Two definitions of collegiality and their inter-relation: The case of a Roman Catholic diocese

Against the backdrop of the conflict observed between managers and professionals, two definitions of collegiality emerge: on one hand, a specific organizational form (bottom up) and, on the other, a procedure of bureaucratic management (top down). A study of networks of priests in a Roman Catholic diocese in France is used to explore how those two definitions are related. Questions are raised as to the effects of a too narrow organizational rationalization that uses collegiality only as a top down, bureaucratic, managerial procedure. This always entails the risk of making the work done by experts sterile because it overlooks the first type of collegiality, which is based on the nature of non-routine tasks that members perform together thanks to an endogenous organizational structure of a bottom up type.     

Extending Budgetary Participation beyond Budget Pitsos in Botswana

Waves of budget reforms are sweeping unremittingly across Africa with an overarching objective of democratising the budgetary process, mainly by increased popular participation. In this connection, Botswana introduced reforms in 2010 in the form of pitsos (opinion‐gathering meetings) to enable citizens to participate more in the budget. This article attempts to answer the question, ‘Are pitsos enough to enhance budgetary participation?’. Relying on both primary and secondary sources, the answer is in the negative. Even though the pitsos can enhance participation, there is a need for thoroughgoing reforms, for example a Budget Act and a strong Parliament, to complement them.     

Aid Reduction and NGDOs’ Quest for Sustainability in Ghana: Can Philanthropic Institutions Serve as Alternative Resource Mobilisation Routes?

VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations - In recent years, there has been an increasing concern about non-governmental development organisations’ (NGDOs)...     

Tensions between (Post)Bureaucratic and Neo-normative Demands: Investigating Employees’ Subjective Positions at EurAirport

The introduction of a neo-normative discourse in a (post)bureaucratic organization can result in tensions between the neo-normative injunction to be authentic and exhortations to fit with the ideal (post)bureaucratic organizational subject. Focusing on how shopfloor workers subjectively experience the tensions between neo-normative and (post)bureaucratic demands, this empirical investigation yielded three major contributions. First, it pinpointed and addressed significant gaps in existing studies of normative and neo-normative discourse. Second, the study better distinguished normative and neo-normative control on the basis of two tensions: (1) authenticity versus conformity; and (2) conflation versus differentiation between life and work. Third, the study identified four distinct subject positions that demonstrated how organizational participants creatively appropriate and strive to resolve these two tensions in a work setting that mixes normative and neo-normative control.     

Anal Cancer Screening: Barriers and Facilitators Among Ethnically Diverse Gay,Bisexual, Transgender,and Other Men Who Have Sex With Men

ABSTRACT

Knowledge and beliefs about anal cancer screening among gay and other men who have sex with men remains unclear, despite data that suggests significant risk for intra-anal HPV-related cancers. Nevertheless, community-based screening activities may be most effective when stakeholder perspectives are addressed. We conducted four focus groups among 16 male and 3 female health care advocates experienced in working with diverse gay and other men who have sex with men in Los Angeles. Barriers to anal cancer screening included lack of awareness, stigma, psychological and physical discomfort, the anus as hidden/private, primary concern with HIV, and men's lack of healthcare seeking. Facilitators were community screening sites, novel strategies such as home testing, health care system changes and targeted educational campaigns, which may increase anal cancer awareness and screening among ethnically diverse men who have sex with men.     

Twenty Years and Counting: Thoughts about Measuring the Upper Tail

This article first describes the main developments in measuring the upper tail of the income and wealth distributions over the last twenty years. Second, it points out some of the key methodological challenges and how better data could address them. Third, it discusses the academic and policy impacts of upper tail measurement.

     

Italy: A fundamental transformation of the pension system

Italy completely transformed its pension system in 1995. The reform undertaken is of unequalled magnitude in industrialized countries. The main innovations introduced comprise the creation of a single scheme covering all employees, as well as the self-employed; the adoption of a new method of calculation linking the pension amount to contributions; and the introduction of a flexible retirement age. In addition, measures have been foreseen to encourage the development of funded supplementary pension provision. This reform, which will transform the Italian pensions scene, is mainly the result of an agreement signed between the government and the confederations of trade unions.