scholarly journals Being together in youth worship: An empirical study in Protestant Dutch contexts

2015 ◽  
Vol 71 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronelle Sonnenberg ◽  
Malan Nel ◽  
Jos De Kock ◽  
Marcel Barnard
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Qualitative Empirical Research ◽  
Emotional Aspect ◽  
Physical Presence ◽  
Youth Worship

In a qualitative empirical research project on youth worship, we discovered that ‘being together’ is primary quality of youth worship. This primary quality consists of at least four aspects. Firstly, community is celebrated through physical presence. More specifically, the physical presence of siblings plays an important part in the participation of youth in worship. Secondly, an empathetic and emotional aspect is essential for adolescents. ‘Being together’ in youth worship means being together in unity and trust and in equality, as kindred spirits. Thirdly, ‘being together’ in youth worship yields possibilities to cross social and ecclesiological boundaries. Fourthly, there is a theological aspect in ‘being together’ that could be described as ‘sharing faith and being in God’s presence’.

Provided Leadership and Selected Outcomes of Trainings in Public Organizations

2017 ◽  
Vol 46 (4) ◽  
pp. 39-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janusz Strużyna ◽  
Izabela Marzec
Keyword(s):  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Public Organizations ◽  
Font Size ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
Research Project ◽  
National Centre ◽  
Long Time ◽  
The Subject

Trainings as well as their impact on employability and employees’ performance have been the subject of interest of theoreticians and practitioners of management for a long time. However, according to the literature study, the outcomes of employees’ trainings also depend on the applied style of leadership as well as on the quality of relationships between supervisors and subordinates. This paper tries to answer the question: what are the relationships between transformational leadership, the quality of supervisors’ relationships with subordinates, employees’ trainings and employability, employees’ quality and effort of work in public organizations? This aim will be achieved by presenting the results of literature study and empirical research carried out in public organizations. <font size="2"><sup>1</sup>The research project has been financed with the funds of the National Centre for Science granted under the Decision No. DEC‑2013/11/B/HS4/00561.</font>

E-Governance and Social Inclusion of Entrepreneurship and Businesses

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-25
Author(s):  
Olga Tikhomirova
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Technological Environment ◽  
Digital Resources ◽  
State Institutions ◽  
Current State

This study offers an overview of the current state of conceptual and empirical research at the interface of e-business and entrepreneurship. Researchers and professionals are provided with concepts and current research into the field of e-governance and in fostering e-business concepts in an entrepreneurial environment. The authors investigated e-government initiatives in a modern, technological environment, exploring both benefits and challenges due to various technical, organizational, social, and contextual factors. Interactions between political/state decision makers and entrepreneurs were studied to develop e-business and e-entrepreneurship concepts in a digital economy. As businesses and state institutions use information and digital technologies for development and functioning, there is a need to develop and understand the main criteria of effectiveness of state digital resources and e-governance as a whole. Based on an empirical study, the researchers propose a system of assessing the quality of electronic resources for entrepreneurship.

Improving business model disclosure in the annual report: Insights from an interventionist research project

2021 ◽  
pp. 81-117
Author(s):  
Carlo Bagnoli ◽  
Antonio Costantini ◽  
Maurizio Massaro
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Annual Report ◽  
Effective Communication ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Information Technology Industry ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Technology Industry

Responding to the calls for empirical research on the extent and nature of business model reporting, this paper has the purpose to assess the quality of busi-ness model disclosure. To accomplish this purpose, the study takes advantage of an interventionist research project that was conducted in an Italian listed compa-ny operating in the information technology industry to investigate how the busi-ness model was disclosed in the annual report and provide feedback to support possible changes. The study uses a framework of analysis that helped to assess the quality of business model disclosure in terms of three attributes: amount, spread and connectivity. The annual report of two consecutive fiscal years was analyzed. The study mainly shows that the measurement and assessment of BM disclo-sure quality can facilitate its improvement. The analysis enabled meaningful in-sights on BM's quality to emerge, delivering evidence on the relative importance, coverage and interconnections of BM's disclosed components. Further, the inter-ventionist approach helped to shape managers' view on how to tackle disclosure issues and offer more effective communication of the BM according to the com-pany purposes.

scholarly journals Motives, benefits and difficulties in online collaborative learning versus the field of study. An empirical research project concerning Polish students

e-mentor ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 90 (3) ◽  
pp. 11-21
Author(s):  
Wioletta Kwiatkowska ◽  
◽  
Lidia Wiśniewska-Nogaj
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Collaborative Learning ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
University Students ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Field Of Study ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Learning Methods ◽  
Online Collaborative Learning

As a result of universities’ growing interest in online learning, largely due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it is necessary to adapt online learning methods to students’ professional preferences. The learning environment should accordingly be designed so as to ensure the highest possible engagement levels from the participants. This article discusses the value of collaboration in online learning along with its determinants. It highlights the need to include the crucial activities in the remote education of university students while taking into account their individualization and diverse motives. The analysis reveals that students cannot be treated as a homogeneous group; the preferences and abilities represented by them – which are associated with their field of study – determine their functioning in the remote learning environment. Based on their empirical study, the authors propose recommendations that may be helpful for educators in online collaborative learning.

Education of Mothers in Childcare

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 77-90
Author(s):  
Zuzana Vařejková
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Child Care ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Parental Education ◽  
Information Resource ◽  
Access To Information ◽  
Qualitative Empirical Research ◽  
Definition Of

This paper deals with the education of mothers in the care of the child and is a project of qualitative empirical research. First, it presents a theoretical definition of the topic – parenting, child care and parental learning. Subsequently, it describes the methodology and results of qualitative research which dealt with the issue of parental education of mothers in child care, specifically their access to information resource.

The Influence of the Established Links between University Courses on the Quality of Teaching

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 35-48
Author(s):  
Jiří Rybička ◽  
Petra Čačková
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
The Other ◽  
Coherent System ◽  
University Courses ◽  
Quality Of Teaching ◽  
Education Courses ◽  
Initial Knowledge

One of the tools to determine the recommended order of the courses to be taught is to set the prerequisites, that is, the conditions that have to be fulfilled before commencing the study of the course. The recommended sequence of courses is to follow logical links between their logical units, as the basic aim is to provide students with a coherent system according to the Comenius' principle of continuity. Declared continuity may, on the other hand, create organizational complications when passing through the study, as failure to complete one course may result in a whole sequence of forced deviations from the recommended curriculum and ultimately in the extension of the study period. This empirical study deals with the quantitative evaluation of the influence of the level of initial knowledge given by the previous study on the overall results in a certain follow-up course. In this evaluation, data were obtained that may slightly change the approach to determining prerequisites for higher education courses.

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