Introduction Plan for Configurational Analysis: Summary of Illustration Case

1979 ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
Mardi J. Horowitz
Keyword(s):  
Configurational Analysis

scholarly journals Examining the Determinants of Healthcare Workers’ Performance: A Configurational Analysis during COVID-19 Times

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (11) ◽  
pp. 5671
Author(s):  
Benito Yáñez-Araque ◽  
Sagrario Gómez-Cantarino ◽  
Santiago Gutiérrez-Broncano ◽  
Víctor-Raúl López-Ruiz
Keyword(s):  
Job Performance ◽  
Work Environment ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Work Performance ◽  
Qualitative Comparative Analysis ◽  
Good Level ◽  
Configurational Analysis ◽  
Key Variables ◽  
The Times

The evaluation of the work performance of health professionals has focused the interest of scientific research in recent decades as a basis for improving the quality of health services. The global COVID-19 pandemic has pushed countries’ health systems to the limit and had previously unknown consequences on the job performance of health professionals. In this context, what are the determinants of performance? There are numerous studies that link job performance with other variables that directly affect it, such as leadership, job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and work environment. However, there are no studies that jointly relate all these variables, and even less in the field of health. The main objective of this work is to analyse how these variables are configured together to generate a good level of performance of health professionals during the times of COVID-19. To do this, a fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) is carried out, an appropriate method that will allow finding the joint causal effects of key variables in human resources to ensure a good level of job performance in health organizations. The study reveals that leadership and commitment are the two key drivers of performance. The data confirm that the “recipe” to achieve a good level of performance consists of the combination of leadership, commitment, and a good work environment. Additionally, in the case of less satisfied workers, linking leadership and commitment is a sufficient condition.

scholarly journals Syntheses and Configurational Analysis of Rotenoids, XIX The Total Synthesis of Natural Rotenone

1961 ◽  
Vol 25 (9) ◽  
pp. 673-677 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masateru MIYANO ◽  
Akio KOBAYASHI ◽  
Masanao MATSUI
Keyword(s):  
Total Synthesis ◽  
Configurational Analysis

How has Educational Expansion Changed the Necessary and Sufficient Conditions for Achieving Professional, Managerial and Technical Class Positions in Britain? A Configurational Analysis

2008 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 29-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barry Cooper ◽  
Judith Glaesser
Keyword(s):  
Educational Achievement ◽  
Early Adulthood ◽  
Sufficient Conditions ◽  
Necessary And Sufficient Conditions ◽  
Birth Cohorts ◽  
Configurational Analysis ◽  
Causal Pathways ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Necessary And Sufficient ◽  
Modelling Approach

This paper, whose purpose is both substantive and methodological, focuses on changes over a nine year period, drawing on data from two British birth cohorts (individuals born in 1958 and 1970), and, substantively, employs set theoretic methods to explore the extent to which an upward shift in qualifications achieved led to any reduction in the roles class and gender played in the achievement of professional, managerial and technical (PMT) social class destinations in early adulthood. Our methodological purpose is to illustrate how a counterfactual modelling approach can be used together with Ragin's set theoretic methods to provide an alternative way of analysing relationships in this area. We draw on earlier work exploring the extent to which educational achievement was ‘meritocratic’ with respect to ability for these cohorts (Cooper 2005, 2006). Our configurational account of the causal pathways to various class destinations is set against the background of a simple model of ‘meritocracy’ (allocation to available class positions by qualifications alone taking account of the empirical marginal distributions). This model allows us to specify, counterfactually, what qualifications would have represented necessary and sufficient conditions in our modelled meritocracy for reaching the PMT class. By comparison of these conditions with the empirically derived necessary and sufficient conditions for achieving these outcomes (using Ragin et al's fs/QCA software) we show that while allocation processes were far from meritocratic in both cohorts, there were some changes in the way both class and gender combined with qualifications as conditions for destinations. We also show that Ragin's configurational methods, focussing on holistically-conceived cases and conjunctural causation rather than on the net effects of independent variables, provide a useful analytic technique for capturing relationships in this field.

scholarly journals Configurational Analysis of the Driving Paths of Chinese Digital Economy Based on the Technology–Organization–Environment Framework

SAGE Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 215824402110545
Author(s):  
Shuangying Chen ◽  
Qiyue Li ◽  
Bo Lei ◽  
Na Wang
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Qualitative Comparative Analysis ◽  
Digital Economy ◽  
Necessary Condition ◽  
Digital Competence ◽  
Configurational Analysis ◽  
Complex Interactions ◽  
Toe Framework ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
Using Data

The purpose of this study was to examine the combinations of factors driving the digital economy and their configurational pathways, based on the Technology–Organization–Environment (TOE) framework. Using data on 31 Chinese provinces, the study integrated the TOE framework with Fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA) to examine the digital economy. The results indicate that (a) firms’ digital competence is a necessary condition for the development of the digital economy; (b) four pathways drive high levels of digital economic development and three pathways lead to low levels of digital economic development; and (c) these pathways indicate asymmetry between high and low levels of digital economic development. The findings enhance understanding of the complex interactions of multiple factors driving the digital economy. They also yield policy recommendations for the development of the digital economy.

ChemInform Abstract: CONFORMATIONAL AND CONFIGURATIONAL ANALYSIS OF 1,3-DIOXEPAN SYSTEMS WITH PARTIALLY RIGID CONFORMATIONS

1976 ◽  
Vol 7 (25) ◽  
Author(s):  
JACQUES SOULIER ◽  
MARIE FARINES ◽  
ALBERT LAGUERRE ◽  
ALINE BONAFOS-BASTOUILL
Keyword(s):  
Configurational Analysis

Pain Among Professional Orchestral Musicians: A Case Study in Body Culture and Health Psychology

2013 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 124-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lotte Nygaard Andersen ◽  
Kirsten K Roessler ◽  
Henning Eichberg
Keyword(s):  
Elite Athletes ◽  
Professional Musicians ◽  
Body Culture ◽  
Configurational Analysis ◽  
Culture And Health ◽  
Potential Damage ◽  
Orchestral Musicians ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Experience Pain

BACKGROUND: Professional musicians experience high rates of musculoskeletal pain, but only few studies have investigated how this pain is accepted by musicians. AIM: To investigate the culture of pain and to explore how professional musicians experience and cope with pain. METHODS: Ten semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted; 8 with musicians and 2 with professional elite athletes. In addition, a concert and two rehearsals were observed. The audiotaped interviews were transcribed verbatim. Configurational analysis was used to interpret the material as a whole. RESULTS: Musicians often experience pain as a consequence of prolonged repetitive work early in their career. Such pain is compounded by the lack of breaks during concerts and rehearsals. Orchestras seldom give opportunities for adjustments required for individual instruments, breaks, or action to prevent pain. Musicians' strong sense of coherence and the experience of pain as integral to their identity have encouraged musicians to develop flexible coping strategies. Ignoring pain and potential damage is an accepted concomitant to striving for perfection. A musician does not focus on pain but on the music. CONCLUSION: For the musician, pain has a significance beyond being something that can simply be removed by a practitioner. Pain tells both an individual story and a cultural story that is crying out to be heard.

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