scholarly journals A Mixed-Method Study of Programme Management Resources and Social Enterprise Sustainability: A Developing-Country Context

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 114
Author(s):  
Arif ud Din ◽  
Syed Mohsin Ali Shah ◽  
Hatem El-Gohary ◽  
Raza Ur Rahman ◽  
Muhammad Haleem ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Method ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Social Enterprise ◽  
Social Enterprises ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Mixed Method Research ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Private And Public

This research investigates the relationship between enterprise environmental factors (EEFs) and programme management (PgM) resources, and subsequently how PgM resources and sustainability integrate into social enterprise. With a resource-based view (RBV) concept as the theoretical starting point, a systematic literature review identified EEFs relating to PgM resources, and PgM resources relating to sustainability in private and public organisations. A mixed-method research approach was used that is founded on a sequential exploratory strategy. In the preliminary phase, meta qualitative analysis was conducted; in the second phase, 16 semi structured interviews were undertaken to customise and confirm the concepts by using thematic analysis within 4 selected case studies. In the final phase, the model was validated by a survey that returned (n = 302) completed questionnaires from around Pakistan, and the used method of analysis was PLS-SEM. These research findings highlight that PgM resources within social enterprises are highly influential and dependent on external and internal EEFs, and that PgM resources are critical to consider for social enterprise sustainability. In addition, this study highlights that PgM resources positively influence social, economic, and environmental sustainability in SEs. Furthermore, this study developed a validated novel theoretical framework.

scholarly journals Integration of Environment and Content Knowledge into STEM Education

2022 ◽  
pp. 21-26
Author(s):  
Marco Scotini ◽  
Hussein Abdullah
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Method ◽  
Professional Growth ◽  
Environmental Science ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Ecological Knowledge ◽  
Mixed Method Research ◽  
Quantitative Methodology ◽  
And Mathematics

With a central focus on the research question: “What must be done to encourage people to become more E+STEM educated?” this research is based on a Systematic review on ecological knowledge, which is linked to teachers' career growth as well as Environmental Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (E+STEM) pedagogy. The aim is to identify what instructors must do to improve their experience and credentials as E+STEM-educated people in light of expert views. To disclose expert views, a "mixed method" research approach is utilized in this study, which includes both qualitative and quantitative techniques. The technique employed is exploratory study sequencing, which is a kind of mixed-method study. The Delphi study's initial stage is to gather qualitative data on teachers' professional growth. The quantitative methodology is featured for the phase two of the Delphi research once the data has been analyzed in the first step. Lastly, the ultimate quantitative formulation (third phase) is produced following the data evaluation in the second phase.

scholarly journals Sense of Coherence in Managers during COVID-19 and the New World of Work: A Mixed-Method Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (21) ◽  
pp. 11492
Author(s):  
Claude-Hélène Mayer ◽  
Cemonn Wegerle ◽  
Rudolf M. Oosthuizen
Keyword(s):  
Sense Of Coherence ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Young Female ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Male Participant ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Mixed Method Research ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Systemic Understanding

During COVID-19, the working world has changed inevitably, and many managers experience extreme strain and stress. This study determines how managers cope with the changes during COVID-19 from a positive psychology and salutogenic perspective. It employs a hermeneutical research design and an interpretivist paradigm by using a mixed-method research approach in which managers’ sense of coherence (SOC) is investigated quantitatively through the 29-item Life-Orientation scale and qualitatively through semi-structured interviews. Purposeful and snowball sampling techniques are used. The sample consists of 17 managers. Data were collected in different organizations within South Africa and analysed through content analysis, linking quantitative and qualitative data in a holistic, integrated and complex way. In terms of the quantitative findings, the managers scored at the medium and higher end of the SOC-scale in comprehensibility, followed by manageability and finally meaningfulness. Male managers in the age group 47–57 scored highest. Female and younger managers scored lower on average. Lowest scores in comprehensibility and manageability were scored by a young female manager, while in meaningfulness the oldest male participant scored lowest. The qualitative findings show that high scoring SOC managers apply complex thoughts to the present and future workplace scenario. Individuals with lower SOC scores do not present as much knowledge, complex thinking and argumentation structures during the interview in comprehensibility scores as high scoring SOC managers, yet still acquire resources to manage the workplace (manageability). High meaningfulness scores are associated with creating meaningful workplace interaction (human–human and machine–human), knowledge distribution through technology, impactfulness, experiencing the job as meaningful, including helping others, and achievements. Managers have a complex view of the world and findings show the complex connections of a high/low SOC scores and the managers’ explorations and systemic understanding regarding their managerial world. Conclusions and recommendations for theory and practice are given.

An Empirical Investigation into the Adoption of Open Source Software in Hospitals

2009 ◽  
pp. 1608-1627
Author(s):  
Gilberto Munoz-Cornejo ◽  
Carolyn B. Seaman ◽  
A. Günes Koru
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Empirical Model ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Empirical Investigation ◽  
Critical Factor ◽  
General Purpose ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Mixed Method Research ◽  
Domain Specific

Open source software (OSS) has gained considerable attention recently in healthcare. Yet, how and why OSS is being adopted within hospitals in particular remains a poorly understood issue. This research attempts to further this understanding. A mixed-method research approach was used to explore the extent of OSS adoption in hospitals as well as the factors facilitating and inhibiting adoption. The findings suggest a very limited adoption of OSS in hospitals. Hospitals tend to adopt general-purpose instead of domain-specific OSS. We found that software vendors are the critical factor facilitating the adoption of OSS in hospitals. Conversely, lack of in-house development as well as a perceived lack of security, quality, and accountability of OSS products were factors inhibiting adoption. An empirical model is presented to illustrate the factors facilitating and inhibiting the adoption of OSS in hospitals.

scholarly journals Stakeholder power and engagement in an English seaside context: implications for destination leadership

2014 ◽  
Vol 69 (3) ◽  
pp. 187-201 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victoria Kennedy ◽  
Marcjanna M. Augustyn
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Method ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
Mixed Method Research ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Leadership Theories ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Complexity Leadership ◽  
Seaside Resort ◽  
Leadership And Change ◽  
Stakeholder Power

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine stakeholder power and engagement within an increasingly competitive English seaside resort setting. It aims to adopt a structuralist and functionalist perspective and develop an enabling conceptualisation of power that incorporates structural and agency components in stakeholders’ reasons for engaging. Based on the conceptual interdependencies between stakeholder power and engagement, this study aims to present the limitations of previous studies on destination leadership in this area, and this paper also seeks to discuss implications for destination leadership. Design/methodology/approach As a qualitative and exploratory study, mixed-method research was adopted using questionnaires and semi-structured interviews with destination stakeholders from a prominent tourism action group. The primary research was carried out in an English seaside resort between 2010 and 2011. Data are used to draw a stakeholder map as a visual tool. Findings Eight elements of enabling power are confirmed to be of importance in identifying stakeholder power and engagement. The level of power varies depending on stakeholders’ position within a network. These findings direct attention towards adopting a complexity leadership approach in an increasingly competitive destination environment. Research limitations/implications The paper focuses on an English seaside resort, although results can be transferred to other similar-sized destinations where the focus is on local tourism policy development. Originality/value The paper provides an innovative conceptualisation of power in stakeholder theory by drawing primarily on a sociological understanding of power as an enabler and not as an inhibitor for development, leadership and change in seaside resorts. This paper uses leadership theories to interpret data and infer implications for destination leadership.

scholarly journals Educational Resilience of Urban Squatter Children in Kathmandu

2017 ◽  
pp. 49-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
Indra Mani Rai ◽  
Bal Chandra Luitel ◽  
Suresh Gautam ◽  
Binod Prasad Pant ◽  
Santosh Gautam
Keyword(s):  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Public Lands ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Mixed Method Research ◽  
Dysfunctional Families ◽  
Educational Resilience ◽  
Community Assets ◽  
Public Resources

Squatters are the illegal tenants residing in public lands as immigrants due to livelihood collapse in their origins. They have been denied of public resources and urban facilities because of their identity crisis leading to a vicious circle of poverty with impoverished livelihood creating multifaceted adversities of learning for their children. In this context, this paper, based on a cyclical mixed method research design under transformative research approach, has explored the learning adversities faced by the squatter children of Kathmandu Metropolitan city, their protective and promotive strategies to cope with adversities and life-skills as learning outcomes. Squatter children are struggling against the backdrop of exposure to unhygienic settlements with low health conditions, poverty with impoverished livelihood, and illiteracy of parents, poor homely environment, and dysfunctional families. Despite such adversities, they were able to continue school education with the support of their teachers, peers, parents and families. The research study finds stronger family and community assets of the students. These assets are helpful for building educational resilience of the squatter children.

scholarly journals Social work and food security: Case study on the nutritional capabilities of the landfill waste pickers in South Africa

2017 ◽  
Vol 61 (4) ◽  
pp. 571-586 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherina J Schenck ◽  
Phillip F Blaauw ◽  
Jacoba MM Viljoen ◽  
Elizabeth C Swart
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Mixed Method Research ◽  
Direct Impact ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Waste Pickers

Food security (or the lack of it) has a direct impact on people’s well-being and is of great concern to many disciplines. The study on which the article is based used Drèze and Sen’s ‘nutritional capability’ concept as a theoretical framework to explain the food (in)security of landfill waste pickers. A cross-sectional research approach was followed, coupled with a triangulation mixed method research design. Viewing the waste pickers against the nutritional capability framework highlighted the important role that social work should play in focusing on people’s capabilities within their particular context.

Work, Remuneration, and Negotiation for Pay in Early Adolescence: Exploring Early Causes of Gender Pay Inequity

2017 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-32
Author(s):  
Mélanie L. Saari ◽  
Eileen Wood ◽  
Katherine Wood
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Age Differences ◽  
Early Adolescence ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Mixed Method Research ◽  
Income Source ◽  
Negotiation Strategies ◽  
Older Adolescents

Work and negotiation experiences were examined among early adolescents (12–15 years) through a survey (N = 157) and follow-up interview (N = 89) conducted in two Canadian cities. Key findings, based on a mixed-method research approach, were (a) gifts were the primary income source; (b) females completed more chores than males, and younger adolescents received payment for chores more than older adolescents; (c) discussion of negotiation rarely occurred between participants and parents or peers; (d) neither age nor gender impacted absence of negotiation; (e) those who had negotiated for more money reported satisfaction; (f) gender differences in negotiation strategies were present; and (g) age differences in beliefs about negotiator qualities were found. Consistencies and changes from extant literature were discussed.

scholarly journals An Empirical Investigation of Supervisory Management Styles and Associated Factors for Postgraduate Level Research Supervision

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tooba Saleem ◽  
Rizwan Akram Rana
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods Research ◽  
Management Style ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Management Styles ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Research Supervision ◽  
Postgraduate Level ◽  
Baseline Characteristics

Based on the dynamic model of supervisory management styles this research focused on the empirical verification of the preferred supervisory management styles and their associated baseline characteristics of supervisors and supervisees. The study used a mixed-methods research approach and conducted in two phases. In the first phase, semi-structured interviews were conducted from 30 supervisors from different disciplines to get an overview of the context specific supervision problems faced by supervisors and their approaches to solve them during the different research stages. These interviews helped to develop items of supervisory management styles questionnaire (SMSQ). This questionnaire was based on 12 different situations. In the second phase, supervisors and supervisees from the 13 different universities of Punjab were selected purposively to respond the supervisory management styles questionnaire. The chi-square tests were performed to analyze the preferred supervisory management styles and their association with personal, academic and institutional characteristics of supervisors and supervisees. The results showed significant influence of the supervisees’ background profile characteristics and supervisors’ administrative position on the adoption of a particular supervisory management style at postgraduate level. The study identified the baseline characteristics associated with different supervision styles that may help to resolve possible supervisory alignment conflicts

scholarly journals SCHOOL STRATEGIES IN STRENGTHENING STUDENT RESILIENCE IN DISASTER-PRONE AREAS

2020 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 720-732
Author(s):  
Siti Irene Astuti Dwiningrum ◽  
Khirjan Nahdi ◽  
Aswasulasikin Aswasulasikin ◽  
Dyah Respati Suryo Sumunar ◽  
Rukiyati Rukiyati ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Disaster Mitigation ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Mixed Method Research ◽  
Student Resilience ◽  
Research Population ◽  
Personal Resilience

Resilience is needed by students who live in disaster-prone areas. With strong resilience, students can implement disaster mitigation. This study aims to describe the profile of students' resilience and the strategies carried out by students in strengthening personal resilience. The mixed method research approach was conducted on a research population of SMA/SMK in Lombok Regency, specifically North Lombok, East Lombok, and West Lombok. The respondents were 779 people from 10 schools in disaster-prone areas determined by the Slovin formula. Student resilience profiles were explored according to Reivich and Shatte. Data on how teachers increase students’ resilience were obtained from a focus group discussion (FGD) with 20 teachers from 10 schools. The results of the research prove that the personal resilience profile of students in Lombok from the seven aspects is still not optimal, which is not enough to form resilience personalities (less than 60%). This study affirms that personal resilience is essential in building school resilience to provide a massive contribution to education and disaster mitigation. Regarding recommendations for schools to increase student resilience, it can be done by increasing resilience resources, strengthening social support, having resilient teachers, building resilient school, all aspects of which must work systemically and synergistically.

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