UNDERSTANDING THE SELECTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF LIFE GOALS OF FAMILY BUSINESS OWNERS

2008 ◽  
Vol 16 (01) ◽  
pp. 19-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
STEVEN K. MOYER ◽  
NEAL E. CHALOFSKY

The purpose of this qualitative, phenomenological study was to understand how owners of family businesses select and develop life goals. Findings indicate life goals are substantially influenced and impacted by parents, mentors and influential "others". The selection and development of life goals required a high level of self-confidence in their own knowledge, skills, and abilities with the attitude to make things happen. A faith in a higher being contributed to the belief and feeling that they were at the right place at the right time and possessed the correct knowledge, skills, abilities, and attitude to take advantage of the opportunities placed before them. A strong desire for personal independence influenced the selection and development of the family business as a life goal.

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 370
Author(s):  
Fatwa Tentama ◽  
Nina Zulida Situmorang ◽  
Fitrianur Fitrianur

The goal of this research was to understand the subjective well-being of mothers who work in the streets. This qualitative phenomenological study collected data using a semi-structured interview. Data were collected from six street mothers aged 18-40 years living in the dense residence of Kali Code, Karanganyar, Brontokusuman, Mergangsan, and Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The content analysis was used in this research, and the results showed that street mothers were satisfied with their current lives. Some of the reasons for their satisfaction include having a place to stay, gathering with their family every day, having a job, having independent earning, supporting children's education, and meeting their family's needs. This study also found that life satisfaction was associated with feeling satisfied with the self, family life, health, job, and community environment. Furthermore, participants expressed positive affect in the form of happiness when their job and earnings were good when gathering with the family or neighbors when the family is in harmony. The children are obedient when they can meet the needs of the children when they receive unexpected rewards. In contrast, the participants experienced negative affect in the form of guilt when they were unable to make the family happy, and disappointed when daily earnings were small. They were sad when children were not obedient, angry, and disappointed about living conditions and worried, anxious, and afraid about the workplace conditions.


2019 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luciana Lione Melo ◽  
Glicinia Elaine Rosilho Pedroso ◽  
Ana Paula Rigon Francischetti Garcia

RESUMOObjetivo: compreender a importância do setting no brincar de irmãos de crianças hospitalizadas após a visita hospitalar em unidade intensiva. Método: trata-se de estudo qualitativo, de abordagem fenomenológica, à luz da Teoria do Amadurecimento, com oito irmãos de crianças hospitalizadas, idades entre os 3 aos 10 anos, que participaram de entrevista mediada por sessão de brinquedo dramático após visita hospitalar em unidade intensiva. Seguiram-se, na análise dos dados, os passos preconizados pela pesquisa fenomenológica. Resultados: sabe-se que a partir do reconhecimento do setting como suficientemente bom é que os irmãos puderam revelar, por meio do brinquedo terapêutico dramático, o significado da visita à criança hospitalizada em unidade intensiva. Informa-se que o reconhecimento do setting teve início já no convite para brincar, continuando durante o brincar e finalizando com a inclusão do pesquisador na brincadeira. Conclusão: possibilitou-se, pelas sessões de brinquedo terapêutico dramático, que os irmãos fossem cuidados, como membros da família, sendo que o ambiente hostil da unidade intensiva não foi percebido dessa forma pelos irmãos. Descritores: Relações entre Irmãos; Criança Hospitalizada; Jogos e Brinquedos; Visitas a Pacientes; Unidades de Terapia Intensiva Pediátrica; Enfermagem Pediátrica.  ABSTRACT Objective: to understand the importance of the setting in the play of siblings of hospitalized children after the hospital visit in intensive unit. Method: this is a qualitative, phenomenological study, in the light of the Theory of Maturity, with eight siblings of children hospitalized, aged between three and ten years, who participated in a mediated interview with a dramatic toy session after a hospital visit in a unit intensive. In the analysis of the data, the steps recommended by the phenomenological research were followed. Results: it is known that from the recognition of the setting as good enough that the brothers could reveal, through the dramatic therapeutic toy, the meaning of the visit to the hospitalized child in intensive unit. It is reported that the recognition of the setting began already in the invitation to play, continuing during the play and ending with the inclusion of the researcher in the game. Conclusion: it was possible, through the sessions of dramatic therapeutic play, that the brothers were cared for as members of the family, and that the hostile environment of the intensive unit was not perceived in this way by the brothers. Descritores: Sibling Relations; Child, Hospitalized; Play and Playthings; Visitors to Patients; Intensive Care Units, Pediatric; Pediatric Nursing. RESUMEN Objetivo: comprender la importancia del setting en el jugar de hermanos de niños hospitalizados después de la visita hospitalaria en unidad intensiva. Método: se trata de un estudio cualitativo, de enfoque fenomenológico, a la luz de la Teoría de la madurez, con ocho hermanos de niños hospitalizados, edades entre los 3 a los 10 años, que participaron en una entrevista mediada por sesión de juguete dramático tras visita hospitalaria en unidad intensiva. Se siguieron, en el análisis de los datos, los pasos preconizados por la investigación fenomenológica. Resultados: se sabe que a partir del reconocimiento del setting como suficientemente bueno es que los hermanos pudieron revelar, por medio del juguete terapéutico dramático, el significado de la visita al niño hospitalizado en unidad intensiva. Se informa que el reconocimiento del setting tuvo inicio ya en la invitación para jugar, continuando durante el jugar y finalizando con la inclusión del investigador en el juego. Conclusión: se posibilitó, por las sesiones de juguete terapéutico dramático, que los hermanos fueran cuidados, como miembros de la familia, siendo que el ambiente hostil de la unidad intensiva no fue percibido de esa forma por los hermanos. Descritores: Relaciones entre Hermanos; Niño Hospitalizado; Juego e Implementos de Huego; Visitas a Pacientes; Unidades de Cuidado Intensivo Pediátrico; Enfermería Pediátrica.


2021 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-16
Author(s):  
Jan Adversario

This qualitative phenomenological study examined the occupational downgrading experiences of six adult immigrants. Occupational downgrading happens when an individual’s occupation post immigration does not match his or her education credentials and previous professional experiences. The goal is to make sense of the participants’ narratives through the lens of possible selves theory. Therefore, the research questions guiding this study were (1) How do occupational downgrading experiences of immigrants shape their integration to the U.S. workforce? and (2) How can we make sense of the participants’ narratives through the lens of possible selves theory? Phenomenological interviews served as the main source for data collection. In addition, artifacts allowed the participants to enrich their stories. Themes that emerged from the participants’ occupational downgrading experiences include underemployment, shift in status, language barrier, feeling of discrimination, and lack of inspiration at the new job. Looking at past, present, and future selves, the participants’ narratives were examined first through identity transition processes: separation, transition, and reincorporation. The study adds to a developing body of literature focusing on the possible selves of adult immigrants experiencing occupational downgrading. In particular, they inform who is participating in adult education. Likewise, this study centralizes the immigrant as participant to adult learning; it provides new narratives of adults in transition.


2021 ◽  
pp. 088626052110219
Author(s):  
Aiala Szyfer Lipinsky ◽  
Limor Goldner

Studies dealing with the experiences of non-offending mothers from the general population and minority groups after their child’s disclosure of sexual abuse are scarce, and studies on mothers from the Jewish ultra-Orthodox community are non-existent. This study takes an initial step in filling this gap by exploring how the normalization of sexual abuse shapes these mothers’ experiences. A qualitative phenomenological study was conducted on a sample of 21 mothers from the ultra-Orthodox sector whose children had been sexually abused. It consisted of in-depth, semi-structured interviews of the mothers followed by a drawing task on their experience. The analysis of the interviews yielded four central themes: the role of social stigmatization and religion on the mother’s ability to share her child’s abuse; the effect of the disclosure on the mothers’ mental state and maternal competency; the mothers’ ongoing experience in the shadow of this unprocessed/unresolved trauma; and the mothers’ coping strategies, including acceptance, faith, and meaning making. The findings highlight the influence of the tension between the need to adhere to religious norms and preserve the social fabric and the need to enhance mothers’ and children’s well-being.


2021 ◽  
Vol 75 (Supplement_2) ◽  
pp. 7512510228p1-7512510228p1
Author(s):  
Debra Hanson ◽  
Cherae C. Reeves ◽  
Alyssa Raiber ◽  
Megan K. Hamann

Abstract Date Presented 04/13/21 Results of a qualitative phenomenological study of the influence of spirituality on the lived experience of Christians during the rehabilitation process are shared. Findings show the pervasive impact of spirituality on occupational participation, performance, and engagement and align with the concepts of Humbert’s conceptual model of spirituality. This study of spirituality as expressed from a specific worldview perspective advances the provision of holistic, culturally relevant OT services. Primary Author and Speaker: Debra Hanson Contributing Authors: Heather Roberts, Angela Shierk


2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 3-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Parkhideh Hasani ◽  
Rostam Jalali ◽  
Zhila Abedsaeedi

Background and objectives: Conscience is a cornerstone of ethics, affecting both our private and professional lives. Everyday health care practice raises questions about conscience and how to understand its role. Conscience has also been described as inducing self-growth and protecting personal integrity. Nurses views on their reactions to behaviors consistent or contrary to conscience could therefore help us to understand the meaning of the reactions of conscience. This study aimed to illuminate meanings of nurses lived experience of conscience reaction in their daily practices.Material and methods: Interviews with nine nurses were interpreted using a phenomenological hermeneutic (Colaizzi, 1978) method. Data was collected in 2010 among nurses working in various hospitals in Kermanshah. The nurses were selected for participation purposively.Results: The nurses lived experience of conscience reaction was formulated in three themes and ten sub-themes. The first theme is ‘being peace, which includes three sub-themes: Being calm, being pleased, and being satisfying. The second theme is ‘trouble conscience’ which includes four subthemes: guilt, thinking engagement, discomfort, and fretfulness. The third theme is responding which includes three sub-themes: expressing, compensation, and lack of repeat.Conclusions: The nurses lived experience of conscience reaction showed that nurses considered conscience reaction to be an important factor in the exercise of their profession, as revealed by the descriptive categories: being peace when they act consistent with conscience; trouble conscience when they act contrary on conscience; and responding after doing an anti conscience practice. They perceived that conscience played a role in nursing actions involving patients and next of kin, and guided them in their efforts to provide high quality care.  DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bioethics.v2i3.10257Bangladesh Journal of Bioethics 2011;2(3):3-9


2017 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
pp. 529-547 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sunny Harris Rome ◽  
Miriam Raskin

Youth aging out of foster care are at particular risk for negative outcomes including school dropout, homelessness, poverty, unemployment, substance abuse, health and mental health problems, and victimization. Yet we know little about how, when, and why these youth find themselves on a downward trajectory. This qualitative, phenomenological study—conducted in partnership with four public child welfare agencies—examined the lived experience of 19 youth during their first year after exiting foster care. The authors used monthly, contemporaneous interviews to explore domains including housing, employment, education, and relationships with trusted adults. Although outcomes in employment were poorest, participants’ experience in all domains was characterized by frequent changes and instability. Adverse events began immediately and many youth were unsure how to navigate the system to get help. Yet youth who were successful in one domain were more likely to be successful in others. Risk factors included having four or more foster care placements, being on probation, accumulating fines, and losing government assistance. Protective factors included living with an adult who shares the rent and maintains a positive, consistent presence; being a full-time student; receiving educational and housing subsidies; having reliable means of transportation and communication; and maintaining the same job throughout the transitional year. Despite facing significant obstacles, the youth demonstrated resilience and optimism as they contemplated their futures. Recommendations include providing specialized services that target youth as they exit the system, and emphasizing stability rather than self-sufficiency.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryan Akers

<p>Through a qualitative phenomenological study, 8 military and veteran students were individually interviewed. Findings revealed that military and veteran students face transition difficulties when leaving a military environment and transitioning to a college or university. The significance of this study will expand career professionals’ overall knowledge on how to appropriately support this population and explore commonalities among similar experiences regarding this student population. </p>


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