scholarly journals A place and time for humor: leader humor in Confucian cultures

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Inju Yang ◽  
Chu-Chen Rosa Yeh
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Future Study ◽  
Implicit Theory ◽  
Confucian Culture ◽  
Relevant Context ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Good Leader ◽  
Insight Into

Abstract Humor has been positively perceived in general. However, research has shown that a leader should adopt humor with care and only after considering the relevant context, such as cultural differences. This study was undertaken to gain insight into how leader humor is perceived in the predominantly Confucian culture of Taiwan, through a series of in-depth interviews with individuals from throughout the hierarchies of various organizations. Overall, our participants expressed conflicting attitudes toward leader humor in the workplace, depending on the place and time of their leader humor experience. Specifically, leader humor was deemed more effective in informal domains and when a good leader–follower relationship exists. The findings echo the implicit theory of leadership and highlight the need to consider the context when exercising leader humor in Confucian cultures. Implications and future study directions are discussed.

Young Adults’ Contextualization of Environmental and Sustainability Issues: A Critical Issue for Environmental Education Intervention

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony KOLA-OLUSANYA
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Environmental Education ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Critical Issue ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Insight Into

As soon as decision makers are expected to make differences towards sustainable future, young adults’ ability to make informed and sound decisions is considered essential towards securing our planet. This study provides an insight into young adults’ knowledge of key environment and sustainability issues. To answer the key research questions, data were obtained using a qualitative phenomenographic research approach and collected through 18 face-to-face in-depth interviews with research participants. The findings of this study suggest that young adults lived experiences that play a huge role in their level of awareness of topical environmental and sustainability issues critical to humanity’s future on earth. 

The practice of envelope journalism in the Republic of the Congo

2021 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 111-126
Author(s):  
Cleves Nkie Mongo
Keyword(s):  
Journalism Ethics ◽  
Financial Situation ◽  
Financial Difficulties ◽  
News Organizations ◽  
Republic Of The Congo ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Congo Brazzaville ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Insight Into

This article provides insight into the “brown envelope journalism” in the Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville). Through in-depth interviews with journalists from four major Congolese news outlets, this research reveals how financial difficulties result in reporters justifying their violations of journalism ethics and standards. While two news outlets accept bribes to compensate for their precarious financial situation, two other news organizations pretend that they oppose envelope journalism although this research shows that their reporters also secretly accept bribes.

scholarly journals Armed, Prohibited and Violent at Home: Implementation and Enforcement of Restrictions on Gun Possession by Domestic Violence Offenders in Four U.S. Localities

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shannon Frattaroli ◽  
April M. Zeoli ◽  
Daniel W. Webster
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Violence Prevention ◽  
Intimate Partner Homicide ◽  
State Laws ◽  
Protective Orders ◽  
Implementation Models ◽  
Domestic Violence Prevention ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Insight Into

AbstractFirearms increase the risk of lethality in violent intimate relationships. Policies that restrict access to firearms by respondents to civil domestic violence protective orders (DVROs) are associated with reductions in intimate partner homicide, yet there is scant literature about how such prohibitions are implemented. We document how four localities are implementing gun possession prohibitions that result from civil and criminal restraining orders and domestic violence misdemeanor convictions; and assess the findings in the context of Kingdon’s agenda setting framework. We identified four jurisdictions where gun dispossession of prohibited domestic violence offenders was underway and collected data through in-depth interviews, site visits, and documents. We coded the data, identified explanatory themes, and compared the findings to Kingdon’s framework. The four jurisdictions have policies ranging from no state laws restricting domestic violence offenders’ access to guns to comprehensive state laws. We describe implementation initiatives to dispossess prohibited people of their guns in the four jurisdictions, two distinct implementation models through which gun dispossession occurs, and an expanded application of Kingdon’s model. In each jurisdiction, we identified one or more individuals who championed implementation. Policies that prohibit domestic violence offenders from possessing guns are promising, and possible in diverse settings and jurisdictions. Here we provide insight into implementation efforts in four jurisdictions, emphasize the role of individuals in prioritizing implementation, and highlight the potential to realize these restrictions across states with different laws. Focusing on implementation is a much-needed paradigm shift that complements the traditional focus on passing domestic violence prevention laws.

Black-white mixed race young people in Ireland and their lived experiences of racialised exclusion

2021 ◽  
pp. 079160352110684
Author(s):  
Patti O’Malley
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Mixed Race ◽  
Regular Feature ◽  
Black African ◽  
Academic Scholarship ◽  
Irish Context ◽  
Irish Identity ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Shed Light

The multiracial family and the existence of mixed race children have come to be a regular feature of Irish familial life. Yet, nation-building discourses have promulgated notions of ethnic and religious homogeneity with Irish identity being racialised exclusively as white. Moreover, to date, there has been a dearth of academic scholarship related to racial mixedness in the Irish context. Through in-depth interviews, this paper sets out, therefore, to provide empirical insight into the lives of fifteen black (African) – white (Irish) mixed race young people (aged 4 to 18) with a particular focus on their experiences of racialised exclusion. Indeed, findings suggest that, as in other majority white national contexts, the black-white mixed race young people are racialised as black in the Irish public domain and as such, are positioned as ‘racialised outsiders’. In fact, their narrative accounts shed light on everyday encounters saturated by ‘us-them’ racial constructs based on phenotype. Thus, these young people, who are not fully recognised as mixed race Irish citizens, are effectively deprived of a space in which to articulate their belonging within the existing statist (i.e. inside/outside) framework.

scholarly journals Cyberbullying at Work: In Search of Effective Guidance

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bettina West ◽  
Mary Foster ◽  
Avner Levin ◽  
Jocelyn Edmison ◽  
Daniela Robibero
Keyword(s):  
Rapid Change ◽  
Shared Understanding ◽  
Human Resource Professionals ◽  
Canadian Study ◽  
Appropriate Use ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Emerging Issues ◽  
Industry Sectors ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Insight Into

With rapid technological change has come a blurring of boundaries between personal and workplace space. Employers are challenged to develop guidelines and policies to direct the appropriate use of technology to maintain a civil workplace. Because of the lack of shared understanding, or even terminology, around the issue of cyberbullying, employers are seeking a response from lawmakers to assist with this issue. Lawmakers are reluctant to develop legislation prematurely, given the rapid change in the capabilities of technology, the diverse social norms about its use, and the uncertainty of the role and responsibility of employers in minimizing cyberbullying and facilitating a civil workplace environment. This Canadian study seeks insight into these emerging issues through in-depth interviews with human resource professionals representing diverse business and industry sectors.

scholarly journals Chinese Traditional Cultural and Cross-Cultural Management

2021 ◽  
pp. 107-112
Author(s):  
Zhibo Shi
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Great Influence ◽  
Enterprise Management ◽  
Family Management ◽  
Chinese History ◽  
Chinese People ◽  
Confucian Culture ◽  
Modern Enterprise ◽  
State Governance ◽  
Cross Cultural Management

Confucian culture is an ancient culture that has been circulating in China for thousands of years. It represents the value of most Chinese people and plays an important role in Chinese history. From state governance to family management, Confucian culture has influenced all aspects of Chinese people, and, of course, has a great influence on the management of Chinese enterprise managers. However, cultural differences and conflicts when managing multinational teams are inevitable. Therefore, in this article, we will discuss Confucian culture and how to integrate it into modern enterprise management to solve the adverse consequences of cultural differences and conflicts, and discuss the drawbacks of Confucianism to modern enterprise management.

scholarly journals Cessation strategies used successfully by individuals in recovery from methamphetamine addiction

2021 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 32-44
Author(s):  
Yvonne Gordon ◽  
Christine Stephens
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Health Issue ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand ◽  
Appropriate Treatment ◽  
Important Health ◽  
Important Health Issue ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Insight Into

INTRODUCTION: Methamphetamine (MA) misuse is a recognised health issue in Aotearoa New Zealand, and there is a lack of appropriate treatment available for individuals who are methamphetamine dependent. This exploratory study, undertaken in 2019, sought to gain insight from individuals in Aotearoa who have experienced MA dependence and now identify as being in recovery, to discover which strategies, approaches or treatment appeared helpful in their recovery.METHODS: The participants in the study were seven adults (New Zealand European, Samoan and Māori ethnicity) who had abstained from methamphetamine for six months or more. In-depth interviews were audiotaped and transcribed before being analysed. The data were analysed using interpretative phenomenological analysis, which has its theoretical origins in phenomenology and hermeneutics.FINDINGS: Four themes emerged to describe the lived experience of recovery from methamphetamine misuse: Getting Away, Support, Personal Sources of Strength, and Treatment. Each theme held importance in the participants’ recovery from MA and provided insight into their journey in abstaining and being in recovery.CONCLUSIONS: These findings may be used to assist others entering recovery. The present findings are limited by the size of the sample; however, they provide valuable information on this important health issue as a basis for further research, which is urgently needed in Aotearoa.

scholarly journals Environmental Discourses and Rhetoric in the Conceptual Space of Architectural Education

2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 7
Author(s):  
Traci Rose Rider
Keyword(s):  
Architectural Education ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Environmental Discourse ◽  
Conceptual Space ◽  
Current State ◽  
Environmental Discourses ◽  
Grounded Theory Approach ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Potential Opportunity ◽  
Insight Into

This paper aims to investigate the current state and potential opportunity of strategic environmental discourses and rhetoric in architectural education. Because there is limited research completed on this specific focus, a grounded theory approach was used. In-depth interviews were held with twelve purposefully selected participants, each of whom are prevalently perceived as leaders in incorporating sustainability topics into architectural education. Through a cyclical coding process, larger themes about integrating environmental topics in formal architectural education emerged, with the importance of discourse and rhetoric as one of the primary sub-themes. Different discourses, emphasis on specific terminology, and the implications of each in the conceptual space of architectural educational are explored in the context of both program- and university-level structures. Breaking down the current environmental discourses in these specific contexts offers insight into opportunities to streamline the inclusion of sustainability themes in architectural education. This study concludes with possible avenues for further research regarding environmental discourse and rhetoric in architectural education, and suggestions for application in programs.

scholarly journals Kva styrer og kva styrker samspelet mellom barnehagepersonalet og foreldra?

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 49-64
Author(s):  
Gunnhild Bergset
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Parental Involvement ◽  
Focus Group Interviews ◽  
Parent Group ◽  
Migrant Background ◽  
Daily Contact ◽  
Resource Perspective ◽  
Group Interviews ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Insight Into

The purpose of this article is to present and discuss some of the challenges in communication and interaction between a kindergarten staff and a parent group of migrant background. Based on an interview study conducted in a kindergarten, the article works to provides insight into and understanding of the kindergarten staff’s experiences and reflections from their efforts to improve communication and interaction practices in daily contact with parents of migrant background. The staff completed a kindergarten-based project of the initiative of the principal, in which all employees implemented specific communication and interaction measures. Then, in-depth interviews were conducted with all staff, as well as two focus group interviews with the same group of informants. The study is based on a dynamic concept of culture and highlights the challenges of asymmetric communication and the possibilities of communicating and interacting based on a resource perspective. The findings show that a movement has taken place towards dialogue-based reciprocity in the staff`s attitudes towards communication and interaction with these parents. The article argues that connection between a trying-out of concrete, professionally grounded practice and pedagogical reflection constitutes the necessary basis for a shift from a problem orientation to a resource orientation in communication and interaction. One outcome of this resource perspective was that the kindergarten staff recognized the parent`s experiences and perceptions as valuable for achieving the parental involvement required by kindergarten`s social mandate.

scholarly journals Üzleti intelligencia megoldások alkalmazásának sikertényezői - A hazai szolgáltató szektor nagyvállalatainak körében végzett mélyinterjús kutatás

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 23
Author(s):  
Gergely Görcsi ◽  
Gergő Barta ◽  
Zsuzsanna Széles
Keyword(s):  
Decision Support ◽  
Continuous Improvement ◽  
Business Intelligence ◽  
Support Functions ◽  
Term Operation ◽  
Success Criteria ◽  
The World ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Insight Into

A vállalatok működése szempontjából a döntéstámogató funkció folyamatos fejlesztése, monitorozása kiemelt jelentőségű, hiszen az vezetést támogató eszközként segíti a menedzsmentfeladatok ellátását. Az üzleti intelligencia (business intelligence, BI) olyan infokommunikációs megoldás, mely a vállalati rendszerekből különböző adatforrásokat felhasználva képes az adatok összekapcsolására és elemzésére. A napi üzletmenet gördülékeny biztosítása céljából alkalmazott tranzakciós rendszerektől eltérően a BI-eszközök beszámolás orientáltak, a fókusz a döntéstámogatásra helyeződik. A kutatás a fogalmak tisztázását követően képet ad a legfrissebb üzleti intelligencia trendekről. A tanulmány szakmai mélyinterjúk elemzésén keresztül betekintést nyújt az üzleti intelligencia megoldások világába. A kutatás eredményeként az olvasó képet kaphat a BI bevezetésétől várt eredményekről, az implementáció és a hosszú távú működtetés sikerkritériumait illetően. --- Gergely GORCSI - Gergo BARTA - Zsuzsanna SZELES Success criteria for the application of business intelligence solutions In the running of any given company, continuous improvement and monitoring of decision support functions is crucial for such activities to serve as tools to support management tasks. Business Intelligence (BI) is an infocommunication tool that connects and analyses data from corporate systems using varied data sources. Unlike transactional systems that are used to ensure the sound operation of day-to-day business, BI tools are report-oriented, and focus on decision support. Reviewing related concepts, this research gives an overview of the latest business intelligence trends. Our study sets out to provide an insight into the world of business intelligence solutions by analysing professional, in-depth interviews. Through our research, one will become familiar with the results expected from the introduction of BI, in relation to the success criteria of its implementation and long-term operation.

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