Journal articles: 'Influences on practice'

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Roberts, S. J. "Influences of practice characteristics on prescribing in practices." BMJ 313, no. 7071 (December 14, 1996): 1551. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.313.7071.1551a.

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Bishop, David, Angus Burnett, Damian Farrow, Tim Gabbett, and Robert Newton. "Sports-Science Roundtable: Does Sports-Science Research Influence Practice?" International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance 1, no. 2 (June 2006): 161–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/ijspp.1.2.161.

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As sports scientists, we claim to make a significant contribution to the body of knowledge that influences athletic practice and performance. Is this the reality? At the inaugural congress of the Australian Association for Exercise and Sports Science, a panel of well-credentialed academic experts with experience in the applied environment debated the question, Does sports-science research influence practice? The first task was to define “sports-science research,” and it was generally agreed that it is concerned with providing evidence that improves sports performance. When practices are equally effective, sports scientists also have a role in identifying practices that are safer, more time efficient, and more enjoyable. There were varying views on the need for sports-science research to be immediately relevant to coaches or athletes. Most agreed on the importance of communicating the results of sports-science research, not only to the academic community but also to coaches and athletes, and the need to encourage both short- and long-term research. The panelists then listed examples of sports-science research that they believe have influenced practice, as well as strategies to ensure that sports-science research better influences practice.

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Thorley, Virginia. "Influences on Australian breastfeeding practice." Women and Birth 25, no. 3 (September 2012): e44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2011.09.004.

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Jogerst, G. J. "What influences physician practice behavior?" Archives of Family Medicine 5, no. 8 (September 1, 1996): 455–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archfami.5.8.455.

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Li, Alex Yang, and Virginia Braun. "Pubic hair and its removal: A practice beyond the personal." Feminism & Psychology 27, no. 3 (November 30, 2016): 336–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0959353516680233.

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Pubic hair removal, now common among women in Anglo/western cultures, has been theorised as a disciplinary practice. As many other feminine bodily practices, it is characterised by removal or alteration of aspects of women's material body (i.e., pubic hair) considered unattractive but otherwise “natural.” Emerging against this theorisation is a discourse of personal agency and choice, wherein women assert autonomy and self-mastery of their own bodies and body practices. In this paper, we use a thematic analysis to examine the interview talk about pubic hair from 11 sexually and ethnically diverse young women in New Zealand. One overarching theme – pubic hair is undesirable; its removal is desirable – encapsulates four themes we discuss in depth, which illustrate the personal, interpersonal and sociocultural influences intersecting the practice: (a) pubic hair removal is a personal choice; (b) media promote pubic hair removal; (c) friends and family influence pubic hair removal; and (d) the (imagined) intimate influences pubic hair removal. Despite minor variations among queer women, a perceived norm of genital hairlessness was compelling among the participants. Despite the articulated freedom to practise pubic hair removal, any freedom from participating in this practice appeared limited, rendering the suggestion that it is just a “choice” problematic.

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Suyono, Eko. "Institutional Ownership, Types of Industry, and Income Smoothing: Empirical Evidence from Indonesia." JOURNAL OF AUDITING, FINANCE, AND FORENSIC ACCOUNTING 6, no. 1 (July 20, 2018): 1–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.21107/jaffa.v6i1.4128.

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This paper aims to evaluate the influence of institutional ownership and types of industry on income smoothing in the Indonesian listed firms. Basing on the literature and using panel data approach, it examines 112 firms listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange during 2012 to 2016 periods (i.e., 560 observations). By using OLS regression to test the hypotheses, the result shows that institutional ownership does not influence significantly on income smoothing practice. Moreover, types of industry do not influence on income smoothing practices, except for consumer goods industry which influences significantly on income smoothing practice. With regard to the company size as a control variable, the result shows that company size influences positively on income smoothing practice. Therefore, this study contributes in providing empirical evidence on the link between institutional ownership, types of industry, and income smoothing practice in emerging market context (i.e., Indonesia).

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McCollom, Patricia. "Life Care Planning Practice: External Influences." Case Manager 11, no. 4 (July 2000): 62–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1067/mcm.2000.109131.

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Harvey, J. "A PATIENT WHO INFLUENCES MY PRACTICE." BMJ 311, no. 7006 (September 9, 1995): 674. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.311.7006.674.

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Vanairsdale, Sharon. "How Specialty Certification Influences Professional Practice." JONA: The Journal of Nursing Administration 47, no. 3 (March 2017): 129–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/nna.0000000000000452.

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Lui, Kwok Wah Ronnie, and Sarojni Choy. "How ethnic cultures influence practice-based learning." Journal of Workplace Learning 32, no. 3 (March 11, 2020): 183–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jwl-05-2019-0060.

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Purpose This paper aims to report on a study that used the practice theory lens to understand how Chinese ethnic culture influences restaurant workers' learning through engagement in everyday work practices. Design/methodology/approach A multiple case study approach was used. Data were collected from semi-structured interviews and site observations. Thematic analysis was conducted to identify how workers learnt the sayings, doings and relatings in their workplaces. Findings The findings show that the ethnic culture of the participants influences and enriches their learning in practice settings such as small Chinese restaurants. Research limitations/implications The understandings presented here need to be verified through more research in different regions and nations. In addition, cross-cultural studies on other ethnic restaurants may contribute to deeper understandings of the influences of ethnic culture on practice-based learning. Social implications The research contributes to understanding the influence of ethnic culture on practice-based learning. Originality/value The understandings gained from the findings of this study form a useful basis for curriculum development and instructional design of training programmes for practice-based as well as work-integrated-learning components of vocational curriculum. Furthermore, awareness of the strengths of the ethnic culture is of interest to owner/managers of small Chinese restaurants to afford supportive learning environments for workers.

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Pinho, Ana Paula Moreno, Clayton Robson Moreira da Silva, Laís Vieira Castro Oliveira, Evalda Rodrigues da Silva de Oliveira, and Daniel Araújo Barbosa. "Do human resources practices influence organizational commitment? Evidence for the Brazilian retail sector." Contextus – Revista Contemporânea de Economia e Gestão 18 (May 11, 2020): 52–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.19094/contextus.2020.43473.

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This study aimed to investigate the influence of human resources practices on organizational commitment in its three dimensions. The research was carried out in a supermarket chain that operates in the Brazilian retail sector. Questionnaires were applied with the supermarket employees and the final sample is composed of 521 valid responses. Descriptive statistics, exploratory factorial analysis and structural equation modeling were applied. The results evidenced that affective commitment is influenced by the work conditions, and the practice of competency-based performance appraisal influences continuance commitment, while the compensation and reward practice positively affects the normative commitment. This study contributes to the effectiveness of human resources practices and evidences the consistency of the application of the three-component model of commitment in Brazil.

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Carter, Mary, Sarah Chapman, and Margaret C. Watson. "Multiplicity and complexity: a qualitative exploration of influences on prescribing in UK general practice." BMJ Open 11, no. 1 (January 2021): e041460. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-041460.

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ObjectivesDespite widespread availability of evidence-based guidelines to inform rational use of medicines, considerable unwarranted variation exists in prescribing. A greater understanding of key determinants of contemporary prescribing in UK general practice could inform strategies to promote evidence-based prescribing. This study explored (1) current influences on prescribing in general practice and (2) the possibility that general practice-based pharmacists (PBPs) may contribute to greater engagement with evidence-based prescribing.DesignSemistructured, telephone interviews and a focus group were conducted, audio-recorded and transcribed verbatim. Thematic analysis was undertaken.ParticipantsGeneral practice prescribers: general practitioners (GPs), PBPs, nurses.Key informants: individuals within the National Health Service (NHS) with responsibility for influencing, monitoring and measuring general practice prescribing.SettingGeneral practices and NHS organisations in England.ResultsInterviews with 17 prescribers (GPs (n=6), PBPs (n=6), nurses (n=5)) and 6 key informants, and one focus group with five key informants were undertaken between November 2018 and April 2019. Determinants operating at individual, practice and societal levels impacted prescribing and guideline use. Prescribers’ professional backgrounds, for example, nursing, pharmacy, patient populations and patient pressure were perceived as substantial influences, as well as media portrayal and public perceptions of medicines.Prescribers identified practice-level determinants of prescribing, including practice culture and shared beliefs. Key informants tended to emphasise higher-level influences, including NHS policies, availability of support and advice from secondary care and generic challenges associated with medicines use, for example, multimorbidity.Participants expressed mixed views about the potential of PBPs to promote evidence-based prescribing in general practice.ConclusionPrescribing in UK general practice is influenced by multiple intersecting factors. Strategies to promote evidence-based prescribing should target modifiable influences at practice and individual levels. Customising strategies for medical and non-medical prescribers may maximise their effectiveness.

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Ottoson, Judith M., and Ilse Patterson. "Contextual Influences on Learning Application in Practice." Evaluation & the Health Professions 23, no. 2 (June 2000): 194–211. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/016327870002300205.

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Although process evaluation usually ends with the program, process itself does not end. This study analyzed process or contextual influences health professionals face when returning from continuing professional education (CPE) and attempting to apply learning. Follow-up survey data were analyzed for a sample (N = 549) of physicians, nurses, counselors, and rehabilitation specialists. Contextual influences studied include resources, encouragement, support, opportunity, and authority. Logistic regression analysis found support for changes to apply training ideas was a predictor of application for the sample as a whole and for all professional groups except one. Encouragement from others was a predictor of application for rehabilitation specialists, and opportunity to apply learning was a second predictor for nurses. Sufficient resources was not a predictor in any models tested. Results indicate that the practice context can affect educational outcomes and an extended vision of process evaluation is needed to incorporate such variables in the evaluation of CPE.

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Tong, Jin, and Amit Mitra. "Chinese cultural influences on knowledge management practice." Journal of Knowledge Management 13, no. 2 (April 3, 2009): 49–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/13673270910942691.

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Rosenberg, Robert E. "Somatic influences on my Alexander Technique practice." Journal of Dance & Somatic Practices 8, no. 2 (December 1, 2016): 205–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1386/jdsp.8.2.205_1.

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Baird, Jo‐Anne. "Macro and micro influences on assessment practice." Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice 16, no. 2 (July 2009): 127–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09695940903075883.

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Clerkin, Kevin J., Jan M. Griffin, Gabriel Sayer, Maryjane A. Farr, and Veli K. Topkara. "Local competition influences donor heart acceptance practice." Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 39, no. 8 (August 2020): 835–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.healun.2020.04.018.

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Wiseman, Heather. "Advanced nursing practice – the influences and accountabilities." British Journal of Nursing 16, no. 3 (February 2007): 167–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2007.16.3.22971.

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Guillem, Philippe, Hélène Raynal, Anaïs Wendling, and Nicolas Kluger. "Hidradenitis Suppurativa Influences Tattooing Practice in Women." Dermatology 236, no. 5 (2020): 445–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000504436.

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Background: The reasons or the motivations that compel people to get a tattoo or a body piercing (BP) are plentiful and personal. Patients with chronic cutaneous or systemic conditions may be interested in getting tattooed or pierced. Objective: To determine the frequency of body art practices in hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) and to evaluate the possible impact of HS in the decision-making process. Methods: An anonymous specific paper-based questionnaire was prospectively offered to patients (≥18 years) consecutively managed for HS from September 2016 to March 2017 in a French specialized center. Results: In total, 209 patients participated in the study, of whom 77 (37%) and 50 (24%) had tattoos and BP, respectively. These proportions were higher than those reported in the French population. HS prevented the decision to get a BP or a tattoo in 2 and 5%, respectively (fear of infection or healing difficulties). Fifteen patients (7%) got tattooed to hide a surgical HS scar (n = 5, 2%), to regain control over the pain or their bodies (n = 9, 4%), or to turn others’ eyes away from HS lesions or scars (n = 1, 0.5%). HS severity influenced a proportion of patients who intended to get a new tattoo. Conclusion: HS is associated with a significant increase in body art practices.

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Hosie, Annmarie, Meera Agar, Gideon A. Caplan, Brian Draper, Stephen Hedger, Debra Rowett, Penny Tuffin, et al. "Clinicians’ delirium treatment practice, practice change, and influences: A national online survey." Palliative Medicine 35, no. 8 (June 6, 2021): 1553–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/02692163211022183.

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Background: Recent studies cast doubt on the net effect of antipsychotics for delirium. Aim: To investigate the influence of these studies and other factors on clinicians’ delirium treatment practice and practice change in palliative care and other specialties using the Theoretical Domains Framework. Design: Australia-wide online survey of relevant clinicians. Setting/participants: Registered nurses (72%), doctors (16%), nurse practitioners (6%) and pharmacists (5%) who cared for patients with delirium in diverse settings, recruited through health professionals’ organisations. Results: Most of the sample ( n = 475): worked in geriatrics/aged (31%) or palliative care (30%); in hospitals (64%); and saw a new patient with delirium at least weekly (61%). More (59%) reported delirium practice change since 2016, mostly by increased non-pharmacological interventions (53%). Fifty-five percent reported current antipsychotic use for delirium, primarily for patient distress (79%) and unsafe behaviour (67%). Common Theoretical Domains Framework categories of influences on respondents’ delirium practice were: emotion (54%); knowledge (53%) and physical (43%) and social (21%) opportunities. Palliative care respondents more often reported: awareness of any named key study of antipsychotics for delirium (73% vs 39%, p < 0.001); changed delirium treatment (73% vs 53%, p = 0.017); decreased pharmacological interventions (60% vs 15%, p < 0.001); off-label medication use (86% vs 51%, p < 0.001: antipsychotics 79% vs 44%, p < 0.001; benzodiazepines 61% vs 26%, p < 0.001) and emotion as an influence (82% vs 39%, p < 0.001). Conclusion: Clinicians’ use of antipsychotic during delirium remains common and is primarily motivated by distress and safety concerns for the patient and others nearby. Supporting clinicians to achieve evidence-based delirium practice requires further work.

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Heinrich, William F. "Toward ideal enacted mental models of learning outcomes assessment in higher education." Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education 9, no. 4 (October 9, 2017): 490–508. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jarhe-10-2016-0064.

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the enacted mental models, the types of thinking and action, of assessment held by faculty and staff in higher education. Design/methodology/approach This research approaches the question: in what ways are “learning outcomes assessment” understood (thinking) as part of a system and assessed in the individual’s work (practice)?” Interviews and concept maps were used to identify influences, descriptions of actions, and connections to environments for 12 participants, known to have engaged in learning outcomes assessment. Findings By connecting individual perspectives to broader organizational understanding, a goal of this research was to identify and analyze how educators understand and practice learning outcomes assessment in higher education. Influences on assessment presented in the literature are confirmed and several behavioral types are defined and categorized. Research limitations/implications The findings focus attention on the ways individuals act on influences in systems of higher education. The findings yield opportunities for new ways to utilize assessment knowledge. The study is small and has implications for similar type institutions. Practical implications Faculty and staff can use these findings to create training and development protocols and/or adjust their own practices of assessment. Assessment professionals can apply findings to consulting on an array of assessment projects and with staff who have varying skill levels. Social implications The ways in which assessment is practiced is deeply influenced by training but is also shaped heavily by current environments and accountability structures. Policies and practices related to such environments can make a difference in preparing for scaled-up assessment practices and projects. Originality/value This research offers insight into possible archetypes of assessment behaviors and presents applied influences on assessment.

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Manja, Veena, Gordon Guyatt, John You, Sandra Monteiro, and Susan Jack. "Qualitative study of cardiologists’ perceptions of factors influencing clinical practice decisions." Heart 105, no. 10 (January 12, 2019): 749–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2018-314339.

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BackgroundHealthcare costs are increasing in the USA and Canada and a substantial portion of health spending is devoted to services that do not improve health outcomes. Efforts to reduce waste by adopting evidence-based clinical practice guideline recommendations have had limited success. We sought insight into improving health system efficiency through understanding cardiologists’ perceptions of factors that influence clinical decision-making.MethodsIn this descriptive qualitative study, we conducted in-depth interviews with 18 American and 3 Canadian cardiologists. We used conventional content analysis including inductive and deductive approaches for data analysis and mapped findings to the ecological systems framework.ResultsPhysicians reported that major determinants of practice included interpersonal interactions with peers, patients and administrators; financial incentives and system factors. Patients’ insurance status represented an important consideration for some cardiologists. Other major influences included time constraints, fear of litigation (less prominent in Canada), a sense that their obligation was never to miss any underlying pathology, and patient demands. The need to bring income into their health system influenced American cardiologists’ practice; personal income implications influenced Canadian cardiologists’ practice. Cardiologists reported that knowledge limitations and logistical challenges limit their ability to assist patients with cost considerations. All these considerations were more influential than guidelines; some cardiologists expressed a high level of scepticism regarding guidelines.ConclusionsClinical decision-making by cardiologists is shaped by individual, interpersonal, organisational, environmental, financial and sociopolitical influences and only to a limited extent by guideline recommendations. Successful strategies to achieve efficient, evidence-based care will require addressing socioecological influences on decision-making.

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Kato, Daisuke, Kenya Ie, and Hideki Wakabayashi. "Influences on Scope of Practice: Not Only Population Size." Family Medicine 50, no. 3 (March 7, 2018): 241. http://dx.doi.org/10.22454/fammed.2018.409821.

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Mavridopoulou, Ioanna, and Joe O’Mahoney. "Elitism in Strategy Consulting: How Institutional Prestige Influences Recruitment." Management Consulting Journal 3, no. 1 (June 1, 2020): 12–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/mcj-2020-0003.

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Abstract How and why do strategy consultancies prioritise graduates from elite universities, and is this practice doing them more harm than good? The association of top strategy firms with elite universities is well-known, but this study suggests that the practice is done more for signaling and ‘fit’ reasons than for recruiting outstanding talent. Using anonymous interviews with recruiters, partners, and consultants at strategy firms, and drawing on Bourdieu’s theory of cultural capital, this paper suggests that these practices may do more harm than good.

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Utama, Cynthia A., and Haidir Musa. "The Causality between Corporate Governance Practice and Bank Performance: Empirical Evidence from Indonesia." Gadjah Mada International Journal of Business 13, no. 3 (September 12, 2011): 227. http://dx.doi.org/10.22146/gamaijb.5481.

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The aim of this study is to examine the existence of causality between corporate governance practice and performance of commercial banks in Indonesia. We also investigate the influence of age, capital adequacy, and type of commercial banks on bank performance and examine the influence of the bank size, foreign ownership, and listing status on corporate governance practice. The result shows that corporate governance practice, bank size and capital adequacy ratio have positive influences on bank performance in Indonesia. However, bank performance does not influence corporate governance practice. This study also finds that regional banks have better performance than private banks. The results of the study support the Central Bank’s efforts to enhance CG practices in the banking sector, to strenghten banks’ capital base and its policy to encourage banks to merge to become larger.

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Zainal, Hasnawati, and Milan Oresky. "Are ERP and Organization Capability can be Enablers of Green Supply Chain Management ? A viewpoint from employees’ perception." Indonesian Management and Accounting Research 17, no. 2 (August 26, 2019): 99. http://dx.doi.org/10.25105/imar.v17i2.3907.

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<p class="Imar-Abstract">The objectives of this research are to see the influence of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) implementation and organizational capability toward Green Supply Chain Management (GSCM) practices. GSCM practices are seen through green purchasing, cooperation with customers, and investment recovery practices. ERP implementation is measured using integration, configuration, and adaptation of the organization information system. Meanwhile, organization capabilities are measured by information access, product innovation, and flexibilities.</p><p class="Imar-Abstract">This research uses a convenience sampling technique by distributing questioner 60 respondents. They are employees who work in different types of companies. The results showed that ERP implementation influences the practice of cooperation with customers, while ERP practices do not influence green purchasing and investment recovery practices. Organizational capabilities also do not influence the practice of GSCM.</p>

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Russell, Grant, Riki Lane, Jennifer Neil, Jenny Advocat, Elizabeth Ann Sturgiss, Timothy Staunton Smith, Karyn Alexander, Simon Hattle, Benjamin F. Crabtree, and William L. Miller. "At the edge of chaos: a prospective multiple case study in Australian general practices adapting to COVID-19." BMJ Open 13, no. 1 (January 2023): e064266. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-064266.

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ObjectivesThe rapid onset and progressive course of the COVID-19 pandemic challenged primary care practices to generate rapid solutions to unique circumstances, creating a natural experiment of effectiveness, resilience, financial stability and governance across primary care models. We aimed to characterise how practices in Melbourne, Australia modified clinical and organisational routines in response to the pandemic in 2020–2021 and identify factors that influenced these changes.DesignProspective, qualitative, participatory case study design using constant comparative data analysis, conducted between April 2020 and February 2021. Participant general practitioner (GP) investigators were involved in study design, recruitment of other participants, data collection and analysis. Data analysis included investigator diaries, structured practice observation, documents and interviews.SettingThe cases were six Melbourne practices of varying size and organisational model.ParticipantsGP investigators approached potential participants. Practice healthcare workers were interviewed by social scientists on three occasions, and provided feedback on presentations of preliminary findings.ResultsWe conducted 58 interviews with 26 practice healthcare workers including practice owners, practice managers, GPs, receptionists and nurses; and six interviews with GP investigators. Data saturation was achieved within each practice and across the sample. The pandemic generated changes to triage, clinical care, infection control and organisational routines, particularly around telehealth. While collaboration and trust increased within several practices, others fragmented, leaving staff isolated and demoralised. Financial and organisational stability, collaborative problem solving, creative leadership and communication (internally and within the broader healthcare sector) were major influences on practice ability to negotiate the pandemic.ConclusionsThis study demonstrates the complex influences on primary care practices, and reinforces the strengths of clinician participation in research design, conduct and analysis. Two implications are: telehealth, triage and infection management innovations are likely to continue; the existing payment system provides inadequate support to primary care in a global pandemic.

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Parker, Johanna, Ben Hudson, and Tim Wilkinson. "Influences on final year medical students attitudes to general practice as a career." Journal of Primary Health Care 6, no. 1 (2014): 56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/hc14056.

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INTRODUCTION: General practice is under-represented in student career choices. This study aimed to identify and explore factors that influence the attitudes of final year medical students to general practice as a career. METHODS: This qualitative study used semi-structured interviews of focus groups of final year undergraduate medical students at the University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand. Thematic analysis and grounded theory were used to interpret the data. FINDINGS: General practitioners (GPs) play a key role in influencing medical students attitudes to general practice as a career. Students identified their general practice placement during medical school training and personal contact with their own GP as principal factors. The media portrayal of general practice and the attitudes of friends and family were also influential. Students were positively influenced when they were made to feel part of the team, involved with consultations, allowed to carry out practical procedures under supervision, and witnessed what they perceived as good medical practice during clinical placements. Positive experiences often occurred later in training, when students felt more confident of their clinical abilities. While students reported occasional negative comments about general practice by some hospital doctors, these had a lesser role in influencing their perceptions of general practice compared with their own experiences, both as students and patients. CONCLUSION: GPs have a strong influence, positively and negatively, on the attitudes of medical students to general practice as a career. Effective influences include being made to feel welcome, involved, valued, and given legitimate roles during clinical placements. KEYWORDS: Career choice; general practice; general practitioners; medical education; students, medical

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Otoo, Frank Nana Kweku. "Examining the Influence of Human Resource Development Practices on Organizational Commitment of Small and Medium Scale Enterprises." European Journal of Management Issues 30, no. 4 (October 17, 2022): 195–204. http://dx.doi.org/10.15421/192217.

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Purpose – HRD practices are linked to greater corporate commitment. The purpose of the study was to investigate how HRD practices influences organizational commitment. Design/methodology/approach – Data was collected from 65 SMEs of which 30 were small size enterprises while 35 were medium size enterprises. A standardized questionnaire was used. SEM was employed in testing the model and hypothesis. Findings– The findings show that affective commitment was significantly influenced by HRD practices. A significant influence of HRD practices on continuance commitment was observed. A non-significant influence of HRD practice on normative commitment was reported. Research limitations/implications – The present study emphasis on SMEs may limit how broadly the results may be applied. Practical implications – The study will aid SMEs in developing workplace strategies, policies and policies that can immensely improve employee loyalty, fulfillment and satisfaction and inordinately enhance organizational sustainability, retention and productivity. Originality/value – This study extends the literature by demonstrating empirically that HRD practices influence organizational commitment.

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Bellows, Anne C., and Michael W. Hamm. "U.S.-Based Community Food Security: Influences, Practice, Debate." Journal for the Study of Food and Society 6, no. 1 (March 2002): 31–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.2752/152897902786732725.

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Phipps, D. L., P. C. W. Beatty, D. Parker, C. Nsoedo, and G. H. Meakin. "Motivational influences on anaesthetists’ use of practice guidelines." British Journal of Anaesthesia 102, no. 6 (June 2009): 768–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bja/aep082.

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You, Emily (Chuanmei), David Dunt, and Colleen Doyle. "Influences on Case-Managed Community Aged Care Practice." Qualitative Health Research 26, no. 12 (July 10, 2016): 1649–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1049732315601669.

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Reis, Theresa J., and Pamela D. Elkind. "Influences on Farm Safety Practice in Eastern Washington." Journal of Agromedicine 4, no. 3-4 (August 8, 1997): 193–205. http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/j096v04n03_03.

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Eldridge, P. R. "External influences on the safe practice of neurosurgery." British Journal of Neurosurgery 23, no. 2 (January 2009): 107–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02688690902881088.

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Chipman, Abram. "Psycho “therapy”—Theory, Practice, Modern and Postmodern Influences." American Journal of Psychotherapy 49, no. 4 (October 1995): 592–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1995.49.4.592.

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Cheung, Chau-kiu, and Alex Yui-huen Kwan. "City-level Influences on Chinese Filial Piety practice." Journal of Comparative Asian Development 8, no. 1 (March 2009): 105–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15339114.2009.9678475.

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Ellis, Neil. "Decision making in practice: influences, management and reflection." British Journal of Nursing 26, no. 2 (January 26, 2017): 109–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2017.26.2.109.

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Gibbons, Sheila J. "Women in Public Relations: How Gender Influences Practice." Public Relations Review 27, no. 3 (September 2001): 369–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0363-8111(01)00093-5.

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Cormier, Damien C., Okan Bulut, Kevin S. McGrew, and Kathleen Kennedy. "Linguistic Influences on Cognitive Test Performance: Examinee Characteristics Are More Important than Test Characteristics." Journal of Intelligence 10, no. 1 (January 27, 2022): 8. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jintelligence10010008.

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Consideration of the influence of English language skills during testing is an understandable requirement for fair and valid cognitive test interpretation. Several professional standards and expert recommendations exist to guide psychologists as they attempt to engage in best practices when assessing English learners (ELs). Nonetheless, relatively few evidence-based recommendations for practice have been specified for psychologists. To address this issue, we used a mixed-effects modeling approach to examine the influences of test characteristics (i.e., test directions) and examinee characteristics (i.e., expressive and receptive language abilities) on cognitive test performance. Our results suggest that language abilities appear to have a significant influence on cognitive test performance, whereas test characteristics do not influence performance, after accounting for language abilities. Implications for practice include the assessment of expressive and receptive language abilities of EL students prior to administering, scoring, and interpreting cognitive test scores.

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Ross, Jonathan H. S. "Drawing: From education to artistic practice." Visual Inquiry 2, no. 1 (March 1, 2013): 71–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1386/vi.2.1.71_1.

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This report is a self-reflective analysis on my art education and its influences on the drawing skills of a graduate. It relates the influence of teaching on my present drawing practice, which is essentially driven by a mark-making process and not focused on the end result. I aim to show that shifting the focus of drawing practice towards process as a primary action may highlight possible teaching and learning problems in art education, as there is an ever-present emphasis on the end product that is needed in order to be assessed.

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Evans, Marion W., Harrison Ndetan, and Ronald D. Williams. "Intentions of Chiropractic Interns Regarding use of Health Promotion in Practice: Applying Theory of Reasoned Action to Identify Attitudes, Beliefs, and Influencing Factors." Journal of Chiropractic Education 23, no. 1 (April 1, 2009): 17–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.7899/1042-5055-23.1.17.

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Purpose: The theory of reasoned action is a health behavioral theory that has been used to predict personal health behaviors and intentions as well as those of providers delivering health care. The purpose of this study was to determine interns' future practices regarding the use of health promotion using this model to develop survey questions and to determine attitudes and perceived influences on their prospective behaviors in general, toward the use of health promotion once in practice. Methods: Across the course of one year, all graduating interns at a chiropractic college were queried with a 20 question survey designed using the theory of reasoned action. Frequencies and inferential statistics were performed including prediction modeling using logistic regression. Results: A majority (>85%) of interns indicated they would use health promotion in practice. Differences were noted based on perceived skill levels, perception of educational emphasis, various normative beliefs, and gender. Conclusion: Most interns will use some form of health promotion in practice. Normative influences including those seen as key influencers are as powerful a predictor as perceived education or skill levels on future practice of health promotion.

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Breadsell, Jessica K., Joshua J. Byrne, and Gregory M. Morrison. "Household Energy and Water Practices Change Post-Occupancy in an Australian Low-Carbon Development." Sustainability 11, no. 20 (October 9, 2019): 5559. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11205559.

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This research comprises a longitudinal study of a cohort of residents moving into a low-carbon development and their pre- and post-occupancy household practices that consume energy and water. They are the early adopters of living in low-carbon households and provide valuable insight into the influence of design and technology on household practices. Household energy and water consumption levels are measured and normalised to the metropolitan average to discuss the influence of design and technology on use. Heating, cooling and showering practices consume the largest proportion of household energy and water use and so the changes to thermal comfort and personal hygiene practices are examined along with a consideration of the influence of lifestyle and family composition on cooling practices. Household water and energy use decreases due to technology and design influences post-occupancy. However, the personal practice history of residents influences water and energy consumption. Changes to the meaning element of personal hygiene practices show how these are interlocked and unlikely to change in their duration when there are other demanding practices to be undertaken.

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Salamon, Andi, Jennifer Sumsion, Frances Press, and Linda Harrison. "Implicit theories and naïve beliefs: Using the theory of practice architectures to deconstruct the practices of early childhood educators." Journal of Early Childhood Research 14, no. 4 (July 24, 2016): 431–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1476718x14563857.

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This article proposes utilising the theory of practice architectures to uncover and make explicit the beliefs and implicit theories of early childhood educators, as well as to examine the conditions out of which they have emerged. The beliefs and implicit theories of early childhood educators influence many early childhood practices and play a significant role in guiding the pedagogical experiences of children. Aimed at identifying elements of practice that constrain and enable praxis, the theory of practice architectures has been effectively applied in tertiary, secondary and primary education, but has had limited use in early childhood education contexts. The article explores its potential for helping educators better articulate their practices and applies the theory to examine a number of discursive, material and social influences that shape (and are shaped by) early childhood practice. Implications for early childhood educators’ praxis are framed in the context of contemporary challenges of early childhood education.

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Ismaeel, Muatasim, and Zarina Zakaria. "Perception of preparers of sustainability reports in the Middle East." Meditari Accountancy Research 28, no. 1 (August 24, 2019): 89–116. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/medar-03-2019-0459.

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Purpose This study aims to explore the preparers’ perceptions of sustainability reporting as a distinct voluntary corporate reporting practice in the Middle East. It links these perceptions to the influences of local and global institutional contexts and how companies respond to them. Design/methodology/approach The study is informed by a discursive institutionalism theoretical framework that incorporates concepts such as multiple institutional logics, hybridity in social practice and interpretive role of social agents. Its empirical findings are built on seven interviews with officials involved in the practice to explore their perception of sustainability reports. Findings Sustainability reporting is not understood and perceived in the same way among reporting companies in the Middle East. The difference in perception is linked to the scope of operations of the company, whether it is global or local. The results provide evidence supporting the theoretical framework. Different institutional logics are identified that interact at the structure level to influence sustainability reporting practice, and companies act at the agency level by selecting from the institutional influences what match their interests and priorities. Consequently, the practice itself will be hybrid and will include various ways and forms of reporting. Originality/value The study contributes to knowledge about how global business practices are adopted by companies in the developing countries.

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Putri, Rizki Ananda, and Cucu Suhartini. "PENGARUH MOTIVASI MEMASUKI DUNIA KERJA DAN PENGALAMAN PRAKTIK KERJA INDUSTRI (PRAKERIN) TERHADAP KESIAPAN KERJA SISWA KELAS XII SMK NEGERI 5 KUNINGAN." Equilibrium: Jurnal Penelitian Pendidikan dan Ekonomi 18, no. 02 (July 24, 2021): 179–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.25134/equi.v18i2.4395.

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The research was purposed for describing : 1) The student perceptions about motivations to join with the corporate world, Field Industrial Practice experienced and study working readiness. 2) the influences of motivations to student working readiness. 3) the influences of Field industrial practice experience to student working readiness. 4) the influences of motivations to the corporate world and Field industrial practice experience to student working readiness of Twelfth grade in SMKN 5 Kuningan.This research using kuantitatif methods. Populations in this research is the students in the twelfth grade in SMKN 5 kuningan as 236 students. Technique to finds sample using Probability Sampling with the sampling result as 148 students. For data collections technique using by researcher is questionnaire.Based on the result of processing and analisys, the result obtained for an value of 1156,3. Calculated F Value (1156,3) F on the tabel (3,06) with the calculated Sig.5% it means the motivations to entered the workforce and Field industrial practice experience have a positive influence to student working readiness.Based on the result of the research that has been done then : 1) School or teacher can improving student working readiness with giving an support and pushing motivations through work guidance, motivational seminars and expertise workshops, 2) for increase working readiness, the school can provide encouragement and monitoring the development of students abilities during Field industrial practices as well as providing learning facilities that are appropriate to those in DU / DI so that they can support student skills, 3) The school is more paying attention for Field industrial practice place accordance with students expertise with giving instructions to choose Field industrial practice places especially for school that have policy to submit the place of Field industrial practicing for students.Keywords : Motivation Entering The World Of Work, Field Industrial Practice Experiences , Student Working Readiness.

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Meyers, Howard. "Theory and Practice." Australian Journal of Career Development 9, no. 1 (April 2000): 30–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/103841620000900107.

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A holistic theory of career development is presented that places an emphasis on extrinsic and intrinsic characteristics. The four extrinsic characteristics — individual professional career development, economic/philosophical influences, industry/technology development and environmental philosophy — are matched to the traditional “big four” theories. By examining the confluence of the four axes presented in the model, counsellors can work with clients to answer important career issues.

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Seise, Claudia. "Islamic Authority Figures and Their Religioscapes in Indonesia." Teosofia 10, no. 1 (July 2, 2021): 37–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.21580/tos.v10i1.8441.

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In this article I argue that religious authority figures in Indonesia form the core of any given religioscape. A religioscape is a dynamic social space where one religious practice or religious interpretation is predominant. At the same time religious authority figures are influenced by the historically grown religioscape in which they live, and this mutual process affects all the people living in it. With the example of three religious authority figures and their respective learning institutions in Indonesia, I aim to illustrate how Muslim personalities influence and shape the religioscape that surrounds them. The first case study is grounded in the mystic Islam found in Yogyakarta, the second case study explores the mixture of local and Hadhrami influences in the Islamic practice of South Sumatra, while the third case study examines an imported form of reform Islam in a transmigrasi settlement. Of major importance in these case studies will be what influences the religious authority figures and what tools are used to disseminate their thoughts and interpretations of Islam. I argue that the concept of the religioscape enables us to better understand the impact that religious authority figures have on their surroundings and vice versa. It can also serve as a methodological tool to grasp the diverse plurality of Islamic practices in Indonesia.

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Berrones, Jethro Hernández. "Breaking the boundaries of professional regulation: medical licensing, foreign influence, and the consolidation of homeopathy in Mexico." História, Ciências, Saúde-Manguinhos 26, no. 4 (December 2019): 1243–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s0104-59702019000400014.

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Abstract As doctors sought state support to regulate professional training and practice after Independence, Mexicans also developed different attitudes toward foreign ideas, influences, and professionals. Leveraging the allure of the foreign among Mexicans, homeopaths strategically used work, products, and organizations from abroad to establish their practices and fight changing professional policies in the country that threatened homeopathic institutions. Homeopaths inhabited the blurry and shifting boundary between professional and lay medical practice during the early Republican period, the Porfiriato, and the post-revolutionary era, and used the ambivalent feelings about medical licensing, and foreign influence in Mexican society to consolidate their position.

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Olsen, Brad, and Lisa Kirtman. "Teacher as Mediator of School Reform: An Examination of Teacher Practice in 36 California Restructuring Schools." Teachers College Record: The Voice of Scholarship in Education 104, no. 2 (March 2002): 301–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/016146810210400205.

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Our analysis investigates variations among intended reforms as demonstrated by observed teacher practice in 36 California restructuring schools. We identify a series of individual and school-wide influences that shape any teacher's relationship to the particular reform(s), therefore leading each teacher to mediate the reform(s) in individual ways. This paper posits a theoretical model of the teacher-as-mediator process which we use to shed analytic light on the “black box” of the teacher-as-mediator role in the reform process. We use data collected over 3 years in 36 schools to highlight a process whereby three concurrent strands of “mediating influences” (the formal implementation process, school-wide influences shaping climate, and individual influences on the teacher) interrelate to mold each teacher's disposition to implement the particular reform. This disposition, which we call “individual's mediating responses,” determines the shape, color, and tenor of the reform as it unfolds through teacher practice in the classroom. This produces the variation between teachers in a given school, between departments, between schools adopting similar reforms, and the discrepancy between intended reform consequences on the one hand and actual classroom practices on the other. Our essay illuminates the mediation process by identifying and illustrating lines of influences on teachers enacting reform and by exploring how those influences interrelated in practice. Our conclusion offers a series of questions researchers and policy makers may wish to take up as they consider how to better align school-wide reform efforts with actual practices of classroom teachers.

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O'Connor, Rollanda E., Annika White, and H. Lee Swanson. "Repeated Reading versus Continuous Reading: Influences on Reading Fluency and Comprehension." Exceptional Children 74, no. 1 (October 2007): 31–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/001440290707400102.

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In this research we evaluated two methods to improve the reading fluency of struggling readers. Poor readers in Grades 2 and 4 with ( n = 17) and without ( n = 20) learning disabilities were randomly assigned to one of two fluency practice variations or to a control group. Students in the treatments practiced reading aloud under repeated or continuous reading conditions with an adult listener in 15-min sessions, 3 days per week for 14 weeks. For students in the treatment conditions, growth curve analyses revealed significant differences in fluency and reading comprehension over students in the control. We found no significant differences between practice conditions.

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