Leisure activities in the outdoors: learning, developing and challenging

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Interpersonal Skills ◽  
Leisure Activities ◽  
Technical Skills ◽  
Therapeutic Recreation ◽  
Identity Creation ◽  
Health And Wellbeing ◽  
Facilitation Skills

Abstract This book presents various studies on leisure activities in the outdoors. Indeed, the benefits of being outdoors in a leisure context are widely acknowledged across a range of disciplinary perspectives (including tourism, therapeutic recreation, camps, education, adventure and recreation) (Humberstone et al., 2015). These benefits include the development of health and wellbeing, social/interpersonal skills, leadership and facilitation skills, personal, emotional and reflective abilities, confidence and identity creation, and technical skills.

scholarly journals Facilitation skills for trainers

2000 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Cilliers
Keyword(s):  
Personal Growth ◽  
Interpersonal Skills ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Personal Orientation Inventory ◽  
Facilitation Skills ◽  
Personal Orientation ◽  
Person Centered Approach

This research aims to develop the facilitation skills of trainers. Facilitation is defined form the Person-Centered approach, as providing an opportunity for the trainee to experience personal growth and learning. A facilitation skills workshop was presented to 40 trainers, focussing on enhancing selfactualisation, its intra and inter personal characteristics, and attending and responding behaviour. Measurement with the Personal Orientation Inventory and Carkhuff scales, indicate enhanced cognitive, affective and conative sensitivity and interpersonal skills. A post-interview indicates the trainers experienced empowerment in dealing with the providing of opportunities for growth amongst trainees, in all kinds of training situations. Recommendations are made to enhance facilitation development amongst trainers. Opsomming Hierdie navorsing poog om die fasiliteringsvaardighede van opieiers te ontwikkel. Fasilitering word gedefinieer vanuit die Persoonsgesentreerde benadering as die beskikbaarstelling van 'n geleentheid om persoonlike groei en leer te ervaar. 'n Fasiliteringsvaardighede werkswinkel is aangebied vir 40 opieiers, met die fokus op die stimulering van selfaktualisering, die intra en interpersoonlike kenmerke daarvan, en aandagskenk- en responderings- gedrag. Meting met die Persoonlike Orientasievraelys en die Carkhuff skale, dui op n toename in kognitiewe, affektiewe en konatiewe sensitiwiteit en interpersoonlike vaardighede. n Post-onderhoud dui op die opleier se ervaarde bemagtiging in die beskikbaarstelling van groeigeleenthede vir opleidelinge, in all tipe opleidingsituasies. Aanbevelings word gemaak om die ontwikkeling van fasiliteringsvaardighede by opleiers te verhoog.

Social Adjustment in Panic-Agoraphobic Patients Reconsidered

1994 ◽  
Vol 164 (1) ◽  
pp. 88-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Perugi ◽  
H. S. Akiskal ◽  
L. Musetti ◽  
E. Simonini ◽  
G. B. Cassano
Keyword(s):  
Social Functioning ◽  
Mood Disorders ◽  
Social Adjustment ◽  
Interpersonal Skills ◽  
Leisure Activities ◽  
Significant Others ◽  
Sexual Life ◽  
Social Activities ◽  
Interpersonal Contact ◽  
Severity Of Depression

Forty-eight depressed panic-agoraphobic patients - clinically matched for severity of depression with 35 primary chronic depressives - had significantly better adjustment in most areas of social functioning, especially those related to interpersonal contact, work, leisure activities, and sexual life. Even when depressed, panic-agoraphobic patients appear to possess sufficient interpersonal skills - that is, by leaning on significant others - to engage in a range of social activities, both at home and beyond. These data, which are open to different interpretations, nonetheless suggest that anxiety and mood disorders differently affect certain key areas of social adjustment.

scholarly journals The relative importance of managerial competencies for predicting the perceived job performance of Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment verification practitioners

2016 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara M. Seate ◽  
Raborale I.D. Pooe ◽  
Richard Chinomona
Keyword(s):  
Job Performance ◽  
Interpersonal Skills ◽  
Technical Skills ◽  
Training And Development ◽  
Economic Empowerment ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Managerial Competencies ◽  
Managerial Skills ◽  
Black Economic ◽  
Black Economic Empowerment

Orientation: There is a need for the growing Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) verification industry to assess competencies and determine skills gaps for the management of the verification practitioners’ perceived job performance. Knowing which managerial competencies are important for different managerial functions is vital for developing and improving training and development programmes.Research purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the managerial capabilities that are required of the B-BBEE verification practitioners, in order to improve their perceived job performance.Motivation for the study: The growing number of the B-BBEE verification practitioners calls for more focused training and development. Generating such a training and development programme demands empirical research into the relative importance of managerial competencies.Research approach, design and method: A quantitative design using the survey approach was adopted. A questionnaire was administered to a stratified sample of 87 B-BBEE verification practitioners. Data were analysed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (version 22.0) and Smart Partial Least Squares software.Main findings: The results of the correlation analysis revealed that there were strong and positive associations between technical skills, interpersonal skills, compliance to standards and ethics, managerial skills and perceived job performance. Results of the regression analysis showed that managerial skills, compliance to standards and ethics and interpersonal skills were statistically significant in predicting perceived job performance. However, technical skills were insignificant in predicting perceived job performance.Practical/managerial implications: The study has shown that the B-BBEE verification industry, insofar as the technical skills of the practitioners are concerned, does have suitably qualified staff with the requisite educational qualifications. At the same time, from the present study the industry can now determine the priority skills.Contribution: The study identified the needed skills as managerial skills, standards and ethics and interpersonal skills, in that order. The verification agencies will now be in a better position to know where they should focus their training and development.Keywords: Managerial competencies; Job performance; Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment

scholarly journals Impact of Vacation on Employee Stress, Health and Well-being, and Productivity

2021 ◽  
pp. 100-111
Author(s):  
. Pradhan ◽  
Abhishek Tripathi ◽  
. Vishal
Keyword(s):  
Indian Subcontinent ◽  
Leisure Activities ◽  
Leisure Activity ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Present Condition ◽  
Health And Wellbeing ◽  
Primary Indication ◽  
Level Of Motivation ◽  
Interpretative Sociology ◽  
Health And Well Being

Leisure activities have an important part in promoting health and well-being for employees. This research attempts to determine the link between holiday and the health and well-being of employees, while also demonstrating a precedent in improving productivity. There was a study of 75 workers working in India to assess the culture, stress causes and holiday pattern of their employees. The primary indication of our results was a survey of people operating in the Indian subcontinent. The opinions of participants were the information analysed to establish a relationship between health and well-being of employees and productivity. Impacts of better insurance on employees. The consequences of enhancing the insurance procedure would have a greater level of motivation, retention and productivity for employees. This interpretative sociology would help companies build a workforce that can perform better. The researchers investigated the present condition of employees working in India after using academic ideas and assessing their existing perceived workplaces. At the time of holidays which was the most favoured leisure activity in our survey, we sought to develop a better model to achieve employee health and wellbeing.

Skills, Influence, and Effectiveness of Management Accountants

2020 ◽  
pp. 0000-0000
Author(s):  
Hans ten Rouwelaar ◽  
Frans Schaepkens ◽  
Sally K. Widener
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Interpersonal Skills ◽  
Technical Skills ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Path Model ◽  
Business Partner ◽  
Healthcare Organizations ◽  
Management Accountants ◽  
Conceptual Skills

The role of the management accountant (MA) has broadened to include acting as a strategic business partner. Our study examines whether MAs believe they need interpersonal skills (i.e., ability to constructively challenge and question assumptions, numbers, and their meanings), conceptual skills (i.e., making and leading decisions consistent with the organization's business environment and strategy), and/or technical skills (i.e., computer, accounting, and data modeling) to be influential and effective in this expanded role. To examine our hypotheses, we use survey data from 215 controllers in Dutch healthcare organizations and develop a partial least squares path model. We conclude that interpersonal and conceptual skills are associated with MAs' perceptions that they influence management's decision making, while all three skills are associated with their effectiveness. We also find that technical and conceptual skills are jointly associated with the influence of MAs while conceptual and interpersonal skills are jointly associated with their effectiveness.

scholarly journals ’n Fasiliteringsvaardighedeprogram vir verpleegdosente

Curationis ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Cilliers
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Interpersonal Skills ◽  
Behavioural Change ◽  
Psychometric Evaluation ◽  
Personality Characteristics ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Practical Nursing ◽  
Internal Locus Of Control ◽  
Facilitation Skills

The aim of this study is to discuss the role of the nursing teacher as facilitator of psychological growth m the student, with reference to personality characteristics and skills. A facilitation skills programme is applied to a group of nursing teachers and evaluated by means of a pre, post and post-post psychometric evaluation on an experimental and a control group. Significant positive behavioural change manifested inflexibility in the application of values, feeling sensitivity, internal locus of control arid the interpersonal skills of respect, empathy, realness and concreteness. It is recommended that the facilitating role be extended as communication dimension in practical nursing.

Competencies Sought by Information and Knowledge Employers: An Analysis of Job Advertisements

2003 ◽  
Vol 02 (03) ◽  
pp. 253-260
Author(s):  
Shaheen Majid ◽  
Wong Waa Bee
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Interpersonal Skills ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Library And Information Science ◽  
Management Skills ◽  
Online Searching ◽  
Reference Services ◽  
Job Advertisements ◽  
Facilitation Skills ◽  
Development And Management

The aim of this study was to determine the type of information professionals sought by the employment market. Job advertisements provide an effective source for identifying core qualifications, competencies and experience required by employers. These also help to discover any gaps that may exist between education and training provision and employers' expectations. A total of 150 job advertisements were collected and analysed from different newspapers, periodicals and job websites. For the knowledge management professionals, qualification in business was the most frequently sought requirement. In addition to management skills and knowledge of the business sector, experience in information and knowledge management and research know-how were also perceived as important. Online searching abilities, communication and interpersonal skills, presentation and facilitation skills were also high on the employers' list of preferences. For library professionals, library and information science qualification was a prerequisite for employment, with emphasis on information handling skills, management and leadership skills, communication and interpersonal skills. Experience in collection development and management, reference services and cataloguing were also frequently sought requirements.

Activity Preferences of persons with dementia: An examination of reports by formal and informal caregivers

Dementia ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (6) ◽  
pp. 2036-2048 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiska Cohen-Mansfield ◽  
Rachel Gavendo ◽  
Erin Blackburn
Keyword(s):  
Leisure Activities ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Preference Assessment ◽  
Therapeutic Recreation ◽  
Functional Abilities ◽  
Music Reading ◽  
Present Level ◽  
Staff Members ◽  
The Past ◽  
Shed Light

Objectives The aims of this study are (1) to describe the types of leisure activities preferred by persons with dementia in the past and present, as reported by family members and therapeutic recreation staff members, and (2) to examine the influence of demographic and functional abilities variables on the perceived current interest of persons with dementia. Method Family members of persons with dementia and therapeutic recreation staff involved in the care of those persons completed an activities preference assessment concerning the persons with dementia. Participants were recruited from a nursing home and a senior day center. Family members completed the assessment for the past and present, and staff members completed the assessment for the present. Results For present preferences, music was the most often preferred activity according to both family and staff, followed by reminiscence and reading, while the least desirable activity was cooking/baking according to family and trivia games according to the staff. Current preferences were significantly related to past preferences. Gender was also related to preference for some activities. A significant reduction in preference from the premorbid past to the present was found for music, reading, and cooking. Additionally, the number of activities persons preferred as reported by both caregiver groups was affected by dementia. Family members tended to report lower preference levels for the activities in the present in comparison to the staff, and they were also more likely to report not knowing the present level of preference than therapeutic recreation staff members. Conclusion The assessments by both therapeutic recreation staff members and family members shed light on leisure preferences of persons with dementia, while the varying reports reflect a possibly different perspective of the two caregiver groups.

scholarly journals What are the impacts of giving up the driving licence?

2014 ◽  
Vol 35 (9) ◽  
pp. 1821-1838 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANU SIREN ◽  
SONJA HAUSTEIN
Keyword(s):  
Strong Predictor ◽  
Leisure Activities ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Background Information ◽  
Independent Mobility ◽  
Driving Cessation ◽  
Health And Wellbeing ◽  
Driving Licence ◽  
Gradual Process ◽  
Changes Over Time

ABSTRACTDriving cessation is a gradual process, where driver's self-regulation plays an important role. Age-based licence renewal may interfere with this process and trigger premature driving cessation. The present study compares Danish drivers (aged 69 years at the baseline) who either renewed or gave up their driving licence. Data were collected in 2009 (N=1,792) and in 2012 (N=863). The standardised interviews covered respondents' background information, health and wellbeing, and transportation patterns. Non-renewers had poorer health already at baseline but did become more dependent on others in their activities after giving up their licence. In travel frequency, neither the differences between renewers and non-renewers nor the changes over time within the groups were pronounced. The groups differed in their use of transport modes already at the baseline: the renewers drove, while non-renewers travelled as passengers, used public transport, walked or cycled. Not renewing the licence was a strong predictor of unmet mobility needs, especially in relation to leisure activities. The present study indicates that younger seniors' mobility is not likely to be affected by the strict renewal policies. However, given the positive economic and safety consequences of independent mobility in old age, society should try to prevent unwarranted mobility loss. Having restrictive, ageist policies that moreover fail as societal investments may work against this goal.

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