Teacher-pupil-parent triads: A typology of interpersonal interaction in the context of learning a musical instrument

2009 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 387-413 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Creech
Keyword(s):  
Musical Instrument ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Interpersonal Interaction ◽  
Interaction Patterns ◽  
Cluster Membership ◽  
Empowering Teachers ◽  
Interaction Types ◽  
Context Of Learning ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Measuring Control

The main objective of this research was to create a typology of teacher-pupil-parent interpersonal interaction in the context of learning a musical instrument. Three hundred and thirty-seven teacher-pupil-parent triads participated in the research, completing a survey measuring “control” and “responsiveness”. Factor analysis revealed a number of underlying interpersonal dimensions. A cluster analysis was carried out, using control and responsiveness factors as predictors of cluster membership. A model of six distinct interaction types was revealed and validated with in-depth interviews with teacher-pupil-parent triads representing each cluster. Clusters 1, 2 and 3 were each conceptualised as a primary dyad plus a third party, while Cluster 4 was represented as two primary dyads connected by one common member. Cluster 5 was characterized by very little communication between any two of the three individuals, while Cluster 6 was characterized by reciprocity amongst all three participants. This model of interaction types provides a framework within which teachers may interpret their own teacher-parent and teacher-pupil experience, potentially empowering teachers to alter their interaction patterns when migration from one cluster type to another is deemed to be appropriate in terms of enhancing learning or teaching outcomes.

scholarly journals Consistency in mutualism relies on local, rather than wider community biodiversity

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Katie Dunkley ◽  
Jo Cable ◽  
Sarah E. Perkins
Keyword(s):  
Biodiversity Loss ◽  
Context Dependency ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Interaction Patterns ◽  
Specific Time ◽  
Specific Time Point ◽  
Service Resource ◽  
Resource Mutualism ◽  
Time Point

AbstractMutualistic interactions play a major role in shaping the Earth’s biodiversity, yet the consistent drivers governing these beneficial interactions are unknown. Using a long-term (8 year, including > 256 h behavioural observations) dataset of the interaction patterns of a service-resource mutualism (the cleaner-client interaction), we identified consistent and dynamic predictors of mutualistic outcomes. We showed that cleaning was consistently more frequent when the presence of third-party species and client partner abundance locally increased (creating choice options), whilst partner identity regulated client behaviours. Eight of our 12 predictors of cleaner and client behaviour played a dynamic role in predicting both the quality (duration) and quantity (frequency) of interactions, and we suggest that the environmental context acting on these predictors at a specific time point will indirectly regulate their role in cleaner-client interaction patterns: context-dependency can hence regulate mutualisms both directly and indirectly. Together our study highlights that consistency in cleaner-client mutualisms relies strongly on the local, rather than wider community—with biodiversity loss threatening all environments this presents a worrying future for the pervasiveness of mutualisms.

scholarly journals The Culture of Amateur Real Estate Investing

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip Garboden
Keyword(s):  
Real Estate ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Prior Experience ◽  
Investment Decisions ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Real Estate Investment ◽  
Real Estate Markets ◽  
Self Sufficiency ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Do So

The majority of rental properties in the U.S. today is owned by small- to medium-sized investors, many of whom enter the trade with little prior experience. This paper considers the cultural factors that motivate these amateurs to purchase real estate–an investment with high risks and relatively poor returns. Drawing on in-depth interviews with 93 investors in three heterogeneous real estate markets, Baltimore, MD, Dallas, TX, and Cleveland, OH, combined with participant observation of 22 real estate investment association meetings (REIAs), this paper finds that amateurs who decide to become investors often do so during periods when their professional identities are insecure or they perceive their retirement portfolios to be insufficient. Through participation in real estate investment associations and other investor networks, they quickly internalize “investor culture,” embracing ideologies of self-sufficiency and risk. “Investor culture”—perpetuated by REIAs--motivates and legitimizes strategies of action that lead to increasingly leveraged investments. Third-party actors, including real estate gurus, paid mentors, and private “hard money” lenders exploit the intersection of insecurity and the propagation of investor culture to profit off amateurs’ investment decisions.

The Impact of Digital Technologies on IT Sourcing Strategies in the German Automotive Industry

2022 ◽  
pp. 383-408
Author(s):  
Kerstin Christiane Felser
Keyword(s):  
Automotive Industry ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Process Efficiency ◽  
Technology Deployment ◽  
Sourcing Strategies ◽  
Business Operations ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Depth Interviews

For decades, the German automotive industry has benefitted from a process of IT-enabled transformation with the ongoing deployment of state-of-the-art IT. Despite the high relevance of IT for innovation and process efficiency, the industry has outsourced up to 80% of the IT budget to external IT providers as IT has generally not been seen as a core competence. In recent years, the phenomenon of digital transformation has emerged, along with the consequent disruptive impacts associated with digital technology deployment. One area of significance in the corporate environment is the current and potential impact of digital transformation on future IT sourcing strategies. Through an analysis of existing literature and a series of in-depth interviews with industry experts, the chapter examines how and why the German automotive industry is reviewing IT sourcing strategies in response to the anticipated implications of digital transformation. A change in the ratio between outsourcing and insourcing has a significant impact on in-house employment and third-party business operations.

scholarly journals Out-of-the-box versus in-house tools: how are they affecting data journalism in Australia?

2020 ◽  
pp. 1329878X2096156
Author(s):  
Mathias-Felipe de-Lima-Santos ◽  
Aljosha Karim Schapals ◽  
Axel Bruns
Keyword(s):  
Public Service ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Digital Preservation ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Future Challenges ◽  
The Status ◽  
Data Journalism ◽  
Depth Interviews

The proliferation of data journalism has enabled newsrooms to deploy technologies for both mundane and more sophisticated workplace tasks. To bypass long-term investment in developing data skills, out-of-the-box software solutions are commonly used. Newsrooms today are partially dependent on third-party platforms to build interactive and visual stories – but the business models of platforms are predisposed to changes, frequently inducing losses of stories. This article combines in-depth interviews and an ancillary survey to study the status quo and identify future challenges in embracing out-of-the-box and in-house tools, and their impact on Australian data journalism. Results indicate a dichotomy between commercial and public service media organisations. Commercial outlets are heavily reliant on out-of-the-box solutions to develop stories, due to a lack of skillsets and a shortage of skilled labour. By contrast, public service media are developing their own in-house solutions, which reflects their desire for the continuous digital preservation of data stories despite the challenges identified.

Consumer perceptions of online review deceptions: an empirical study in China

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 269-280 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ling Peng ◽  
Geng Cui ◽  
Mengzhou Zhuang ◽  
Chunyu Li
Keyword(s):  
Purchase Intention ◽  
Deception Detection ◽  
Consumer Perceptions ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Purchase Behavior ◽  
Online Review ◽  
Product Reviews ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Online Product Reviews ◽  
Depth Interviews

Purpose To influence consumer perceptions, firms often manipulate online product reviews on their own websites or third-party forums by anonymously adding positive reviews, deleting unfavorable reviews or offering rewards to encourage favorable reviews. This study aims to investigate consumer perceptions of online review deceptions and how these perceptions influence their subsequent purchase behavior. In particular, consumers’ awareness, suspicion and detection are studied and specific manipulation tactics are evaluated. Design/methodology/approach Both qualitative and quantitative studies are relied upon to understand consumer perceptions of online review deceptions. In-depth interviews with 16 experienced online shoppers were conducted to collect the illustrative accounts concerning consumer awareness of online review deceptions, their suspicion, detection and evaluation of different manipulation tactics. A survey of 199 consumers was then followed to validate and corroborate the findings from the qualitative study and generalize the interview results onto the general public. Findings The results from in-depth interviews suggest that consumers take a negative view toward online review deceptions, but the degree of negativity varies across different manipulation tactics. Moreover, different types of manipulations vary in terms of perceived deceptiveness, ease of detection and unethicality, as well as their effect on consumer purchase intention and perceived helpfulness of online product reviews. The findings from the survey further confirmed the qualitative findings. Practical implications The findings have a number of meaningful managerial implications for industry associations and policymakers on whether and how to regulate online review deceptions. Originality/value This study applies and extends information manipulation theory and deception detection literature to an online context to increase the richness of the relevant theories. It is among the first to empirically investigate online review deceptions from a consumer’s perspective, as opposed to a firm’s perspective as previous studies have done.

scholarly journals The Condensed Courtship Clock: How Elite Women Manage Self-development and Marriage Ideals

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 237802311775348 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine Fallon ◽  
Casey Stockstill
Keyword(s):  
Family Formation ◽  
Third Party ◽  
High Status ◽  
Heterosexual Women ◽  
Self Development ◽  
Third Party Policing ◽  
Gendered Expectations ◽  
College Educated ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Initial Focus

As elite, heterosexual women delay marriage, complete higher education, and pursue high-status careers, are they able to de-center the other-oriented roles of wife and mother in their lives? Using in-depth interviews with 33 single, college-educated women, the authors examine how elite women balance expectations for self-development and family formation. Participants constructed a timeline with three phases: the self-development phase, the readiness moment, and the push to partner. Women’s initial focus on self-development ends with a shift toward feeling ready to search for a spouse. Classed norms for family formation and a perceived biological deadline for childbearing leave a narrow window to achieve family goals. The authors call this narrow window the condensed courtship clock. The clock results in self-scrutiny and third-party policing for women who are off schedule. The class advantages that allow elite women to engage in concerted self-development after college come with intense classed and gendered expectations for family formation.

scholarly journals THE BLACK AND WHITE OF GOFOOD CO THE BLACK AND WHITE OF GOFOOD CO-BRANDING

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 13-24
Author(s):  
I Gusti Ngurah Bagus Dwira Palguna
Keyword(s):  
Value Creation ◽  
Food Delivery ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Business Owner ◽  
Black And White ◽  
Pros And Cons ◽  
Data Validity ◽  
Data Collection Technique ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Different Levels

Abstract This research aims to find out how the implementation of Gofood co-branding with its culinary partners, as well as to find out the pros and cons felt by partners since carrying out their co-branding with Gofood. This research is a qualitative research. The focus is on informants’ personal, not specific companies or agencies, understanding. The data collection technique used is in-depth interviews with source triangulation as a data validity technique. The results obtained show that Gofood's co-branding with restaurant partners falls into the same type of co-branding but with different levels of co-branding and value creation. The pros felt by the partners lies in increasing sales, brand awareness and coverage of the sales areas while the thing that is a contra is pricing.   Keywords--- co-branding, third-party online food delivery, business owner experience, Gofood

Datafied mobile markets: Measuring control over apps, data accesses, and third-party services

2021 ◽  
pp. 205015792110390
Author(s):  
Sofie Flensburg ◽  
Signe S. Lai
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Mobile Communication ◽  
Mobile Applications ◽  
Mobile App ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Power Structures ◽  
Critical Data ◽  
Google Play ◽  
Measuring Control

The increasing use of mobile applications (apps) has turned data harvesting, mining, and distribution into commercial as well as functional backbones of mobile communication. Acknowledging that contemporary markets for mobile communication are increasingly datafied, this article maps and discusses how infrastructures for mobile datafication are controlled. It combines perspectives from critical data studies, political economy of communication, and app studies in an empirical analysis of the 500 most downloaded apps in the Google Play store (November 2020). Focusing on control over and ownership in the three interdependent markets for apps, data accesses, and third-party services, the analysis documents, confirms, and explains established power structures and sheds light on the mobile datafication processes that frame the use of apps and commodification of users. As such, it provides an empirical baseline for future monitoring, and ultimately regulation, of mobile app ecosystems.

Third-party coordination in conflict resolution: evidence from Nepal and the Philippines

2016 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 398-423 ◽  
Author(s):  
Prakash Bhattarai
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
Direct Interaction ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Diverse Range ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Core Elements ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Depth Interviews

Purpose This study aims to explore the conditions that lead to the occurrence of third-party interveners’ coordination in conflict resolution efforts. Design/methodology/approach The studied theme is elaborated by means of an analysis of two case studies: the Maoist armed conflict of Nepal and the Moro conflict of the Philippines. Importantly, this study solicits the views of third-party practitioners and other relevant stakeholders in the field and attempts to demonstrate how they perceive key issues in third-party coordination. Findings Third-party coordination is a contingent process, with varying needs and relevance in different phases and types of conflict. The escalation of violence, issues of international concern such as human rights and the homogeneity of interveners are other core elements that have often played a key role in third-party coordination. Research limitations/implications In the existing literature, there are no such indicator-based explanations regarding the occurrence of third-party coordination; thus, the findings of this research on this particular theme are well-developed and better conceptualized than what has been discussed in the literature to date. Practical implications The analysis undertaken in this study can contribute to the design of better policies and strategies for third-party coordination. Originality/value This study is based on in-depth interviews and interactions with a diverse range of third-party practitioners and other stakeholders working in real-world conflicts, who have perhaps the best understanding of various dimensions of third-party coordination. No previous research has been conducted on this particular theme by incorporating direct interaction with a wide range of interveners from two distinct conflict contexts.

A model for the dynamics of face-to-face interactions in social groups

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (S1) ◽  
pp. S4-S25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marion Hoffman ◽  
Per Block ◽  
Timon Elmer ◽  
Christoph Stadtfeld
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
Dyadic Interaction ◽  
Interpersonal Interaction ◽  
Interaction Patterns ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Social Lives ◽  
Group Settings ◽  
Network Studies

AbstractFace-to-face interactions in social groups are a central aspect of human social lives. Although the composition of such groups has received ample attention in various fields—e.g., sociology, social psychology, management, and educational science—their micro-level dynamics are rarely analyzed empirically. In this article, we present a new statistical network model (DyNAM-i) that can represent the dynamics of conversation groups and interpersonal interaction in different social contexts. Taking an actor-oriented perspective, this model can be applied to test how individuals’ interaction patterns differ and how they choose and change their interaction groups. It moves beyond dyadic interaction mechanisms and translates central social network mechanisms—such as homophily, transitivity, and popularity—to the context of interactions in group settings. The utility and practical applicability of the new model are illustrated in two social network studies that investigate face-to-face interactions in a small party and an office setting.

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