The Status Quo of Situation-Specific Theories

2014 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 278-298 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eun-Ok Im
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Nursing Interventions ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Link Theory ◽  
Or Practice ◽  
The Status ◽  
Theory Research

The purpose of this article is to explore the status quo of situation-specific theories through an integrated literature review on situation-specific theories that have been published since 1999. The literature was searched through multiple databases including PubMed, CINAHL, and PsycINFO and analyzed in terms of purpose of theorizing, types of theorizing, sources of theorizing, and linkages to research or practice. Four themes reflecting the current status of situation-specific theories were extracted: (a) explicitly claimed and not explicitly claimed situation-specific theories; (b) multiple philosophical bases; (c) unique theorizing process; and (d) providing clear directions for nursing interventions but rarely evaluated. Nurses need to continuously make their efforts to develop theoretical bases that could closely link theory, research, and practice in nursing and that could adequately serve new nursing needs and challenges.

Psychological Research Literature Review Canvas

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Quang Ngoc Nguyen
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Psychological Research ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Chaotic Process ◽  
Psychological Construct ◽  
The Status ◽  
Guiding Questions

Without a guideline or structure, conducting a literature review on a psychological construct might become a chaotic process . This canvas was built based on the author's experience in order to help psychological researchers classify, organize, and summarize the information relating to the psychological construct of interest into several essential aspects including definition, classification, measurement, sample, predictors and outcomes, mediators and moderators, interventions, and theories. For each aspect, there are some guiding questions which are expected to help researcher decice which information should be focused while examining scientific documents. The completely filled canvas should depict the status quo of the research on the psychological construct of interest, facilitating the research process.

The Current Status of Hearing Care: Can We Change the Status Quo?

2005 ◽  
Vol 16 (07) ◽  
pp. 410-418 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dennis Van Vliet
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Care Delivery ◽  
The United States ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Hearing Impaired ◽  
Current Status ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Scientific Database ◽  
The Status

The members of the profession of audiology often express concern that the services and products that have been developed to provide benefit to the hearing impaired are not sought after or delivered to the majority of those diagnosed with hearing loss. A critical look at the status quo of hearing care delivery in the United States is needed to verify this assumption and to develop strategies to improve the situation. A key concern is the lack of a comprehensive high-quality scientific database upon which to build continuous improvements in the effectiveness of the services and products that are provided to the hearing impaired.

scholarly journals Megaproject Management Research: The Status Quo and Future Directions

Buildings ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 567
Author(s):  
Hongping Yuan ◽  
Wenbo Du ◽  
Zeyu Wang ◽  
Xiangnan Song
Keyword(s):  
Developed Countries ◽  
The United States ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Research Trend ◽  
Research Development ◽  
Management Research ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Systematic Examination ◽  
The Status

Megaproject practices worldwide have triggered increasing research in megaproject management issues and led to an increasing number of papers being published during the last decade. However, it is demonstrated by the literature that there is no systematic examination on research development in the discipline of megaproject management, and consequently it is very difficult for scholars to quickly understand and grasp the research trend. Therefore, a research question naturally comes out, i.e., what is the status quo of megaproject management research and what are the research directions worthy of further investigation? This study aims to answer the question by conducting a systematic examination of the research development in the discipline of megaproject management. A total of 117 relevant articles, identified from six major international journals between 2009 and 2021, were analyzed based on the number of papers published annually, main author contributions, citations, categorization of the research methods and data analysis methods adopted, and research topics covered. The results indicated that developed countries, such as Australia, Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom, have enjoyed significant advantages in terms of megaproject management research. It also revealed that more sophisticated views and theory have been used effectively, rather than only basic qualitative methods, in a number of studies on megaproject management. Future studies on megaproject management will be led globally, where megaprojects will remain designed and built to better built environments. In addition, continuous in-depth research on related topics can promote innovation in megaproject management to achieve sustainable megaproject development. Megaproject management will continue to be a hot research topic in the future; in particular, megaproject investment and finance management have emerged as new challenging topics. The findings can be valuable for both industry practitioners and researchers to gain deeper understanding of the current status and future directions of megaproject management research.

Literature Review of the Domestic Research on Emission Trade

2012 ◽  
Vol 424-425 ◽  
pp. 179-183
Author(s):  
Li Ping Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Emission Trading ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Theoretical Research ◽  
Research Orientation ◽  
Trading Market ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Government

Emission trading means that, on the premise that environment and resources belongs to the nation and the total amount of emission is under regulation, the government sells the permit of a certain amount of emission to the polluter by issuing tradable emission licences. This paper discusses the emission trading in China in the recent 30 years. By reviewing the research field,research orientation and the status quo, this paper aimed at do some fundamental theoretical research on the application of the emission trading theory and the establishment of the emission trading market in China

Explanatory Power and Nursing Theory

2020 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 229-233
Author(s):  
Pamela G. Reed
Keyword(s):  
Essential Role ◽  
Explanatory Power ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Nursing Theory ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Nursing Science ◽  
Health Movement ◽  
Theory Research ◽  
Precision Health

A theme of this article is the theory-research link and its essential role in advancing nursing science and practice. Concern is expressed over the current status of nursing theory relative to the advances in research and practice. Soon-to-be and current theoreticians and scientists are encouraged to champion not just nursing theory proper but scientific nursing theories that have explanatory power. The role of the precision health movement in facilitating development of scientific theory is explored.

Power Transition Theory and the Essence of Revisionism

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan M. DiCicco
Keyword(s):  
Research Program ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Transition Theory ◽  
Critical Examination ◽  
Power Transition ◽  
Power Transition Theory ◽  
The Status ◽  
Thucydides Trap ◽  
Distribution Of Power ◽  
Theory Research

Power transition theory and Graham Allison’s Thucydides Trap Project are discussed in tandem with two complementary aims: to highlight theoretical and empirical contributions of the power transition research program, and to provide critical perspective on the Thucydides Trap Project. Conventional-wisdom approaches of this sort are distinguished from power transition theory, the empirical international relations theory proposed by A. F. K. Organski and further articulated and tested by generations of scholars. The theory’s central elements—national power, stages of power transition, shifts in the distribution of power, international order and the status quo—are identified and discussed, with a focus on key variables used to explain war and peace among contending states. A comparative, critical examination of the Thucydides Trap Project is used as a lens for spotlighting key empirical contributions of the power transition theory research tradition and the value of adhering to norms of scientific rigor. Opportunities for further growth and development are noted, with special attention afforded to essential features of the power transition theory research program, including the study of (1) the timing and initiation of war; (2) rising powers’ dissatisfaction with the status quo, and a possible distinction between dissatisfaction and revisionism; and (3) reducing the risk of violent, revisionist challenges.

What Is the Status Quo of Evidence-Based Community Health Nursing?

2017 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 156-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eun-Ok Im ◽  
Eun-Hi Kong
Keyword(s):  
Community Health ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Community Health Nursing ◽  
Training Support ◽  
Community Health Nurses ◽  
The Status ◽  
Health Nursing ◽  
Evidence Based Nursing

Background and Purpose:With an increasing emphasis on evidence-based nursing in general,evidence-based practicehas become a buzzword among community health nurses in many countries. Despite the global interests, evidence-based community health nursing is not even clearly defined in the literature and very little is known about the current status of evidence-based community health nursing. Therefore, the purpose of this article is to identify the status quo of evidence-based nursing in community health nursing through an integrative literature review.Methods:Four electronic databases were searched from the earliest year to 2016 with combinations of keywords. Twenty-six eligible articles were reviewed, and the characteristics reflecting the current status of evidence-based community health nursing were extracted.Results:Through the content analysis process, 6 characteristics were identified. First, in evidence-based community health nursing, the needs of clients, families, caregivers, and health care professionals were identified and assessed. Second, interventions were planned based on systematic reviews on various relevant sources. Third, various types of research methods were used. Fourth, available resources were assessed and used, and the findings of cost estimation, cost/effectiveness, or cost/benefit analyses were reported. Fifth, training, support, monitoring, and coordination were included as major components. Finally, the evidence used and/or found in the studies was evaluated, disseminated, and updated as the last step.Implications for Practice:Community health nurses are required to continuously integrate, implement, evaluate, disseminate, and update their evidence for future evidence-based community health nursing.

scholarly journals Revisiting Exchange Concept: A Rationale for Marketing Mix in Islamic Marketing

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 45
Author(s):  
Johari Bin Abdullah
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Focal Point ◽  
Marketing Mix ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Islamic Perspective ◽  
The Status ◽  
Quantitative Approaches

Marketing mix has been the cornerstone of the discipline and dominating marketing early thought. This concept has been the focal point in the development of conventional managerial paradigm with strong adherence to its normative pillars of ‘4 Ps’. History has shown that a new paradigm constantly shifting the status quo of such concept into more advance findings. The objective of this paper is to present the rationale of marketing mix in Islamic marketing. Despite the evolution of marketing mix paradigm over more than 40 years, it is undeniable that such classical marketing canon has its root from concept of exchange. By using both qualitative and quantitative approaches in the development of instruments has led to the development of the 5Cs model. It is aimed to proposed a more advance finding derived from an Islamic perspective towards the concept. In depth literature review and survey has found a distinct set of marketing mix variables catering to Muslim consumer that are in line with Islamic principles. 5Cs models of Commitment, Characteristics, Conformity, Conscience, Customer centric offers a new way of marketing to Muslim consumers governed by Islamic principles and injunctions. Therefore, 5Cs model can be applied in many areas, for instance in Halal industry. It is recommended that business and academia will apply and further develop the model as it will enrich the framework and as to remain relevant.

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