10 Boundaries and (Constructive) Interaction

2020 ◽  
pp. 272-289
Author(s):  
Richard Potter ◽  
Pierre Balthazard

Drawing from several years of empirical research, in this chapter, we look at the impact of the personalities of individual team members on the performance and process outcomes of virtual teams. Our studies showed that both too few and too many extroverts in a virtual team may result in low performance. While conventional wisdom says that teams should be set up on the basis of expertise, we argue that the resulting interaction styles of the members must be considered when establishing a virtual team. We offer suggestions for managers on assessing the potential for constructive interaction styles.


interactions ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 27-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helge Kahler ◽  
Finn Kensing ◽  
Michael Muller

2014 ◽  
Vol 18 (01) ◽  
pp. 1450001 ◽  
Author(s):  
JOE TIDD

Research on innovation has focussed on management structures, processes and tools, whereas research on entrepreneurship and creativity has been more interested in individual personal traits. However, many of the most successful innovative firms and technologies were co-created, by multiple founders. Moreover, these founders typically have different but complementary capabilities, and we argue that it is this interaction of talent that is at the core of many innovative new ventures, what we refer to as Conjoint Innovation. We examine 15 case studies, historical and contemporary, to demonstrate the prevalence and utility of the concept of Conjoint Innovation. We identify three generative mechanisms in such interactions: complementary capabilities; contrasting cognitive and creative styles; and adjacent networks. Whilst multiple founders are a defining condition for Conjoint Innovation, all three generative mechanisms appear to be necessary for constructive interaction and innovation.


MRS Bulletin ◽  
1988 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 16-18
Author(s):  
Jan F. Herbst

Research in magnetism has a long, redoubtable history, and one fundamental reason for its continuing productivity is the fact that advances are very often coupled intimately with progress in materials science. New materials, preparation methods, and characterization technique s continu e to provide opportunities for exploring magnetic phenomena in a progressively broader array of systems with a growing arsenal of analytical tools. Challenges to theory are often presented by discoveries on the experimental side, engendering constructive interaction which enhances our basic understanding of the materials and the physics controlling their properties. Technology invariably benefits from that ongoing process. The following series of five articles in this issue of the MRS BULLETIN aims at conveying the excitement and vitality of current work in magnetism and magnetic materials. Each author or set of author s has endeavored to provide a succinct overview of a specific area, and in combination the papers offer an informative (although certainly not exhaustive!) survey of this very active field.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 172-196
Author(s):  
Olga Yuryevna Piskun ◽  
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Inessa Solomonovna Baskina ◽  
Valentina Anatolyevna Petrochenko ◽  
Elena Dmitrievna Shtatnyh ◽  
...  

Introduction. The article addresses the problem of bilingualism of deaf children in the educational process with the main focus on enhancing their creative abilities and socio-psychological adjustment. The purpose of the research is to study and describe the resource for the development of creative abilities and socio-psychological adaptation of children with hearing impairment. Materials and Methods. In this paper the authors provide a review of Russian and international studies into the role of bilingualism in deaf education. The evaluation of creative abilities and socialization of children with hearing impairment was conducted using the following projective methods: ‘Measurement of creative thinking’ (E. Torrance’s Incomplete figure test), N. V. Shaidurova’s measurement of older preschoolers’ creativity, ‘A picture of the family’ by T. G. Khomentauskas (adaptated by O. Y. Piskun and R. O. Agavelyan) as well as sets of survey methods including M. A. Panfilova’s “Sociometric questionnaire for children” and V. V. Tkacheva’s “Questionnaire for parents”. The sample consisted of 16 senior preschool age deaf children and their parents (n = 16). Results. Results. The authors identify the features of the development of creative abilities in children with hearing impairment: a slow formation of verbal speech, role-play interaction, and abstract thinking. The study reveals low socio-psychological adaptation, high parental deprivation and anxiety. In some cases, children are deprived of constructive interaction with their parents. It is emphasized that bilingual learning environment can be considered as a tool of deaf children’s social adjustment. The relevant learning environment can be created within the center of development and psychological and educational support for individuals with special education needs. Competent professionals (including those with disabilities) who use Russian sign language are motivated to communicate with deaf children and their parents for subsequent successful social integration and adjustment. Conclusions. The study concludes that within a personality-centered paradigm of a bilingual educational environment for creative development of children with hearing impairment and their socio-psychological adjustment, the leading factor is the bilingual approach to creating the center for psychological and educational support for families with the main focus on constructive interaction with deaf children.


Author(s):  
E. Iu. Brel ◽  
I. Ia. Stoianova

The article considers alexithymia as one of the important factors of mental health. The paper presents materials of empirical research on this phenomenon in personality structure of patients with cardiovascular diseases (64 people) and "apparently healthy" subjects (85 people). The obtained results of factorization of alexithymia indicate that alexithymia as a psychological characteristic is significantly expressed, if considered in the context of mental and psychosomatic health. Alexithymia is a separate factor of personality structure in patients with cardiovascular diseases and is involved in each separate factor, which makes it a prominent part of the psychological characteristics of the "apparently healthy" respondents. The research materials can be used to improve the effectiveness of treatment in the development and testing of clinical and psychological support. Such support should be aimed at teaching patients new ways of constructive interaction with society and raising their awareness of their own emotional pains, which they have to be able to identify and tell from ordinary somatic states.


2020 ◽  
Vol 77 (2) ◽  
pp. 46-80
Author(s):  
А. М. Чорна

The author of the article, based on the analysis of scientific views of scholars and current legislation of Ukraine, elaborates the ways to improve administrative and legal mechanism for ensuring the rights of business entities in the field of taxation. It is substantiated that the objective prerequisites for improving administrative and legal mechanism for ensuring the rights of business entities in the field of taxation are: 1) low level of trust of entrepreneurs in the tax service; 2) high level of corruption in the agencies of the State Tax Service; 3) imperfect mechanism of legal regulation of tax advice; 4) low level of quality and efficiency of functioning of administrative and legal mechanism of ensuring the rights and lawful interests of business entities as taxpayers, etc. It was stated that the first step towards improving administrative and legal mechanism for ensuring the rights of business entities in the field of taxation should be the improvement of the relevant administrative legislation. The expediency of improving the organizational structure of the State Tax Service is substantiated. Emphasis was placed on the need to improve the interaction of the State Tax Service with other public authorities and the public on ensuring the rights of business entities in the field of taxation. It is noted that the deep and constructive interaction of the State Tax Service of Ukraine with other public authorities and the public is undoubtedly an important guarantee of high quality and efficiency for ensuring the rights of business entities.


2001 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 100
Author(s):  
Margret Scheil

Individual Program Planning is an action research tool that facilitates consumer-oriented service provision. It is basedon four guiding principles to promote constructive interaction between consumers, significant others and services.Agreements for action are cooperatively developed in relation to the identification of issues. These are documented andmonitored in the form of ongoing meetings. The process supports coordination and accountability of activity betweenthose significant to treatment outcome across the continuum of care.


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