This study is aimed at to identify and to understand the role of information in what concerns the mobility process of top executives, helping organisations to make the most of their expatriatesâ experiences. The methodological approach chosen was the case study, carried out in an economic group of the Portuguese financial sector with several business operations abroad. Several data collection methods were used, including a questionnaire survey, in-depth interviews and in loco interaction with the expatriates in three different countries. Based on the analysis of expatriatesâ information needs, a typology of information throughout the complete cycle is described and two critical moments are identified. These moments correspond to transitions of expatriatesâ informational spaces: first the moment of arrival to the host country and second, when they return to their home country. The incorporation of expatriatesâ information in the organizational information system, across the various phases of the expatriation cycle, is summarized.

The authors describe a large-scale, longitudinal citation analysis of intellectual trading between information studies and cognate disciplines. The results of their investigation reveal the extent to which information studies draws on and, in turn, contributes to the ideational substrates of other academic domains. Their data show that the field has become a more successful exporter of ideas as well as less introverted than was previously the case. In the last decade, information studies has begun to contribute significantly to the literatures of such disciplines as computer science and engineering on the one hand and business and management on the other, while also drawing more heavily on those same literatures.

Most scholarship, and almost all interdisciplinary scholarship, involves the investigation of causal relationships among phenomena. Yet existing classification systems in widespread use have not focused on classifying works in terms of causal relationships. In order to allow all users interested in a particular causal link to readily find (only) all relevant works, it is necessary to develop a classification of phenomena such that each phenomenon occurs in only one place, and a classification of the sort of relationships that exist among phenomena. Such a classification would be of huge benefit to interdisciplinary scholars, and would also be useful for disciplinary scholars. In particular it will enhance the rate of discovery of "undiscovered knowledge".

Environment and Planning B (forthcoming) / To be published in Environment and Planning B (2007; forthcoming). Abstract: The citation impact of Environment and Planning B can be visualized using its citation relations with journals in its environment as the links of a network. The size of the nodes is varied in correspondence to the relative citation impact in this environment. Additionally, one can correct for the effect of within-journal â selfâ -citations. The network can be partitioned and clustered using algorithms from social network analysis. After transposing the matrix in terms of rows and columns, the citing patterns can be mapped analogously. Citing patterns reflect the activity of the community of authors who publish in the journal, while being cited indicates reception. Environment and Planning B is cited across the interface between the social sciences and the natural sciences, but its authors cite almost exclusively from the domain of the Social Science Citation Index.

Η διεπιστημονικότητα αναφέρεται όλο και πιο συχνά σε συζητήσεις που αφορούν την παραγωγή της γνώσης αλλά και σε συζητήσεις με γενικότερο περιεχόμενο. Ως νέος τρόπος παραγωγής γνώσης αποτελεί μια πρόκληση για το Πανεπιστήμιο, καθώς η υιοθέτησή της επηρεάζει τον τρόπο διδασκαλίας και έρευνας που συνιστούν τους δύο πυλώνες της Ανώτατης Εκπαίδευσης. Τα ελληνικά πανεπιστήμια, προσπαθώντας να ανταποκριθούν σε αυτή την πρόκληση, έχουν υιοθετήσει διεπιστημονικά προγράμματα σπουδών σε πτυχιακό και μεταπτυχιακό επίπεδο. Συγκεκριμένα, σήμερα προσφέρονται σχεδόν 150 διεπιστημονικά μεταπτυχιακά προγράμματα σπουδών στα ελληνικά πανεπιστήμια. Σκοπός της μελέτης είναι να διερευνήσει την έννοια της διεπιστημονικότητας και τις αρχές της, και στη συνέχεια να περιγράψει τη λειτουργία του διεπιστημονικού μεταπτυχιακού προγράμματος «Περιβαλλοντικές Επιστήμες» στο Πανεπιστήμιο Πατρών. Η μελέτη προσεγγίζει το αντικείμενο της έρευνας μέσα από τη νέο-θεσμική θεωρία των οργανώσεων και εφαρμόζει την ποιοτική έρευνα που βασίζεται σε ημι-δομημένες συνεντεύξεις με μέλη της ακαδημαϊκής κοινότητας. Τα αποτελέσματα της έρευνας δείχνουν ότι –πέρα από τα θετικά και αρνητικά σημεία του εγχειρήματος αυτού- υπάρχουν δυσκολίες στην υιοθέτηση ενός νέου Παραδείγματος από το Πανεπιστήμιο, οι οποίες αποκαλύπτουν την απόσταση ανάμεσα στις επίσημες διακηρύξεις και την ανεπίσημη πρακτική. / The concept of interdisciplinarity has gained prominence in general and specialized debates. This has been fuelling concerns that the Universities, which are dominated by disciplinary structures and courses, may be on the verge of changing some of their traditional relevance. Greek universities trying to respond to this challenge have adopted interdisciplinary programs at graduate and post-graduate level. Indeed, currently Greek Universities offer almost 150 intedisciplinary post-graduate programs. By investigating the interdisciplinary post-graduate program “Environmental Studies” at University of Patras, the purpose of this study is to describe the function of this program. We investigate it from a neo-institutional theory perspective in terms of the alignment of the cognitive, normative and regulative structures of the University that provide stability to social behavior. The study is based on a qualitative research method relying on semi-structured interviews with academics. The results indicate the difficulties applying the new University “paradigm”. It is important to understand the positive and the negative points of the experimentation, and realize a key point: the distance between the formal structure and informal practice.

Šiandieninėje kultūroje, dar vadinamoje vaizdų kultūra, labai svarbią vietą užima technologijos, kurios sparčiai įsilieja ir į meno procesus. Meno ir technologijų sąveikos bei kūrybiškos naujų technologijų panaudojimo galimybės aktyviai atsispindi kūrybiniuose procesuose, tad darbe aptariami tarpdisciplininiai kontekstai, sietini su šiuolaikine Lietuvos tekstile ir jos sąsajomis su videomeno formomis. Meninės tekstilės santykio su video raiška tema Lietuvoje iki šiol plačiau netyrinėta, nors pastaraisiais metais vis daugiau kūrėjų ieškodami įdomesnių ir išskirtinesnių raiškos būdų pasitelkia video raišką praktiniam kūrinio įgyvendinimui. Tad šiame darbe tarpdiscipliniškumas šiuolaikinėje tekstilėje apmąstomas iš praktinės perspektyvos, pabrėžiant jos santykį su video. Surinkti pavyzdžiai iliustruoja šiandienines tendencijas ir menininkų poreikį judančio vaizdo buvimui. Nagrinėjamos aktualios temos – kodėl tekstilės meno atstovai renkasi video raišką greta tekstilės ir ką duoda šių dviejų raiškų jungtis, kaip viena kitą papildo. Į kylančius klausimus bandoma atsakyti apžvelgiant ir analizuojant šiuolaikinės Lietuvos tekstilės meninį lauką bei bendraujant su pačiais kūrėjais. Susisteminti išsamūs interviu pateikiami prieduose. Tyrimo metu nustatyta, kad video atsiradimas šiuolaikinės Lietuvos tekstilės lauke leidžia kvestionuoti tekstilės kaip dailės šakos daugialypiškumą, bei pačios materijos kaip jungties su šiuolaikinėmis medijomis svarumą vaizdų kultūros plotmėje... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / In contemporary culture, also called the culture of images, technology is playing a very important role as it is being rapidly involved in art processes. Interaction of arts with technology and the possibilities of involving new technologies in creating arts are actively reflected in creative processes, so in this work is discussed the interdisciplinary contexts, which are linked with contemporary Lithuanian textile and its relation with different form of video art. Even though during recent years many artists choose to use video resolution in order to present their work in a more interesting and unusual way, until now the relation between textile as a form of art and video usage was not thoroughly discussed in Lithuania. Therefore in this work the interdisciplinarity of contemporary textile is presented from the practical side while underlining its collaboration with video art. Gathered examples indicates modern trends and artists needs to have a moving images. Important topics are analyzed – why representatives of textile arts choose to use video usage next to textile and what is the purpose of this combination, how does it supplement each other. The raised question are being tried to answer while analyzing Lithuanian field of textile arts and while discussing with the artists themselves. Structured detailed interviews are attached in the appendix. The investigation has reveled that the appearance of video in the field of contemporary Lithuanian field of textile allows us... [to full text]

Šiandieninėje kultūroje, dar vadinamoje vaizdų kultūra, labai svarbią vietą užima technologijos, kurios sparčiai įsilieja ir į meno procesus. Meno ir technologijų sąveikos bei kūrybiškos naujų technologijų panaudojimo galimybės aktyviai atsispindi kūrybiniuose procesuose, tad darbe aptariami tarpdisciplininiai kontekstai, sietini su šiuolaikine Lietuvos tekstile ir jos sąsajomis su videomeno formomis. Meninės tekstilės santykio su video raiška tema Lietuvoje iki šiol plačiau netyrinėta, nors pastaraisiais metais vis daugiau kūrėjų ieškodami įdomesnių ir išskirtinesnių raiškos būdų pasitelkia video raišką praktiniam kūrinio įgyvendinimui. Tad šiame darbe tarpdiscipliniškumas šiuolaikinėje tekstilėje apmąstomas iš praktinės perspektyvos, pabrėžiant jos santykį su video. Surinkti pavyzdžiai iliustruoja šiandienines tendencijas ir menininkų poreikį judančio vaizdo buvimui. Nagrinėjamos aktualios temos – kodėl tekstilės meno atstovai renkasi video raišką greta tekstilės ir ką duoda šių dviejų raiškų jungtis, kaip viena kitą papildo. Į kylančius klausimus bandoma atsakyti apžvelgiant ir analizuojant šiuolaikinės Lietuvos tekstilės meninį lauką bei bendraujant su pačiais kūrėjais. Susisteminti išsamūs interviu pateikiami prieduose. Tyrimo metu nustatyta, kad video atsiradimas šiuolaikinės Lietuvos tekstilės lauke leidžia kvestionuoti tekstilės kaip dailės šakos daugialypiškumą, bei pačios materijos kaip jungties su šiuolaikinėmis medijomis svarumą vaizdų kultūros plotmėje... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / In contemporary culture, also called the culture of images, technology is playing a very important role as it is being rapidly involved in art processes. Interaction of arts with technology and the possibilities of involving new technologies in creating arts are actively reflected in creative processes, so in this work is discussed the interdisciplinary contexts, which are linked with contemporary Lithuanian textile and its relation with different form of video art. Even though during recent years many artists choose to use video resolution in order to present their work in a more interesting and unusual way, until now the relation between textile as a form of art and video usage was not thoroughly discussed in Lithuania. Therefore in this work the interdisciplinarity of contemporary textile is presented from the practical side while underlining its collaboration with video art. Gathered examples indicates modern trends and artists needs to have a moving images. Important topics are analyzed – why representatives of textile arts choose to use video usage next to textile and what is the purpose of this combination, how does it supplement each other. The raised question are being tried to answer while analyzing Lithuanian field of textile arts and while discussing with the artists themselves. Structured detailed interviews are attached in the appendix. The investigation has reveled that the appearance of video in the field of contemporary Lithuanian field of textile allows us... [to full text]

Metaphors have long shaped the way pure translation studies describe and justify the translation phenomenon by discovering and consolidating underlying principles. Ultimately, by means of metaphor, something that dwells on the interaction of two seemingly distinct things, translation theorists have obtained a better understanding of the category of translation. Human beings are gregarious, and disputes are inevitable in every society, ancient or modern, primitive or civilized. In fact, conflict is one iron law of life that mankind has had to improvise ways of resolving, from such formal ones as litigation to private ones such as self-help. We may not be able to eliminate dispute altogether, but we can, however, resolve it through creative and civilized means. Translation can be approached in a similar context, except it concerns a metaphorical dispute between cultures and/or languages—and probably on a more intangible and subtle platform. Disparate cultures, religions and languages in a clash can be brought closer to each other with skillful translation, and hence, translation is a variation of dispute resolution. That never went totally unnoticed. Over the years, countless translation metaphors have been constructed and exploited with very different results, which indicates how interdisciplinary a subject translation studies really is. Yet, apparently, translation is most often metaphorized as mediation and negotiation but rarely as arbitration or litigation, and one cannot but wonder whether this happened out of sheer coincidence or because of some misunderstanding. Thus, much as I appreciate what theorists have accomplished with translation metaphors, in regard to didactics and heuristics, my primitive observation is that translation theorists and practitioners have never made full use of metaphorization in that they might have had an incomplete idea of dispute resolution theory in general. After all, a metaphor is, ideally, meant to facilitate active learning and full integration of new knowledge, but there still remains a missing piece that is part and parcel of our metaphorization of translation. Specifically, translators have always embraced the amicable terms of negotiation and mediation, distancing themselves from non-mainstream ones such as arbitration and litigation. To that end, in my thesis, I will explore and examine translation through slightly renewed lenses, demonstrating how and why our metaphor schema and mapping should originate in dispute resolution, and why litigation, and perhaps even arbitration as dispute resolution mechanisms, would serve as good a metaphor—if not a better one—for translation. It is my resolute belief that the translator is more qualified as a judge, a respectable professional vested with immense judicial power, than as a mediator, who is but a third-party neutral facilitating dialogue between two disputants. Only in this way can metaphors do translation theory a great service by furnishing it with a renewed and objective description of translation.

Interdisziplinarität ist eine Arbeitsform mit großem Potential für Innovation. Die Kombination der Methoden und Fähigkeiten verschiedener Disziplinen ermöglicht es die Grenzen mono- und multidisziplinärer Arbeit zu sprengen und Neuartiges zu entwickeln. Interdisziplinäre Teamarbeit ist jedoch zeitaufwändig und erfordert neben fachlichen Qualifikationen besondere, soziale Kompetenzen der Mitarbeiter. Nicht bei jedem Projekt führt sie zu einer erhöhten Leistungsfähigkeit. Gegenwärtig fehlen Orientierungspunkte, bei welchen Aufgabenstellungen und unter welchen Rahmenbedingungen interdisziplinäre Arbeit zu dem erwünschten Mehrwert führt. [... aus dem Text]

A história da humanidade encontra-se fortemente entrelaçada aos avanços na produção do conhecimento. Neste entorno, o século XXI transcorre em um cenário que têm desafiado as comunidades científicas; conduzindo-as à reflexão acerca do modelo hegemônico que dirige a Ciência Moderna. Visando a superar tais desafios, emerge a perspectiva interdisciplinar, direcionada à produção de um conhecimento inovador, ao alimentar-se pela articulação de diferentes olhares. Neste contexto, a universidade como locus privilegiado de produção de conhecimento têm a sua frente políticas que a induzem a novos compromissos; dentre os quais, a adesão à interdisciplinaridade no âmbito da pós-graduação, que tem no Plano Nacional de Pós-Graduação - PNPG 2011-2020 grande força indutora. Essa questão implica mudanças institucionais, visto que toca em quadros de referência que remetem ao conhecimento disciplinar. É nesse âmbito que a cultura organizacional adentra no tema. Esta tese tem como objetivo central compreender as significações de interdisciplinaridade na pesquisa, construídas na cultura organizacional de uma universidade pública. O foco de análise privilegia os valores organizacionais e as práticas sociais de pesquisa conduzidas junto ao Programa de Pós-Graduação em Memória Social e Patrimônio Cultural – PPGMP. Trata-se de uma pesquisa qualitativa, que se assenta em um estudo de caso (YIN, 2001). Para tanto, optou-se por realizar a leitura da cultura organizacional sob três prismas: integração, diferenciação e fragmentação (MARTIN, FROST, 2001). A coleta de dados envolveu entrevistas aplicadas a dirigentes/gestores docentes e discentes. A análise foi conduzida à luz da análise de conteúdo (BARDIN, 1979). Resultados indicaram como inibidores à interdisciplinaridade, o individualismo, a estrutura dispersa, a cooperação restrita aos grupos, os favoritismos e privilégios. Como indutores à interdisciplinaridade, constataram-se valores e práticas recentes. Democracia e igualdade de oportunidades vêm sendo materializadas nas discussões quanto às diretrizes norteadoras da instituição. Editais internos buscam superar o favoritismo. Reuniões itinerantes e integração de eventos têm promovido aproximação propícia ao diálogo. A partir de tal análise, foi possível constatar como significações de interdisciplinaridade na pesquisa, na cultura organizacional da UFPel: inexistência de uma política institucional; iniciativas individuais direcionam a pós-graduação; dificuldade de interação e construção coletiva, interdisciplinaridade prejudicada pelo individualismo; titulação que impõe limites; falta de visão de coletividade; falta de espírito de equipe e de práticas de construção coletiva, bem como avanços institucionais, (integração). Significações comuns apenas dentro de grupos específicos (diferenciação): desafio (docentes), liberdade de adesão e responsabilidade pela operacionalização (docentes), PDI como avanço (gestores) interdisciplinaridade dificultada por questões administrativas (docentes), incerteza conferida pelo título” (discentes); degrau à pós-graduação disciplinar (discentes); pesquisador “menos dono do conhecimento” (docentes); preconceito (discentes). E, como significações partilhadas temporariamente entre indivíduos (fragmentação): liberdade de adesão (gestores/ docentes); interdisciplinaridade necessita de disciplinaridade profunda (docentes/discentes); silenciamento da UFPel (gestores/docentes); cooperação restrita aos guetos (gestores/ docentes); dificuldades provenientes do fator tempo (docentes/discentes). Com este trabalho pretendeu-se contribuir com uma lacuna, no que diz respeito aos estudos ligados à interdisciplinaridade junto à pós-graduação, sobretudo, ao adotar-se uma leitura sob o prisma da cultura organizacional – importante diferencial desta tese, que busca suprir a carência de estudos e pesquisas em âmbito nacional e internacional. / The history of mankind is strongly intertwined to advances in the production of knowledge. In this environment, the 21st century takes place in a scenario, which have challenged the scientific communities; leading them to reflection about the model that drives modern science. In order to overcome such challenges, interdisciplinary perspective, directed at production of innovative knowledge, to feed the articulation of different looks. In this context, the University as a privileged locus of knowledge production has at its front policies that induce on new commitments; among them, joining the interdisciplinarity within the postgraduate, which has the National Plan of Postgraduate - NPOP 2011-2020 strength-inducing. This question involves institutional changes, since it touches on frames of reference which refer to disciplinary knowledge. It is in this context that the organizational culture enters the theme. This thesis aims to understand the central meanings of interdisciplinarity in research, built on the organizational culture of a public University. The focus of analysis privileges on the organizational values and social practices of research by the Graduate Program in Social Memory and Cultural Heritage - GPSMCH. It is a qualitative research, which is based on a case study (YIN, 2001). Thus, when, it was decided to carry out the reading of the organizational culture under three prisms: integration, differentiation and fragmentation (MARTIN, FROST, 2001). Data collection interviews to directors/managers, professor and students. The analysis was conducted in the light of the content analysis (BARDIN, 1979). Several aspects of organizational culture act as inhibitors to interdisciplinarity, the individualism, the dispersed structure, cooperation restricted to groups, the favorites and privileges. As inductors to interdisciplinarity has been recent values and practices. Such as democracy and equality of opportunity, has been materialized in the discussions as the main guidelines of the institution. Internal edicts to overcome the cronyism. Itinerant meetings and event integration have promoted the approach for dialogue. From such analysis, it was possible to see how meanings of interdisciplinarity in research on organizational culture from UFPel: lack of an institutional policy; individual initiatives lead to postgraduate; difficulty of interaction and collective construction, interdisciplinarity impaired by individualism; titration imposing limits; lack of a vision of collective; lack of team spirit and collective construction practices, as well as institutional advances (integration). Common meanings just within specific groups (differentiation): challenge (professors), freedom and responsibility for operationalizing (professors), IDP as (managers) interdisciplinarity hindered by administrative matters (professors), uncertainty conferred by title (students); step posgraduate school discipline (students); researcher "least owner of knowledge" (professors); prejudice (students). And, how shared meanings between individuals temporarily (fragmentation): freedom of membership (managers and professors); Interdisciplinarity needs a deep disciplinarity (professors and students); silencing by the UFPel (managers and professors); cooperation restricted to ghettos (managers and professors); hampered from the time factor (professors and students). With this work was to contribute a gap with regard to studies related to interdisciplinarity by the postgraduate school, in particular, to adopt a reading under the prism of organizational culture - key differentiator of this thesis, which seeks to make up for the lack of studies and research in national and international scope.