This article examines the role of evidence in the National Rifle Association and the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violences firearm policy debate proximate to the December 14, 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting. The groups member-directed policy narratives are operationalized with The Narrative Policy Framework (NPF), and new categories of evidence for the framework are developed. Analysis of 2,535 paragraphs of member newsletters indicates the groups display different patterns of narrative components. Evidence is associated with narrative elements, and that narrative strategy has a significant, but mixed relationship with evidence. Most importantly, findings indicate that evidence frequently co-occurs with characters, leading us to conclude that evidence has a buttressing, or supportive, role in policy narrative closely associated with character attributions. The findings expand the understanding of evidence in contentious policy debates and offer a new component for NPF theory.Este art ıculo examina el papel de la evidencia emp ırica en el debate de pol ıtica p ublica entre la Asociaci on Nacional de Rifles de los Estados Unidos y la "Campaña de Brady para Prevenir la Violencia por Armas de Fuego" poco tiempo despu es de los tiroteos del 14 de diciembre de 2012 en la escuela secundaria Sandy Hook. La narrativa de pol ıtica dirigida por los miembros de cada grupo es analizada bajo el Marco Te orico de Narrativa de Pol ıtica (NPF por sus siglas en ingl es), y nuevas categor ıas de evidencia son desarrolladas para el marco te orico. Analizando 2,535 p arrafos de los boletines enviados a miembros se encuentra que cada grupo exhibe usos diferentes en sus patrones de narrativa. La evidencia es asociada con elementos narrativos y la estrategia de narrativa tiene una relaci on significativa, aunque a veces mixta, con la evidencia. A un m as importante, los resultados muestran que la evidencia es frecuentemente usada con personajes, llev andonos a la conclusi on que la evidencia tiene un papel de refuerzo, o apoyo, en la narrativa pol ıtica que se asocia de forma estrecha con los atributos de un personaje. Estos resultados expanden el entendimiento de la evidencia en debates pol emicos y ofrecen un nuevo componente para el Marco Te orico de Narrativa de Pol ıtica.

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Management literature has emphasized the influence of family-friendly work practices (FFWPs) on work attitudes and organizational performance because there has been an increase in the number of women and dual-career couples in the workforce. However, previous studies on FFWPs yielded inconclusive results and focused on the direct relationship between FFWPs and outcomes. This study explores the influence of FFWPs on job satisfaction and organizational performance. Also, we investigate the moderating effects of managerial support and performance-oriented management. Results support the moderating effect of managerial support. But, findings regarding the moderating role of performance-oriented management do not support our expectation.

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