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Ingalls, Ricki Gene. "Qualitative simulation graph methodology and implementation /." Digital version accessible at:, 1999. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/main.
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Hignett, Sue. "Using qualitative methodology in ergonomics : theoretical background and practical examples." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2001. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/11183/.
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Qualitative methodology offers the opportunity for ergonomists to investigate work problems and research questions using context-sensitive tools for data collection and analysis. This is particularly useful in contexts with complex social and cultural dimensions, for example the high level of emotional and intimate personal interactions between staff and patients in the health care industry. Two aims have been achieved in this thesis. The first is to set out a clear process for using qualitative methodology in ergonomics by taking a middle ground position with respect to the background philosophy. A generic process for carrying out qualitative research is described and shown in detail in the two case studies. The ergonomists case study found that there was considerable interest in expanding the ergonomics tool box to include qualitative methodology. However concerns were raised about a perceived lack of knowledge with respect to the process for doing qualitative research. This needs to be addressed by including teaching qualitative methodology in ergonomics courses. The second aim is use qualitative methodology to identify characteristics of hospitals with respect to the practice of ergonomics. Three themes emerged: organisational issues (complexity and size); staff issues (multiplicity of professionals and gender); and patient issues (dirty and emotional work; patient expectations; and life, death and mistakes). These themes were also found in the practical case study on manual handling problems in occupational therapy. This suggests that knowledge of the characteristics of an industry can help the ergonomist to understand the context of the work problem or research question. A final dynamic model of ergonomics is proposed to bring together the internal dimensions of a person (representing physical, cognitive and spiritual levels) and the external dimensions of their interactions at a micro level (e. g. tasks) and at wider organisational and societal levels (macro). This model shows the importance of using qualitative methodology to achieve a more complete understanding of human interactions: the basis of the definition of ergonomics.
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Nyberg, Dan. "An investigation of qualitative research methodology for perceptual audio evaluation." Licentiate thesis, Luleå tekniska universitet, Medier ljudteknik och upplevelseproduktion och teater, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-17438.
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This thesis investigates whether a qualitative research method, using phenomenological interviews and analysis, can be successfully applied to perceptual audio research, a field heretofore that has mainly used quantitative methods. The method is investigated by studying the types of information elicited by the method and the information’s usefulness and relevance to the conducted study. The qualitative method is applied in three different conditions: a non-experimental condition, an experimental condition, and an experimental condition using mixed-methods. The thesis also identifies implications associated with using a qualitative method in a quantitative field of research, implications that researchers should acknowledge and consider. All scientific criteria in which the quantitative research is judged cannot directly be applied to a qualitative method. A qualitative method has to be judged on its own framework, departure points, and scientific criteria. The information elicited from the qualitative method contains information that supports known knowledge and adds new knowledge. It supplements the accessibility to the subjects’ perceptions and used methods when conducting a perceptual evaluation task. In conclusion, a qualitative research method that consists of phenomenological interviews and analyses can be successfully applied in all the tested conditions.Godkänd; 2012; 20121119 (dannyb); LICENTIATSEMINARIUM Ämne: Ljudteknik Examinator: Biträdande professor Jan Berg, Luleå tekniska universitet Diskutant: PhD, Senior Lecturer Natanya Ford, Bucks New University, United Kingdom Tid: Fredag den 18 januari 2013 kl 13.00 Plats: L165, Musikhögskolan Piteå, Luleå tekniska universitet
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Sibeoni, Jordan. "L’apport des méthodes qualitatives dans la recherche sur les soins en psychiatrie de l’adolescent." Thesis, Université Paris-Saclay (ComUE), 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017SACLS425/document.
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Les méthodes qualitatives visent à décrire, comprendre et approfondir un phénomène observé. Elles sont encore peu développées dans la recherche en psychiatrie de l’adolescent. Les objectifs de cette thèse sont à la fois méthodologiques et thérapeutiques. Il s'agit d'illustrer à partir de trois études qualitatives l'intérêt des méthodes qualitatives dans la recherche clinique sur les soins en psychiatrie de l'adolescent. Ces études ont en commun d'explorer la question des soins et en particulier celle de la perception des soins en psychiatrie de l'adolescent par les adolescents, leurs familles et leurs soignants, et de croiser ces perspectives. La première étude consiste en une métasynthèse -revue systématique et analyse de la littérature qualitative concernant l'anorexie mentale à l'adolescence. La deuxième étude se focalise sur l'utilisation de l'outil photographique et de son efficacité dans la recherche qualitative en psychiatrie de l'adolescent. Il s'agit d'une étude qualitative explorant le fonctionnement et les interactions familiales autour de la nourriture et du repas à l’aide de la photographie. Enfin la troisième recherche qualitative explore l'efficacité perçue des soins chez des adolescents suivis en psychiatrie dans le cadre d'un refus scolaire anxieux et chez leurs parents. Ces trois études nous permettent de discuter l’intérêt des méthodes qualitatives dans la recherche sur les soins en psychiatrie de l’adolescent et également la nécessité du développement de ces méthodes dans la recherche clinique en santé publiqueQualitative methods aim to describe, understand and deepen an observed phenomenon. Our objectives are both methodological and therapeutic. We illustrate the contribution of qualitative methods in research from three qualitative studies. These studies will jointly explore the issue of care and especially the perception of psychiatric care from adolescents, their families and caregivers. The first study is a metasynthesis - systematic review and analysis of qualitative literature- on anorexia nervosa in adolescence. The second study will focus on the use of the photographic tool and its effectiveness in qualitative research in adolescent psychiatry. This qualitative study will explore the functioning and family interactions around food and meals using Photo-elicitation. Finally, the third qualitative research will explore the perceived efficacy of care among adolescents receiving a treatment for school refusal, and their parents. These three studies enable us to discuss the contribution of qualitative methods in adolescent psychiatry care research and also the need of developing such methods in the field of clinical research in public health
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Zvonkovic, Jessica. "INTEGRATION AT A STUDENT HEALTH CENTER: A QUALITATIVE STUDY." OpenSIUC, 2019. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/1770.
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Scholars have called for contextual based explorations of factors impacting implementation of integrated health care (IHC), yet IHC researchers agree that a paucity of research remains. (Kirschbaum, Rask, Brennan, Phelan, & Fortner, 2012; Miller, Kessler, Peek, & Kallenberg, 2011). Even less is known about the process of behavioral and physical health care integration in student health centers on university campuses (Alschuler et al., 2008). The purpose of this study was to address specific gaps in the literature of contextualized processes of integration (Kwan & Nease, 2013; Xyrichis & Lowton, 2008) by examining clinician, support staff, and administrator experiences with the process of integration at a student health center and to identify how values, principles, and attitudes impact this process. The results of a qualitative analysis of nine focus groups show the complexity associated with the process of integration as well as the factors impacting implementation at a university health center. Grounded theory methodology was used to analyze the data in three steps: (a) open-coding, (b) axial coding, and (c) selective coding (Corbin & Strauss, 2015). The analysis revealed three axial level categories comprised of 16 open-coding level categories and subcategories. A grounded theory model was developed and depicts how the various phenomena revealed at the axial level were interrelated in the early stages of the Student Health Center’s integration efforts.The conclusions of this study revealed that this organization’s integration was characterized by a collection of interacting Individual-Level, Organization-Level, and Communication variables, including barriers and facilitators of integration, which impact the process of integration. At the center of the theoretical structure was a co-constructed base of knowledge and attitudes from which staff approached and understood integrationa Shared Construct Representing Integration. However, since staff were at the beginning of the process of integration, the form of this construct had not yet come into focus. Therefore, the model is depicted as a “snapshot” in time. These conclusions have many implications for Administrators of student health centers who are considering integration. Prior to embarking on the integration process, interested parties are encouraged to seriously consider the many variables, processes, and strategies identified in this study.
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Vianna, Regina Ferreira. "Qualitative reasoning methodology for the generation of process plant operating procedures." Thesis, University of Leeds, 1995. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/745/.
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The analysis of operating procedures in the early stages of design can lead to safer and higher performance plants. Qualitative reasoning techniques hold considerable promise in supporting generations of operating procedures, since they are able to describe possible trajectories of a system based on non-quantitative information and provide explanation about process behaviour in a way which gives insight into the underlying physical processes. Despite this potential, existing techniques still present limitations related to the tendency for generating non-real behaviour patterns and the inability to describe distributed parameter systems. This study presents a qualitative reasoning methodology, weighted digraph (WDG) approach, for describing the dynamics of complex chemical processes, and in particular of distributed parameter systems, with a considerable reduction in the generation of spurious solutions. It is based on a generalisation of the signed digraph approach and retains its main advantages, such as the ability to easily represent intuitive and causal knowledge and a graph structure which makes apparent the flow of information between variables. In addition, it incorporates several new features, making use of functional weighting, differential nodes and temporal edges, which enable the procedure to qualitatively describe complex patterns of behaviour. The effectiveness of the approach is demonstrated by considering the qualitative modelling and simulation of the dynamic behaviour of several chemical processes: heat-exchanger, CSTR with and without temperature control and distillation column. The proposed weighted digraph approach is used to support generation of start-up procedures with reference to two case studies: a network of heat-exchangers and an integrated system composed of a CSTR and a feed/effluent heat-exchanger. It is shown that the digraph based strategy has the ability to generate feasible operating procedures in the presence of operational constraints and identify the need for modifications of the process topology in order to allow the start-up of the system. Results also indicate that work is still needed in order to further improve the methodology and create an interactive computer based interface to help with reasoning about complex patterns of behaviour.
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Collins, Karen A. "The meaning of patient satisfaction : re-assessing a qualitative psychological research methodology." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2002. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/2961/.
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In a move towards a more informed understanding of the concept of satisfaction, this study aims to explore how thirty dermatology patients describe what it means to be satisfied with their healthcare. This was undertaken by adopting a qualitative research approach, using an in-depth semi-structured interview methodology. It was conducted within the context of a randomised controlled trial of telemedicine in dermatology (RCT). A secondary aim was to evaluate the extent to which the methodological approach of the study (interpretative phenomenological analysis) was successful in eliciting such descriptions. The findings reveal patient satisfaction as being a complex and fluid construct underpinned by a range of values, beliefs, attitudes and experiences. Individual participant descriptions of satisfaction emphasise the importance of 1) receiving a diagnosis treatment and cure, 2) minimum waiting time for appointments and treatment 3) the need to receive adequate information and explanations 4) receiving individualised personal care and 5) the need for participants to feel as though they were being taken seriously and 6) the importance of practitioner characteristics/good communication. Perhaps the most significant observation was the sequential nature of satisfaction, which was defined, redefined and re-evaluated by participants throughout the interview process. This study also identified a continuum of satisfaction across patients' definitions of being 'satisfied' as opposed to 'very satisfied' with healthcare. The method of data analysis (interpretative phenomenological analysis-IPA) was a useful approach to guide the analysis identifying and exploring themes relevant to eliciting the meaning of satisfaction. However, limitations to this methodology were apparent over the course of the study, and alternative methodology, contextualised interpretative phenomenological analysis has been postulated. It is suggested that the journey for a definitive notion of patient satisfaction, can only be meaningfully directed by accepting some form of refinement of phenomenological methods as a means of adding sophistication to existing quantitative studies.
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Allie, Shahieda. "A qualitative exploratory study on creativity in human resource development." University of Western Cape, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/7459.
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Magister Artium (Social Work) - MA(SW)This was an exploratory study on the perceptions and experiences of the service providers at the TRAUMA Centre on creativity in human resource development and its contribution towards organisational sustainability. The researcher used the qualitative research methodology as this method was deemed to facilitate participation by research subjects through the use of literature studies, documentary studies, a focus group and semi-structured interviews. In the analyses of the data obtained through methodology used, concepts closely related to the study being that of creativity, human resource development, managerial practices and organisational sustainability emerged as recurring themes that served to locate the study within systems theory. Due to the inter-relatedness of the concepts, the study was conducted within a framework of human resource development as a means of achieving organisational sustainability. Data gathered confirmed that service providers perceived creativity to be linked to organisational sustainability and that the development of the human resources was an integral means to achieve organisational sustainability. The researcher is of the opinion that the utilisation of the different methodologies largely assisted the researcher in achieving the research objectives of developing the human resources in a creative way.
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Turner, Anton. "The nature and role of qualitative methodology in psychology: a scientific realist perspective." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Psychology, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/4523.
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Interest in qualitative research in psychology has never been stronger, but although qualitative research is making inroads into some areas of psychology, it is still marginalised within the discipline. Psychological researchers remain unconvinced as to the scientific worth of qualitative inquiry. This scepticism is due in good part to qualitative approaches not being accompanied by convincing arguments or demonstrations of their scientific adequacy. The aim of this thesis is to explore the possibility of a broader, scientifically credible role for qualitative inquiry in psychology. For this to occur, a scientifically credible basis for qualitative research needs to be established, or, if such a scientific basis already exists, made more apparent.
There are three barriers to overcome. First, qualitative writers argue that the key barrier to the broader use of qualitative inquiry in psychology is the domination of psychology by positivism/empiricism/postpositivism/realism. However, these writers generally misunderstand and conflate the nature of positivism, empiricism, postpositivism, and realism, because none of these metatheories exclude the use of qualitative methodology. Second, the real barrier to qualitative research in psychology is the 'quantitative imperative' (Michell, 1990), or the belief credible science must involve measurement. This barrier can also be removed by demonstrating that being non-quantitative is no restriction to being rigorously scientific. Third, an analysis of the history of the relationship between qualitative inquiry and psychological science demonstrates the continuing lack of a broadly credible metatheoretical framework for qualitative approaches in psychology.
Of the metatheoretical positions that currently argue over the appropriate role of qualitative methodology in psychology, a specific form of scientific realism is favoured over radical social constructionism. Scientific realism offers qualitative researchers in psychology a scientifically credible metatheory that accepts mindindependence, epistemic realism, the correspondence theory of truth, methodism, but accepts a systematic fallibilism.
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Lobinger, Katharina, and Cornelia Brantner. "Different ways of seeing political depictions: A qualitative–quantitative analysis using Q methodology." De Gruyter, 2016. https://tud.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A38593.
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Visual depictions of politicians play an essential role in the impression formation of the audience because they convey visual cues and attributes related to, for example, likeability or competence. This study examines the subjective audience evaluations based on the visual portrayals of a politician by using Q methodology, a qualitative–quantitative approach of audience research. Q-sorts of 33 different pictures showing a high-ranking European politician, along with personal interviews, were used to probe the audience’s perception of a favorable or unfavorable picture. Q factor analysis yielded four groups of participants. The audience groups differ regarding their expectation toward favorably depicted political behavior and the involved balance of professional political leadership competences, social competences, and personality. In addition, technical and formal representation strategies were identified as important visual cues, but not for all audience groups.
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Varnadore, Michael Ray. "Examining the End-user Perspective of Personal Computer Security| A Qualitative Q Methodology Study." Thesis, University of Phoenix, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10808067.
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The Personal Computer is one of the most versatile inventions of the modern world. From its introduction in the 1980s, businesses have used these devices to perform everything from routine administrative tasks to complex engineering activities. Without proper attention to the security, companies put their ongoing operations and data at risk of theft, alteration, or destruction. Employees using personal computing systems are the primary gatekeepers of intellectual property and at the same time are the source of most data breaches. The purpose of this study was to analyze attitudes and behavioral patterns of end-users who repeatedly fall victim to simulated phishing attacks. Using a Q-Methodology approach, participants rated their level of agreement or disagreement of statements collected from research about end-user attitude and training towards computer security. Analysis of participant responses yielded three factors that demonstrated a pattern of behavior and opinion and categorized participants into three groups; gatekeepers, oblivions, and conformists. Analysis of the three group’s alignment with the studies research questions reveals that although all groups are well trained in computer security procedure and policy, two of the groups demonstrate deficiency in recognizing cyber risk and understanding how to protect against the threat. For companies to be secure, the end-user must view themselves as the primary gatekeeper to protect intellectual property. Technology can be circumvented, passwords can be compromised, and systems can be penetrated. The most effective method therefore to combat cyber threat is to create a culture of vigilance that every end-user understands, accepts, and embraces as their primary responsibility.
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Sullivan, Paul W. "Qualitative data analysis using a dialogical approach." SAGE, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/5842.
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Schneider, Kathryn Frances. "Shepherding the Lost: How Catholic YouTube Influencers use Eudaimonic Messages to Reach Out to Catholic Young Adults." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/98840.
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Millennials are leaving the Catholic Church in great numbers, despite being raised in the faith. When asked for the reason of disaffiliation, young adults do not blame sexual abuse scandals in the Church nor do they cite specific Catholic beliefs and teachings. Instead, they say that they have begun to ask why stay Catholic and what meaning does the Catholic faith provide in their lives. This search for meaning has caused them to leave their faith and seek it elsewhere. However, prominent figures in Catholic media, Emily Wilson and Fr. Mike Schmitz, use YouTube as a platform to reach out to young adults in the Catholic faith. This thesis aims to understand how the two Catholic YouTube influencers use eudaimonic messages in their videos to provide the meaning that young adults have been missing from their faith. Eudaimonics has been linked to a sense of enjoyment beyond pleasure, focusing on a sense of well-being instead; this provides a deeper sense of meaning for those who view media containing eudaimonics. Using a directed content analysis, videos will be analyzed for the seven dimensions of eudaimonics – meaning in life/sense of purpose, self-acceptance, autonomy, competence, relatedness, personal growth, and living according to central personal values – and two transcendent elicitors – hopefulness and religiousness. Comments left by viewers under the videos will also be analyzed to see if viewers pick up on these meaningful messages. This analysis will evaluate how those messages by the YouTube influencers may impact young adult viewers and their Catholic faith.Master of Arts
Millennials are leaving the Catholic Church in great numbers, despite being raised in the faith. When asked for the reason of disaffiliation, young adults do not blame sexual abuse scandals in the Church nor do they cite specific Catholic beliefs and teachings. Instead, they say that they have begun to ask why stay Catholic and what meaning does the Catholic faith provide in their lives. This search for meaning has caused them to leave their faith and seek it elsewhere. However, prominent figures in Catholic media, Emily Wilson and Fr. Mike Schmitz, use YouTube as a platform to reach out to young adults in the Catholic faith. This thesis aims to understand how the two Catholic YouTube influencers use eudaimonic messages in their videos to provide the meaning that young adults have been missing from their faith. Research has shown that eudaimonics provides a deeper sense of meaning for those who view media containing eudaimonic messages. This thesis will analyze the YouTube videos by the Catholic influencers for eudaimonic messages as well as analyze the comments left by viewers. This will help to evaluate how the influencers' messages may impact young adult viewers and their Catholic faith.
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Calefi, Roberta Maura. "Ensino de química analítica qualitativa na graduação: sua importância e metodologias adotadas." Universidade de São Paulo, 2010. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/75/75132/tde-26072010-101443/.
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Um estudo sobre alguns aspectos relacionados ao ensino de Química Analítica Qualitativa no Brasil é apresentado, com o objetivo de oferecer subsídios para discussão sobre a importância e as formas de se trabalhar o conteúdo dessa disciplina em nosso país. Inicialmente, foi feito um levantamento dos aspectos históricos da análise qualitativa, sua introdução e desenvolvimento no ensino superior brasileiro, com destaque ao seu introdutor, o Prof. Heinrich Rheinboldt, a autores nacionais que se ocuparam do assunto, como o Prof. Paschoal Senise (e seus seguidores) e às pesquisas desenvolvidas em nosso país, por Fritz Feigl. Também foi enviado um questionário com 11 perguntas sobre diversos aspectos da disciplina, dirigidas a 134 docentes responsáveis por ministrar Química Analítica Qualitativa em 75 Instituições de Ensino Superior, tanto públicas como particulares, abrangendo todo o território nacional. As questões tinham o objetivo de avaliar a importância dada à disciplina, seu conteúdo e formas de apresentação pelo país. Destes, apenas 20 responderam e suas respostas foram compiladas e analisadas sob diversos aspectos. Como última parte do trabalho foi feita uma resenha das principais metodologias de ensino experimental da Química Analítica Qualitativa, tendo como base os principais livros-texto, citados pelos professores no questionário. Também foram incluídas algumas propostas de metodologia nas quais se evita o uso do controverso sulfeto de hidrogênio. A principal conclusão é que há uma divergência profunda de opiniões sobre a apresentação da disciplina quanto à sua forma e carga horária, porém com certa convergência quanto ao conteúdo. Entretanto, a maioria dos professores que responderam ao questionário, concordou com a importância da disciplina na formação do estudante de química.A study of some aspects considered relevant, concerning the teaching of Qualitative Chemical Analysis in Brazil is presented, looking for subsidy discussions on the importance and approaches of teaching this discipline. Initially historical aspects of the Qualitative Analysis as well as its introduction in our country is presented emphasizing its introducer Prof. Heinrich Rheinboldt and Brazilian authors that concerned on the subject as Prof. Paschoal Senise (and his students) and the research developed here by Fritz Feigl in the last century. A questionary with 11 questions about several aspects of the discipline was sent out to 134 teachers responsible by teaching Qualitative Chemical Analysis in 75 universities and colleges (state and private) all around the country. The questions had the goal of evaluating the importance attributed to the contents and didactical approach used in the discipline. Only 20 answers were received back and their contents were compiled and analyzed under several aspects. As the last part of the work a summary of the main experimental teaching approaches of Qualitative Chemical Analysis based on the text-books mostly cited in the answers to the questionary is presented together with some propositions from the literature that avoid the use of the controversial hydrogen sulphide. The main conclusion is that there is a deep divergence about how to present the contents of the discipline concerning the teaching approach and the time dedicated to the subject with certain agreement in relation to the contents. However, the majority of the teachers that attempt the questionary agreed with the importance of Qualitative Chemical Analysis in the formation of the chemistry student.
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Godinho, Margarida Gabriel Mendes. "O impacto da deficiência nas relações dentro da fratria." Master's thesis, Universidade de Évora, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10174/30683.
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Nesta dissertação pretendemos analisar o impacto da deficiência na relação dentro da fratria. O impacto da deficiência na relação fraterna tem assumido interesse por parte dos investigadores, embora a maioria dos estudos incidam no impacto da deficiência nos pais. É fundamental dar atenção à relação entre os irmãos, pois estes também são parte integrante do contexto familiar. Participaram no estudo 8 indivíduos com desenvolvimento típico, com idades compreendidas entre os 26 e 60 anos, cujo irmãos possuem algum tipo de deficiência. Através de uma metodologia de natureza qualitativa, sob a forma de estudo de caso, pretendeu-se conhecer o impacto da deficiência no contexto da relação fraterna, a partir das perceções do irmão com desenvolvimento típico sobre os seguintes itens: a) efeitos do impacto da deficiência; b) efeitos na relação parental; c) efeitos no seu desenvolvimento psicossocial; e d) perspetivas face ao futuro. Os resultados mostram que os irmãos com desenvolvimento típico se adaptaram favoravelmente à deficiência do/a irmão/ã; predominam os sentimentos de cumplicidade e proteção na atualidade; os efeitos na relação parental são diversificados, sendo positivos e menos positivos; a deficiência contribuiu para a aprendizagem com a experiência e para o enriquecimento pessoal; e destacam-se os sentimentos de preocupação e medo de não estar presente para o irmão/ã, no que se refere às expetativas face ao futuro; The Impact of disability on siblings
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In this dissertation we intend to analyze the impact of disability on siblings. The impact of disability on siblings has gained interest from researchers, as most studies focus on the impact of disability on parents. However, it is essential to pay attention to the relationships between siblings as they are also an integral part of the family context. The sample consisted of 8 individuals with typical development aged between 26 and 60 years, whose siblings have some type of disability. Through a qualitative methodology, in the form of a case study, it was intended to know the impact of disability in the context of fraternal relationship, from the healthy sibling's perceptions about the following items: a) effects of the impact of disability; b) effects on the parental relationship; c) effects on their psychosocial development; and d) prospects for the future. The results showed that the siblings with typical development adapted positively to the sibling´s disability; The feelings of complicity and protection are prominent; The effects on the parental relationship are diverse, being positive and less positive; disability contributed to learning from experience and personal enrichment; and the feelings of concern and fear of not being there for the sibling stand out in terms of expectations for the future.
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A'Hearn, Thomas. "Reckoning Time in the Barber Shop:A Qualitative Study of a Barber Navigating Time, Temporality, and Rhythm." The Ohio State University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1386773352.
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Gross, Perry D. "A Q methodology Analysis of Individual Perspectives of Public Decision Making Influences of Collaborative Processes." ScholarWorks, 2011. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/975.
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Suboptimal public policy formulation and implementation often result from traditional representative democratic practices. Increasing government fragmentation, eroding trust among policy actors, and an increasingly complex policy making environment contribute to this problem. Collaborative decision making is considered to be a pragmatic alternative by its advocates. The purpose of this research was to explore the claim that process dynamics lead participants to prefer collaborative approaches to decision making among local and regional transportation plans in a western state. The conceptual framework was the diversity, interdependence, and authentic dialogue (DIAD) theory-based model of collaboration in decision making. The research questions focused on collaboration participants' perspectives of public decision making, variability of views among collaboration groups, and preferences for collaborative approaches to public decision making. This study employed Q methodology and a 45-statement Q sample about public decision making structured with a 2 X 3 Fisherian research design. Fifty-four Q sorts were collected from two groups of DIAD theory-based collaborative participants and one group of collaborative support professionals. Ten first-order factors were identified among these three groups and used in a second-order factor analysis to identify the higher order views of collaborative, personal-public, and professional-public decision making. Key findings were that study participants support collaborative approaches to public decision making. Study results provide collaboration facilitators with insight into participant views of decision making. The implications for social change are the generation of the deliberative capacity fundamental for democratic societies and increasing civic capacity-building.
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Lock, Sarah Louise. "The psychosocial experiences of partners of people with aphasia : the evolution of an idiographic, qualitative methodology." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2005. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1445174/.
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This thesis is concerned with understanding the psychosocial effects of aphasia for partners, and with the outcomes and processes of group programmes of support and conversation training. It comprises three studies, each of which builds upon the other in method and depth. Study One utilised the quantitative, idiographic Personal Questionnaire Rapid Scaling Technique (Mulhall, 1978) to examine the psychosocial issues of 12 partners of people with aphasia (PWA) before and throughout the programmes. Individual statistical analysis suggested that the scores of four partners showed significant positive change as a result of the support programme, and two changed as a result of the conversation training programme. Results were achieved by considerable data reduction, so changes in individual issues could not be determined. Study Two therefore shifted from the quantitative, researcher's perspective to a method able to capture more fully insider perspectives. The Framework Method (Ritchie and Spencer, 1994) was used to analyse semi-structured interview data from the programme participants. This highlighted, within broad themes, varied and interacting factors that influenced participation and psychosocial change: programme content and organisation, individual circumstances, group and personal processes. The predominant focus of Study Two's findings was the process of intervention, leaving the essential question of how partners really experience psychosocial life with PWA unanswered. By taking a further qualitative shift, Study Three answers that question for one woman. An interpretative phenomenological analysis (Smith, 1996) of her in-depth interview suggests her experience was a complicated process of accommodation linked to life pre-stroke and post-stroke. This process featured complex phases labelled as 'rescue mission and hope', 'endurance, loss and hopelessness' and, finally, 'regeneration'. These phases were linked to her changing perception of her relationship with her husband, her role and her self-image. The thesis concludes with a discussion of methodology, theoretical findings and avenues for further research.
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Bartolomei, Jason E. "Qualitative knowledge construction for engineering systems : extending the design structure matrix methodology in scope and procedure." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/43855.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Engineering Systems Division, 2007.MIT Barker Engineering Library copy: printed in pages.
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This thesis presents a new modeling framework and research methodology for the study of engineering systems. The thesis begins with a formal conceptualization of Engineering Systems based upon a synthesis of various literatures. Using this conceptualization, a new modeling framework is presented called the Engineering Systems Matrix (ESM). The ESM is an improvement to existing system-level modeling frameworks, such as the Design Structure Matrix (DSM), by providing a dynamic, end-to-end representation of an engineering system. In support of this contribution, a new research methodology is presented called Qualitative Knowledge Construction (QKC). QKC can be thought of as a Bayesian-type approach to grounded theory. The methodology integrates qualitative social science with quantitative methods by developing a procedure for translating textual reports of observations, interview transcripts, system documentation, and figures into coded data represented in the ESM. The thesis develops the ESM framework and the QKC methodology in the context of a real world engineering system, a US Air Force miniature uninhabited air vehicle (MAV) product development system.
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Tengnäs, Alexander. "How to recognize a good case study." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Akademin för ekonomi, teknik och naturvetenskap, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-32648.
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Case studies are widely used across a lot of different subject areas, however there are a lot of questions about the use of it because of the doubt in its’ contribution to science and the quality of it. The purpose with this research paper is to define the case study and the characteristics required in it for it to be classified and recognized as a “good” case study. Findings reveal that case study is defined in many different ways depending on the area of subject it is presented in. A good case study is reliable, valid and is used as a qualitative research method and it contains a lot of depth in the investigated single case.
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Victor, Mofjell. "Case studies about swedish companies." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Akademin för ekonomi, teknik och naturvetenskap, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-33029.
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The purpose with this paper is to investigate and get deeper understanding of case studies about Swedish companies. I will focus on the way the case studies have been constructed, the purposes of the studies and how well the findings may be implemented to other contexts. I find this interesting because case studies are something that can benefit every company in other to in some way improve and streamline the business. The data used in this paper will be obtained from various case studies within the subject “Swedish companies” and therefore analyzed to draw conclusions. The findings from this study is that every case study is unique, and there is not one single, optimal way to construct a case study. One must take the purpose of the study into consideration and establish the study from this. However, there are common traits between case studies, such as the ways of obtaining data for the studies and the uniqueness of research question. How well the findings of a case study can be generalized to other contexts also depends on the uniqueness of the purpose of the study.
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Mehta, Purvi. "Designing and evaluating a health belief model based intervention to increase intent of HPV vaccination among college men: Use of qualitative and quantitative methodology." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1368014093.
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Sanchez, João Ricardo. "A atividade orientadora de ensino como alternativa metodológica para a abordagem de metais pesados na disciplina de Química Analítica Qualitativa." Universidade de São Paulo, 2014. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/59/59138/tde-19092014-111235/.
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A disciplina Química Analítica Qualitativa (QAQ), no contexto do Departamento de Química (DQ) da Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto (FFCLRP), passou ao longo dos anos por uma redução de sua carga horária, que era de 11 horas semanais (1990) para 6 horas semanais (2001). Com a limitação na carga horária de QAQ, alguns grupos analíticos (grupos IV e V Metais Pesados), foram aos poucos, deixando de ser abordados no curso de Licenciatura e Bacharelado em Química, ofertados pelo DQ. Devido à importância destes metais na atualidade, acreditamos que não poderiam ser suprimidos do currículo do nosso curso. Desta forma, elaborou-se uma AOE sobre os grupos analíticos IV e V, que haviam sido retirados da marcha analítica e nesta dissertação o objetivo foi investigar a potencialidade da Atividade Orientadora de Ensino (AOE) como estratégia de ensino-aprendizagem em QAQ. A fundamentação teórica deste trabalho pautou-se nos estudos de Vygotsky sobre atividade e consciência e também na Teoria da Atividade proposta por Leontiev. Participaram da AOE 23 alunos da Licenciatura em Química, regularmente matriculados na disciplina de QAQ, que é oferecida no terceiro semestre do curso. A AOE foi desenvolvida no 1o Semestre de 2013 e incluiu três encontros previamente acordados e inseridos no cronograma da disciplina. Os dois primeiros encontros foram desenvolvidos em duas aulas simples de 1h40, para a discussão teórica acerca do tema central - metais pesados - e consequente método de identificação e separação dos mesmos. Nestes, os alunos desenvolveram uma proposta de rota de separação, pautados em uma notícia acerca da utilização de metais em batons e brilhos labiais. O terceiro encontro foi desenvolvido no laboratório didático experimental, em uma aula dupla de 3h30, na qual os alunos colocaram em prática a rota proposta, ao manipularem uma amostra fictícia dos cosméticos. Os encontros foram vídeos gravados, transcritos e posteriormente analisados a partir do método dialético. A metodologia de pesquisa adotada foi a pesquisa participante. A AOE como metodologia de ensino propiciou a interação entre os alunos da disciplina e o professor/pesquisador. Mobilizou os alunos a buscarem informações que pudessem solucionar os problemas relativos aos metais pesados, bem como articular as mesmas estabelecendo nexos entre elas e assim, conceber os conceitos envolvidos. No momento de discussão, pôde-se notar o favorecimento de nexos relacionados à: toxicidade dos metais e seus efeitos no corpo humano; bioacumulação e biomagnificação, saúde do homem, efeito das ações do homem no meio ambiente, impacto do conhecimento científico na sociedade e ambiente, proposta de identificação e separação, entre outros. Os momentos de fala externa para o grupo favoreceram que os alunos organizassem seu pensamento e sua compreensão dos conceitos. Esta AOE foi inserida na matriz curricular na disciplina e contribuiu para a avaliação dos alunos, que receberam uma nota na forma de Prática como Componente Curricular, item exigido no projeto político pedagógico do curso de Licenciatura em Química.The Qualitative Analytical Chemistry discipline (QAC), in the context of the Chemistry Department (CD) of the Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto-FFCLRP (School of Philosophy, Sciences and Letters of Ribeirão Preto), passed over the years by a reduction of its workload, which used to be 11 hours per week (1990) to 6 hours per week (2001). By limiting the workload of QAC, some analytical groups (groups IV and V - Heavy Metals), were gradually ceasing to be covered in the Chemistry Graduation Course, offered by CD. Due to the importance of these metals at present, we believe that they could not be removed from the curriculum of our course. Thus, a Teaching Guiding Activity (TGA) about the analytical groups IV and V, which had been removed from the analytical procedures, has been elaborated and the objective in this dissertation was to investigate the potential of TGA as a teaching-learning strategy in QAC. The theoretical referential of this work was based on the studies of Vygotsky about activity and consciousness and also on the Activity Theory proposed by Leontiev. It was attended by 23 students of the Chemistry Graduation Course, regularly enrolled in the discipline of QAC, which is offered in the third semester of the course. The TGA was developed in the first semester of 2013, and included three meetings previously agreed into the schedule of the discipline. The two initial meetings were developed in two simple classes of 1h40 to the theoretical discussion concerning the central subject - heavy metals - and consequent separation and identification method of the aforementioned metals. In these meetings, the students developed a proposal for separation, guided by a piece of news about the use of metals in lipsticks and lip gloss. The third meeting was developed in the experimental teaching laboratory, in a double lesson of 3h30, in which the students put into practice the proposed route, by manipulating a fictitious sample of cosmetics. The meetings were recorded, transcribed and later analyzed from the dialectical method. The research methodology used was the participatory research. The TGA as teaching methodology provided the interaction between students of the discipline and the teacher/researcher. It also mobilized the students to search for information that would solve the problems related to heavy metals, as well as articulating such information, fomenting links among them and thus, conceive the concepts involved. At the moment of the discussion, it could be noticed the favoring of links related to: toxicity of metals and its effects in the human body; bioaccumulation and biomagnification, men\'s health, effect of human actions on the environment, impact of scientific knowledge in society and environment, the proposed identification and separation, among others. The moments of external speaking for the group, favored the students to organize their thinking and their understanding of concepts. This TGA was inserted into curriculum in the discipline and contributed to the assessment of students who received a grade in the form of Prática como Componente Curricular (\"Practical Course as Curricular Component\") item required in the political pedagogical project of the Chemistry Graduation Course.
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Koelsch, Lori E. "Unlabeled sexual experiences quilting stories and re-envisioning discourses /." Oxford, Ohio : Miami University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=miami1218570250.
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Rawlins, L. Shelley. "Collective Protesting as Existential Communication: A Phenomenology of Risk, Responsibility, and Ethical Attendance." OpenSIUC, 2020. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/1791.
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This dissertation explores the experience of participating in collective protest. I performed an existential-phenomenological analysis of five participants’ in-depth accounts of their involvements participating in collective protest. I considered my interviewees’ discourse to be reflective of their lived, embodied experiences of being in protest with others. Participants each described distinct protesting experiences. I explored their accounts in relation to six basic aspects of existence: self, other, embodiment, time, space, and choice/freedom. From within these existential realms, participants’ accounts revealed five key existential themes of participating in collective protest: (1) Existential Crises and Activation; (2) Existential Magnification; (3) Existential Horizons; (4) Existential Stakes; and (5) Existential Time-Space. These themes emerged from the ways my participants discussed their experiences in contingent and concrete interrelationships with the six basic states of existence. I considered phenomenological similarities and departures across participants’ descriptions and uncovered 30 distinct modes, or manners in which they experienced their participation in embodied collective protest. My insights suggest that collective protests frequently emerge during periods of heightened cultural disorder. During such anxious times, many participants seek the company of others in collective protest to have their voices heard and to be with people who are similarly concerned. Participants discussed the importance of preserving and exercising their First Amendment rights to publicly communicate dissent in this way. My interviewees also described understandings that protesting is a potentially dangerous activity, but that the risks are assumed collectively. While protesting can be unsafe, this collective action pertains to individuals banding together to make an ethical statement addressing the sense that something bad is on the horizon. While in protest together, people often meet like-minded others, and sometimes these connections bond members in enduring activist communities. At the heart of participating in collective protest are individuals who make a personal choice to adventure out in public to demonstrate in communicative interaction with fellow citizens.
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Boháčková, Klára. "Vyhodnocení změny projektové metodiky v obchodní organizaci." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2010. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-76077.
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The thesis is focused on analysis and comparison of the company's internal project methodology and official project methodology PRINCE2. This thesis aims to evaluate which of the methodologies is more suitable for management of projects in Ahold. A comparative qualitative analysis is used for the comparison of the project methodologies. The analysis is mainly focused on comparison of project phases, processes and documents. Furthermore concrete project is used to substantiate how each of these project methodologies would influence its realization. Comparing internal methodology and PRINCE2 methodology it was found that the internal project methodology that respects the specifics of Ahold is better for project management than official methodology PRINCE2.
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Collins, Tanya L. "PERCEPTIONS OF ALUMNI OF CHILD WELFARE REGARDING SUPPORTS RELATED TO THEIR DEVELOPMENT TOWARDS WELL-BEING: A QUALITATIVE CASE STUDY." OpenSIUC, 2019. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/1698.
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The purpose of this study was to gain insights into the perspectives of child welfare alumni related to the educational experiences that facilitated or presented obstacles to academic and social-emotional resilience and well-being and to what extent. Through qualitative methodology, I sought to understand the life and experiences of these participants who experienced foster care and “came out” on the other side of the experience with the ability to live successful lives. Furthermore, I sought to discover how the school setting contributed to building well-being for this population. Data was collected from individual and focus group interviews. My sample consisted of four women who met the criteria for my study as they were taken into custodial care due to maltreatment issues and were with child welfare for at least two years following the placement decision. Results of the study indicated that alumni of child-welfare identified the school environment as contributing to feelings of safety, and as a venue in which they were provided encouragement and support from educators (i.e., teachers, guidance counselors). The findings of this study reinforce the need for school to play an active role in supporting youth in care by providing a safe, supportive environment in which students can learn the skills they need later in life, including the development of basic skills, the ability to inquire, and the ability to express themselves. While school systems are not responsible for meeting every need of their students, schools must meet the challenge when the need directly affects learning.
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Porter, Catherine Sarah. "Mapping spaces : towards a quantitative methodology for exploring maps and mapping in early modern Ireland, c.1530-1610." Thesis, Queen's University Belfast, 2014. https://pure.qub.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/mapping-spaces-towards-a-quantitative-methodology-for-exploring-maps-and-mapping-in-early-modern-ireland-c15301610(5d58fa90-00c1-4a2f-ae67-ff752c07452b).html.
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This thesis assesses the evolution of historic maps of Ireland using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and quantitative approaches. Each of nineteen early modern maps dating to the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries (c.1530 – 1610), a formative period of Irish cartographic history, was analysed to statistically assess the relative positional accuracy of places included on the cartography. Building upon previous studies of analysing cartographic veracity using quantitative approaches, notably Tobler's (1994) bidimensional regression technique, it is the first of its kind to apply these techniques to a series of historic maps. The aim is to test these approaches systematically and critically, compare the statistical techniques, and offer insights into their analytical potential in the history of cartography and historical geography. The thesis also aims to enhance our understanding of the evolution and development of maps and map-making during an age often regarded as revolutionary in scientific cartography in Europe. The study highlighted two main historical and cartographic groups; (I) earlier maps of Ireland created prior to Lythe’s survey cartography in which mapmakers appeared to take a more artistic rather than a ‘measured’ approach to mapping and; (II) maps created subsequent to Lythe’s and of generally higher cartographic precision in illustrating the island's geography. Enduring map ‘errors’ that survived through to the seventeenth century are discussed, and illustrate that the development of maps of Ireland did not progress in a linear fashion. Map lineage was complex, and plagiarism between mapmakers was rife with one map, by Robert Lythe (PHA 9581, c.1571), shown to form the basis for many subsequent maps. The methodology developed in this thesis is a fundamental addition to early map research, by adding to key debates in the history of cartography concerned with how early maps developed and evolved, and providing new insights on Ireland’s early cartography.
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Campinas, Lucia de Lourdes Souza Leite. "O acolhimento ao doente com tuberculose: estudo comparativo entre uma unidade de saúde da família e um ambulatório de especialidades médicas, São Paulo/SP, 2003." Universidade de São Paulo, 2004. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/6/6132/tde-13112013-112558/.
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Objetivo O acolhimento é de fundamental importância nos serviços de saúde. O objetivo da pesquisa foi estudar o processo de acolhimento entre pacientes e profissionais de saúde em uma Unidade de Saúde da Família (USF) e em um Ambulatório de Especialidades Médicas (AEM). O acolhimento entendido não apenas no sentido do acesso à demanda espontânea, mas no sentido de aceitação do doente como sujeito de direitos, desejos para o qual torna-se necessário uma boa comunicação e relacionamento profissional-paciente, a fim de estabelecer uma relação de compromisso e de confiança mútua. Métodos. Trata-se de uma pesquisa de campo, descritiva, com emprego do método quantiqualitativo. Os dados foram coletados por meio de entrevista semi-estruturada. A amostra foi intencional com 32 doentes com tuberculose e 35 profissionais de saúde. A análise das questões fechadas foi descritiva e as questões abertas por meio da técnica do Discurso do Sujeito Coletivo (DSC). Resultados. Na USF os doentes exaltam o acolhimento e a boa qualidade da consulta médica e a atuação dos Agentes Comunitários de Saúde (ACS); observou-se dificuldades de acesso ao serviço. Em contrapartida a queixa no AEM é centrada no modo impessoal e rápido do atendimento. A visão do acolhedor sobre o acolhido é divergente no AEM e USF. No AEM alguns profissionais imputam a culpa ao doente, que é tachado de malandro e desinteressado no cuidado de sua saúde. Na USF essa visão se respalda nos problemas sociais do doente e no estigma causado pela tuberculose. Conclusões. Entre outros aspectos conclui-se que o AEM estudado, apesar da resolutividade dos casos, apresenta falhas na sua capacidade de acolhimento ao doente de tuberculose. Na USF a estratégia do PSF favorece um melhor acolhimento aos doentes com tuberculose, principalmente por meio do trabalho dos agentes comunitários de saúde.Objective: The warming reception is crucially important in health services. The objective of this research was studying the warming reception procedure between patients and health professionals in a Family Heath Unit (USF) and in a Clinic of Medical Specialties (AEM). This reception is not only understood as the acceptance of a spontaneous necessity, but also the patients rights acceptance, for which a good communication as well the professional-patient relationship become essential in order to establish commitment and mutual reliability. Methods: It refers to a descriptive survey using the quanti-qualitative method. Data was collected by a semi-structured interview. The sample was intentional with 32 patients with tuberculosis and 35 health professionals. The closed questions analysis was descriptive and the opened questions one was done by the Collective Subject s Speech technique (DSC). Results: In the USF, patients praise the warming reception, the good quality medical consultation and the Health Community Agents job (ACS); however some difficulties in the access to the service were observed. On the other hand, complaints concerning the AEM are related to a quick and impersonal service. The professionals point of view about the patients differs in the AEM and in the USF. In the former one, some professionals attribute the fault to the patient, who is considered idle and uninterested in his/her health care. In the latter one, the problems are social related to the patient and the stigma caused by the illness. Conclusions: Among other features, it can be concluded that the AEM studied is faulty in the warming reception to the patient with tuberculosis, despite cases resolution. In the USF, the PSF strategy provides the patients with a better reception, mainly through the health community agents job.
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Perissini, Ana Larissa Marques. "A vivência afetivo-sexual de casais inférteis." Universidade de São Paulo, 2010. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/59/59137/tde-14082011-170230/.
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A pesquisa aqui relatada foi realizada com 08 casais inférteis em tratamento na Unidade de Medicina Reprodutiva e Imaginologia de um hospital-escola do interior paulista. A fim de compreendermos o instigante fenômeno da infertilidade, acessamos a vivência desses colaboradores mediante uma questão norteadora: Gostaria que você contasse para mim a sua vivência afetivo-sexual durante o namoro, a partir de seu casamento, quando decidiram engravidar, quando perceberam que tinham dificuldade de engravidar e durante a trajetória clínica da investigação e tratamento da infertilidade. Para análise de seus relatos, utilizamos a metodologia qualitativa, alicerçada na fenomenologia, que consiste na leitura e releitura dos depoimentos, discriminção das unidades de significado, elaboração de categorias e identificação das convergências e divergências encontradas em seus discursos. Para o entendimento de suas declarações, nos apoiamos nas perspectivas psicológica, biológica, sociocultural, histórica e da sexologia. Ao analisarmos os depoimentos, destacaram-se as seguintes categorias de significado: 1) Lembranças do tempo de namoro; 2) A arte do convívio a dois; 3) Desvendando a intimidade sexual; 4) A busca por uma ajuda especializada; 5) O estigma da infertilidade; 6) O filho como projeto de vida; 7) A menstruação como marcador de (in)sucesso do tratamento. Como resultado, percebemos que os casais planejam uma família com filhos biológicos, ou seja, uma família nuclear: pai, mãe, filho, partindo do pressuposto que eles têm o controle da função reprodutora. Entretanto, ao deparar-se com a dificuldade de engravidar, buscam um culpado pela infertilidade. Tornam o sexo mecânico, voltado só para a procriação, sentem-se estigmatizados por sua importência e veem a menstruação como sinônimo de fracasso do tratamento. A perda do controle da função procriadora os leva a buscar por novas tecnologias de RHA. E diante do insucesso do tratamento, muitos casais partem para a adoção, construindo uma família adotiva.The research reported here was conducted with 08 infertile couples undergoing treatment at the Reproductive Medicine and Imaginology Unit of a teaching hospital in the countryside of Sao Paulo state. In order to understand the intriguing phenomenon of infertility, we assessed the experience of these couples by one question: I would like you to tell me your experience during sexual-affective relationship when you were dating, after getting married, when you decided to get pregnant, when you realized you had difficulty to get pregnant and during the course of clinical research and treatment of infertility. For analysis of their reports, we used a qualitative methodology based on phenomenology, which consists of reading and rereading of testimonies, discrimination of the units of meaning, development of categories and identification of similarities and differences found in their speeches. In order to understand their statements, we rely on the psychological, biological, sociocultural and historical perspectives as well as sexology. In reviewing the testimonies, the highlights are the following categories of meaning: 1) Memories of time of dating, 2) The art of living as a couple, 3) Revealing sexual intimacy; 4) The search for expert help, 5) The stigma of infertility, 6) The child as a life project; 7) The menstruation as a marker of (un) successful treatment. As a result, we realized that couples plan a family with biological children, that is, a nuclear family: father, mother, son, assuming that they have the control of reproductive function. However, when faced with the difficulty of getting pregnant, they seek something to blame for infertility. Sex becomes mechanic, aiming at procreation only; they feel stigmatized by their impotence and see menstruation as a synonym for treatment failure. The loss of control of the procreative function leads to the search for new AHR technologies. And faced with the failure of treatment, many couples decide to adopt a child, building an adoptive family.
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Davenport, Elisabeth. "Risks and rewards and electronic publishing : a case study of information science in the United Kingdom using qualitative methodology." Thesis, University of Strathclyde, 1993. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.319274.
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Dumoulin, Jennifer. "Canada's House of Commons and the Perversion of the Public Sphere." Thèse, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/20162.
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Jürgen Habermas’ The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere has been described as outdated and incompatible with 21st century democracies. Among other things, Habermas’ initial formulation excluded the state from the public sphere. Recently, a revised model of the public sphere has emerged that positions the state and other law-making bodies at its centre. Although some theorists have embraced this revised model, others continue to exclude the state or oversimplify its role. While some research has examined how parliaments fit into this revised model, no research has been published on this in a Canadian context. This thesis attempts to fill this gap by answering the research question: Does the Canadian House of Commons constitute a form of the public sphere?
To answer this question, the Canadian House of Commons is explored along three dimensions of the public sphere – structure, representation, and interaction. This system of classification conforms to the essential function and institutional criteria of classical theory and also accounts for revised models of the public sphere. Ultimately, this work argues that the Canadian House of Commons satisfies the structural and representational dimensions of the public sphere. Its interactional dimension, however, is found to be inconsistent with public sphere theory due to a lack of real deliberation and the pervasiveness of party politics.
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Evans, Katherine Louise. "Deconstructing 'readiness' in early childhood education." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10871/27258.
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In the context of early childhood education, in England and internationally, ideas and practices of ‘readiness’ have been of interest within research, policy and practice for some time. Much critical research, scholarship and activism has focused on exploring developmental aspects of this phenomenon arguing for: more ‘appropriate’ standards of ‘readiness’ against which to judge children’s learning and development; closer relationships between schools, preschools and communities that produce culturally responsive concepts of ‘readiness’; and the critical examination of the relationship between early childhood and compulsory school education. Within this body of work there is significant emphasis on developing and articulating alternative ideas and approaches that can unsettle dominant, normalizing practices of teaching and learning. Within these critical explorations of ‘readiness’ however, there is an avenue of scholarship that, seemingly, is as yet unexplored – one that addresses the concept of ‘readiness’ itself and asks how it may be possible to conceptualize ‘readiness’ in a way that is consistent with, and responsive to, complex processes of teaching and learning. This is not just a shift in practice, or in policy narratives, but is an ontological and epistemological change – a reconceptualization of ‘readiness’ that takes as its starting point a fundamental assumption of the positive and productive force of difference, in learning and in life. This thesis explores the ontological and epistemological shifts required to move away from ideas of ‘readiness’ that attach progression to a mechanistically linear movement. It develops and articulates an approach that embraces the emergent and unpredictable nature of learning, from which a concept of ‘readiness’ emerges which works with open, non-linear and emergent dimensions of education as necessary aspects of the complex systems within which we work. The thesis works with the concept of a ‘diffractive methodology’, exploring the concept of ‘readiness’ through ideas and theories drawn from complexity theory, from the immanent philosophy of Deleuze, and Deleuze and Guattari, and through onto-epistemological ideas of materiality and the entanglement of matter and meaning explored in particular by Barad. Methodologically, this study works within the space opened up by recent developments within ‘post-qualitative’ approaches to research. Working with concepts of ‘sensation’ and ‘affect’ it engages critically with often taken for granted concepts and practices such as: assumptions concerning empirical/theoretical research; ideas of ‘data collection’ and ‘data analysis’; and the production of knowledge in and through experience. Deleuzian philosophy (among other influences) is approached in this methodological context as an open system, as opposed to a totalizing structure. Concepts including ‘sensation’ and ‘affect’ are approached as potentialities, the methodological value of which is affirmed through the ways in which they have been productively put to work in the context of this study in order to produce spaces in which it is possible to think and act in ways that challenge conventional structures. What is developed in this thesis is a concept of ‘readiness’ as an ‘active-affective-ethical-relation’, as opposed to a fixed and normalizing identity. It is argued that, through this reconceptualization of ‘readiness’ as a central concept within early childhood education, other taken for granted concepts are unsettled, in particular ideas and practices of assessment. In exploring these concepts, the original ideas produced within this thesis, in relation to both early childhood education and research methodology, aim to contribute to the creation of more ethical and inclusive spaces of early childhood education and educational research.
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Barac, Karin. "Exploring the Intersection of Context, Pedagogy, and Technology in Australian Higher Education Academic Coursework." Thesis, Griffith University, 2022. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/411892.
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Digital transformation within higher education learning and teaching is a wicked problem, one of complexity, involving multiple moving parts and interdependencies (Marshall, 2018). Current conversations tend to coalesce around whether transformation is a pedagogical problem or a technological problem. However, when one takes a pedagogy-first approach, the contextual forces around the technology are ignored (Dron, 2012), and the same is true in a technology-first approach. This research aimed to take a more holistic approach to explore the interdependencies between context, pedagogy, and technology in higher education. To study how they associate and, more importantly, how they influence each other, producing actionable knowledge for designing and supporting effective technology-enabled learning environments. Digital learning and teaching knowledge is often explored through the Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) framework (Mishra & Koehler, 2006), especially in K-12 learning environments and teacher education programs. While TPACK can assess teacher beliefs about pedagogical and technical knowledge, little has been done to explore how those working in higher education institutions apply this knowledge within their design approaches to build learning and teaching environments with their students. The study of learning and teaching environments is often a separate line of inquiry. Digital learning environments and the actions within are often explored through the use of the Community of Inquiry (Garrison et al., 2000) framework. This study combined these two lines of inquiry by developing an evaluative tool, a new deductive codebook, that drew on these two frameworks within these disparate areas of educational technology research. This codebook brought together aspects of context, technology-enabled design, and the learning and teaching experience to understand digital teaching and learning practices within their lived environments. This study sought to understand these practices from both an academic and student perspective by using a case study methodology to generate rich qualitative data for five academics. Each academic’s design process was captured through a mixed-methods approach, including survey responses, semi-structured interviews, and collection of online course artefacts (course outline documents and course websites). Their course designs and communication of their designs were analysed through both content and network analyses. Focus group interviews with their students were also conducted to understand their perspectives on the coursework and how the students understood the academics’ intentions for their designs. Through this multi-layered lens, this study found that while the academics were able to describe their pedagogical and technological approaches towards course design, their ideas were not always linked to how the actions of students or themselves contributed to the overall realisation of the learning experience. The context within which academics design courses also had significant positive and negative influence on their approaches towards technology-enabled design. The study also identified that the communication of designs to students did not always reflect the intent of the design, express the student’s responsibility within the designs or set them up for success in navigating the learning and teaching environment. As a result, students struggled to discern their responsibilities within these environments. The student data also highlighted that they bring their own understandings of pedagogy and technology, understandings that can be at odds with the academics’ own ideas or intentions for the learning and teaching environment, which can constrain the perception of success of the course for both the academics and students. This research complements and builds on understanding the highly contextual nature of academic coursework as a complex system. The combined use of the theoretical frameworks in a qualitative codebook highlighted the importance of investigating academic design knowledge in action. Revealing that the gaps in teacher knowledge do not lie so much between pedagogy and technology rather lie in the effective realisation of the learning and teaching experience with students as active participants. The implications support further research in how academics build and use this knowledge within their course designs and how contextual forces influence how knowledge is applied to create and sustain learning environments with their students.Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
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MacFarlane, Peter D. "Empathy from the Psychotherapy Client's Perspective; A Qualitative Examination." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1384416815.
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Pereira, Beatriz de Castro Sebastião. "Pesquisa etnográfica em marketing." Universidade de São Paulo, 2008. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/12/12139/tde-03092008-115700/.
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Estudos sobre o comportamento humano envolvem situações complexas que não são simples de compreender utilizando-se métodos quantitativos de pesquisa. A identificação desta limitação levou, em anos mais recentes, ao uso crescente de métodos qualitativos para auxiliar a entender o indivíduo e o grupo em seus comportamentos. Em administração e marketing pesquisadores com trabalhos qualitativos têm se baseado em métodos e técnicas mais adequados para a abordagem destes problemas com origens em sociologia, antropologia e psicologia. A etnografia originada na antropologia e sociologia com estudos de comportamento de grupo é um instrumento bastante adequado para estudos em marketing. Este estudo discute a criação e desenvolvimento da etnografia como metodologia de pesquisa em antropologia e mostra como seu uso foi estendido para outras áreas do conhecimento, mais especificamente para a área de marketing. É destacada a evolução da etnografia no universo da pesquisa acadêmica e aplicada, e como a metodologia foi adaptada para realização de estudos na área do comportamento do consumidor, tanto acadêmicos quanto de mercado. O estudo enfoca os usos e limitações da pesquisa etnográfica em marketing. Faz isso em forma de ensaio por meio de levantamento bibliográfico de caráter analítico e descritivo, complementado com entrevistas em profundidade com profissionais que utilizam ou conhecem a metodologia aplicada ao marketing. Conclui-se que sua aplicação em marketing é adequada se houver rigor metodológico, já que esse tipo de pesquisa tem a vantagem de revelar porque os comportamentos relacionados a um dado grupo ocorrem, o que não é possível com outras abordagens de pesquisa. A metodologia apresenta maiores benefícios quando o comportamento de consumo estudado relaciona-se fortemente com características culturais do grupo ao qual o consumidor pertence.Consumer behavior studies entail complex situations that are not simple to understand by quantitative research techniques. Recently there is an enhancement in the use of qualitative methods to help interpret the individual and the group in their behaviors. In business and marketing researchers with qualitative work are increasingly using techniques, and methods that are common in sociology, anthropology, and psychology which have suitable developments to these areas of knowledge. Ethnography originated from anthropology and sociology with group approaches seems to be a good tool to marketing studies. This work discusses how ethnography was originated and developed as a research methodology in anthropology and to show how its use was extended to other areas of knowledge, specifically in marketing. The evolution of ethnography in the academic and applied research universes is emphasized, as well as how the methodology was adapted to be used in consumer behavior studies. The study focus on the uses and limitations of ethnographic research in marketing. This is made by an essay based on analytical and descriptive bibliographic research, complemented by in depth interviews with professionals that use or know the methodology applied to marketing. The conclusion is that the method is adequate in marketing research if applied with methodological rigor. This kind of research has the advantage of revealing why some behaviors related to the reference group occur, what is not possible with other research approaches. The methodology presents more benefits when the consumer behavior is strongly related with cultural characteristics of the group that the consumer belongs.
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Pieterse, Petronella Johanna. "An interpretive analysis of systems development methodology adaptation in South Africa / P.J. Pieterse." Thesis, North-West University, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/1565.
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Koehn, Amy R. "To report or not report : a qualitative study of nurses' decisions in error reporting." Thesis, Indiana University, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3665927.
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This qualitative study was successful in utilization of grounded theory methodology to ascertain nurses' decision-making processes following their awareness of having made a medical error, as well as how and/or if they corrected and reported the error. Significant literature documents the existence of medical errors; however, this unique study interviewed thirty nurses from adult intensive care units seeking to discover through a detailed interview process their individual stories and experiences, which were then analyzed for common themes. Common themes led to the development of a theoretical model of thought processes regarding error reporting when nurses made an error. Within this theoretical model are multiple processes that outline a shared, time-orientated sequence of events nurses encounter before, during, and after an error. One common theme was the error occurred during a busy day when they had been doing something unfamiliar. Each nurse expressed personal anguish at the realization she had made an error, she sought to understand why the error happened and what corrective action was needed. Whether the error was reported on or told about depended on each unit's expectation and what needed to be done to protect the patient. If there was no perceived patient harm, errors were not reported. Even for reported errors, no one followed-up with the nurses in this study. Nurses were left on their own to reflect on what had happened and to consider what could be done to prevent error recurrence. The overall impact of the process of and the recovery from the error led to learning from the error that persisted throughout her nursing career. Findings from this study illuminate the unique viewpoint of licensed nurses' experiences with errors and have the potential to influence how the prevention of, notification about and resolution of errors are dealt with in the clinical setting. Further research is needed to answer multiple questions that will contribute to nursing knowledge about error reporting activities and the means to continue to improve error-reporting rates.
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O'Donnell, Kye. "An investigation into methods for capturing corporate knowledge in an Australian local government context." Thesis, Curtin University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1649.
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This research project investigates the processes of capturing corporate knowledge in an Australian local government context. The City of Perth, the capital city local government of Perth, Western Australia, is the organisation within which this study was conducted. A qualitative research methodology was utilised for this study in order to understand all the factors involved in knowledge sharing, including the human aspects. Data was collected exclusively through structured interviews consisting of a series of open questions. Digital transcripts of these interviews were produced and analysed by the researcher using qualitative data analysis software. The application of the research methodology has produced a rich set of results. The different types and sources of corporate knowledge used by participants and their views on knowledge capture processes are explored. Participants provide insight into their motivations in undertaking knowledge capture, the extent knowledge is shared in the organisation and barriers to sharing knowledge that they had encountered. The utilisation of the organisation’s information management processes and the overall purposes of knowledge capture were also explored by the study. Some of the results are quite predictable and generally supported by the literature, such as a preference for interpersonal communication in the sharing of knowledge. Other results are more unexpected including strongly expressed altruistic support for the good of the employing organisation as their motivation in supporting knowledge management activities and an understanding of the need for knowledge codification.
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Earnshaw, Deborah. "How men experience, understand, and describe masculinity : a phenomenological psychological analysis and photovoice exploration." Thesis, University of Derby, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10545/622719.
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This thesis is an examination of how men describe and experience masculinity. Psychological and sociological research has suggested that masculinity is malleable (Smiler, 2006), there are different versions or pluralities of masculinity (Connell 1995) and can be context-dependent (Gilbert & Gilbert, 2017). Often however hegemonic masculinity is considered the only type of masculinity, and is not flexible, especially when discussed on a social level (Cuthbert, 2015). Based on the researcher’s cultural, social and historical knowledge and understanding, masculinity is very different for people and so is understood, demonstrated and experienced in various ways. This research employed an unstructured interview design, incorporating photovoice, with five participants overall where each participant, except one, was interviewed twice. The first interview was researcher-led, with images provided by the researcher to be the focus for the participant. The second interview was participant-led, with the images provided by the participant to represent what they considered to be masculine or represented masculinity in their everyday life. The data collected was analysed using a combination of phenomenological methods; Descriptive Phenomenological Psychology (Giorgi, 2009) and Hermeneutic Phenomenology (van Manen, 2016). The thesis is presented in two halves. The first is researcher-led and draws on hermeneutic psychology and presents three themes were found from the first interviews: Hegemonic Masculinity with Traditional Masculinity, Characteristics and Non-Conformity; Societal Influence with Culture, Image and Media; and Feminism and Women. The second part of the thesis is participant-led, and draws out the descriptive phenomenological aspects by presenting each individual’s interaction with their chosen images and their ensuing descriptions of masculinity illustrated by them. Themes in this context are individually related rather than demonstrated through a cross-case analysis. Findings demonstrated masculinity as an individual identity, with a social expectation of how men should behave and portray themselves. The way it is perceived, understood, experienced and described is different for each person, as was demonstrated here with the participants’ second interviews. Future research should consider expanding research to include more on everyday factors, such as the use and influence of social media, the projection of masculinity throughout a man’s life, and how men and women both aid in the creation and maintenance of masculinity.
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Dickason, Rebecca. "Le travail émotionnel des professionnels de santé à l’hôpital : caractérisation et leviers d'action organisationnels." Thesis, Rennes 1, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017REN1G016.
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Traduit en français en 2017, l’ouvrage séminal de la sociologue Arlie Russell Hochschild, The Managed Heart (1983), approfondit le « travail émotionnel », un concept ensuite repris dans plusieurs champs disciplinaires et contextes d’étude, et qui est au coeur des exigences émotionnelles identifiées par Gollac & Bodier (2010) comme un des facteurs de risques psychosociaux (RPS). Haut lieu d’émotions, où l’« extra-ordinaire » (la maladie, la souffrance, la mort) fait partie du quotidien, l’hôpital est un environnement particulier pour effectuer le travail émotionnel. Ce dernier suppose (1) de gérer ses propres émotions, (2) d’afficher ou d’exprimer certaines émotions pour agir sur celles du patient, (3) en se conformant à certaines « règles émotionnelles », (4) dans un cadre pétri d’une charge émotionnelle variable. Cette thèse vise l’approfondissement du concept de travail émotionnel à l’hôpital : sa caractérisation, sa définition ainsi que les leviers d’action organisationnels susceptibles de faciliter sa réalisation et d’agir sur ses conséquences. Le travail de terrain a été mené dans un CHU auprès de médecins, d’infirmières et d’aides-soignantes dans des services de soins, relevant de différentes spécialités médicales (urgences, gériatrie, rééducation, neurologie), et accueillant des patients vulnérables ou dépendants. Il repose sur une production de données combinant entretiens, observation directe / observation participante et analyse de documents internes. Les résultats émergeant du travail empirique éclairent le travail émotionnel hospitalier dans un cadre français, son importance pour le professionnel de santé et pour le patient. Ils mettent en avant plusieurs éléments : la nature des « règles émotionnelles » dominantes, la modulation de leur appropriation par les professionnels de santé, les différences de charge émotionnelle entre services, la « pénibilité émotionnelle », des indices de fatigue de compassion (un concept qui diffère de l’épuisement émotionnel), le rôle du travail émotionnel dans la prise en charge du patient. Les leviers d’action organisationnels soulignés sont multiples. Il s’agit (1) d’assurer un socle commun de connaissances/compétences par des formations ciblées et/ou transversales, de faciliter les possibilités de self-care et (2) d’encourager les pratiques « vertueuses » que sont les dynamiques de soutien social, l’aménagement de moments de coupure, l’instauration des conditions temporelles et matérielles d’une régulation émotionnelle collective et la réaffirmation de la place du patient dans le serviceTranslated into French in 2017, sociologist Arlie Russell Hochschild’s seminal work, The Managed Heart (1983), elaborated the concept of “emotional labor” which has subsequently given rise to studies in several disciplinary fields and contexts and which is central to the emotional demands identified by Gollac & Bodier (2010) as one psychosocial risk factor. As a place rich in emotions where the “extra-ordinary” (illness, suffering and death) is an everyday experience, the hospital is a particular environment for the performance of emotional labor, which involves (1) the management of one’s own emotions, (2) showing or expressing certain emotions in order to influence those of the patient, (3) by following “emotional rules”, all (4) within a context marked by a weight of emotions. This thesis endeavors to offer an in-depth examination of hospital emotional labor: characterizing and defining the concept, as well as discussing the organizational levers that could improve how it might be performed and control its consequences. The fieldwork was carried out in a teaching hospital and concerned doctors, nurses, orderlies / nursing assistants working in departments belonging to different medical specialisations (accident and emergency, geriatrics, rehabilitation, neurology) treating vulnerable or dependent patients. Data production was based on interviews, direct and participant observation and analysis of internal documents. The results of this empirical work shed light on hospital emotional labor in France and its importance for the health professional and the patient. They highlight several elements: the nature of the prevailing “emotional rules”, how (far) they are appropriated by health professionals, how the emotional burden differs between departments, the “emotionally onerous nature of the work”, signs of compassion fatigue (not the same concept as burnout) and the role of emotional labor in patient care. A substantial number of organizational levers are outlined: (1) ensuring common knowledge and skills through targeted or broad-based training, facilitating the opportunities for self-care, (2) encouraging “virtuous” practices consisting in social support dynamics, work breaks, making time and space for collective emotional regulation and reaffirming the place of the patient within the care context
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Vlok, Stephen Raymond. "Developing a methodology for the qualitative and quantitative credit analysis of banks in Kenya and Nigeria from a South African perspective." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10798.
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This study presents research on credit risk assessment in emerging market countries with particular emphasis on the Kenyan and Nigerian markets. Using prior emerging market research, information from credit rating agencies and information gained from a country visit, a revised methodology is devised. Using this methodology, the individual banks scores are in line with the expectations of how they would rank relative to each other in terms of qualitative and quantitative factors.
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Aponte, Ludy Glenn. "A Grounded Theory Approach to Studying Strategic Planning in Higher Education: A Qualitative Research Methodology Utilizing the Literature Review and Interview." University of Toledo / OhioLINK, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1308566274.
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Jackson, Karolina. "A Sweet Deal? : A qualitative study regarding the process of empowerment for women who take part in an income generation program in South Lombok, Indonesia." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för socialt arbete - Socialhögskolan, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-88074.
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Indonesia signed CEDAW 1980 and ratified it in 1984 making it one of the first countries in South East Asia to do so. Despite legislation and governmental efforts women are still discriminated against in areas such as access to education, resources and credit. Income generation and women´s empowerment have been recognized on an international level as important strategies to enhance gender equality and in the process of alleviating poverty. By using the method of the focus group interview this study examines the process of empowerment for a group of women who take part in an income generation program in South Lombok, organized by a local NGO which uses the CAF methodology of self funded communities. Using Jo Rowlands (1997) empowerment model to analyze the collected data the study identifies encouraging and inhibiting factors to the empowerment process and the changes the process have generated. The study finds that the income generation program provides an important motivation for the women to join and the women experience some empowering impacts due to access to resources. However, it is the educational aspects of the program as well as the social support system that the self-help groups provide that contain the most empowering elements.
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DeLenardo, Samantha. "Game Changer: Mental Health Strategic Communication Plan for Varsity Football Players." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/24356.
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In the past two years, six National Football League players have died by suicide. Investigations into most of the deaths revealed that the players suffered from brain damage likely caused by repeated concussions. As is the case with many health issues, tragedy often precedes action; the suicides of these high profile football stars have catalyzed action on concussion policy and practice, as well as opened up the conversation about the overall mental health of athletes.
This thesis joins the conversation around mental health and athletes, specifically Canadian varsity football players. Mental health problems and illnesses are presented as especially common, affecting about 1 in 5 Canadians. That is not to underestimate the severity of mental illnesses, which can deteriorate an individual’s quality of life, significantly impact friends and family and, in the most severe cases, also lead to death by suicide. That said, this thesis adopts a theoretical perspective that focuses on the promotion and protection of good mental health.
This thesis is primarily concerned with investigating the social, political, and external factors that negatively impact how football players conceptualize mental health and mental illness, and also the recommended behaviour to seek professional help if needed. The growing body of research concerning the negative impact of mental illness stigma is compelling and leaves no doubt that stigma is a significant barrier to recovery. This thesis explores the stigma process as well as its social function in groups. Next, it investigates how the already powerful stigma around mental illness is further exacerbated by gender and more specifically, how traditional masculine ideology (i.e. men should be strong and powerful) conflicts with stereotypical beliefs about mentally ill people (i.e. weak and/or incompetent). Gender and health are further linked in terms of behaviour. In other words, rejecting health behaviours becomes a strategy some men utilize to project their masculinity, paradoxically contributing to the creation or worsening of many health problems. A health behaviour that is explored in detail is psychological help-seeking, and the psychosocial processes of help-seeking, which are also mainly regulated by masculinity. An overview of the most common mental health problems and illnesses found in male varsity athletes is provided.
All of the above components are then applied to the unique context of varsity football players. The thesis draws on the literature as well as qualitative interview data that explores the experiences of 8 varsity football players at the University of Ottawa. Regarding mental health promotion, the findings show that football players may require adapted communication approaches. To that end, the thesis transitions into an early-stage health communication plan supported by the literature and the primary data. The plan proposes overall outcomes, short term/intermediate objectives, a communication strategy, and a tactical approach. Next, a web-based health resource is suggested as a primary communication vehicle and is outlined in detail. The plan then suggests potential partnerships for extending the strategic communication plan’s reach and credibility. This is followed by suggestions for evaluating both the short term/intermediate objectives as well as the strategic communication plan’s overall impact.
This thesis concludes with a chapter exploring the contributions lifted from the eight qualitative interviews, as well as suggested directions for research, policy and practice.
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Oliveira, Edward Meirelles de. "Processos de apropriação da prática na construção do cuidado em saúde, sob a perspectiva de usuários do Programa de Saúde da Família Rural de Sacramento/MG." Universidade de São Paulo, 2009. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/59/59137/tde-13062013-110812/.
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Implantado em 1994, o Programa Saúde da Família (PSF), hoje Estratégia Saúde da Família (ESF), vem buscando garantir o acesso equânime à saúde a partir de um modelo que tem como princípios básicos: a integralidade, hierarquização, territorialização, equipe multiprofissional e o caráter substitutivo do modelo de assistência à saúde. A tradução destes princípios na prática, nem sempre efetiva, tem sido discutida, principalmente no que diz respeito ao seu caráter substitutivo. Nesse sentido, o presente estudo, enquadrado no campo da saúde coletiva, foi realizado junto aos usuários de famílias adscritas a uma equipe rural do PSF de Sacramento/MG. O objetivo foi identificar elementos para sistematizar determinantes do processo de apropriação pela comunidade, sobre o trabalho conjunto de profissionais de saúde, no contexto do atendimento junto ao PSF. Os dados foram obtidos em grupos focais compostos por representantes das famílias de três comunidades rurais microáreas da área de abrangência do PSF Rural. A análise das entrevistas grupais foi processada via identificação de conteúdos ex post facto, agrupados em categorias temáticas, relacionadas ao processo de apropriação do trabalho oferecido pelo PSF. Tais resultados foram analisados à luz do referencial teórico da saúde na comunidade. Quatro categorias temáticas agruparam alguns determinantes ligados ao objetivo do trabalho: A) Disponibilidade, em que foram reunidos os conteúdos sobre a quebra de barreiras para o atendimento e acesso aos serviços prestados, tendo o Rapport como facilitador do vínculo com o usuário. B) Acesso a Recursos, crenças e representações voltadas à avaliação dos elementos necessários à atenção primária à saúde e com a garantia de serviços secundários e terciários. C) Condições Materiais, relacionadas à vulnerabilidade social e processos de anomia frente à manutenção das conquistas, dada à falta de organização e depreciação dos espaços coletivos para promoção da saúde. D) Movimento Social, relacionado à politização/apropriação do trabalho coletivo e à legitimidade do convívio entre a equipe e a comunidade. Considerando as crenças e representações identificadas, observamos que a compreensão da práxis é balizada pela vinculação do trabalho com os componentes históricos, políticos, ideológicos e culturais que a determinam. O enfrentamento do processo saúde-doença pela comunidade aliada à Equipe de Saúde da Família envolve outros elementos além do conhecimento técnico, o que determina uma simetria no vínculo profissional-paciente, viabilizando a construção conjunta das condições do trabalho em saúde. Assim, a sistematização da aprendizagem informal decorrente da atuação conjunta representa uma alternativa à superação do modelo hegemônico em saúde e de reorientação do ensino em saúde no sentido de favorecer a atuação profissional voltada para os aspectos psicossociais do cuidado em saúde.Established in 1994, the Family Health Program (PSF), today called Familys Health Strategy (ESF), is trying to guarantee an equal access to health through a model that has as basic principles: the integrability, hierarchization, territorialization, multiprofessional group and the substitutive character of health assistance. The translation of these principles in practice, not always effective, has been discussed, especially in what concerns to its substitutive character. In this sense, the present study, comprehended at the field of collective health, was accomplished close to the users of families inscribed on a rural group of the PSF from the city of Sacramento, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. The aim was to identify elements to systematize causal factors of the appropriation process by the community, over the joined work of the health area professionals, attending at the Family Health Program (PSF). The data were got in focused groups composed by family representatives from three rural communities microareas from the Rural Family Health Program scope. The analysis of the grouped interviews was processed by ex post facto contents identification, gathered in thematic categories, related to the work appropriation process offered by the Family Health Program. These results were analyzed according to the theoretical reference of health at community. Four thematic categories gathered some determinants joined these work aims: A) Availability, in which were gathered contents about the breaking barriers of attendance and access to health services, having the Rapport as a facilitator of the bond with the user. B) Resource Access, beliefs and representations toward to evaluation of necessary elements to primary health care and with guarantee of secondary and tertiary services. C) Material Conditions, related to social vulnerability and anomie before the maintenance of the conquests, due the absent organization and depreciation of the public spaces of health promotion. D) Social Movement, related to politicization/collective work appropriation and the legitimacy of the relationship between the professional group and the community. Considering the beliefs and representations identified, its observed that the practice comprehension is oriented by the work entailment with historical, political, ideological and cultural components which determine them. The community facing of the health-disease process combined to the Family Health Group involves other elements besides the technical knowledge, what determines an entailed symmetry between the professional and the patient, making feasible the conjunct construction of the work in health conditions. Thus, the informal learning systematization resulting from the conjunct labor represents an alternative to the overcome of the health hegemonic model and reorientation of the health teaching in the sense of facilitate the professional actuation faces to psychosocial aspects of the health care.
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Blanchette, Cynthia. "Mobilité intra-organisationnelle et responsabilité sociétale de l'entreprise : essai de conceptualisation de la mobilité responsable." Thesis, Paris 1, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018PA01E036.
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En se basant sur la littérature, nous étudions les liens entre les concepts de mobilité intra-organisationnelle et de Responsabilité Sociétale de l’Entreprise (RSE). Aujourd’hui, les salariés et les entreprises portent un intérêt croissant pour ces deux concepts. Le contexte économique et social, engendre une grande préoccupation pour la mobilité et pour la RSE. La loi du 22 septembre 2017 modifie en profondeur le droit du travail notamment au niveau du régime du licenciement. Ce contexte vient accentuer et souligner l’importance du sujet. Afin de comprendre les enjeux, nous étudions ces concepts sous l’angle gestionnaire, économique et juridique. Puis, le fruit de notre réflexion nous amène à conceptualiser la «mobilité responsable» à partir de cinq grands piliers : l’employabilité, la justice organisationnelle, l’équité, les catégories-socio professionnelles et les ancres de carrière. Notre démarche empirique a pour objectif de mieux appréhender les enjeux des démarches de mobilité interne. Tout d’abord, nous réalisons 47 entretiens auprès de membres de la direction des ressources humaines de 19 grands groupes situés en France. Dans le cadre d’une démarche basée sur la théorie enracinée, l’objectif est l’émergence de la connaissance sur le processus et les outils d’accompagnement de la mobilité interne. À l’issue de ces entretiens, nous proposons une grille de lecture originale et innovante. Afin de recueillir le point de vue des salariés, nous mettons en œuvre une démarche quantitative. Dans cette perspective, nous diffusons un questionnaire de recherche via internet auprès de salariés de grandes entreprises en France. Notre échantillon compte 313 répondants. Cette démarche complémentaire permet de connaître les liens avec notre concept de mobilité responsable. Nous cherchons à valider ou invalider nos hypothèses et à mesurer les influences de la mobilité responsable. Nous trouvons de profondes différences dans les pratiques de mobilité intra-organisationnelle dans les entreprises. La catégorie socio-professionnelle est un élément prégnant expliquant la diversité des pratiques d’entreprise. Cette thèse contribue à l’exploration de la mobilité responsable dans les disciplines de sciences de gestion au sein des problématiques de gestion des ressources humainesBased on the literature, we study the links between the concepts of intra-organizational mobility and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Today, employees and companies are increasingly interested in both concepts. The economic and social context gives rise to great concern for mobility and CSR. The law of September 22, 2017 profoundly changes the labor law, particularly at the dismissal regime. This context accentuates and emphasizes the importance of the subject. To understand the issues, we study these concepts from a managerial, economic and legal point of view. Then, we conceptualize "responsible mobility" based on three main pillars: employability, organizational justice and equity. Our approach allows us to better understand the issues related to the intra-organizational mobility approach within companies. First, we carry out 47 interviews with members of the human resources department of 19 major groups located in France. As part of an approach based on Grounded Theory, the objective is the emergence of knowledge about the process and the tools for supporting internal mobility. As an outcome of these interviews, we propose an original and innovative reading grid. In order to gather the point of view of the employees, we implement a quantitative approach. Then, we circulate a research questionnaire to employees of large companies in France via the Internet to gather data on the point of view of the employees. Our sample has 313 respondents. This complementary approach makes it possible to know the links with our concept of responsible mobility. We seek to validate or invalidate our hypotheses and measure the impact of responsible mobility. We find many differences in intra-organizational mobility practices. The socio-professional category is an essential element explaining the diversity of practices in companies. This thesis contributes to the exploration of responsible mobility in the disciplines of management sciences in the context of human resources management issues
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Mapes, Aimee Cheree. "Sponsoring literacy: borderland communities and student identities in an academic support program." Diss., University of Iowa, 2009. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/250.
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While much has been written about the efficacy of academic support programs for increasing the retention rates of university students deemed academically underprepared, few studies examine how students engage the support classroom with an emphasis on expressions of literacy. This qualitative study responds to recent calls in student development literature for more studies into particular practices of university support programs. Focused on an exemplar support program at a larger, public university in the American Midwest, the study gathered perspectives about the support of academically underprepared students, teasing out the differences in administrators', instructors', and students' voices. Insights from the perspectives revealed that explicit metaphors of support in the programmatic discourse emphasized a skills model for academic development and a utopian model of student safe houses. In the classroom, however, five focal students suggested that literacy learning was far more complex. In particular, students' data revealed the generative potential of sociocultural literacy theory for conceptualizing praxis in an academic support program.
Examining how five focal students responded to the complex programmatic perspectives of support showed that student engagement was far more intricate than strong retention rates. First, a close analysis of five focal students revealed that learning academic discourses was more than appropriation of skills; it was ways of discerning which practices to use for different communities and learning to signal one's role in these communities. Second, students revealed that student community in the support program was a borderland of difference rather than a safe house. Finally, students illustrated that opportunities for creative improvisation in literacy performances was integral to student engagement.
The findings have insights for how to conceptualize pedagogy in support programs related to emergent sociocultural theories of Third Space. Specifically, imagining the support classroom as borderland play suggests that the how of student engagement was often how the five focal students proactively co-constructed the learning.
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Taber, Micheal W. Jr. "I Know I Shouldn’t Generalize, but…: A Rhetorical Critique of Ethnography in Composition Studies." Scholar Commons, 2010. https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/1785.
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This thesis looks at Stephen North's 1987 claim of the limits of ethnography in composition research and looks at modern, published research studies to see how they have heeded North's warnings.
In 1987 Stephen North claimed that the future of ethnographic methodology in composition research was doomed unless those who would adopt this qualitative technique understood its limitations. North argued that each ethnography is only valuable as an individual study, that individual studies are not cumulative towards some absolute and discoverable positivistic model of knowledge. This warning of the problem and limitations of modern qualitative ethnography was issued over 2 decades ago; how have we done? Does the modern composition researcher who uses ethnographic methodology heed North's warning not to generalize, or do they just tip their hat at North and do it anyway? But regardless of North's dire predictions and warnings, it is apparent that ethnography as a research methodology (in its many disputed forms) is here to stay in composition studies.
This thesis provides a sample of research ethnographies published since North's 1987 warning and looks at the methodologies, narrative style, and theoretical conclusions used by some current researchers. By using a close rhetorical analysis which compares the language choices and theoretical positions of those well-received studies against the idea of the non-cumulative nature of ethnographic study, I will contrast what modern researchers say they will do versus what is presented within their published work.
Using North's and others' claims on the limitations of generalizable knowledge and hypotheses-testing fallacies of ethnographic methodology for research in composition studies, this thesis first defines the research questions, offers a definition of methodological terms in context of rhetoric and composition research, offers a background of critique, and applies this critique to a sample of post-North published dissertations and monographs.
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O'Donnell, Kye. "An investigation into methods for capturing corporate knowledge in an Australian local government context." Curtin University of Technology, Dept. of Media and Information, 2007. http://espace.library.curtin.edu.au:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=21532.
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This research project investigates the processes of capturing corporate knowledge in an Australian local government context. The City of Perth, the capital city local government of Perth, Western Australia, is the organisation within which this study was conducted. A qualitative research methodology was utilised for this study in order to understand all the factors involved in knowledge sharing, including the human aspects. Data was collected exclusively through structured interviews consisting of a series of open questions. Digital transcripts of these interviews were produced and analysed by the researcher using qualitative data analysis software. The application of the research methodology has produced a rich set of results. The different types and sources of corporate knowledge used by participants and their views on knowledge capture processes are explored. Participants provide insight into their motivations in undertaking knowledge capture, the extent knowledge is shared in the organisation and barriers to sharing knowledge that they had encountered. The utilisation of the organisation’s information management processes and the overall purposes of knowledge capture were also explored by the study. Some of the results are quite predictable and generally supported by the literature, such as a preference for interpersonal communication in the sharing of knowledge. Other results are more unexpected including strongly expressed altruistic support for the good of the employing organisation as their motivation in supporting knowledge management activities and an understanding of the need for knowledge codification.