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BRUNO, VALERIO ALFONSO. "IL RUOLO EUROPEO DELLA GERMANIA DALLA CRISI ECONOMICA AL 2015: L'INFLUENZA REGIONALE TRA EGEMONIA RILUTTANTE E CAPACITA'DI LEADERSHIP." Doctoral thesis, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10280/17946.
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La ricerca indaga qual sia stato il ruolo regionale della Germania nel periodo che va dalla crisi economica del 2008 al 2015 basandosi su tre elementi in particolare:
1)Tipologia/stile di potere regionale. Il potere esercitato dalla Germania a livello regionale di tipo egemonico coercitivo o benevolente e multilaterale.
2)Guida/conduzione della regione. L'efficacia complessiva della guida/conduzione regionale della Germania nel periodo post-crisi.
3)Influenza complessiva. L’influenza complessiva del potere della Germania a livello regionale tra il 2008 ed il 2015.
La ricerca sostiene che la Germania, successivamente alla crisi economica globale, abbia disposto nell’arco temporale 2008-2015 di un potere molto efficace, sia a livello deliberato che non-intenzionale, sviluppando un ruolo regionale non sempre ben definito, esibendo tuttavia tratti caratteristici più assimilabili alla leadership in senso stretto e dimostrandosi spesso molto capace nel condurre la regione europea attraverso situazioni critiche.The research investigates what has been the particular role of Germany in the period from the 2008 economic crisis up to 2015, based on three elements in particular: 1) Type/style of regional power. The power exercised by Germany, on a continuum from a regional hegemonic type to a benevolent and multilateral leadership. 2) Guide/conduct of region. The overall effectiveness of Germany's regional guide role in the post-crisis period. 3) Overall influence or "power over outcomes". The influence excercised by Germany at the regional level between 2008 and 2015. The research supports eventually that Germany, following the global economic crisis, has disposed during the period 2008-2015 of a very effective power (both intentional and non-intentional) developing a particular regional role not always in a clear and defined way, exhibiting indeed traits similar to a leadership and being often capable of leading the European region through critical situations.
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BRUNO, VALERIO ALFONSO. "IL RUOLO EUROPEO DELLA GERMANIA DALLA CRISI ECONOMICA AL 2015: L'INFLUENZA REGIONALE TRA EGEMONIA RILUTTANTE E CAPACITA'DI LEADERSHIP." Doctoral thesis, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10280/17946.
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La ricerca indaga qual sia stato il ruolo regionale della Germania nel periodo che va dalla crisi economica del 2008 al 2015 basandosi su tre elementi in particolare:
1)Tipologia/stile di potere regionale. Il potere esercitato dalla Germania a livello regionale di tipo egemonico coercitivo o benevolente e multilaterale.
2)Guida/conduzione della regione. L'efficacia complessiva della guida/conduzione regionale della Germania nel periodo post-crisi.
3)Influenza complessiva. L’influenza complessiva del potere della Germania a livello regionale tra il 2008 ed il 2015.
La ricerca sostiene che la Germania, successivamente alla crisi economica globale, abbia disposto nell’arco temporale 2008-2015 di un potere molto efficace, sia a livello deliberato che non-intenzionale, sviluppando un ruolo regionale non sempre ben definito, esibendo tuttavia tratti caratteristici più assimilabili alla leadership in senso stretto e dimostrandosi spesso molto capace nel condurre la regione europea attraverso situazioni critiche.The research investigates what has been the particular role of Germany in the period from the 2008 economic crisis up to 2015, based on three elements in particular: 1) Type/style of regional power. The power exercised by Germany, on a continuum from a regional hegemonic type to a benevolent and multilateral leadership. 2) Guide/conduct of region. The overall effectiveness of Germany's regional guide role in the post-crisis period. 3) Overall influence or "power over outcomes". The influence excercised by Germany at the regional level between 2008 and 2015. The research supports eventually that Germany, following the global economic crisis, has disposed during the period 2008-2015 of a very effective power (both intentional and non-intentional) developing a particular regional role not always in a clear and defined way, exhibiting indeed traits similar to a leadership and being often capable of leading the European region through critical situations.
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Coole, David R. "Expansion and Validation of the Political Skill Inventory (PSI): An Examination of the Link Between Charisma, Political Skill, and Performance." [Tampa, Fla] : University of South Florida, 2007. http://purl.fcla.edu/usf/dc/et/SFE0001882.
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Kille, Kent J. "Leadership and influence in the United Nations : a comparative analysis of the secretaries-general /." The Ohio State University, 2000. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1488202171195531.
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Paparone, Pamela A. "Leadership and Attitudes on Adopting Evidence-Based Practice for Influenza Vaccination." Thesis, Walden University, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3619606.
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The United States has set a 90% benchmark for influenza vaccinations for healthcare personnel. Unfortunately, healthcare personnel fall far short of that mark with current rates as low as 62%. Low vaccination rates are responsible for influenza, nosocomial influenza, influenza-like illness, and mortality during influenza season. The purpose of this quantitative correlational study was to understand the relationship between leadership styles, attitudes towards evidence-based practice, and vaccination intention among New Jersey registered nurses (RNs). Diffusion of innovations theory was the theoretical foundation. The 3 instruments used were the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire, Evidence Based Practice Attitude Scale, and Behavioral Intention Scales, which measured independent variables such as transformational leadership and attitudes toward evidence-based practice. Vaccination intent was the dependent variable. The results showed that transformational leadership was positively related to vaccination intent r(353) = .16, p < .01. There was no relationship between transactional leadership and vaccination intent r(353) = .01, p > .05 nor between attitudes toward evidence-based practice and vaccination intent r(353) = .09, p > .05. The implication of the study is that the effects of transformational leadership constitute a predictive tool to identify how an organization can increase vaccination rates among RNs. Implementing the recommendations of the study could promote social change by providing nursing leadership with tools to facilitate increased vaccination rates among health care personnel. Increasing vaccination rates for healthcare personnel will decrease vaccine-preventable illnesses and improve outcomes for hospitalized patients.
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Paparone, Pamela A. "Leadership and Attitudes on Adopting Evidence-Based Practice for Influenza Vaccination." ScholarWorks, 2011. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/1133.
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The United States has set a 90% benchmark for influenza vaccinations for healthcare personnel. Unfortunately, healthcare personnel fall far short of that mark with current rates as low as 62%. Low vaccination rates are responsible for influenza, nosocomial influenza, influenza-like illness, and mortality during influenza season. The purpose of this quantitative correlational study was to understand the relationship between leadership styles, attitudes towards evidence-based practice, and vaccination intention among New Jersey registered nurses (RNs). Diffusion of innovations theory was the theoretical foundation. The 3 instruments used were the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire, Evidence Based Practice Attitude Scale, and Behavioral Intention Scales, which measured independent variables such as transformational leadership and attitudes toward evidence-based practice. Vaccination intent was the dependent variable. The results showed that transformational leadership was positively related to vaccination intent r(353) = .16, p < .01. There was no relationship between transactional leadership and vaccination intent r(353) = .01, p > .05 nor between attitudes toward evidence-based practice and vaccination intent r(353) = .09, p > .05. The implication of the study is that the effects of transformational leadership constitute a predictive tool to identify how an organization can increase vaccination rates among RNs. Implementing the recommendations of the study could promote social change by providing nursing leadership with tools to facilitate increased vaccination rates among health care personnel. Increasing vaccination rates for healthcare personnel will decrease vaccine-preventable illnesses and improve outcomes for hospitalized patients.
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Setiawan, Gunaro. "The rise of servant leaders and political outsiders in modern Indonesian politics: a study of the influence of leadership brand on candidates' brand personalities and voters' trust based on the cases of Jokowi, Ahok and Risma." Thesis, Griffith University, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/394722.
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In 2014, Indonesians were celebrating the inauguration of their newly elected president. The victory of Joko Widodo, who came from the grass roots, demonstrated a triumph of democracy in Indonesia. The rise of Joko Widodo, or Jokowi, was followed by the rise of other leaders from outside of the political mainstream, such as Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, Tri Risma Harini, Nurdin Abdullah, and Yoyok Rio Sudibyo. These leaders managed to overcome the political barriers made by the oligarchs and gained voters’ trust to win major elections in Indonesia. They possess one solid reputation in common and that is a commitment to act as a servant for citizens. Furthermore, the leaders’ unique personalities and approaches have differentiated them from their rivals, even those with greater experience in politics, which suggests they have unique and strong political brands that appealed to the citizens.
The objective of this research is to explain the concept of servant leadership and political outsiders in influencing candidates’ political brand image based on their personalities from the voters’ perceptions. Following this, the interplay between each construct will be analysed. To meet the research objectives, this research examines a primary research question:
How do voters’ perceptions of servant leadership and political outsiders affect brand personality as the political leader’s image and subsequently influence their brand trust?
This is followed by two secondary questions:
Do voters see Jokowi, Ahok, and Risma as servant leaders and political outsiders? If so, how? and
How much influence do servant leadership and political outsiders have on leaders’ brand personality as their brand image, and subsequently, brand trust?
Using a combination of concurrent and sequential mixed methods, this research began with qualitative approaches utilising document analysis and interviews to multiple sample groups with thematic analysis. These methods were also dedicated to constructing scale development of political outsiders based on the case of Indonesian leaders.
Following this, a quantitative method was employed using a survey to measure how each construct influenced brand trust with brand personality as the mediating variable.
The findings revealed how the leaders were successful in their approaches and demonstrating personalities that developed the political brand of a servant leader, which arguably attracted the citizens’ trust. The leaders’ backgrounds as political outsiders provided them with an advantage that differentiated them from typical politicians in Indonesia, who were seen as ineffective in making positive changes. Finally, this study identified candidate’s desirable traits significant to voters’ trust.
This research makes several contributions to the development theories of servant leadership, which is particularly significant as there is insufficient research regarding this theory in the political context. The study further contributes to political marketing theories, particularly in branding theories such as how leadership brand influences candidate’s brand personality and consequently to brand trust. It also provides insights into how the leadership brand of servant leader and political outsider may affect voters’ trust consideration and impact candidate’s brand image development based on their brand personalities during elections.Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Dept Bus Strategy & Innovation
Griffith Business School
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De, Paoli Fabio <1997>. "Assessing the Environmental Leadership of the European Union through European speeches." Master's Degree Thesis, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, 2022. http://hdl.handle.net/10579/21692.
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La tesi cerca di stabilire se l’Unione Europea ha effettivamente voluto e se è riuscita ad ottenere, dimostrare ed esercitare leadership sulla questione delle politiche ambientali, dall’introduzione del Protocollo di Kyoto a oggi, attraverso un’analisi dei discorsi e delle dichiarazioni prodotti dai principali organi e rappresentanti di questa istituzione. Il punto di ricerca principale del lavoro si basa sulla debole analisi svolta finora sui discorsi dei rappresentanti dell’UE, prendendo come base di ricerca il fatto che una leadership sul tema non sia automaticamente voluta e cercata. Il capitolo 1 della tesi è composto dall’analisi generale della documentazione creata dalla comunità scientifica sul tema della leadership ambientale e dei vari aspetti connessi ad essa. Il capitolo 2 prevede l’analisi approfondita delle dichiarazioni sulla leadership legata agli aspetti dell’ambiente degli ultimi decenni, in particolare in relazione ai maggiori eventi storici collegati a questo tema. Il capitolo 3 segue un rapido confronto con i maggiori rivali presi in considerazione dalla comunità scientifica per la leadership ambientale, a dimostrazione del fatto che ci sia stata effettivamente la possibilità per l’Unione Europea di esercitare leadership nel corso degli ultimi anni e che ci sia stato un maggiore e costante interesse su questo tema rispetto ai possibili rivali.
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TROVALUSCI, SARA. "Francesco Crispi. La personalizzazione della politica tra l'Italia e la Francia." Doctoral thesis, Urbino, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/11576/2665735.
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Concina, Laura <1982>. "Three essays on leadership and cooperation in public good games." Doctoral thesis, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10579/1172.
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The issues explored in this thesis concerns public good games. We tackle the topic from di erent prospectives focusing on leadership and cooperation. Each chapter considers public good games from di erent angles. In the first chapter, we analyse reference dependent agents (that use a reference point to determine their choices) and standard agents who interact in simultaneous or in sequential public good situations. The second chapter consists of a sequential repeated public good experiment where subjects participate to a competitive mechanism to become leader in a group. Finally, in the third chapter, we study the implication of non- and semi-parametric methods in the re-analysis of two well-known public good experiments.In questa tesi, le questioni considerate riguardano giochi con beni pubblici. Affrontiamo l'argomento da diversi punti di vista focalizzando l'attenzione sulla leadership e sulla cooperazione. In ogni capitolo consideriamo i giochi di beni pubblici da prospettive diverse. Nel primo capitolo, analizziamo agenti reference dependent (che utilizzano un punto di riferimento per determinare le loro scelte) e agenti standard i quali interagiscono in situazione simultanee o sequenziali concernenti i beni pubblici. Il secondo capitolo consiste in un esperimento di beni pubblici ripetuto e sequenziale dove i soggetti partecipano ad un meccanismo competitivo per diventare leader in un gruppo. Ifi ne, nel terzo capitolo, studiamo l'implicazione dei metodi non- e semi-parametrici nella rianalisi di due esperimenti di beni pubblici ben noti.
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Franklin, Sharilyn D. "The influence of spirituality on servant leadership among small business entrepreneurs." ScholarWorks, 2010. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/824.
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Servant leadership, which promotes virtuousness and altruism, is gaining attention as a potential solution to the perceived leadership crisis, as evidenced by the ethical breakdown of some of America's largest corporations. Entrepreneurs, who represent 99% of all employers, play a significant role in the American economy as innovative risk takers and early adopters. As such, it is important to understand how they relate to servant leadership. The purpose of this quantitative study was to explore research questions related to (a) the extent to which servant leadership is practiced by small business entrepreneurs, and (b) the relationship between their levels of spirituality (i.e., virtuousness) and servant leadership. The study was grounded in both servant leadership theory and motivation (expectancy value and self-efficacy) theories. To address the research questions, the Spirituality Assessment Scale and the Servant Leadership Profile (Revised) were used to measure the levels of spirituality and servant leadership, respectively. Descriptive and inferential statistics (i.e., simple linear regression) were used to analyze data from surveys completed by a representative sample of 48 small business entrepreneurs. This analysis revealed (a) a 21% level of servant leadership practice among the sample of small business entrepreneurs, and (b) a statistically significant, negative correlation between spirituality and servant leadership. These findings suggest that (a) a positive connection between spirituality and servant leadership should not be presumed, and (b) servant leadership research should take its place among nonreligious perspectives on leadership. This study contributes to social change by fostering the growth of servant leadership in a broader segment of the leadership population, thus addressing the perceived leadership crisis more effectively.
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Bermúdez, Torres Sandra. "Going beyond individuals : understanding the influence of the political context on informational shorcuts." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/94495.
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This thesis addresses the omission in the literature of how political context influences
the performance of informational shortcuts. In line with this research gap, the first
article suggests that parliamentarian and party-oriented systems encourage the
performance of ideology, party identification and leadership, as their use increases the
probability to participate in elections, while the effective number of parties has no
impact. The second article focus on Spain and two contextual shortcuts - incumbency
and electoral polls-. The findings indicate that peripheral voters has the highest
propensity to vote for left wing parties when the polls show that the left party is going to
win the elections and it is the challenger in salient elections or the incumbent in a nonsalient
election. The third article analyses the Spanish case and the impact of leader
evaluations and ideology on vote choice over time. The findings manifest that while
ideology becomes more important, the utility of leader evaluation is reduced once the
informational context becomes more fruitful and stable.Esta tesis aborda la omisión en la literatura de cómo el contexto político influye en el funcionamiento de los atajos informativos. En línea con esta limitación en la literatura, el primer artículo examina qué instituciones promueven un mejor funcionamiento de la ideología, la identificación partidista y el liderazgo, midiendo los efectos de su uso en la probabilidad de participar en las elecciones. La evidencia muestra como los sistemas parlamentarios y los sistemas orientados a partidos promueven un mejor funcionamiento de los tres atajos, mientras que el número efectivo de partidos no tiene impacto. El segundo artículo se basa en España y dos atajos contextuales –estar en el gobierno y los sondeos electorales- para explorar el saber convencional de que un mayor porcentaje de voto beneficia a los partidos de izquierdas. La evidencia indica que los votantes periféricos tienen la mayor probabilidad de votar a partidos de izquierdas cuando en elecciones relevantes los sondeos muestran que el partido de izquierdas va a ganar las elecciones y está en la oposición o cuando está en el gobierno en elecciones no importantes. El tercer artículo analiza el caso español y el impacto de las evaluaciones de los líderes y la ideología en el voto a través del tiempo. Los resultados manifiestan que, si bien la ideología se vuelve más importante, la utilidad de la evaluación el líder se reduce una vez que el contexto informativo se vuelve más rico y estable.
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Esralew, Sarah Ellen. "Beating Others to the Punch: Exploring the Influence of Self-Deprecating Humor on Source Perceptions through Expectancy Violations Theory." The Ohio State University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1337713268.
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Pienaar, Stephanus De Wet. "The influence of a leader’s perceived organisational politics on employee behaviours and the moderating effect of cultural intelligence." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/14488.
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Modern day workforces are governed by political environments which are a precursor to the formation of perceptions that are generated by employees regarding their leader’s political activities. These perceptions include the views that leaders more often than not indulge in self-seeking political behaviour. Employees who are forced to deal with these politically charged environments often find that their perceptions dictate their respective behaviours as their ethical beliefs and values are continuously challenged by leaders who abuse their authority in an attempt to promote personal gain. South Africa is known for its diverse workforce and tense political environments and cultural intelligence is an aspect that could well enhance the employee / employer relationship. It is felt that a leader’s cultural intelligence could be instrumental in moderating employee perceptions of organisational politics and their respective behaviours. It is against this backdrop that an empirical study was formulated by making use of a hypothetical model for the purposes of extrapolating evidential data required to draw conclusions and make recommendations to leadership regarding the impact that perceptions of organisational politics might have on employee behaviours and to test whether or not cultural intelligence has a moderating effect on these relations.
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Hubner, Alysson. "Risco global da gripe aviária." Florianópolis, SC, 2007. http://repositorio.ufsc.br/xmlui/handle/123456789/89855.
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Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Sociologia Política.Made available in DSpace on 2012-10-23T03:25:42Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 248376.pdf: 623101 bytes, checksum: a7887c8e8a25d571d42e7efaa3330f08 (MD5)
O presente trabalho analisa sob uma perspectiva sociológica as medidas preventivas tomadas frente aos riscos da Gripe Aviária no Estado de Santa Catarina (Brasil). Ainda que a doença não esteja presente no Brasil, consideramos importante entender como tais medidas são formuladas e adotadas e que articulações sociais, políticas e econômicas são desencadeadas frente a um tipo de risco que pode ser de graves conseqüências na alta modernidade. O principal foco de estudo foi como o Estado e as agroindústrias em Santa Catarina (entre as mais importantes do país) estão percebendo e agindo com relação à Influenza Aviária. A dissertação inicia com a definição do que é a Gripe Aviária, traçando uma incipiente perspectiva histórica da doença, para em seguida contextualizá-la internacional, nacional e regionalmente. A luz da teoria da estruturação (Anthony Giddens) e da sociedade de risco (Ulrich Beck), consideramos como a ciência lida com as contingências e ambivalências na sociedade de risco ou alta modernidade. No trabalho de campo foram realizadas entrevistas junto aos membros do Comitê Estadual de Sanidade Avícola do Estado de Santa Catarina, espaço social onde ocorre a interação entre Estado e Agroindústria. Este Comitê desenvolve as medidas preventivas. A partir das entrevistas foram observadas diferenças quanto ao discurso político e científico; a emergência de seis pontos de tensão articulados ao risco; e algumas questões específicas dos fatores sociais e políticos da Influenza Aviária. A partir deste material e de uma extensa pesquisa bibliográfica, a Influenza Aviária é analisada na dinâmica da globalização, levantando-se três tipos de ambivalências: a ambivalência da Influenza Aviária, a do risco em si, e a dos meios de comunicação. No final foram avaliados os diferentes tipos de conhecimento envolvidos no debate, no qual estão presentes os peritos, os meios de comunicação e os leigos. Uma conclusão desta dissertação aponta para a heterogeneidade de conhecimentos envolvida nos conflitos e o debate sobre o controle da Gripe Aviária, abrangendo diferentes racionalidades, como aspecto central para entender as medidas tomadas para seu controle. Em termos gerais, procuramos mostrar como a constituição e atividades do Comitê Estadual expõem as complexas relações entre riscos globais e ações regionais. The present work analyzes through a sociological perspective the preventive measures taken in Santa Catarina State (Brazil) in relation to possible risks of the Avian Flu. Even if the illness is not present in Brazil, we consider important to understand how such measures are formulated and adopted and what economic, political, and social articulations are triggered due to a type of risk that can be of serious consequences in the high modernity. The main focus of study was how the State and the agro-industries in Santa Catarina (between the most important of the country) perceive and acte regarding the Avian Flu. The dissertation initiates with the definition of the Avian Flu, drawing an incipient historical perspective of the illness, for right away put it into international, national and regional contexts. Concerning the theory of structuration (Anthony Giddens) and of the risk society (Ulrich Beck), we consider how science deals with the contingencies and ambivalences in high modernity. In the fieldwork were carried out interviews with the members of the State Committee for the Avian Sanitary Control of Santa Catarina State, social space where take place the interaction between State and agro-industries. This Committee develops the preventive measures. From the interviews we observed differences regarding the scientific and political discourse; the emergency of six tension points articulated to the risk; and some specific social and politics factors. From this material and an extensive bibliographical research, the Avian Flu is analyzed in the dynamic of globalization, raising three kinds of Ambivalences: the one related to the Avian Flu, to the risk itself, and to the media. At the end we evaluate the different kinds of knowledge involved in the debate, in which are present the experts, the media and the laymen. A conclusion of this dissertation emphasized the importance of considering the heterogeneous knowledge involved in the conflicts and the debate about the Avian Flu, including different rationalities, to the understanding of its control. In general terms, we considered that the constitution and activities of the State Committee expose the complex relations between global risks and regional actions.
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Jeong, Young-Yun. "Leadership and democratisation : the case of Nelson Mandela in South Africa and Kim Dae-Jung in South Korea." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/16058.
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Dissertation (PhD)--University of Stellenbosch, 2004.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Since the late 1940s, South Africa and South Korea were ruled by authoritarian governments, which oppressed the people’s freedom and rights. The governments created the deeply divided societies that resulted in racism in South Africa and regionalism in South Korea. These similarities may have played a major role in allowing Nelson Mandela and Kim Dae-jung to develop strong emotional bonds with their followers and to articulate their visions for the future. The two leaders, Nelson Mandela and Kim Dae-jung, fought for freedom and human rights against the apartheid government in South Africa and military dictatorial government in South Korea. During these processes of democratisation, the two leaders displayed common transformational and social learning leadership styles and presented their visions of the end of the authoritarian regimes and the establishment of democracy; shared these visions with the people and encouraged and mobilised them in struggling together against authoritarian government. Subsequently, the two leaders’ transformational and social learning leadership styles provide a successful role model to countries in which there are conflicts between the constituents of the society, as in East Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa and Middle East; a desire for transformation towards democracy by the people, and where countries are confronted with new challenges.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Beide Suid-Afrika en Suid-Korea was sedert die laat 1940’s onder die bewind van outoritêre regerings met gepaardgaande onderdrukking van die mense se vryhede en regte. Dié regerings het diep-verdeelde gemeenskappe daar gestel wat in Suid-Afrika op rassisme en in Suid-Korea op regionalisme uitgeloop het. Hierdie ooreenkomste mag grootliks daartoe bygedra het dat beide Nelosn Mandela en Kim Dae-jung sterk emosionele verbintenisse met hul volgelinge kon ontwikkel en hul toekomsvisies kon artikuleer. Die twee leiers, Nelson Mandela en Kim Dae-jung, het onderskeidelik teen die apartheidsregering in Suid-Afrika en die militêre diktatuur in Suid-Korea geveg vir vryheid en menseregte. Gedurende hierdie demokratiseringsprosesse het die twee leiers gemeenskaplike transformasie en sosiale leer leierskapstyle openbaar, hulle visies oor die beëindiging van outoritêre regimes en die vestiging van demokrasie bekend gemaak en die mense aangemoedig tot en gemobiliseer vir strydvoering teen die outoritêre regerings. Gevolglik verskaf hierdie twee leiers se transformasie en sosiale leer leierskapstyle ‘n geslaagde rolmodel vir alle lande waar daar konflik binne gemeenskappe bestaan, soos in Oos-Asië, Suid-Sahara Afrika asook die Midde-Ooste; lande waar die mense smag na transformasie tot demokrasie en lande wat hulleself met nuwe uitdagings gekonfronteer vind.
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Ghirotto, Noemi <1995>. "La Ventunesima Conferenza delle Parti: un caso di studio. Un’analisi delle negoziazioni internazionali attraverso il ruolo dei principali attori e della loro leadership climatica." Master's Degree Thesis, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10579/18016.
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This academic essay represents a case study of the 2015 Paris climate Conference. Through the analysis of the international climate negotiations leading to the adoption of a new inclusive and legally binding agreement, the aim is to establish how the actors exerted their leadership and based on their expected results, what goals they achieved. The investigation begins after a brief review of the past and most important climate Conferences held under the UNFCCC forum by examining the changes in the global context and the role of the major players in Paris, paying particular attention to their interests, positions and to the existing differences between developed and developing countries. Bargaining and problem solving are used as two different ways to explain the negotiation process, that is also examined through the study of the constraints and obstacles encountered, due to the intricacy of the issue and to the high number of actors involved. Furthermore, it provides the dynamics that occur nationally and internationally, and it demonstrates that political will and diplomatic skills are necessary elements in a multipolar environment. Finally, with a focus on leadership relations, the major outcomes of the negotiations and the main features of the agreement are outlined.
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Ake-Little, Ethan Stacey. "To Leave or Not to Leave: A Population Study Investigating How Compensation and Auxiliary Spending Influence Teacher Turnover in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania." Diss., Temple University Libraries, 2019. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/551172.
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Urban EducationPh.D.
Teacher turnover is a well-studied phenomenon, particularly in highly urbanized locales, but not well researched in a state as geographically and demographically diverse as Pennsylvania, which is a composition of two major metropolitan areas combined with smaller urban centers and expansive rural regions. Those retention studies that do exist have been mainly exclusive to the Philadelphia region, with limited research devoted to the remainder of the state. This lack of a comprehensive empirical approach that compares turnover in three distinct settings limits a nuanced understanding of the issue and, in turn, can lead to incomplete policy considerations. This study utilizes Pennsylvania Department of Education data from 2012-2017, which describes the entire public-school workforce in all local education agencies (LEAs), to study how compensation and auxiliary spending (per student spending sans instructional costs) influence teacher turnover using multiple, parallel Cox Proportional Hazards survival models. Findings suggest that despite a “one size fits all” approach to public school funding policy popular amongst politicians on both sides of the political aisle, the effects of a monetary increase in reducing the likelihood of turnover varies considerably when accounting for the region, Title I status, experience and subject matter. The study highlights how the lack of monetary investment can lead teachers to seek employment elsewhere since low pay functions as a strong demotivator. Additionally, the results suggest that while a pay raise may arrest turnover risk, it is a poor long-term motivator or cause of job satisfaction. The study concludes by offering state and LEA leaders with policy recommendations that may improve both retention and job satisfaction. To date, this is the only study in the current literature that explores teacher turnover extensively in the nation’s fifth most populous state.
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Whitman, Daniel S. "Emotional Intelligence and Leadership in Organization: A Meta-analytic Test of Process Mechanisms." FIU Digital Commons, 2009. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/113.
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The present study – employing psychometric meta-analysis of 92 independent studies with sample sizes ranging from 26 to 322 leaders – examined the relationship between EI and leadership effectiveness. Overall, the results supported a linkage between leader EI and effectiveness that was moderate in nature (ρ = .25). In addition, the positive manifold of the effect sizes presented in this study, ranging from .10 to .44, indicate that emotional intelligence has meaningful relations with myriad leadership outcomes including effectiveness, transformational leadership, LMX, follower job satisfaction, and others. Furthermore, this paper examined potential process mechanisms that may account for the EI-leadership effectiveness relationship and showed that both transformational leadership and LMX partially mediate this relationship. However, while the predictive validities of EI were moderate in nature, path analysis and hierarchical regression suggests that EI contributes less than or equal to 1% of explained variance in leadership effectiveness once personality and intelligence are accounted for.
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Bonelli, Valentina <1994>. "Leadership for children. Education and freedom: the importance of primary education as fundamental human right, in order to make the emancipation of the individual possible and to achieve the creation of a free and democratic society. Analysis of the development of this concept, born in the Enlightenment, achievements and defeats of these theories and progress of this goal up to the present days." Master's Degree Thesis, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10579/15846.
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La seguente tesi vuole produrre un'analisi sull'importanza dell'educazione come diritto umano fondamentale. Grazie all'istruzione, infatti, è possibile dotare ogni essere umano dei mezzi necessari per sviluppare la sua propria indipendenza di pensiero, che gli permetterà di ragionare criticamente ed essere libero. Inoltre, grazie all'istruzione, ogni persona sarà consapevole dei propri diritti e doveri e potrà concorrere alla propria libertà e alla costruzione di una società più equa e giusta. Questa tesi si propone di ricercare le radici di questa affermazione (nell'Illuminismo e nella Rivoluzione Francese) e vedere come storicamente si è affrontato il problema mediante il diritto internazionale e le organizzazioni internazionali, fino a giungere alla società attuale e alle sfide tutt'ora aperte riguardanti la diffusione dell'istruzione elementare come diritto umano e come mezzo per il raggiungimento della libertà.
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Ciaccio, Federica Sebastiana <1989>. "L’Arabia Saudita e la lotta per la leadership del Medio Oriente nell’eterno conflitto con l’Iran sotto lo sguardo statunitense: dall’Accordo sul nucleare iraniano alla politica riformista del principe ereditario Mohammed bin Salman." Master's Degree Thesis, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10579/12082.
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Numerosi eventi in Medio Oriente hanno riportato al centro dell’attenzione globale l’eterna lotta tra Arabia Saudita e Iran e del ruolo che gli Stati Uniti hanno e continuano ad avere in questa regione.
Per capire le ragioni della lotta per la leadership nel Medio Oriente, contesa tra le due più grandi e influenti regioni del Golfo, Arabia Saudita e Iran, ho dedicato i primi due capitoli all’analisi storica dei numerosi motivi di conflitto tra le due.
Nel primo capitolo ho ripercorso le relazioni diplomatiche intercorse tra Arabia Saudita e Iran nel periodo storico che va dagli anni 20’ agli anni 2000 e le politiche statunitensi adottate.
Nel secondo capitolo ho cercato di chiarire i motivi di scontro tra i due paesi per la leadership religiosa (scontro tra sunniti, in maggioranza in Arabia Saudita, e sciiti, in prevalenza in Iran) e per quella economica (petrolio).
Il terzo capitolo è dedicato al raggiungimento del Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (noto come Accordo sul nucleare iraniano) e alle reazioni dell’Arabia Saudita che si è sentita lasciata in asso nella lotta contro l’Iran dal suo storico alleato gli Stati Uniti, e minacciata da una possibile rinascita economica dell’Iran una volta rimosse le sanzioni internazionali che la colpiscono.
Ho dedicato infine il quarto capitolo ad un’analisi della politica interna ed estera dell’Arabia Saudita. Riguardo la politica domestica saudita ho analizzato la crisi economica e la risposta innovatrice di cui si fa portavoce il principe ereditario Mohammed bin Salman. Riguardo invece la politica estera ho concentrato la mia attenzione all’alleanza che l’Arabia Saudita sta e intende stringere sempre più visibilmente con Israele sotto la ritrovata amicizia con gli Stati Uniti di Donald Trump.
Il tutto ponendosi sempre la domanda se l’Arabia Saudita, tra cadute e risalite, riuscirà a mantenere il ruolo di leader del Medio Oriente e del mondo islamico.
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Kozlowski, Lisa. "STUDENT CENSORSHIP IN THE SOCIAL WORK CLASSROOMS." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/459.
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Through the evolution of the field of social work, a divide in its ideologies has emerged and certain political and ideological groups such as the religious and conservatives have become underrepresented. As a result, over the years the liberal philosophies have emerged as the dominant group. This has led to a decrease in diversity within the field. Recognition of biases in the field of social work is difficult. Through a qualitative analysis method, this study was meant to explore if social work students feel they are free to share openly in the classroom, and if they are accepting of all ideologies or are there biases towards any ideologies or beliefs by the students. This study used a qualitative method data collection approach, which consisted of a six-member focus group with a demographics questionnaire. The findings of this research has brought to the surface that there are more liberal ideologies and less moderate or conservative viewpoints being shared in the classrooms because of self-censorship. The potential impact of this study is to increase awareness that there are underrepresented groups within the MSW population, which decreases the diversity in the field of social work.
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Grice, Patricia Joyce. "Presidential Communication to Children: An Analysis of Persuasive Strategies in Presidential Speeches." TopSCHOLAR®, 2010. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/185.
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This thesis explores the content of presidential communication to children, specifically the only three presidential speeches that have been designed for children. These three speeches are President Barack Obama's speech to children in 2009, George H.W. Bush's speech to children in 1991, and Ronald Reagan's speech to children in 1988. Through content analysis this thesis was designed to determine whether persuasive strategies were used in these messages to children, and if persuasive strategies were present, which ones were used. Through qualitative analysis conducting a focus group discussion with children exposed to one of the presidential speeches, this thesis also explored the speeches from children's perspectives. Political socialization theory is used as framework for developing the study, and three persuasive theories are used for analysis of the speeches.
The findings provide insight into presidential communication to children and implications of future research in this area. Findings suggest that persuasive strategies are present and a variety of techniques are utilized in the speeches. The purpose and common topics of these speeches are also explored. Focus group findings support that children can identify persuasive strategies present in the speeches and provide insight into the knowledge children retain from exposure to the communication.
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Simões, Leticia Cordeiro. "Integração regional no leste asiático: ASEAN, ASEAN+3 e a disputa pela liderança regional." Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, 2012. http://www.bdtd.uerj.br/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=4852.
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Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível SuperiorA presente dissertação tem como objetivo analisar as relações internacionais no Leste Asiático tendo como foco principal a pesquisa do fenômeno da integração regional e da disputa pela liderança na região através dos mecanismos de integração, por suas principais potências locais, China e Japão. A Associação dos Países do Sudeste Asiático (ASEAN) e seu desdobramento estrutural, a ASEAN+3 que inclui os dez países membros da associação além dos três países mais influentes do Nordeste Asiático, China, Japão e Coréia do Sul, são o objeto da pesquisa, uma vez que por serem os principais mecanismos de integração da região, estão mais sujeitos a vivenciar a concorrência chinesa e japonesa pelo papel de principal ator e líder regional. A crescente importância dos mecanismos de integração do Leste Asiático decorrente da maior integração que vem adquirindo, uma integração com particularidades únicas e bem distintas da União Europeia, traz o aumento da representatividade da região no mundo e de seus países membros dentro da região. Este tipo de destaque adquirido por este padrão de arcabouço regional, que proporciona crescimento das trocas comerciais na região e de seu desenvolvimento, passou a atrair as potências regionais por se constituir em um importante e interessante instrumento de política regional. Os Estados japonês e chinês possuem problemas históricos de longa data, o que traz maior desconfiança e instabilidade para a região, e aumenta a competição entre os dois atores por maior influência nos grupos de integração regional, acreditando ser possível através desta manobra alcançar a liderança regional. Deste modo, o que esta dissertação pretende mostrar é: a forma como japoneses e chineses se utilizam dos mecanismos de integração regional com a ASEAN e a ASEAN+3 em evidência para perpetuar sua política na região como forma de alcançar o poder; apresentar quais os objetivos, benefícios e interesses em se tornar o líder regional; e apontar qual país tem maior potencial em se tornar líder e através de que tipo de liderança.
This dissertation aims to analyze the international relations in East Asia with a focus on research into the phenomenon of regional integration and the competition for leadership in the region through the mechanisms of integration by their local major powers, China and Japan. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and its deployment structure, ASEAN +3, comprising the ten member countries of the association beyond the three most influential countries in Northeast Asia, China, Japan and South Korea, are the object of research, since that being the main mechanisms of integration of the region, are more likely to experience Chinese and Japanese competition for the role of main actor and regional leader. The growing importance of the mechanisms of integration in East Asia due to the increased integration that it has been acquiring, a different kind of integration when compared to European Union, brings greater representation for the region in the world and for its member countries within the region. This type of prominence acquired by the pattern of regional framework, which provides trade growth in the region and its development, began to attract the regional powers, once they constitute an interesting and important instrument of regional policy. The Japanese and Chinese States have long-standing historical problems, which brings higher distrust and instability in the region, increasing the competition between the two actors for greater influence in regional integration groups, believing to be possible through this maneuver to achieve regional leadership. Thus, what this dissertation aims to show is: how Japan and China use the mechanisms of regional integration - with ASEAN and ASEAN +3 in evidence - to perpetuate its policy in the region as a means of attaining power, which are the objectives, benefits and interests to become the regional leader, and to suggest which country has the greatest potential to become a leader and through what kind of leadership.
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Mélo, Neto Arnaldo Oliveira. "Liderança brasileira no Mercosul: uma análise dos discursos do presidente Lula nas reuniões de cúpula (2003-2010)." Universidade Estadual da Paraíba, 2016. http://tede.bc.uepb.edu.br/tede/jspui/handle/tede/2712.
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The purpose of this work is to identify through reading and analysis of the speeches of the then President of the Republic of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, if there was at the time, a narrative that suggest or represent a leadership political discourse in the South American scenario. More specifically, this essay aims to study the Brazilian performance in the Southern Common Market (Mercosur), by analyzing Lula's speeches at the Mercosur Summits, in which are present all the heads of state of the associated countries. The methodological criteria used for this work considers the high magnitude of the presidential address, since they’re exposed by the head of state. Furthermore, understanding the Mercosur as a strategic stage for Brazil's role in the region, the summits are of fundamental importance, since the high authorities of the associated countries are present to discuss the future decisions of the regional bloc and expose the interests of the states’ political projects. The theme of leadership is studied beyond traditional approaches which are related to the use of military and economic coercive power. Recent perspectives on the topic are discussed, authors the approach to international or regional leadership as a way of influence and domination through consensus building and political dialogue. Such prospects show that a state with limited military and economic capabilities like Brazil may seek to exert leadership in the international environment in an alternative way. The work then will be divided into three main parts: first, the background of the Lula government will be shown in order to understand in what position Brazil was in the regional scenario and how was the quest for leadership in the region then. In the second part, the importance of the Brazilian presidential speech in Mercosur will be presented. At last, Lula's speeches are analyzed in order to understand if there is a Brazilian leadership speech and if the country can exercise it emphatically.
O objetivo dessa dissertação é identificar por meio da leitura e análise dos discursos proferidos pelo então Presidente da República do Brasil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, se houve à época, uma narrativa que sugira ou represente um discurso político de liderança no cenário sul-americano. Mais especificamente, o trabalho se propõe a estudar a atuação brasileira no âmbito do Mercado Comum do Sul (Mercosul), fazendo uma análise dos discursos de Lula em ocasiões de Cúpula do Mercosul, onde se encontram presentes todos chefes de Estado dos países parte. O critério metodológico utilizado por esse trabalho considerou a alta magnitude do discurso presidencial, visto que este é exposto pelo chefe de Estado. Ainda, entendendo o Mercosul como palco estratégico para a atuação do Brasil na região, as reuniões de cúpula são de fundamental importância, uma vez que estão presentes as altas autoridades dos países membros para deliberar sobre as decisões futuras do bloco e expor os interesses do projeto político dos Estados. O tema da liderança é estudado para além dos enfoques tradicionais do uso de poder coercitivo militar e econômico. São discutidas perspectivas mais recentes sobre o tema, autores que tratam liderança internacional ou regional como forma de influência e dominação, por meio da criação de consenso e diálogo político. Tais perspectivas mostrarão que um Estado com capacidades militar e econômica limitadas, como o Brasil, podem procurar exercer liderança no meio internacional de forma alternativa. O trabalho então se dividirá em três partes: na primeira, serão tratados os antecedentes do governo Lula, a fim de compreender em que posição se encontrava o Brasil no cenário regional e como se deu a busca por uma liderança na região. No segundo momento, será apresentada a importância do discurso presidencial brasileiro no Mercosul, para que, no terceiro momento, sejam analisados os discursos de Lula a fim de compreender se há liderança no discurso brasileiro e se o país consegue exercê-la enfaticamente.
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VIGANI, DARIA. "HEALTH AND WELL-BEING IN THE LABOR MARKET: EVIDENCE FROM EUROPE." Doctoral thesis, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10280/17925.
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La presente tesi, attraverso l’utilizzo di diverse fonti di dati, sia longitudinali che trasversali, contribuisce alla letteratura esistente in materia di lavoro precario, invecchiamento e discriminazione di genere, fornendo evidenza empirica riguardo le conseguenze in termini di salute e benessere della precarietà, del pensionamento e della leadership femminile nel mercato del lavoro.
Il primo capitolo esamina la relazione esistente fra insicurezza sul lavoro, prospettive di reimpiego e disagio psicologico, utilizzando dati cross-country provenienti dalle European Working Conditions Surveys del 2010.
Il secondo capitolo è dedicato alla stima dell’effetto causale del pensionamento sull’utilizzo dei servizi sanitari in 10 paesi Europei nel periodo 2004-2013. In particolare, il capitolo approfondisce il tema della riduzione del costo opportunità del tempo libero dopo il pensionamento, che può dare luogo ad aumenti improvvisi nell’utilizzo dei servizi sanitari.
Il terzo capitolo, infine, studia la relazione esistente tra leadership femminile, pratiche organizzative a livello aziendale e discriminazione di genere per 30 paesi Europei, considerati nel periodo 1995-2010.The present dissertation, using both longitudinal and cross-sectional data from different sources, contributes to existing literature on precarious employment, aging and gender discrimination providing empirical evidence on the health and wellbeing outcomes of work-related insecurity, retirement and female leadership across European countries. Chapter 1 examines the relationship among perceived job insecurity, employability and psychological distress in Europe, using cross-country data from the 2010 European Working Conditions Surveys. Chapter 2, using SHARE data (from 2004 to 2013) for 10 European countries, is devoted to the analysis of the (causal) effect of retirement on health care utilization. In particular, it explores the existence of a discontinuous change in health investment at the time of retirement, as suggested by the theory, asking whether this ``puzzling'' jump is associated with the drop in the opportunity cost of time induced by retirement. Chapter 3 investigates the association between female leadership, work organization practices and perceived gender discrimination within firms, using EWCS data for 30 European countries for the period 1995-2010.
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VIGANI, DARIA. "HEALTH AND WELL-BEING IN THE LABOR MARKET: EVIDENCE FROM EUROPE." Doctoral thesis, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10280/17925.
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La presente tesi, attraverso l’utilizzo di diverse fonti di dati, sia longitudinali che trasversali, contribuisce alla letteratura esistente in materia di lavoro precario, invecchiamento e discriminazione di genere, fornendo evidenza empirica riguardo le conseguenze in termini di salute e benessere della precarietà, del pensionamento e della leadership femminile nel mercato del lavoro.
Il primo capitolo esamina la relazione esistente fra insicurezza sul lavoro, prospettive di reimpiego e disagio psicologico, utilizzando dati cross-country provenienti dalle European Working Conditions Surveys del 2010.
Il secondo capitolo è dedicato alla stima dell’effetto causale del pensionamento sull’utilizzo dei servizi sanitari in 10 paesi Europei nel periodo 2004-2013. In particolare, il capitolo approfondisce il tema della riduzione del costo opportunità del tempo libero dopo il pensionamento, che può dare luogo ad aumenti improvvisi nell’utilizzo dei servizi sanitari.
Il terzo capitolo, infine, studia la relazione esistente tra leadership femminile, pratiche organizzative a livello aziendale e discriminazione di genere per 30 paesi Europei, considerati nel periodo 1995-2010.The present dissertation, using both longitudinal and cross-sectional data from different sources, contributes to existing literature on precarious employment, aging and gender discrimination providing empirical evidence on the health and wellbeing outcomes of work-related insecurity, retirement and female leadership across European countries. Chapter 1 examines the relationship among perceived job insecurity, employability and psychological distress in Europe, using cross-country data from the 2010 European Working Conditions Surveys. Chapter 2, using SHARE data (from 2004 to 2013) for 10 European countries, is devoted to the analysis of the (causal) effect of retirement on health care utilization. In particular, it explores the existence of a discontinuous change in health investment at the time of retirement, as suggested by the theory, asking whether this ``puzzling'' jump is associated with the drop in the opportunity cost of time induced by retirement. Chapter 3 investigates the association between female leadership, work organization practices and perceived gender discrimination within firms, using EWCS data for 30 European countries for the period 1995-2010.
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McClusky, Beverley. "Investigating the relationships between education and culture for female students in tertiary settings in the UAE." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2017. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/1974.
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This research is about the higher education of Indigenous Emirati women and how they balance the intricate demands of higher education with the social customs of a traditional society and the expectations placed on women. The study sought to identify and comprehend the issues which have affected the educational changes that are taking place, including culture, gender, religion, the influence of Western education processes, and the desire of an Indigenous population to raise their educational practices to an internationally recognised benchmark.
The research was aimed at providing insights into the distinctiveness of this group of women from their social and educational perspectives, and provides an alternative view of Emirati women, altogether different from the media stereotypes which have largely become accepted as representations of Arab women. It offers educators and researchers a deeper understanding of the relevant issues, and challenges preconceptions of educated women’s contribution to the workforce in a 21st century Gulf Arab nation. The experiences articulated about their educational encounters in a variety of pre-university environments, their reflections on contemporary university life, and the impact of Westernised influences on higher education in the UAE are put under the spotlight.
This qualitative study was undertaken within a constructivist, interpretive paradigm. A total of 43 media students were surveyed and interviewed to understand more about their attitudes and opinions on education and culture. Areas under consideration related to educational environments, learning styles and students’ relationships with teachers, as well as matters relating to cultural identity, cultural sensitivity and gender capital. The analysis extends the sparse knowledge and prevailing attitudes about Arab women held by many Western nations, and unearthed important factors, such as alignment of choosing a university with the established ethos of a conservative religious society. High school experiences, critical thinking, and English language skills all affected success at university. Emirati dress code was seen as an issue of personal choice and encapsulated Emirati identity, while being covered was not regarded as subjugation but as an expression of distinctiveness and leadership. Approval, deference and respect for the family underpinned most decisions about educational preferences and career choices. Attitudes towards financial recompense, job selection, finding a satisfactory work/life balance to sustain a traditional lifestyle and participate in the economic development of the UAE, were all pertinent considerations for this group of undergraduate women.
This research argues that higher education and Emirati culture are intrinsically linked, and the relationship between these two tenets influences the perspectives, and opinions of Indigenous undergraduate Arab women enrolled in a media course.
In highlighting the experiences of women’s transition from higher education to achieving personal goals and becoming effective members of the workforce, the thesis challenges preconceived opinions of educators and external agencies. In the UAE, the result has been significant societal change due to economic development, higher education and the national desire to create a workforce of highly educated females. Nevertheless, these changes are inherently directed by the powerful yet subtle influences of this traditional society, and how far female graduates will go to alter their familiar way of life.
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Domingos, Nicole de Paula. "O Protocolo de Kyoto : a União Européia na liderança do regime de mudanças climáticas /." Marília : [s.n.], 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/93735.
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Orientador: Flávia de Campos MelloBanca: Jacques Marcovitch
Banca: Reginaldo Mattar Nasser
O Programa de Pos-Graduação em Relações Internacionais é instituido em parceria com a Unesp/Unicamp/PUC-SP, em projeto subsidiado pela CAPES, intitulado "Programa San Tiago Dantas"
Resumo: Esta pesquisa analisa os fatores que levaram a União Européia a adotar uma estratégia de liderança nas negociações multilaterais sobre mudanças climáticas, principalmente após a recusa dos Estados Unidos em ratificar o Protocolo de Kyoto no ano de 2001. O trabalho aponta que o posicionamento da UE, aparentemente paradoxal, deve ser compreendido a partir de duas dimensões centrais. A primeira discute o cenário econômico-energético do bloco e sugere que esta postura pró-Kyoto sofre influência não só do aprofundamento da integração econômica, mas também da necessidade de garantir segurança energética no continente europeu. A segunda dimensão se utiliza de debates sobre política internacional para mostrar que esta estratégia pode ser interpretada como forma de consolidar a capacidade de atuação internacional dos europeus enquanto bloco. Em particular, deve-se destacar que a liderança da UE tem se consolidado especialmente em áreas onde os norte-americanos têm se desengajado progressivamente
Abstract:This research analyzes the factors that led the European Union to adopt a strategy of leadership during the multilateral negotiations on climate change issues, especially after the United States' refusal to ratify the Kyoto Protocol in 2001. This dissertation points out that the European position should be understood by two central dimensions. The first discusses the economic-energetic context of the bloc and suggests that the pro-Kyoto posture is influenced not only by the deepening economic integration, but also by the necessity of improving the security of energy supply in the European continent. The second dimension makes use of international political debates to demonstrate that this strategy could be perceived as a form to consolidate the Europeans' international capacity to act as a bloc. Particularly, it is remarkable that the European leadership has been taking place especially in areas where the North-Americans have been progressively disengaged
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Jennings, Joshua Kerby. "On Making a Difference: How Photography and Narrative Produce the Short-Term Missions Experience." UKnowledge, 2017. http://uknowledge.uky.edu/cld_etds/32.
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Short-term missions participants encounter difference in purportedly captivating ways. Current research, however, indicates the practice does not lead to long-lasting, positive change. Brian M. Howell (2012) argues the short-term missions experience is confined to the limitations of the short-term missions narrative. People who engage in short-term missions build assumptions, seek experiences, understand difference, and convey meaning, as a result of this narrative. The process of telling and retelling travel stories is integral to the short-term missions experience. Drawing upon literature on tourism, narrative, development, and photography, this study intends to evaluate the inefficacy of short-term missions through the stories which produce and are produced by photography. Through storytelling and photography from 21 short-term missions participants who have served in Ouanaminthe, Haiti, this project deconstructs the short-term missions narrative to understand, what is the relationship between the use of photography and the short-term missions experience? The results indicate a unique relationship between people, photography, and experiences within the framework of short-term missions.
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PEDERCINI, Claudia. "LE ORGANIZZAZIONI OMBRELLO DI TERZO SETTORE: IL DELICATO RAPPORTO CON LA SFERA PUBBLICA Un primo confronto tra Italia e Spagna." Doctoral thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/11562/394133.
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La tesi ha come obiettivo generale l’analisi delle relazioni tra stato e terzo settore e come obiettivo specifico l’approfondimento dell’influenza politica esercitata dalle organizzazioni ombrello di terzo settore. Si tratta di una tesi di tipo esplorativo che privilegia un approccio comparativo rivolto alle organizzazioni ombrello di terzo settore italiane e spagnole che sono impegnate in forme di forte rappresentanza ed incidenza politica nei confronti dello stato.
Nello specifico è stata prima fornita una descrizione dei dibattiti in merito alla definizione del terzo settore presentando un ripasso di alcune delle più importanti teorie del terzo settore prodotte a livello internazionale mettendo in luce, dove possibile, alcune delle più significative ricerche empiriche. L’approfondimento teorico ha privilegiato una lettura comparativa dei contributi sul terzo settore che hanno avuto come focus di analisi principale le relazioni istaurate con lo stato nella loro natura rivendicativa al fine di analizzarne le componenti, i requisiti e le riflessioni che grazie ad esse si generano.
L’approfondimento empirico utilizza una metodologia di tipo qualitativo orientata allo studio dei casi (case-study) che si espleta attraverso interviste in profondità ai leader di organizzazioni di terzo settore italiano e spagnolo volte ad incrementare la conoscenza sulla natura delle relazioni tra i due settori, e la somministrazione, raccolta ed analisi di questionari rivolti ai leader (presidenti) delle organizzazioni ombrello di terzo settore italiano e spagnolo. Le informazioni raccolte sono state analizzate con uno specifico software proprio della tecnica della Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA).
Il tema dell’influenza politica ha rimesso sul tavolo la questione identitaria riferita al terzo settore, creando una liaison proficua ed uno spunto di riflessione sul significato delle azioni e delle pratiche che si mettono in atto. La centralità dell’identità emerge soprattutto quando questa dimensione si interseca con la rappresentanza:
a) delle organizzazioni affiliate;
b) dei soggetti, dei bisogni e delle tematiche poco presenti nei dibattiti pubblici per i quali le organizzazioni ombrello a livello nazionale sono considerate i principali portavoce.
Proprio in quest’ultima accezione si esprime al meglio la riflessione sull’influenza politica che articola le componenti seguendo una direzione interna (come coinvolgere i diversi soggetti che compongono il terzo settore per conferire qual carattere unitario, dare il giusto peso alle diversificate forme organizzative e alla diversa grandezza delle entità di terzo settore) che una direzione esterna relativa a quel carattere sistemico che gli stessi leader considerano deficitario. Il ruolo giocato dalla classe dirigente acquista un’importanza sostanziale; è necessario che i leader di terzo settore dispongano di una "lettura e capacità strategica", di una dimensione prospettica che permette loro di leggere, interpretare ed intuire i trend di cambiamento che avvengono nella società e che condizionano, di conseguenza il contesto nel quale opera il terzo settore. Gli sforzi e le abilità che vengono richieste alla
classe dirigente del terzo settore in qualità di rappresentanti, non possono prescindere, così come avviene in qualsiasi forma di relazione bi direzionale, dal coinvolgimento di tutte le parti in causa ma soprattutto della sfera pubblica. Senza nuove forme di partecipazione (non fittizia) e di rappresentanza (non gestita sotto la morsa del ricatto), non vi può essere un’autentica e plausibile relazione simmetrica. Per sostenere le forme di rappresentanza sociale che hanno inevitabilmente arricchito quella dei corpi intermedi tradizionali, la responsabilità delle politiche pubbliche nazionali, regionali e locali risiede nella spinta a favorire la realizzazione di una vera società attiva, in cui davvero si manifesti come "bene pubblico" quel tessuto connettivo della cittadinanza spesso attribuito ai comportamenti e ai rapporti privati di quote più o meno larghe di cittadini.This study compares and analyses different definitions of the third sector including some of the most important international theories on the third sector and, where possible, some of the most empirical researches undertaken. The theoretical analysis focuses on comparing different theories and also focuses on the analysis of the relationship created with the state and on the demanding nature of this relationship, with the objective of analyzing the components, requirements and thoughts behind it. The empirical examination uses a qualitative method directed to a case-study that is carried out through: - in-depth interviews with leaders of service sector organizations in both Italy and Spain, in order to increase the knowledge on the nature of the relations between the two sectors, - the distribution, collection and analysis of questionnaires given to the leaders of the third sector umbrella groups in Italy and Spain. The collected information has been analyzed with a specific software that uses Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA). The theme of political influence on the third sector has put the issue of the sector’s identity back on the table, creating a advantageous liaison and a reflection on the meaning of the actions and practices adopted. The importance of identity emerges often when its dimensions intersect with the representation: a. of affiliate organizations b. of the interested parties, needs and themes which are not often represented in public debates, for which national umbrella groups often act as the main spokes people. It is the latter that conveys at best the thoughts around political influence and identifies the components through both an internal direction (how to involve the different components that form the third sector, in order to give a unique character and the right importance to different organizational structures and dimensions of the entities within the third sector) and an external direction relating to the systemic character that the leaders found insufficient. The role played by the leaders has a substantial relevance, it is necessary that the third sector leaders have a reading and understanding capacity, they need to have a prospective dimension that allows them to read and interpret the changing trend that occurs in society and the environment in which the third sector resides. The endurance and abilities that the manager class of the third sector must maintain while in representation must take into consideration, the involvement of the interested parties and the public, as in any bilateral relationship. Without new participation method and new representation methods (not managed through the power of blackmail), it is not possible to have an authentic and plausible symmetrical relationship. In order to sustain the social parties that have inevitably enriched the intermediate traditional bodies, the responsibility of the national, regional and local public politics is to create the conditions for an active society where the commonwealth is the connection between citizens often expressed in their behavior and private relationships.
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BESSELINK, Thieu. "Two Faces of Authority: The leader's tragic quest." Doctoral thesis, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1814/12044.
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Defence date: 27/06/2009Examining Board: Prof. Neil Walker, (supervisor), University of Edinburgh Prof. Richard Sennett, (external supervisor), New York University Prof. Rodney Barker, London School of Economics and Political Science Prof. Peter Mair, European University Institute
This thesis observes how modern leaders of Western society publicly engage in an unrewarding quest for a durably authoritative identity and it asks why rulers are so troubled in cultivating a credible role of authority. The author argues that modern authority itself has disintegrated with the change of its understanding and the diffusion of fixed authoritative roles and that this is accompanied by an identity crisis. He asks how modern rulers respond to the disintegration of a fixed, shared social reality in late modernity, and to the fact that our main legitimating mythologies - such as that of (political) representation, which once ordered the allocation of authority - no longer provide the reassurance and belief in ruler’s authority. To understand the nature of authority and its disintegration, the author explores rulers’ consciousness by categorising their responses in two archetypical models of authority, inspired by Machiavelli’s Prince and Shakespeare’s tragic hero. They represent the authority-effects of fear and reassurance and the two modern modes of authority cultivation: increasing social distance and decreasing social distance The thesis argues that modern authority is tragic because the logic by which the dominant archetypical roles try to authorise themselves is self defeating. It illustrates this with a history of authority which describes the characteristically modern drive for the exposure, immanence, and transparency of authority, informed by a desire for emancipation and mastery, and how it is paralleled by a degradation of authority and these typically modern archetypes that continue to determine Western culture. Reintegration of authority would require a more dimensional understanding of the concept. The author trances the four major roots of authority (authorship, authorisation, authenticity, and augmentation), and suggest they represent the subjective, objective, individual, and collective dimensions of authority which together form a whole system of meaning and creation.
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Yamasaki, Michi. "A Study of Middle Power Diplomacy : as a Strategy of Leadership and Influence." Thesis, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10012/4811.
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The main goal of this research is to clarify the concept of “middle power” and to employ the idea to understand the diplomatic strategies that allow so called secondary powers, which are countries without substantial national power, to actively exercise remarkable influence in international politics. In general understanding, this diplomacy is called “middle power diplomacy” or “middlepowermanship” which particularly means diplomacy excising influence and taking international initiative through international co-operation and regimes. This diplomacy is distinguishable in that it is not based on overwhelming national power such as military power, but on persuasion and reconciling with other actors. By such activities, some secondary countries achieved considerable involvement, strong influence, and impressive positive reputation in the world despite their intermediate or small national power. This research examines in what conditions some of these secondary powers can employ this type of active international policies and show remarkable influence in certain international issues. Research for this project involved three processes of examination in five chapters on the topic of middlepowemanship, presented in five chapters. Part I of the thesis contains history and literature review of the idea “middle power”. Based on the review of history and literature, this research assumes the middle power diplomacy or middlepowermanship in this research has theoretically four main features. Firstly middlepowermanship means taking leadership employing cooperation with other actors, including other countries and international organizations, and international institutions rather than just its own national power. Secondly, this type of leadership tends to be entrepreneurial or intellectual leadership, which does not always require massive national power and resource input. Thirdly, this diplomatic option is basically available to very wide range of countries, classified as “possible middle powers” in this research, as one of the policy options. Fourthly, the country applying middle power diplomacy does not always describe itself as “middle power”; in addition, the country calling itself “middle power” is not always conducting middle power diplomacy. The political rhetoric “middle power” and middle power diplomacy is not always inter-related. Lastly, only under certain conditions this policy is chosen and successfully practiced. One distinguishable feature of this research is that it is assuming the neither “possible middle powers” nor self-indicated middle powers always apply middle power diplomacy. The “possible middle powers” have middlepowermanship strategy as an available option. The “possible middle powers” have middlepowermanship strategy as an available option and decide whether middlepowemanship strategy is practicable and effective or not on a case by case basis. This research suggested that if “possible middle powers” seek to show strong influence and leadership, they have to select issues and approaches which their limited diplomatic resource can accomplish. For this selection of issues, firstly, there needs to be domestic agreement. In other words, domestic support and available diplomatic resource have to become available on the right political timing. Particularly for “possible middle powers” the constraints and available resources strongly affect the countries’ approaches to the large scale international policy and new projects. Secondly, “possible middle powers” need to persuade other international actors for support and co-operation to excise international leadership because of their limited national and diplomatic capability. In Chapter 5 of this thesis, a case study is presented on Japanese diplomacy on the idea “human security”. Japanese active policies under the name of human security were middlepowemanship because of the three following features. Firstly, Japanese human security policy has been conducted in cooperation with the United Nations and other countries. Secondly, the Japanese government was seeking the entrepreneurial leadership and influence in these policies. Thirdly, the government consistently put emphasis on the aspect of “freedom from want” of human security and limited its initiative to economy related issues. This case study focuses on factors underlying the policy decision choosing middlepowermanship. Prime Minister Obuchi’s leadership backed up his intellectual advisors who were supporting the idea of “human security” matched the political timing brought by the Asian financial crisis and the Ottawa Process in 1997. The constraints and available diplomatic resources led the Japanese government to take the middlepowermanship approach. The government had certain constraints due to the constitutional restraints in military activities and complexity of relationships with neighboring countries. These restrictions on the approaches resulted in Japan pursuing limited initiative only on economy related issues even though the idea of human security contains “freedom from want” and “freedom from fear.” Combining with the existing Japanese Official Development Assistance (ODA) policies and upcoming ODA policy reform realized the human security as a large scale international initiative, such as the Trust Found for Human Security. In the international sphere, support from other countries and the UN made it possible for Japan to conduct such large scale international policy conducted by Japan.
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Opfer, Virginia Darleen. "Changing political leadership in the United States Congress and the influence activities of education interest groups /." 1997. http://wwwlib.umi.com/dissertations/fullcit/9724683.
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Lu, Fang-Jyun, and 盧芳君. "The Influence of Perceptions of Organizational Politics and Impression Management on Organizational Citizenship Behaviour：Spiritual Leadership as a Moderator." Thesis, 2015. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/67bun4.
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碩士朝陽科技大學
保險金融管理系
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This research had the purpose of investigating the influence of organizational politics perceptions and impression management on organizational citizenship behaviour. Spiritual leadership is the moderator to research the interfering effect on the relationship between impression management and organizational citizenship behaviour, in order to provide human resources management and organizational leadership suggestions to the financial service industry. In this study, we proposed conceptual framework and research hypotheses after literature review of organizational politics perceptions, impression management, organizational citizenship behaviour, and spiritual leadership. The research method was survey by questionnaire, including questionnaires on the organizational politics perceptions scale, the impression management scale, the organizational citizenship behaviour scale, and the spiritual leadership scale. The questionnaires participants were mostly financial services employees. In total 550 questionnaires were sent out. Of which 476 were returned, giving a return rate of 86.54%.After discarding 76 invalid questionnaires there was a total of 400 valid questionnaires, which made the rate of valid samples 72.72%. After valid questionnaires were collected, descriptive statistical analysis was conducted to understand the distribution of the sample data in personal background. Pearson correlation analysis was conducted to test the relationship of the dimensions of organizational politics perceptions,impression management, organizational citizenship behaviour, and spiritual leadership. Regression analysis was used to test the influence between organizational politics perceptions and impression management, and the influence between impression management and organizational citizenship behaviour; Lastly hierarchical regression analysis was conducted to test the moderated effect of spiritual leadership on organizational citizenship behaviour. According to the analysis of the data the following conclusions were proposed in the study: 1.Impression management strategies of supplication and intimidation were positively affected by organizational politics perceptions. 2.Organizational citizenship behaviour was positively affected by the impression management strategy of ingratiation. Organizational citizenship behaviour was negatively affected by the impression management strategy of intimidation. The following suggestions were proposed in accordance with the foregoing conclusions: 1. Reduced the organization of member’s perceptions of organizational politics 2. Reduced organizational members to used impression management strategies
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Tseng, Shu-Ping, and 曾淑平. "The Influence of Transformational Leadership on Organizational Citizenship Behaviors－The Moderating Roles of Self-Efficacy and Perceptions of Organizational Politics." Thesis, 2009. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/51781196954082004890.
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碩士國立高雄應用科技大學
人力資源發展系
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This study suggested as a moderator variable between transformational leadership and organizational citizenship behavior. Moreover, this study regarded followers’ Self-Efficacy as subordinate contingency moderator variable, and perceptions of organizational politics as organizational level contingency moderator variable. In a test of hypotheses derived from the integration of principles of path-goal theory, data collected from 229 employee-supervisor dyads were examined with hierarchical regression analysis. The results indicate Self-Efficacy significantly positively moderates the relationship between transformational leadership and organizational citizenship behavior, the same, Perception of organizational politic also significantly negatively moderates the relationship between transformational leadership and organizational citizenship behavior. In addition, perceptions of organizational were politics negatively correlated with organizational citizenship behavior. Suggestions for future tests are discussed.
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Tso, Yi, and 左毅. "The Influence of a Political Representative’s Leadership and Staff’s Teamwork on Organizational Performance - A Survey of Staff’s Perception in Constituency Office." Thesis, 2011. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/48137327667343991187.
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碩士亞洲大學
經營管理學系碩士在職專班
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The development of party politics in Taiwan has experienced on alternation of political parties, a-50% decrease of legislative members, and also a decrease in the member of municipal councils. All of these facts represent fierce competition. How well a congressman supervises the government and constituency services not only affects his political prospects but also has deep influence on the construction and development of this country. In order to handle the growing constituency services and political issues, it is necessary to hire professional assistants to improve the performance of the whole service team by improving harmony and the cooperation within the team. This research uses a quantitative survey, by questionnaire, to probe the influence of a political representative’s leadership and staff teamwork on the organizational performance. To assess all of the legislative members and municipality’s councils: 424 questionnaires were sending with 256 (60.38%) being returned and effective. By using the statistic methods of independent samples t-test, analysis of variance (ANOVA), and structural equation modeling (SEM), the research results are interpreted as: (1) The political representative’s leadership has a positive effect on the teamwork of the staff; (2) The teamwork has a positive effect on the organizational performance of constituency office; (3) The political representative’s leadership has a positive effect on the organizational performance of constituency office; (4) The teamwork of the constituency office has a partial mediation on the representative’s leadership and the constituency office’s organizational performance; (5) Different types of assistants have a significant effect on the leadership, the teamwork and the organizational performance.
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Wang, Wen-Ling, and 王文伶. "The Influence of Informational SNS Use on Political Participation among Taiwanese Voters: The Role of Cross-cutting Discussion and Opinion Leadership." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/wh4na3.
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國際傳播英語碩士學位學程(IMICS)
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The emergence of social networking sites (SNSs) has widened forms and chances of political participation. SNSs enable people to connect with diverse users and disseminate user-generated content. Therefore, through interpersonal communication, individuals are more likely to encounter cross- cutting perspectives and cultivate opinion leadership. Research about the association between informational use of SNSs and participatory behaviors tend to yield a positive relationship. Scholars further recognize interpersonal discussion as an integral factor affecting the relationship, which is consistent with the communication mediation model (CMM). Adopting the CMM as the research framework, this study examines two characteristics related to people’s discussion on social networks which are believed to affect the potential influence of informational SNS use—cross- cutting discussion and perceived opinion leadership. Using the 2015 Taiwan National Communication Survey (TCS) dataset, this study find that Facebook information receiving is a significant positive predictor of expressive political participation and social movement participation. In addition to the main effect, significant interaction effects between Facebook information receiving and perceived opinion leadership are also identified. Moreover, the impact of Facebook use on political/ social movement participation is stronger for individuals who perceived a higher level of opinion leadership. The findings suggest that characteristics of one’s online social networks can affect the role SNSs plays in shaping people’s political engagement.
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TITINI, EDLIRA. "I rapporti fra il regime comunista albanese e la Santa Sede e la loro influenza sulla politica interna verso la chiesa cattolica." Doctoral thesis, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11573/954063.
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Il modello ideale a cui aspiravano i comunisti albanesi era quello suggerito dalla dottrina marxista: un mondo dove gli Stati non servirebbero più perché tra i popoli regnerebbe l’eterna fratellanza universale. Questo modello era realizzabile solo dopo aver eliminato prima il sistema capitalistico e abolito la religione. Essendo il cristianesimo la forma più organizzata di religione il raggiungimento della società comunista implicava la necessità di abolire il cristianesimo.
Il regime comunista albanese adottò una strategia articolata in diverse tappe e su diversi piani messa in atto dalla sua istaurazione nel 1944 mirante all’eliminazione della religione. Parallelamente alla politica interna nei confronti della religione si sviluppò una politca estera agressiva contro il Vaticano considerato una potenza anticomunista e reazionaria molto pericolosa per la struttura organizzativa dello Stato albanese.
Questo lavoro ha come obiettivo principale la costruzione storica delle relazioni tra l’Albania e la Santa Sede nell’ottica del regime comunista e capire se e in quale modo queste relazioni hanno inciso nel particolare accanimento verso la religione cattolica nell’unico paese al mondo autoproclamato ateo. L’indagine fa luce anche sul periodo anteriore al 1944 -1990, oggetto dell’analisi, in quanto buona parte delle contestazioni al clero cattolico riguardavano la sua attività precedente all’arrivo al potere dei comunisti e la sua collusione con gli occupanti fascisti e nazisti.
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Shu, Shing Li, and 許信利. "Reserch on the Influence of Organizational Culture,Leadership, Perceptions of Prganization Politics,Organizationl Commitment to Recruiting Results-The Case Study of Life Insurance Agency." Thesis, 2007. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/40657911916634498398.
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碩士國立高雄第一科技大學
企業管理研究所
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ABSTRACT Life insurance is a business established upon life of people. Along with changes in the financial industry countrywide, the competition in the market of life insurance is getting tougher. To enhance the competitiveness and to extend the longevity of an enterprise, the demand of insurance executives in the human resource is increasing. Under this condition, it is one of the important principles in a life insurance company to improve the efficiency of recruitment of an organization. In these few years, an insurance company facing many challenges while developing a professional insurance specialist such as the harsh competition of recruiting people. It is observed that the number of new insurance specialists is decreasing because a company can not keeping the current executives from leaving and can not efficiently enroll new employee; therefore, the development of human resource in the life insurance is sluggish. To cope with the challenge and competition of recruiting new heads, all kinds of creative and attractive recruitment projects come one after another. No matter for a company or for a business division, to overcome all challenges and maintain an enterprise’s longevity, the foundation is to create a decent environment good for career development of an employee. The purpose of this research is to find out the effect of organization culture, leadership, and organization politics and commitment upon people recruitment. The research was conducted upon the practical points of view and the analysis of three insurance companies with different business models and different organization constructions. The results of the research for the enrollment are: 1. Leaders’ positive and productive behavior 2. Giving recognition and concernment 3. Internal political awareness 4. Compensation and pay packages 5. Organization framework.
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Jarvis, Michael Anthony Mitchell. "Ideology and its influence on educational leadership, structure and process : with reference to a dominant and dominated ideologies in South Africa." Thesis, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/3912.
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This study examines the concept of ideology and then surveys the relationship
between ideology and education. Particular forces that help to shape ideologies
which affect education are indicated. The focus then moves to an investigation of
the influence of ideology on visible elements of the educational system: leadership,
structure and process.
It is contended that ideology as a world-view, based on prescriptive group beliefs
and assumptions which are rationalized in terms of ontology, axiology and
epistemology, is translated into action within social apparatuses, such as schools. It
is argued that ideology does have a disguising motive in that through its slogans
and rhetoric it attempts a justification of itself. In essence it deals with issues of
power and control.
These contentions are examined through a detailed analysis of the concept and
function of ideology to determine its locus of inference and definition to be used in
this work. Ideology is then considered from the perspective of its relationship with
education. The concept of leadership and concepts of organizational models, such
as bureaucracy, are examined in general terms and then in relation to ideology,
with the major focus on the influence of ideology on educational leadership,
structure and process. These elements are shown to be important and visible reflections
of an ideology in action. There is shown to be a strong degree of congruence
between theoretical ideology and ideology in action.
From an international survey, the focus of the study moves to South Africa. The
historical milieu which has helped to create the ideology of Afrikaner Nationalism,
based on twin pillars of domination and segregation, is reviewed before this
'dominant' ideology is analysed in relation to education and the visible elements of
educational leadership, structure and process. It is contended that this complex
ideology has been associated with issues of power and control and has caused
widespread harm through its translation of belief into action in terms of social
engineering. Its ontology, axiology and epistemology are questioned.
In contrast, a liberal-humanistic type of ideology is analysed in action in white
English medium schools. It is shown how this 'dominated' ideology has withstood
Afrikaner hegemony in many essentials.
Although it is postulated that in South African black education, no institutionalized ideology can be investigated, a theoretical or aspiring ideology which has
considerable black support, that of People's Education, is reviewed.
Finally, it is contended that ideologies need to be analysed and differences in
beliefs and assumptions, even the use of slogans, to be acknowledged before
negotiations can produce any acceptable synthesis for South African education. It
is argued that new styles of leadership, new structures and new processes are
needed before the State President's 'democratic goal' can even begin to be realised.
Directions for a future educational system are stated.Thesis (Ph.D.) - University of Natal, 1992.
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Mashabela, James Kenokeno. "Dr Manas Buthelezi's contribution to Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa's struggle against apartheid in South Africa, 1970s-1990s." Diss., 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/18844.
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This academic study provides a historical background to the unsung hero Dr. Manas Buthelezi. He is amongst many such heroes who contributed enormously to the liberation of South Africa. Buthelezi fought against apartheid by promoting human liberation and rights; just like other circle unrecognized of heroes who were interested in combating the agonies caused by the apartheid system. This academic study presents the work of Buthelezi in the South African political, socio-economic, cultural and ecumenical effort at combating the apartheid policies. The history of Buthelezi‟s contribution can be deliberated in relation to the South African political and socio-economic dimensions. Church history is an alternative engagement to the social struggles hence a church leader like Buthelezi had to participate in the public arena. Not really; the focus is more on issues within the current ELCSA.
Broader historical evidence is considered on the theoretical writings in the field of church history. The analytical aim of the study develops how the struggles internal to the church and the understanding of struggle for liberation in South Africa. The study highlights the history of Lutheranism in South Africa as the background of creating an understanding of this research. The findings of the study are that although the Lutherans were fighting against apartheid system in South Africa they were divided on racial identify between the white and the black. This was also operational in the church in South Africa as well. The church in South Africa was theologically challenged around issues of struggle and liberation. The white community was part of the apartheid government aimed as its interests to benefit from the dominant values of racial connections. The dominant apartheid government oppressed the black community through racial discrimination. Study shows how Buthelezi and other theologians critiqued both the church and the state to resistant apartheid that was operational in the church and the society.
The study investigates his contribution in this respect. It will be necessary to look at what happened historically in apartheid and Black Theology. The intention of this study is to investigate how Bishop Dr. Manas Buthelezi in South Africa was involved and committed in the struggle against apartheid. I would like to analyse and reflect on his contribution and writing during apartheid, as this has not yet been researched. Buthelezi served the Lutheran Church and the South African Council of Churches (SACC) as its president, from where he viewed apartheid ideology and practice as contradictory to the Word of God and human wholeness of life.
One cannot research Buthelezi without considering his Church where I will explore the ordained ministry and the „lay‟ ministry. Questions on teaching, training and service offered by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa (ELCSA) raise serious matters about its present and future.
In the conclusion, I provide an analysis of the problems outlined and make recommendations which can be considered to be alternatives to challenges that face our South African context and that of the church. My recommendations are opened to everyone, to engage each other to furnish alternative solutions to the problems that face the church and the South African context.Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology
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Mercurio, Francesca. "Brazil's global aspirations and their implications for the relationship with Argentina in the framework of MERCOSUR." Master's thesis, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1822/39329.
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Dissertação de mestrado em Relações InternacionaisThe rise of the new millennium has been accompanied by global changes and challenges, occurred as consequence of the spread of systemic-affecting features that have transformed the model through which the international order was witnessed. The negative effects of globalization and the rise of emerging countries coming from the 'periphery' of the world have played a significant role in reshaping the international balance of power and in creating new schemes of cooperation among states. Focusing on Brazil’s emerging role and on the transformations that this longstanding "middle power" has been able to bring to both the international relations debate and practical field, the present contribution aims to offer a detailed analysis of the twenty-first century Brazilian foreign policy. The official discourses show that last governments' external agenda has been characterized by an increasing interest in global issues and in a more active international participation, as never experienced before. Maintaining a strong commitment toward 'autonomy' and 'development' of the Brazilian foreign policy, Lula da Silva’s first mandate has been marked by the desire and aspiration of making Brazil a global player, passing first through the creation of a stable and supportive platform and the recognition of its regional leadership role within the South-American region. The regional obstacles met by Brazil have promoted a change of attitude of the country and the search for extra-regional partners, relationships and forms of engagement, although emphasizing the differences between the international agendas of Lula da Silva and Dilma Rousseff. Through a theoretical synthesis of Neorealism and Neoliberalism, this contribution analyses the obstructive role played by Argentina (the historical rival and at the same time a strategic partner in the development and the future of the regional integration project: MERCOSUR) in balancing Brazilian global aspirations and in coordinating a regional response opposing the South-American giant. In conclusion, the present research aims to offer an analysis of the visible and hidden motivations that have driven the regional actors to object Brazil.
O novo milénio foi acompanhado por mudanças e desafios globais, que têm afetado o sistema e transformaram o modelo através do qual a ordem internacional era observada. Os efeitos negativos da globalização e a ascensão de países emergentes provenientes da "periferia" do mundo têm desempenhado um papel significativo na reformulação do equilíbrio do poder internacional e na criação de novos esquemas de cooperação entre os Estados. Enfocando sobre o papel emergente do Brasil e as transformações que esta "potência média" tem sido capaz de trazer. tanto para o debate das relações internacionais como no campo prático, a presente contribuição tem como objetivo oferecer uma análise detalhada da política externa brasileira do século XXI. A agenda externa do Brasil dos últimos governos tem sido caracterizada por um crescente interesse por questões globais e para uma participação internacional mais activa, como nunca antes. Mantendo um forte compromisso com a "autonomia" e o "desenvolvimento" da política externa brasileira, o primeiro mandato de Lula da Silva tem sido marcado pelo desejo e a aspiração de fazer do Brasil um ator global de relevo, passando primeiro através da criação de uma plataforma de apoio estável e do reconhecimento da sua liderança regional na América do Sul. Se o primeiro mandato político de Lula da Silva tem assistido a uma consideração particular e espaço reservado para a região, durante o segundo o Brasil tem olhado mais para parceiros e relações extra-regionais. Através de uma síntese teórica do neo-realismo e neoliberalismo, esta análise enfatiza o papel obstrutivo desempenhado pela Argentina (histórico rival regional e ao mesmo tempo parceiro estratégico no desenvolvimento do projeto de integração regional: MERCOSUL) em equilibrar as aspirações globais brasileiras e em coordenar uma resposta regional para opor o gigante sulamericano. Em conclusão, a presente pesquisa tem como objetivo oferecer uma análise das motivações visíveis e ocultas que tem movido os atores regionais para a oposição ao Brasil.
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DURANTE, GABRIELE. "L'antiterrorismo in Italia negli "Anni di Piombo". Senso e significati." Doctoral thesis, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11573/1064334.
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La ricerca ha l'obiettivo di analizzare il senso che i membri dei reparti antiterrorismo dell’Arma dei Carabinieri hanno attribuito alla propria esperienza e alle attività di antiterrorismo svolte negli "anni di piombo", nonché i significati che ne derivano in riferimento al contesto sociale, culturale e politico degli anni settanta e ottanta.
L’analisi delle attribuzioni di senso permette di rilevare le implicazioni, e i significati conseguenti, che l’agire degli operatori antiterrorismo ha avuto nel contesto sociale di riferimento, caratterizzato dall'esaurimento dei processi rivoluzionari che vedevano avanguardie organizzate come protagoniste dirette della direzione di un conflitto di classe, in cui si contrapponevano gli attori sociali del capitalismo.
In tale ambito, dalla prospettiva soggettiva degli operatori sono state indagate le caratteristiche del sistema antiterrorismo italiano dei Carabinieri negli anni settanta e ottanta sotto il profilo di gruppo/organizzazione, che riguardano l’istituzione dei reparti antiterrorismo, la selezione del personale, l’addestramento e la distribuzione degli incarichi al personale, la leadership e la coesione all'interno dei reparti, le strategie di contrasto adottate, nonché la gestione dei terroristi arrestati e dei collaboratori. Nell'ambito delle attribuzioni di senso del proprio vissuto e delle attività svolte nell'antiterrorismo, sono state invece indagate le determinanti all'arruolamento nell'Arma e dell’ingresso nei reparti antiterrorismo, lo spirito di sacrificio e il senso dell’impegno, la gestione del rischio legato allo specifico incarico, la percezione dell’antagonista, le determinanti dell’uscita dai reparti antiterrorismo, il senso delle attività di contrasto al terrorismo.
Dalla ricerca è emerso come le attribuzioni di senso alle attività antiterrorismo si sviluppino seguendo due prospettive principali: una prospettiva istituzionale/sociale correlata alla protezione delle istituzioni e della società; una prospettiva soggettivista connessa all'esigenza individuale di affermazione personale e professionale.
Nell’ambito della prima prospettiva, in relazione ai processi conflittuali che caratterizzavano l’Italia degli anni settanta e ottanta, l’antiterrorismo si poneva come agenzia di sicurezza con l’obiettivo di tutelare l’assetto democratico istituzionale, nonché i diritti e le libertà fondamentali dei cittadini, esplicitando le proprie attività su una dimensione sia politica, promuovendo lo sviluppo di nuove misure normative, sia militare, contrastando con uomini e mezzi le organizzazioni armate attraverso attività di intelligence e tecniche investigative specializzate.
In riferimento alla seconda prospettiva, invece, l’antiterrorismo diveniva per gli operatori che ne facevano parte un contesto di affermazione personale e professionale, veicolando le ambizioni e le aspettative dei militari che intendevano sviluppare le proprie competenze tecniche nel settore investigativo. Attraverso l’impiego nell'antiterrorismo, i militari ricercavano e trovavano una dimensione per la realizzazione personale e professionale.
In conclusione, l’antiterrorismo dell’Arma dei Carabinieri si è dunque collocato nel contesto politico e sociale italiano degli anni settanta e ottanta in una prospettiva di difesa sociale e delle Istituzioni, con l’obiettivo di reprimere le progettualità terroristiche sviluppate da gruppi armati formati da militanti determinati e da assetti organizzativi articolati e in alcuni casi strutturalmente complessi. Sotto un profilo organizzativo, le Sezioni antiterrorismo divennero nel corso degli anni un contesto di elaborazione e di sviluppo di specifiche competenze tecniche e di metodi investigativi maturati nell'esperienza del contrasto al terrorismo.
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Full textAbstract:
mondo universitario ha subito un’ondata di cambiamenti che si possono ricondurre alla ricerca dell’eccellenza, declinata secondo le due dimensioni della valutazione e della rendicontazione. Tre sono quelli più evidenti: il primo, il passaggio da una ricerca curiosity driven a una ricerca funzionale al raggiungimento di risultati valutabili in tempi brevi; dalla ricerca pura a quella applicata, da un approccio problem-making a uno problem-solving, da una conoscenza come processo a una conoscenza come prodotto, da un modello disinteressato a uno utilitaristico (Barnett, 1994); il secondo, riguardante l’offerta formativa: dal momento che si è modificato il modo di concepire l’apprendimento; i curricula tendono a essere definiti in termini di risultati di apprendimento predefiniti (Blackmore, 2016); il terzo, peculiare della struttura amministrativa: dal momento in cui sono divenute essenziali una serie di nuove sovrastrutture (programmazione, valutazione, controlli, comunicazione) rispetto al mandato originario della struttura universitaria si registra un aumento consistente del personale delle strutture amministrative. Questi cambiamenti devono fare i conti con la perdita di prestigio della vita accademica, il cambiamento del ruolo dello studente, che è diventato sempre più importante e l’aumento delle procedure burocratiche che rischiano di ingessare un sistema un tempo caratterizzato da un’elevata autonomia.
Per consentire alle strutture universitarie di affrontare le sfide culturali a partire dagli anni Settanta nelle università nord-americane si sono strutturate iniziative finalizzate allo sviluppo e alla promozione di una migliore offerta formativa. Tali iniziative vengono definite con l’espressione Faculty Development (FD), una policy accademica finalizzata a creare le condizioni per un miglioramento delle competenze di tutti coloro che sono coinvolti nelle attività svolte in un ateneo. Nella realtà italiana emerge la mancanza di una vera politica di formazione al teaching per i ricercatori e i docenti universitari, per non parlare dell’esigenza di superare il pregiudizio, di gentiliana memoria, secondo il quale non è necessario apprendere a insegnare, ma sia sufficiente avere successo nella ricerca, cui si aggiunge nell’ultimo decennio una continua e affannata richiesta al personale accademico di azioni organizzative, valutative e documentali, che assorbono tempo e energie senza il supporto di adeguati apparati gestionali e senza predisporre indagini valutative capaci di misurare l’effettivo esito di tutte queste azioni. L’effetto finale è un evidente declino (Capano et al., 2017) dell’istituzione universitaria. Si può ipotizzare che la cultura del organizzazione propria del Faculty Development possa contribuire nel contesto italiano a fornire azioni a supporto del cambiamento: è quanto mai essenziale dotare gli atenei di risorse funzionali a riqualificare la vita accademica, fornendo al personale accademico gli strumenti necessari per performare una buona scholarship, realizzare un’efficace offerta formativa e attuare adeguate forme di terza missione, capaci di incrementare la vita culturale della comunità. Il presente studio si propone come un’analisi sistematica della letteratura sul tema del Faculty Development, che persegue l’obiettivo di sviluppare una disamina estesa dell’oggetto, in modo che l’esplicitazione della datità raccolta fornisca un’analisi del fenomeno che possa essere di supporto a un’avveduta educational policy nel campo della formazione universitaria.
Nel contesto italiano ad oggi non esiste una cultura di attenzione ai contesti di apprendimento universitario. L’offerta formativa è concepita come offerta di pacchetti curriculari e la predisposizione delle condizioni di apprendimento per il conseguimento del titolo universitario si risolve nella organizzazione di una serie di lezioni, frontali o laboratoriali, senza che tutto questo sia innervato da una specifica intenzionalità didattica. Questa immagine poco confortante non intende affatto trascurare tutti i casi di buone prassi sviluppati nei vari corsi di studio, ma il buono che emerge è demandato all’impegno del singolo, senza che l’istituzione universitaria si interroghi sul come predisporre le condizioni per il potenziamento della qualità dei processi di apprendimento. A fronte di questa situazione la necessità di migliorare la qualità dell’insegnamento non è mai stata così stringente e sfidante come lo è oggi, in un clima di continuo cambiamento della formazione superiore. Nuove tendenze definiscono la formazione superiore, attraversando confini istituzionali e nazionali. Essi influiscono sul modo in cui un insegnamento efficace viene concettualizzato, condotto e supportato, valutato, valorizzato e riconosciuto. È necessario affrontare temi quali l’inadeguata preparazione per il lavoro accademico nei corsi di studio magistrali, l’incapacità dei docenti a trasferire competenze, la crescente complessità degli ambienti accademici, le attese e le responsabilità istituzionali, la necessità di preparare meglio gli studenti con bisogni diversi, e la necessità di stare al passo con i balzi della conoscenza e i cambiamenti nelle professioni. Migliorare la qualità della didattica è inoltre essenziale perché consente di ridurre il numero degli abbandoni. È venuto il momento di transitare da un’offerta formativa di tipo episodico a una prospettiva di esperienze di apprendimento in continuità nel tempo, per accompagnare la formazione dei docenti in un modo strutturalmente organizzato (Webster-Wright, 2009).
Sulla base della rilevazione fenomenica, sono emerse le seguenti domande di ricerca: che cosa è il FD? Cosa consente di fare? Come si mette in pratica? Quali sono le potenzialità? Quali sono i limiti? Il FD ha il compito di incentivare i docenti ad interessarsi ai processi di insegnamento e apprendimento e a procurare un ambiente sicuro e positivo nel quale fare ricerca, sperimentare, valutare e adottare nuovi metodi (Lancaster et al. 2014). È finalizzato a promuovere cambiamento sia a livello individuale sia a livello organizzativo. Occupa un posto centrale il miglioramento delle competenze di teaching (Steinert, 2014). Due importanti obiettivi sono rappresentati dalla promozione delle capacità di leadership e di gestione dei contesti (Steiner et al., 2012). Una volta definite le metodologie del teaching, che possono essere oggetto di apprendimento da parte del personale accademico, è risultato necessario identificare le principali modalità formative che un centro di Faculty Development (FDc) dovrebbe mettere in atto per favorire l’apprendimento delle competenze didattiche. Per comprenderne la funzione reale è stato utile prendere in esame le attività proposte dai più importanti centri del panorama accademico nordamericano, analizzandone la struttura organizzativa, le risorse disponibili ed identificandone le due figure principali: il responsabile dell’organizzazione dei processi formativi e il responsabile della struttura. L’analisi dei casi ha consentito di evidenziare i molteplici servizi che possono essere forniti da un FDc. Questa analisi di realtà è risultata molto utile poiché ha offerto indicazioni pragmatiche ai fini di una politica accademica innovativa anche in ambito italiano. Alla luce degli argomenti sviluppati è stato possibile ipotizzare anche per gli atenei italiani l’istituzione di “Centri per la professionalità accademica”, indicando possibili iniziative da essi realizzabili, che potrebbero trovare spazio nella realtà del nostro paese.