Pedagogical dilemmas among Bedouin-Palestinian peace educators in Israel

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 249-257
Author(s):  
Tal Litvak Hirsch ◽  
Alon Lazar ◽  
Kamal Abu Hadubah
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Minority Groups ◽  
Positive Change ◽  
Male Teachers ◽  
Conflict Zones ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Peace Activist ◽  
Marginalized Community ◽  
Peace Programs

Purpose The purpose of this study is to learn how minority peace educators grapple with dilemmas related to their involvement in peace programs. Design/methodology/approach A total of 15 male teachers, members of the minority Bedouin community in Israel, all peace educators, provided their reactions to three dilemmas, addressing various facets of the strained relations of their community with the Jewish-Israeli majority, as influenced by the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. Findings The responses to these dilemmas suggest that when it comes to questions of the identity of these teachers as members of a marginalized community, their responses considerably diverge. This is not the case when it comes to their identity as peace educators. Originality/value This suggests that if the aim is to bring peace educators, members of minority groups in conflict zones, to harness their potential to bring about positive change, their peace activist identities must be strengthened.

Negotiating liminality following life transitions: reflexive bricolage and liminal hotspots

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Katy Kerrane ◽  
Andrew Lindridge ◽  
Sally Dibb
Keyword(s):  
South Asian ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Minority Groups ◽  
Life Transitions ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Transition To Motherhood ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Asian Mothers ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose This paper aims to investigate how consumption linked with life transitions can differ in its potential to bring about ongoing liminality. By examining how consumers can draw on overlapping systems of resources, different ways in which consumers negotiate ongoing liminality following the transition to motherhood are identified. Design/methodology/approach The authors conducted an interpretive, exploratory study using in-depth phenomenological interviews with 23 South Asian mothers living in the UK. The sample consisted of mothers at different stages of motherhood. Findings Following life transitions, consumers may encounter liminal hotspots at the intersection of overlapping systems of resources. The findings examine two liminal hotspots with differing potential to produce ongoing liminality. The study shows how consumers navigate these liminal hotspots in different ways, by accepting, rejecting and amalgamating the resources at hand. Research limitations/implications The research sample could have been more diverse; future research could examine liminal hotspots relating to different minority groups and life transitions. Practical implications Marketers need to examine the different ways in which consumers draw on different systems of resources following life transitions. The paper includes implications for how marketers segment, target and market to ethnic minority consumers. Originality/value Due to increasingly fluid social conditions, there are likely to be growing numbers of consumers who experience ongoing liminality following life transitions. A preliminary framework is presented outlining different ways that consumers negotiate ongoing liminality by drawing on overlapping systems of resources, broadening the understanding of the role that marketplace resources play beyond life transitions.

The effect of SOX on audit quality

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 897-909
Author(s):  
Moo Sung Kim ◽  
Jagadish Dandu ◽  
Perihan Iren
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Audit Quality ◽  
Positive Change ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Conservative Accounting ◽  
Sarbanes Oxley ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Significant Positive Change ◽  
Arthur Andersen

Purpose This paper aims to investigate two issues. First, the authors test the effect of the Sarbanes–Oxley Act (SOX) on audit quality after 10 years. Second, the authors test whether it was necessary to close all of the Arthur Andersen offices due to the misbehavior of a few (e.g. the Houston and Atlanta offices). Design/methodology/approach The authors have used conservatism (Basu) as a proxy for audit quality. Findings The authors find that, over the long run (10 years) after SOX adoption, there is a significant positive change in conservatism as compared to during the previous similar period. In addition, the authors find that only 6 of the 20 city-level offices of Arthur Andersen were less conservative than were their other Big 6 competitors in the same city. Furthermore, the results also suggest that some city-level offices of Arthur Andersen were engaged in more conservative accounting practices than were their competitors and the Houston Andersen offices. Originality/value This study documents, using empirical evidence, that the implementation of SOX is successful, and that one factor that helped lead to this success might be the harsh punishment on Arthur Andersen.

Fixing positive change

2015 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Culture ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Core Values ◽  
Positive Change ◽  
Leading Change ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Small Bell ◽  
Working Practices ◽  
A Company

Purpose – This article aims to outline how tangible objects can encourage more efficient working practices and how they can be powerful tools for leading change within an organisation. It looks specifically at how Toyota, Haier and IDEO have very powerful symbols and the type of behaviour this wish to encourage with the company. Design/methodology/approach – This paper discusses the use of objects as powerful symbols and relates this to three specific companies. Findings – It might seem strange to denote core values through such things as a long piece of rope running through a factory, a sledgehammer attached to a company wall and a small bell that is occasionally rung in meetings. Chosen carefully, however, and with real meaning behind them, those objects can be very powerful symbols that have a lasting impact on corporate culture and can encourage positive change within the organisation. Originality/value – This article outlines how tangible objects can encourage more efficient working practices and how they can be powerful tools for leading change within an organisation.

Felt discrimination increases offensiveness of stereotyped out-group depictions

2015 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-33
Author(s):  
Roland L Leak ◽  
Omar P Woodham ◽  
George W Stone
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Experimental Approach ◽  
Minority Groups ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Dependent Variables ◽  
Group Members ◽  
Independent Variable ◽  
Past Experiences ◽  
Issue Relevance

Purpose – This paper aims to investigate the effects of minorities’ who experienced discrimination on perceptions of offensiveness tied to brand imagery that stereotypically depicts other minorities classified as out-group members. Design/methodology/approach – Study 1 utilizes factor analysis to develop dependent variables, and a path analysis to model relationships between the focal independent variable (IV) and dependent variable (DVs). Study 2 uses an experimental approach analyzing data with ANOVA and bootstrapping methodologies. Findings – Minorities who report experiencing more discrimination perceive more offensiveness tied to branding containing overt stereotypical depictions of out-groups. This effect is mediated through a perceived sympathy for the out-group. However, while some minorities perceive these branded logos as relatively more offensive, minorities, as a group, do not perceive these stereotyped logos as overly offensive. Research limitations/implications – Minorities not depicted in or alluded to in stereotypical imagery associated with a brand may be a valuable consumptive bloc that can be recruited to oppose such uses of stereotypes. This research highlights that any sympathy that these minorities report holding for depicted minority groups may be important to future targeted communications. Brand managers may need to aggressively defend the brand against negative attributions derived from non-depicted minorities’ felt sympathy. Depicted minorities fighting to remove stereotypical imagery in brands may be able to leverage non-depicted minorities’ expressed sympathy to form coalitions. Depicted minorities’ communications, however, may need to increase issue relevance to non-depicted minorities. Originality/value – This research explores how non-affected groups perceive stereotypes infused in branding. It demonstrates that, depending on past experiences, these individuals may defend against a perceived social threat targeted at a societal out-group.

Colour, culture and difference in Australian teacher education: voices from the edge

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 324-343
Author(s):  
Dawn Joseph ◽  
Richard Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experience ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Original Work ◽  
Minority Groups ◽  
Staff Perceptions ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Academic Communities ◽  
The Social ◽  
Metropolitan Universities ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose Although much has been written about international students in higher education in Australia, there is a paucity of research and discussion about international academics especially non-whites and their lived experience in the workplace. This paper represents the voices of two academics working in metropolitan universities in Melbourne. The purpose of this paper is to raise awareness of how in spite of all the goodwill and highbrow research, the “corridors of academia” need to be examined in considering the politics of inclusion and internationalisation as the authors still need to address issues of colour as they exist in the academy. Design/methodology/approach The authors use narrative inquiry and reflection to tell the story as both phenomenon and method where the phenomenon is the story and inquiry is the narrative. Findings The findings suggest student and staff perceptions of difference are mostly theorised but not practiced within the academy. Research limitations/implications The paper includes two voices, a limitation in itself, thus generalisations cannot be made to other academics or institutions. The authors recommend more professional development for staff and students alike to embrace issues of colour, culture and difference. Practical implications The authors draw attention to the need for academics to reflect on their behaviour within their own academic communities and be more aware of minority groups in academia. Social implications By including and listening to issues facing minority groups (academics and students) can only improve the social cohesion of university worksites. Originality/value This is an original work carried out by both authors. It raises concerns that may also be experienced international staff and or students.

Attitudes toward quality improvement among healthcare professionals

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (2/3) ◽  
pp. 203-212 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristian Siverbo ◽  
Henrik Eriksson ◽  
Hendry Raharjo ◽  
Michaela Moonen
Keyword(s):  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Response Rate ◽  
Positive Change ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
Current Position ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Whitney Test

Purpose – The purpose of this article is to describe how the training of healthcare professionals in improvement work can be performed, and evaluate potential changes in attitude as a result of the initiative. Design/methodology/approach – The study was carried out at a University Hospital in Sweden. There were 443 participants in the study. The response rate before the intervention was 55 per cent (242 respondents) and six months later, it was 43 per cent (190 respondents). A two-day training program about quality improvement was performed on seven different occasions and after the training had been concluded, participants were encouraged to translate their newly acquired knowledge into improvement projects. Surveys on attitudes toward improvement work were completed by the participants right before the training and six months afterwards. The results were analyzed using a Mann-Whitney test. Findings – The analysis showed some statistically significant changes in attitude among the participants. There were also differences between groups of participants based on their profession and the number of years in their current position. Research limitations/implications – A limitation of the study is that it was solely based on attitudes expressed during the survey and did not include any observed changes in behavior. Another limitation is that attitudes after the intervention were only measured once. Originality/value – It is possible to use training to change attitudes toward improvement work. The result differs among groups of participants, which raises the question as to whether training should be tailored to better suit the needs of different groups to create positive change. Further research is needed regarding how to reach and fully implement a quality improvement mindset.

We know our place

2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 282-293 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jon Austin ◽  
Glen Parkes ◽  
Amy Antonio
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experience ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Research Team ◽  
Minority Groups ◽  
Research Paradigm ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Remote Areas ◽  
Critical Qualitative Research ◽  
Majority Groups ◽  
Funding Application

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to use the experience of attempting to locate funding for three contiguous components of a research program to be undertaken in remote areas of Queensland to reflect upon the increasing challenges to critical qualitative research in the Australian context. Design/methodology/approach – This paper utilizes forms and formats of the composite narrator, narrative inquiry and autoethnographic techniques in putting their lived experience into the context of the neoliberalized university. Findings – As the research team developed and pursued a funding application through various university committees, the value of their work and the ways in which they were being increasingly marginalized qua researchers became starkly apparent to them. Originality/value – While Appadurai’s concern was to try to understand the inexplicable and seemingly inordinate fear of small numbers that, in contemporary times, causes large majority groups to launch horrendous campaigns of erasure against miniscule minority groups, the authors wonder whether the same concern of an ascendant majority is not at play in strategies of erasure being deployed in contemporary research paradigm skirmishes. Regardless, the authors are rapidly approaching the point where perhaps the authors, as critical qualitative researchers, should fear any numbers, big or small.

Commentary on “Afraid to leave the house: issues leading to social exclusion and loneliness for people with a learning disability”

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 176-179
Author(s):  
Rachel A. Harrison
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Learning Disabilities ◽  
Learning Disability ◽  
Social Exclusion ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Positive Change ◽  
Content Type

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide a commentary on, “Afraid to leave the house: issues leading to social exclusion and loneliness for people with a learning disability”. Design/methodology/approach This paper considers the impacts of cuts to services, support and care that people with learning disabilities experience and the effects these cuts can have on social inclusion and positive social networks. Ways in which these impacts can be overcome are considered. Findings Listening to the voices of people with learning disabilities can provide opportunities for positive change which meet the needs of people with learning disability and society more widely. Originality/value The commentary uses evidence to consider the effects of cuts to services on the lives of people with learning disability and to provide possible solutions.

Appreciation at Work training and the Motivating by Appreciation Inventory: development and validity

2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul White
Keyword(s):  
Customer Satisfaction ◽  
Employee Engagement ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Positive Change ◽  
Staff Turnover ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Work Training ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Inventory Development ◽  
Over Time

Purpose – This paper aims to present the process, progress and validity of the Motivating By Appreciation Inventory and the Appreciation at Work training. Design/methodology/approach – Several methods were utilized such as surveys, pre- and post-interviews and data from the inventory results. Findings – For the Motivating by Appreciation Inventory, the results showed that the results are consistent and stable over time. For the Appreciation at Work training, the results of surveys before and after the training showed high levels of positive change. Originality/value – When individuals feel appreciated and valued for their contributions in the workplace, good results follow, including increased employee engagement, less staff turnover, higher customer satisfaction ratings and the organization grows in its sense of purpose. The Motivating by Appreciation Inventory and Appreciation at Work Training are unique tools that help organizations grow in employee appreciation.

Vulnerable practitioners: fictional narratives affecting masculine teacher identity

2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 228-242
Author(s):  
Ian Davis
Keyword(s):  
Reflective Practice ◽  
Teacher Identity ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Sense Of Self ◽  
Male Teachers ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Fictional Narratives ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Fictional Representations ◽  
Pre Service Teacher

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore how fictional narratives help us envision ways of constructing the identity as teaching professionals. Furthermore, how encounters with fictional narratives and the absorption of their structures and ideologies can dictate how the author perceive ourselves, and others. Design/methodology/approach – The pedagogy of teacher education relies heavily on narratised models of instruction such as Critical Reflective Practice (CRP). The purposefully traumatic aspects of CRP are designed to trouble the sense of self. I suggest here that this creates a period of subjective vulnerability in the pre-service teacher practitioner. Findings – This paper examines the response to traumatic learning events focusing on how literary tropes and their encompassing ideologies become a powerful yet regressive force in restabilising the professional identity and galvanising the personal subjectivity. Research limitations/implications – Data for this paper has been drawn from the Teaching Men research project that focused on a cohort of male teachers, from Australia and the UK working within TAFE/FE environments all of whom had recently become teachers. Originality/value – This paper addresses a parallel concern: at a point of subjective vulnerability, a term coined as part of this analysis, how do fictional representations of male teachers impact on the construction and practice of teachers in the development of their professional identities? And how can the author devise a structure with which to interpret such activity?

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