‘The Difference that Makes a Difference? A Qualitative Study of Cultural Differences and Similarities in Supervision’

2021 ◽  
pp. 119-149
Author(s):  
Philip Messent ◽  
Reenee Singh
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
The Difference

scholarly journals Socio-Cultural Differences Between Generations in Elbasan

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-57
Author(s):  
Nuredin Çeçi ◽  
Marjeta Çeçi
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Cultural Factors ◽  
Social Constraints ◽  
Cultural Changes ◽  
Cultural Elements ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Social And Cultural Factors

Social life carries various social and cultural phenomena which significantly interact with our lives, creating the difference in-depth reports and the newly formed relationship between generations in the family and society. Changes in thought, behavior, or actions strands understand if inequality and differences emerge and develop from social constraints. In today's society that mostly resembles a space without borders, it is possible to absorb new ways and ideas regarding lifestyle, thinking, and conduct. Many sociological and psychological studies argued that, especially in the early 60-s of the twentieth century, adolescents are more likely to be directed towards the ideas, practices, and characterized as countercultural movements. The study "Socio-cultural differences between generations in Elbasan" was conducted to identify social and cultural factors that affect the growth of differences between generations in the family and society. Identification of socializing factors such as media, schools, technology, and impacts arising from other cultures through immigration. Underlining the importance and analysis of social and cultural elements in change as essential factors in the differences between generations gives meaning to this study. This study's results have been highlighted by analyzing relations between ages and social and cultural changes in Elbasan in recent years.

scholarly journals Cross-Cultural Variations in Extreme Rejecting and Extreme Affirming Response Styles

2019 ◽  
Vol 50 (8) ◽  
pp. 955-971 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tieyuan Guo ◽  
Roy Spina
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Response Style ◽  
Response Styles ◽  
Cultural Variation ◽  
Cultural Variations ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Country Level ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The Individual

Previous research has discussed cultural differences in moderacy vs extremity response styles. The present research found that cultural differences in response styles were more complex than previously speculated. We investigated cross-cultural variations in extreme rejecting versus affirming response biases. Although research has indicated that overall Chinese have less extreme responses than Westerners, the difference may be mainly driven by extreme rejecting responses because respondents consider answering survey questions as a way of interacting with researchers, and extreme rejecting responses may disrupt harmony in relationships, which is valued more in Chinese collectivistic culture than in Western individualistic cultures. Studies 1 and 2 revealed that Chinese had less extreme rejecting response style than did British, whereas they did not differ in extreme affirming response style. Study 2 further revealed that the cross-cultural asymmetry in extreme rejecting versus affirming response styles was partially accounted for by individualism orientation at the individual level. Consistently, Study 3 revealed that at the country level, individualism was positively associated with extreme rejecting response style, but was not associated with extreme affirming response style, suggesting that individualism accounted for the asymmetric cultural variation in extreme rejecting versus affirming response styles.

scholarly journals (IR)Reverently Telling the Otherness through Paratextual Narrative

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 7-14
Author(s):  
Nicoleta-Loredana Morosan
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Host Country ◽  
Intercultural Competence ◽  
Cultural Intelligence ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Cultural Belonging ◽  
Inherent Component ◽  
Cultural Interactions

Abstract An inherent component of relocation narratives is the description of the protagonists’ process of building up their intercultural competence - whose range will vary from one expatriate narrator to another. Closely connected to all the four types of cultural intelligence (CQ), in general, and to the metacognitive CQ, in particular, the account of the sojourn in foreign lands conjures up a raft of reflections on what exactly gives one the sense of cultural belonging. Noticing the difference, analysing it, integrating or dismissing it are as many steps taken during/after cross-cultural interactions. This paper addresses the verbalisation of the cultural differences in accounts that sometimes embrace and other times reject them, by resorting to risqué language in snide remarks meant to perform an evaluation of the received ideas in relation to both the native and the host country of the expatriate. The corpus examined is the construction of the paratext prefiguring the spot-on satire comprised by the text.

scholarly journals Being highly productive in the Biomedical Sciences: A qualitative study of motivation and habits of high-throughput researchers

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (34) ◽  
Author(s):  
Joao Ricardo Nickenig Vissoci ◽  
Aline Chotte de Oliveira ◽  
Nelly Moraes Gil ◽  
Paulo Calvo ◽  
Ney Stival ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
High Throughput ◽  
Research Productivity ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Biomedical Sciences ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
High Productivity ◽  
Grounded Theory Method ◽  
The Difference

Background: Quantity, quality, and impact of scientific publications are used to assess national, institutional, and individual levels of research productivity. While the importance of quality research is stressed among the medical research community, minimal research has been conducted on analyzing which factors affect research productivity. Current literature assesses the quality of research institutions rather than that of individual researchers; there is also no research on the difference between high-impact researchers and other researchers. This study, conducted in 2015, sought to investigate the underlying reason for high-throughput authors' success by understanding their similar habits and motivations leading to high productivity. Methods: The authors conducted a qualitative study via interviews of high-throughput researchers from around the world. Semi-structured interview scripts guided the interviews in accordance to the grounded theory method for qualitative studies. Broad themes from preliminary interviews were identified and explored in subsequent interviews. Results: Qualitative analysis of participant interviews identified eight major themes: “Writing habits,” “Writing strategy,” “Previous training and writing experience,” “Major driver,” “Balancing volume and impact of publications,” “Ideal and non-ideal conditions,” “Timelines,” and “Role of networking on high-throughput productivity.” These themes are not exclusive nor required qualities of high-throughput researchers but highlight similarities and broadly unifying characteristics of these researchers. Conclusion:This study identified the common qualities and attitudes of high-throughput researchers. We found common factors in most individuals that can be considered markers of high productivity.

scholarly journals The Relationship Between Flipped Learning And Pupils’ Performance: A Reflection On Alternative Philosophical Underpinnings

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 104-114
Author(s):  
Ismail Mohammed Noriey ◽  
Mohammad Sedigh Javanmiri
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Flipped Learning ◽  
Kurdistan Region ◽  
Literature Reviews ◽  
Interpretive Approach ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Data Collection Procedure

This research paper investigates the significance of the relationship between flipped learning and pupils’ academic performance in secondary schools in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq especially with a focus on alternative philosophical underpinnings. Undoubtedly, the significance of this study in the field of educational research bubbles over with controversies. Professional researchers/teachers’ disagreements about what happens in schools emanate from the difference in philosophical lenses employed in understanding phenomena, divergent visions regarding the purpose of schooling, and what constitutes an ideal society and cultural differences.  This research attempts to understand teachers’ perception of reality in classrooms and fathoms the relationship between flipped learning and pupil’s academic performance, engagement and achievement. The research methodology employed has focused on mixed methods that allow the data analysis to adopt an interpretive approach and attempted to address the research questions by developing a structured observation and a questionnaire to facilitate the data collection procedure. The findings show that alternative philosophical underpinnings bear profound effects on pupils’ learning: teachers and the epistemologies and ontologies employed to understand reality in classrooms significantly impact flipped learning and pupils’ academic performance. The results suggest that these implications share common critical statements found in the related literature reviews that also indicate reflections on alternative philosophical underpinnings.

scholarly journals LA CULTURA COMO UN DETERMINANTE DE LIDERAZGO EMPRESARIAL EN CIUDAD CUAUHTÉMOC, CHIHUAHUA

2015 ◽  
Vol 20 (58) ◽  
pp. 103-112
Author(s):  
Ema Cristina Gutiérrez Enríquez ◽  
Karla Isabel Gutiérrez Enríquez
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
Business Groups ◽  
Psychosocial Characteristics ◽  
Business Leadership ◽  
Historia De Vida ◽  
The Difference

RESUMEN: Objetivo: Establecer las diferencias culturales en liderazgo empresarial, entre los empresarios de Ciudad Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua. Material ymétodo: El estudio se llevó a cabo en ciudad Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua, la información personal de cada uno de los empresarios, se obtuvo mediante entrevistas basadas en la historia de vida empresarial de doce empresarios, hombres de la región de Cuauhtémoc, siete de ellos fueron empresarios mestizos y cinco empresariosmenonitas; se detectaron las características psicosociales de liderazgo empresarial y se determinó la diferencia entre los dos grupos empresarios según su cultura. Resultados: En la región de Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua, convergen dos culturas dominantes, una culturamestiza y la otra culturamenonita, esta última, pertenece a un grupo religioso que por sus costumbres, ha desarrollado un estilo de vida característico. Se analizó la información y se encontró que existen diferencias significativas entre los dos grupos de empresarios entrevistados. Conclusiones: Se concluye que los empresarios de la región de Cuauhtémoc, cuentan con características culturales específicas, que les han llevado a establecer un estilo de liderazgo empresarial, que les ha conducido a tener éxito como empresarios. ABSTRACT: Objective: To establish the cultural differences in business leadership, among employers of Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua. Material and method: The study was carried out in CiudadCuauhtémoc,Chihuahua., Personal information of individual entrepreneurs, was obtained by historybased entrepreneurial life entrepreneurs twelvemen in the region of Cuauhtémoc, seven interviews were mestizos entrepreneurs fiveMennonite entrepreneurs; psychosocial characteristics of entrepreneurial leadership were detected and the difference was determined between the two business groups according to their culture. Results: In the region of Cuauhtémoc,Chihuahua.,Two dominant cultures converge, a mestizo culture and otherMennonite culture, the latter belongs to a religious group for their customs, has developed a lifestyle characteristic. The informationwas analyzed and found that there are significant differences between the two groups of entrepreneurs interview. Conclusions: We conclude that entrepreneurs in the region of Cuauhtémoc, have specific cultural characteristics that have led them to establish a style of business leadership, which has led them to succeed as entrepreneurs.

scholarly journals Pesta Rakyat ditengah Krisis: Partisipasi Masyarakat Pada Pilkada Sebelum dan Pada Saat Pandemi Covid-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 124-135
Author(s):  
Moh. Arif Burhannuddin ◽  
Agus Danugroho
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Public Participation ◽  
Community Participation ◽  
Analysis Software ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Data Analysis Software

This study aims to determine how public participation in the Pilkada before the Covid-19 Pandemic and during the Covid-19 Pandemic. Quoting Jean Jacques Rousseau's theory, democracy is a stage or a process that must be passed by a country in order to gain prosperity. One of the democracies in Indonesia is the Pilkada which is held in each region. However, since the Covid-19 Pandemic which has an impact on various sectors, it has made a significant difference to the implementation of Pilkada in each region. Changes in implementation conditions which of course have an impact on community participation are interesting things to study. In addition, based on the analysis of the VOSViewer software, research on comparative analysis of the Pilkada before and during the Covid-19 Pandemic has not been much researched. This research is a descriptive qualitative study with the help of data analysis software NVIVO 12 Plus. The results of this study indicate that there is a decrease in community participation in participating in Pildaka, both during the campaign period or at the time of voting at the TPS. Another thing that is the difference between Pilkada contestation before and after the Covid-19 Pandemic is the phenomenon of a single candidate in several regions in Indonesia, which rarely happened before this Pandemic

What is an open mind?

2018 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 360-370
Author(s):  
Adam Adatto Sandel
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Arranged Marriage ◽  
Good Judgment ◽  
Open Mind ◽  
The Enlightenment ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Romantic Conception ◽  
Blank Slate ◽  
The Ideal

In this article, I suggest that an open mind wholly unburdened by preconceptions and prejudgments is a mistaken ideal. Not only is it unrealistic; it deprives us of context and background knowledge relevant to judging well. I begin with two cases that show how the ideal of the “prejudice-free” mind, though appealing, may end up thwarting good judgment: blind assessment and “blank-slate” jury selection (the ideal of empaneling jurors without prejudgments). I then trace the prejudice-free ideal to the Enlightenment, exposing its roots in the subject-object worldview. Drawing on Heidegger, I suggest that the subject-object worldview is misguided and that all judgment involves a prior understanding of the matter we judge. To have an open mind, paradoxically, is to have a stake in defending a prior understanding, to be possessed of an understanding of the good that one wishes (at least provisionally) to promote. I then draw out the implications of this view for how we might make sense of cultural differences, examining the difference between the practice of marriage based on a romantic conception of love, and that of arranged marriage. By thinking through these two practices, seemingly opposed, we can arrive at a conception of marriage and love that preserves both.

scholarly journals Content counts, but context makes the difference in developing expertise: a qualitative study of how residents learn end of shift handoffs

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas A. Rattray ◽  
Patricia Ebright ◽  
Mindy E. Flanagan ◽  
Laura G. Militello ◽  
Paul Barach ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
The Difference
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