scholarly journals Collaborative Governance in Tourism: Empirical Insights into a Community-Oriented Destination

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (23) ◽  
pp. 6673 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernhard Fabian Bichler ◽  
Magdalena Lösch
Keyword(s):  
Collaborative Governance ◽  
Institutional Transformation ◽  
Institutional Setting ◽  
Shared Understanding ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Implementation Phase ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Institutional Settings ◽  
Tourism Governance

Governance offers valuable guidelines to steer and direct destinations. Recent tourism governance research has explored the role of multiple actors in governing destinations but has not comprehensively investigated the underlying collaborative governance (CG) processes such as face-to-face dialogue, trust-building, shared understanding, or supporting factors such as institutional setting or leadership. The objectives of this paper are to determine the drivers and barriers of CG in a community-oriented destination in South Tyrol (Italy). This aims to reveal the processes that drive collaboration between stakeholders. For this reason, the paper builds on a qualitative case study with 20 semi-structured interviews with key informants. The results highlight that destination leadership is an essential driver of CG. However, several barriers to CG emerged. First, the findings show that institutional transformation led to a lack of trust and increased insecurity. Second, the inclusion of salient actors such as residents in the decision-making and implementation phase is scarce. Third, our findings highlight that a shared understanding of future development directions is missing between stakeholders. The contribution of this paper is a refined assessment of CG in tourism with special attention to the role of leadership and institutional settings. The derived implications target the role of leadership to foster the development of a shared understanding and to embark on a collaborative learning process that provides visible and tangible outcomes in turbulent times.

Student paramedics' views on placements in general practice as part of a degree

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 519-525
Author(s):  
Alyesha Proctor
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
General Practice ◽  
Care Pathway ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Learning And Development ◽  
Alternative Care ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
The Uk ◽  
University Degree

Background: Frontline paramedics are increasingly attending to non-emergency problems and calls that could be managed by a primary care provider. Alongside this, there is a growing pressure to manage patients at home or use an alternative care pathway and reduce hospital conveyance. Student paramedic training, including both placement and taught elements at university, should therefore reflect this. However, placement opportunities for student paramedics in primary care settings is variable across the UK. Aim: To explore student paramedics' views on incorporating a placement within general practice as part of their degree and its effects on their learning and development as an autonomous paramedic. Method: A small pedagogic study as part of a postgraduate certificate in academic practice for higher education, involving a case study, qualitative approach using face-to-face, semi-structured interviews and thematic analysis, was carried out. Findings: Student paramedics feel that incorporating a placement in general practice as part of their degree will significantly help in their learning and development as autonomous paramedics. Specifically, they feel it: will help them understand the role of the GP and what the GP expects of them; will help them to focus their assessments and improve confidence in decisions not to convey patients; may lead to better knowledge of alternative care pathways; and, finally, may provide an insight into the role of the paramedic in general practice as a future career opportunity. There are a few reservations about whether students would be able to use the skills and knowledge gained in this setting, as they feel they do not have access to the tools or the authority in a frontline ambulance service. Students would prefer to have a placement in a GP surgery in the final year of their university degree. Conclusion: Placement within a GP surgery for student paramedics should be included as part of a paramedic science degree as a priority. This is necessary, particularly given the changing role of the contemporary paramedic who attends to non-emergency problems.

Evaluating the role of blat in finding graduate employment in post-Soviet Ukraine

2014 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 254-265 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olga Onoshchenko ◽  
Colin C. Williams
Keyword(s):  
Social Relations ◽  
Social Practice ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Graduate Employment ◽  
Personal Connections ◽  
The City ◽  
Formal Procedures

Purpose – This paper aims to evaluate the use of personal connections to circumvent formal procedures, known as blat in the Soviet era, in post-Soviet societies by studying its role in graduate employment recruitment. Design/methodology/approach – To do this, the extent to which and how blat is used by graduates to find a job in the city of Mykolayiv in Ukraine is analysed through 85 face-to-face structured interviews with those who in the past seven years have sought employment after graduating from university. Findings – The finding is that blat is widely used by graduates to find a job. However, contrary to the existing literature which suggests that blat has become commodified in post-Soviet market societies with monetary payment being requested by and given to personal connections “pulling strings”, no evidence is found that this is the case. Instead, this remains a non-monetised form of friendly help by and for close social relations, akin to the Soviet era, and is viewed in a positive or neutral manner by participants even though its consequences can be to circumvent meritocratic formal recruitment procedures and foster nepotism and cronyism. Research limitations/implications – This study of blat is limited to analysing graduate recruitment in one city in Ukraine. Broader empirical research on the contemporary role of blat in this and other spheres in post-Soviet societies and beyond is now required so as to develop a more nuanced context-bound understanding of both the positive and negative facets of this social practice in contemporary societies. Originality/value – This study reveals that blat is commonly used to find graduate jobs and is widely viewed as a socially acceptable practice, despite hindering meritocratic recruitment procedures.

scholarly journals Social Entrepreneur Model for Tourism Development in Kiluan Bay

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-92
Author(s):  
Novita Tresiana ◽  
Noverman Duadji
Keyword(s):  
Community Involvement ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Collaborative Governance ◽  
Social Entrepreneur ◽  
Community Group ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Tourism Management ◽  
Object Of Study ◽  
Tourism Governance

This research recommends governance-based collaborative governance recommends models of governance-based collaborative governance through the role of community groups of local community entrepreneurs. This model is created from the weaknesses of the conventional Community Based Tourism (CBT) model through the role of 3 CBT sectors (government, private, non-profit organizations) that often run independently, sporadic, non-continuous coordination, and local community involvement which often overlooked in tourism of its own territory. The implications are seen in the economic success enjoyed only by people from outside the region. This article describes Pekon Teluk Kiluan, which is one of the leading coastal tourist areas in Lampung Province with coastal tourism base, education, and culture. The object of study is directed to the analysis of collaborative communities as a prerequisite for the reform of tourism governance and the reform of the development of a model of tourism management that is not only sided with local communities but also generates positive economics, financial independence, social preservation, culture and nature (environment). The research method is done qualitatively descriptive. Data collected from private tourism, NGO, government, entrepreneur, community group by using questionnaire technique, interview, observation, documentation, and  processed by using interactive model.

Institutional characteristics of education systems and inequalities: Introduction II

2021 ◽  
pp. 002071522110615
Author(s):  
Christiane Gross ◽  
Andreas Hadjar ◽  
Laura Zapfe
Keyword(s):  
Education System ◽  
Institutional Setting ◽  
Institutional Characteristics ◽  
Education Systems ◽  
Comparative Sociology ◽  
Institutional Settings ◽  
Current State ◽  
Key Driver ◽  
State Of Research

The second special issue of International Journal of Comparative Sociology (IJCS) on the role of education systems as institutional settings on the reproduction of inequalities includes three papers that focus on stratification of the education system as key driver of educational inequalities, the role of digital inequalities in the school and beyond, as well as how students navigate through the institutional setting of the Taiwanese education system. While we already elaborated on the research program, conceptual framework, and methodological challenges in the first introduction (published in January 2021), we will deal with the current state-of-research in this second introduction.

scholarly journals Primary care nurses' approach to cases of violence against children

2013 ◽  
Vol 21 (spe) ◽  
pp. 172-179 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ailton de Souza Aragão ◽  
Maria das Graças Carvalho Ferriani ◽  
Telma Sanchez Vendruscollo ◽  
Sinara de Lima Souza ◽  
Romeu Gomes
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Family Health ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Violence Against Children ◽  
The Family ◽  
Primary Care Nurses ◽  
The Face ◽  
The City

In Primary Care, the field of nursing comes face-to-face with the complexity of violence, leading these professionals to constantly re-evaluate their habitus. OBJECTIVE: to analyze how cases of violence against children and adolescents are approached by primary care nurses, identifying limits and possibilities for dealing with these cases. METHOD: a qualitative study, undertaken in 2011, through semi-structured interviews with 8 out of 48 nurses in the Family Health teams in the city of Uberaba in the state of Minas Gerais, the analysis of which followed the interpretation of meanings, based in dialectical hermeneutics. RESULTS: the following stand out: non-identification of violence as a problem for the nurses; denunciations and notifications as a role of the nurses; and the limits found in the face of violence. CONCLUSION: it is determined that the habitus of nursing directed at health promotion and prevention of violence must be restructured, overcoming the biomedical paradigm and involving intersectorial and multidisciplinary actions.

scholarly journals Collaborative Governance dalam Mengembangkan Wisata Edukasi di Desa Kamiri Kecamatan Masamba Kabupaten Luwu Utara

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 112
Author(s):  
Dwi Alamsyah ◽  
Nuryanti Mustari ◽  
Rudi Hardi ◽  
Ansyari Mone
Keyword(s):  
Collaborative Governance ◽  
Trust Building ◽  
Shared Understanding ◽  
Face To Face

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui Collaborative Governance dalam Mengembangkan Wisata Edukasi di Desa Kamiri, Kecamatan Masamba, Kabupaten Luwu Utara. Rumusan masalah dalam penelitian ini adalah “Bagaimana Collaborative Governance dalam Mengembangkan Wisata Edukasi di Desa Kamiri, Kecamatan Masamba, Kabupaten Luwu Utara?” Tipe penelitian menggunakan analisis deskriptif dengan pendekatan kualitatif. Fokus penelitian berdasar pada teori ANSELL dan GASH tentang tahapan-tahapan dalam proses collaborative governance yaitu face to face, trust building, commitment to process, dan shared understanding. Adapun teknik pengumpulan data meliputi wawancara, observasi dan dokumentasi. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa dalam proses kolaborasi yang diakukan sudah cukup baik dalam mengembangkan wisata edukasi di Desa Kamiri, Kecamatan Masamba, Kabupaten Luwu Utara. Tahapan-tahapan dalam proses collaborative governance (1) face to face dalam mengembangkan wisata edukasi telah melibatkan pemerintah, masyarakat dan pengelola dengan melakukan pertemuan secara langsung dalam bentuk forum musyawarah. (2) Trust building atau membangun kepercayaan dengan adanya sebuah pelatihan pengembangan SDM dan menyediakan tempat sampah dilokasi wisata. (3) Commitment to process atau komitmen terhadap proses kolaborasi dalam mengambangkan wisata edukasi telah melibatkan masyarakat dan pemerintah dalam proses pengembangannya (4) share Understanding untuk menilai sejauh mana proses kolaborasi yang dihasilkan dalam mengembangkan wisata edukasi yaitu terdapat forum pembinaan untuk pengelola, penyediaan kontrol atau pamong wisata untuk membantu dalam pengamanan wisata edukasi dan pengadaan promosi objek wisata.

scholarly journals Adolescent development in family-based treatment for anorexia nervosa: Patients’ and parents’ narratives

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 129-143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meredith Medway ◽  
Paul Rhodes ◽  
Lisa Dawson ◽  
Jane Miskovic-Wheatley ◽  
Andrew Wallis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Anorexia Nervosa ◽  
Young People ◽  
Adolescent Development ◽  
Developmental Trajectory ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Family Based Treatment ◽  
Family Based ◽  
Inquiry Method

Maudsley Family-Based Treatment (FBT) is currently the best supported treatment for adolescents with anorexia nervosa (AN); however, little is known about whether it achieves its stated aim in the final phases of promoting the patient’s return to an expected developmental trajectory. This study aimed to explore the perspectives of young people and their parents regarding the developmental impact of AN, and the role of FBT in addressing developmental challenges. Young people ( N = 12) who ceased FBT a minimum 1 year prior, and their parents ( N = 12), completed face-to-face semi-structured interviews, and data were analysed using a narrative inquiry method. All the participants described AN as highly disruptive to adolescent development, with phase one of FBT accentuating this experience. In phases two and three, FBT helped facilitate adolescent development in three key ways: Supporting return to adolescent pursuits, facilitating autonomy and providing freedom to develop post-FBT. This study offers preliminary insights into the variety of developmental challenges and needs experienced by families, as well as approaches clinicians can take to supporting development in phases two and three of FBT.

scholarly journals Integrated reporting and analyst behaviour in diverse institutional settings

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesca Rossignoli ◽  
Riccardo Stacchezzini ◽  
Alessandro Lai
Keyword(s):  
Voluntary Disclosure ◽  
Environmental Governance ◽  
Forecast Accuracy ◽  
Institutional Setting ◽  
Analyst Forecast ◽  
Integrated Reporting ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Institutional Settings ◽  
Moderating Role

Purpose Given the limited studies that have started to focus on contexts where integrated reporting (IR) is voluntarily adopted, this paper aims to explore the moderating role of institutional characteristics on the association between voluntary report release and analyst forecast accuracy. Design/methodology/approach This study uses a quantitative empirical research method grounded on voluntary disclosure theory to provide empirical evidence on an international sample of companies choosing to release integrated reports. Preliminarily, a cluster analysis is used to group countries according to institutional patterns. Multivariate analyses detect the associations between report release choice and analysts’ forecast accuracy across clusters. Multiple econometric approaches are used to address the endogeneity concerns. Findings IR release is not informative for the market unless considering systematic variations across different institutional settings. Analysts’ forecast is more accurate for IR adopters located in strong institutional enforcement settings than for all the other companies. In the strong institutional setting that is also characterized by a pluralistic society, IR release benefits for the market are conditioned by the fact that the choice to release IR depends on environmental, governance and social disclosure-based managers remuneration and disclosure requirements. In weak institutional settings, IR release is not beneficial for the forecast accuracy. Research limitations/implications Academics and practitioners can gain understanding of the usefulness of voluntary IR across different institutional settings. Originality/value The study advances the understanding of the IR’s informativeness, overcoming the common dichotomous distinctions between strong and weak institutional settings.

scholarly journals The Role of Localized Agri-Food Systems in the Provision of Environmental and Social Benefits in Peripheral Areas: Evidence from Two Case Studies in Italy

Agriculture ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (8) ◽  
pp. 120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesco Mantino ◽  
Francesco Vanni
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Food Systems ◽  
Social Benefits ◽  
New Governance ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Institutional Settings ◽  
Local Actors ◽  
Peripheral Areas ◽  
New Institutions

The article focuses on the role of Localized Agri-food Systems (LAFS) in the provision of environmental and social benefits (ESBs) in peripheral areas, by comparing two case studies in Italy: bergamot production in Grecanic area (Calabria region) and a basket of local products in Garfagnana area (Tuscany region). On the basis of the evidence collected through semi-structured interviews with key stakeholders, the paper shows the different mechanisms by which LAFS may stimulate the provision of ESBs in such areas. In both case studies the provision of ESBs was the result of the interplay among three different types of drivers: markets factors, the set of policies implemented in the specific territorial context and collective actions performed by local actors to promote new governance patterns and new institutions. The article shows that in peripheral areas LAFS, alongside food production, have a strong potential in delivering a broad range of environmental and social benefits, which are highly valued by local communities and consumers. However, this potential varies to large extent according to the socio-economic and institutional settings, as well as on the type of interactions of market drivers with public policies and collective action.

scholarly journals Political Constraints and the Limited Effect of Electoral System Change on Personal Vote-Seeking in Hungary

2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 119-141 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zsófia Papp ◽  
Burtejin Zorigt
Keyword(s):  
Electoral System ◽  
Institutional Setting ◽  
The Political ◽  
Electoral Rules ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Limited Effect ◽  
Campaign Strategies ◽  
Political Constraints ◽  
Staff Members

This article aims at capturing how the recent changes in Hungary’s mixed-member electoral system altered the candidates’ personal vote-seeking strategies. Based on the literature, one might expect that strengthening the role of the Single-Member District (SMD) tier increases the incentives for personalisation. By utilizing the data from two consecutive waves of the Comparative Candidate Survey, we show that contrary to these expectations the average level of campaign personalisation decreased from 2010 to 2014. Semi-structured interviews with nine campaign staff members confirm that the political constraints were more important in determining campaign strategies than the institutional setting. Our findings challenge the dominating effect of electoral rules on personal vote-seeking.

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