Australian midwives’ interpretation of the re-registration, recency of practice standard

2015 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 462 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle Gray ◽  
Jennifer Rowe ◽  
Margaret Barnes
Keyword(s):  
Career Planning ◽  
Workforce Planning ◽  
Support Staff ◽  
Longitudinal Case Study ◽  
Regulatory Changes ◽  
Practice Standard ◽  
Conversational Interviews ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Insight Into

Objective The aim of the present study was to investigate how midwives are responding to the changed re-registration requirements; specifically the Recency of Practice (RoP) Standard. Methods A qualitative longitudinal case study used conversational interviews conducted annually at two time phases after the introduction of national registration. Results Findings reveal that confusion has created challenges in demonstration of the RoP standard. This confusion was evident at individual and organisational levels. Conclusions Professional bodies need to support staff in this transition by providing clearer guidance that exemplifies the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia expectations. What is known about the topic? Impact subsequent to Australian legislative and regulatory changes affecting midwifery and nursing registration has not been examined. What does this paper add? The findings of this study provide an insight into midwives’ responses to the changed re-registration standard in Australia. What are the implications for practitioners? There appears to be a problem in the way tensions and challenges are being met; misinterpretation of the requirements has generated questions about the relationship between skills and work areas and demonstration of RoP. This may influence individual career planning and have broader workforce planning implications.

Taiwan–Myanmar Relations within the Framework of the New Southbound Policy

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-31
Author(s):  
Kristina Kironska
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Soft Power ◽  
The United States ◽  
Political Transformation ◽  
Military Rule ◽  
Political Relations ◽  
Trade War ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Insight Into

Abstract This article combines the study of Taiwan’s New Southbound Policy with a case study of Taiwan–Myanmar relations from a perspective of political relations, economic cooperation, and Taiwan’s (un)recognisability in Myanmar—i.e. Taiwan’s soft power in Myanmar. The first part of the paper introduces the policy and compares it with the previous ones, and sheds light on Taiwan’s motivation to engage with Myanmar. It considers the ongoing trade war between the United States and China, due to which investment relocation from China is expected to sharply increase. The second part of the paper provides an insight into the relationship between Taiwan and Myanmar after Myanmar’s state-led political transformation from military rule and economic liberalisation since approximately 2010. It explains the main aspects and determinants of the relationship between two countries that share a neighbouring potential hegemon which they both wish to balance against.

De Ontwikkeling van Schrijfvaardigheid in het Fins als Vreemde Taal

2009 ◽  
Vol 81 ◽  
pp. 121-132
Author(s):  
Marianne Spoelman ◽  
Marjolijn Verspoor
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Individual Variability ◽  
Dynamic Systems Theory ◽  
Longitudinal Case Study ◽  
European Languages ◽  
Complex Morphology ◽  
L2 Development ◽  
Learner Language ◽  
Insight Into

Within Dynamic Systems Theory (DST), it is assumed that differences in the degree of variability can provide insight into the process of L2 development. This longitudinal case study investigates intra-individual variability in Finnish learner language, focusing on the development of accuracy and complexity. The study involves 54 writing samples, written by a Dutch student who learned Finnish as a foreign language. Finnish, a synthetic language of the agglutinating type, is very different from Indo-European languages and well known for its complex morphology. This complex morphology was investigated for accuracy in form and use. Word-, Noun Phrase-, clause- and sentence constructions were examined for complexity. The purpose of the study was to explain the fluctuations of intra-individual variability and complex relations between variables and to detect both supportive and competitive relationships between growers in order to provide valuable insights into the dynamic processes involved in L2 development.

scholarly journals Nests, arcs and cycles in the lifespan of a studio project

Popular Music ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Slater
Keyword(s):  
Contemporary Music ◽  
Orchestral Music ◽  
Dance Music ◽  
Longitudinal Case Study ◽  
Music Production ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Creativity Research ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Gaining Insight

AbstractMiddlewood Sessions produced a kind of popular music that infuses the timbral aesthetics of jazz and orchestral music with the driving rhythms of dance music. This studio project, lasting for almost eight years, provided a rich resource for gaining insight into the increasingly prevalent context of the domestic project studio via a longitudinal case study approach. At the heart of this research is the desire to understand how people collaborate as part of a studio project, how people use technologies to make music and how all of this unfolds over time. To tackle the question of how to understand the shattered, scattered nature of creative practices, and in extending existing creativity research, I propose three ways of thinking about time: nests, arcs and cycles. While explicating this theoretical framework, something of the specific and idiographic nature of the case study, as an example of contemporary music production, is recounted.

Judicial Biography and the Behavioral Persuasion

1971 ◽  
Vol 65 (3) ◽  
pp. 704-715 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Woodford Howard
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Empirical Investigation ◽  
Judicial Politics ◽  
Judicial Behavior ◽  
Central Theme ◽  
Political Analysis ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Considerable Insight

This paper appraises the relationship between judicial biography and judicial behavior research in two ways: (1) conceptually, by comparing them as modes of inquiry; and (2) empirically, by making an inventory of the behavioral content of 15. leading judicial biographies. The central theme is that judicial biographies and judicial behavior research are complementary. Conceptually, they have important common premises and problems as well as major differences. Empirically, judicial biographies also offer considerable insight into judicial behavior. Using generous standards, the inventory of 15 biographies derived 2,232 behavioral-like propositions in eight categories of behavioral research. More importantly, the biographies suggest a substantial number of hypotheses worthy of empirical investigation and validation. When viewed as case studies in judicial politics, judicial biographies thus become related to behavioral inquiry. And their strengths and weaknesses fall into place as reflecting properties generally associated with case study as a mode of political analysis.

scholarly journals Does Vocational Education at Regular Schools Matter? – A Longitudinal Case Study of Students’ Experiences with Vocational Orientation Programs

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 218-237
Author(s):  
Sina-Mareen Köhler
Keyword(s):  
Orientation Programs ◽  
Longitudinal Case Study ◽  
Career Plans ◽  
Vocational Orientation ◽  
Transition Pathways ◽  
Socialization Agents ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Empirical Design

This contribution presents results of a longitudinal qualitative study of young adults with different career plans and transition pathways. The central question of this study focuses on the relevance of vocational orientation programs at regular schools for young people’s career plans and transitions. The first part deals with the organization and research about vocational orientation programs. The second part begins by giving an insight into the empirical design of the longitudinal study. It then proceeds to discuss how the methodological perspective of reconstructive research can provide deeper understanding of student’s perspective. Narrative interviews are used as the basis to investigate how the socialization contexts are relevant and interconnected. Through the deeper understanding of student’s perspectives and the role of different socialization agents, it is possible to highlight the relevance of vocational orientation programs at schools. The findings could prove useful for improving vocational orientation programs at schools. Currently, such programs are disconnected from students’ everyday life and show little regard for their perspectives.

Productivity Impacts from Using Knowledge

2005 ◽  
pp. 344-357
Author(s):  
Murray E. Jennex
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Knowledge Worker ◽  
Organizational Memory ◽  
Longitudinal Case Study ◽  
Knowledge Use ◽  
Data Points ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

This is a longitudinal case study that explored the relationship between use of organizational memory and knowledge, knowledge management, and knowledge worker productivity within the engineering group at a nuclear power plant. Three data points were taken over five years. The group used a knowledge management system (KMS) and it was found that the system improved effectiveness/productivity of the organization. The organization had not identified measures for determining productivity improvements, so the key results of the case study are models showing the impact of knowledge use on productivity.

scholarly journals Locating Project Studios and Studio Projects

2016 ◽  
Vol 141 (1) ◽  
pp. 167-202
Author(s):  
Mark Slater
Keyword(s):  
Contemporary Music ◽  
Mobile Technologies ◽  
Longitudinal Case Study ◽  
Music Production ◽  
Music Making ◽  
Processing Power ◽  
Simple Question ◽  
Power Project ◽  
Insight Into

ABSTRACTVia a longitudinal case study of a studio project (Middlewood Sessions, 2004–12), this research explores processes of music-making in the increasingly prevalent context of the project studio to give an insight into contemporary music-making practices. Predicated upon technologies of decreasing size but increasing processing power, project studios represent a diversification of musical creativity in terms of the persons and locations of music production. Increasingly mobile technologies lead to increasingly mobile practices of music production, which presents a challenge to the seemingly simple question: where is the project studio? In response, I propose an ontology of project-studio music-making that sets out what conditions have to be met for location, as an active proposition, to take place.

Modelling the subjective experience of fun at work

2019 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 520-537 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maeve Clancy ◽  
Carol Linehan
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Contract ◽  
Subjective Experience ◽  
Psychological Contracts ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Fresh Insight ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
Insight Into

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explain some divergent findings on experiences of fun at work. It explains conflicting findings by moving from a focus on classifying the activity (as, e.g. task/managed/organic) to foregrounding the dynamics of the experience, adding to the growing conceptualisation of fun at work as a multi-dimensional construct.Design/methodology/approachThis research draws on empirical data obtained through case study and interviews with 13 participants from two organisations. These interviews were subjected to intense thematic analysis.FindingsIt was found that an individual’s underlying beliefs about the organisation; the perceived drivers of the fun practice; and the level of control exerted over a fun practice significantly shape the experience. The paper draws on the concept of the psychological contract to frame the relationship between these three key interacting elements.Practical implicationsThis paper provides a greater understanding of the dynamics of fun experiences, enabling management to better recognise and contextualise the impact of fun practices.Originality/valueGiven conflicting findings on both the experience and outcomes of fun at work, this study elucidates the dynamics underpinning the experience of fun at work. It is novel to consider experiences of fun through the lens of psychological contracts, which offers fresh insight into the understanding of individual experiences of fun.

scholarly journals Progressive knowledge loss: A longitudinal case study

2006 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 275-284 ◽  
Author(s):  
SARA MONDINI ◽  
FRANCESCA BORGO ◽  
BIAGIO COTTICELLI ◽  
PATRIZIA BISIACCHI
Keyword(s):  
Semantic Knowledge ◽  
Task Demands ◽  
Longitudinal Case Study ◽  
Medial Temporal Lobes ◽  
Knowledge Loss ◽  
Temporal Lobes ◽  
Living Things ◽  
Perceptual Attribute ◽  
The Relationship

The evolution of the progressive loss of semantic knowledge of a patient, VZ, with lesions mainly affecting the infero-medial temporal lobes, was followed for two years. At the beginning of the study VZ's performance was mainly characterized by a category-specific deficit for living things and a modality-specific deficit for perceptual attribute knowledge. As time went on, VZ's disorder affected all categories by changing the relationship between category and attribute knowledge. Data show that dissociations may change in the course of progressive cognitive breakdown, depending on both degeneration stage and task demands. VZ's performance is discussed in the light of the most influential theoretical accounts. Methodological suggestions regarding longitudinal studies of degenerative patients are also put forward. (JINS, 2006,12, 275–284.)

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