scholarly journals A contingency theory perspective of environmental management: Empirical evidence from entrepreneurial firms

2021 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-17
Author(s):  
Muaz Mahmud ◽  
Danny Soetanto ◽  
Sarah Jack
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
Social Relationships ◽  
Contingency Theory ◽  
External Pressure ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Entrepreneurial Firms ◽  
Global Awareness ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Impact

This article examines the roles of organizational structure of decision-making and external pressure in determining the practice of environmental management. Using contingency theory, this study argues that having a decentralized structure, entrepreneurial firms are able to adapt to external pressure while implementing environmental management. The data were drawn from 106 small and medium-sized firms in the United Kingdom. The study found that a decentralized structure is positively associated with the practice of environmental management while external pressure from global awareness and social relationships has less impact on firms’ environmental management. Interestingly, the impact of decentralized structure on environmental management is strengthened in the context of high level of technological dynamic. Overall, the findings of the study have provided some recommendations to theory and practice of environmental management especially in the context of entrepreneurial firms.

Brokering reflective spaces: Experiential learning in a summer opera program

2021 ◽  
pp. 147402222110074
Author(s):  
Kelly Bylica ◽  
Sophie Louise Roland ◽  
Laura Benjamins
Keyword(s):  
Experiential Learning ◽  
Critical Reflection ◽  
Music Performance ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Learning Program ◽  
Musical Skills ◽  
Musical Engagement ◽  
High Level ◽  
Practice Framework ◽  
The Impact

Formal music performance studies within university settings strive to prepare the next generation of performers and pedagogues for musical engagement beyond university. Yet literature suggests that these spaces of study do not always lead to a sense of readiness for potential professional worlds, due in part to a lack of opportunities for guided, in-depth, critical reflection that helps students connect theory and practice. This article articulates findings from a study that sought to consider the impact of deliberate opportunities for reflection in The Accademia Europea dell’Opera (AEDO), a university-affiliated summer opera intensive experiential learning program. Utilizing a communities of musical practice framework, researchers worked collaboratively to help participants engage in guided critical reflection as they developed high-level musical skills through rehearsals and performances. This article specifically considers the ways in which a ‘broker’ helped participants develop practices of reflection and personal agency both within and beyond this context.

scholarly journals Student nurses’ experiences of incivility and the impact on learning and emotional wellbeing

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie C. Vuolo
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Education ◽  
Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Student Nurses ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Emotional Wellbeing ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Invisible

Background: Incivility is the display of intimidating, rude, disruptive or undesirable behaviours. Incivility in nursing has the potential to impact on the learning environment, student wellbeing and patient outcomes. Although it is a globally recognised phenomenon, relatively little is known about it in the context of nurse education in the United Kingdom, where the students’ time is divided equally between theory and practice and a nurse mentor is allocated to each student when on clinical placement.Methods: A phenomenological qualitative design was used to explore the experiences of ten student nurses studying on a three year degree level pre-registration (pre-licensure) nursing programme. Data was collected by in-depth, semi-structured, face-to-face interviews which were tape-recorded and transcribed verbatim. Thematic analysis was conducted using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis as a framework.Results: Student nurses can experience incivility in both classroom and clinical settings with negative consequences in terms of learning and personal wellbeing. Four superordinate (main) themes (Knowing-Not Knowing/Positioning/The Invisible Student/Distraction) were identified along with a further fifteen subordinate themes which included misuse, being nameless and feeling a burden.Conclusions: These findings add further to our understanding of incivility in nursing education and specifically the potential for incivility to impact on learning and students’ emotional wellbeing. Incivilities related to ‘the Invisible Student’ and ‘Knowing-Not Knowing’ are particularly worthy of further exploration as they reveal a hitherto unappreciated dimension of this complex, globally recognised phenomena. 

scholarly journals Enhancing the Impact of Mobile Health Literacy Interventions to Reduce Health Disparities

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raymond L Ownby ◽  
Amarilis Acevedo ◽  
Drenna Waldrop-Valverde
Keyword(s):  
Health Literacy ◽  
Mobile Health ◽  
Mobile Apps ◽  
Health Behavior Change ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Intended Audience ◽  
Literacy Interventions ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Impact

Health literacy is a key factor in health outcomes that should be considered when creating mobile health promotion apps. In this paper, we detail our work over the past 10 years in developing the theory and practice of targeting the content of mobile apps at a level appropriate for the intended audience. We include a review of our theory of health literacy as expertise, the ASK model, and integrate it with the Theory of Planned Behavior. We then provide data that support both the model and its use. More recently, we have developed a predictive analytic model that uses demographic information and patient performance on a 10-item screening measure to determine patient level of health literacy at a high level of accuracy. The predictive model will enable apps to automatically provide content to users at an appropriate level of health literacy. This strategy, along with other aspects of tailoring, will allow apps to be more personally relevant to users, enhancing their effects in promoting health behavior change.

scholarly journals Targeted Sanctions: a Tool of Foreign Policy, Unfair Competition or Global Social Engineering?

2019 ◽  
pp. 17-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. L. Fituni
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
Social Constructivism ◽  
Social Engineering ◽  
External Pressure ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Practical Implementation ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Potential Use ◽  
System Today

Through the recent decades, the use of asymmetric and hybrid measures in international relations has acquired a qualitatively new scale and system. Today such measures have turned into one of the leading forms of external pressure and subsequent coercion, often exceeding the effectiveness of such straightforward instruments as the threat of potential use of force and almost equal to real power actions. Arguably, among those asymmetric and hybrid measures, Western countries assign a key role to the pressure of international sanction upon competitor nations and uncooperative actors on the world arena. The article is devoted to a critical analysis of some common approaches to the study of the problems of «targeted» sanctions in the theory and practice of international relations and the use of sanctions as a means of achieving geostrategic objectives, including such ambitious ones as social constructivism and social engineering on national, regional and global scales. Particular attention is paid to the contribution of Thomas Biersteker to the development of the theory and of practical designs of «targeted sanctions» in international relations. The author disputes with him over some issues related to the effectiveness of targeted sanctions and the impact they produce upon various sectors of the targeted societies. Based on the author’s schematic matrix of sanctional influences upon national elites and possible limits of their responses, the article formulates the principles of segmentation of the national elites both for the purposes of identifying the layers most susceptible to sanctional pressure and singling out most effective and capable strata from the point of view of practical implementation of the indented outcomes of the undertaken pressure from the outside.

scholarly journals Development of the impact investing ecosystem in Ukraine

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 217-228
Author(s):  
Liudmyla Bukharina ◽  
Oksana Onyshchenko
Keyword(s):  
Institutional Environment ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
State Regulation ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Public Understanding ◽  
Impact Investing ◽  
Initial Stage ◽  
Comparative Results ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Impact

The impact investing ecosystem is currently in its infancy in Ukraine. The aim of the paper is to identify the problems of impact investing development in Ukraine and to propose the ways to develop the ecosystem of social investment in the country. In the course of the research, general scientific methods of analysis were used: formal, logical, and comparative. Results of the research suggest that theory and practice of state regulation in Ukraine still lack the conceptualized mechanisms of impact investing and the corresponding institutional environment. On the other hand, there is a high level of interest and engagement in it from both the public and potential and current investors. The data obtained prove the importance of civil society cooperation in creating a favorable ecosystem of impact investing to maximize its integration into the economy. The development of impact investing ecosystem in Ukraine depends on certain socio-economic and legal barriers at an initial stage such as: low level of public understanding about the problem, absence of clear legal regulation and uncertainty of the “rules of the game” at the legislative level, openness and publicity of enterprises, which is not a characteristic feature of the economic environment in the country today. Furthermore, effective directions and mechanisms for development of the impact investing ecosystem are proposed.

Populist politics and democracy in the UK: implications for community development

2020 ◽  
pp. 165-186
Author(s):  
Keith Popple
Keyword(s):  
Community Development ◽  
Electoral System ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
The Political ◽  
Right Wing ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Political Right ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Finance Capitalism

This chapter outlines how British populist politics, and in particular right-wing populist politics, has had significant implications for communities, for the theory and practice of community development, and for those presently involved in the activity in the United Kingdom, where it has suffered substantial financial cutbacks. The outcome of the austerity measures that has led to the contemporary presence of populism in the UK has been a mounting dissatisfaction and a general lack of trust in politics amongst millions in the country. This, together with a hangover from the 'parliamentary expenses scandal' that involved members from both Houses of Parliament, has created a marked degree of scepticism about the workings of the British electoral system. Further, there has been a growing lack of confidence in the system of neoliberal globalised finance capitalism that has left countless communities poorer and economically less secure. People's anger and frustration with these actions have been harnessed by the political right, which during the 2016 Referendum debate focused on the impact of immigration on communities. The chapter then notes the unique elements of community development and reflects on the role it can play in these challenging times. It argues that community development now requires greater funding and recognition while reconceptualising itself in a more radical manner.

The Impact of Sensory Integration Therapy in the United Kingdom and Ireland: A Developmental Perspective

1996 ◽  
Vol 59 (10) ◽  
pp. 452-456
Author(s):  
Elizabeth M Fairgrieve
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Sensory Integration ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Integration Theory ◽  
Special Interest Groups ◽  
Sensory Integration Therapy ◽  
The Past ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Integration Approach ◽  
The Impact

The past 8–10 years have witnessed a growing interest in the application of sensory integration theory and practice within the United Kingdom and Ireland. The contribution of Dr A Jean Ayres to the practice of occupational therapy was Introduced to these islands in 1969, since when it has developed steadily but less quickly than in other countries. This article traces the development of the sensory integration approach within the United Kingdom and Ireland and considers the parallel impact on therapy practice together with the range of post-registration courses and special interest groups. Realisation of the need for collaboration led to the formation of the Sensory Integration Coordinating Committee in 1991 and ultimately to amalgamation into Sensory Integration Network (UK & Ireland) in January 1996.

Transplant Professionals' Attitudes toward Facial Transplantation in the United Kingdom

2007 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 228-233 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex Clarke ◽  
Fidelma Murphy ◽  
Paul White ◽  
Veronica Brough ◽  
Anthony Renshaw ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Attitudes And Beliefs ◽  
Facial Transplantation ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Retrieval Team ◽  
Reconstructive Option ◽  
Areas Of Concern ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Reconstructive Techniques ◽  
Relevant Education

Background In November 2005, the world's first partial facial transplantation positioned this treatment at the forefront in the development of facial reconstructive techniques. Objective Because the procedure is dependent on donation of facial tissue, we sought to understand the attitudes and beliefs of the general public and transplant professionals toward this treatment. Methods This research reports the results of a survey of 170 transplant professionals sampled by means of a questionnaire generated by a focus group of transplant coordinators. Results We found a high level of support for facial transplantation, with 76% of respondents in favor and none opposed to the procedure in principle. There was a significant association between knowing someone with a disfiguring condition and being in favor of facial transplantation. Areas of concern to this group can be summarized as factors that affect organ retrieval and the impact on the retrieval team and the donor family. Conclusions Consistency in ranking of item importance provides the basis for development of relevant education materials, team liaison, and care pathways. These findings also validate the use of focus groups in sampling issues of concern to relevant groups as facial transplantation takes its place as a reconstructive option.

scholarly journals Delivering esophago-gastric cancer care during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom: a surgical perspective

2020 ◽  
Vol 33 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
S Wahed ◽  
J Chmelo ◽  
M Navidi ◽  
N Hayes ◽  
A W Phillips ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gastric Cancer ◽  
Surgical Intervention ◽  
Clinical Care ◽  
High Volume ◽  
Good Communication ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Tertiary Center ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Multi Disciplinary Team

Summary Background The COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on the provision of medical care. Planning to ensure there is capability to treat those that become ill with the virus has led to an almost complete moratorium on elective work. This study evaluates the impact of COVID-19 on cancer, in particular surgical intervention, in patients with esophago-gastric cancer at a high-volume tertiary center. Methods All patients undergoing potential management for esophago-gastric cancer from 12 March to 22 May 2020 had their outcomes reviewed. Multi-disciplinary team (MDT) decisions, volume of cases, and outcomes following resection were evaluated. Results Overall 191 patients were discussed by the MDT, with a 12% fall from the same period in 2019, including a fall in new referrals from 120 to 83 (P = 0.0322). The majority of patients (80%) had no deviation from the pre-COVID-19 pathway. Sixteen patients had reduced staging investigations, 4 had potential changes to their treatment only, and 10 had a deviation from both investigation and potential treatment. Only one patient had palliation rather than potentially curative treatment. Overall 19 patients underwent surgical resection. Eight patients (41%) developed complications with two (11%) graded Clavien-Dindo 3 or greater. Two patients developed COVID-19 within a month of surgery, one spending 4 weeks in critical care due to respiratory complications; both recovered. Twelve patients underwent endoscopic resections with no complications. Conclusion Care must be taken not to compromise cancer treatment and outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic. Excellent results can be achieved through meticulous logistical planning, good communication, and maintaining high-level clinical care.

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