scholarly journals “Self as enterprise”: overmarketization and the self-management of R&D engineers

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xia Yan
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Job Insecurity ◽  
The Self ◽  
Living Standards ◽  
Self Management ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Labor Control ◽  
Work And Life

AbstractThis article analyzes the self-enterprising mechanism of research & development (R&D) engineers based on a case study of labor control in a high-tech company. The concept of “self as enterprise” refers to the form of labor control by allowing workers to self-manage according to the market principle. It is neither a form of normative control built upon accepting and internalizing market-oriented values nor responsible autonomy aiming to enhance workers' organizational commitment. R&D engineers' reproduction of current living standards depends heavily on performance-based salaries, which forces them to pragmatically comply with market rules. When both the reproduction of labor and the labor market have been overmarketized, R&D engineers are at high risk of downgrading their living standards and facing double job insecurity. Therefore, they must manage their work and life in an enterprising way to maximize labor value and prevent it from being devalued.

Horse Play in the Canadian West: The Emergence of the Calgary Stampede as Contested Terrain

2013 ◽  
Vol 21 (6) ◽  
pp. 523-545 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brittany Gerber ◽  
Kevin Young
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Public Debate ◽  
The Self ◽  
Recent History ◽  
Public Dialogue ◽  
Nonhuman Animals ◽  
History Of ◽  
Continued Use ◽  
Contested Terrain

Abstract As one example of how modern Western societies are increasingly obliged to reconcile questions of civility and justice against common, indeed revered, practices that compromise nonhuman animals, this paper examines the recent history of public debate regarding the use of animals for public entertainment in the Canadian West. Using media-based public dialogue regarding the annual Calgary Stampede (and especially chuckwagon racing) as a case study and couching the high-risk use of horses in the sociological language of “sports-related violence,” the paper explores the various arguments for and against the continued use of horses at the self-proclaimed “Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth” despite unambiguous evidence of the harm that regularly, and sometimes graphically, occurs.

scholarly journals Marital Status & Work-Life Balance: A Case Study of Commercial Pilots of Pakistan

2020 ◽  
Vol 55 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariyam Malik ◽  
S. Khurram Khan Alwi ◽  
Musarrat Shamshir
Keyword(s):  
Marital Status ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Job Insecurity ◽  
Life Domain ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Life Domains ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Work And Life

The aim of this research is to examine whether the states of work-life balance differ according to the different marital statuses of commercial pilots in Pakistan. The increasing intensities resulting from globalization have led to pressure on organizations, and in times such as the present when job insecurity and downsizing are a norm, employees tend to invest more effort and time into their professions to provide them with greater security. As a result, employees often neglect the other and equally important domain, the life domain. The variables that were used for the research study are marital status and work-life balance. This quantitative study concluded that commercial pilots, regardless of their marital statuses, undergo massive imbalances in their work and life domains. The study also provides recommendations for improving levels of work-life balance.

scholarly journals Patient and Parent Perspectives on Improving Pediatric Asthma Self-Management Through a Mobile Health Intervention: Pilot Study

10.2196/15295 ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (7) ◽  
pp. e15295 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle Nichols ◽  
Sarah Miller ◽  
Frank Treiber ◽  
Kenneth Ruggiero ◽  
Erin Dawley ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Mobile Health ◽  
Asthma Management ◽  
Pediatric Asthma ◽  
Intervention Development ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Management ◽  
Smartphone App ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Parent Child

Background Asthma is a common chronic pediatric disease that can negatively impact children and families. Self-management strategies are challenging to adopt but critical for achieving positive outcomes. Mobile health technology may facilitate self-management of pediatric asthma, especially as adolescents mature and assume responsibility for their disease. Objective This study aimed to explore the perceptions of youths with high-risk asthma and their caregivers on the use of a smartphone app, Smartphone Asthma Management System, in the prevention and treatment of asthma symptoms, possible use of the app to improve self-management of asthma outside traditional clinical settings, and the impact of asthma on everyday life to identify potential needs for future intervention development. Methods Key informant interviews were completed with parent-child dyads post participation in an asthma management feasibility intervention study to explore the perceptions of users on a smartphone app designed to monitor symptoms and medication use and offer synchronous and asynchronous provider encounters. A thematic qualitative analysis was conducted inductively through emergent findings and deductively based on the self-determination theory (SDT), identifying 4 major themes. Results A total of 19 parent-child dyads completed the postintervention interviews. The major themes identified included autonomy, competence, relatedness, and the impact of asthma on life. The participants also shared their perceptions of the benefits and challenges associated with using the app and in the self-management of asthma. Both children and parents conveyed a preference for using technology to facilitate medication and disease management, and children demonstrated a strong willingness and ability to actively engage in their care. Conclusions Our study included support for the app and demonstrated the feasibility of enhancing the self-management of asthma by youth in the community. Participant feedback led to intervention refinement and app improvements, and the use of the SDT allowed insight into motivational drivers of behavioral change. The use of mobile apps among high-risk children with asthma and their parents shows promise in improving self-management, medication adherence, and disease awareness and in reducing overall disease morbidity.

scholarly journals Getting personal: investigating how living with universal credit affects emotions and identities

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Sophia Constance Negus
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Management ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Market Society ◽  
Working Age ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
The Impact

This thesis investigates the impacts of Universal Credit (UC) on emotions, wellbeing, identities, and the ‘self’. The findings are of growing importance as increasing numbers of people are receiving UC. Six million people now engage with a ‘violent’ system (Cooper and Whyte, 2017) which pushes people further from the labour market, society, health, and their ‘self’. UC introduced radical changes to British working-age social security, with aims to ‘simplify’ the system, reduce costs and fraud, and ‘make work pay’. Since launching in 2013, there has been growing evidence on the negative impacts of UC, yet, little is known about the impact UC has on emotions, wellbeing, identities, and the ‘self’, a gap in knowledge this thesis addresses. A geographically bound case-study was adopted using semi-structured interviews and participant-solicited diaries to investigate the diverse realities and impacts of UC. The analytical framework utilises several concepts and theories, drawing upon Elias (1994) as it is argued UC is a ‘civilising offensive’ (Powell, 2013), and Goffman (1997/2007) to explore the impacts on identities. This thesis provides empirical contributions to knowledge surrounding the extent and severity of the impacts of UC on emotions and the ‘self’. The research found that harm inflicted from UC carries serious consequences and the experiences indicate a systemic erosion of people, lives, and possibilities. The findings demonstrate how UC is experienced as dehumanizing and destabilising of emotions, wellbeing and the ‘self’. It provides important insights into how people respond to UC and the significant resources spent on ‘self-management’ as individuals attempt to preserve their identities which are under threat from institutional scrutiny, stigma and increasing poverty. Therefore, this thesis provides an important contribution to knowledge surrounding the corrosive nature of UC.

Determinants influencing the decision of internal migration in the context of an emerging country

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 90-98
Author(s):  
Ngoc Hung Pham ◽  
Manh Dung Tran ◽  
Anh Duc Le ◽  
Thuy Linh Le
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Internal Migration ◽  
Local Authority ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Local Area ◽  
Living Standards ◽  
Household Level ◽  
Emerging Country ◽  
National Labor Market

Internal migration plays a crucial role in influencing real changes in local area population size and in facilitating the efficient functions of regional and national labor market and housing. This study is conducted to investigate the elements at the household level and others at the provincial level, which have impacts on the decision of personal migration. We used the database of household living standards surveys in 2010, 2012, and 2014 in Vietnam. Logit model was applied with array data to analyze determinants influencing the decision of personal migration. The results show that households with low living standards have a higher probability of migration. The provincial competitiveness index has a positive impact on the probability of households with migrants. The results provide the local authority with the foundation for regulation and distribution of the labor market on an effective basis. Based on the findings, some implications are proposed in the context of emerging countries and Vietnam as the case study

The self-management of covert behavior: A case study

1971 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 575-578 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael J. Mahoney
Keyword(s):  
The Self ◽  
Self Management ◽  
Covert Behavior

scholarly journals Patient and Parent Perspectives on Improving Pediatric Asthma Self-Management Through a Mobile Health Intervention: Pilot Study (Preprint)

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle Nichols ◽  
Sarah Miller ◽  
Frank Treiber ◽  
Kenneth Ruggiero ◽  
Erin Dawley ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Mobile Health ◽  
Asthma Management ◽  
Pediatric Asthma ◽  
Intervention Development ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Management ◽  
Smartphone App ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Parent Child

BACKGROUND Asthma is a common chronic pediatric disease that can negatively impact children and families. Self-management strategies are challenging to adopt but critical for achieving positive outcomes. Mobile health technology may facilitate self-management of pediatric asthma, especially as adolescents mature and assume responsibility for their disease. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to explore the perceptions of youths with high-risk asthma and their caregivers on the use of a smartphone app, Smartphone Asthma Management System, in the prevention and treatment of asthma symptoms, possible use of the app to improve self-management of asthma outside traditional clinical settings, and the impact of asthma on everyday life to identify potential needs for future intervention development. METHODS Key informant interviews were completed with parent-child dyads post participation in an asthma management feasibility intervention study to explore the perceptions of users on a smartphone app designed to monitor symptoms and medication use and offer synchronous and asynchronous provider encounters. A thematic qualitative analysis was conducted inductively through emergent findings and deductively based on the self-determination theory (SDT), identifying 4 major themes. RESULTS A total of 19 parent-child dyads completed the postintervention interviews. The major themes identified included autonomy, competence, relatedness, and the impact of asthma on life. The participants also shared their perceptions of the benefits and challenges associated with using the app and in the self-management of asthma. Both children and parents conveyed a preference for using technology to facilitate medication and disease management, and children demonstrated a strong willingness and ability to actively engage in their care. CONCLUSIONS Our study included support for the app and demonstrated the feasibility of enhancing the self-management of asthma by youth in the community. Participant feedback led to intervention refinement and app improvements, and the use of the SDT allowed insight into motivational drivers of behavioral change. The use of mobile apps among high-risk children with asthma and their parents shows promise in improving self-management, medication adherence, and disease awareness and in reducing overall disease morbidity.

scholarly journals Comunidade Ribeirinha Santo Ezequiel Moreno: inovações sociais em torno do açaí relacionadas à organização ## Santo Ezequiel Moreno Community: social innovations around açai berry related to the organization

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 141
Author(s):  
Lucivando Barbosa de Moraes ◽  
William Santos de Assis ◽  
Tatiana Deane de Abreu Sá
Keyword(s):  
Social Innovation ◽  
Community Organization ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Management ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Mutual Help ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Social Innovations ◽  
Acai Berry

A pesquisa aborda inovações sociais relacionadas ao agroextrativismo do açaí na comunidade ribeirinha Santo Ezequiel Moreno (SEM), município de Portel, arquipélago do Marajó, estado do Pará. O objetivo desta pesquisa foi identificar e analisar as principais inovações sociais relacionadas ao agroextrativismo do açaí e que apresentam influência direta da organização deste território. O método utilizado foi o de estudo de caso e a pesquisa realizada entre setembro de 2018 e julho de 2020, os dados foram coletados com a participação dos ribeirinhos seguindo etapas da pesquisa, sendo aplicadas análises qualitativas e quantitativas descritas em forma de sistematização. Foram identificadas duas inovações sociais na comunidade SEM conforme Bignetti (2011) e debates que consideram organização como objeto e processo social, que estão interligadas através de ajuda mútua dos comunitários facilitadas pela autogestão de todas elas, além disso, apresentam o Fundo Solidário Açaí (FSA) como inovação social base em função do processo de construção que despertou maior organização e cooperação entre os comunitários. O Manejaí é uma inovação social que revela resultados da organização comunitária presente na comunidade Santo Ezequiel Moreno que transpassam o território e aplicam com êxito a ideia de territorialidade.    ABSTRACTThe research addresses social innovations related to açaí agroextractivism in the Santo Ezequiel Moreno (SEM) riverside community, Portel municipality, Marajó archipelago, state of Pará. The objective of this study was to identify and analyze the main social innovations, resulting from the agroextractivism of açaí and which have a direct influence on the organization of this territory. The method used was the case study and the data were collected with the participation of riverside dwellers following stages of the research, applying qualitative and quantitative analyzes described in the form of systematization. Two social innovations were identified in the SEM community according to the outline proposed in the research, which are interconnected through the mutual help of the community facilitated by the self-management of all of them, in addition, they present the Fundo Solidário Açaí (FSA) as a social innovation based on the process construction that aroused greater organization and cooperation among community members. Manejaí is a social innovation that reveals results of the community organization present in the Santo Ezequiel Moreno community that cross the territory and successfully apply the idea of territoriality.

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