Predictors associated with readmission in low secure forensic settings in the UK: an exploratory investigation and survival analysis

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
Lauren Harrison ◽  
Filipa Alves-Costa
Keyword(s):  
Survival Analysis ◽  
Exploratory Investigation ◽  
The Uk

scholarly journals Does CSR Activity Amount to Socially Responsible Management?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. John Foster
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Annual Reports ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
Responsible Management ◽  
Exploratory Investigation ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Corporate Social

AbstractIn essence firms or companies are usually thought to exist to make products for or provide services of some sort to third parties, other companies or individuals. The philosophical question which naturally arises then is ‘to the benefit of whom should a firm’s activities be aimed?’ Possible answers include the owners of the firm, the firm’s employees or wider society, the firm’s local community or their host nation. It is because of firms’ location within a wider society that the issue of corporate social responsibility arises. The issue is do they contribute in a positive way to the fabric of society. In this paper we conduct an exploratory investigation whose research questions, broadly, are whether there is public evidence of corporate social responsibility activity by firms listed in the UK and to what extent, if any, such activities may amount to genuinely socially responsible management by the firms. We examined the most up to date annual reports of a split sample of 36 firms listed in the FTSE 350. The short answers to the two research questions above are: to some degree and no by some margin, based on data from the sample firms.

scholarly journals Knowledge of depression and malingering: An exploratory investigation

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashley Cartwright ◽  
Rebecca Donkin
Keyword(s):  
Mental Disorder ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Workplace Stress ◽  
Exploratory Investigation ◽  
Depression Literacy ◽  
Context Specific ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Knowledge Scale ◽  
Knowledge Of Depression ◽  
Do So

Malingering mental disorder for financial compensation can offer substantial rewards to those willing to do so. A recent review of UK medico-legal experts’ practices for detecting claimants evidenced that they are not well equipped to detect those that do. This is not surprising, considering that very little is known regarding why individuals opt to malinger. A potential construct which may influence an individual’s choice to malinger is their knowledge of the disorder, and when one considers the high levels of depression literacy within the UK, it is imperative that this hypothesis is investigated. A brief depression knowledge scale was devised and administered to undergraduate students (n = 155) alongside a series of questions exploring how likely participants were to malinger in both workplace stress and claiming for benefit vignettes. Depression knowledge did not affect the likelihood of engaging in any malingering strategy in either the workplace stress vignettes or the benefit claimant vignettes. Differences were found between the two vignettes providing evidence for the context-specific nature of malingering, and an individual’s previous mental disorder was also influential.

Weight status and breast cancer incidence in the UK Women's Cohort Study: a survival analysis

The Lancet ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 384 ◽  
pp. S53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle A Morris ◽  
Claire Hulme ◽  
Graham P Clarke ◽  
Kimberley L Edwards ◽  
Janet E Cade
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Cohort Study ◽  
Survival Analysis ◽  
Cancer Incidence ◽  
Weight Status ◽  
Breast Cancer Incidence ◽  
The Uk

Does OD practice within the HR profession in the UK reflect the academic rhetoric?

2011 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 150-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Clare Gillon
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Development ◽  
Academic Writing ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Apparent Lack ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Exploratory Investigation ◽  
Job Advertisements ◽  
Preliminary Research ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Uk

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to critically examine whether organizational development (OD), as described in academic writing on the topic, is reflected in practice in the Human Resources (HR) profession in the UK. This research aims to compare the results of an exploratory investigation to establish the main elements of OD practice in this professional group with academic definitions.Design/methodology/approachThe approach applied in this paper comprises a review of the academic literature on OD combined with an exploratory study by way of content analysis of job advertisements for OD professionals within the UK HR profession. Comparison between what the literature suggests companies should seek in the way of OD practice within the HR profession and the operationalisation of what they are actually requiring (deduced through the content of job advertisements) forms the basis of the methodology.FindingsWhile there are features of the academic definitions which do appear prominently in practice (in particular “change management”), there are also significant differences. In particular OD roles in practice in the HR profession appear to be much less likely to be of a consultancy orientation. Also striking is the apparent lack of emphasis on culture and behavioural issues. Within the UK HR profession, the lack of clarity in contemporary definition of OD may underpin the disparate use of terminology.Research limitations/implicationsThe data collected in the preliminary research are from a small‐scale investigatory study; therefore this limits the opportunity to draw robust generalised conclusions.Originality/valueDespite the increasing use of “OD” in the UK HR profession, there is no widely recognised description of what it encompasses within that community, while much of the “theorising” on OD to date has been descriptive/prescriptive. In this paper, a contrast between the academic rhetoric on OD and the reality of the practice within the HR profession has been presented, through comparing the literature with the findings from the preliminary research.

scholarly journals Collaborative computer-mediated music composition in cyberspace

2006 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 273-283 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frederick A. Seddon
Keyword(s):  
Instrumental Music ◽  
Music Composition ◽  
Prior Experience ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
Exploratory Investigation ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
E Mail

This article reports on an exploratory investigation of the relationship between prior experience of formal instrumental music tuition (FIMT) and the process of collaborative computer-based music composition. The study linked a school in the UK with a school in Norway to engage in computer-mediated collaborative composition via e-mail. Participants were grouped into composing pairs (one from each country) balanced for prior musical experience. Results revealed prior experience of FIMT was associated with extended and complex musical dialogues, critical engagement with musical ideas and produced an ‘exploratory’ environment. No prior experience of FIMT was associated with uncritical and descriptive dialogues and a ‘cumulative’ environment. Proposals for future research are discussed.

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