Dissertations / Theses: 'Culture of the occupational community'

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Brown, Anthony Gary. "Organizational culture as a source of high reliabililty : the case of UK Air Traffic Control." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1992. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.334894.

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Corsianos, Marilyn. "Detectives' decision making within a police organizational structure and occupational culture examining the social construction of 'high profile' cases /." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape10/PQDD_0002/NQ43419.pdf.

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Waterworth, Caroline Jane. "An exploration of culture and context for Allied Health Professionals using Care Aims in integrated community teams : a case study approach." Thesis, University of Central Lancashire, 2016. http://clok.uclan.ac.uk/18593/.

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Background Integrated team working is increasingly being used as a model of care within NHS Services. Whilst the integration agenda has evolved over time with increasing recognition of the continuum integration can refer to, consistent use of language and terminology has remained a challenge. The factors influencing integrated team working could be perceived as aspects of team, organisational and professional culture but there is a lack of studies formally assessing culture within an integrated team. Case studies also seldom appeared to include Allied Health Professionals with the reasons for this unclear. Care Aims is also being increasingly used as a model of care within NHS services particularly by Allied Health Professions yet the evidence base appears sparse, particularly exploring the use of Care Aims in an integrated team. Aim The overall aim of this study was to explore the effect of culture and context on integrated team working for Allied Health Professions in community settings. Methodology This exploratory study took place in two parts. The first part of the study investigated the Care Aims approach and the effect of culture and context for integrated team working for Allied Health Professionals in primary care settings and comprises of four case studies. The second part of the study evaluated and compared the case studies with other relevant models for promoting integrated team working for Allied Health Professionals (AHPs) in community settings. Data collection was primarily qualitative using both questionnaires and semi-structured interviews based on the critical incident technique. The Team Climate Inventory (TCI) and Organisational Culture Assessment Instrument (OCAI) were used to explore culture and climate to provide supplementary contextual information. The individual case studies were analysed using thematic networks. Cross case analysis was employed to identify themes for comparison. Findings The cross case analysis identified ten categories that appeared to influence integrated team working. Some of these categories were similar to themes identified in the literature exploring facilitators and barriers to integrated team working, such as leadership, staff roles and responsibilities, vision and professional culture. However different categories also emerged e.g. service type, team climate and relationship with the patient. The interdependency between the categories is also apparent, with philosophy and approach to care influencing all. Where there was a less dominant biomedical approach to care teams appeared to work in a more integrated way. Similarly, Care Aims implementation appeared to be influenced by similar factors. The approach to care pre-Care Aims and how the introduction of Care Aims was managed appearing most significant. The findings also appeared consistent with the evidence base for managing change. This study also suggested parallels between extent of integrated team working and success of Care Aims implementation. The more integrated a team appeared to be, the more successful Care Aims implementation also was. Whether level of team integration or introduction of Care Aims was the more significant factor is unclear. One of the challenges of this study has been to identify other sufficiently detailed published case studies to enable comparative analysis. As a result of the comparative analysis in this thesis a framework for a minimum data set to enable cross case analysis of case studies exploring integrated team working is proposed. This will facilitate a better understanding of the evidence base. This study adds to the literature for integrated team working by exploring and comparing several integrated teams within the same organisation. Unlike previous studies, these case studies explicitly explored the role and impact for AHPs of working in an integrated team. This study has led to the development of a framework to support implementation of Care Aims by identifying the potential barriers and facilitators to implementing Care Aims. This could support teams to identify those areas which may benefit from greater attention and support during implementation. This study also adds to the limited evidence base for Care Aims by exploring the implementation and use of Care Aims in integrated teams and undertaking a comparative analysis of teams in the same organisation.

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Fridholm, Emilia, and Rebecka Svensson. "Innanför akutmottagningens dörrar : En kvalitativ studie om vad som får sjuksköterskor att fortsätta arbeta under covid-19 pandemin." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för ekonomistyrning och logistik (ELO), 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-104247.

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Fallstudien undersöker vad som får sjuksköterskor på akutmottagningen i Kalmar att fortsätta arbeta under den rådande covid-19 pandemin. Studien utgår från en induktiv ansats för att skapa en förståelse för det som undersökts. För att samla in empirisk data som grund för studien har fem kvalitativa intervjuer genomförts och tolkats. Under studien har det framkommit att det som får sjuksköterskorna att fortsätta arbeta har att göra med attribut som tillskrivs professionen. Gemenskapen i arbetsgruppen har varit central såväl som allmänhetens bekräftelse för professionen och dess betydelse. Dessutom har det varit av betydelse att kunna stänga av sina känslor för att orka fortsätta arbeta.
This case study examines the driving forces to work during the on-going covid-19 pandemic. The study proceeds from an inductive approach to create an understanding for the examined case. Five qualitative interviews have been made to collect empirical data to analyze. During the study it has emerged that attributes according to the profession are contributing to proceed the work. The connections in the workgroup have been significant as well as the acknowledgement of the public according to the profession. It has also been of major importance to disconnect the feelings to be able to proceed to work.

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Gutierrez, Raquel Dolores. "Life-Affirming Leadership: An Inquiry into the Culture of Social Justice." [Yellow Springs, Ohio] : Antioch University, 2008. http://etd.ohiolink.edu/view.cgi?acc_num=antioch1226609058.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Antioch University, 2008.
Title from PDF t.p. (viewed March 26, 2010). Advisor: Carolyn Kenny, Ph.D. "A dissertation submitted to the Ph.D. in Leadership and Change program of Antioch University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy 2008."--from the title page. Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-153).

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Arvidsson, Rubbetoft Malin, and Linda Hildorsson. "Vad vill du blir när du blir stor? : Barns syn på yrken ur ett kulturgeografiskt perspektiv." Thesis, Stockholm University, Department of Education, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-28526.

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Denna studie fokuserar på flickors och pojkars syn på yrken ur ett kulturgeografiskt perspektiv. En enkätundersökning genomfördes på barn i årskurs 5 där de ombads att skriva vad de skulle vilja arbeta med när de blir stora samt att motivera sina yrkesval. De fick även ta ställning till tänkbara framtida arbeten utifrån en given yrkeslista. Undersökningen utfördes i Gimo, en mindre bruksort och Uppsala, en universitetsstad. De populäraste yrkena bland barnen kan sorteras in i några större kategorier: djurrelaterade, artistrelaterade, idrottsproffs och kock/bagare. De flesta barn motiverar sina yrkesval med att yrket verkar roligt, men somliga ville tjäna pengar eller ta hand om djur och människor. Vår undersökning visar att det finns både likheter och olikheter i barns yrkesval beroende på bostadsort. När det gäller flickor och pojkar kan man se stora skillnader i resultatet. Generellt sett är olikheterna större mellan könen än mellan bostadsorterna.

This study focuses on the perceptions of occupations among girls and boys from a cultural geographical perspective. A questionnaire was given to children in fifth grade. They were asked to write their preferred occupation as grown-ups and to give an explanation to the selected occupation. They also considered possible future careers by selecting from a list of pre-set occupations. The survey was carried out in Gimo, a small industrial community, and Uppsala, a town with an old university. The most popular occupations among the children can be grouped in four larger categories: animal related, artist related, professional sportsmen and chef/baker. The majority of the children chose their preferred occupation because it seems enjoyable, but some valued making money or taking care of people or animals. The result shows both differences and similarities in children's career choices depending on their place of residence. There are, however, large discrepancies when comparing gender. The differences are more significant when comparing boys and girls than when comparing location.

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Couillard, Noémie. "Les community managers des musées français : identité professionnelle, stratégies numériques et politiquedes publics." Thesis, Avignon, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017AVIG1179/document.

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À partir de 2007 en France, les museogeeks, des étudiant·e·s, professionnel·le·s de la culture et des technologies de l’information et de la communication, et amateurs de musées débattent des liens entre « numérique » et musées, en ligne puis lors de rencontres régulières. Petit à petit les professionnel·le·s des musées intègrent ces idées et proposent des actions sur les réseaux socionumériques (Facebook, Twitter, etc.) en mettant en avant la participation des publics en ligne. Loin d’être nouvelle, la démarche d’intégrer de plus en plus fortement les publics aux actions muséales s’ancre dans les Nouvelles Muséologies qui se déploient à partir des années 70. Ainsi l’approche adoptée n’est pas seulement d’interroger le renouvellement de ces idéologies par le biais des discours accompagnant les technologies numériques et internet mais en l’articulant avec les enjeux professionnels et institutionnels des professionnel·le·s des musées. La principale question de recherche est la suivante : comment les pratiques professionnelles des musées permettent la participation des publics ? La thèse s’appuie sur trois enquêtes distinctes et une longue période d’observation participante. D’une part, il s’agit de l’analyse de deux types de projets dits participatifs: des concours photographiques sur les réseaux socionumériques et Muséomix, un évènement créé par une partie de ces museogeeks, ayant comme slogan « people make museum » et dont le but est la fabrication de dispositifs numériques pendant 3 jours. D’autre part, les caractéristiques socio-professionnelles des community managers ont été interrogées à partir d’une enquête par questionnaires (n=206) et par entretiens semi-directifs.Il en ressort que ces projets dits participatifs ne renouvellent pas véritablement la place accordée aux publics dans une optique de co-construction des savoirs. Dans un contexte qui met en tension des enjeux institutionnels croissant liés aux stratégies numériques en termes de communication, de médiation culturelle et de visibilité et leur place ambiguë dans les pratiques professionnelles, les discours des professionnel·le·s sur les publics leur permettent d’asseoir leurs actions. Ainsi, la thèse n’entend pas seulement montrer un hiatus entre des discours et ce qui est produit par les professionnel·le·s. Elle appuie l’idée que l’argument de la participation des publics est, d’une part, une des seules modalités d’action légitimes pour ces professionnel·le·s qui ne sont pas reconnu·e·s pour leurs compétences scientifiques mais également l’horizon qui donne du sens à leurs pratiques dans un contexte politico-économique très contraignant
In 2007 in France were founded the “museogeeks”. These groups of students and professionals in the areas of culture, information technology and communication, as well as museum hobbyists, gathered online to discuss the ties binding the digital area and museums, before pursuing the debates in real life on a regular basis. As these new ideas sank in, museum professionals began to develop actions on social networking websites (Facebook, Twitter…), focusing on involvement of online audiences. An approach tending to involve the audience is far from being new, as we can see with the Nouvelles Muséologies in the 1970’s. Thus, the intention is not only to question the renewal of museum ideologies through digital technologies. It is to link it with professional and institutional issues. The main research topic is then : how do museums’ professional habits allow the audience’s involvement ? The thesis is based on three distinct surveys and a long period of participant observation. For starters, we will deal with the analysis of two types of participatory projects : photo contests on social networking websites, and Muséomix, an event launched by a part of the museogeeks, around the motto “People make museum”, with the intent of creating digital devices on three-day periods. Then, we will examine socio-professional features of the community managers who were interrogated via a questionnaire based-survey (n=206) and semi-structured interviews. The study brings out that these so-called participatory projects do not really revitalise the place allowed to the audience in the process of knowledge co-construction. Under the current circumstances, many institutional issues are at stake. When adapting communications strategy to cultural mediation and acquiring visibility despite the ambiguous space allowed to digital technologies, the official line held by museum professionals about the audiences tend to legitimate their actions. In this way, the thesis does not only intend to reveal a gap between words and actions produced by the professionals. It supports the idea that using the argument of audiences’ involvement is one, if not the only, way to justify the deeds of a professional community which is not recognised for its scientific skills ; it is also a perspective that gives sense to their new habits in a very restrictive socio-economic context

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Macedo, Maria Daniela Corrêa de. "Jovens entre culturas: itinerários e perspectivas de jovens Guarani entre a aldeia Boa Vista e a cidade de Ubatuba." Universidade de São Paulo, 2010. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/5/5163/tde-10052010-172344/.

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O estudo propôs conhecer as relações dos jovens Guarani com a comunidade da aldeia Boa Vista e a cidade de Ubatuba. O trabalho de campo e análises foram realizadas com 12 jovens entre 13 e 29 anos que participaram como colaboradores. As principais temáticas foram no campo da educação e saúde; além dos estudos das histórias de vida compostas nos eixos entre cidade/ aldeia relativos aos itinerários dos jovens, suas redes sociais e perspectivas futuras. Na saúde verificamos as tensões existentes nas relações de poder entre o conhecimento técnico-científico e os procedimentos Guarani de saúde. E na educação, o aprendizado e domínio do português aparecem como essenciais nas relações sociais interculturais, isto é, para o diálogo e negociações com outras culturas
This study intended to deepen the knowledge of the relationship of Guarani youths with the community of Boa Vista village and the city of Ubatuba (SP). Field work and analysis were performed with twelve 13- and 29-year old youngsters, in which they took part as collaborators. The main themes focus in the field of Education, Health and also studies of Composed Life History within the axis of the city-village related to the youths\' itineraries, their social nets and of their future perspectives. In the Health issue, we witnessed the existence of tensions between the power of the technical-scientific knowledge and the procedures undertaken within the Guaranis own Health approach. In the Education issue, the fact of having fluency, learning and dominating the Portuguese language seems as an essential part of their social relationship with Brazilian society, because of the need to negotiate and dialog with other cultures

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Mosman, Sarah A. "Evaluating a Sustainable Community Development Initiative Among the Lakota People on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2015. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc848222/.

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This thesis details my applied thesis project and experience in the evaluation of a workforce development through sustainable construction program. It describes the need of my client, Sweet Grass Consulting and their contractual partner, the Thunder Valley Community Development Corporation, in the evaluation of Thunder Valley CDC's Workforce Development through Sustainable Construction Program. My role involved the development of an extensive evaluation package for this program and data analysis of evaluation materials to support Thunder Valley CDC's grant-funded Workforce Development Program. I place the efforts of Thunder Valley CDC in the context of their community, the Pine Ridge Reservation of the Lakota People, and within an historical and contemporary context to highlight the implications of the efforts of Thunder Valley CDC. Using the theoretical frameworks of cultural revitalization and community economic development, I attempt to highlight two important components of Thunder Valley CDC's community development efforts - cultural revitalization for social healing, and development that emphasizes social, community and individual well-being. Thunder Valley CDC's Workforce Development through Sustainable Construction Program is still in its early stages, and so this first year of implementation very much represented a pilot phase. However, while specific successes are difficult to measure at this point, general successes are viewable in the daily operations of Thunder Valley CDC that exemplify their stated mision and goals. These successes include initiatives that holistically address community needs; relevancy in the eyes of the community they serve; support for the community and for Program participants' unique challenges; and a cultural restoration and revitalization emphasis that underlies and strengthens all of this. The program thus has the potential to provide a model for community development by challenging dominant "development" paradigms and utilizing community resources and assets for community development that reflects the community's values and worldviews.

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Munroe, Helena A. "Clinical reasoning in community occupational therapy : patterns and processes." Thesis, Heriot-Watt University, 1992. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.315181.

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McDaniel, Matthew Moses. "Occupational stress and coping in community mental health workers." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/57393.

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Community Mental Health Workers (CMHWs) support clients facing mental health challenges through work within client communities. This study examined self-efficacy, perceived stress, coping style, and burnout in CMHWs. One hundred and one CMHW’s were recruited from three housing, public health, and community service organizations within Vancouver. Participants completed a survey containing The General Self-Efficacy Scale, The Perceived Stress Scale, The Brief COPE, and The Maslach Burnout Inventory. It was hypothesized that (a) self-efficacy will relate differently to perceived stress regarding years of experience, (b) burnout will be related to years of experience, (c) disengagement coping strategies will correlate positively with emotional exhaustion and depersonalization, (d) disengagement coping strategies will correlate negatively with personal accomplishment, (e) engagement coping strategies will correlate positively with self-efficacy and correlate negatively with perceived stress, and (f) males and females will differ in their pattern of coping with stress. Results indicated that self-efficacy related differently to perceived stress regarding experience and burnout was not related to years of experience, but was related to age. Disengagement coping strategies and engagement coping strategies correlated with related variables as hypothesized. Males and females differed in their pattern of coping with stress. Results are discussed in relation to current literature. Implications for future research and practice are suggested.
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Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education (ECPS), Department of
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Gill, Lihia Melissa. "Does culture affect form creating architecture and community through culture." College Park, Md. : University of Maryland, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1903/1566.

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Thesis (M. Arch.) -- University of Maryland, College Park, 2004.
Thesis research directed by: School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation Architecture. Title from t.p. of PDF. Includes bibliographical references. Published by UMI Dissertation Services, Ann Arbor, Mich. Also available in paper.

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Nylander, Per Åke. "Managing the dilemma : occupational culture and identity among prison officers." Doctoral thesis, Örebro universitet, Akademin för juridik, psykologi och socialt arbete, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-17212.

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Chang, Pei-Jen. "Factors influencing occupational health nursing practice." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 1994. https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/factors-influencing-occupational-health-nursing-practice(117dd5b4-81ff-45dd-8966-3ea83809c449).html.

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Fristedt, Sofi. "Occupational participation through community mobility among older men and women." Doctoral thesis, Hälsohögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, HHJ, Avd. för rehabilitering, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-19486.

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The overall aim of the present thesis was to explore and characterise occupational participation and community mobility from an occupational perspective of health and well-being, and to elucidate potential barriers and facilitators for occupational participation and community mobility in older men and women. In Study I, questionnaires were sent to a sample of older citizens (75+) in three Swedish mid-sized municipalities. This survey focused on actual and preferred travel opportunities and was returned by 957 persons (response rate 46%). Although older people appreciated the existing travel opportunities, there was evidence of restricted community mobility for some sub-groups of older people, due to various perceived barriers. More efforts must be put into accessibility improvements including usability from the perspective of older people. In Study II nine focus group interviews with a total of 42 participants (20 men) were conducted, focusing on older peoples’ motives for, and experiences of, community mobility and occupational participation outside the home. The main category “Continuing mobility and occupational participation outside the home in old age is an act of negotiation” summarised the findings. This main category was abstracted from the generic categories “Occupational means and goals”, “Occupational and mobility adaptation” and “Occupational barriers and facilitators”, and their subcategories. Community mobility was identified as an important occupation that in itself also facilitated occupational participation outside the home. Individual community mobility seemed to be influenced by, for example, age and gender, as well as habits acquired over time. Furthermore, community mobility was negatively affected not only by physical barriers, but also by social and attitudinal barriers in the public environment. Study III identified and described older people’s viewpoints on community mobility and occupational participation in older age through a Q-methodology study conducted with 36 participants, including men and women, both drivers and non-drivers. Three viewpoints were found and assigned content-descriptive denominations; viz.: “Prefer being mobile by car”, “Prefer being mobile by public transport” and “Prefer flexible mobility”. Unfortunately, the existing demand-responsive Special Transportation Systems was not considered an attractive enough alternative by any of the participants. Thus, intermediate community mobility options are needed for those who no longer can drive or use public transport. In Study IV factors associated with community mobility, and decreased community mobility over time, for older men and women were described. Data were based on the Gender study “Aging in men and women: a longitudinal study of gender differences in health behaviour and health among elderly” and collected through surveys in 1994 and 2007. The base-line sample consisted of 605 twin-pairs, i.e., 1,210 individuals, aged 69-88, and the follow-up of 357 individuals (165 men and 192 women), aged 83-97. This surveycovered health and health-related issues including community mobility and occupational participation. Continuing community mobility was cross-sectionally (at follow-up) and prospectively (from baseline to follow-up) associated with better self-reported subjective health rather than self-reported health conditions for both men and women. For men, community mobility was also cross-sectionally associated with few or non-existant depressive symptoms, while reduced community mobility was prospectively associated with higher age for women. Consequently, interventions aiming to enable community mobility must move beyond interventions directed towards health conditions and instead target subjective health and well-being.

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Smith-Hawkins, Paula L. "Faculty, Technology, and the Community College: Faculty Culture and Cyber Culture." Diss., Tucson, Arizona : University of Arizona, 2005. http://etd.library.arizona.edu/etd/GetFileServlet?file=file:///data1/pdf/etd/azu%5Fetd%5F1077%5F1%5Fm.pdf&type=application/pdf.

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Roberts, David Stevens. "Development and evaluation of a safety culture survey for occupational safety." Diss., This resource online, 1995. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06062008-155408/.

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Alonso, Michele Rosemarie. "Community-based older adults' perceptions of factors that influence successful aging in place." FIU Digital Commons, 2002. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/1110.

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The purpose of this study was to obtain an understanding of older adults' perceptions of independence and the factors that allow them to remain living independently in the community. A questionnaire was mailed to a random sample of 500 community-based older adults. One hundred seventy eight questionnaires were returned (36%). Respondents were asked questions related to independence, self-health rating, functional difficulties, and social supports. Most respondents indicated Mental Health (97%), Physical Health (97%), Control of choices (97%), and Social Support Systems (93%) contributed to maintaining independence in the community. Age, education, fewer chronic health conditions, and a higher self-health rating were found to be significant predictors of actual independence. Family members were identified as the primary source of assistance with advice on major life decisions and financial matters. Findings indicate age, education, health status and the social support of family and friends all play an important role for older adults to live independently in the community. Occupational therapy could be instrumental in extending the health, highest level of independent functioning, and the number of years older adults remain living in the community.

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Evans, Robert Lewis III. "The impact of Community Supervision Officer (CSO) occupational stress on supervision orientation and community supervision outcomes." Thesis, Capella University, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10130762.

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Discovering the relationship between the occupational stress of community supervision officers (CSO), their supervision orientation and community supervision outcomes will improve the field of community corrections with respect to CSO job satisfaction, work performance, turn-over rates, workload distribution and training officers in evidence based practices. It also expands already rich research on offender recidivism. An ex post facto non-experimental quantitative design was used to describe the relationship between the independent variables (IV) under observation: the occupational stress level and supervision orientation of CSOs, and the dependent variables (DV): the number of client arrests on the caseloads of CSOs, the offenders’ successful completion of community supervision, the offenders’ unsuccessful completion of community supervision, and the number of violation reports a CSO sends to the releasing authorities for offenders on their caseloads. Two survey instruments called the Job Stress Survey (JSS) and the Revised Community Corrections Officer Orientation Scale (RCC) were used to collect data from CSOs. Multiple regression analyses of the IVs and DVs concluded that there was no statistically predictive relationship between the occupational stress and supervision orientation of CSOs. Additionally, there was no statistically predictive relationship between the occupational stress of CSOs, their supervision orientation, or community supervision outcomes. This research began a valuable discussion about the influence of stress on CSO interactions with their offenders, which may influence offender noncompliance with community supervision. Further research should include a larger representation of CSOs, so that more variables can be incorporated into a study for a more robust analysis.

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Yumul, Arusyak. "Religion, community and culture : the Turkish Armenians." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1992. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.334266.

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Dimmitt, M. Albert Palm Richard L. "Organizational culture, faculty culture, and faculty professionalization in an urban community college system." Diss., UMK access, 2004.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--School of Education. University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2004.
"A dissertation in education." Advisor: Richard L. Palm. Typescript. Vita. Title from "catalog record" of the print edition Description based on contents viewed feb. 23, 2006. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 221-226). Online version of the print edition.

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Machles, David Lee. "A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF SITUATED LEARNING IN OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY." NCSU, 2004. http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/theses/available/etd-11192004-181304/.

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The purpose of this study was to understand how learning occupational safety practices occurred for employees outside of and in addition to, what was taught through planned, intentional safety training. The participants reflected upon their personal experiences regarding the work safety practices that they chose to incorporate into their lives during a semi-structured audio taped interview. Data were analyzed using qualitative phenomenological methods to distill the multi-page interview transcriptions into manageable and comparable elements. Theoretical constructs underlying the analysis drew from occupational safety literature and situated learning theories. The analysis found that learning occupational safety practices occur through experience with equipment and within various environments. These safe work practices are easily transferred to other settings where they are negotiated and become part of the workplace repertoire of safety. The participants did not discern non-workplace and workplace safe practices, but saw safe work practices as a conceptual tool that was applied to all settings. The participants used stories as a vehicle for both learning and sharing safe work practices with co-workers. These stories provided a rich, meaningful way to share safety concepts. The participants learned safe practices through the interaction with co-workers, self-selecting mentors who would provide learning opportunities, and they in turn would become mentors for other co-workers. This learning occurred during and within the daily activities of performing their work within communities of practice.

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Padfield, Maureen. "Out in the trade : the occupational community of Birmingham's jewellery quarter." Thesis, University of Warwick, 1990. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/34821/.

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The Jewellery Quarter of Birmingham has its base in small interdependent workshop craft production in a long-established location for which the concept of occupational community appeared an appropriate research tool. The ahistorical approach of studies of occupational communities is critically addressed and it is argued that the theory of occupational community can be deployed historically to investigate the particular conditions of the Jewellery Quarter and explain the construction of these over time. The origins of the industry in Birmingham are investigated in detail and the patterns of localisation together with the structure and organisation of the industry in the nineteenth century are analysed. The establishment of the local formal institutions which developed to support the industry is traced. An account is given of redevelopment, refurbishment, and recession in the post-war era. The current location of firms in the area is analysed, together with the organisation of work in the local industry. The occupational community of the Jewellery Quarter is described and analysed. The nature of interdependence, the daily interaction and the role of family are explained. The concept of work-in-leisure is discussed in relation to the Jewellery Quarter. The formal methods of recruitment to the local industry are reviewed against the needs of the local industry, and it is shown how the community itself acts as an informal channel of recruitment. The ambiguities surrounding women's employment in the industry are explored. While women are still concentrated in low-paid, low skilled work, it is argued that historically they have also been present as owners and craftswomen, and the factors which enable this are analysed. The methodology used in the study is detailed and the link between the methodology and concept of occupational community is discussed. In this study the broad use of the theory of occupational community has shown how the historical pattern continues to influence the community. Finally it is argued that the study contributes to the current debate on small firm survival and persistence.

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Ransone, Carol Locher. "The Nature and Influence of Relationship on Success in a Virtual Work Environment." Antioch University / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1393331576.

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Parry-Jones, Beth. "Innovative practice and occupational stress in care management." Thesis, Bangor University, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.275178.

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Guzman, Indira R. ""As you like I.T.": occupational culture and commitment of new information technologists /." Related electronic resource: Current Research at SU : database of SU dissertations, recent titles available full text, 2006. http://proquest.umi.com/login?COPT=REJTPTU0NWQmSU5UPTAmVkVSPTI=&clientId=3739.

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Scheepers, Antoinette. "Women in mining: overcoming the challenge of occupational culture at the mines." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/95647.

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This research report explores the actions taken by mining companies, with specific focus on Kumba Iron Ore, to overcome the challenges in creating an organisational culture that accommodates women in core positions in the mines. Although more and more women are employed by mining companies worldwide, progress is hampered by the barriers in this historically male-dominated environment, which need to be overcome. South African legislation requires mining companies to meet women-in-mining targets as set out by the mining charter, forcing the mining industry to revisit opportunities for female employees. It necessitates innovative ideas to overcome challenges and to implement strategies to make women in mining work. The research investigates specifically how the mining environment is managing the transformation to overcome the historic views, physical challenges and emotional challenges of women. It discloses the willingness and commitment of mining companies to accommodate women in the workplace to eliminate discrimination and to benefit from the employment of diverse gender groups. Implemented coping strategies lead to changes in working conditions, dealing with and preventing sexual harassment, addressing physical and emotional barriers of women and other challenges to make women in mining work. However, initiatives taken do not necessarily produce the required results due to a lack of follow-up. This report reveals efforts by Kumba Iron Ore to promote mining as an employment of choice and to make mining more attractive to women. It includes the way in which efforts in attracting qualified women supports closing the gap between vacant positions and employment of women in this predominantly male environment. The research report discloses that more efforts are required to make women in mining a reality and that it requires commitment throughout the organisation with the involvement of all stakeholders to overcome these challenges. It reveals the improvement of safety in the mining environment through a specific focus (though a lack of drive still exists), ownership and stakeholder involvement to make women in mining work. A total of 22 men and women in the Kumba Iron Ore broader management team (middle and senior managers from the Mining, Plant, Safety, Human Resources and Supply Chain departments) situated at the production sites in the Northern Cape (Sishen and Kolomela), Limpopo (Thabazimbi) and the head office in Pretoria were interviewed to gather data from their direct experiences on overcoming the challenges of the organisational culture to make the mining environment more attractive and accessible for women. A semi-structured questionnaire was used to collect the information. The data was analysed using a qualitative method and this research report theory emerges from the data obtained from the questionnaires. Proposed future research topics were made.

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Cameron, Ian David Henry. "Quality service management and police occupational culture in the Royal Ulster Constabulary." Thesis, University of Ulster, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.393484.

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Koerner, Shannon D., Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, Lynne P. Sullivan, and Georgina G. DeWeese. "A Dendroarchaeological Approach To Mississippian Culture Occupational History In Eastern Tennessee, U.S.A." Tree-Ring Society, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/622592.

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We investigated the potential for using long-archived wood samples extracted from archaeological contexts at four Mississippian Period (AD 900–1600) settlements in eastern Tennessee for tree-ring dating purposes. Sixteen wood samples recovered from prehistoric sites were analyzed to: (1) crossmatch samples from each site with the intent of determining the relative chronological order of sites, (2) establish a floating prehistoric tree-ring chronology for eastern Tennessee, (3) determine the applicability of dendrochronology in prehistoric archaeology in eastern Tennessee, and (4) establish a strategy for future research in the region. We succeeded in crossmatching only three of the 16 tree-ring sequences against each other, representing two sites relatively close to each other: Upper Hampton and Watts Bar Reservoir. The average interseries correlation of these three samples was 0.74 with an average mean sensitivity of 0.26, and they were used to create a 131-year-long floating chronology. The remaining samples contained too few rings (15 to 43) for conclusive crossmatching. Our results demonstrate that dendrochronological techniques may be applied to the practice of prehistoric archaeology in the Southeastern U.S., but highlight the challenges that face dendroarchaeologists: (1) poor wood preservation at prehistoric sites, (2) too few rings in many samples, (3) the lack of a reference chronology long enough for absolute dating, and (4) the lack of a standard on-site sampling protocol to ensure the fragile wood samples remain intact.

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Cloete, Lizahn. "Developing appropriate Fetal Alchohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) prevention initiatives within a rural community in South Africa." Doctoral thesis, University of Cape Town, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10278.

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This study focused on women who consumed alcohol during pregnancy. The study population was situated in the West Coast/Winelands, a rural area in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. The study was done in a community which is classified as one of the many previously disadvantaged groups in South Africa. This study was done as part of a larger three-year project on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Prevention in the Western Cape and Gauteng Provinces of South Africa. The phenomenon of drinking during pregnancy was used as a case example of health compromising occupations in the South African context. Prenatal alcohol exposure may result in brain damage that affects behaviors of those affected. The beliefs, norms, values and perceptions of mothers regarding alcohol consumption are also an important aspect in maintaining healthy pregnancies.

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Galvaan, Roshan. "A critical ethnography of young adolescents' occupational choices in a community in post-apartheid South Africa." Doctoral thesis, University of Cape Town, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10504.

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This thesis explored the occupational choices of young adolescents in a southern peninsula Cape Town community of Lavender Hill in South Africa. Informed by current research and prior professional and personal experiences with young adolescents in Lavender Hill, the research question asked: 'What informs occupational choice among young adolescents in Lavender Hill?' This complemented the research aim, which was to generate insight into the nature of the occupational choices of a group of young adolescents in Lavender Hill, and the factors that influenced their occupational choices.

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Holden, Daphne. "Constructing an Emotional Culture in An Intentional Community." NCSU, 2001. http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/theses/available/etd-20010731-150641.

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The central focus of my dissertation is the process through which people construct and strategically use an emotional culture as an interactional resource. My research is based on three years of fieldwork observing an intentional community's business meetings, retreats, workdays, and social events, as well as interviews with all community members. For many of the community's therapeutic founding members, intense, unconstrained processing was a self-developmental end in itself. They took from therapeutic discourse the idea that it is only through unearthing true feelings that one can hope to process childhood pain and find one's true self. However, other members were interested in the community for political or environmental reasons and didn't like intense therapeutic processing. I show how these differences among members led to micropolitical struggles over community structure, focus, and definition. Therapeutic members had the most control over the emotional culture, creating a context in which there was an unacknowledged stigma attached to not sharing emotions and reproducing the idea that "authenticity" meant appearing out of control. I showed how they then used therapeutic discourse as a resource to preserve a therapeutic emotional culture in which they were seen as the most proficient and brave. The unintended consequences of their use of this therapeutic discourse were to exclude or discredit other perspectives, to shield the current context from critical examination, and to create an emotional double standard for men and women.

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Khan, Madiha. "ROSCAs and microfinance in Pakistan : community and culture." Thesis, University of Leicester, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2381/10378.

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This study uses ethnographic and discourse analytical methods to investigate the socio-cultural settings of microfinance and ROSCAs (Rotating Savings and Credit Associations) in Pakistan. The fieldwork was conducted in the city of Dera Ghazi Khan in Pakistan from May, 2009 to October, 2009. The data was collected through participant observation, interviews and pictures with ROSCA participants and microfinance borrowers. Interviews were conducted, transcribed and analysed in native language and key concepts were examined. The study found that economic and cultural factors were interwoven. It was found that financial discourse was influenced by, and influenced, the socio-cultural settings. The prevailing socio-cultural context shapes the behaviours and actions of users of microfinance and ROSCAs and also, in turn, is reshaped by ROSCAs and microfinance. The principal findings are as follows. ROSCA formations are based on the existing social structure and play a vital role in creating and maintaining communities. Moreover, part of the establishment of a community is found to be predicated on the exclusion of others. Microfinance also draws upon existing social structures but it is a commercial financial system and this commercial discourse of microfinance permeates the various cultural norms and obligations to enable instrumental objectives to be achieved. A widespread discourse of exploitation and vulnerability was found and this suggests that microfinance has a negative impact on the lives of some individuals and communities. On the other hand, unlike micro-borrowers, ROSCAs members do not talk about coercive mechanisms to influence behaviour and, indeed, the greater embeddedness of ROSCAs in the socio-cultural context makes undesired actions, such as defaults, a rare phenomenon.

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Lee, Kiu-sim Mabel, and 李嬌嬋. "Return culture to life: home. studio. community reformulation." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2001. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31985889.

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Jeffrey, Rowan Mary. "Radio "magic": Women, culture and community access broadcasting." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Gender Studies, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/4783.

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This research is a case study of the participation of women at Plains FM 96.9, one of eleven non-profit, community owned and operated community access radio stations in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Located in Christchurch city, Plains FM broadcasts community-produced programming in twenty different languages to the Canterbury region. As a community access station, it is committed to meeting community development objectives through the provision of access to the airwaves for groups that are underserved by mainstream media.

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Barbieri, Irene <1984&gt. "Sense of Community in contexts of multi culture." Doctoral thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2014. http://amsdottorato.unibo.it/6171/.

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The theme “Belongingness” has a central role in the current debate on Community Psychology and in daily life. To try to understand the consequences of these changes, the research focuses on the concept of Sense of Community. In fact, Sense of Community has always been a central tool (Sarason, 1974; MacMillan & Chavis, 1986) to study communities (McMillan, 2011; Nowell & Boyd, 2011) and for a long time has represented positive values and something to aspire to. However, current debates indicate that Sense of Community is an outmoded concept and underline the problematic issue of “promotion of Sense of Community” in contexts of multi culture. The aim of the present research is to analyze Sense of Community in context of multi culture, as we consider that it can still be a fundamental tool to study and understand communities. In particular we are interested in understanding the role of Multiple Sense of Community (Brodsky, 2009) on Identity and Wellbeing (and its dimensions). We focused on a specific context, the Station Zone in Reggio Emilia, that is characterized by high levels of cultural diversity and different social problems (Giovannini & Vezzali, 2011). The research is developed and divided into two parts. The first part consists of an exploratory qualitative study that analyzes meanings of community among leaders of different ethnic groups living in the Station Zone. The second part consists of a “General Model” study and four parallel studies to analyze Multiple Sense of Community in different ethnic groups (Albanians, Moroccans, Chinese and Italians. The results indicate the different role of Multiple SOC in the relation between Identity and Wellbeing, in particular the relevance of Relational SOC and its different implications. Moreover, the factor “culture” represents an significant element in order to consider differences among ethnic groups.

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Lee, Kiu-sim Mabel. "Return culture to life : home. studio. community reformulation /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2001. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B25949718.

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Jones, Mary M. "Market Hall: Connecting Community Through Food, Commerce + Culture." VCU Scholars Compass, 2018. https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/5390.

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Market Halls are public spaces critical to social and economic development. They are a reflection of the cities they inhabit. These markets are the beating heart of the community. They are more than just places of commerce – they are a microcosm of the city. A Market Hall or upscale farmers market provides an opportunity to bring healthy food options to neighborhoods, support local businesses all while bringing together a community. Specifically, a market hall in Richmond, Virginia will showcase the best the city has to offer from our strong farming community, award winning food and chefs, variety of breweries, talented artisans and bustling entrepreneurial community. Modeled after Torvehallerne in Copenhagen, this space will draw people to downtown Richmond, introduce local vendors, and integrate and encourage community by connecting people through conversation.

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Croose, Jonathan Freeman. "The practices of carnival : community culture and place." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10871/15833.

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This thesis analyses ethnographic data gathered during participant observation within two vernacular town carnivals in East Devon and Dorset during 2012 and within the professional Cartwheelin’ and Battle for the Winds street performances which were staged as part of the Maritime Mix programme of the 2012 Cultural Olympiad at Weymouth. The thesis presents qualitative perspectives with regard to the cultural performance of carnival in the fieldwork area, in order to analyse the ‘performativity’ of carnival in these contexts: how it enacts and embodies a range of instrumentalities with regard to notions of community, culture and place. The thesis serves to unpack the ‘performance efficacy’ of carnival within the wider political and cultural landscape of the UK in the early 21st century, revealing the increasing influence of institutional policy on its aesthetics and cultural performance. By way of contrast, the thesis also asserts the value of vernacular carnivalesque street performance as a contestation of hegemonic notions of ‘art’, ‘place’ and ‘culture’. The ethnographies of both vernacular and professional carnival practice presented in the thesis show how the instrumentalities of carnival are employed as cultural performances and as symbolic constructions of place, power and policy. These ethnographies reveal the contradictory ‘efficacy’ of carnival: how it functions both as a symbolic expression of a progressive, rhizomatic sense of place and also as a normative performance of vertical symbolic power and place-identity. The thesis offers a cultural geography of carnival as praxis in the south west UK, locating it within specific geographical, historical and socio-cultural contexts which have developed since the late 19th century. The thesis also offers a productive contribution to the emerging dialogue between cultural geography and performance studies through its analysis of the performativities of participants’ affective, carnivalesque experience: an analysis which articulates how people ritualise and perform the multiple boundaries between individual and community identities through carnival. Further, the thesis considers the means by which people present and enact particular symbolic representations of place and identity through their carnival performances, both in professional and non-professional contexts. In its conclusion and recommendations, the thesis seeks to frame these ethnographies within a critique of carnival practice which is considered through the contested geographies of the ‘creative economy’. It seeks to demonstrate how culture-led processes of policy enactment are increasingly critical influences within carnival and arts development in rural and small-town contexts and within place-based strategies of public engagement. Further, the thesis seeks to consider the effects that this hegemony has on ‘vernacular’ practices of carnival. The thesis adds a further voice to those cultural geographers who warn about the diminishing public space which is now available to people for spontaneous, ‘non-productive’ carnival festivity in the context of globalised late capitalism and ‘applied’ culture. Finally, the thesis offers a proposed remedy: a re-imagination of progressive structures of public engagement through culture; structures which support ‘vernacular’ practice alongside the instrumentalities of arts-development and public policies of place, in tune with a growing alternative discourse which seeks to ‘rethink the cultural economy.

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Billingham, John. "Divine authority and covenant community in contemporary culture." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2014. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:3d96890d-8111-4922-9809-30c51d75e5b6.

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The question I address is: how might a theology of authority be conceived in the light of questions raised by what is termed 'post-modernity'? Is it possible to articulate a theology of authority coming to the church community 'from God' that avoids an oppressive and alienating heteronomy? The thesis explores the question of authority as of vital importance in the sociological dimension of religion, calling for legitimisation (in light of claims made for itself) and as obligatory in the theological sphere. For this reason the project involves two methodologies (theological and sociological/ethnographic). While this investigation is relevant to all sections of the Christian church, particular attention is paid to Baptist churches in the UK, since they hold a concept in their tradition that I suggest is valuable in answering the question of the thesis, namely that of covenant. Within the Christian tradition there is an inner 'problematic' relating the personal authority of Christ to the forms of institution (church) and text (scripture). I explore this with a brief survey of theological authority as found in the fourfold foundation of scripture, tradition, reason and experience. From this is developed a brief theological and Christological reflection on divine authority and covenant theology as found in Karl Barth and his response to the 'inner problematic'. Within contemporary culture I view authority through the lens of so-called 'postmodernism', identifying four challenges to the notion of 'external authority' (all of which exemplify a move from the external to internal, and objective to subjective approaches to authority). This is further explored by means of qualitative research with one-to-one interviews conducted in a Baptist church in York. This data is reflected upon by means of ethnography and 'judicious narratives', especially in dialogue with material from Guest ('congregational study'), Heelas and Woodhead ('subjectivised-self') and Healy ('theodramatic horizon' and 'practical-prophetic ecclesiology'), providing an intersection between the language of theology and sociology. The concept of church as covenant community is explored in Baptist and (more briefly) Anglican traditions, leading to a constructive proposal that both the inner-church 'problematic' and the 'postmodern' challenge to authority might begin to be resolved with the notion of covenant. It is within this context of relationship, human and divine, that the authoritative and revelatory Word of God, the story that is Christ, is found in community and praxis. Here is a 'triangulating' relationship between authority, story and covenant revealing divine authority in a non-coercive way and relevant to contemporary culture.

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Vermeulen, Nicola. "Final year occupational therapy students' experience of supervision during community fieldwork practice." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/5210.

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Fieldwork is seen to be an essential component in the curriculum of an undergraduate occupational therapy (OT) program through which students develop their professional behavior and apply theoretical education to clinical practice. Students in their final year of the undergraduate OT program at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) use the UWC Community Process as a guide to community fieldwork in community settings. This process follows a community development approach to allow students to focus on the needs of the community. The community fieldwork placement is compulsory for all final year OT students. The main aims of the placement are for students to develop their understanding of the role of an occupational therapist in a community setting and to enhance their understanding of the occupational nature of communities. This study focuses on final year UWC OT students' experiences of the supervision they received while following the steps of the Community Process as well as their perceptions of the relationship between their supervision and their learning about occupation based community practice. The aim of the study was to explore how the 2009 final year OT students experienced fieldwork supervision during their community fieldwork placement. The study followed an interpretivist paradigm with a qualitative research methodological approach and a phenomenological design. Purposeful sampling was used to select participants from the UWC OT department who undertook their community fieldwork placement in 2009. All the data utilized in this study was directly linked to the students' experiences of supervision during their learning of the Community Process. Therefore, the methods of data collection that were used included the students' daily reflective journals, their portfolio files and an evaluative focus group held at the end of the year 2009. All data was critically analyzed through a process of thematic analysis in order to meet the research objectives. The techniques of triangulation and a detailed description of the research process were employed to ensure trustworthiness of the study. The ethical principles of autonomy, nonmaleficence, beneficence as well as informed written consent were adhered to in the study. The findings of the study highlighted the emotions that the students experienced, the development of their professional judgement and the challenges and experiences they encountered in their personal and professional development. The findings further showed that the process of becoming a part of the community allowed the students to define their role as an OT in a community setting and to increase their understanding of community development in the context of their role within the community. The findings also emphasized the students' experiences with regards to various teaching and learning techniques and approaches used within the supervision of their community fieldwork placement. The significance of this study lies in its contribution to the generation of an understanding of how supervision influences students' understanding of occupation-based community practice in occupational therapy.

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Cullen, Sandra. "Anthropology, state bureaucracy and the community." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1993. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/272263.

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Van, Stormbroek Kirsty. "The extent to which community service occupational therapists are equipped to treat patients with hand injuries and conditions." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13807.

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South Africa is one of the most violent nations in the world and has an extremely high incidence of road accidents and work place injuries. The precise effect of this on upper limb injury statistics is not known as the incidence and prevalence of these conditions has yet to be determined. Hand injuries are, however, common worldwide and, in South Africa, may be complex in nature. This places a demand on occupational therapy services to provide comprehensive upper limb rehabilitation, a responsibility that inevitably falls on novice occupational therapists at some point. Occupational therapists in South Africa are required to complete a year of compulsory Community Service after graduating before they are permitted to practice independently. These placements are often in rural, under-resourced areas and graduates are faced with multiple new roles while negotiating the transition into practice. No published research to date has described the general experience of Community Service occupational therapists in South Africa or the extent to which these therapists are equipped to treat patients with upper limb injuries and conditions. The study sought to determine the extent to which Community Service occupational therapists are equipped to treat patients with upper limb injuries and conditions.

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Baumgold, Jessica. "Exploring the Experiences of Adults Participating in Community Circus Classes| The Synergistic Relationship Between Circus and Occupational Therapy." Thesis, Utica College, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10277149.

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This participant-observer, phenomenological qualitative study explored the adult experience of a community circus class through an occupational therapy lens. Following 4 months of weekly participant-observation, semi-structured interviews were conducted with four adult beginner students in a community-based social circus class. Interviews were audio recorded, transcribed and analyzed using a grounded theory approach to identify six themes. Two themes addressed the structural supports of the class: Meeting People Where They Are , and Culture and Competition. Four themes were based on participant experiences and perceived outcomes: Releasing Expectations, Trying, Learning, and Fun, Making Friends, Making Community, and Feeling Better. Findings suggest that through the fun aspects of circus participation, students were able to confront and overcome physical, social, emotional and cognitive challenges. In this way, personal growth and quality of life were promoted. External supports enabled students to adopt an individualized approach to participation that encouraged self-awareness and self-assessment across multiple domains. Due to the scarcity of research investigating adult participation in circus, the therapeutic benefit of circus participation merits further investigation. Circus and occupational therapy may develop a mutually beneficial relationship on the basis of shared common philosophy and values. By working together, occupational therapy and circus may enhance their ability to address occupational justice, inclusivity, empowerment, connection, play and quality of life.

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Prentiss, Richard D. "Administrators' Perspectives of Culture at a Multicampus Community College." FIU Digital Commons, 2011. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/485.

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The purpose of this study was to explore how administrators’ perceived the campus and administrative cultures found on a single campus of a multicampus community college system. A review of the literature revealed that the culture found in higher education institutions contains a high degree of human interactions, has a myriad of cultures, and that individuals play a significant role in the maintenance or the evolution of the cultures present. The study site was Neighborhood Campus which is one campus of a large urban community college system containing a total of eight campuses, Urban College. Kuh’s conventional organizational models served to identify the model on Neighborhood Campus, Levin’s cultural definitions described the campus culture, and cultural definitions from Bergquist and Pawlak formed the framework for the administrative culture. The study was guided by the following research questions: What are the administrators’ perspectives of the campus culture on a community college campus and what are the administrators’ perspectives of the administrative culture on a community college campus? A qualitative case study method was used, data collection included interviews, document and videograph reviews, and observations of administrative meetings. The participants for the interview portion of the study included 10 individuals defined as administrators. The study revealed that administrators’ perspectives of these cultures demonstrated five themes (student-centered, size, location, Hispanics, and family) served as contributors to the campus culture. The administrative culture was supported by six themes (size, team, collaboration, open, Inclusion, and rewards and recognition). The findings revealed three of Kuh’s conventional organizational models (rational, bureaucratic, and collegial models) were seen as being in place at Neighborhood Campus. Levin’s traditional and service cultures were seen in the campus culture with the service culture demonstrating dominance. Using Bergquist and Pawlak’s definitions, components of the collegial, managerial, and developmental cultures appear to be present in the administrative culture with the collegial culture serving as the dominant administrative culture. Through an understanding of these cultures and themes, administrators can provide leadership that is sensitive to these cultures, especially if institutional change is required.

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Rakel, Horst. "Risk, safety and corporate culture : managing occupational hazards in the modern business environment." Thesis, University of East Anglia, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.273466.

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Crawley, Elaine M. "The social world of the English prison officer : a study in occupational culture." Thesis, Keele University, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.341291.

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Watson, Sean Mark. "The emotions of social control : a study of paranoia in police occupational culture." Thesis, University of Warwick, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.362495.

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Heilmann, Sharon Gibson. "The impact of community embeddedness on turnover an investigation of the moderating effects of career plateauing, occupational portability, and occupational commutability /." [Bloomington, Ind.] : Indiana University, 2005. http://wwwlib.umi.com/dissertations/fullcit/3185397.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, 2005.
Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 66-08, Section: A, page: 2997. Chair: George F. Dreher. Title from dissertation home page (viewed Oct. 5, 2006).

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Chubarova, Tatiana Vladimirovna. "Occupational welfare in Russia with special reference to health care." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 2001. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/1663/.

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Relying on new empirical data, derived from a survey, and supplemented by an extensive study of available secondary material, this thesis represents the first attempt systematically to explore key issues regarding occupational welfare in Russia, with special reference to health care. The thesis is divided into three parts: a discussion of the problematic; an investigation of the evolution of policy; and an examination of primary and secondary empirical data. The fundamental theoretical problems of occupational welfare are approached in the light of research in the West, in the Soviet Union and in post-Soviet Russia with emphasis both on divergences and commonalities. It is argued that any endeavour to separate Soviet and Western experiences is artificial and ultimately unproductive. Rather, the analytical penetration of ideological barriers renders possible an examination of their fruitful interaction. On the basis of existing knowledge two perspectives of occupational welfare -- social policy and organisation -- are introduced. An attempt to formulate a general definition of the notion of occupational welfare is also made. The evolution of occupational welfare and in particular its health care component are examined in their context, from the Tsarist era, during the Soviet Union and through to post-Soviet times, with a concrete aim of elucidating any continuities in policy pathways. Contemporary issues are associated with the initial outcomes of health reforms in the 1990s that are indispensable for projecting the future prospects of occupational welfare. The empirical component of the thesis reports the results of fieldwork carried out in Moscow between 1995 and 1997. The brief was to explore the contemporary status of occupational welfare in Russia in the context of changing social policy aims and methods evolving in the course of the transformation. The attitudes of senior managers of industrial enterprises providing in-kind health services for their employees were investigated, as were employers' actual health responsibilities in the light of the introduction of compulsory health insurance legislation. It is argued that occupational welfare has a distinct sphere of operation and offers potential, not only for the survival of the service area but also for its further development in the evolving socio-political environment. The thesis is a first step towards a deeper analysis of occupational welfare in Russia: an audit of outstanding issues, although not exhaustive, completes the account as an aid to further discussion and research.

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic 'Culture of the occupational community'

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