactfully Tactical: Connective Tactics and Professional Authority in Doctor-Patient Relationships
Connective and Tactfully Tactical: Connective Tactics and Professional Authority in Doctor-Patient Relationships Open
Medical authority is often thought to be threatened by lay access to information, but how does professional authority work when citizens have more knowledge and choices? We seek to understand how professional authority works in doctor-pati…
View article: Who am I as a leader? An analysis of leader identity among clinical consultants in Denmark
Who am I as a leader? An analysis of leader identity among clinical consultants in Denmark Open
Studies have emphasized the importance of leader identity for the development of public leaders since a strong leader identity is strongly correlated with active leadership behavior. In the literature, leader identity is often defined as “…
View article: Social process tracing - bringing back the social into the process
Social process tracing - bringing back the social into the process Open
Process tracing methods are increasingly popular in the social sciences. At the same time, most existing guidelines miss ‘the social’ when studying political and social processes. In effect, existing guidelines for PT suggest there is litt…
View article: Reinforcing and Reproducing Stereotypes? Ethical Considerations When Doing Research on Stereotypes and Stereotyped Reasoning
Reinforcing and Reproducing Stereotypes? Ethical Considerations When Doing Research on Stereotypes and Stereotyped Reasoning Open
Many social scientists are interested in studying stereotypes and stereotyped reasoning. This interest often comes from a wish to contribute to creating a more just and equal society. However, when we as scholars study stereotypes and ster…
View article: Gender Dynamics in Academic Networks - a Narrative Review
Gender Dynamics in Academic Networks - a Narrative Review Open
Progress towards gender balance among senior faculty in Danish academia remains slow. Although networks are widely recognized as key to career success, studies on the influence of gender on network dynamics and career advancement in academ…