The lab management practices of “Research Exemplars” that foster research rigor and regulatory compliance: A qualitative study of successful principal investigators

This paper reports on a qualitative study of how 12 work teams and a project-management team spanned their boundaries in a large engineering project. The study identified two types of boundary-spanning activities. Project-level managers carried out receptive activities in which they spanned boundaries vertically, adapted their management practices, and attuned themselves to the teams. Team-level managers’ activities, on the other hand, were reactive: they spanned boundaries vertically and horizontally when they needed to, and made informal connections to peer teams and project-level management. These findings underscore the important role of team boundary-spanning activities in the shape of subsequent inter-team interactions.

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SOCIAL WORKER TURNOVER ISSUE IN MAINLAND CHINA: ORGANIZATIONS CAN DO SOMETHING

The Hong Kong Journal of Social Work ◽

10.1142/s0219246218000062 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 52 (01n02) ◽

pp. 63-83

Author(s):

KITTY YUEN-HAN MO ◽

HUNG-SING LAI

Keyword(s):

Social Work ◽

Qualitative Study ◽

Social Workers ◽

Social Worker ◽

Management Practices ◽

Management Strategies ◽

Mainland China ◽

Cultural Issues ◽

The Past ◽

Worker Turnover

The turnover issue among social workers in Mainland China has been a challenge for the past ten years. Research studies on organizational effort in handling turnover problems of social worker have been lacking in the country. A recent qualitative study has been conducted in the summer of 2017. The study examines turnover issues and how to tackle them by management practices. It helps to answer a question, that is, “what organization can do to retain social workers?” Cultural issues are discussed as well. The role and responsibilities of social work managers in implementing management strategies are mentioned in this study.

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A Qualitative Study on Representations of Intellectual and Relational Capital Among a Group of Managers in an Italian Trade-Union

Frontiers in Psychology ◽

10.3389/fpsyg.2021.641584 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 ◽

Author(s):

Silvio Carlo Ripamonti ◽

Laura Galuppo ◽

Sara Petrilli ◽

Angelo Benozzo

Keyword(s):

Social Capital ◽

Qualitative Study ◽

Thematic Analysis ◽

Trade Union ◽

Management Practices ◽

Intangible Assets ◽

Qualitative Approach ◽

Relational Capital ◽

Structured Interviews

The way in which managers perceive their organization's intellectual and social capital has an impact in shaping their choices and how they lead change. The aim of the study was to explore how the managers of a trade union framed the role of its intangible assets in a context of organizational change. A qualitative approach was used; 30 semi-structured interviews were conducted with the leaders of a trade union and then analyzed using the method of thematic analysis. Particular attention was paid to the metaphors the managers used to narrate change. The hypothesis underlying this approach is that metaphors are a meaningful resource in that they can convey how organization and its intangible assets are framed. In the results, three “root metaphors” are illustrated—the trade union seen either as a system of domination, an organism, or a culture—together with the consequences of each of these images for the perception and value attributed to the trade union's intangible assets. In conclusion, implications for changing management practices and for further research are discussed.

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Dietary self-management practices among persons with T2DM: An exploratory qualitative study from western-coast of India

Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome Clinical Research & Reviews ◽

10.1016/j.dsx.2020.10.033 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 14 (6) ◽

pp. 2161-2167

Author(s):

Prabhath Matpady ◽

Arun G. Maiya ◽

Pallavi Prakash Saraswat ◽

Shreemathi S. Mayya ◽

Mamatha S. Pai ◽

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Keyword(s):

Qualitative Study ◽

Management Practices ◽

Self Management ◽

Western Coast

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Management practices for leaders to promote infection prevention: Lessons from a qualitative study

American Journal of Infection Control ◽

10.1016/j.ajic.2020.09.001 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Ann Scheck McAlearney ◽

Alice A. Gaughan ◽

Matthew J. DePuccio ◽

Sarah R. MacEwan ◽

Courtney Hebert ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Study ◽

Infection Prevention ◽

Management Practices

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Abstract 311: Facilitators and Barriers to Self-management of Patients with Type 2 Diabetes in Communities in China, a Qualitative Study

Hypertension ◽

10.1161/hyp.60.suppl_1.a311 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 60 (suppl_1) ◽

Author(s):

Xiang Y Chen ◽

Peng Yue ◽

Yong L Wang ◽

Shu Q Xiao ◽

Xin W Feng ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Type 2 Diabetes ◽

Qualitative Study ◽

Management Practices ◽

Diabetes Management ◽

Financial Burden ◽

Chinese Patients ◽

Self Management ◽

Difficult Time ◽

Facilitators And Barriers

Background: Self-management has become a key strategy for caring chronic patients in community. However, little is known about peoples’ self-management experiences and their perceived cues and barriers to engagement in self-management. Objective: To explore issues patients with type 2 diabetes experienced in their self-management practices,to understand cues and barriers to engagement in self-management. Design: Qualitative study (Semi-structured interviews) Setting: 11 communities in Beijing, China Participants: Type 2 diabetes patients in community, aged >18, no admission in past 90 days. Methods: 40 critical incident interviews were run during Apr to Sep in 2011 using purposive sampling (20 interviews with patients whose HbA1c well-controlled (<6.5%), while 20 badly-controlled (≥8%)).Themes from interviews were identified using content analysis, which revealed cues and barriers to self-modification for diabetes management. Results: Implications for self- management practice included objectively understanding on the severity and complications of diabetes. In addition to family support such as supervision in family and fully-use of family resource, desires/duties to be responsible for whole family life as a breadwinner was emerged as a key cue to engagement in self-control. Barriers to engagement in self-management stemmed from financial burden to monitor blood glucose daily, dissatisfaction of HbA1c level after efforts, and malignant life events. It is worth mentioning that starving experience of difficult time with natural disasters in1960s- 1970s in China was identified also as a key barrier to engagement in diet management. Discussion and Conclusion: There was a strong desire for Chinese patients to comply with Chinese cultural norms; particularly those relating to family value. It was the patients’ power to be involved in self-management that they could devote their healthy life to family duty. Everyone had his/her own history so experiences in past shaped patients’ behaviors now. The findings highlighted the importance of understanding the family value and the personal experiences as facilitators and barriers to self-management of Chinese patients with type 2 diabetes living in community.

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Sleep Disturbance and Self-management in Adults With Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: A Qualitative Study

Clinical Nursing Research ◽

10.1177/10547738211064036 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 105477382110640

Author(s):

Eeeseung Byun ◽

Susan M. McCurry ◽

Boeun Kim ◽

Suyoung Kwon ◽

Hilaire J. Thompson

Keyword(s):

Subarachnoid Hemorrhage ◽

Qualitative Study ◽

Sleep Disturbances ◽

Management Practices ◽

Healthcare Providers ◽

Self Management ◽

Sleep Health ◽

Convenience Sample ◽

Falling Asleep ◽

Sleep Management

Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) survivors often experience sleep disturbances. Little is known about sleep-management practices used to improve their sleep. The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore interest in and engagement with self-management practices to promote sleep health in SAH survivors. We conducted a cross-sectional qualitative study using semi-structured interviews with a convenience sample of 30 SAH survivors recruited from a university hospital. We conducted content analysis of interview transcripts. Three themes and 15 subcategories were identified: (1) sleep disturbances (difficulties falling asleep, wake after sleep onset, daytime sleepiness, too much or insufficient sleep, and poor sleep quality); (2) sleep-management practices (exercise, regular sleep schedule, relaxation, keeping busy and staying active, changing beverage intake, taking supplements, taking medications, recharging energy, and barriers to sleep management); and (3) consulting with healthcare providers (discussing sleep problems with healthcare providers). Self-management strategies focusing on health-promoting behaviors may improve SAH survivors’ sleep health.

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