An intergovernmental organization and its reputation according to politicians case: the United Nations in Finland

The purpose of this research is to estimate what kind of reputation the United Nations has amongst the Members of Parliament of Finland who are also members of the Foreign Affairs Committee. The theoretical framework concentrates on the terms reputation, image, intergovernmental organization and...

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Main Author: Kirssi, Elina
Other Authors: Humanistinen tiedekunta, Faculty of Humanities, Viestintätieteiden laitos, Department of Communication, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylän yliopisto
Format: Master's thesis
Language:eng
Published: 2016
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description The purpose of this research is to estimate what kind of reputation the United Nations has amongst the Members of Parliament of Finland who are also members of the Foreign Affairs Committee. The theoretical framework concentrates on the terms reputation, image, intergovernmental organization and issues management. The theory part also concerns the UN as an intergovernmental organization and Finland’s history as a member of the UN. The research is a case study and the method chosen is semi-structural thematic interview. Six Members of Parliament took part in the interviews and they took place during spring and summer 2014. The research data shows that the respondents consider the UN important but, at the same time, it is considered ineffective and bureaucratic organization. Especially its slow involvement in the crisis and the Security Council’s actions were criticized. Although, the reputation is two-folded, the UN was still considered as an important actor internationally. The corporate image model of the UN according to Finnish politicians was formed based on the research data. The model is formed of four elements that describe the reputation. However, this research is not thorough enough for defining elements of reputation for intergovernmental organizations in a more general sense. Therefore there is a need for further research because the reputation of the IGOs has not received enough academic attention. In addition, the model of the elements of the reputation of the IGOs needs further research. Tämän tutkimuksen tavoitteena oli selvittää, millainen maine tapaustutkimuksen kohteeksi valitulla organisaatiolla Yhdistyneillä kansakunnilla (YK) on ulkoasianvaliokuntaan kuuluvien kansanedustajien keskuudessa. Teoreettisessa viitekehyksessä esiteltiin tutkimuksen keskeiset käsitteet eli maine, imago, valtioidenvälinen organisaatio ja teemojen hallinta (issues management). Lisäksi teoriaosuudessa käsiteltiin YK:ta hallitustenvälisenä organisaationa sekä Suomen historiaa YK:n jäsenenä. Tutkimus toteutettiin tapaustutkimuksena ja tutkimusmenetelmäksi valittiin teemahaastattelu. Haastatteluihin osallistui kuusi ulkoasianvaliokuntaan kuuluvaa kansanedustajaa, ja haastattelut tehtiin keväällä ja kesällä 2014. Tutkimuksessa kävi ilmi, että haastateltujen kansanedustajien silmissä YK on tärkeä, mutta sitä pidettiin tehottomana ja byrokraattisena organisaationa. Etenkin YK:n hidasta toimintaa kriiseihin puuttumisessa ja turvallisuusvaliokunnan toimintaa arvosteltiin. Vaikka YK:n maine oli kaksijakoinen, sitä pidettiin yhä merkittävänä toimijana kansainvälisesti. Tutkimusaineiston eli suomalaispoliitikkojen haastatteluiden perusteella luotiin maineen malli YK:sta. Malliin sisältyy neljä vastaavan organisaation mainetta kuvaavaa ulottuvuutta. Tämän tutkimuksen perusteella ei voida kuitenkaan yleistää, millaisista elementeistä valtioidenvälisen organisaation maine yleisemmin rakentuu. Jatkotutkimuksille olisikin tarvetta, sillä tällaisten organisaatioiden maine ei ole saanut riittävästi akateemista huomiota. Myös valtioidenvälisen organisaation maineen ulottuvuudet vaativat lisätutkimusta.
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title_full An intergovernmental organization and its reputation according to politicians : case: the United Nations in Finland
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title_full_unstemmed An intergovernmental organization and its reputation according to politicians : case: the United Nations in Finland An intergovernmental organization and its reputation according to politicians : case: the United Nations in Finland
title_short An intergovernmental organization and its reputation according to politicians
title_sort intergovernmental organization and its reputation according to politicians case the united nations in finland
title_sub case: the United Nations in Finland
title_txtP An intergovernmental organization and its reputation according to politicians : case: the United Nations in Finland
topic Yhdistyneet kansakunnat Yhteisöviestintä Organizational Communication Tapaustutkimus 3131 maine imago yhteisöviestintä kansainväliset järjestöt
topic_facet 3131 Organizational Communication Tapaustutkimus Yhdistyneet kansakunnat Yhteisöviestintä imago kansainväliset järjestöt maine yhteisöviestintä
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