scholarly journals Immigrant and Non-immigrant Parents’ Involvement in Bullying Cases

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hildegunn Fandrem ◽  
Janne Støen
Keyword(s):  
Parental Involvement ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Immigrant Parents ◽  
Lower Secondary School ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Parent Collaboration ◽  
Parents Involvement ◽  
Parents Experiences

AbstractThis study aims at investigating parental involvement in bullying cases. Immigrant and non-immigrant parents are compared regarding their experience and understanding of causes of the bullying behaviour that their child is exposed to, how they experience the school’s handling of the bullying case, the home-school cooperation, and parents’ cooperation with other parents. A qualitative approach was used, and semi-structured interviews with 16 parents of targets of bullying were carried out (5 immigrant, 11 Norwegian, including two Sami parents). The targets were from primary and lower secondary school. Content analysis was conducted using the deductively developed and inductively enriched system of categories. The results of the study provided insights into parents’ experiences of a problematic school-parent collaboration, and also problematic relations to the other parents of the students involved in the respective bullying cases. Immigrant parents were more satisfied with the school than non-immigrant parents, but not with the relation to other parents. Vulnerability and ethnicity-based bullying appeared as aspects which should be paid especially attention to, regarding both implications and future research.

How health professionals facilitate parents’ involvement in decision-making at the hospital: A parental perspective

2017 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 108-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antje Aarthun ◽  
Knut A Øymar ◽  
Kristin Akerjordet
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Parental Involvement ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Health Promoting ◽  
Parents Involvement ◽  
Purposive Sample ◽  
Parents Experiences

In many western countries, parents have a legal right to influence and be involved in decision-making (DM) surrounding their children’s healthcare. This ensures that the healthcare is customized as far as possible to meet the children’s and families’ needs and preferences. However, parental involvement in such DM is not sufficiently implemented and the parental role during hospitalizations has become demanding. More knowledge is required to inform health professionals (HPs) about how to improve parental involvement in DM from a health-promoting perspective. The aims of this study were to explore parents’ experiences of how HPs facilitate their involvement in the DM surrounding their child’s healthcare and to identify how HPs can improve parental involvement at the hospital. This was an explorative, descriptive qualitative study within a constructivist research paradigm, comprising a purposive sample of 12 parents participating in individual semi-structured interviews. Qualitative content analysis was performed. The findings showed that HPs’ sensitivity to parents’ capacity, resources and needs was essential in order to facilitate the latter’s involvement in DM. HPs’ sensitivity also seemed to influence the quality of communication and the HP-parent relationship. Moreover, these factors appeared to affect parents’ coping ability during their children’s hospitalization.

Parent Caregiving Experiences and Posttraumatic Growth Following Pediatric Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant

2021 ◽  
pp. 104345422199230
Author(s):  
Nicole B. Beckmann ◽  
Mary S. Dietrich ◽  
Mary C. Hooke ◽  
Mary J. Gilmer ◽  
Terrah F. Akard
Keyword(s):  
Stem Cell ◽  
Posttraumatic Growth ◽  
Hematopoietic Stem Cell ◽  
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant ◽  
Stem Cell Transplant ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Cell Transplant ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Hematopoietic Stem ◽  
Parents Experiences

Background: Parents of children recovering from hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) experience significant distress due to unpredictable and potentially life-threatening complications. Distress is heightened by intensive caregiving parents provide the child during the first 100 days after HSCT. Management of distress and adaptation to caregiving responsibilities may be enhanced if parents find benefit in their experiences through posttraumatic growth (PTG), yet little is known about how parents’ experiences after HSCT foster PTG. This study aimed to explore how parents experience caregiving and PTG 100 days after children’s HSCT. Methods: Thirty-one parents completed semi-structured interviews ∼100 days after children received HSCT. Results: Four major themes emerged from the data to describe parent experiences after HSCT: (1) psychosocial and healthcare contextual factors; (2) cognitive, affective, and social support reactions to HSCT; (3) problem-based, emotion-based, and cognitive coping strategies; and (4) PTG. Discussion: Results increase the understanding of how parents’ experiences and caregiving responsibilities contribute to PTG. These findings may guide future research to understand how these experiences influence PTG. Nurses are integral to the parents’ experiences. Future work should focus on nursing interventions that enhance positive reinterpretation of parents’ experiences after their children’s HSCT.

scholarly journals Experiencias de familias en pobreza en el sur de Mérida, Yucatán (México). Explorando posibilidades del Trabajo Social en el contexto neoliberal

2021 ◽  
pp. 47-55
Author(s):  
Silvia Montejo Murillo
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Phenomenological Method ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Interpretive Paradigm ◽  
The Family ◽  
Trabajo Social

El objetivo de esta investigación fue analizar la pobreza desde las experiencias de dos familias de la colonia Emiliano Zapata Sur II de Mérida Yucatán, con la finalidad de contribuir al quehacer del Trabajo Social desde una perspectiva humanista. El análisis mantuvo un enfoque cualitativo que se colocó dentro de un paradigma interpretativo y se apoyó de un método fenomenológico. Se utilizaron entrevistas semi-estructuradas y observación participante para obtener durante dos años los datos primarios. Entre los principales resultados se encuentran que los jefes de familia, son quienes palían la pobreza a través de su ingreso y liderazgo. Asimismo, existe un estigma sobre la colonia que la cataloga como “pobre” que influye en su condición. De igual forma, a pesar de que la familia es un sistema, cada miembro experimenta la pobreza de forma particular, necesitando más o menos recursos y satisfactores. Se recomienda para futuras investigaciones, tomar en consideración la “forma de pensar y de vivir” de la familia y de cada integrante, uno de los mayores retos al que el Trabajo Social se enfrenta desde todos sus campos de diagnóstico e intervención, dada la elevada población y la limitación de sus recursos como profesional dentro y fuera de las instituciones. The main objective of this research was to analyze poverty from the experiences of two families from the Emiliano Zapata Sur II neighborhood of Mérida Yucatán, in order to contribute to the work of Social Work from a humanistic perspective. The analysis maintained a qualitative approach that was placed within an interpretive paradigm and was supported by a phenomenological method. Semi-structured interviews and participant observation were used to obtain the primary data for two years. Among the main results are that the heads of the family are those who alleviate poverty through their income and leadership. Likewise, there is a stigma on the colony that classifies it as “poor” that influences its condition. Similarly, despite the fact that the family is a system, each member experiences poverty in a particular way, requiring more or less resources and satisfiers. It is recommended for future research to take into consideration the “way of thinking and living” of the family and of each member, one of the greatest challenges that Social Work faces from all its fields of diagnosis and intervention, given the high population and the limitation of their resources as a professional inside and outside the institutions.

scholarly journals Content is King: How SMEs Create Content for Social Media Marketing Under Limited Resources

2019 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 415-430 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sascha Kraus ◽  
Johanna Gast ◽  
Moritz Schleich ◽  
Paul Jones ◽  
Michael Ritter
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Theoretical Foundation ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Social Media Marketing ◽  
Limited Resources ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Content Creation ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Practical Recommendations

Despite the growing literature dealing with social media marketing (SMM) in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), one area that has not been fully explored is the creation of the content itself. SMEs typically do not have the same resources available that larger companies possess. Therefore, they have to find alternative ways to compensate for this weakness. This study analyzes SMEs’ SMM content creation, specifically on Facebook. By first scanning existing literature for essential factors for content creation, a theoretical foundation for the empirical part is presented. A qualitative approach was applied through the use of semi-structured interviews with eight SMEs. The findings suggest that it is difficult for most SMEs to efficiently use available resources, but also that minimal resources are required to create engaging content. Moreover, SMEs are typically aware of the majority of elements that influence content creation, at least to a certain extent, and that they should have established processes and routines to overcome the burden of limited resources. The study concludes with directions for future research and practical recommendations.

Shaping organizational culture in response to tourism seasonality: A qualitative approach

2021 ◽  
pp. 135676672110067
Author(s):  
Dagnachew Leta Senbeto ◽  
Alice H. Y. Hon
Keyword(s):  
Seasonal Variation ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Developing Economies ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Organizational Cultures ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Regulatory Processes ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Hotel Managers

This study focuses on understanding response to seasonal variation in tourism from organizational cultures and values context. Based on in-depth semi-structured interviews with hotel managers in Ethiopia, we argued that organizational cultures and regulatory processes influence hotels’ response to seasonal variation. The study provides a framework to understand the response to tourism seasonality. In addition, the findings highlight SDG 2030 (Sustainable Development Goals) to ensure productive tourism in the developing economies by mitigating seasonal variation. Implications and directions for future research are discussed.

scholarly journals HOW IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE PARENTS’ EXPERIENCES RELATED TO THEIR CHILD’S SCHOOL SYSTEM DIFFERENT IN CANADA

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Senel Poyrazlı
Keyword(s):  
School Counselors ◽  
School System ◽  
Research Study ◽  
School Personnel ◽  
Immigrant Parents ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Qualitative Research Study ◽  
Greater Toronto Area ◽  
Immigrant And Refugee ◽  
Parents Experiences

The purpose of this qualitative research study was to determine the experiences of a group of immigrant and refugee parents related to their child’s school system and interactions with the school personnel, including the teachers, administrators, and school counselors in Canada. Twelve parents who immigrated from Turkey and living in the Greater Toronto Area participated in semi-structured interviews. Results showed that these parents’ experiences were surprisingly much more positive compared to the experiences of immigrant parents in many other parts of the world, including in the U.S. These parents felt welcome and accepted by their child’s school personnel. They also reported not experiencing any discrimination due to their cultural, ethnic, and/or racial backgrounds. The reasons for this difference, and recommendations in relation to how to make immigrant and refugee parents’ experiences related to their child’s school system positive, are discussed.

The value of gift personalization: current insights from the gift recipient’s perspective and future research directions

2018 ◽  
Vol 35 (5) ◽  
pp. 512-521
Author(s):  
Marta Pizzetti ◽  
Michael Gibbert
Keyword(s):  
Research Agenda ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Gift ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Mass Personalization

PurposeThis paper aims to explore gift personalization, i.e. the design of gifts by givers on mass-personalization platforms, from the perspective of the gift recipient.Design/methodology/approachGiven the exploratory objectives of this study, the qualitative approach was deemed suitable. Two complementary qualitative studies (i.e. semi-structured interviews and critical incidents) have been conducted, and the narratives have been thematically analyzed.FindingsGift recipients value gift personalization because of the utility they derive from the product, as well as the ability of the personalized gift to express the giver. Recipients recognize the capacity of the personalized gift to communicate symbolically the giver; they appreciate not only the enhanced attributes of the end product but also the process that led to it, which is imagined as creative and risky. The inherent expressivity of the personalized gift makes it highly valuable in the recipient’s eyes, even when it fails to please him or her.Originality/valueThis research redefines the boundaries of personalization value based on the perceptions of consumers who are not involved in the design process; highlights implications of personalization for firms targeting givers as users of their mass-personalization platforms; and proposes a research agenda to further investigate personalization in marketing.

Intercultural adjustment challenges of Korean and Canadian self-initiated expatriates in the workplace: An exploratory bidirectional investigation

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 181-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rene Arseneault
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Models ◽  
Power Distance ◽  
Cultural Adjustment ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Communication Styles ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Cultural Challenges ◽  
Intercultural Adjustment

This study uses a qualitative approach and bidirectional design to explore the unique intercultural adjustment challenges that Korean and Canadian self-initiated expatriates (SIEs) experience in each other’s workplace. Through semi-structured interviews we draw upon thematic analysis to surface unique cross-cultural challenges finding that a ‘one-size’ fits all approach to understanding SIE adjustment is overly simplified and omits contextual considerations. Canadian SIEs struggled with issues related to power distance, collectivism and communication styles, whereas language barriers, individualism and hierarchical differences were major challenges for Korean SIEs. We apply our findings to previous conceptual models of cross-cultural adjustment and discuss three criteria: size of cultural gap, direction of immigration and unique contextual factors as necessary for understanding the intricate dynamics of SIE and host-country national relationships. Implications and limitations of this study are followed by recommendations for future research.

scholarly journals Development of a Mobile Learning Application of Malay Vocabulary for Lower Secondary School Level

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Nor Zuhaidah Mohamed Zain ◽  
Maizatul Hayati Mohamad Yatim ◽  
Ummu Husna Azizan ◽  
Hasrina Baharum
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Modern Technology ◽  
Independent Learning ◽  
School Level ◽  
Game Based Learning ◽  
Lower Secondary School ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
School Students ◽  
Secondary School Level

Modern technology has become an integral part of education field. Undeniably, the use of multimedia technology has a major impact on teaching and learning (T&L) process of the new generation. This article focuses on designing and developing a mobile learning application of Malay vocabulary for lower secondary school level. The design and development of the application called “Kuasa Kosa Kata” (3K henceforth) was based on a novel entitled “Sejambak Bakti”. The context of this study is closely related to game-based learning (GBL) method in the 3K application that encourages independent learning among the targeted students. Designing the 3K application was based on a storyboard for the idea and story-making whilst the development of it was done using Adobe Flash. The data on participants’ comments and opinions on the learning application were qualitatively gathered from semi-structured interviews. As conclusion, focus is on the importance of game-based learning implementation in the development of mobile learning application. It is hoped that use of 3K application as teaching material will boost the mastery of Malay Language vocabulary among lower secondary school students.

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