Isabelle de Charrière and Skepticism in the Literary Life

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 256-267
Author(s):  
John Christian Laursen
Keyword(s):  
Moral Status ◽  
Personal Life ◽  
Literary Life ◽  
Isabelle De Charriere

Abstract This article explores some senses in which Isabelle de Charrière (1740–1805) may be understood as a skeptic in her personal life and in her literary life, although the two cannot really be separated since she lived the literary life. She called herself a skeptic a number of times, and also showed some knowledge of the Academic or Socratic and especially of the Pyrrhonian traditions of skepticism in her novels and extensive correspondence. This Dutch-Swiss writer provides an example of what it might be to live as a skeptic, serving as a case study for the debates about the feasibility and moral status of living with skepticism.

scholarly journals Storytelling and `Character': Victims, Villains and Heroes in a Case of Technological Change

Organization ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 425-442 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Whittle ◽  
Frank Mueller ◽  
Anita Mangan
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Change ◽  
Technological Change ◽  
Moral Status ◽  
The Self ◽  
Routine Work ◽  
Social Positioning ◽  
Face Saving ◽  
Positive Light

In this article we examine the role of stories in the temporal development of images of the self at work. Drawing on an in-depth case study of technological change in a UK public-private partnership, we highlight the role of stories in the construction, maintenance and defence of actors' moral status and organizational reputation. The analysis focuses on the development of one `character' as he shifted from the role of innocent victim to implied villain to heroic survivor within the stories constructed during routine work conversations. We argue that stories are intimately linked to the forms of `moral accounting' that serve to deal with the challenges to `face' and social positioning that accompany `failed' organizational change. Stories, we suggest, are likely to be invoked when an interactional encounter threatens the participants' sense of social worth. Stories in which we present ourselves in a positive light—for instance as virtuous, honourable, courageous, caring, committed, competent— comprise a key component of face-saving strategies designed to maintain our social positioning: processes that are often intensified during periods of organizational change.

scholarly journals Quantification of Crime & CAW Using Statistical Methods and GIS... A Case Study at Diamond Harbour Municipality, South 24 Pargans, W.B

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Prantik Paul
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Statistical Methods ◽  
Family Life ◽  
Social Problems ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Personal Life ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Urbanization Process ◽  
Index Model

American sociologist Louis Wirth said that 'Urbanism as a Way of Life' in the American Journal of Sociology in 1938 because more and more people were moving into cities and the urbanization process is stimulated. this hyper growth of cities ensure the “urbanized world”. But now a day’s urbanism concept is criticted by sociologist. They polled that urbanism developed a narrower mental structure on citizen of a town. Parallely urbanization stimulates more physical and social problems. In those social problems crime is an important phenomenon. Crime has a vast concept and categories. But crime against woman is a specific type of crime which has a great significant in our personal life, family life. Is also say that domestic violence against woman is much affected in child mental growth. We are generated a vulnerable index model using various socioeconomic indicator of crime at Diamond Harbour Municipality, South 24 Pargans District, West Bengal.

Using Personal Life Experiences and Global Competencies to Build an Orphanage for Abandoned Children

2018 ◽  
pp. 58-76
Author(s):  
John Shinsky
Keyword(s):  
International Collaboration ◽  
Life Experiences ◽  
Personal Life ◽  
Mutual Respect ◽  
Global Competencies ◽  
Personal Story ◽  
Working Together ◽  
Work Done ◽  
Different Cultures

This case study tells the personal story of how an American orphan's life experiences and passion to give back led to the building of an orphanage in Mexico for abandoned children. As we expand international collaboration as part of humanitarian efforts, global competencies can provide a framework for deeper understanding of the issues we are addressing, an awareness and sensitivity to different cultures, and mutual respect for different opinions. The work done in Mexico demonstrates that, working together, we can make a difference in the lives of children who come from deplorable living conditions.

Igualdade de género e práticas de gestão de recursos humanos

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carla Silva
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Human Resources Management ◽  
Personal Life ◽  
Resources Management ◽  
Recursos Humanos ◽  
Work Family ◽  
The Universe

Assuming that there are asymmetries and imbalances between women and men in the organizations, motivated by difficulties in reconciling professional, family and personal life, which if overtaken by conciliatory human resources management practices may generate benefits for workers and companies, this work intends to present a case study to evaluate the contribution of human resources management for the promotion of gender equality, in terms of reconciling professional, family and personal life. In this manner, we aim to characterize the human resources management practices promoting gender equality in the port setor company, and to analyze the perception and the difficulties that workers have in reconciling work, family and personal life. The preparation of this case study required the use of several techniques to collect qualitative data through analysis of public documents of the company, and techniques to collect quantitative data by applying a questionnaire to the universe of company workers. With this research a series of relevant results were obtained, which can help human resources management to further contribute to the needs of reconciling professional, family and personal life, and contribute to promote benefits for the organizations in the implementation of practices enhancing gender equality.

scholarly journals “Pretty Much Obeyed All Requirements of the Authorities and the Circumstances ...”: Milestones in the Biography of the Law Officer, General–Major N.M. Senitsky

2020 ◽  
pp. 1241-1254
Author(s):  
Dmitrii I. Petin ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Adaptation ◽  
Personal Life ◽  
Political Situation ◽  
Professional Activities ◽  
State Security ◽  
Security Service ◽  
Historical Archive ◽  
Biographical Study ◽  
The Military

The article presents a historical and biographical study devoted to General N.M. Senitsky – the military lawyer, who served in Omsk in the “old” and later in the White army, became a Soviet employee, was subjected to political oppression. The case-study of social adaptation of the general sheds light on the military and socio-political situation in Siberia on the eve of and during the Civil War and in the first decade after its end. The nature of the study determines its key methods: biographical and problem-chronological. The biographical method allows the author to interpret the events of the era, linking them with Senitsky’s professional activities and personal life. The problem-chronological method permits to trace the logic behind the changes in the military-political sphere of the region and behind the facts of Senitsky’s biography and to underscore their correlation. The source base of the article is the complex of unpublished documents from the 1920–30s found by the author in the fonds of the Historical Archive of the Omsk Region and in the archive of the Directorate of the Federal Security Service of Russia for the Omsk Region: sources of personal provenance (N.M. Senitsky's autobiographies and questionnaires), documents from the special register on former White Guard officers, and investigatory records of the Soviet state security bodies, as well as personal file of the lishenetz (disenfranchised person). The identified sources help to reconstruct N.M. Senitsky’s biography in great detail.

scholarly journals Stress among working college students Case Study: Faculty of Engineering Sibiu, Romania

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 399-404
Author(s):  
Roxana Săvescu ◽  
Ana Maria Stoe ◽  
Mihaela Rotaru
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Extracurricular Activities ◽  
Research Topic ◽  
Personal Life ◽  
The Third ◽  
Working Students ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Different Levels

Abstract Working students face many challenges: they must balance work, school, extracurricular activities, and personal life. Several studies reflected the fact that this balancing act goes hand-in-hand with the level of stress. The scope of the study was to find out whether working students in the Faculty of Engineering Sibiu experience different levels of stress compared with the non-working students. Eighty students from the third year of studies were interviewed regarding the research topic. The interviewed students were randomly selected, five working and five non-working students from each of the eight faculty specializations. The results of the study reflect the fact that the management of the faculty and the professors themselves must take into consideration that stress is a factor that affects students’ performance and behavior.

scholarly journals Coaching as support for postgraduate students: A case study

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ingrid Le Roux
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Role Conflict ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Support Function ◽  
Personal Life ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Postgraduate Students ◽  
Coaching Intervention ◽  
Insight Into

Background: Undergraduate students as a group are well researched, with focus on enhancing student engagement and improving learning and teaching methods. However, working postgraduate students have become a growing trend in the higher education sector, with little known about their experience. The purpose of this research is to better understand and to gain insight into the inter-role conflict experienced by postgraduate students owing to managing the multiple roles of work, personal life and studies. This article reports the case study of a coaching intervention administered to a group of postgraduate students over a 5-month period. The study concludes that the inclusion of a coaching intervention to assist postgraduate students in dealing with inter-role stress can no longer be ignored. Coaching support is an authentic way to support these students, with benefits reaching beyond the classroom.Research purpose: The purpose of this research is to better understand the inter-role conflict emanating from managing work, personal life and studies, and to gain insight into the role of coaching as a support function.Motivation for the study: There is limited research focusing on the experiences of postgraduate students, who are often working either part-time or full-time while pursuing their studies, and navigating three overlapping role domains simultaneously. Furthermore, even less is known about coaching as a support function to strike a balance between these three demanding roles.Research design, approach and method: This study is qualitative in nature. A coaching intervention over a 5-month period was used to assist postgraduate students in managing inter-role conflict.Main findings: The study suggests that coaching can be used as a method to address the interface between work, personal life and study demands for the working postgraduate student. To ensure successful throughput rates in the allocated time, a new support framework is required to complement the often insufficient academic interventions.Contribution: The contribution of the research is twofold: Firstly, it focuses on working postgraduate students to gain insight into and a better understanding of the potential of coaching. Secondly, it highlights coaching as a potential support function. Very little research exists in the general literature on how to support working postgraduate students in higher education. The research also shows the potential of coaching as a support function to help postgraduate students navigate the three demanding role domains.

Charlie Chan’s Last Mystery, or the Transcultural Disappearance of Warner Oland

2019 ◽  
pp. 42-52
Author(s):  
Kim Khavar Fahlstedt
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Abuse ◽  
Personal Life ◽  
Film Culture ◽  
Hollywood Film ◽  
Film Stars ◽  
Transnational Film ◽  
Geographical Locations

This chapter investigates the transnational film persona of Warner Oland. Alongside Anna Q. Nilsson and Greta Garbo, Oland was one of Sweden’s first, and internationally most beloved, Hollywood film stars. During the 1920s and 30s, Oland gained global popularity for roles as Orientalist characters such as Dr. Fu Manchu and Charlie Chan. This case study probes into the last two years of Oland’s life, in which his fame rose to a career high while he was also struggling in his personal life from years of alcohol abuse. It investigates how a range of fleeting conceptualizations of national and ethnic identifiers, such as “Swedishness” and Orientalism, were utilized as heuristic tools to make sense of Oland's public disintegration. In the present study, Oland’s racialized and ethnic personae were reproduced and renegotiated within three geographical locations (Hollywood, Europe, and China) of that period’s transnational film culture.

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