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"It's Just Editing": Goal Conflicts and Trade-Offs Navigated by Editors in the Canadian Federal Public Service

McNally, Shauna LU (2026) FLMU16 20252
Division of Risk Management and Societal Safety
Abstract
This thesis explores the goal conflicts and trade-offs that editors in the Canadian federal public service navigate as they work to ensure that government communications products meet the objectives of the Policy on Communications and Federal Identity. The research design, which is interpretivist in approach, draws on document analysis, analytic autoethnography, and phenomenological hermeneutics to examine the experiences of the thesis author and other editors in this particular operating context. In addition to the policy objectives outlined in the policy, the research derived context-related themes, such as editorial authority and organizational dynamics, which also influenced editors’ ability to navigate goal conflicts and trade-offs.... (More)
This thesis explores the goal conflicts and trade-offs that editors in the Canadian federal public service navigate as they work to ensure that government communications products meet the objectives of the Policy on Communications and Federal Identity. The research design, which is interpretivist in approach, draws on document analysis, analytic autoethnography, and phenomenological hermeneutics to examine the experiences of the thesis author and other editors in this particular operating context. In addition to the policy objectives outlined in the policy, the research derived context-related themes, such as editorial authority and organizational dynamics, which also influenced editors’ ability to navigate goal conflicts and trade-offs. Future research in the vein of this project could examine editors working in other organizations and fields or in the public services of other countries. Other research could study translators or translation in safety science. (Less)
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author
McNally, Shauna LU
supervisor
organization
course
FLMU16 20252
year
type
H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
subject
keywords
editors, editing, goal conflicts, trade-offs, Canadian federal public service, human factors, organizational dynamics, editorial authority, expertise, FLMU06
language
English
id
9221693
date added to LUP
2026-02-18 07:21:39
date last changed
2026-02-18 07:21:39
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  abstract     = {{This thesis explores the goal conflicts and trade-offs that editors in the Canadian federal public service navigate as they work to ensure that government communications products meet the objectives of the Policy on Communications and Federal Identity. The research design, which is interpretivist in approach, draws on document analysis, analytic autoethnography, and phenomenological hermeneutics to examine the experiences of the thesis author and other editors in this particular operating context. In addition to the policy objectives outlined in the policy, the research derived context-related themes, such as editorial authority and organizational dynamics, which also influenced editors’ ability to navigate goal conflicts and trade-offs. Future research in the vein of this project could examine editors working in other organizations and fields or in the public services of other countries. Other research could study translators or translation in safety science.}},
  author       = {{McNally, Shauna}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{"It's Just Editing": Goal Conflicts and Trade-Offs Navigated by Editors in the Canadian Federal Public Service}},
  year         = {{2026}},
}