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Quirk, M., A. Style, and D. Lasser. "Family practice and internal medicine residentsʼ values related to future medical practices." Academic Medicine 60, no. 2 (February 1985): 138–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00001888-198502000-00011.
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Kanungo, Rabindra N., and Zeynep Aycan. "Issue of Culture Fit in Human Resource Management Practices." Vision: The Journal of Business Perspective 2, no. 1 (January 1998): 5–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/09722629x98002001002.
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The paper presents a model of culture-fit to understand human resource management (HRM) practices in both the developed and the developing countries. The model postulates that (a) socio-cultural values and enterprise environment affect the internal work culture of organizations which in turn influence managerial practices, and (b) organizations in the developed and developing countries differ in their internal work culture and HRM practices because of the differences in socio-cultural values of these countries. Empirical evidence is presented to support the model. Several practical implications for managerial practice are suggested.
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Matiatou, Maria. "From Internal Branding to Cultural Transformation." International Journal of Knowledge Society Research 6, no. 2 (April 2015): 1–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijksr.2015040101.
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The primary objective of this paper is to explore internal branding as a corporate philosophy: assess the relevance of its values, evaluate the tactics implemented, the nature of the internal communications involved, the outcomes thereof and its role as critical bridge over vision, culture and image gaps. It also aims at bringing awareness on failure possibilities and risks involved when internal constituencies do not fulfill their role as brand ambassadors. Following an overview of the internal branding methodology and literature, perceptions of employees on internal brand communication practices are captured and matched to aspirations, missions and values in different companies. Internal communication and branding outcomes are organically attached to the nexus of corporate identity; alignment of values and beliefs promotes brand identification, integrates practices, boosts loyalty and helps the organization speak in one voice. While some companies have managed to exemplify this strategy through honest and consistent efforts, it is unsafe to generalize the assumption across different industries that normally fail to undertake effective internal branding initiatives through their corporate communication department to strengthen their brands. It is therefore worth evaluating methods that can align theory, intentions and practice.
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Ben-Shemesh, Yaacov. "Law and Internal Cultural Conflicts." Law & Ethics of Human Rights 1, no. 1 (January 1, 2007): 271–308. http://dx.doi.org/10.2202/1938-2545.1008.
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Liberal political theory acknowledges the interdependence of the wellbeing of individuals and the flourishing of the cultural groups to which they belong. Consequently, many liberal political philosophers have proposed policies and laws aimed at multicultural accommodation. That is, policies and laws aimed at assisting communities to preserve their cultural values and practices, and at allowing them greater autonomy and self-government. However, certain religious and cultural groups hold beliefs, values, and practices that are oppressive and discriminatory against some of their own members. Accommodating such groups may contribute to the discrimination and oppression. This question of minorities within minorities poses a real dilemma for liberal political philosophy. In this Paper I focus on certain cases that fall under the minorities within minorities framework that raise particularly complicated theoretical considerations. These are the cases where the demands for equal treatment are raised not by the state or by outsiders, but by disadvantaged individuals and groups within a community, who base their claim for greater equality not on the superiority of liberal values over the values of their culture but rather on an alternative, competing, interpretation of the values of their culture. I suggest that strong normative considerations support the view that the liberal state should assist challenges by marginalized individuals within communities to reinterpret cultural values and traditions in ways more favorable to them.
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Hall, Kelly, Catherine Needham, and Kerry Allen. "Micro entrepreneurship in the care sector: motives, values and practices." Voluntary Sector Review 10, no. 3 (November 1, 2019): 311–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/204080519x15738068469662.
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This article uses qualitative interviews to explore the identity of care micro enterprises, focusing on the motives, values and practices of the people who set them up (the ‘micro entrepreneurs’). It draws on a bricolage framework to demonstrate how they use local resources and networks, as well as traits of creativity and improvisation, to overcome limitations and get ahead within a turbulent and under-resourced social care sector. In doing so, it contributes to debates on hybridity, in particular the internal and external conflicts that hybrid organisations like micro enterprises face when managing competing social and market logics.
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Spence, Mark T., and Sudhir H. Kale. "Optimising the internal value chain: Principles and practices." Journal of Management & Organization 14, no. 2 (May 2008): 193–206. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1833367200003394.
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AbstractThe employee–customer interface in hedonic services requires high quality interactions at key touch points to ensure experiences are positively remembered. We propose an approach that combines service blueprinting with internal marketing to achieve these experiences. While internal marketing suggests using marketing techniques for hiring, retaining and motivating employees, the literature in this field has been largely independent of each employee's contribution to the internal value chain. Service blueprinting is a useful approach which makes explicit the value creation processes used in service production. No study has thus far connected the blueprint (which identifies functions to be performed) to internal marketing (which specifies the mechanisms for hiring, retaining and motivating the people performing the functions). This paper proposes a service value chain optimisation framework to enhance employee–customer interactions in hedonic services using these two research streams.
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Spence, Mark T., and Sudhir H. Kale. "Optimising the internal value chain: Principles and practices." Journal of Management & Organization 14, no. 2 (May 2008): 193–206. http://dx.doi.org/10.5172/jmo.837.14.2.193.
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AbstractThe employee–customer interface in hedonic services requires high quality interactions at key touch points to ensure experiences are positively remembered. We propose an approach that combines service blueprinting with internal marketing to achieve these experiences. While internal marketing suggests using marketing techniques for hiring, retaining and motivating employees, the literature in this field has been largely independent of each employee's contribution to the internal value chain. Service blueprinting is a useful approach which makes explicit the value creation processes used in service production. No study has thus far connected the blueprint (which identifies functions to be performed) to internal marketing (which specifies the mechanisms for hiring, retaining and motivating the people performing the functions). This paper proposes a service value chain optimisation framework to enhance employee–customer interactions in hedonic services using these two research streams.
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Desai, Prarthan B. "Values Practices and Identity Sustenance in Dual-identity Organizations." Journal of Human Values 23, no. 1 (January 2017): 1–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0971685816673477.
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A dual identity organization refers to an organization having two, often mutually conflicting, self-referential definitions of ‘who we are’ as an organization (Albert & Whetten, 1985). Values practices are defined as ‘the sayings and doings in organizations that articulate and accomplish what is normatively right or wrong, good or bad, for its own sake’ (Gehman, Trevino, & Garud, 2013, p. 84). In this paper, I study influence of values practices on sustenance of an organizational identity in dual-identity organizations. I adopted a qualitative approach and single case study method for providing a rich narrative of the phenomenon. I collected data from an Indian software organization involved in both software services and software products businesses. The case data show that values practices manifested inside dual-identity organizations in the form of comparisons of the two identities by internal audiences. The study identifies three types of distinct, but interrelated, values practices: (1) values infusion, (2) collective perceptions of pragmatic alignment and (3) collective expectations of equality and equity. The case data show that ineffective management of these values practices was detrimental to the sustenance of an organizational identity that failed to perform well on conventional performance parameters.
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Yun, Gawon, Maling Ebrahimpour, Prabir Bandyopadhyay, and Barbara Withers. "Internal and vendor employees’ unethical behaviors in the supply chain: the case of India." Benchmarking: An International Journal 27, no. 1 (September 30, 2019): 59–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/bij-01-2019-0038.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of a corporate ethical policy, such as a code of ethics, on the unethical behavior of internal and vendor employees in the supply chain in India. It also aims to find whether International Standards Organization (ISO) certification of vendors affects the result and any significant relationship between management commitment and unethical behavior can be supported by the findings as well. Design/methodology/approach Empirical analyses were conducted on a survey consisting of 43 questions comprising 181 valid responses. Multiple regression analysis that includes four independent variables – code of ethics, management commitment, supply chain principles and personal values taking unethical behavior as dependent variable – was used to find the significance of the relationship. Findings The implementation of a code of ethics, management commitment, supply chain principles and personal values all have a negative association with unethical behavior. Personal values, measuring a firm’s financial aspects for non-compliance to ethical behavior, have a positive association with unethical behavior. The relationships of top management commitment, personal values with internal employees’ unethical behavior are significant. The significant relationship between management commitment and unethical behavior can be supported by the findings as well. It was also found that ISO certificates and firm size as the control variables did not have any effect on the relationship between the independent variables and unethical behavior. The analysis also shows that ISO 26000 certificate, the international standard for socially responsible operations, does not impact this relationship. Research limitations/implications Measuring substantial managerial effort for corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices by asking questions like, “how committed employees think top management is to social responsibility,” may not fully measure substantial managerial effort for CSR practices. To improve the results of the current study, future research can use the CSR index or disclosure as a measure to better reflect management commitment and practice for social responsibility. Second, the current study is limited to measuring how many occurrences of unethical behavior are witnessed by employees instead of what specific unethical behavior is more often witnessed. Considering India has the second largest population in the world, 181 responses may not represent the true practices in the business environment in India for generalization. Practical implications The findings suggest that management should put more of an emphasis on improving the commitment of upper-level managers to decrease the overall unethical practices of their employees. The study finds that employees’ personal values influence their ethical behavior. Therefore, communications and training of employees at all levels should emphasis on improving personal values. Social implications Businesses should influence academics to incorporate personal value building in course curricula. The Indian CSR law should incorporate the holistic view of CSR taking care of needs of all stakeholders under the provision of the regulation. In 2015, India became the first country in the world to legislate CSR practices in corporations but it misses the opportunity to sensitize the management and employees on ethical practices as it mainly identified philanthropic expenses as mandatory CSR spending and silent on ethical business practices. Originality/value The present study contributes to the literature by bringing supply chain context to the effect of different factors on unethical behaviors and interaction of internal and vendor firms in terms of ethical practices. There are several studies on business ethics in different countries including China, but in the case of India similar studies are not much. The present study fills the gap.
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Dubois, Mark R., Thomas J. Straka, and W. F. Watson. "A Cost Index for Southern Forest Practices." Southern Journal of Applied Forestry 15, no. 3 (August 1, 1991): 128–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/sjaf/15.3.128.
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Abstract Simple forest practice cost indexes, a weighted aggregate Southern Forest Practice Cost Index (SFPCI), and a Southern Forest Employee Wage Index (SFEWI) are developed. The SFPCI measures temporal changes in average costs of a fixed "operations basket" of southern forest practices. Each forest practices's relative contribution to the SFPCI are also calculated. General trends, and internal and external factors influencing cost index changes throughout time are examined in order to provide forestry managers insight for cost control measures. Simple cost indexes indicate all but two of the forest practices examined experienced cost increases from 1982 to 1988. The weighted aggregate SFPCI increased by 15% from 1982 to 1988, while the SFEWI increased by 19%; and inflation, as measured by the implicit Gross National Product price deflator, increased by 21%. In 1988, according to relative importance contribution values, forest practices associated with the establishment of new forestry crops accounted for 71% of total forest practice expenditures. South. J. Appl. For. 15(3):128-133.
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Garcia-Ruiz, Pablo, and Carlos Rodriguez-Lluesma. "Consumption Practices: A Virtue Ethics Approach." Business Ethics Quarterly 24, no. 4 (October 2014): 509–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.5840/beq20147313.
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ABSTRACT:Ethical research on consumption has focused mainly on the obligations, principles and values guiding consumers' actions and reasons for action. In doing so, it has concerned itself mostly with such bounded contexts as voluntary simplifiers, anti-consumption movements or so-called ‘ethical consumers,’ thereby fostering an artificial opposition between ethical and non-ethical consumption. This paper proposes virtue ethics as a more apt conceptual framework for the ethical analysis of consumption because it takes into account the developmental dynamic triggered by engagement in consumption practices. We build on MacIntyre's goods-virtues-practices-institutions framework and Beabout's concept of a domain-relative practice and argue that when engaging in consumption activities, agents may pursue goods internal to practices, further their individual life narratives and contribute to the good of their communities, thus developing virtues that perfect themselves both as consumers and as ethical agents.
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Citron, David S. "The Practice of Internal Medicine: Conflicts Between Values and Realities." Hospital Practice 23, no. 10 (October 15, 1988): 13–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21548331.1988.11703550.
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Tan, Catherine D. "Defending ‘snake oil’: The preservation of contentious knowledge and practices." Social Studies of Science 51, no. 4 (February 23, 2021): 538–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0306312721992543.
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How does belief in controversial ideas persist? I study a community of parents and practitioners who contend that autism spectrum disorder is caused by harmful environmental exposures – notably, early childhood vaccinations – and that there are worthwhile alternative or experimental treatments. Despite objections from dominant experts, these actors maintain their disputed ideas. This study identifies a set of strategies that help maintain internal legitimacy. In particular, actors protect internal legitimacy through professional alignment and contrastive boundary work. Professional alignment mobilizes resemblances to conventional counterparts (i.e. mainstream doctors) to defend unorthodox practices. Meanwhile, contrastive boundary-work performances convey the defining values and strengths that actors associate with their knowledge community and concomitantly, the weaknesses they ascribe to competing groups. Through these activities, actors respond to perceived threats and construct a distinct group identity anchored in shared knowledge, ways of knowing and practice.
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Lueg, Klarissa, Rainer Lueg, Karina Andersen, and Veronica Dancianu. "Integrated reporting with CSR practices." Corporate Communications: An International Journal 21, no. 1 (February 1, 2016): 20–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ccij-08-2014-0053.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to illustrate how standards and guidelines for corporate social responsibility (CSR) can help a company in its integrated reporting (IR). The authors investigate the motivations of diverse stakeholders (including shareholders) in fostering the adoption of standards and guidelines for CSR after IR became mandatory in Denmark. Design/methodology/approach – The authors conduct a case study at the Danish carpet manufacturer EGE. The authors interpret the case from the perspective of pragmatic constructivism, which focuses on the integration of four dimensions: facts, possibilities, values, and communication. Findings – The authors find that the family-owned EGE follows a strategy of “enlightened shareholder value,” in which CSR is an essential value driver. This strategy fostered IR with guidelines and standards for CSR. The CSR practices appeared to be helpful for integrating measureable plans to the strategy and for controlling CSR implementation. However, the long and technical CSR reports did not effectively communicate EGE’s values and possibilities. The authors outline how EGE overcame these barriers. Originality/value – The authors suggest that IR implementation depends on the context, and the authors explain why the case company has opted to issue two separate reports for their IR. In addition, the authors suggest that standardized approaches to CSR may be suitable for internal planning and control purposes; however, companies must go beyond these measurements to achieve IR.
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De Silva, Muthu, Jeremy Howells, and Martin Meyer. "Innovation intermediaries and collaboration: Knowledge–based practices and internal value creation." Research Policy 47, no. 1 (February 2018): 70–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2017.09.011.
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NAPODANO, RUDOLPH J. "Review of Values in Medical Practice." Annals of Internal Medicine 106, no. 3 (March 1, 1987): 482. http://dx.doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-106-3-482_3.
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Patyal, Vishal Singh, Sudhir Ambekar, and Anand Prakash. "Organizational culture and total quality management practices in Indian construction industry." International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management 69, no. 5 (September 19, 2019): 895–913. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijppm-10-2018-0368.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to establish the relationship between organizational culture (OC) and total quality management (TQM) practices in the Indian construction industry. Design/methodology/approach A questionnaire survey was conducted to draw valid empirical data from 200 construction firms in India. The dominant culture was identified using cluster analysis. Findings The findings of cluster analysis show four emergent clusters, namely, internal, flexible, comprehensive and control. The OC profile of the Indian construction organizations is dominated by internal focus characterized by the features of both group and hierarchical cultures of Competing Values Framework (CVF). Furthermore, the results revealed that the comprehensive focus culture is the most suitable culture in addition to the internal and flexibility focus cultures for the implementation of TQM in India. Practical implications Before implementing the TQM practices, managers in construction organizations need to be aware of cultural orientation emphasized in their organizations to facilitate the effective implementation of TQM. Originality/value This paper contributes to the existing literature by providing empirical evidence that leads to the association between OC and TQM practices. The study proposes besides the internal and flexibility focus cultures, the comprehensive focus culture within the Indian construction industry are key drivers for the successful implementation of TQM practices.
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Werntz, Myles. "Broadening the Ecclesiocentric Claim." Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics 39, no. 2 (2019): 303–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.5840/jsce2019102314.
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Much discussion surrounding Christian nonviolence in the late twentieth century has centered around the ecclesiocentric version popularized by Stanley Hauerwas. In this essay, I assess the manner in which virtue is connected to internal church practices for Hauerwas, such that displaying nonviolence external to the church risks losing the formative nature of church life. Using examples from contemporary proponents, I argue that when internal church practices, such as prayer, economic sharing, and interpersonal reconciliation are performed publically, they form their practitioners in the virtues which Hauerwas values, but in a way which transposes nonviolence into a public key.
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Moitra, Panchali, Preeti Verma, and Jagmeet Madan. "Development and validation of a questionnaire measuring knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) to healthy eating and activity patterns in school children (HEAPS)." Nutrition and Health 27, no. 2 (February 1, 2021): 199–209. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0260106020982356.
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Background: Development of culturally appropriate and psychometrically sound instruments that measure knowledge and health behaviors of children will help to inform appropriate interventions. Aim: To develop and test the validity and reliability of a questionnaire measuring knowledge, attitudes, and practices to healthy eating and activity patterns in school children in India. Methods: Review of literature, focus-group discussions, and theoretical constructs of the Health Belief Model guided the development of an item pool. Face and content validity were assessed by children and a panel of experts and the item content validity, item difficulty, and discrimination indices were calculated. Construct validity was determined using the principal axis method of exploratory factor analysis among a cross-sectional sample of children ( n=252). Internal consistency (Cronbach α values >0.7) and test-retest reliability (intraclass correlation coefficient values >0.75) were estimated. Results: Item content validity index for clarity and relevance were satisfactory (>0.80) and internal consistency for knowledge (Kuder-Richardson 20 = 0.832), attitude (Cronbach’s α = 0.912), and practice items (Cronbach’s α = 0.769) were good. Four factors (children’s eating habits, family dietary practices, and consumption of healthy and unhealthy foods) and two factors (moderate to vigorous activities and sedentary activities) explained 67.7% and 48.2% of the total variance in practice items. Intraclass correlation coefficient estimates ranged from good to excellent (0.72–0.99). Conclusions: The results of the validity and reliability of the 84-item knowledge, attitudes, and practices to healthy eating and activity patterns in schoolchildren questionnaire were promising. The detailed description of the methodology employed may prove useful to researchers conducting similar studies in children.
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Luque-Vílchez, Mercedes, Enrique Mesa-Pérez, Javier Husillos, and Carlos Larrinaga. "The influence of pro-environmental managers’ personal values on environmental disclosure." Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal 10, no. 1 (March 4, 2019): 41–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/sampj-01-2018-0016.
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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine in greater depth the influence of internal factors on the disclosure of environmental information by companies. The influence of pro-environmental managers´ personal values on environmental disclosure quality is analyzed and the extent to which the influence of those values is mediated by the practices associated with the environmental organizational structure of the company.Design/methodology/approachThe authors use a partial least squares structural equation model to analyze the relationship between the quality of the environmental information disclosed by 137 environmentally sensitive Spanish firms, their level of commitment towards the environment and the personal values of the directors in charge of those reports.FindingsA central finding of this work is that a positive relationship between the pro-environmental managers’ personal values and environmental disclosure quality is fully mediated by the environmental organizational structures of their companies.Practical implicationsA better understanding of the relationship between the personal values of managers and corporate environmental reporting quality will contribute to the design of policies that can enhance firm transparency and accountability, for example, by educating future managers in sustainability values.Social implicationsLight is cast on the mechanisms that can enhance corporate transparency and accountability in relation to environmental matters.Originality/valueIn this paper, a quantitative study of the internal driving forces of environmental disclosure is conducted, an aspect that has often been ignored in the literature on quantitative voluntary social reporting. The merit of this approach is its contribution to the literature through the analysis of the reasons why powerful actors within firms could (or could not) develop corporate social reporting practices.
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Díaz-García, Jesús, Juan José Pulido, José Carlos Ponce-Bordón, Carlos Cano-Prado, Miguel Ángel López-Gajardo, and Tomás García-Calvo. "Coach Encouragement During Soccer Practices Can Influence Players’ Mental and Physical Loads." Journal of Human Kinetics 79, no. 1 (July 10, 2021): 277–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/hukin-2021-0079.
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Abstract This study analyzed the influence of the coaches’ encouragement on the mental and physical load in soccer practices. The participants were 36 semiprofessional Spanish soccer players (Mage = 22.40; SD = 2.25) belonging to two male teams and one female team. Following the same practices’ design and order, two training sessions of each team were completed. In one session, coaches maintained a passive verbal attitude, whereas in the other session, coaches intervened with an active attitude through continuous general encouragement. The mental load and fatigue were measured using self-reported questionnaires (Likert scales), and internal and external physical loads were quantified using the rating of perceived exertion and the Global Position System. A t-test for related samples and magnitude based on an inference spreadsheet was performed. The results demonstrated that mental and internal physical loads increased when coaches participated with active verbal encouragement. Especially, increases in performance satisfaction, mental effort, and RPE values, and decreases in unsafety values were detected due to encouragement interventions. Nevertheless, the external physical load did not show a clear trend. Based on these findings, coaches can use this information to manipulate their verbal encouragement during practices according to their physical and mental objectives with specific soccer strategies
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Сорвина, T. Sorvina, Чеснова, and O. Chesnova. "The Use of Instruments of Internal Marketing for Improving the Personnel Management System of the Organization." Management of the Personnel and Intellectual Resources in Russia 5, no. 3 (June 10, 2016): 70–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.12737/20669.
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The article determines the theoretical and practical aspects of applying internal marketing for improving the system of personnel management of modern
organizations. The authors reveal the essence of personnel marketing, characterized by his instruments, discuss the practice of their application in organizations.
The marketing staff is based on the concepts of relationship marketing and internal marketing, which form the methodological basis of management
of a customer-oriented organization. The necessity of the use of internal marketing tools to improve the sustainability of modern organizations is substantiated,
a system of quality priorities which include profitability, production efficiency, high value-added products and services, environmental safety, social welfare
staff, sustainable development of regions of presence. Analysis of the current practices confirms that the tools of internal marketing contribute to the integration
of financial, economic, social and environmental performance, shape the values and behaviors of people focused on long-term development priorities, efficiency,
mutual responsibility. Features of the application of internal marketing in non-profit and commercial organizations are justified.
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Khanna, Sanjeev, Abdul Khaliq, Jaiprakash Kewlani, Sachin Gupta, and Sanjay Kumar. "Validation of a questionnaire for the assessment of knowledge, attitude, and practices in patients with irritable bowel syndrome." International Journal of Advances in Medicine 7, no. 9 (August 25, 2020): 1347. http://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2349-3933.ijam20203597.
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Background: Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common disorder with a significant impact on the patients’ quality of life. The objective if this study was to develop and validate knowledge, attitude, and practices (KAP) questionnaire in patients with IBS.Methods: The questionnaire was developed by medical experts by a consultative process using available literature on KAP for patients with IBS. Contents of the questionnaire were validated based on content clarity and relevance using a 4-point ordinal scale. A cross-sectional survey of 100 individuals with IBS was carried out to establish internal consistency, followed by the establishment of the construct validity of the questionnaire.Results: The original KAP questionnaire included 32 items categorized under the 3 domains of knowledge (22 items), attitude (6 items), and practices (8 items). During expert validation, 4 items from knowledge domain and 1 item from attitude domain were revised. For the original questionnaire, for the individual KAP domains and the overall questionnaire, the Cronbach's alpha raw values were 0.384, 0.215, 0.548, and ‑0.028, and standardized values were 0.395, 0.368, 0.490, and 0.119, respectively. Six items from knowledge domain and 1 item from attitude domain were deleted to strengthen the internal consistency without jeopardizing the purpose of study. For the questionnaire with 29 items, Cronbach's alpha values improved to 0.603, 0.314, 0.548, and 0.483 (raw values) and 0.586, 0.350, 0.490, and 0.414 (standardized values), respectively.Conclusions: The validated questionnaire with 29 items had improved homogeneity as compared with the initial questionnaire with 36 items.
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Seneviratne, Chaturika Priyadarshani, and Ashan Lester Martino. "Budgeting as practice and knowing in action: experimenting with Bourdieu's theory of practice: an empirical evidence from a public university." Asian Journal of Accounting Research 6, no. 3 (February 11, 2021): 309–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ajar-08-2020-0075.
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PurposeThe present study aims to explore how various doings, strategic actions and power relations stemming from internal agents are instrumental in (re)constituting the different forms and meanings of budgeting in a specific field.Design/methodology/approachThe paper uses a single-case study method based on a Sri Lankan public university. Data are collected using interviews, documentary evidence and observations.FindingsThe empirical evidence suggested that internal agents are crucial, and they are the producers of budgetary practice as they possess practical knowledge and power relations in the field where they operate. The case data demonstrate that organisational agents do have real essence as active and acting to produce effects in budgeting practices, and the significance of exploring the singularity of multiple agents in terms of their viewpoints, trajectories, dispositions and power relations, who may form, sustain or interrupt budgetary practices in a given setting.Research limitations/implicationsAs the research is directed towards the selection of in-depth enquiry of specific setting infused with culture, values, perception and ideology, it might cause to diminish the researcher's analytical objectivity and independence of the research.Practical implicationsAs budgetary practices are product of human interaction, it is important to note that practitioners should be concerned with what agents do in actual practice and their inactions, influences and power relations in budgeting practices, which might not align with the structural forces enlisted in the budgeting. It would be of interest for future empirical research to explore the interplay between the diverse interests of organisational agents and agents beyond the individual organisations.Originality/valueThis study contributes to the literature on management control practices by documenting the importance of understanding the “practice” through relational thinking of all three concepts is emphasised, such interrelated theoretical insights are seldom used to understand accounting practices. This research emphasises the importance of bringing out the microprocessual facets of management control to open up its non-conscious, non-strategic and non-rationalist forms.
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Tomlin, George S., and Deborah Dougherty. "Decision-Making and Sources of Evidence in Occupational Therapy and Other Health Professions. Evidence-Informed Practice / Entscheidungsfindung und Evidenzquellen in der Ergotherapie und weiteren Gesundheitsberufen. Evidenzinformierte Praxis." International Journal of Health Professions 1, no. 1 (December 1, 2014): 13–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/ijhp-2014-0001.
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Abstract Contemporary conditions require health professionals both to employ published evidence in their individual practices and as a profession to produce valid evidence of their outcome effectiveness. Heretofore, these two processes of evidence-based practice have often been confounded as one. This theoretical paper separates the two processes into «Evidence-Supported Practice» and «Evidence-Informed Practice.» Each requires a different approach to evidence accumulation and use. Nonetheless, the two processes can and should be interlinked. For external (research) evidence, the research pyramid model values equally the internal and external validity of studies, as both are important for the implementation of external evidence. Furthermore, external evidence must be combined with internal evidence (data generated in the course of interaction with a client) in the decision-making of practitioners. Examples from recent research on occupational therapy practice and literature from several other health professions are cited for illustration. This paper formulates a more comprehensive model for evidence-based practice. From this model follow specific recommendations for practitioners, researchers, and educators in the health professions.
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Kem, Socheat, and Sunthorn Pumjan. "A Pre-Feasibility Study of Limestone Quarry Development for Cement Industry in Cambodia." Advanced Materials Research 931-932 (May 2014): 1696–700. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.931-932.1696.
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s: Cambodia is a developing country, and mining sector is just started within the last 10 years. Many mining companies have started to explore and carry out the feasibility study amid the scarcity of geological data and technical code of practices. Therefore, the quarry sector is also considered at the early stage in Cambodia, and it is required a standard quarry planning practice. This paper will present the main concepts of (1) quarry operation, development, and design by using the commercial program Minesight to accommodate the mine planning and scheduling. as the result, 25 million ton of limestone was calculated to be a reserve with production of 1 million ton per year; (2) financial model, consisted of cash flow analysis, net present values (NPV), and the Internal Rate of Return (IRR) are the main point for economics consideration. In this point, 47% of internal rate of return was calculated with the net present values of 21.5 million US Dollar and (3) the environmental impact which involves dust, noise, vibration impacts and mine rehabilitation, will be addressed base on the specific local conditions.
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Modugno, Guido, Ferdinando Di Carlo, Manuela Lucchese, and Tommaso Agasisti. "Grafting New Values into Public Institutions by Reforming the Accounting System: Lessons Learned from the Italian Higher Education System." International Journal of Business and Management 15, no. 7 (June 3, 2020): 20. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/ijbm.v15n7p20.
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The paper wants to highlight some accounting practices in the early stage of the adoption of accrual accounting in Higher Education Institutions. The accounting reform was one of the core aspects of a process of enforced hybridization of HE institutions. Exogenous and endogenous (organizational) issues emerge, that undermine transparency and comparability of accounting information. Based on structured interviews in 14 Italian universities, the paper provides evidences of the main aspects that hinder the transparency and the comparability of accounting information with the risk to deprive the new accounting rules of their potential for change. Resistance to change could be observed, resulting in a partial or distorted adoption of the new accounting rules: some practices, in particular, aimed at safeguarding the interests of a particular group. The paper propitiates further research based on case studies aiming at understanding how public organizations tend to design internal accounting procedures that preserve the prerogatives of particular groups within the organization. The research overturns the rhetoric of the adoption of managerial practices for the enhancement of efficiency, effectiveness and economy by showing how organizations shape these practices in order to keep the status quo unchanged.
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El-Bassiouny, Dina, and Peter Letmathe. "The adoption of CSR practices in Egypt: internal efficiency or external legitimation?" Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal 9, no. 5 (November 5, 2018): 642–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/sampj-10-2017-0126.
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Purpose This study aims to focus on the factors triggering the adoption of corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices in a developing country context. The authors examine whether the adoption of CSR practices is triggered more by internal efficiency forces or external legitimation forces. As early adoptions of new systems are more likely driven by efficiency motives, the authors argue that CSR practices in developing countries at nascent stages are more likely adopted for efficiency rather than legitimation reasons. Design/methodology/approach A cross-sectional sampling design was used to collect data on the CSR practices of top listed Egyptian firms and multinationals operating in Egypt. The sample size is selected based on a purposive criterion sampling method. The final sample size consists of 110 companies operating in Egypt, which includes 54 local and 56 multinational companies. To examine the relationship between the explanatory variables of the study and CSR, multiple regression analysis was used. Findings Using data from 110 top listed local companies and multinational firms operating in Egypt, the results show a significant influence of internal corporate governance on CSR. Yet, the effects of external factors, specifically legal regulations and stakeholder pressures, on CSR are perceived to be insignificant. This finding contrasts studies from industrialized countries in the Western world where firms are often motivated to invest in CSR by external forces. Practical implications The results indicate that the adoption of CSR practices in large firms in Egypt is driven more by internal efficiency gains rather than external legitimacy pressures. The study thus presses the need for the effective enforcement of governmental laws and regulations to strengthen external institutional pressures and demands for socially responsible behavior. Social implications The results of the study indicate a perceived absence of stakeholder pressure for CSR practices. As such, raising awareness for corporate accountability amongst Egyptian consumers, employees and the general public would increase corporate incentives to improve their social and environmental performance. In addition, the concept of CSR must be cultivated in the organizational culture where high value is placed on corporate ethics and managerial values. Originality/value This study provides insights about the predominant drivers of CSR in Egypt on two different levels; the organizational and the business environment. Salient links between CSR, internal corporate governance mechanisms and external drivers such as external stakeholder and legal pressures are explored. The results of the study also emphasize the importance of internal corporate governance mechanisms and how it is perceived to be the main driver of CSR in Egypt as opposed to external influences.
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Trivellas, Panagiotis, Apostolos Rafailidis, Panagiotis Polychroniou, and Paraskevi Dekoulou. "Corporate social responsibility (CSR) and its internal consequences on job performance." International Journal of Quality and Service Sciences 11, no. 2 (June 12, 2019): 265–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijqss-12-2017-0117.
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Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate the role of corporate ethical values on the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and work-related outcomes (organizational commitment (OC), organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) and in-role job performance) in the case of a Greek port logistics management services organization. Design/methodology/approach The field research was carried out by using a structured questionnaire, which was based on empirically validated scales. Employees’ perception of CSR was measured by two dimensions (i.e. social, environmental). Findings Statistical analysis (PLS-SEM) confirms the conceptual framework of the study. More specifically, results revealed the association of both CSR dimensions with CEV and OCB. However, CEV proved to act as a full mediating variable between CSR and OC. Thus, CSR impact on OC is realized only through the development of concrete corporate ethical values. Similarly, CEV influences in role job performance, only through OC and OCB. Research limitations/implications This study is cross-sectional; thus, causality of the relationships under investigation cannot be justified. The cultural context should also be considered, as field research was conducted in a Greek port logistics organization, at a country suffering from deep financial recession. Originality/value Discussion of the importance of corporate ethical values and the underlying mechanisms of organizational policies and practices guiding CSR impact on crucial job-related outcomes.
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Kumar A. P., Santosh. "Aligning Talent Acquisition Practices to Strategic Business Objectives." NHRD Network Journal 12, no. 3 (July 2019): 261–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2631454119888092.
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In this article, I outline five different ways in which the talent acquisition function can contribute to strategic business objectives. First, it is necessary to hire employees who are empathetic to the business values, as talent which is able to empathetically connect to end users of business propositions can build enduring value. Second, while building firm-specific human capital has been seen as a difficult project, appropriate talent acquisition practices could signal how specific forms of human capital can flourish in unique organisational ecosystems. Third, talent acquisition can help in building a healthy mix of perspectives by drawing talent from outside to collaborate with internal talent and ensure that there is a constant regeneration of strategic perspectives. Fourth, the talent acquisition function can anticipate technological disruptions and identify talent with high learning agility that can help navigate organisations through such disruptions. Fifth, the talent acquisition practices can resonate with business strategy by being cognizant of business cycles of expansion and efficiency in enabling hiring decisions.
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Oğuşgil, Vahap Atilla. "The Internal Security Package and Its Potential Impact on the EU–Turkey Relations within the Scope of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms." Baltic Journal of European Studies 6, no. 1 (February 1, 2016): 69–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/bjes-2016-0004.
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AbstractBeing one of the core values of the European Union, human rights have been centrally located in the European Union-Turkey relations especially since the country gained the candidate status in 1999. In human rights practices, the actor who comes to the forefront most on behalf of the state against the citizens whose rights must be protected is the police force. Therefore, the security practices enforced by the police form a huge part of human rights practices in the state and thus play a decisive role in Turkey’s relations with the Union. This article presents an evaluation of the so-called ‘internal security package’, which has just passed into law, and its potential impact on European Union-Turkey relations. The package includes specific amendments regarding the police duties and authorities, which unarguably affect human rights practices in the country. As the Union lacks a uniform norm relating to the security practices the package in question contains, the answer to the question will be sought by screening two sources: EU progress reports on Turkey and relevant ECtHR decisions, which provide definite judgements regarding the threats and risks posed by the package under discussion.
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Bermúdez-González, Guillermo, Innan Sasaki, and Dolores Tous-Zamora. "Understanding the impact of internal marketing practices on both employees ' and managers ' organizational commitment in elderly care homes." Journal of Service Theory and Practice 26, no. 1 (January 11, 2016): 28–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jstp-09-2014-0216.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to unfold the relationship between the antecedents of employee and manager commitment, using internal marketing (IM) practices, in elderly care homes. Design/methodology/approach – Based on survey data drawn from elderly care homes in Finland, the authors tested several literature driven hypotheses of how IM practices (internal value exchange, internal communication and training) relate with employee and manager commitment. Hence, the authors compare the organizational commitment of two groups. Additionally, the authors tested the moderating role of public residence on these relationships. Findings – The study revealed that there are differences in the antecedents to employee and manager commitment in terms of internal value exchange. This is an important extension to the literature of employee and management commitment in which the antecedents to management commitment, especially, are under-investigated, and where the relationship between the antecedents of the two types of commitment are not studied. Practical implications – While different emphases on IM programs for employees and managers must be implemented in order to re-create work environments that could lead to improved service provision, the authors suggest that facilitating open and honest communication and exchanging values in care homes is a crucial step for improving service quality and employee and manager retention. Originality/value – This study has high value to both the literature and practice as high-service quality can be provided when both employee’s and manager’s commitments are in place, and without understanding the differing antecedents and their relationships, it is hard to establish both types of commitment in an organization. The authors believe that this new insight is useful in improving the service quality and employee and manager retention of organizations.
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Martin, Dick. "The value of thinking inside out." Journal of Business Strategy 35, no. 2 (April 14, 2014): 46–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jbs-02-2014-0020.
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Purpose – To explore the value of internal communication in strategic planning. Design/methodology/approach – Personal viewpoint. Findings – Effective internal communications is an important element in the development and implementation of business strategy. Research by the institute for Public Relations has revealed best-in-class practices in employee communications. Originality/value – Personal viewpoint based on research by the Institute of Public Relations.
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Tjakrawala, F. X. Kurniawan, and Metta Yuni. "PERSPEKTIF AKUNTAN PUBLIK TENTANG KUALITAS LAPORAN KEUANGAN,, INSENTIF BAGI MANAJEMEN,, NILAI ETIS,, DAN PENGENDALIAN INTERNAL DALAM MENYIKAPI PRAKTEK CREATIVE ACCOUNTING." JOURNAL OF APPLIED BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 1, no. 2 (January 26, 2018): 319–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.30871/jaba.v1i2.622.
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The purpose of this study is to obtain the empirical evidences that could predict the causal relationships occured from exogenous constructs such as financial report quality; perceived of management’s incentives; ethical values; and internal control that may influence the endogenous construct, the public accountant’s attitudes towards creative accounting practices. This study used primary data obtained through the field-survey method. The samples of this research subjects were taken by purposive sampling method applied through the distribution of 200 sets of questionnaires. The questionnaires addressed to the respondents who occupied in managerial level of the public accountant companies located at Jakarta, that listed on Indonesian Institute of CPA (IAPI) website and also Financial Service Authority (OJK) of capital market directory. The latent-path modeling applied to analyze the data of 70 units of valid questionnaires (usable response-rate was 35%). The four hypotheses in this study were tested by implementing the technique of Partial Least Square-Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM). The results of hypotheses testing statistically proved able to predict significantly that financial report quality; perceived of management’s incentives; ethical values; and internal control positively influenced the public accountant’s attitudes about creative accounting practices.
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Oronce, Carlos Irwin A., and Robert J. Fortuna. "Differences in Rates of High-Value and Low-Value Care Between Community Health Centers and Private Practices." Journal of General Internal Medicine 35, no. 4 (November 19, 2019): 994–1000. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11606-019-05544-z.
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Kostev, Karel, Timo Rockel, and Louis Jacob. "Impact of Disease Management Programs on HbA1c Values in Type 2 Diabetes Patients in Germany." Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology 11, no. 1 (July 10, 2016): 117–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1932296816651633.
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Background: The aim was to analyze the impact of disease management programs on HbA1c values in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients in Germany. Methods: This study included 9017 patients followed in disease management programs (DMPs) who started an antihyperglycemic treatment upon inclusion in a DMP. Standard care (SC) patients were included after individual matching (1:1) to DMP cases based on age, gender, physician (diabetologist versus nondiabetologist care), HbA1c values at baseline, and index year. The main outcome was the share of patients with HbA1c <7.5% or 6.5% after at least 6 months and less than 12 months of therapy in DMP and SC groups. Multivariate logistic regression models were fitted with HbA1c level as a dependent variable and the potential predictor (DMP versus SC). Results: The mean age was 64.3 years and 54.7% of the patients were men. The mean HbA1c level at baseline was equal to 8.7%. In diabetologist practices, 64.7% of DMP patients and 55.1% of SC patients had HbA1c levels <7.5%, while 23.4% of DMP patients and 16.9% of SC patients had HbA1c levels <6.5% ( P values < .001). By comparison, in general practices, 72.4% of DMP patients and 65.7% of SC patients had HbA1c levels <7.5%, while 29.0% of DMP patients and 25.4% of SC patients had HbA1c levels <6.5% ( P values < .001). DMPs increased the likelihood of HbA1c levels lower than 7.5% or 6.5% after 6 months of therapy in both diabetologist and general care practices. Conclusion: The present study indicates that the enrollment of T2DM patients in DMPs has a positive impact on HbA1c values in Germany.
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Wondmieneh, Adam, Getnet Gedefaw, Addisu Getie, and Asmamaw Demis. "Self-Care Practice and Associated Factors among Hypertensive Patients in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis." International Journal of Hypertension 2021 (April 9, 2021): 1–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/5582547.
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Background. Hypertension is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in developing countries including Ethiopia. Self-care practice has been provided as one of the most important preventive mechanisms of hypertension and is considered as a basic treatment for hypertension. There is no national-level study that assesses hypertensive self-care practice in Ethiopia. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the pooled level of hypertensive self-care practices and associated factors in Ethiopia. Methods. This study was carried out using published and unpublished articles accessed from databases: PubMed/MEDLINE, HENARI, Google Scholar, Web of Science, Scopus, African Journals, and university repositories. Data were extracted using a standard data extraction format. Data analysis was carried out using STATA version 11. Heterogeneity across the included studies was assessed using Cochrane’s Q statistics and I2 test with its corresponding p values. Publication bias was determined using Egger’s test and presented with a funnel plot. The pooled level of hypertensive self-care practice was estimated using a random-effects meta-analysis model. Results. This systematic review included 17 cross-sectional studies with 5,248 study participants. The overall pooled level of self-care practice among hypertensive patients in Ethiopia was 41.55% (95% CI 33.06, 50.05). Participant formal education (AOR = 2.82; 95% CI 2.18, 3.64) and good knowledge of hypertension (AOR = 4.04; 95% CI 2.19, 7.44) were significantly associated with self-care practice among hypertensive patients in Ethiopia. Conclusion. In this study, more than half of hypertensive patients had poor hypertensive self-care practice in Ethiopia. Participant’s formal education and good knowledge of hypertension were significantly associated with self-care practice among people living with hypertension in Ethiopia. Therefore, based on the evidence of this study, we recommended that programmers and policymakers should enhance the awareness of hypertensive patients on self-care practice domains and strengthen local programs working on noncommunicable diseases.
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Nasse, Théophile Bindeouè, and Yvonne Marie Sawadogo. "INTERNAL EQUITY AND CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT IN SUBSISTENCE MARKETS: A COMPARATIVE AND A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF THREE PRIVATE COMPANIES IN BURKINA FASO." International Journal of Management & Entrepreneurship Research 1, no. 1 (June 21, 2020): 42–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.51594/ijmer.v1i1.5.
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The concept of internal equity in the customer relationship management is often overlooked by Burkina companies, causing thereby a reduction in profitability. Equity and ethical marketing practices are essential to the survival of Burkina companies, especially in this context of the globalization of the economy, where fair trade values are advocated, and competition is tough. On the basis of this observation, to help identify the contribution that fair business-to-customer practices could bring not only to the economic development of enterprises, but also to the eradication of poverty in the subsistence markets, this article presents the results of an exploratory research concerning three companies in Burkina Faso (two small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and a very small company (VSE)). The results show current practices as well as challenges and limitations observed within these companies. The data collection was carried out using an interview guide addressed to the customers of these three companies in Burkina Faso. The data is collected with an audio voice recorder and then transcribed by hand using SONY audio software. The total number of interviewees is 51. The research has helped to make our contribution to the development of literature on markets livelihood which is also poorly documented and to make some suggestions to explore and to develop internal equity practices. The results show that internal equity has an influence on customer satisfaction and thus on sales’ growth.
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Ketprapakorn, Nuttasorn, and Sooksan Kantabutra. "Culture Development for Sustainable SMEs: Toward a Behavioral Theory." Sustainability 11, no. 9 (May 7, 2019): 2629. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11092629.
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The present study derives culture development practices among “sustainable” small and medium enterprises (SMEs)that adopt the Thai philosophy of the sufficiency economy. It adopts multiple data collection methods including non-participant observations made during visits to five “sustainable” enterprises, and references internal and published documents among other information about the case enterprises, including annual reports, previous studies about the companies and news reports. In-depth interview sessions were held with top management team members and employees, including CEOs or MDs, and division/functional heads. The “grounded theory” is adopted as an approach to analyze the data. The analysis reveals six emerging organizational culture development practices: identifying virtues, social and environmental responsibility and innovation as core values; leaders acting as models according to these values; growing their own managers to continue their corporate cultures; designing communication channels to emphasize the core values among employees; using the core values as criteria to recruit new employees; avoiding employee layoff to preserve the core values even in times of financial crisis. Limitations and future research directions to develop a behavioral theory of sustainability culture in organizational settings, as well as managerial implications are discussed.
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Patzer, Karl-Heinz, Payam Ardjomand, Katharina Göhring, Guido Klempt, Andreas Patzelt, Markus Redzich, Mathias Zebrowski, Susanne Emmerich, and Oliver Schnell. "Implementation of HbA1c Point of Care Testing in 3 German Medical Practices: Impact on Workflow and Physician, Staff, and Patient Satisfaction." Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology 12, no. 3 (March 13, 2018): 687–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1932296818759690.
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Background: Medical practices face challenges of time and cost pressures with scarce resources. Point-of-care testing (POCT) has the potential to accelerate processes compared to central laboratory testing and can increase satisfaction of physicians, staff members, and patients. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of introducing HbA1c POCT in practices specialized in diabetes. Method: Three German practices that manage 400, 550, and 950 diabetes patients per year participated in this evaluation. The workflow and required time before and after POCT implementation (device: Alere Afinion AS100 Analyzer) was evaluated in each practice. Physician (n = 5), staff (n = 9), and patient (n = 298) satisfaction was assessed with questionnaires and interviews. Results: After POCT implementation the number of required visits scheduled was reduced by 80% (88% vs 17.6%, P < .0001), the number of venous blood collections by 75% (91% vs 23%, P < .0001). Of patients, 82% (vs 13% prior to POCT implementation) were able to discuss their HbA1c values with treating physicians immediately during their first visit ( P < .0001). In two of the practices the POCT process resulted in significant time savings of approximately 20 and 22 working days per 1000 patients per year (95% CI 2-46; 95% CI 10-44). All physicians indicated that POCT HbA1c implementation improved the practice workflow and all experienced a relief of burden for the office and the patients. All staff members indicated that they found the POCT measurement easy to perform and experienced a relief of burden. The majority (61.3%) of patients found the capillary blood collection more pleasant and 83% saw an advantage in the immediate availability of HbA1c results. Conclusions: The implementation of HbA1c POCT leads to an improved practice workflow and increases satisfaction of physicians, staff members and patients.
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MILLAR, ROSS, TIM FREEMAN, RUSSELL MANNION, and HUW T. O. DAVIES. "Meta-regulation meets Deliberation: Situating the Governor within NHS Foundation Trust Hospitals." Journal of Social Policy 48, no. 03 (November 5, 2018): 595–613. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0047279418000739.
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AbstractNHS Foundation Trust (FT) hospitals in England have complex internal governance arrangements. They may be considered to exhibit meta-regulatory characteristics to the extent that governors are able to promote deliberative values and steer internal governance processes towards wider regulatory goals. Yet, while recent studies of NHS FT hospital governance have explored FT governors and examined FT hospital boards to consider executive oversight, there is currently no detailed investigation of interactions between these two groups. Drawing on observational and interview data from four case-study sites, we trace interactions between the actors involved; explore their understandings of events; and consider the extent to which the proposed benefits of meta-regulation were realised in practice. Findings show that while governors provided both a conscience and contribution to internal and external governance arrangements, the meta-regulatory role was largely symbolic and limited to compliance and legitimation of executive actions. Thus while the meta-regulatory ‘architecture’ for governor involvement may be considered effective, the soft intelligence gleaned and operationalised may be obscured by ‘hard’ performance metrics which dominate resource-allocation processes and priority-setting. Governors were involved in practices that symbolised deliberative involvement but resulted in further opportunities for legitimising executive decisions.
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Revuelto-Taboada, Lorenzo, María Teresa Canet-Giner, and Francisco Balbastre-Benavent. "High-Commitment Work Practices and the Social Responsibility Issue: Interaction and Benefits." Sustainability 13, no. 2 (January 6, 2021): 459. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13020459.
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Human Resource Management (HRM) has a potentially vital role to play in addressing the new challenges that companies have to face and in delivering initiatives in the framework of corporate sustainability. Our work attempts to shed light on the strategic role of High-Commitment Work Practices (HCWP) as a Corporate Sustainability (CS) partner and, more specifically, to analyze the implications of their integration on the competitiveness of the firm. With this purpose, we apply a qualitative methodology, using a single case study, to explore and explain why and how the interaction between HCWP and CS takes place. The results show how this interaction encourages the formulation and implementation of new socially responsible organizational initiatives that help the firm to improve its competitive position in the market through the development of employees’ innovative behavior. HCWP integrate with CS initiatives when CS values form part of the mission and strategy of the firm. Also, HCWP support CS deployment, primarily in its internal dimension. In addition, our work reveals that cultural factors such as organizational values and management style, and structural factors like empowerment and teamwork must be jointly considered when adopting a CS strategy aimed at developing innovative behavior and competitive advantage.
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Štibinger, J. "Approximation of landfill drainage discharge by De Zeeuw-Hellinga model, and its verificationon sanitary landfill of solid domestic waste." Plant, Soil and Environment 51, No. 8 (November 19, 2011): 335–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.17221/3608-pse.
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The goal of this work is to present a suitable tool or model for the evaluation of the internal landfill water discharge, in relation to the basic design parameters of internal landfill drainage system and other processes. De Zeeuw-Hellinga’s drainage theory fulfils those requirements. De Zeeuw-Hellinga’s drainage intensity factor takes in basic design parameters of internal landfill drainage system and also hydro-physical properties of the collected waste. The drainage theory calculates with landfill internal water recharge to the drainage system within a certain time interval. In practice this method was successfully verified in a sanitary landfill of solid domestic waste in Osecna (a region near Liberec, Czech Republic). The comparison of the real data of the measured values of the internal landfill water discharges with calculated values, demonstrated eligibility of the use of De Zeeuw-Hellinga drainage theory as a good instrument for approximation of the internal landfill water discharges. This tool needs only a minimum of information and can be applied for the evaluation of basic design parameters of the internal landfill drainage system, for the design of the landfill reservoir capacity, and also for description of the landfill hydrology processes.
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Oyewunmi, Olabode A., Kenneth S. Adeyemi, and Olaleke O. Ogunnaike. "Corporate Governance and Human Resource Management in Nigeria’s Downstream Petroleum Sector." Scientific Annals of Economics and Business 64, no. 2 (June 27, 2017): 139–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/saeb-2017-0009.
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Abstract The emergence of a ‘new world economy’ makes it imperative for corporate entities to adjust their corporate values, practices and internal processes. This paper explored the interrelatedness of selected corporate governance practices and human resource management outcomes. The paper relied on established corporate management theories as a platform for empirical consideration of selected issues relative to four established players in Nigeria’s downstream petroleum sector. A descriptive method was adopted and data was collected via a survey of 112 respondents. Contextual arguments were captured to achieve a robust appreciation of issues affecting individual participation and operations of corporate entities. The study found that there is a significant relationship between corporate governance practices and human resource management outcomes. Requisite conclusions and recommendations were provided in the light of empirical and theoretical findings.
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Thomas, Matthew. "University Student and Faculty Opinions on Academic Integrity Are Informed by Social Practices or Personal Values." Evidence Based Library and Information Practice 4, no. 3 (September 21, 2009): 49. http://dx.doi.org/10.18438/b8wk7b.
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Randall, Ken, Denise G. Bender and Diane M. Montgomery. “Determining the Opinions of Health Sciences Students and Faculty Regarding Academic Integrity.” International Journal for Educational Integrity 3.2 (2007): 27-40.
Objective – To understand the opinions of students and faculty in physical therapy (PT) and occupational therapy (OT) regarding issues of academic integrity such as plagiarism and cheating.
Design – Q method (a mixed method of qualitative data collection with application of quantitative methods to facilitate grouping and interpretation).
Setting – An urban university-affiliated health sciences facility in the mid-western United States.
Subjects – Thirty-three students and five faculty members of ages 21 to 61 years, 30 associated with the physical therapy program and 8 with occupational therapy, including 6 males and 32 females.
Methods –Initially, 300 opinion statements for, against, or neutral on the subject of academic integrity were gathered from journal articles, editorials and commentaries, Internet sites, and personal web logs, 36 of which were selected to represent a full spectrum of perspectives on the topic. Participants in the study performed a “Q-sort” in which they ranked the 36 statements as more-like or less-like their own values. A correlation matrix was developed based on the participants' rankings to create “factors” or groups of individuals with similar views. Two such groups were found and interpreted qualitatively to meaningfully describe the differing views of each group. Three participants could not be sorted into either group, being split between the factors.
Main Results – Analysis of the two groups, using software specific to the Q method, revealed a good deal of consensus, particularly in being “most unlike” those statements in support of academic dishonesty. The two groups differed primarily in the motivation for academic honesty. Factor one, with 21 individuals, was labeled “Collective Integrity,” (CI) being represented by socially oriented statements such as “I believe in being honest, true, virtuous, and in doing good to all people,” or “My goal is to help create a world where all people are treated with fairness, decency, and respect.” Factor two, with 14 individuals, was described as “Personal Integrity,” (PI), and focused on an internal sense of values and self-modulation, identifying with statements like “Honour means having the courage to make difficult choices and accepting responsibility for actions and their consequences, even at personal cost.” There were also some demographic patterns in the results. Twenty of the 31 students, 20 of the 29 females, and 17 of the 25 participants aged 30 and under were in the CI group, while 3 of the 4 faculty were in PI. Males, occupational therapists, physical therapists, and those over the age of 30 did not belong clearly to one or the other group, having close to equal numbers in both.
Conclusion – Given the two factors, CI and PI, this sample of OT and PT students and faculty can be seen to make academic decisions based on either what they believe society deems correct or what their own internal values tell them. The discovery that more females, students, and those 30 and under were associated with CI resonates with the some key claims in the literature, such as that younger individuals tend to have a more social outlook on academic integrity, or that women's ethic of care is often focused on connections among people. Most importantly, students and faculty appear to share a notable degree of common ground as it relates to their opinions on academic integrity. Additional exploration and the continued use and development of policies promoting academic integrity is called for.
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Vashchenko, Iryna, Hanna Yurchynska, Ivanna Ananova, Kаteryna Kravchenko, and Iryna Khanenko. "Psychological counseling to solve life crises: practice and issues." LAPLAGE EM REVISTA 7, Extra-E (August 2, 2021): 369–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.24115/s2446-622020217extra-e1205p.369-380.
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The purpose of our research is a definition systems practices and issues of psychological counseling to overcome life crises. The methodological base is formed on sociological and statistical methods of intelligence, as well as on a systematic analysis of practices and issues of overcoming life crises. 480 practical psychologists (Ukraine) took part in the sociological survey on the Google-forms platform. The understanding of features and possibilities of psychological counseling as an inclusive practice aimed at helping clients to understand their true "I" is highlighted; achieve authenticity; achieve competitiveness and transparency. Ethical and trans model principles of counseling (focus on the person and acceptance of the problem, respect and delegation of empathy, parity and trust in the client's understanding of himself and the world, specificity (attractiveness and personalization, objectivity and subjectivity), optimism and focus on development of the client as a person, partner and professional). It is proved that the development of personal meaning and life values involves life-planning, development of life strategies that would help achieve the goal and overcome internal and external barriers.
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Mahra, G. D., Vikaas Pandey, D. M. Saxena, and Rituja Kaushal. "A study on immunization practices amongst private medical practitioners of Bhopal city in central India." International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health 8, no. 2 (January 27, 2021): 781. http://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20210238.
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Background: WHO advocates and highly recommend that National Immunization Programmes (NIPs) should increase collaboration and communication with private providers delivering vaccination services to ameliorate the purpose immunizing beneficiaries efficiently.Methods: It is a cross sectional observational study. It is done to assess immunization practices and other rel-evant aspects amongst private paediatrics practitioners of Bhopal city.Results: After doing appropriate statistical analysis, results revealed that most of the cold chain practices, vaccine administration practices, record keeping and reporting mechanisms were not up to the mark (i.e. p values < 0.05 at 95% confidence interval). However, training and level of experience contributed to improve in certain practice outcomes.Conclusions: Quality of immunization services in private sector could be enhanced by providing training and support to private immunization service providers.
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Paynter, Jessica M., Sarah Ferguson, Kathryn Fordyce, Annette Joosten, Sofia Paku, Miranda Stephens, David Trembath, and Deb Keen. "Utilisation of evidence-based practices by ASD early intervention service providers." Autism 21, no. 2 (July 9, 2016): 167–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1362361316633032.
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A number of autism intervention practices have been demonstrated to be effective. However, the use of unsupported practices persists in community early intervention settings. Recent research has suggested that personal, professional and workplace factors may influence intervention choices. The aim of this research was to investigate knowledge and use of strategies, organisational culture, individual attitudes, sources of information and considerations informing intervention choices by early intervention providers. An online survey was completed by 72 early intervention providers from four organisations across Australia. Providers reported high levels of trust and access of information from internal professional development, therapists and external professional development. A range of considerations including child factors, family values and research were rated as important in informing intervention choices. Participants reported greater knowledge and use of evidence-based and emerging practices than unsupported. Levels of use were linked to levels of knowledge, as well as some organisational and attitudinal factors. Areas for future research and implications are discussed.
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Chackal, Tony. "Place, Community, and the Generation of Ecological Autonomy." Environmental Ethics 40, no. 3 (2018): 215–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.5840/enviroethics201840321.
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Autonomy is traditionally considered to be an epistemic capacity of individuals to think for themselves, and the community is held to be its central obstruction. Autonomy is the internal capacity to freely use reason to form beliefs and preferences that are one’s own. It is premised on the atomistic individual conceived as a decontextualized rational mind. Accordingly, natural, physical, and social externalities have not been included in discourse on autonomy. But if individuals are seen as embodied dwellers within social and natural environments and are reconceived as ecological, that is, partly constituted by their environments, then autonomy must likewise be reconceived. Ecological autonomy is an internal epistemic capacity to think and an external actional capacity to act for oneself in relation to other individuals and environments. Whereas traditional and even relational autonomy require that competency and authenticity conditions must be met for internal thinking, ecological autonomy requires two sets of competency and authenticity conditions, one for internal thought and one for external action. An ecological treatment holds that while community can obstruct autonomy, it also generates and sustains it to reveal how community and place are co-defined as mutually constitutive companion concepts with alternate emphases. Place emphasizes physical and social, and natural and artificial environments, but includes people and social practices. Community emphasizes people, social practices, knowledge, and values, but includes the environing world.
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Zakria, Tengku Ismail, Wan Mansor, and Sulaiman. "Validation of Infant and Young Child Feeding Questionnaire for the Assessment of Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices among Child Care Providers: The IYCF-CCPQ." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16, no. 12 (June 17, 2019): 2147. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16122147.
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The validation of a new questionnaire is essential to improving its credibility in the assessment and collection of evidence. This study aimed to validate a newly developed infant and young child feeding questionnaire for child care providers (IYCF-CCPQ) to measure the knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding infant and young child feeding among them. A cross-sectional study was conducted with 200 child care providers who were involved in handling children less than two years old in child care centers in the northeastern part of Peninsular Malaysia. The IYCF-CCPQ was self-administered and consists of three domains: Knowledge (104 items), attitude (90 items), and practice (42 items). The dichotomous-scale items in the knowledge domain were analyzed using a two-parameter logistic model of item response theory (2-PL IRT). The Likert-type-scale items in the attitude section were assessed using exploratory factor analysis (EFA). The items in the practice section were assessed descriptively. Internal consistency by marginal reliability was assessed in the knowledge domain, and Cronbach’s alpha coefficient was used for the attitude domain. The marginal reliability values were 0.91 and 0.74 for the knowledge domains related to breastfeeding/formula feeding and complementary feeding, respectively, and the Cronbach’s alpha values were 0.89 and 0.90 for the attitude domains related to breastfeeding/formula feeding and complementary feeding, respectively. The analysis showed good psychometric properties (discrimination, difficulty index, factor loading, and communalities) and good reliability. The IYCF-CCPQ is valid for use assessing the knowledge, attitudes, and practices among Malaysian child care providers regarding infant and young child feeding.