Sensemaking Through Metaphors: The Role of Imaginative Metaphor Elicitation in Constructing New Understandings

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
pp. 160940692110195
Author(s):  
Luciara Nardon ◽  
Amrita Hari
Keyword(s):  
International Students ◽  
Research Design ◽  
Social Impact ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Difficult Situation ◽  
And Behaviors ◽  
Rich Data ◽  
Depth Interviews

Drawing on in-depth interviews with exchange and international students during the COVID-19 pandemic, we elaborate on the role of Imaginative Metaphor Elicitation (IME) to generate knowledge about participants’ experiences while helping them make sense of and cope with a difficult situation. Imaginative metaphors allow participants to explore feelings, assumptions, and behaviors in non-threatening ways and facilitate introspection and self-awareness. We propose that imaginative metaphors help participants make their experience tangible and accessible, identify problematic assumptions, behaviors, as well as resources available to them. Some reported gaining a renewed sense of empowerment. Simultaneously, IME provides an opportunity to collect rich data while co-creating solutions for and with participants. We contribute to calls for embedding social impact in the research design by highlighting the value of IME in gaining deeper access to participants’ experiences while supporting them in taking an active role in their situations.

How Emotional Ties Influence the Diaspora to Return

2021 ◽  
pp. 86-103
Author(s):  
Nick Williams
Keyword(s):  
Social Impact ◽  
Home Country ◽  
Emotional Attachment ◽  
Post Conflict ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Over Time

Chapter 6 examines the role of emotional ties in fostering diaspora entrepreneurs to return and invest in their home country. The chapter utilises in-depth interviews with returnee entrepreneurs to B&H, Kosovo, and Montenegro, and draws on the theory of embeddedness. The chapter finds that while entrepreneurship is often considered to be a profit-maximising activity, in the case of returnee entrepreneurs to post-conflict economies, other motivations can be more prevalent. Indeed the analysis demonstrates that for entrepreneurs returning to post-conflict economies, an emotional attachment to the home country is the most important driver of activity. Furthermore, the desire for emotional gains influences investment activities over time, often leading to investment in family and friends, or activities which have a social impact.

scholarly journals the Phenomenology Study: Post-Flood and Landslide Farmers Resilience Experiences in Klungkung Village, Sukorambi District, Jember Regency

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 50-59
Author(s):  
FITRIO DEVIANTONY
Keyword(s):  
Research Design ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Unusual Event ◽  
Qualitative Research Design ◽  
Family Economy ◽  
Interview Guide ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Depth Interviews

Floods and landslides are disasters that can cause a lot of damage related to the material and of course fatalities, as well as the amount of damage from the environment that occurs, and other impacts will undoubtedly affect the psychology of the communities that changed by the disaster. The psychological effect of this unusual event will undoubtedly lead to trauma or it called posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This study aims to explore the experiences of farmers who experience floods and landslides directly, the research design used is a qualitative research design using an interpretative phenomenology approach. The technique of collecting data used in-depth interviews with a semi-structured interview guide involving five participants and analyzed using interpretative analysis of phenomenology. This study produced six themes including disasters that occur due to humans, accepting the existing reality, getting closer to God, having the desire to farm again, recovering the family economy, keeping the environment around and improving themselves. The role of health workers is important because the impact caused by this condition can be worse so that health workers need to provide services so that farmers can understand, live and be able to accept and adapt to the conditions that occur

scholarly journals Da’wah and Culture: Islamic Value in Sorong Serah Aji Krama in Padamara Village, East Lombok

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 201-216
Author(s):  
Siti Nurul Yaqinah ◽  
Daeng Sani Ferdiansyah ◽  
Andri Kurniawan
Keyword(s):  
Research Design ◽  
Symbolic Interaction ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
The Family ◽  
Close Relationship ◽  
Islamic Values

Sorong serah aji krama is one of the processions in the marriage custom of the Sasak people in Padamara Village, East Lombok, which is still preserved today. This study aims to explain the implementation and meaning of Islam in the sorong handover aji krama procession. This study uses a descriptive qualitative approach to the perspective of symbolic interaction through a case study research design. The results of this study revealed that there are Islamic meanings in sorong serah aji krama such as being a leader, close relations between religion and customs, husband's responsibility, affection and courtesy. The symbols in this procession are also seen in its implementation, each part reflecting self-awareness and the role of the family as heirs of values. This tradition also displays a close relationship between culture and religious teachings for the Sasak people in West Nusa Tenggara. This research has implications for the internalization of Islamic values in culture. thus strengthening the relation between religion and culture in the theological and sociological scope.Sorong serah aji krama merupakan salah satu prosesi yang ada dalam adat pernikahan masyarakat suku Sasak di Desa Padamara Lombok Timur yang masih dilestarikan sampai saat ini. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menjelaskan tentang cara pelaksanaan dan pemaknaan secara Islam pada prosesi sorong serah aji krama. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif desktiptif perspektif interaksi simbolik melalui desain penelitian studi kasus. Hasil penelitian ini terungkap bahwa terdapat makna secara Islam dalam sorong serah aji krama seperti menjadi pemimpin, hubungan erat agama dan adat, tanggung jawab suami, kasih sayang serta sopan santun. Simbol yang ada dalam prosesi ini juga terlihat dalam pelaksanaannya, setiap bagian mencerminkan adanya kesadaran diri dan peran keluarga sebagai pewaris nilai. Tradisi ini pula menampilkan keterkaitan yang erat antara budaya dan ajaran agama bagi masyarakat Sasak di Nusa Tenggara Barat. Penelitian ini berimplikasi terhadap internalisasi nilai-nilai Islam dalam budaya. sehingga memperkuat relasi agama dan budaya dalam lingkup teologis dan sosiologis.

scholarly journals Orientalist Construction on the Existence of Ammiyah Arabic in Egypt in the 20th Century

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 218
Author(s):  
M. Taufiq Hidayat Pabbajah ◽  
Mustaqim Pabbajah
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Research Design ◽  
Social Communication ◽  
Social Impact ◽  
Arabic Language ◽  
Observational Research ◽  
State Administration ◽  
The Government

This study aims to explorehow the Ammiyah language came about in Egypt in the 20th century. It adopted an observational research design. To gather the data, the books and journals covering Orientalism were examined.The study details three of the findings. First, the Ammiyah language differs from the Arabic Fusha in terms of syntax, lexical and phonological characteristics. Second, Ammiyah has often been used in Egypt in familial and social communication. Third, the construction carried out by Orientalists in popularizing the Ammiyah language in order to shift the role of the Arabic Fusha as the language of state administration in Egypt through two aspects. The government orders the writing of books and newspapers in the Ammiyah language using Latin letters, and prohibits the teaching of Fusha language in the school and all activities. Although the Orientalist effort failed because of the opposition from Arab literary groups both Muslim and Christian Arabs, as well as the Al-Azhar and Majma 'Lughah Universities which protected the purity of the Arabic language, there was still a social impact on Egyptian society. The Egyptian society utilizes a number of Ammiyah languages in day-to-day contact.

Hospital accreditation systems and salience of organisational tensions

2021 ◽  
Vol 35 (9) ◽  
pp. 57-80
Author(s):  
Geraldine Robbins ◽  
Breda Sweeney ◽  
Miguel Vega
Keyword(s):  
Active Role ◽  
Management Control ◽  
External Control ◽  
Hospital Accreditation ◽  
Management Control System ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Prior Literature ◽  
Depth Interviews

PurposeThis study examines how an externally imposed management control system (MCS) – hospital accreditation – influences the salience of organisational tensions and consequently attitudes of management towards the system.Design/methodology/approachData are collected using a case study of a large public hospital in Spain. In-depth interviews were conducted with 27 senior and middle managers across different functions. Relying on the organisational dualities classification in the literature, tensions are unpacked and analysed.FindingsEvidence is presented of how hospital accreditation increases the salience of organisational tensions arising from exposition of the organisational dualities of learning, performing, organising and belonging. Salient tensions were evident in the ambivalent attitudes of management towards the hospital accreditation system.Practical implicationsThe role of mandatory external control systems in exposing ambivalence and tensions will be of interest to organisational managers.Originality/valueThe study extends the management control literature by identifying an active role for an external MCS (accreditation) in increasing the salience of organisational tensions and triggering ambivalence. Contrary to the prior literature, the embedding of both poles of an organisational duality into the MCS is not a necessary precondition for increased tension salience. The range of attitudes towards MCSs beyond those specified in the previous literature (positive/negative/neutral) is extended to include ambivalence.

scholarly journals Role of Community Leaders as Motivator in Waste-Bank Management in Magetan Regency, Indonesia

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 219
Author(s):  
Retananda Ragiliawati ◽  
Mochammad Bagus Qomaruddin
Keyword(s):  
Active Role ◽  
Community Leaders ◽  
Household Waste ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Bank Management ◽  
Management Objectives ◽  
Waste Bank ◽  
Household Waste Management ◽  
Depth Interviews

Background: Garbage is one of the unsolved problems in Indonesia. Riskesdas data for 2018 show that 63.2% of the quality of household waste management in Indonesia is in a bad category. The landfill site in Magetan Regency is currently overloaded. The waste bank is an alternative solution for solving problems. Tawanganom Village, Magetan District, Magetan Regency, won the Regency Level Healthy Village Competition in 2017 with fifth community association (RW 5) as the competition representative because it fulfilled the criteria of the championship, namely the existence of a waste bank. It is inseparable from the active role and social support of community leaders who motivate the community to participate in waste bank management. Objectives:  Describe the role of community leaders as motivators in supporting waste bank management, including emotional support, appreciation, instrumental, and information. Methods: The method used in this research is qualitative with a case study approach. In-depth interviews were conducted with informants consisting of housewives and community leaders involved in waste bank activities. The determination of informants was carried out purposively with in-depth interviews using an interview guide. Results: It shows that the role of community leaders as motivators significantly affects the sustainability of the waste bank in RW 5, Tawanganom Village, Magetan Regency. Community leaders show patience in guiding the community, providing appreciation and various rewards so that the community feels proud and appreciated, and enables the community to move independently in managing the waste bank. Conclusion: The role of community leaders as motivators impacts increasing community participation in waste bank management. The waste bank can run smoothly, supported by the attention and concern of the local government and community leaders who are aggressively providing information and suggestions related to waste bank management. 

scholarly journals Commissioners, Public Services and Social Impact Bonds - the Missing Link?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
P Jas ◽  
Barbara Allen
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Social Impact ◽  
Public Services ◽  
Missing Link ◽  
The Public ◽  
Future Needs ◽  
Social Impact Bonds ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Future Demand

Social Impact Bonds (SIBs) attract global interest as tool for financing welfare services using investment from outside the public sector. They aim to incentivise innovative services that prevent future needs, reducing the future demand on services, and thus make savings. The literature on the practice of SIBs is still scarce and this paper provides new insights into the role of commissioners, based on in-depth interviews. It concludes that although the prevention of future needs through innovative approaches are welcome, commissioners are cautious about this leading to cashable savings.

scholarly journals TO COOK OR NOT TO COOK; INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS’ FOOD CHOICE STRATEGY

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (18) ◽  
pp. 88-98
Author(s):  
Eshaby Mustafa ◽  
Muhamad Shah Kamal Ideris ◽  
Noor Azimin Zainol
Keyword(s):  
International Students ◽  
Food Choice ◽  
Choice Strategy ◽  
Choice Decision ◽  
Level Of Knowledge ◽  
Individual Decisions ◽  
First Time ◽  
Time Away ◽  
Depth Interviews

The important role of food choices in symbolic, economic and social aspects of life leads to the increased attention given to this area. This role became increasingly important and complicated for international students living in a foreign country for the first time, away from their families, as they are now required to make individual decisions on food choice. Therefore, the food choice strategy as practiced by the international students will receive dedicated attention to this study. This study is set within the academic environment at a local university in Northern Malaysia. Several qualitative methods such as in-depth interviews and observation were used to assess the international students’ food choice strategies and how the local food environment influences their food choice decision. Six international students took part in this study. The findings indicated that most international students resorted to preparing and cooking their own food, mainly to satisfy their cravings and as a cure to homesickness. The food choice strategy also depended on their level of knowledge in food preparation, convenience, and resources available to them. These finding advances the food choice decision process and explicates the food acculturation among international students in Malaysia. Moreover, the findings have direct implications for institutions’ management of international students in assisting and improving their overseas experience.

scholarly journals The Relational Context of Radicalization: The Case of Jewish Settler Contention before and after the Gaza Pullout

2015 ◽  
Vol 64 (4) ◽  
pp. 910-929 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eitan Y Alimi
Keyword(s):  
Social Movements ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Political Violence ◽  
Research Design ◽  
Supportive Evidence ◽  
Relational Context ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Depth Interviews

Why is it that social movements engaged in contention sometimes experience radicalization of member factions? This article argues that relational practices of contacts, ties, exchange of information and bargaining among the contending parties mediate the influence of violence-prone ideologies as well as impulses, incentives and motives for aggression on actual engagement in political violence. A mechanism-based comparison of two similar yet different-in-outcome episodes of Jewish settler contention demonstrates the mediating role of relational mechanisms, the combined influence of which is conceptualized and operationalized as an Infrastructure of Coordination (IOC). Despite ample environmental stimuli and widespread violence-prone ideologies present in both episodes, in the Gaza Pullout radicalization was impeded through high levels of coordination established between and within the contending parties. Conversely, in the dismantling of the Amona outpost the disintegration of the IOC propelled radicalization. Supportive evidence is provided from a multi-method research design, including in-depth interviews, content analysis and contention—repression data over a series of critical events.

scholarly journals Commissioners, Public Services and Social Impact Bonds - the Missing Link?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
P Jas ◽  
Barbara Allen
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Social Impact ◽  
Public Services ◽  
Missing Link ◽  
The Public ◽  
Future Needs ◽  
Social Impact Bonds ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Future Demand

Social Impact Bonds (SIBs) attract global interest as tool for financing welfare services using investment from outside the public sector. They aim to incentivise innovative services that prevent future needs, reducing the future demand on services, and thus make savings. The literature on the practice of SIBs is still scarce and this paper provides new insights into the role of commissioners, based on in-depth interviews. It concludes that although the prevention of future needs through innovative approaches are welcome, commissioners are cautious about this leading to cashable savings.

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