International Framework on Positive Action

2019 ◽  
pp. 525-549
Author(s):  
Jozefien Van Caeneghem
Keyword(s):  
Positive Action

An empirical study on factors influencing level of employee engagement with reference to select organization

GIS Business ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 109-114
Author(s):  
Dr. Srikrishna Gade ◽  
Lavanya. K
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Employee Engagement ◽  
Employee Development ◽  
Management Theory ◽  
Work Place ◽  
Development Programs ◽  
Great Work ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Positive Action ◽  
Efficiency And Productivity

There is no exact definition for the term Employee engagement yet. The term Employee engagement means that the employee feel the belongingness towards the organization always strives to the growth of their organization. An Engaged employee means one who fully enthusiastic about their work and takes positive action for organizations reputation and interests. Employee engagement first appeared as a concept in management theory in 1990s. Employee engagement practices are well established in the management of human resources. An organization with high employee engagement might have higher productivity than the organizations having less employee engagement level employees. Whereas employee engagement is directly proportional to the organizations productivity as higher the engagement level of employee results higher efficiency and productivity. Also the employee engagement may directly or indirectly relate to the job satisfaction or morale of employee. By understanding the importance of employee engagement many organizations are doing engagement practices such as providing great work place culture, employee development programs to enhance the engagement level of employee to raise productivity and daily performances.

Intersectionality and Positive Action

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 45
Author(s):  
Mieke Verloo
Keyword(s):  
Positive Action

Domains of Socialization

2019 ◽  
pp. 72-90
Author(s):  
Joan E. Grusec
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Zone Of Proximal Development ◽  
Proximal Development ◽  
Group Participation ◽  
Guided Learning ◽  
Positive Action ◽  
Affect And Cognition ◽  
And Control ◽  
Value Learning ◽  
Over Time

This chapter surveys how behavior, affect, and cognition with respect to parenting and moral development have been conceptualized over time. It moves to a discussion of domains of socialization; that is, different contexts in which socialization occurs and where different mechanisms operate. Domains include protection where the child is experiencing negative affect, reciprocity where there is an exchange of favors, group participation or learning through observing others and engaging with them in positive action, guided learning where values are taught in the child’s zone of proximal development, and control where values are learned through discipline and reward. Research using narratives of young adults about value-learning events suggests that inhibition of antisocial behavior is more likely learned in the control domain, and prosocial behavior more likely in the group participation domain. Internalization of values, measured by narrative meaningfulness, is most likely in the group participation domain.

scholarly journals Climate Change Inaction and Optimism

Philosophies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 61
Author(s):  
Philip J. Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Economic Growth ◽  
Collective Action ◽  
Public Discourse ◽  
Collective Action Problem ◽  
The Public ◽  
Policy Context ◽  
Positive Action ◽  
Ideological Fantasy

The problem of climate change inaction is sometimes said to be ‘wicked’, or essentially insoluble, and it has also been seen as a collective action problem, which is correct but inconsequential. In the absence of progress, much is made of various frailties of the public, hence the need for an optimistic tone in public discourse to overcome fatalism and encourage positive action. This argument is immaterial without meaningful action in the first place, and to favour what amounts to the suppression of truth over intellectual openness is in any case disreputable. ‘Optimism’ is also vexed in this context, often having been opposed to the sombre mood of environmentalists by advocates of economic growth. The greater mental impediments are ideological fantasy, which is blind to the contradictions in public discourse, and the misapprehension that if optimism is appropriate in one social or policy context it must be appropriate in others. Optimism, far from spurring climate change action, fosters inaction.

When is positive action not positive action? Exploring the conceptual meaning and implications of the tie-break criterion in the UK Equality Act 2010

2014 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nick Johns ◽  
Sara MacBride-Stewart ◽  
Martin Powell ◽  
Alison Green
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Support ◽  
Equality Of Opportunity ◽  
Equal Opportunities ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Positive Action ◽  
Legal Innovation ◽  
Positive Discrimination ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Conceptual Meaning ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the claim that the tie-break criterion introduced under the Equality Act 2010 is not really positive action as is claimed by its government sponsors. It evaluates this claim by locating the tie-break into equal opportunities theory, taking into account merit considerations, and reviews its potential implications. Design/methodology/approach – A conceptual discussion of the tie-break. Findings – The paper concludes that the tie-break is not positive action, nor is it positive discrimination. It employs the framework established by Forbes (1991) and attempts to locate it in theoretical discussions of the need to refine merit to take identity characteristics into account. While it could serve to make a more sophisticated approach to merit possible it fails to achieve its implicit potential in this regard. Research limitations/implications – The paper is conceptual and will benefit from empirical support in the future. Practical implications – Practically, the tie-break promises to add some greater clarity to the muddled understanding of equal opportunities and diversity that underpins much policy and legislation. As a result it will arguably prove hard to implement and will carry other associated problems. Social implications – Socially, the tie-break, mis-represented as it currently is, promises to create greater uncertainty around the nature and purposes of equality of opportunity. Consequently, it could exacerbate tensions and hostilities and promote significant resistance to “equality” measures. Originality/value – This paper is an original conceptual piece that will shine a light on an important legal innovation. The tie-break is not what it is described to be and carries both potential and threat for advocates of equality of opportunity. In pursuing socially significant outcomes of this type, conceptual accuracy and transparency are vital, and this paper contributes to this endeavour.

scholarly journals Meeting the Challenges of Longitudinal Cluster-Based Trials in Schools: Lessons From the Chicago Trial of Positive Action

2016 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 450-482 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kendra M. Lewis ◽  
David L. DuBois ◽  
Peter Ji ◽  
Joseph Day ◽  
Naida Silverthorn ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Statistical Power ◽  
Student Mobility ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Study Planning ◽  
Positive Action ◽  
Cluster Randomized

We describe challenges in the 6-year longitudinal cluster randomized controlled trial (CRCT) of Positive Action (PA), a social–emotional and character development (SECD) program, conducted in 14 low-income, urban Chicago Public Schools. Challenges pertained to logistics of study planning (school recruitment, retention of schools during the trial, consent rates, assessment of student outcomes, and confidentiality), study design (randomization of a small number of schools), fidelity (implementation of PA and control condition activities), and evaluation (restricted range of outcomes, measurement invariance, statistical power, student mobility, and moderators of program effects). Strategies used to address the challenges within each of these areas are discussed. Incorporation of lessons learned from this study may help to improve future evaluations of longitudinal CRCTs, especially those that involve evaluation of school-based interventions for minority populations and urban areas.

The Reality of Positive Action

1995 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 291-295
Author(s):  
L. Dickens ◽  
S. LIFF
Keyword(s):  
Positive Action

The Challenge of Parenthood

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1949 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 146-146
Keyword(s):  
Aggressive Behavior ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
Mental Hygiene ◽  
Child Rearing ◽  
Parental Role ◽  
Positive Action ◽  
Interested Parent

In this approach to the manifold problems of 20th century parents, Dr. Dreikurs has wisely stressed the constructive aspects of the parental role in child rearing, offering many concrete suggestions for positive action in specific settings. His discussion of mental hygiene principles is couched in language which has meaning to the interested parent, and his treatment of such potentially difficult areas as the setting of limits for aggressive behavior, the sensitive enlightenment of the child on sexual matters, and the handling of minor behavioral deviations by the judicial usage of matter-of-fact and superficial interpretations of the child's partially conscious goals of behavior seem sound and effectively developed.

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