Papers by Jenny K Morrison
In many developing countries, including Cambodia, it is not unusual to see frustration between st... more In many developing countries, including Cambodia, it is not unusual to see frustration between state and non-state actors when development outcomes do not meet expectations. Stakeholders in any country's development ask why some development results are so ...
PreParing the next generation of federal leaders: agency-Based leadershiP develoPment Programs ww... more PreParing the next generation of federal leaders: agency-Based leadershiP develoPment Programs www.businessofgovernment.org 2. At Department of Defense agencies, but also at civilian agencies such as the Department of Homeland Security, military leaders play an important role when developing agency-based leadership development programs for civilian civil servants. 3.
... To Oscar Montemayor, for providing much-needed perspective along the way ... They provided bo... more ... To Oscar Montemayor, for providing much-needed perspective along the way ... They provided boundless inspiration and emotional nourishment, richly rewarding my life in ways I never knew possible: Amy Chepaitis, Keri Nicole Dillman, Jennifer Dodge, Tod Mijanovich, and Ariel ...
Violence against women has a serious impact not only on those who experience it, but on the count... more Violence against women has a serious impact not only on those who experience it, but on the country’s social and economic situation as well. To address the serious toll that domestic violence takes on Cambodia, the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) has made reducing domestic violence a priority. In particular, the RGC is focused on addressing the Cambodian Millennium Development Goal (CMDG) 3, which aims to “promote gender equality and empower women”; and the overall Target 8 within this goal, which is to “reduce significantly all forms of violence against women and children.” The final report contributes evidence in support of the RGC’s
strategy to reduce domestic violence.
Violence against women has a serious impact not only on those who experience it, but on the count... more Violence against women has a serious impact not only on those who experience it, but on the country’s social and economic situation as well. To address the serious toll that domestic violence takes on Cambodia, the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) has made reducing domestic violence a priority. In particular, the RGC is focused on addressing the Cambodian Millennium Development Goal (CMDG) 3, which aims to “promote gender equality and empower women”; and the overall Target 8 within this goal, which is to “reduce significantly all forms of violence against women and children.” The final report contributes evidence in support of the RGC’s strategy to reduce domestic violence.
The vast majority of district administrators and counselors agree with the intent of HB 5 legisla... more The vast majority of district administrators and counselors agree with the intent of HB 5 legislation (see ). When asked on a scale of 1 to 5 how comfortable they are with the implementation and policy of HB 5, district representatives responded with an average 4.2 for all districts. Overall, a majority of counselors indicated that they feel that the HB 5 endorsement process is preparing students for both college and career pathways and are supportive of the continuation the HB 5 program. Findings also
This study report is the result of a four month exploratory
study commissioned by the Texas Educa... more This study report is the result of a four month exploratory
study commissioned by the Texas Education Grantmakers
Advocacy Consortium (TEGAC), to assess the extent to which
Texas business leaders are aware of, and in tune with, the “out
of school time” (OST) challenges faced by working parents
negotiating the concurrent demands of a traditional work
day while managing their school-aged children’s educational
activities in the hours beyond the traditional school day.
To fully explore the dimensions of the OST challenge as
experienced within the Texas workplace, six core issues were
studied:
• Employee logistical challenges related to providing OST
support to their school aged children,
• Stress levels as a result of managing OST activities,
• Influence of OST challenges on individual employee
productivity,
• Employer awareness of, and attitudes towards, working
parents managing OST issues,
• Specific programming delivered by Texas employers to
help remedy the OST challenge,
• Incentives of interest to Texas employers, to support the
expansion of OST programming.
SUMMARY Understandings of participatory development require grounding—both in the sense that unde... more SUMMARY Understandings of participatory development require grounding—both in the sense that understandings of the principles must be held by local and international staff working on the ground, and also grounded in the local culture. This article provides documentation of a 10 month ethnographic study of an administrative decentralization support program in Cambodia (Seila), funded through multi-donor support, in order to examine the agency of local mid-level staff, asking: How do multiple environments interact to create local understandings of participation in international development environments? Five 'socio-cognitive environments' (SCE) surrounding the program environment were developed to disentangle the factors that influence how one group of local staff negotiates complex cultural and historical realities in juxtaposition to donor conceptualizations of development, providing new understanding of structural factors and other resources employed by embedded agents which promote local staff internalization of democratic governance principles. This study suggests that even in program environments with high degrees of cognitive dissonance due to macro-historical factors, and where international development mandates tend to create additional cultural and organizational blockages, micro-programmatic interactions can significantly influence the ability of local staff to surmount strong cognitive obstacles.
Morrison, J. K. 2010, 'Making sense in dynamic development policy contexts: socio-cognitive envir... more Morrison, J. K. 2010, 'Making sense in dynamic development policy contexts: socio-cognitive environments as an analytic substitute for 'organizational culture'ABSTRACT This paper presents socio-cognitive environment (SCE) as an alternative conceptual framework to organizational culture to study dynamic development policy environments where groups of stakeholders engage in high degrees of organizational boundary-crossing to achieve collective aims. This paper summarizes a two year study of a group of Cambodian mid-level managers who were charged with implementing a participatory development policy. Such an effort required staff to engage in a collective sensemaking process that spanned organizational, cultural, social, and historical boundaries. SCE serves as a useful device to consider how both macro and micro interactions influence mid-level manager sensemaking. This paper presents a review of the key bodies of literature which have supported the development of the SCE model, before presenting the analytic model itself.
Public Administration and Development, 2000
... The data collected for this study proposes that the answer is fourfold. Sustainable developme... more ... The data collected for this study proposes that the answer is fourfold. Sustainable development inherently requires local ownership, which necessitates local buy-in to the principles underlying the development mandate. Achieving ...
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Papers by Jenny K Morrison
strategy to reduce domestic violence.
study commissioned by the Texas Education Grantmakers
Advocacy Consortium (TEGAC), to assess the extent to which
Texas business leaders are aware of, and in tune with, the “out
of school time” (OST) challenges faced by working parents
negotiating the concurrent demands of a traditional work
day while managing their school-aged children’s educational
activities in the hours beyond the traditional school day.
To fully explore the dimensions of the OST challenge as
experienced within the Texas workplace, six core issues were
studied:
• Employee logistical challenges related to providing OST
support to their school aged children,
• Stress levels as a result of managing OST activities,
• Influence of OST challenges on individual employee
productivity,
• Employer awareness of, and attitudes towards, working
parents managing OST issues,
• Specific programming delivered by Texas employers to
help remedy the OST challenge,
• Incentives of interest to Texas employers, to support the
expansion of OST programming.
strategy to reduce domestic violence.
study commissioned by the Texas Education Grantmakers
Advocacy Consortium (TEGAC), to assess the extent to which
Texas business leaders are aware of, and in tune with, the “out
of school time” (OST) challenges faced by working parents
negotiating the concurrent demands of a traditional work
day while managing their school-aged children’s educational
activities in the hours beyond the traditional school day.
To fully explore the dimensions of the OST challenge as
experienced within the Texas workplace, six core issues were
studied:
• Employee logistical challenges related to providing OST
support to their school aged children,
• Stress levels as a result of managing OST activities,
• Influence of OST challenges on individual employee
productivity,
• Employer awareness of, and attitudes towards, working
parents managing OST issues,
• Specific programming delivered by Texas employers to
help remedy the OST challenge,
• Incentives of interest to Texas employers, to support the
expansion of OST programming.