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This study aims to explore how youth express empathy as an aspect of social action. Social empathy was investigated among adolescents participating in a youth organizing…
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Purpose
This study aims to explore how youth express empathy as an aspect of social action. Social empathy was investigated among adolescents participating in a youth organizing initiative.
Design/methodology/approach
This study used elements of critical discourse analysis to examine participant expression of social empathy through examination of participant journal entries. The social empathy model was used as a conceptual framework to guide the analysis and interpretation of themes.
Findings
Two core themes emerged from the analysis: characterization of empathy and empathy as a desired trait. Overall, results indicate that social empathy may be expressed differentially according to one’s development of empathy and critical consciousness. Thus, this study classifies dimensions of empathetic expression as existing across a continuum.
Originality/value
Before youth can engage in meaningful social action, they must first understand an issue from differing social and affective perspectives, defined as social empathy. While existing research highlights the role of social empathy in social action initiatives, there are no known studies that investigate the performative expressions of social empathy among youth organizing participants. Building from these results, this study offers a continuum that elucidates the multidimensionality of empathy expression among youth engaged in a social action initiative.
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The purpose of this paper is to reflect on the varied concerns of delegates at an international accounting conference.
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Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to reflect on the varied concerns of delegates at an international accounting conference.
Design/methodology/approach
The methodology takes the form of a prose article and accompanying fictional poem.
Findings
Accounting conferences gather many different voices and points of view, but with a degree of commonality in themes.
Research limitations/implications
The paper encourages the use of creative expression to represent areas of research and enquiry.
Originality/value
A review of some of the proceedings of a major conference is structured in a novel manner, combining the use of the cento (a composite, “found” poem) with prose.
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