Entrepreneurship and self-employment for mature-aged people

2021 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-14
Author(s):  
Alex Maritz ◽  
Bronwyn Eager ◽  
Saskia De Klerk
Keyword(s):  
Social Health ◽  
Active Ageing ◽  
Entrepreneurial Ecosystem ◽  
Aged People ◽  
Self Employment ◽  
Australian Economy ◽  
Embedded Case Study ◽  
Theoretical Foundations ◽  
Research Recommendations

Not only do Australian mature-aged entrepreneurs contribute $11.9 billion per annum to the Australian economy in over 379,000 businesses, they launch approximately 14,000 new businesses each year and actively contribute to fiscal, social, health, and active ageing outcomes in their communities. Thirty-four per cent of all young businesses in Australia are now led by mature-aged entrepreneurs, identifying mature-aged entrepreneurship as the fastest growing sector of entrepreneurship. This study is the first of its kind to examine mature-aged entrepreneurship in Australia using five pragmatic and embedded case-study examples. Aligning to Cartensen's sociomotional selection theory, we adopted an interpretivist philosphical framework of emergent enquiry action research. The paper includes benefits and challenges associated with mature-aged entrepreneurship, including contextual and theoretical foundations. We provide policy and research recommendations to enhance the development of a dedicated entrepreneurial ecosystem for mature-aged people.

Ties to the outside: An exploration of faculty interactions with external organizations

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 295-313 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karley A Riffe
Keyword(s):  
Study Design ◽  
Financial Constraints ◽  
Academic Discipline ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Faculty Work ◽  
Case Study Design ◽  
Low Resource ◽  
Faculty Interactions ◽  
Embedded Case Study

Faculty work now includes market-like behaviors that create research, teaching, and service opportunities. This study employs an embedded case study design to evaluate the extent to which faculty members interact with external organizations to mitigate financial constraints and how those relationships vary by academic discipline. The findings show a similar number of ties among faculty members in high- and low-resource disciplines, reciprocity between faculty members and external organizations, and an expanded conceptualization of faculty work.

Kajian Sosiolinguistik Penggunaan Alih Kode di Media Sosioal

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iftitahul Kamaliyah
Keyword(s):  
Embedded Case Study

Kajian mengenai Soisolinguistik memang sangat menarik untuk dibahas. Dengan beraneka ragam suku, bahasa, dan budaya mengakibatkan munculnya masyarakat Indonesia yang kedwibahasaan. Sebagai objek dari sosiolinguistik, bahasa tidak dipandang sebagai bahasa, melainkan dilihat dipandang sebagai sarana interaksi atau komunikasi di dalam masyarakat (Chaer dan Agustina,2010:3). Sebagai sarana komunikasi di dalam masyarakat, bahasa menitik beratkan pada penggunanan yang bertujuan membuat komunikasi antara penutur dan lawan tutur dapat berkomunikasi dengan baik walaupun dilakukan secara kedwibahasaan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui serta mendeskripsikan penggunaan alih kode di media sosial Instagram dan Twitter. Serta untuk mengetahui alasan munculnya alih kode pada media sosial. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kualititatif deskriptif, dikarenakan memiliki tujuan untuk mendeskripsikan, menjelasakan serta memaparkan data dengan sedetail mungkin. Penelitian berfokus pada penggunaan alih kode di media sosial. Apabila ditinjau berdasarkan sifat kasusnya, termasuk dalam studi kasus tunggal terpancang (embedded case study). Sumber data penelitian ini didapatkan melalui dokumen-dokumen tertulis yang diunggah di berbagai media sosial seperti Instagram dan twitter. Dalam teknik pengumpuan data, menggunakan metode observasi dan studi dokumen.

Life Perspective and Social Health in Acid Burn Victims (Preprint)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Unsa Athar ◽  
Saad-Ur Rahman ◽  
Hafeez Ur Rehman ◽  
Waqar Ahmed ◽  
Shaarif Kaleem
Keyword(s):  
Traumatic Stress ◽  
Social Health ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress ◽  
Young Sister ◽  
Burn Victims ◽  
Negative Change ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
Post Traumatic ◽  
Socially Isolated

UNSTRUCTURED ABSTRACT: Life perspective, behavior, feelings and social health changes in a victim of acid burn attack. Objective: To determine the changes and life perspective and social health in acid burn victims. Study Design: Case report study Study Duration and Place: The study was conducted in 6-month duration in the department of Plastic Surgery, Mayo Hospital, Lahore. Methodology: This is a case study of unmarried woman and her young sister, who suffered acid burn violence. Two sessions were held. First was to develop the rapport while the second was an in depth interview. Data were collected using a question guide, and was analyzed using Grounded theory. Results: The patient suffered from structural and functional loss after the incident and also suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder. She feels socially stigmatized and isolated. Her life perspective has changed. She received informal social support but required formal social rehabilitation. Lack of legislation has made her feel hopeless because she has not received justice. Conclusion: Our patient is a 20 years old woman, who suffered from an acid throwing attack from a neighbor. Her young sister who was sleeping beside suffered too. The incident has led to a negative change in her behavior, feelings, and life perspective. She is socially isolated. She has had informal support but she needs better formal support. The need of the hour is improvement of public sector rehabilitation for acid burn victims and proper legislation. Keywords: Acid burn victims. Life perspective, social health

scholarly journals Rwanda’s Land Policy Reform: Self-Employment Perspectives from a Case Study of Kimonyi Sector

Land ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 117
Author(s):  
Mireille Mizero ◽  
Aristide Maniriho ◽  
Bosco Bashangwa Mpozi ◽  
Antoine Karangwa ◽  
Philippe Burny ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Policy Reform ◽  
Binary Logistic Regression ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Land Policy ◽  
Binary Logistic Regression Analysis ◽  
Self Employment ◽  
Expropriation Risk ◽  
Main Activity

Rwanda’s Land Policy Reform promotes agri-business and encourages self-employment. This paper aims to analyze the situation from a self-employment perspective when dealing with expropriation risk in rural areas. In this study, we conducted a structured survey addressed to 63 domestic units, complemented by focus groups of 47 participants from Kimonyi Sector. The binary logistic regression analysis revealed that having job alternatives, men heading domestic units, literacy skills in English, and owning land lease certificates (p < 0.05) are positively and significantly related to awareness of land expropriation risk. The decision of the head of the domestic unit to practice the main activity under self-employment status is positively influenced by owning a land lease certificate, number of plots, and French skills, while skills in English and a domestic unit’s size have a positive and significant influence on involvement in a second activity as self-employed. Information on expropriation risk has no significant effect on self-employment. The domestic unit survey revealed that 34.9% of the heads of domestic units only have one job, 47.6% have at least two jobs in their everyday life, 12.7% have a minimum of three jobs, and 4.8% are inactive. The focus group synthesis exposed the limits to self-employment ability and facilities.

scholarly journals How medical dominance and interprofessional conflicts undermine patient-centred care in hospitals: historical analysis and multiple embedded case study in Morocco

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (7) ◽  
pp. e006140
Author(s):  
Zakaria Belrhiti ◽  
Sara Van Belle ◽  
Bart Criel
Keyword(s):  
Soft Power ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Interprofessional Collaboration ◽  
Historical Analysis ◽  
Best Interests ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Power Struggles ◽  
Embedded Case Study ◽  
Health Managers

BackgroundIn Morocco’s health systems, reforms were accompanied by increased tensions among doctors, nurses and health managers, poor interprofessional collaboration and counterproductive power struggles. However, little attention has focused on the processes underlying these interprofessional conflicts and their nature. Here, we explored the perspective of health workers and managers in four Moroccan hospitals.MethodsWe adopted a multiple embedded case study design and conducted 68 interviews, 8 focus group discussions and 11 group discussions with doctors, nurses, administrators and health managers at different organisational levels. We analysed what health workers (doctors and nurses) and health managers said about their sources of power, perceived roles and relationships with other healthcare professions. For our iterative qualitative data analysis, we coded all data sources using NVivo V.11 software and carried out thematic analysis using the concepts of ‘negotiated order’ and the four worldviews. For context, we used historical analysis to trace the development of medical and nursing professions during the colonial and postcolonial eras in Morocco.ResultsOur findings highlight professional hierarchies that counterbalance the power of formal hierarchies. Interprofessional interactions in Moroccan hospitals are marked by conflicts, power struggles and daily negotiated orders that may not serve the best interests of patients. The results confirm the dominance of medical specialists occupying the top of the professional hierarchy pyramid, as perceived at all levels in the four hospitals. In addition, health managers, lacking institutional backing, resources and decision spaces, often must rely on soft power when dealing with health workers to ensure smooth collaboration in care.ConclusionThe stratified order of care professions creates hierarchical professional boundaries in Moroccan hospitals, leading to partitioning of care and poor interprofessional collaboration. More attention should be placed on empowering health workers in delivering quality care by ensuring smooth interprofessional collaboration.

scholarly journals Knowledge and implementation of Tertiary Institutions’ Social Health Insurance Programme (TISHIP) in Nigeria; a case study of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka

2017 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maureen Ugonwa Anetoh ◽  
Chiamaka Henrietta Jibuaku ◽  
Sunday Odunke Nduka ◽  
Samuel Uchenna Uzodinma
Keyword(s):  
Health Insurance ◽  
Social Health Insurance ◽  
Social Health ◽  
Tertiary Institutions ◽  
Insurance Programme ◽  
Health Insurance Programme

Red for Ed Teacher Movements: Exploring Roles and Symbols in the Politics of the Superintendency

2021 ◽  
pp. 0013161X2110344
Author(s):  
Michael A. Szolowicz ◽  
R. Aaron Wisman
Keyword(s):  
Political Action ◽  
The United States ◽  
Instructional Leader ◽  
Political Strategy ◽  
New Wave ◽  
Symbolic Politics ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Semistructured Interviews ◽  
Embedded Case Study

Purpose: In recent years, a new wave of teacher-led political action has erupted resulting in work stoppages in several states across the United States. This study examines how superintendents navigated this Red for Ed movement in two representative states. Methods: Framed as a multisite, embedded case study, we drew from public documents and semistructured interviews with superintendents. We took a deductive approach to data analysis, seeking analytic generalization to the theoretical frameworks adopted herein. Findings: Red for Ed-motivated teacher job actions did create a political dilemma for superintendents. Superintendents addressed the dilemma by utilizing the roles of business manager, instructional leader, and politician as expressed through symbolic politics including assigning responsibility and vaguely supporting the Red for Ed cause. Superintendent responses are consistent with isomorphic tenants of sociological institutionalism. Implications: Considering the modern superintendency’s political nature, superintendents might benefit from preparation in political strategy and tactics.

Active Ageing and Active Citizenship in Liguria: A Case Study

2014 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 104-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mauro Palumbo
Keyword(s):  
Active Ageing ◽  
Active Citizenship

scholarly journals KHF Entrepreneurship Support and the Impact of COVID-19 on Jordanian Entrepreneurs

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lami Raei
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Financial Support ◽  
Youth Participation ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Community Based Organizations ◽  
Self Employment ◽  
Start Ups ◽  
The Impact

The King Hussein Foundation (KHF) partners with Oxfam in the Youth Participation and Employment programme (YPE) to promote entrepreneurship through supporting youth to engage in business start-ups and scale-ups. KHF projects support community-based organizations (CBOs) in establishing revolving funds, training CBOs in microfinance management and building the capacity of potential entrepreneurs. Apprenticeships and shadowing are two examples of popular approaches to facilitating entrepreneurship and self-employment. During the COVID-19 crisis, KHF has continued the implementation of activities virtually. This case study presents examples of young people utilizing financial support, reaching out to new clients using ICT, and eventually exploring ways to mitigate the impacts of COVID-19.

scholarly journals Enclaving the City; New Models of Containing the Urban Populations: A Case Study of Cairo

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 202-217 ◽  
Author(s):  
Safa H. Ashoub ◽  
Mohamed W. Elkhateeb
Keyword(s):  
Arab Spring ◽  
Development Project ◽  
Spatial Transformation ◽  
Road Infrastructure ◽  
Road Development ◽  
Planning Processes ◽  
The Arab Spring ◽  
The City ◽  
Theoretical Foundations

This article builds on theoretical foundations from enclave urbanism, authoritarian planning and neoliberal urbanisation to explore contemporary socio-spatial transformation(s) happening in Cairo, Egypt. Relying on a nationwide road development project, inner-city neighbourhoods in Cairo are turning into urban enclaves, whereby populations are being separated by a multiplicity of transport-related infrastructure projects. As these rapid planning processes are occurring, our article aims to explain why these developments are crucial and unique in the context of the post-Arab Spring cities. We argue that the new road infrastructure is creating a spatially and socially fragmented city and transforming the urban citizenry into a controllable and navigable body. We use an inductive approach to investigate the effects of the new road infrastructure and its hegemonic outcomes on the city. On a conceptual level, we propose that the enclaving of the city is a containment method that has erupted since the mass mobilisations of the Arab Spring. In doing so, we use qualitative analysis to explain empirical evidence showing how the city is being transformed into nodes of enclaves, where communities are getting separated from one another via socio-spatial fault lines.

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