The organizational shaping of collective identity: The case of lesbian and gay film festivals in New York

Using information gathered during fieldwork on New York lesbian and gay film festival organizations, this paper argues that scholarship on identity has not paid sufficient attention to the organizational mediation of collective identity. The shape of collective identity—how internal instabilities and diversities are accommodated, in this case—depends not only on the emergent characteristics of the “collective,” but also on the resolution of challenges particular to organizational fields. Two very differently conceived lesbian and gay festival organizations, sites at which decision making about collective identity is ongoing and self-conscious, are examined. The analysis traces how each responds to two related tasks: maintaining community legitimacy, which requires racial diversification, and surviving within an altered institutional environment. Rather than imposition from “above” or construction from “below,” the adaptive responses by organizations (to changes in both community expectations and the resource environment) transform the collective identity formulations reaching public visibility. Earlier versions of this paper were presented at the Colloquium Series of the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies, City University of New York, 1995, and at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Washington, DC, 1995.     

Equality Bargaining: Where,Who, Why?

It is common to identify a role for trade unions in combating sex inequality at work through collective bargaining. This article uses a survey of paid union officers to identify the context in which equality bargaining by unions is likely to occur, using the specific issue of bargaining on equal pay. It concludes that equality bargaining is a function of women’s voice within unions, the characteristics and preferences of bargainers themselves and of a favourable public policy environment. Bargaining on equal pay is also more likely in centralized negotiations that cover multiple employers.     

铸理论丰碑 展实践风采——评《中国共产党三代领导集体的民族理论与实践》

文章从学术研究水平、体系的完整性和创新性、研究方法的科学性和严谨性等方面论述了<中国共产党三代领导集体的民族理论与实践>一书的理论价值和实践意义.     

论我国企业家阶层的形成

企业家阶层是一种宝贵的人力资源,它对提高企业竞争力至关重要。但这一阶层在我国形成较滞后,为此,剖析了其滞后的原因及着重提出在完善制度对策建设方面的一些思考。     

加强课堂教学质量监控 提高教学质量

加强课堂教学质量监控是提高学校教学质量的重要保证。端正对教学质量监控的认识 ,对其体系组成、工作方法进行研究探索 ,全面推进学生素质教育 ,培养新型人才 ,推动学校教学改革 ,提高教学质量效益有着重要的意义。     

大中专在校学生考试分数的正态化线性转换

本文分析了考试记分方法中传统的绝对百分体制的缺陷，给出了一种正态化转换分数的算法，较适合于在校大中专学生学习水平的横向评价。     

集体企业员工需要特征及激励策略

根据需要及其理论 ,探讨了集体企业员工需要的特征 ,提出了调动集体企业员工积极性的相应原则和具体方法与途径。     

对政治理论课双语教学的思考

本文探讨了在高校的政治理论课能否实行双语教学,实行双语教学的利和弊问题,以及在实施双语教学过程中的注意事项;对在高校的政治理论课实行双语教学提出了一些建议和看法。     

如何提高制图课的教学质量

要提高《制图》课的教学质量 ,除讲好课外 ,还必须加强对课程的辅导。教师应做到既教知识 ,又教学习方法。通过开展多种形式的辅导活动 ,如 :应用直观教具 ,开展电化教学 ,创办制图板报 ,举办制图讲座 ,组织制图竞赛以及作业展览等形式 ,达到提高《制图》课教学质量的目的。     

新时期班主任工作的重点

班主任工作不仅是高校人才培养的基础 ,也是提高师资队伍素质的重要环节。针对当前新形势下大学生的成长环境及其思想、性格特点 ,结合班主任工作的实际情况 ,着重强调了新时期班主任工作的特点及其要求的工作重点 ,并就如何更好地开展班主任工作做了简单阐述