scholarly journals Blurring the Boundaries between Leisure and Work: Professionals as Devotees in the Mind-Sport Bridge

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zoe Russell ◽  
Samantha Punch ◽  
Ian McIntosh
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Work Ethic ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Serious Leisure ◽  
Card Game ◽  
Elite Level ◽  
Negative Perceptions ◽  
The Mind ◽  
Academic Study

AbstractBridge is a partnership card game that has increasingly professionalized in recent years, particularly at ‘elite’ level. ‘Elite’ bridge players participate in a unique leisure world which hitherto has been understood as a form of serious leisure. However, due to professionalization there is the possibility to work as a professional bridge player thus blurring the boundaries between leisure and work. The paper is based on the lived experiences of professional bridge players and how they understand the, often ongoing, transition from playing bridge as a hobby to playing bridge for a job. Being a professional bridge player raises issues about moral evaluations of work, a work ethic and concerns over what a ‘proper job’ is. This paper explores these dynamics in relation to Stebbins concept of ‘devotee work’ and ideas of liminality, unpacking the tensions and ambiguities involved through the perspective of 52 elite bridge players. Findings from the qualitative interviews illustrate how playing bridge professionally is often experienced as being hugely positive, because of being paid to do something one is devoted to, but ambivalences and anxieties also emerge. In addition, the paper draws on the reflections of one author who is a bridge player and blurs the boundaries between work and leisure through the academic study of bridge. The findings show the contested nature of bridge as a profession set within broader notions of work, with positive and negative perceptions of the blurring of work-leisure boundaries.

“Gambling With My Cards Face Up”: Vulnerability as a Risky Act Among Men

2021 ◽  
pp. 106082652110479
Author(s):  
Florencia Durón Delfín ◽  
Rebecca B. Leach
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Romantic Partners ◽  
Social Conditions ◽  
Safe Space ◽  
Individual Factors ◽  
Iterative Approach ◽  
The Social ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
Toxic Culture

This study examines men’s lived experiences of suppressing vulnerability in a conflict. These moments of suppression happened during conflicts with friends, romantic partners, or family members. A phronetic-iterative approach guided an in-depth analysis of 16 qualitative interviews to illuminate the social conditions and expectations that prevented men from verbally expressing vulnerability. Men made sense of their own and others’ suppression patterns by naming cultural, relational, and individual factors. We argue that the toxic culture of masculinity is constructed collectively, such that men’s communication creates and reinforces expectations of what it means to be “strong” men. Reshaping the current culture into a safe space for men to express emotions will require intentional efforts from both men and their support systems.

scholarly journals “Sister, This is MY Church!” The Sisters of St. Joseph and Contested Sacred Space

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryan P. Murphy
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Sacred Space ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Second Vatican Council ◽  
Archival Research ◽  
Gendered Spaces ◽  
Cultural Symbols ◽  
The Past ◽  
Vatican Council ◽  
The Church

Recently, sociologists who study space have paid more attention to the importance of place, in other words—not just physical locations—but also the meanings, interpretations, and cultural symbols bound up within them. In this paper, I examine the “emplaced” and often gendered lived experiences of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Philadelphia after the Second Vatican Council. Drawing on archival research and in-depth qualitative interviews with nearly two dozen Sisters of St. Joseph, I analyze how the congregation negotiated and contested gendered spaces in the Church over the past fifty years. I explore the sisters’ occasionally tumultuous relationships and public disagreements with clergy, particularly about use of chapel and school space. I also examine the subtler ways—like presiding over funerals and annulment tribunals—that sisters in the congregation transgressed prescribed gendered boundaries in responding to the sacramental needs of the faithful and marginalized. Overall, I argue that sisters in the congregation adapted to changing pastoral needs and exercised agency as women in developing strategies of action to meet the needs of those whom they served.

scholarly journals Book of Mena Mannan in the defense of the Koran to Mr. Mohammed Sadr Reading in light of the reference method

2018 ◽  
Vol 227 (3) ◽  
pp. 417-441
Author(s):  
M . Dr. Rafid Abdel Kadhim Salem
Keyword(s):  
Reference Method ◽  
Innovative Approach ◽  
Interpretive Approach ◽  
The Mind ◽  
Holy Book ◽  
Academic Study

His Eminence was not excluded from the academic study. He combined the study of Al-Hawzawi and Al-Jamaa'i. He even contributed to the introduction of the academic lessons of the estate and he obtained the rank of ijtihad. He was 34 years old and in the same year he studied arfan and used various sources and references. He was not keen on them, because most of theses contained in his book of the daughters of his ideas. In his book, he adopted an innovative approach in most of his writings, to develop the mind and the works of thought, especially the book in question. He contradicted his predecessor in his interpretive approach, beginning with the last line of the Holy Book. He emphasized the theory of inspiration, The number of signs recorded in the minyan (37) is a reference divided into several sections, including those related to the divinity, judgments, ethics, etc., as shown in the research table

scholarly journals It doesn't make any sense : self and strategies among college students with learning disabilities

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
André Duncan Arceneaux
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Learning Disabilities ◽  
Learning Disability ◽  
Impression Management ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Information Control ◽  
Students With Learning Disabilities ◽  
College Career ◽  
Negative Perceptions ◽  
A Minor

Even though there has been increasing awareness of and accommodations for college students with learning disabilities, many of them still face various forms of stigmatization from instructors and peers. In this research project, I exam the ways in students with learning disabilities are stigmatized in academic and nonacademic settings, how they responded, or accounted, for their disability when questioned by others, and the strategies which they used to cope with problematic situations. This research is based on qualitative interviews of twenty-three college students with learning disabilities. Although the respondents viewed their learning disability as a minor issue, they did report problematic and embarrassing situations during their college career. Individuals with LD were concerned about the negative perceptions that others had of their LD label. To cope with stigmatization, college students with learning disabilities strategically performed tasks in order to minimize the negative reactions from peers and teachers. They also developed a series of accounts to neutralize the questions of their actions or their disability status. For this dissertation, I use Goffman's concept of impression management and information control to examine how college students with learning disabilities strategically use the performance of reading, writing, and other tasks associated with learning to present a positive self-concept. This dissertation looks at college students who are successful in managing the stigma associated with LD. While other learning disability narratives emphasize the all-encompassing, this study focuses on how individuals with learning disabilities attempt to control the effects and the significance of LD in everyday life.

scholarly journals Phenomenology: A Philosophy and Method of Inquiry

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 215 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sadruddin Bahadur Qutoshi
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Intellectual Engagement ◽  
Data Collection And Analysis ◽  
Phenomenological Studies ◽  
Conscious Level ◽  
The Mind

<p> <em>Phenomenology as a philosophy and a method of inquiry is not limited to an approach to knowing, it is rather an intellectual engagement in interpretations and meaning making that is used to understand the lived world of human beings at a conscious level. Historically, Husserl’ (1913/1962) perspective of phenomenology is a science of understanding human beings at a deeper level by gazing at the phenomenon. However, Heideggerian view of interpretive-hermeneutic phenomenology gives wider meaning to the lived experiences under study. Using this approach, a researcher uses bracketing as a taken for granted assumption in describing the natural way of appearance of phenomena to gain insights into lived experiences and interpret for meaning making. The data collection and analysis takes place side by side to illumine the specific experience to identify the phenomena that is perceived by the actors in a particular situation. The outcomes of a phenomenological study broadens the mind, improves the ways of thinking to see a phenomenon, and it enables to see ahead and define researchers’ posture through intentional study of lived experiences. However, the subjectivity and personal knowledge in perceiving and interpreting it from the research participant’s point of view has been central in phenomenological studies. To achieve such an objective, phenomenology could be used extensively in social sciences.</em></p>

Making a Difference: The Experiences of Midwives Working With Women Who Use Illicit Drugs

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 245-254
Author(s):  
Maureen Miles ◽  
Ysanne Chapman ◽  
Karen Francis
Keyword(s):  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Illicit Drugs ◽  
Illicit Drug ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Harm Minimization ◽  
Difference Making ◽  
Present Complex ◽  
Making A Difference

AIM:This article describes the experiences of midwives who choose to work with pregnant women who use illicit drugs.BACKGROUND:Pregnant women who use illicit drugs present complex challenges for those who choose to work with them. Society’s views on illicit drug use fluctuate from acceptance and harm minimization to reprimand and retribution.METHOD:Qualitative interviews were conducted between June and August 2009 with 12 Australian midwives. A thematic analysis method informed by hermeneutic phenomenology was applied to interpret this data to explicate lived experiences and gain deeper understanding and meanings of this phenomenon.FINDINGS:Three major themes encapsulated the experience: making a difference, making partnerships, and learning to let go. The focus of this article, “making a difference,” included two subthemes of “working on the margins” and “transition and transformation.” The midwives were both rewarded and challenged by the needs of women who use illicit drugs and by the systems in which they worked.CONCLUSIONS:The midwives acknowledged that their aspirations “to make a difference” was not always sufficient when working with women who use illicit drugs. They also require the establishment of maternity services that are compassionate and accessible, including woman–care provider partnerships and continuity of the care environments.

scholarly journals ‘You all look the same’: Non-Muslim men who suffer Islamophobic hate crime in the post-Brexit era

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (5) ◽  
pp. 585-602 ◽  
Author(s):  
Imran Awan ◽  
Irene Zempi
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Hate Crime ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Terrorist Attacks ◽  
Economic Damage ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Muslim Men ◽  
The Uk

Existing research on Islamophobic hate crime has examined in detail the verbal, physical and emotional attacks against Muslims. However, the experiences of non-Muslim men who suffer Islamophobic hate crime because they look Muslim remain ‘invisible’ in both official statistics and empirical research. Drawing on data from qualitative interviews with 20 non-Muslim men based in the United Kingdom, we examined their lived experiences of Islamophobic hate crime. Interviews were transcribed and analysed using thematic analysis. A deductive approach to thematic analysis was adopted to analyse participants’ narratives, and six overarching themes were developed: (1) nature of Islamophobic hate crime; (2) triggers of Islamophobic hate crime; (3) impact of Islamophobic hate crime; (4) reporting incidents, responses and barriers to Islamophobic hate; (5) victims’ coping strategies; and (6) recommendations on tackling the problem. Our findings show that participants experienced Islamophobic hate crime because of ‘trigger’ events, namely the Brexit vote, Donald Trump’s presidency and ISIS-inspired terrorist attacks in European countries such as France, Germany, Sweden and the UK. Participants described being verbally and physically attacked, threatened and harassed as well as their property being damaged. The impacts upon victims included physical, emotional, psychological and economic damage. These experiences were also damaging to community cohesion and led to polarization between different communities in the UK.

scholarly journals The influence of post-2008 legislation on an acquisition that turned hostile: A South African case study

2017 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 47-62
Author(s):  
A. K. Biggs ◽  
C. B. Scheepers ◽  
M. M. Botha
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
South African ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Single Case Study ◽  
Role Players ◽  
Negative Perceptions ◽  
The Media

Hostile acquisitions have a significant impact on managers and employees. The possibility of an acquisition creates uncertainty and when the acquisition turns hostile it is even more disruptive to the target organisation. Also, negative perceptions are often created in the media about the acquirer that influence employees’ attitudes in the target organisation. Processes to successfully integrate the acquirer and target organisations are impacted by these antagonistic pre-acquisition circumstances. The Companies Act (no.71 of 2008) created opportunities for shareholders to hold an acquired company’s management accountable for financial performance and the researchers set out to investigate how the intent of the new legislation played out in practice, by studying an acquisition that turned hostile. The single case study research methodology revealed the manoeuvring of both the acquiring and acquired companies which utilised the mechanisms available to them through the new legislative, regulatory and corporate governance landscapes. The researchers provide an extensive review of the relevant mergers and acquisitions’ literature, as well as influence of the international legislative environment on the current local regulations. These regulations in turn, inform corporate governance and ultimately board behaviours. The researchers conducted qualitative interviews with key role players as well as legal and financial experts. The findings of the thematic analysis and triangulation process, informed a conceptual frame of three episodes.

Contending and Adapting Every Day

2011 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 441-462 ◽  
Author(s):  
Øyfrid Larsen Moen ◽  
Marie Louise Hall-Lord ◽  
Birgitta Hedelin
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Childhood Disorders ◽  
Adhd Diagnosis ◽  
Hyperactivity Disorder ◽  
The Family ◽  
Colaizzi's Method ◽  
Parents Experiences

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common childhood disorders, and little attention has been paid to the parents and their experiences. The aim of this study was to gain a deeper understanding of the Norwegian parents’ lived experiences of having a child with an ADHD diagnosis. A descriptive design using phenomenological approach was chosen as the research method. Individual qualitative interviews with nine parents, who were members of the ADHD Association, were conducted. The interviews were analyzed according to Colaizzi’s method. The essential structure of the parents’ experiences was Contending and Adapting Every Day—Windsurfing in unpredictable waters which was embedded in the interrelated main themes: Maintaining the Self and Parenthood, and Interacting With the Surrounding World. Being the parent of a child with ADHD is a demanding situation. Nurses need to address the needs of these parents and focus on the family unit.

scholarly journals A Retrospective Analysis of Leadership Development through Sport

2003 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 268-291 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andy Wright ◽  
Jean Côté
Keyword(s):  
Leadership Development ◽  
Retrospective Analysis ◽  
Work Ethic ◽  
Social Influences ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Cognitive Engagement ◽  
Early Age ◽  
High Skill ◽  
Instrumental Role

The purpose of this study was to examine the development of six leader-athletes. In-depth qualitative interviews were used to explore the various activities that leader athletes engaged in from an early age as well as the roles and influences that peers, coaches, and parents played within these activities. Results indicated that leadership development in sport focused on developing four central components: high skill, strong work ethic, enriched cognitive sport knowledge, and good rapport with people. The types of activities engaged in throughout development as well as receiving feedback, acknowledgement, support, cognitive engagement, mature conversations with adults, and physical encounters with older peers are important social influences that can play an instrumental role in the formation of these four central tenets.

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