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Journal articles on the topic "Interpretivist study"
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Herzog, Richard J., and Katie S. Counts. "Administrative ironies and DHS performance reporting." International Journal of Organization Theory & Behavior 17, no. 1 (March 1, 2017): 1–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijotb-17-01-2014-b001.
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Objectivism is the critical lens used to view organizational communication of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The Government Performance Results Modernization Act of 2010 changed requirements for such communication by mandating that agencies like DHS emphasize performance goals and targets to be achieved in the upcoming years in their performance reporting. Interpretivism is the sense-making lens used to view changes in performance reporting. This study focuses on performance target reductions, new performance measures, and retired performance measures documented in a DHS annual report. Nineteen performance measures were selected and discussed from empirical interpretivist and institutional interpretivist lenses. When intepretivism cannot match what is reported with what would appear to be logical, administrative ironies are established.
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Bevir, Mark, and Ian Hall. "Interpreting the English school: History, science and philosophy." Journal of International Political Theory 16, no. 2 (January 13, 2020): 120–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1755088219898884.
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This article introduces the Special Issue on ‘Interpretivism and the English School of International Relations’. It distinguishes between what we term the interpretivist and structuralist wings of the school and argues that disagreement about its preferred approach to the study of international relations has generated confusion about what it stands for and weakened its capacity to respond to alternative approaches. It puts the case for a reconsideration of the underlying philosophical positions that the school wishes to affirm and suggests that a properly grounded interpretivism may serve it best. The final part of the article discusses the topics and arguments of the remaining pieces in the Special Issue.
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Amelia Dean, Bonnie. "The Interpretivist and The Learner." International Journal of Doctoral Studies 13 (2018): 001–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.28945/3936.
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Aim/Purpose: In the time that we study for our dissertation, our learning takes many turns. Sometimes we feel excited, motivated and accomplished, while other times frustrated, tired or unsure. This paper presents a poem to illustrate one student’s PhD journey through reflection on those fluctuations, milestones and learning moments experienced along the way. Background: Central to the journey presented here is learning about the interpretivist paradigm, its approaches, methods and critics. Interpretivism is a qualitative research approach which, in many disciplines, continues to be the positivist’s poor cousin. Methodology: This original paper takes an autoethnographic approach, expressed through poetry. Autoethnography uses self-reflection to connect personal experience to wider social and cultural understandings and has been seldom applied to investigate and uncover the contested and emergent doctoral experience. Contribution: Little opportunities arise during doctoral studies for the student to pause, reflect and communicate new learnings or knowledge without the boundaries of academic discursive conventions. In this way, the poetic medium of expression offers an original contribution to the field. The poem also illuminates the struggles with finding voice, an ontology that resonates, and the place that marks independence from others in becoming a researcher. Findings: Poetry affords ideas and feelings intensity through a distinctive style and rhythm of literature. This original poem offers a creative artefact that can be useful for supervisors and students at any stage of their dissertation, to ignite conversation on the challenges of higher education study. Recommendations for Practitioners: This paper invites others to consider their learning journey and discovery of self, to reflect on and record the milestones, tensions and catalysts of learning. Recommendation for Researchers: It opens doors particularly for those exploring, or wanting to explore, qualitative research through an interpretivist paradigm where knowledge is socially or experientially co-constructed and the researcher is inseparable to the research. Impact on Society: Becoming a researcher as synonymous with being a learner is a crucial discovery that widely connects to being a practitioner in any field. Learning to love the red pen is a metaphor of doctoral studies used to denote acceptance of feedback on written work as well as acceptance more broadly that there is always more to learn. Future Research: What if we encouraged doctoral students and academics to challenge convention and write/produce/create authentic expressions of learning? Encouragement should be afforded to doctoral students and academics to reflect during and beyond their research journeys, in a medium that personally resonates to empower deeper insights and understandings.
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Upadhyay, Prakash. "Interpretivist Tradition in Qualitative Anthropological Research Writings." Himalayan Journal of Sociology and Anthropology 5 (November 9, 2012): 123–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/hjsa.v5i0.7044.
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Stranded in a philosophical position, qualitative research is fundamentally “Interpretivist” in the sense that it is concerned with how the social world is realized, interpreted, understood and experienced, or produced. Qualitative investigation based researches rummage around for answers to their questions in the realistic world. They congregate what they see, hear and read from the people and places and from events and activities and their main purposes are to learn about some aspects of the social world and to generate new understandings that can be used by that social world. Anthropological qualitative research is about the interpretation of social world especially of cultures and people’s life-ways rather than seeking causal explanations for cultural practices. In anthropological writings as much attempt and consideration should be given to the organization of the scientific paper and article as was given to the execution of the anthropological study, the writer should employ assorted techniques to make the belief, faith based qualitative anthropological study more and more empirical.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/hjsa.v5i0.7044 Himalayan Journal of Sociology & Anthropology-Vol. V (2012) 123-137
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Silverman, Michael J. "Change Mechanisms in Patient-Preferred Live Music: An Exploratory Interpretivist Study." Journal of Music Therapy 58, no. 3 (May 10, 2021): 310–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jmt/thab006.
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Abstract Although there is empirical support for patient-preferred live music (PPLM) in addressing affective states and pain for adults in medical settings, there is a lack of data regarding why PPLM might be effective. Identifying the underlying processes and events of change mechanisms within PPLM has the potential to improve education and clinical training, distinguish music therapy from other music interventions, and augment treatment outcomes for service users. The practitioner’s expertise constitutes a component of evidence-based practice and could be used to identify change mechanisms that result in PPLM being effective. Therefore, the purpose of this exploratory interpretivist study was to understand practitioners’ perceptions of PPLM change mechanisms for adults in medical settings. I conducted in-depth individual semi-structured interviews with 10 practitioners who had provided protocol-based PPLM in adult medical settings as a component of published research projects. Incorporating member checking and trustworthiness, I used an inductive approach to thematic analysis to analyze data. I identified 3 major themes: Choices within PPLM, Music-based aspects of PPLM, and Positive outcomes resultant of PPLM. These themes were supported by 17 subthemes. The subthemes helped to explain relationships between results and I developed a visual model to conceptualize PPLM change mechanisms. While previous objectivist literature has found PPLM to be an effective intervention for adults in medical settings, the results of the current study provide an evidence-based and practitioner-centric approach to PPLM change mechanisms. Implications for clinical practice, limitations of the study, and suggestions for future research are provided.
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Verma, Geeta, Anton Puvirajah, and Horace Webb. "Enacting acts of authentication in a robotics competition: An interpretivist study." Journal of Research in Science Teaching 52, no. 3 (January 7, 2015): 268–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/tea.21195.
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Satria, Hendy, Novi Chandra Saputra, Juhli Edi S, M. Isa Alamsayahbana, and Fauzi Fauzi. "ACCOUNTING TREATMENT OF HISTORICAL ASSETS BASED ON INTERPRETIVIST PARADIGM." PENANOMICS: International Journal of Economics 1, no. 1 (April 20, 2022): 1–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.56107/penanomics.v1i1.1.
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This study aims to determine the accounting application for the Department of Revenue and Financial Management and Regional Assets of the Tanjungpinang City Government in the recognition, assessment, presentation and disclosure of the Grand Mosque of Sultan Riau Penyengat in financial statements. This research is expected to provide clearer information regarding historical aset accounting standards. This study uses a qualitative case study approach. Data were collected through primary data. through respondent interviews and secondary data from supporting documents. The results of this study indicate that the recognition of historical asets in this mosque has no "value" because it is not easy to determine the age or value of these historic asets. The practice of accounting for historic asets at the Grand Mosque of Sultan Riau Penyengat has met the standards set by the government, because there is an assessment and presentation of historical asets has been carried out in the notes to the financial statements.
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도선재. "An Interpretivist Study on Relationship Meaning and Pattern in Online Brand Community Life Cycle(CLC)." Journal of Social Science 43, no. 2 (August 2017): 179–212. http://dx.doi.org/10.15820/khjss.2017.43.2.008.
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Bevir, Mark, and Ian Hall. "The English school and the classical approach: Between modernism and interpretivism." Journal of International Political Theory 16, no. 2 (January 11, 2020): 153–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1755088219898883.
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This article analyses the evolution of the English school’s approach to international relations from the work of the early British Committee in the late 1950s and early 1960s to its revival in the 1990s and afterwards. It argues that the school’s so-called ‘classical approach’ was shaped by the crisis of developmental historicism brought on by the First World War and by the reactions of historians like Herbert Butterfield and Martin Wight to the rise of modernist social science in the twentieth century. It characterises the classical approach, as advanced by Hedley Bull, as a form of ‘reluctant modernism’ with underlying interpretivist commitments and unresolved tensions with modernist approaches. It argues that to resolve some of the confusion concerning its preferred approach to the study of international relations, the English school should return to the interpretivist commitments of its early thinkers.
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Naeem, Usman, and Muhammad Kashif. "Discovering the Motives to Browse Internet among MBA Students: An Interpretivist Investigation." Vision: The Journal of Business Perspective 22, no. 3 (July 16, 2018): 243–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0972262918785959.
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This study aims to discover motives to browse Internet among MBA students from Pakistan to understand its role to facilitate student leaning in business schools. The data is collected by means of focus groups and Facebook posts to discover motives to browse Internet. Thematic analysis is performed to analyse the data which includes recording, coding, and development of emergent themes. The four motives to browse Internet which are: Communication, Career Management, Information seeking, and Academic performance. The study is unique in two aspects. First, the data triangulation is achieved by methodological advancement to explore the motives behind Internet browsing. Secondly, the business students from a developing Asian country are selected to render some country specific strategies to make productive use of Internet.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Interpretivist study"
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Huang, Yi-hui. "An Interpretivist Study of Knowledge Provided by Seamless Digital-Synthesized Photographs." The Ohio State University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1214941623.
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Howie, Frederick Richard. "Perceptions of the applicability of the Self-Medication Hypothesis: An interpretivist study." Thesis, Howie, Frederick Richard (2019) Perceptions of the applicability of the Self-Medication Hypothesis: An interpretivist study. Masters by Research thesis, Murdoch University, 2019. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/54056/.
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This thesis describes a study of individuals' perceptions of the applicability of the Self-Medication Hypothesis as proposed by Edward Khantzian (SMH). In simple terms, the SMH proposes that individuals use alcohol and other drugs in order to alleviate extreme emotional distress, and that they use the substance which is most effective in providing relief.
This research assumed an interpretivist position when eliciting and then interpreting views articulated by individuals accessing counselling and street outreach services directed at providing help to those adversely affected by alcohol and/or other drug use (Clients), and those providing such services (Service Workers). Informants conveyed their perceptions during interactive, unstructured interview conversations.
Clients and Service Workers perceived substance use in terms of complex, intertwined motivations. Clients and Service Workers alike perceived self-medication to be one important motivation for substance use. However, both groups indicated they saw the SMH to be limited in its ambit, as it does not consider relief from physical pain and does not address less extreme emotional distress. Views of the nature of relief sought and obtained varied. Service Workers generally perceived relief as "feeling numb", whereas Clients generally sought to "feel better" in a holistic sense.
Clients and Service Workers identified "having fun" and social and cultural influences as important motivations for substance use, and did not emphasise one as more important than the other. In doing so, Informants identified feeling "numb", "better" and "good" as a continuum. These perceptions are in contrast to Khantzian's view that self-medication is the primary motivation for alcohol and other drug use.
Clients and Service Workers addressed self-medication as an alternative to medically prescribed drugs in ways that reaffirmed the importance of substance use for self-medication. Both groups identified shortcomings in the areas of acquisition and effects of prescribed drugs as key reasons for self-medication.
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Bhogal, Anoop. "Goddesses of consumerism : an interpretivist study of young female consumers in contemporary India." Thesis, University of Leicester, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2381/9390.
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Marketing and consumer research scholars have paid little attention to the contemporary Indian consumer landscape, with even less focus on the particular experiences of female consumers in this context. This thesis contributes to a partial redress of this parochial and Eurocentric status quo in consumer culture research by presenting the voices and critically exploring the lived experiences of consumer culture of a sample of young female Indians. A selective review of the multidisciplinary literatures on globalization, consumer culture and India is used to develop a conceptual framework for this thesis, and to situate the research aims in contemporary and relevant scholarship. The aims of the research are to understand and describe the meanings, values and lived experience of contemporary consumer culture of a sample of young female Indian consumers; to establish the extent to which, and describe how, global flows of culture serve to hinder, propagate or catalyze markers of distinction between rural and urban consumers; and to establish whether and how traditional belief systems and practices influence young consumers’ identity projects in contemporary Indian society. In addressing these aims, the thesis documents the design and execution of a two month multi-method interpretive research study of twenty three young urban and rural women living in New Delhi and at its fringes. Through coding and categorisation, a reading of the data presents three key findings. Firstly, that media is an important medium through which notions of urban and rural identity and difference are constructed. Secondly it demonstrates how the body, as site of consumption, becomes tempered through Vedic ideals of womanhood. Thirdly, it presents a context specific understanding of consumer culture in the East which previous research has masked. Additionally, a data-driven framework for understanding the consumer experience of the sample of respondents is also presented.
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Hamilton, Susan Elizabeth. "Accounting for identity : becoming a chartered accountant." Thesis, University of Stirling, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/127.
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This is a qualitative study which draws on the interpretivist tradition to research the processes by which Chartered Accountant (CA) students begin to develop their sense of professional identity. The thesis draws upon recent research on identity in early professional learning, in particular the aspects of becoming and belonging through which people enter into a community of practice. The purpose of the research is to understand the developing professional identity of students of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (CA Students). In order to develop this understanding, data gathered at a number of focus groups at which CA Students were the participants, have been analysed. The transcripts from these focus groups are the primary source of data. This was analysed thematically and metaphorically in order to explore the senses that CA Students were making of their own entry into the accountancy profession. The analysis was used inductively to produce a resulting theory which has developed as a Professional Identity Map of the CA Student (PIMCAS). It elaborates the processes that impact on the developing professional identity of the CA Student. The findings of the research illuminate the processes by which CA Students become and belong, in particular marking the influence of the Training Firm and the Individual Values of the CA Student. The notions of becoming and belonging underpin the stories the CA Students tell of how they understand their developing professional identity. The practical implication of the results of this research for the future training of CAs is finally explored.
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Haverkos, Peter John. "A Case Study of a Pre-College Readiness Program." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1429616467.
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Luke, Belinda. "Strategic entrepreneurship in New Zealand's state-owned enterprises underlying elements and financial implications : a thesis submitted to Auckland University of Technology in fulfilment of requirements of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), 2009." Click here to access this resource online, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10292/658.
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The concept of strategic entrepreneurship has received increased attention over the past ten years. Viewed as the intersection of entrepreneurship and strategy, this field of research is populated by conceptual studies which focus mainly on the nature and perceived benefits of strategic entrepreneurship. Similarly, the study of entrepreneurship in a public sector context has gained increasing support in recent years, but also remains underexplored. To address these gaps, this thesis considers: What are the underlying elements and financial implications of strategic entrepreneurship in New Zealand’s state-owned enterprises [SOEs]? New Zealand’s SOE sector, comprising 17 government-owned, commercially focused organisations, is considered to be a prime subject for this research. Well known for their implementation of new public management [NPM], many New Zealand SOEs have also been publicly recognised as both innovative and entrepreneurial. The research question is addressed by first developing a preliminary framework of strategic entrepreneurship from literature on entrepreneurship and strategy. This framework is then examined in the context of case studies on activity which is entrepreneurial and/or strategic within 12 of the 17 SOEs operating in New Zealand as at 2006. Transcripts from a series of interviews, and publicly available documents are analysed thematically. SOEs’ financial statements over a five year period are also analysed. The thesis contributes in two broad areas. First, much-needed empirical support is lent to the concept of strategic entrepreneurship. Key elements of strategic entrepreneurship identified include opportunity identification, innovation, acceptance of risk, flexibility, vision, growth, and leveraging from core skills and resources such that existing knowledge and skills are transferred and applied to create new products, services, and markets. Important supporting elements identified include an open, flexible, and progressive culture, operational excellence, and cost minimisation. The nature of each of these elements is also investigated. A detailed understanding of the relationship between strategic entrepreneurship and wealth creation reveals various internal and external factors which may influence the nature and strength of the relationship. These factors include changes within the organisation, as well as changes in the economic and political environment, and are important influences on the resulting returns realised. Second, this thesis offers valuable evidence in support of emerging change in the public sector towards the adoption of strategic entrepreneurship. Support for the value of NPM is provided, with clear evidence of financial returns from New Zealand’s SOE sector. Further, a key finding is the structured and systematic approach to entrepreneurial activity within the context of NPM in several New Zealand SOEs. Such behaviour is referred to in this thesis as new public entrepreneurship. This form of activity offers the potential for competitive advantage and financial gain traditionally associated with entrepreneurial activity, but also limits the respective risks through its structured, systematic approach.
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Havenga, Marica. "The relationship between career adaptability and academic achievement in the course of life design counselling." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/27244.
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The purpose of this study was to explore and describe the relationship between top academic achievement in Grade 12 and certain characteristics of career adaptability. The career construction theory and the counselling model for life designing constituted the theoretical framework for the study. This research study of limited scope was conducted according to an interpretivist metatheoretical paradigm. I followed a qualitative methodological paradigm based on a case study design. Purposive sampling was used to select participants according to their top academic achievement. A very important factor in all case studies is the collection of data from multiple sources. Therefore, data collection methods included the Career Adapt-Abilities Inventory, individual interviews, life line and life story. A deductive style of analysis was used to identify themes (concern, control, curiosity, confidence). Inductive analysis was used to identify subthemes. Based on the findings of the study the salient aspects of career adaptability were established as being concern, control, curiosity and confidence. The importance of career adaptability when negotiating change was demonstrated by participants in their orientation and preparation for the future, making decisions after careful planning and exploration, and seeking information, as well as having confidence in their own ability and choices. Finally the findings of my research study suggest a significant relationship between Grade 12 top academic achievement and certain characteristics of career adaptability. Additionally findings suggest that other variables such as participation in extracurricular activities, gender, race and socioeconomic circumstances should not be excluded and therefore need to be investigated further. CopyrightDissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2011.
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Dzorkpey, Theodore Kwadzo Agbelie. "Realising the objectives of the South African Schools Choral Eisteddfod : a case study / Theodore K.A. Dzorkpey." Thesis, North-West University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/4812.
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The realisation of the objectives of the South African Schools Choral Eisteddfod
(SASCE) is influenced by the national education system and the environment it
operates in. This thesis accordingly studies the SASCE within the organisational
framework of the Department of National Education. It provides a comprehensive
description of the factors that influence the achievement of the objectives of the
SASCE in the FET band in the Motheo district of the Free State Province.
South African national education policy provides for a single unified democratic
system for the organisation, governance and funding of schools. The Department
of National Education formulates policy and provinces are responsible for its
implementation by means of district offices. In this respect the education system is
regarded as an organisation consisting of different sub–organisations that must
provide effective education in line with the educational needs of the country. A
generic five–point model of effective organisational structure accordingly was
applied to determine the factors impacting on the realisation of the objectives of
SASCE.
Data were gathered and analysed by means of personal observations, document
analysis and semi–structured interviews with education officials, school principals
and choir conductors.
The challenges of the national education system with regard to appropriate
facilities, equipment, funding, appropriately trained officials and educators, support
staff and effective policy implementation are consistent with the challenges facing
the Department of National Education’s enrichment programmes, of which the
SASCE forms part.
Findings and recommendations are offered for all research questions. A general
recommendation pertains to a proposed restructuring of the provincial enrichment
programmes sub–directorate in order to address some of its organisational
shortcomings and also the challenges facing the SASCE.Thesis (Ph.D (Music))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2011.
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Mijinyawa, Kabiru. "An evaluation of open source software adoption by UK SMEs in the IT industry." Thesis, Brunel University, 2008. http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/4509.
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This study evaluates the adoption of Open Source Software (OSS) by IT Small to Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in the UK. The growing popularity and acceptance of OSS continues to draw much attention in research and practice. However, researchers and IT practitioners within the UK SME sector still face challenges in understanding the issues that influence the acceptance, adoption, and diffusion of OSS. While previous research studies have focused mainly on the software development model and the unique characteristics of OSS, the area of OSS adoption by UK SMEs has largely been ignored. Furthermore, there is a lack of widely-acceptable theories that explain the adoption of OSS, implying that there is limited understanding of OSS adoption by UK SMEs. This gap in research has led this thesis to evaluate existing adoption theories and then apply the 'Decomposed Theory of Planned Behaviour' to model the adoption of OSS by SMEs. Based on the emerged conceptual model, an innovative and structured qualitative research design that uses a case study strategy was developed to evaluate the adoption of OSS across 10 UK SMEs in the IT industry. The analysis of the standardised data from the case study interviews led to the definition of the 16 factors of an emergent theory of OSS adoption by IT SMEs. The analysis of that empirical model has led to important conclusions including the following five issues, summarily. (1) The participant IT SMEs were drawn to different benefits, and experienced different challenges, in using OSS, suggesting that there is subjectivity and complexity in the factors influencing OSS adoption. (2) As in most Information and Communication Technology (ICT) adoption, ITcapability was identified to be essential for successful adoption of OSS, and therefore, it presents potential for important cooperative and collaborative support with OSS communities. (3) The emergent theory from this research study provide researchers and practitioners with variables for surveying critical-success-factors and a reference model for understanding the adoption of OSS. (4) The emergent theory and other general findings from this study are likely to have relevance in other areas of Information Systems research and practice, owing to the factors and theoretical framework that are common to OSS and general ICT acceptance, adoption, and diffusion. (5) This study appears to be the first that has focused on developing a widely-acceptable theory of OSS adoption by IT SMEs in the UK, suggesting that this innovative research study is a novel contribution that has important implications for theory and practice in OSS and general ICT acceptance, adoption, and diffusion.
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Hinckley, Chiara Dominique. "Exploring the use of Television for Guidance to Expectant Fathers." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/27619.
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The purpose of this study was to explore and describe the use of television for providing guidance to expectant fathers by determining whether or not the medium of television can be implemented to offer parent guidance to expectant fathers during the transition into fatherhood. Focus was therefore placed on gaining an understanding of the specific type of information required by expectant fathers, in conjunction with their perceptions of the most suitable form of media to provide such guidance. The study was conducted in terms of an INTERPRETIVIST-positivist paradigm and followed a mixed methods approach. A combination of a survey design and case study research design was employed. Both quantitative and qualitative data collection strategies were implemented during the two phases. Firstly, a telephone survey (questionnaire) was conducted with 65 participants. Secondly, four individual (face-to-face) interviews were conducted with expectant fathers, to obtain in-depth information. In addition, data was collected by means of field notes and a reflective journal. Based on the findings of the study, it is concluded that expectant fathers have a clear need for information to help prepare them for their role as a father and require more knowledge regarding the topic of fatherhood and pregnancy. According to the findings expectant fathers also wish to receive guidance in order for them to develop certain basic childcare skills needed to fulfil their role and regard television to be the most suitable medium for providing them with the guidance they require. Fathers feel that television may assist them by providing the information they require, thereby directly addressing their needs.Dissertation (MEd (Educational Psychology)--University of Pretoria, 2005.
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Books on the topic "Interpretivist study"
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Halperin, Sandra, and Oliver Heath. 2. Forms of Knowledge. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/hepl/9780198702740.003.0002.
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This chapter focuses on fundamental assumptions that researchers make about how we can know and develop knowledge about the social world, such as assumptions about the nature of human behaviour and the methods appropriate to studying and explaining that behaviour. The main objective is how to carry out a systematic and rigorous investigation of social phenomena. The chapter considers three different answers to the question of how to approach the study of social phenomena: those offered by positivism, scientific realism, and interpretivism. It also explores the differences among these answers and their implications for conducting political research. Finally, it discusses the use of a positivist (rational choice) and interpretivist (constructivist) approach to the analysis of ethnic conflicts in Yugoslavia in the 1990s.
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Simmons, Erica S., and Nicholas Rush Smith, eds. Rethinking Comparison. Cambridge University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/9781108966009.
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Qualitative comparative methods – and specifically controlled qualitative comparisons – are central to the study of politics. They are not the only kind of comparison, though, that can help us better understand political processes and outcomes. Yet there are few guides for how to conduct non-controlled comparative research. This volume brings together chapters from more than a dozen leading methods scholars from across the discipline of political science, including positivist and interpretivist scholars, qualitative methodologists, mixed-methods researchers, ethnographers, historians, and statisticians. Their work revolutionizes qualitative research design by diversifying the repertoire of comparative methods available to students of politics, offering readers clear suggestions for what kinds of comparisons might be possible, why they are useful, and how to execute them. By systematically thinking through how we engage in qualitative comparisons and the kinds of insights those comparisons produce, these collected essays create new possibilities to advance what we know about politics.
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Baron, Alan, John Hassard, Fiona Cheetham, and Sudi Sharifi. Organization Culture. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198813958.003.0002.
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The study of an English hospice commences by first examining the literature on organizational culture. The extensive and often contested literature on two major and competing epistemological positions is explored. The first is associated with realism and positivism and the second with nominalism and interpretivism. In the former, culture is seen as an instrumental aspect of organizational life—an independent variable capable of manipulation by the organizational members. In the latter, culture has a much more ambiguous ontology, being conceptualized as a tacit framing device or meanings dimension that allows for sense-making amongst the organization’s stakeholders. This divergence of views is often expressed in terms of whether culture is something the organization has or something the organization is. Such views are often seen as being at opposite (objectivist versus subjectivist) ends of a continuum of social science philosophy.
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Rhodes, R. A. W. Interpretive Political Science. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198786115.001.0001.
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This collection of essays is Volume II in a retrospective of previous publications. It looks forward and explores the ‘interpretive turn’ and its implications for the craft of political science, especially public administration. It draws together articles from 2005 onwards on the theme of ‘the interpretive turn’ in political science. Part I provides a summary statement of the interpretive approach. It provides the context for what follows. Part II develops the theme of blurring genres. It discusses a variety of research methods common in the humanities, including: ethnographic fieldwork, life history, and focus groups. Part III shows how the genres of thought and presentation found in the humanities can be used in political science. It presents four examples of such blurring ‘at work’ with studies of: applied anthropology and civil service reform; women’s studies and government departments; storytelling and local knowledge; and area studies and comparing Westminster governments. The book concludes with a summary of what is edifying about an interpretive approach, and why this approach matters. It revisits some of the more common criticisms before indulging in plausible conjectures about the future of interpretivism. The author’s main concern is to make the case for an interpretive approach by showing how it refreshes old topics and opens new empirical topics. The author seeks new and interesting ways to explore governance, high politics, public policies, and the study of public administration in general. So, the emphasis is on methods, and providing several examples of the approach ‘at work’.
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Brown, Nadia E., and Danielle Casarez Lemi. Sister Style. Oxford University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197540572.001.0001.
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Sister Style: The Politics of Appearance for Black Women Political Elites centers Black women’s bodies, specifically their hair texture and skin tone, to argue that phenotypic differences among Black women politicians directly impact how they experience political office and how Black voters evaluate them. The book brings together an interdisciplinary, multi-method, and blended epistemological approach of positivism and interpretivism to ask whether African American women’s appearances provide a more nuanced lens through which to study how their raced-gendered identities impact their candidacies and shape their political behavior. The authors take a deep dive into intersectional theory-building, through which they examine the intra-categorical differences among Black women. They find that Black women vary in their political experiences because of their appearances, and that dominant, Eurocentric beauty standards influence the electoral chances of Black women. They observe that skin tone and hair texture, along with the historical legacies that have shaped the current cultural and political contexts, dictate Black women elites’ political experiences and voter evaluations of them. The book asks the following questions: What do the politics of appearance for Black women mean for Black women politicians and for Black voters who evaluate them? What are the origins of the contemporary focus on Black women’s bodies in public life? How do Black women politicians themselves make sense of the politics of appearance? Is there a phenotypic profile into which most Black women politicians fit? What is the effect of variation in Black women’s phenotypes for candidate evaluations? And how do voters process the appearances of Black women candidates?
Book chapters on the topic "Interpretivist study"
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Risfandini, Andini, Armanu Thoyib, Noermijati Noermijati, and Mugiono Mugiono. "The Determinant Factors of Tourism Destination Competitiveness and Destination Management: A Case Study from Malang City." In Proceedings of the 19th International Symposium on Management (INSYMA 2022), 879–86. Dordrecht: Atlantis Press International BV, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-008-4_110.
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AbstractThis research aims to identify the determinant factors of tourism destination competitiveness and the determinant factors of destination management. This research applies interpretivism as the research paradigm with a single case study qualitative research. Data were collected through semi-structured in-depth interviews. The researchers transcribed the interview results and a thematic analysis was conducted to find the emerging themes in the transcript verbatim. The determinant factors of tourism destination competitiveness consist of tourist attraction, unique characteristics of tourism destinations, good accessibility, amenities (hotel and restaurant), safety, cleanliness, and friendliness of the locals. Destination management consists of organization, strength mapping, strategy to improve tourism destination competitiveness, synergy, addressing the problems that can decrease competitiveness, and tourism management during crises. Concerning the Covid-19 pandemic, the research findings include tourism management during crises as part of destination management. Crisis management is deemed important during the Covid-19 pandemic, especially for the tourism sector, which the pandemic has hit the hardest. The major proposition of this research is that the determinant factors of tourism destination competitiveness managed through organized and thorough destination management could improve tourism destination competitiveness.
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Halperin, Sandra, and Oliver Heath. "2. Forms of Knowledge: Laws, Explanation, and Interpretation in the Study of the Social World." In Political Research, 27–63. Oxford University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/hepl/9780198820628.003.0002.
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This chapter focuses on fundamental assumptions that researchers make about how we can know and develop knowledge about the social world, such as assumptions about the nature of human behaviour and the methods appropriate to studying and explaining that behaviour. The main objective is how to carry out a systematic and rigorous investigation of social phenomena. The chapter considers three different answers to the question of how to approach the study of social phenomena: those offered by positivism, scientific realism, and interpretivism. It also explores the differences among these answers and their implications for conducting political research. Finally, it discusses the use of a positivist (rational choice) and interpretivist (constructivist) approach to the analysis of ethnic conflicts in Yugoslavia in the 1990s.
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Elstub, Stephen, and Gianfranco Pomatto. "Case Study Research." In Research Methods in Deliberative Democracy, 406–20. Oxford University PressOxford, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192848925.003.0028.
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Abstract Case study research is widely used in the field of deliberative democracy due to the depth of insight and attention to context that this method provides. This chapter explains why case study research has been integral to deliberative democracy’s development from a normative theory to an established and mature theory guided by significant empirical evidence. This chapter also suggests that as deliberative democracy research moves towards a systemic approach, case studies will continue to be essential for understanding the practice of deliberative democracy across the huge variety of contexts a system involves. Case studies are a research approach that is relevant to both positivist and interpretivist research traditions, but, as this chapter also demonstrates, this distinction is one that deliberative democracy can transcend. This chapter provides guidance on selecting a suitable case as well as collecting and analysing data, specifically in relation to the field of deliberative democracy.
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Fitton, Triona. "Interpretive ethnography: a UK charity shop case study." In Researching Voluntary Action, 24–35. Policy Press, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/policypress/9781447356684.003.0003.
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This chapter provides an overview of ethnographic research within voluntary action research, and highlights some key uses of ethnographies as a qualitative research tool. Drawing on an interpretivist approach, it outlines the utility of ethnography in a case study analysis of professionalisation within a charity retail setting. Using participant observation in two charity shops and interviews with shop workers and volunteers, the case study illustrates the importance of participation and immersion within the research setting in terms of observing, recording and analysing ‘natural’ interactions and behaviours. It also explores the role of researcher reflexivity, and how micro-level “shop floor” examination of voluntary cultures can serve as a critical measure against data-driven assumptions about contemporary charity work.
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Abrahams, Ilhaam, Lawrence Meda, and Eunice N. Ivala. "Implementing Blended Learning in Classrooms: Educators' Perspectives." In Handbook of Research on Innovations in Non-Traditional Educational Practices, 327–40. IGI Global, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-4360-3.ch017.
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Blended learning is one of the modalities used to enhance students' learning experiences in the 21st century. South African educators who migrate to countries overseas have mixed feelings about their teaching using technology in schools. This chapter presents findings on implementation of blended learning in mathematics classrooms from the perspectives of two South African educators working in an international school in Saudi Arabia. The study was done using a qualitative case study within an interpretivist paradigm and it was guided by the technology acceptance model. Two South African educators teaching at an international school in Saudi Arabia were purposively selected to participate in the study. Data was collected using semi-structured interviews and document analysis. A significant contribution of the study was the development of a model which shows that perspectives of the educators on blended learning hinges on two entities: technology acceptance and educators' self-efficacy.
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El-Bassiouny, Noha. "Images of Halal." In Global Perspectives on Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage, 142–58. IGI Global, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-2796-1.ch009.
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The purpose of this chapter is to delve into exploring the status of halal products between the East and West through a qualitative introspect from the view point of a Muslim traveler. The research takes an exploratory interpretivist approach by employing a comparative study utilizing observation and content analysis of visuals related to halal brands in one Eastern and one Western country with considerable Muslim populations; namely Singapore and Germany. The results show that despite the potential of the halal market in Germany, it is yet to become integrated in mainstream retailing, whereas in Singapore, the market is developed and shows high levels of stringency in the halal certification and retailing process.
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Kouassi, Amevi, Jorge Tiago Martins, and Andreea Molnar. "Customer Experience Management System at a University's Student Support Services." In Handbook of Research on Innovations in Information Retrieval, Analysis, and Management, 431–50. IGI Global, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8833-9.ch016.
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The study reported in this chapter evaluates how the Customer Experience Management System (CEMS) used by a University's Student Support Services (StuSS) responds to the objectives of capturing, storing, extracting, interpreting, distributing, using and reporting customer experience information for creating organisational value. Theoretically, the study draws on the concept of organizational ambidexterity. Concerning the research design, the study was undertaken using qualitative methods of data collection and interpretivist methods of data analysis. It has been inductively discovered that the availability of customer experience information obtained through the CEMS allows StuSS to respond effectively to different student needs. Organizationally, there is clarity concerning the ownership and management of customer relationships. Individual student data is collected, coordinated and distributed across lines of business. Because of this, StuSS is able to consistently identify customers across touch points and channels. Further suggestions are advanced to improve StuSS's analytical investigation capability to derive descriptive and predictive customer information, through applying data mining models to the information that is currently collected.
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Mthembu, Mpilo, and Lungelo Sanele Mbatha. "Supporting Data Preservation Through Institutional Repositories of the Academic Libraries in South Africa." In Innovative Technologies for Enhancing Knowledge Access in Academic Libraries, 176–95. IGI Global, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-3364-5.ch011.
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Institutional repositories (IRs) are open access platforms that could be viewed as ideal platforms for supporting the management of the scientific knowledge which enhances knowledge generation, preservation, use, and sharing and for increasing the scale of research performance in a research community. This chapter investigates the use of IRs in preserving data at selected academic libraries in KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa, guided by the Digital Curation Centre (DCC) Lifecycle Model. The interpretivist research paradigm following a qualitative research approach through a case study was employed. The findings of the study reveal uniform IRs for data preservation in the participated academic libraries. The findings also show a strong need for training and workshops to equip the librarians and researchers with the necessary skills and knowledge for preserving data in the IRs. A lack of resources is the biggest threat to preserving data for most academic libraries.
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Simmons, Janelle Christine. "Overcoming the Onslaught." In Confronting Academic Mobbing in Higher Education, 1–28. IGI Global, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-9485-7.ch001.
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This chapter seeks to explore and examine the phenomenon known as mobbing and more specifically academic mobbing. First, a brief introduction to bullying at the workplace as well as mobbing ensues. Second, the definitions of mobbing and academic mobbing as well as clear descriptions are delineated. Third, various topics surrounding academic mobbing are introduced such; the phases of mobbing, a description of the bully, a description of the “mobbers,” a description of the bystanders and a description of the target. Other topics are introduced as well such as statistics that surround the phenomenon of mobbing at the workplace as well as workplace engagement results of academic mobbing. Then the methodology is introduced. This research study is qualitative in nature. An autoethnography is utilized and the data is seen through a constructivist/interpretivist lens. The author than introduces her experience via narrative form, which is followed by a discussion and conclusion, limitations of the study, recommendations for future research, and a statement of conflict.
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Zondani, Tandokazi, and Tiko Iyamu. "Towards an Enterprise Business Architecture Readiness Assessment Model." In Empowering Businesses With Collaborative Enterprise Architecture Frameworks, 90–109. IGI Global, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-8229-8.ch004.
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Often at times many organisations fail to achieve the objectives of their enterprise business architecture (EBA). This can be attributed to lack of assessment of readiness. This is also because there are no models specific to EBA readiness assessment. The lack of readiness assessment before deployment often results to challenges such as uncoordinated business designs, lack of flow in processes, derailment of activities, which make cost of operations prohibitive, increase complexity in managing potential risks, and service stagnancy. These challenges led to this study whose aim was to propose a solution that can be used to assess the readiness of EBA in an organisation. From the interpretivist perspective, the case study approach was employed to gain better understanding of the factors that influence the readiness of EBA in an organisation. The hermeneutics approach was applied in the analysis of the data. The sudy reveals the factors that influence the deployment of business architecture in organisations.
Conference papers on the topic "Interpretivist study"
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Seloma, Portia, and Sam Ramaila. "PEDAGOGICAL PRACTICES ADOPTED BY TEACHERS WHEN TEACHING LEARNERS TAKING ENGLISH AS FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE IN LIFE SCIENCES CLASSROOMS." In International Conference on Education and New Developments. inScience Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.36315/2021end020.
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This study examined pedagogical practices adopted by teachers when teaching learners taking English as First Additional Language in Life Sciences classrooms. The inquiry adopted a generic qualitative design located within the interpretivist paradigm and involved purposively selected Life Sciences teachers and grade 10 learners from South African township schools as participants. Qualitative data was collected through semi-structured interviews and classroom observations. The empirical investigation is underpinned by the Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency (CALP) as the underlying theoretical framework. The study uncovered a myriad of instructional challenges facing Life Sciences teachers and learners associated with the use of English as a medium of instruction while it is taken as a First Additional Language by the learners. In particular, the terminology used in Life Sciences as a key knowledge domain posed fundamental instructional challenges in relation to meaningful development of enhanced learners’ conceptual understanding of scientific phenomena. Theoretical implications for meaningful science teaching and learning are discussed.
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Travica, Bob. "Information Politics and Information Culture: Case of a Festival Organization." In InSITE 2005: Informing Science + IT Education Conference. Informing Science Institute, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.28945/2928.
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This article introduces the concepts of information politics and information culture and presents a case study that explores these concepts. The literature from the areas of IS theory and organization theory that provides a backdrop to these concepts is discussed. A case of an organization that has characteristics of both small business and voluntary organization is presented as initial validation of the concepts of information politics and information culture. The case draws on a longitudinal interpretivist study and tracks a trajectory of organizational design, information politics, information culture, management and organizational performance over 25 months. The primary finding is that the organization studied exhibited two distinct information politics and information cultures, each related to different development phases—the era of clan and the era of teams. The article also discusses particular aspects of information politics and information culture and how these relate to organizational performance. Derived are implications for further research on information politics and information culture as well as for a broader parent framework called Information View of Organization.
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Kisirkoi, Florence, and Cude Michelle. "Building Education Resilience for Girls in Kenya." In Tenth Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning. Commonwealth of Learning, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.56059/pcf10.9473.
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Education disruptions caused by poverty, insecurity and negative traditional practices in rural communities in Kenya were escalated by the Covid-19 pandemic when Narok county was reported to be leading in teenage pregnancy. Such a trend would delay achievement of the international Sustainable Development Goal 4 .1 by 2030. The purpose of this study was to investigate the strategies which some students employed to continue learning amidst education disruptions. It was guided by the research questions: What were their experiences in education during Covid-19 pandemic school closure? What made some of them continue learning amidst disruptions while many did not? What do they propose as useful solutions which builds education resilience? Using interview schedules and guided by interpretivist paradigm, voices were captured where 29 girls, 44 boys; later 21 girls and 2 teachers were interviewed to express their perspectives on their experiences during Covid-19 disruptions. Some of the experiences were harassment and lack of learning resources; some suggestions which could build education resilience for inclusive learning were provision of innovative, learning technology tools, libraries, and socio-emotional support groups.
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Clark, Jo-Anne. "Implementing Learning Analytics: The journey to improve teaching and learning at five Australian universities." In ASCILITE 2021: Back to the Future – ASCILITE ‘21. University of New England, Armidale, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.14742/ascilite2021.0101.
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Universities are under heightened pressure to become more efficient using less resources., the quality of teaching and the student experience must not be sacrificed in pursuit of efficiency. One strategy is to use automation, smart technology to augment the work of human teachers. Not to replace the teacher but to make them better at what they do. Give them smart tools to do their jobs more effectively. Learning Analytics is one such tool that has the potential to leverage teaching capability. This paper examines the learning analytics implementations at five diverse Australian universities (regional and metropolitan) with varying degrees of success reported. These implementations are evaluated using of DeLone and McLean’s (2003) information system success model. It will be seen that participants in this interpretivist case study regard learning analytics as having potential benefits but are not sure about how best to realise analytics systems with extensive usability research built-in and offering sophisticated functionality seem likely to emerge and take precedence over the trial and error approach. This study addresses an apparent gap in the research as limited studies exist targeting both learning analytics and information system success.
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RAIMI, Lukman, Mirela PANAIT, and Eglantina HYSA. "UNETHICAL ISSUE OF CORPORATE SOCIAL IRRESPONSIBILITY OF ENERGY COMPANIES IN EMERGING MARKETS." In Proceedings of The Third International Scientific Conference “Happiness and Contemporary Society”. SPOLOM, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.31108/7.2022.35.
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There are media hype and allegations on the unethical conduct of energy companies flagging CRS in emerging markets. The purpose of this study is to affirm or refute the allegations of the unethical issue of CSR among energy companies in emerging markets. The exploratory nature of the study makes a qualitative research method (an interpretivist research paradigm) preferable. Specifically, pieces of information were sourced from scholarly articles, energy reports, and web resources on the CSR of energy companies in five emerging markets. At the end of the rigorous critical review of the literature (CLR), it was found that energy companies in the seven emerging markets have CSR policies, programs and projects designed to support host communities. Second, these energy companies heavily contribute to environmental degradation and pollution in their countries through gas glaring and other carbon emission footprints. Third, the energy companies flagged CSI as CSR to cover their unethical conduct, negative environmental impacts and carbon omission footprints. In practical terms, the insight on CSI is consistent with previous empirical studies that stated that energy companies flagged social actions to cover environmental pollution and carbon omission footprints in emerging markets. Key words: CSR, Unethical Issue, Corporate Social Irresponsibility (CSI) of energy companies, emerging markets
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Wan Hafiz, Wan Zainal Shukri, Gan Mei Yen, Abdul Wahab Mohamad Rahijan, and Wenjie Cai. "CHINESE FOOD CULTURE AND FESTIVAL: ROLE AND SYMBOLIC MEANING AMONG HOKKIEN MILLENNIALS." In GLOBAL TOURISM CONFERENCE 2021. PENERBIT UMT, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.46754/gtc.2021.11.023.
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The practice of preparing and consumption traditional food at home is the foci in most traditional celebrations, mostly accompanied by rich ethnic rituals, practice and symbolic meanings. However, studies showed changes in lifestyle and work demands in post-modernity have impacted the significance of century’s old ethnic practices in modern life. Millennials (those born between 1980s - 1990s) are more attracted to branding and commercial foods rather than festival foods. This presents an imminent risk of an erosion of Chinese festival foods and cultural identity. This study explores the symbolic meanings of the Hokkien festival foods, factors influencing the consumption of Hokkien festival foods, and role of Hokkien festival foods among Hokkien millennials. Adopting an interpretivist approach, twenty participants who identified themselves as Chinese Hokkien and were born between 1980s - 1999s in Negeri Sembilan were interviewed for the purposes of data collection. The symbolic meaning of Hokkien festival foods among Hokkien millennials were maintaining relationship with their ancestors by following festive traditions and spending quality time with family members. The role of Hokkien festival foods were to celebrate the traditions, culture and heritage as well as pass those traditions on to the younger generations. There were three main factors that influenced Hokkien festival food consumption, which were changed or set aside in keeping with a more modern lifestyle, affected by the attitude of the younger generation and the fact that parents failed to pass on the traditions.
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Voinea, Mihaela, and Andreea Sitoiu. "Children’s Wellbeing Starts at Home. Redefining Parenting According to the Digitalized Society." In ATEE 2020 - Winter Conference. Teacher Education for Promoting Well-Being in School. LUMEN Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.18662/lumproc/atee2020/37.
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The changes in digitalized society are reflected in the family and school environment. Nowadays children are characterized as “Homo zappiens” (Veen & Vrakking, 2011) or “digi” generation (Gold, 2016) because they are growing up using modern technology (mobile phone, computer, iPod etc.) since early childhood. The use of new communication technologies by children induced major changes in play, learning and parenting. They learn and play in a global and digital culture. This could lead to huge discrepancies between generations, especially between parents and children, children and educators. This is because homo zappiens are digital, whereas parents are analogous sometimes. If we add to these characteristics of society the values that dominate postmodernism (hedonism, individualism etc.) we will have a clearer picture of the challenges of education today and especially, in parenting. We need to redefine the children-parents-educators relationship through a new set of criteria. Wellbeing is an important aspect of the family environment which determinates school integration and success. This article focuses on research in parents` perception regarding the parenting in digitalized society and children`s wellbeing. The research was embedded in a constructivist-interpretivist paradigm, which employed both quantitative and qualitative methods for data collection. This study included a number of 100 participants, children and their parents. Conclusion: The parents need to develop a new mind, set on children`s wellbeing and rethinking the parenting in digitalized society. A training program for parents must be a solution for develop children`s well-being at home as a condition for school.
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Goba-Medne, Līva. "Learning Experience that Transforms Teachers’ Professional Activity: The Covid-19 Pandemic." In 80th International Scientific Conference of the University of Latvia. University of Latvia Press, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.22364/htqe.2022.34.
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Transforming of teaching and learning paradigms in education has been a long-standing object for debate. Various educational reform movements have formed along with divergent views on what quality education is. The COVID-19 pandemic has created a world-wide disruption not only to the continuity of education, but to the existing teaching strategies and learning modes as well. Teachers had to reorient their professional activity towards remote and hybrid teaching within a short period of time. This creates a crisis-like learning situation that requires not only the acquisition of practical skills, but it demands the transformation of the teaching activity itself. Learning associated with such transformations deserves closer examination. The aim of this article is to discuss the theoretical and the practical underpinnings of a study which aims at conceptualizing learning experiences of teachers that have accompanied the transformations of their professional activity during the COVID-19 pandemic situation. In–depth literature review was performed using both key word search and reference chaining to discover key authors, key texts, and key ideas. Further on central concepts were analysed and methodology was developed for researching the learning experiences teachers have undergone during the COVID-19 pandemic that have transformed their professional activity. Interpretivist subject-centred approach in line with social constructivism is applied. The article concludes that the central concepts – learning experiences of teachers, transformative learning, professional activity of teachers – serve to build a logical and compatible research framework. Narrative interview along with documentary method of interpretation and theoretical sampling forms coherent and validated methodology.
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Heymans, Yolande. "Exploring Open Education Practices (OEP) in Undergraduate, Interprofessional Education (IPE)." In Tenth Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning. Commonwealth of Learning, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.56059/pcf10.3965.
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Advancement in information and communication technology (ICT) laid the foundation for open education practices (OEP). The open educational resources (OER) movement has been high on the accessibility and inclusivity agenda, however, the OPAL report: Beyond OER – Shifting Focus to Open Educational Practices (OPAL, 2011) suggests extending the focus beyond the use of OER in higher education to innovative OEP. OEP is defined as “a broad description of collaborative practices that include the creation, use, and reuse of OER, as well as pedagogical practices employing participatory technologies and social networks for interaction, peer-learning, knowledge creation, and empowerment of learners” (Cronin, 2017, p. 18). // Lecturers introduced OEP into a second-year module. Working in interprofessional teams, health and social care students (N:1734) conducted research and used open technologies to design a learning object. Learning objects were assessed, and with students’ consent, shared as OER. Within the evolving OEP domain, this SoTL research project explored students’ perceptions on the use of OEP in undergraduate, interprofessional education (IPE). Ethics approval was granted. Voluntary non-probability sampling was used. The study population comprised of all students registered for the module (N:1734) with 1145 (n) students giving written consent. // This qualitative study was anchored in a constructivist-interpretivist paradigm. A scoping review provided the theoretical foundation and empirical data was collected through an online reflection activity. Data was anonymised, thematically analysed, co-coded, and interpreted. // Participants perceived the introduction of OEP as very positive. Participants valued working collaboratively, gaining insight into diverse disciplinary approaches, and learning with, form, and about their peers. OEP allowed for increased engagement with the subject matter, better understanding, and knowledge retention. Participants valued learning new skills, being creative, co-constructing knowledge, and developing a learning object that can be used for more than just assessment purposes. Students recommended the inclusion of OEP in other modules. // References. Cronin, C. (2017). Openness and Praxis: Exploring the Use of Open Educational Practices in Higher Education. International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 18(5), 15–34 doi: https://doi.org/10.19173/irrodl.v18i5.3096
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Hendricks, Winston, and Babawande Olawale. "Bridging the Gender-Based Digital Divide: Empowerment of Women Through ICT." In Tenth Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning. Commonwealth of Learning, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.56059/pcf10.9136.
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This paper explores how digital transformation can bridge the gender-based digital divide and empower women for civic engagement in a digital world. This is because, in recent times, women in developing countries such as South Africa have been marginalized due to the patriarchal sentiment prevalent in society. While gender equality is not only a universal human right, recognizing the importance of gender equality in ensuring the advancement of society will go a long way to reducing the existing gender gaps in digital inclusion. While it has been argued that digital transformation perpetuates gender-related inequality, empowering women has the potential to generate a new source of global economic growth that is more inclusive. In addition, the incorporation of computer-based technologies into an organization's products, processes, and strategies, often referred to as 'digital transformation' is capable of providing an avenue for more equal women participation in labour markets and entrepreneurship. However, despite the advantages of digital transformation for women’s empowerment, women’s marginalisation in digital technologies continues to be evident in South Africa and its education system. The present study, therefore, investigates how digital transformation can bridge the gender-based digital divide and empower women for civic engagement in a digital world by promoting gender equality in the digital communities. Underpinned by an Interpretivist paradigm, the study employs a qualitative research approach and a case study design. Thus, to investigate how digital transformation can bridge the gender-based digital divide and empower women for civic engagement in a digital world, data for the study was collected through interviews from ten female university students in a rural university in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. The findings from the study revealed that while there are several opportunities that the digital technologies present in the quest for women empowerment, the lack of skills and expertise, literacy gaps, traditional and social norms, and a lack of confidence in experimenting with technology, among many others are the key factors that widen the digital gender gap. Based on the findings, recommendations were made that universities and higher education institutions partners should promote women's empowerment by supporting women's meaningful and equal participation in decision making where digital technologies are concerned.