Resumé
| Originalsprog | Engelsk |
|---|---|
| Tidsskrift | Organization Studies |
| Vol/bind | 33 |
| Udgave nummer | 11 |
| Sider (fra-til) | 1477-1506 |
| ISSN | 0170-8406 |
| DOI | |
| Status | Udgivet - nov. 2012 |
Emneord
- Climate change
- Defensive institutional work
- Emotion
- Expertise
- Framing
- Metaphor
- Petroleum industry
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Science or Science Fiction? Professionals’ Discursive Construction of Climate Change . / Lefsrud, Lianne M.; Meyer, Renate.
I: Organization Studies, Bind 33, Nr. 11, 11.2012, s. 1477-1506 .Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › peer review
TY - JOUR
T1 - Science or Science Fiction?
T2 - Professionals’ Discursive Construction of Climate Change
AU - Lefsrud, Lianne M.
AU - Meyer, Renate
PY - 2012/11
Y1 - 2012/11
N2 - This paper examines the framings and identity work associated with professionals’ discursive construction of climate change science, their legitimation of themselves as experts on ‘the truth’, and their attitudes towards regulatory measures. Drawing from survey responses of 1077 professional engineers and geoscientists, we reconstruct their framings of the issue and knowledge claims to position themselves within their organizational and their professional institutions. In understanding the struggle over what constitutes and legitimizes expertise, we make apparent the heterogeneity of claims, legitimation strategies, and use of emotionality and metaphor. By linking notions of the science or science fiction of climate change to the assessment of the adequacy of global and local policies and of potential organizational responses, we contribute to the understanding of ‘defensive institutional work’ by professionals within petroleum companies, related industries, government regulators, and their professional association.
AB - This paper examines the framings and identity work associated with professionals’ discursive construction of climate change science, their legitimation of themselves as experts on ‘the truth’, and their attitudes towards regulatory measures. Drawing from survey responses of 1077 professional engineers and geoscientists, we reconstruct their framings of the issue and knowledge claims to position themselves within their organizational and their professional institutions. In understanding the struggle over what constitutes and legitimizes expertise, we make apparent the heterogeneity of claims, legitimation strategies, and use of emotionality and metaphor. By linking notions of the science or science fiction of climate change to the assessment of the adequacy of global and local policies and of potential organizational responses, we contribute to the understanding of ‘defensive institutional work’ by professionals within petroleum companies, related industries, government regulators, and their professional association.
KW - Climate change
KW - Defensive institutional work
KW - Emotion
KW - Expertise
KW - Framing
KW - Metaphor
KW - Petroleum industry
U2 - 10.1177/0170840612463317
DO - 10.1177/0170840612463317
M3 - Journal article
VL - 33
SP - 1477
EP - 1506
JO - Organization Studies
JF - Organization Studies
SN - 0170-8406
IS - 11
ER -