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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.
Full textHignett, Sue. "Using qualitative methodology in ergonomics : theoretical background and practical examples." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2001. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/11183/.
Full textNyberg, 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.
Full textGodkänd; 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
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.
Full textQualitative 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
Zvonkovic, Jessica. "INTEGRATION AT A STUDENT HEALTH CENTER: A QUALITATIVE STUDY." OpenSIUC, 2019. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/1770.
Full textVianna, Regina Ferreira. "Qualitative reasoning methodology for the generation of process plant operating procedures." Thesis, University of Leeds, 1995. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/745/.
Full textCollins, 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/.
Full textAllie, Shahieda. "A qualitative exploratory study on creativity in human resource development." University of Western Cape, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/7459.
Full textThis 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.
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.
Full textLobinger, 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.
Full textVarnadore, 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.
Full textThe 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.
Sullivan, Paul W. "Qualitative data analysis using a dialogical approach." SAGE, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/5842.
Full textSchneider, 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. 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.
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/.
Full textA 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.
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.
Full textA'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.
Full textGross, 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.
Full textLock, 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/.
Full textBartolomei, 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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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.
Full textVictor, 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.
Full textMehta, 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.
Full textSanchez, 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/.
Full textThe 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.
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.
Full textRawlins, L. Shelley. "Collective Protesting as Existential Communication: A Phenomenology of Risk, Responsibility, and Ethical Attendance." OpenSIUC, 2020. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/1791.
Full textBoháčková, Klára. "Vyhodnocení změny projektové metodiky v obchodní organizaci." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2010. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-76077.
Full textCollins, 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.
Full textPorter, 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.
Full textCampinas, 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/.
Full textObjective: 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.
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/.
Full textThe 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.
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.
Full textDumoulin, 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.
Full textEvans, Katherine Louise. "Deconstructing 'readiness' in early childhood education." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10871/27258.
Full textBarac, 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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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.
Full textPereira, 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/.
Full textConsumer 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.
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.
Full textKoehn, 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.
Full textThis 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.
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.
Full textEarnshaw, 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.
Full textDickason, 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.
Full textTranslated 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
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.
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.
Full textJackson, 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.
Full textDeLenardo, 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.
Full textOliveira, 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/.
Full textEstablished 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.
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.
Full textBased 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
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.
Full textTaber, 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.
Full textO'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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