scholarly journals Identifying changes in insurance companies’ competitiveness on the travel services market

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-60
Author(s):  
Nataliya Vnukova ◽  
Nataliya Opeshko ◽  
Elza Mamedova
Keyword(s):  
Research Method ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Insurance Companies ◽  
Markov Chain Theory ◽  
Travel Services ◽  
Low Probability ◽  
Chain Theory ◽  
High Level ◽  
Multifactor Regression ◽  
Integrated Indicators

The purpose of the study is to develop methodological approach for identifying changes in the level of insurance companies’ competitiveness on the travel services market. Based on development of multifactor regression equation, integrated indicators of insurance companies’ competitiveness in 2016–2019 were calculated. The application of three-sigma rule allowed to divide insurance companies by competitiveness levels and to identify that during 2016–2019 most of insurers had sufficient and critical levels of competitiveness and the group of insurance companies with a high level of competitive position is small. The Markov chain theory was used as a research method to determine the probability of insurance companies moving to higher or lower competitiveness levels. The results of Markov’s method showed that the majority of insurance companies are most likely to remain in their initial groups and only insurers with low and sufficient competitiveness have high probability to change their positions. Companies with high competitiveness have very strong positions on the market and there is very low probability that other insurers will capture leaders’ market share in the coming years. So, the use of the developed approach allows predicting a decrease of insurance ability to compete on the travel services market and deciding on the necessity to change the competitive strategy.

Challenges in Conducting Empirical Work Using Structuration Theory: Learning from IT Research

2005 ◽  
Vol 26 (9) ◽  
pp. 1353-1376 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marlei Pozzebon ◽  
Alain Pinsonneault
Keyword(s):  
Research Method ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Empirical Work ◽  
Structuration Theory ◽  
Research Strategies ◽  
Patterns Of Use ◽  
Time Space ◽  
Alternative Approach ◽  
High Level ◽  
Duality Of Structure

Giddens’s structuration theory is increasingly used as an alternative approach to studying numerous organizational phenomena. However, the applicability of Giddens’s concepts is not without difficulties because of two main challenges. First, structuration theory is complex, involving concepts and general propositions that operate at a high level of abstraction. Second, structuration theory is not easily coupled to any specific research method or methodological approach, and it is difficult to apply empirically. Arguing that structuration theory is a valuable framework for a rich understanding of management, organization and related subjects of inquiry, this paper aims to improve the application of structuration theory in empirical work by drawing on the experience in information technology (IT) research. It identifies patterns of use of Giddens’s theory in publications in the domain of IT, and then describes how IT researchers have attempted to address its major empirical challenges. The paper presents a repertoire of research strategies that might guide students of organization in dealing with three elements that are central to structuration theory: duality of structure, time/space and actors’ knowledgeability.

scholarly journals Interpretive description: a viable methodological approach for nursing research

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilara Parente Pinheiro Teodoro ◽  
Vitória de Cássia Félix Rebouças ◽  
Sally Elizabeth Thorne ◽  
Naanda Kaana Matos de Souza ◽  
Lídia Samantha Alves de Brito ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Applied Sciences ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Interpretive Description ◽  
Clinical Practices ◽  
Production Of Knowledge ◽  
The Social ◽  
Reflective Study ◽  
Theoretical Reflection

Abstract Objective: To present a theoretical reflection about the origin and the assumptions of the "Interpretive Description" method, and to discuss its applicability in Nursing and Health research. Method: Theoretical-reflective study, based on articles and books published by proponent of this approach, as well as scientific articles in which the authors reported having used this method in their studies. Results: It was evidenced that the "Interpretive Description" arose from the need to generate a better understanding of clinical practices in Nursing. This approach has its roots in the methodological traditions of the Social Sciences, although it differs from them in terms of its excessive rigidity and essentially theoretical objectives. The proposed method has been applied in several studies either in Nursing as other areas of Health. Conclusion: The "Interpretive Description" is considered a feasible approach for the production of knowledge in Applied Sciences such as Nursing.

scholarly journals The Study Of Exploration Of Religiosity And Implementation Of Muslim Spiritual Nursing Care (AKSM) For Ners Professional Students Of PSIK FKM UMI Makassar In 2018

2018 ◽  
pp. 346-354
Author(s):  
Samsualam Samsualam ◽  
Rahmat Hidayat ◽  
Karyanti Lestari Aswan
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Health Worker ◽  
Nursing Care ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Healing Process ◽  
Bivariate Analysis ◽  
Professional Students ◽  
Low Level ◽  
High Level ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Methods

Religiosity can describe a person's behavior at work, especially working as a health worker to help the healing process both physically, psychologically and spiritually. The purpose of this study was to analyze the level of religious religiosity of professional students and to analyze the implementation of Muslim spiritual nursing care for ners profession students in PSIK FKM Universitas Muslim Indonesia. This research method used quantitative and qualitative methods (Mix Method). Based on the results of the descriptive bivariate analysis of religiosity and the implementation of Muslim nursing care in 2018, it was shown that out of 0 (100%) respondents at a high level of religiosity overall did not implement complete Muslim spiritual nursing care, 24 people (100%) and 6 (100 %) respondents with a low level of religions overall did not carry out complete implementation of Muslim spiritual nursing care, namely 6 (100%) respondents. This shows that descriptively students who have high religiosity and low religiosity do not implement Muslim spiritual nursing care (AKSM).

scholarly journals Grounded Theory: A Methodological Approach Congruent with Tourism Research

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 839-859
Author(s):  
Stela Cristina Hott Corrêa ◽  
◽  
Marlusa de Sevilha Gosling ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Integrative Review ◽  
Research Methodologies ◽  
Substantive Theory ◽  
Tourism Research ◽  
Early Stages ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
The Creation

Grounded Theory emerged as an appropriate research method for extracting from data concepts organized around basic categories that once integrated establish a substantive theory about the phenomenon. Internationally, Tourism researchers have been using Grounded Theory in their research, but in Brazil it has been scarcely used. Thus, this paper aims to present the foundations of Grounded Theory showing the similarities and differences between its three versions, and to point out how this methodology is used in Tourism research. This work is bibliographic making an integrative review of the theory. Grounded Theory has been shown to be appropriate for studying tourist experience, but its use may be expanded as it may be associated with other research methodologies such as ethnography, favoring the creation of substantive tourist theories or simply the appropriation of a theme in the early stages of the research.

scholarly journals Kedudukan Hukum Pemegang Polis Pada Perusahaan Asuransi yang Dinyatakan Pailit

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 520-525
Author(s):  
Ni Kadek Vikka Ayu Swandewi ◽  
Ni Luh Made Mahendrawati ◽  
I Putu Gede Seputra
Keyword(s):  
Research Method ◽  
Legal Protection ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Insurance Companies ◽  
Bankruptcy Law ◽  
Insurance Company ◽  
Human Need ◽  
Legal Position ◽  
Policy Holder ◽  
The Right

In this era of globalization, insurance has been considered as a basic need which is a human need for security. Insurance is a form of risk management that is formed with the aim of avoiding the possibility of an uncertain risk of loss. This study aims to examine the legal position of policyholders as creditors in insurance companies and to reveal the legal protection of policyholders in insurance companies that are declared bankrupt. This study uses a normative research method because there is still a conflict of norms, with the approach to legislation. The data is sourced from the opinions of legal scholars and data law. The data sources are primary and secondary data obtained through recording and documentation, then the data is processed using interpretation and descriptive. Based on the Bankruptcy Law and PKPU Article 1 number 2, creditors are parties who have receivables due to agreements or laws that can be collected in advance of services. In the context of the legal protection of the policyholder, the Insurance Act has regulated the existence of a policy guarantor institution in which the purpose of the establishment of a policy guarantee program is to guarantee the return of part or all of the rights of the policyholder. In the bankruptcy and liquidation of an Insurance Company, it is expected that the curator will pay attention to the right of the Policy Holder to obtain compensation from the bankruptcy assets of the Insurance Company.

scholarly journals A new attempt to discover the covert recognition of faces

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 45-60
Author(s):  
B.G. Meshcheryakov ◽  
A.I. Nazarov ◽  
L.G. Chesnokova ◽  
D.V. Yushchenkova
Keyword(s):  
Methodological Approach ◽  
False Alarms ◽  
Group Level ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Mean Values ◽  
Short Term Exposure ◽  
The One ◽  
Masking Stimulus ◽  
High Level ◽  
Unfamiliar Faces

The article describes an experiment which used a new methodological approach to the study of covert recognition of faces by means of registration electro-dermal activity under short-term exposure of familiar and unfamiliar faces and the backward facelike masking stimulus. In contrast to previous studies the control of stimulus awareness allows us to evaluate not just the correct recognitions, but false alarms too. We used as the familiar faces not faces of the well-known persons, but faces of persons from the inner circle of subjects, including the subject’s own face. We confirmed the hypothesis that the characteristics of the electro-dermal reactions in response to familiar and unfamiliar faces will not be different in subjects with a high level of false alarms. However, for the group of subjects with practically zero false alarm rate and zero discriminability of familiar and unfamiliar faces an analysis of electro-dermal reactions have been mixed. On the one hand, as analysis on a group level showed, nor electrocutaneous reactions frequency, nor their amplitudes were not significantly different for the familiar and unfamiliar faces. On the other hand, it is clearly that these individual median and mean values of the amplitudes of subject's reactions are in average more than 2 times stronger when viewed familiar faces than viewed unfamiliar ones. These results leave a good chance to prove the effect of covert identification of faces in further experimentation with other groups of subjects

scholarly journals URGENCY OF INSURANCE FOR CULTURAL HERITAGE BUILDING IN SURABAYA

Yuridika ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 232
Author(s):  
Hilda Yunita Sabrie
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Third Parties ◽  
Insurance Companies ◽  
Conceptual Approach ◽  
Heritage Buildings ◽  
Heritage Building

The cultural heritage of a region is the identity and richness of history for the region. Given the importance of the existence of cultural heritage in an area, the local government should pay special attention to the continuity of its existence. Through inventory, listing the cultural heritages, maintenance until its restoration must be done properly and continuously. This is not only the responsibility of the local government, but it is the responsibility of all parties including the local community. But in practice, local government or society are less concerned about the existence of cultural heritage in the area. This research focuses on cultural heritage buildings in Surabaya because this city is one of the cities in Indonesia which has many buildings of cultural heritage with various conditions. Local governments need to act quickly and effectively to solve the problem, so the solution can be done by including third parties such as insurance companies engaged in the insurance of losses, which can help to cover some form of damage that occurred in the building of the reserve culture in Surabaya. From the problems mentioned above, the research method used is statute approach and conceptual approach.

LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND EMPOWERED BUSINESS: SCENARIOS OF MUTUAL INFLUENCE OF MUNICIPAL HEADS AND ENTREPRENEURS IN RUSSIAN MUNICIPALITIES

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 64-72
Author(s):  
Tatiana Vitkovskaya ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Research Method ◽  
Social Ties ◽  
Mutual Influence ◽  
Local Authorities ◽  
Conflict Of Interests ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Political Status ◽  
Local Business ◽  
High Level ◽  
Medium Businesses

The article discusses the policy of the municipalities' Heads in relation to entrepreneurs acquiring a political status and deputies with a business background. The Heads strive to maintain a high level of influence within the territory. Entrepreneurs see their entry into legislatures as an opportunity to acquire new social ties, including ones with officials, and as an opportunity to normatively regulate the context of business activities on the territory. Two scenarios of the relations between the Head and businessmen are identified: the cooperation and the conflict. Commonality or conflict of interests of the municipality and local business determine the choice of a strategy. The intensity of conflict or consensus is determined by the measure of support that the parties give each other. The article explores the interaction of Heads with small and medium businesses. The article is based on the results of the research conducted in four municipalities of the Sverdlovsk and Perm Regions. The main research method is interviews with Heads and other actors of local policies.

Narrative Inquiry as a Relational Methodology

2022 ◽  
pp. 1-27
Author(s):  
Vicki G. Mokuria ◽  
Alankrita Chhikara
Keyword(s):  
Narrative Inquiry ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Narrative Research ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
The Status ◽  
Dominant Narratives ◽  
Ways Of Being

The authors present an overview of narrative research and focus primarily on narrative inquiry, highlighting what distinguishes this approach from other research methods. Narrative inquiry allows scholars to go beyond positivism and explore how research can be conducted based on participants' stories, rather than using a purely scientific methodological approach. This research method acknowledges and honors narrative truths and provides a scholarly framework that makes space for voices often marginalized or excluded when dominant narratives and/or data hold a prominent place in a research agenda. As such, narrative inquiry can be used in academic research to challenge the status quo, thus harnessing research to stretch beyond hegemonic ways of being and knowing. The authors provide a robust overview and conceptualization of this approach, along with foundational concepts and exemplars that comprise this method of research.

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