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AbstractThe article invites the reader to engage in a critical perspective. It emphasizes the role of language in formal corporate documents and the discursive practices of language use. It presents the results of a study that analyzes the corporate codes of ethics of the German Dax30‐companies. The study conceives codes of ethics as texts deploying discursive practices in order to position the various actors addressed in the documents. Four distinct identities have been elaborated: the equal, the responsible, the subordinating, and the self‐monitoring employee. This study demonstrates that codes of ethics propose various subject positions of the employee and through this positioning aim to regulate the identification processes. Copyright © 2011 ASAC. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Der Beitrag befasst sich mit einer Reihe bislang nicht ausreichend thematisierter Dimensionen von Netzwerken kleiner und mittlerer Unternehmen. Aufbauend auf einer Literaturanalyse und Befragungen in KMU-Netzwerken in Sachsen wird versucht, wesentliche steuerungsrelevante Spannungsmomente sowie Methoden und Mechanismen zu ihrer Überwindung zu identifizieren. Im Zentrum steht dabei das Spannungsverhältnis zwischen einerseits individuellen Zielsetzungen und Interessenlagen der beteiligten Akteure und andererseits kollektiven Übereinkünften bezüglich der Ziele und Regelungen des Netzwerkes. Darin anschließend werden formelle wie informelle Mechanismen aufgezeigt, die zur Lösung dieser Spannungen sowie zur Steuerung der Aktivitäten des Netzwerkes und seiner Mitglieder existieren. Den Abschluss bildet eine beispielhafte Darstellung des Zusammenwirkens formeller und informeller Mechanismen in zwei typischen steuerungsrelevanten Netzwerksituationen: gemeinsame Entscheidungen und Konfliktlösung. (ICH)

Interreg has been the European Union (EU) initiative to support territorial cooperation and integration across borders. 30 years of Interreg, though, have not changed the fact that different barrierspersist at the inner borders of the EU, and that only a few cross-border territories have emerged as joint action spaces with in-depth political cooperation and people's interaction. While it is consensus thatcross-border economic flows are decisive for the development of functional and in the end institutionalized cross-border regions, regional econometric models demonstrate the persistence of border barrierswithin the EU, but also that the removal of these barriers greatly increases regional growth potential. In a research project focusing on the alignment of cross-border regional economic interests, cross-bordernetworks between business and politics and cross-border policies in the Danish-German cross-border region Sønderjylland-Schleswig we have discovered issues on different communication codes between businessand politics, lack of tangible cross-border development strategies and a lack of alignment of shortterm, time delimited Interreg project oriented operational programs to tangible, long-term strategies ofcross-border regional economic development. EU territorial cohesion policies could be better aligned with long-term, cross-border economic strategies to create sustainable cross-border development. It will beimportant to rethink Interreg in a less project-oriented, but more strategy-oriented direction; focusing on flows and institutional settings promoting the development of flows by reducing cross-border barriers.

Inspireret af Chris Rumfords teori om grænsearbejde fokuserer artiklen på måden, hvorpå den dansk-tyske grænse praktiseres og derigennem udleves af grænsependlere, der bor og arbejder på forskellige sider af den. I vores etnografiske studier har det vist sig, at måden, grænsependlere praktiserer og lever med grænser i deres hverdag på, udtrykker en mangfoldighed af grænser, der er i konstant dialog i pendlernes hverdagsliv. Særligt betydningen af mobilitet og det at være mobil, og af bevægelse mere generelt, er et væsentligt fundament for at udleve grænsen, men også nationale forskelle og identitetsdannelse og ikke mindst sproglig praksis danner grundlag for særlige måder at udleve grænser på. Det er vores indtryk at grænser og deres konsekvenser først forstås i lyset af den praksis, i hvilken de virkeliggøres, og at denne praksis aldrig er entydigt geopolitisk determineret, men nærmere åbner op for en konstant forhandling af, hvad grænser er.

The concept of liminality refers to the experience to be betwixt-and-between social structures and the associated positions, statuses, and roles. We advance the original use of the concept by introducing the various meanings that the experience of being in a liminal state can take. Drawing on political anthropology we identify the dimensions of ?types of subjects,? ?time,? ?space,? and ?scale? in order to analytically unlock the liminal experience. Exemplifying our concept we present the findings from an own study of temporary agency workers in Denmark. Exploring the workers? interpretations allows us to illustrate to what extent their employment situation constitutes a multi-dimensional liminal experience between established social structures and employment categories. The article emphasizes the complexity of the liminal experience. Theoretically and empirically, we show the many meanings along which liminality can unfold in organizational and work-related contexts. We argue that future studies should explore the various dimensions in other contexts of passages from one relatively stable state to another. In doing so, similarities and differences between various liminal experiences and the role the various dimensions play could be identified.

The concept of liminality refers to the experience to be betwixt-and-between social structures and the associated positions, statuses, and roles. We advance the original use of the concept by introducing the various meanings that the experience of being in a liminal state can take. Drawing on political anthropology we identify the dimensions of 'types of subjects,''time,' 'space,' and 'scale' in order to analytically unlock the liminal experience. Exemplifying our concept we present the findings from an own study of temporary agency workers in Denmark. Exploring the workers' interpretations allows us to illustrate to what extent their employment situation constitutes a multi-dimensional liminal experience between established social structures and employment categories. The article emphasizes the complexity of the liminal experience. Theoretically and empirically, we show the many meanings along which liminality can unfold in organizational and work-related contexts. We argue that future studies should explore the various dimensions in other contexts of passages from one relatively stable state to another. In doing so, similarities and differences between various liminal experiences and the role the various dimensions play could be identified.

The concept of liminality refers to the experience to be betwixt-and-between social structures and the associated positions, statuses, and roles. We advance the original use of the concept by introducing the various meanings that the experience of being in a liminal state can take. Drawing on political anthropology we identify the dimensions of 'types of subjects,' 'time,' 'space,' and 'scale' in order to analytically unlock the liminal experience. Exemplifying our concept we present the findings from an own study of temporary agency workers in Denmark. Exploring the workers' interpretations allows us to illustrate to what extent their employment situation constitutes a multi-dimensional liminal experience between established social structures and employment categories. The article emphasizes the complexity of the liminal experience. Theoretically and empirically, we show the many meanings along which liminality can unfold in organizational and work-related contexts. We argue that future studies should explore the various dimensions in other contexts of passages from one relatively stable state to another. In doing so, similarities and differences between various liminal experiences and the role the various dimensions play could be identified.