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1 Introduction
process of conducting this research. In the final sections of this chapter, I outline the
ways in which I coded and analysed the data. I conclude the chapter by discussing
reflexivity in relation to my role as a researcher (Berger, 2015).
Chapter 6 addresses research question one: “Which discourses do O&G social
investment personnel draw on to talk about social investment?” This chapter unpacks
the four main discourses social investment experts drew on to talk about O&G social
investment during the research interviews often in concomitant and conflicting ways.
Chapter 6 was largely based on my book chapter An exploration of social investment
discourses in the Oil and Gas sector.
Chapter 7 addresses research question two: “How are the discourses adopted by
the O&G participants reproduced in the social investment guideline documents?”
This chapter examines the two guideline documents that social investment experts
referred to when designing and implementing O&G social investment. This chapter
analyses these documents in light of the discourses identified in Chapter 6, exploring
how the four discourses of social investment that emerged in the research interviews
also appeared in the statements, descriptions, principles and recommendations of the
two guideline documents.
Chapter 8 addresses research questions four and five: “What are the experts’
recommendations for future O&G social investment, and, which discourses are
evident in participants’ recommendations for future O&G social investment?” In
this chapter, I consider the participants’ recommendations as they emerged during
the research interviews and identify the discourses they drew on to articulate what
should change in social investment practices.
Chapter 9 concludes this thesis by revisiting the key research findings in light of
the research questions and aims. In this chapter, I discuss the implications of my
findings for social investment in the O&G sector and identify areas where further
research is needed. I turn now to a consideration of the O&G context and its social
impacts.
References
Andreotti, V. D. O. (2011). (Towards) decoloniality and diversality in global citizenship education.
Globalisation, Societies and Education, 9(3–4), 381–397.
Andreotti, V., & Dowling, E. (2004). WSF, ethics and pedagogy. International Social Science
Journal, 56(182), 604–605.
Barad, K. (2003). Posthumanist performativity: Toward an understanding of how matter comes to
matter. Journal of Women in Culture Society, 28(3), 801–831.
Berger, R. (2015). Now I see it, now I don’t: Researcher’s position and reflexivity in qualitative
research. Qualitative Research, 15(2), 219–234.
Carpentier, N. (2017). The discursive-material knot: New York. NY: Peter Lang.
Carpentier, N. (2019). About dislocations and invitations: Deepening the conceptualization of the
discursive-material knot. In Discourse, culture and organization (pp. 155–178). Berlin: Springer.
Davis, B. (1997). The subject of post-structuralism: A reply to Alison Jones. Gender and Education,
9(3), 271–283.
1 Introduction
process of conducting this research. In the final sections of this chapter, I outline the
ways in which I coded and analysed the data. I conclude the chapter by discussing
reflexivity in relation to my role as a researcher (Berger, 2015).
Chapter 6 addresses research question one: “Which discourses do O&G social
investment personnel draw on to talk about social investment?” This chapter unpacks
the four main discourses social investment experts drew on to talk about O&G social
investment during the research interviews often in concomitant and conflicting ways.
Chapter 6 was largely based on my book chapter An exploration of social investment
discourses in the Oil and Gas sector.
Chapter 7 addresses research question two: “How are the discourses adopted by
the O&G participants reproduced in the social investment guideline documents?”
This chapter examines the two guideline documents that social investment experts
referred to when designing and implementing O&G social investment. This chapter
analyses these documents in light of the discourses identified in Chapter 6, exploring
how the four discourses of social investment that emerged in the research interviews
also appeared in the statements, descriptions, principles and recommendations of the
two guideline documents.
Chapter 8 addresses research questions four and five: “What are the experts’
recommendations for future O&G social investment, and, which discourses are
evident in participants’ recommendations for future O&G social investment?” In
this chapter, I consider the participants’ recommendations as they emerged during
the research interviews and identify the discourses they drew on to articulate what
should change in social investment practices.
Chapter 9 concludes this thesis by revisiting the key research findings in light of
the research questions and aims. In this chapter, I discuss the implications of my
findings for social investment in the O&G sector and identify areas where further
research is needed. I turn now to a consideration of the O&G context and its social
impacts.
References
Andreotti, V. D. O. (2011). (Towards) decoloniality and diversality in global citizenship education.
Globalisation, Societies and Education, 9(3–4), 381–397.
Andreotti, V., & Dowling, E. (2004). WSF, ethics and pedagogy. International Social Science
Journal, 56(182), 604–605.
Barad, K. (2003). Posthumanist performativity: Toward an understanding of how matter comes to
matter. Journal of Women in Culture Society, 28(3), 801–831.
Berger, R. (2015). Now I see it, now I don’t: Researcher’s position and reflexivity in qualitative
research. Qualitative Research, 15(2), 219–234.
Carpentier, N. (2017). The discursive-material knot: New York. NY: Peter Lang.
Carpentier, N. (2019). About dislocations and invitations: Deepening the conceptualization of the
discursive-material knot. In Discourse, culture and organization (pp. 155–178). Berlin: Springer.
Davis, B. (1997). The subject of post-structuralism: A reply to Alison Jones. Gender and Education,
9(3), 271–283.