scholarly journals Theorizing the relationality of skilled migrants’ transnational mobilities

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 68-80
Author(s):  
Nguyen Hong Chi
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experience ◽  
Critical Review ◽  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
Transnational Migration ◽  
Review Of Literature ◽  
Skilled Migration ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Research Methodologies ◽  
Migration Research ◽  
The World

The issue of transnational mobilities of skilled migrants has been studied from multidisciplinary dynamics. They are built on various theoretical frameworks and methodological tools and at the same time, propose innovative approaches to understanding internationalism. Aiming to add further nuance to the field of transnational migration, this article outlines a theoretical perspective attending to inter-relational aspects in skilled migrants’ transnational mobilities which are reflective of their embeddedness in the world. This perspective is based on a critical review of literature on skilled migration and transnationalism which primarily argues that migrants follow their life pursuits and make sense of their migratory experiences under influences of socio-economic, political and cultural regularities that shape their subjectivities in transnational mobilities. By extending the conventional perception of these influences, it is argued in this paper that transnational mobilities are shaped and re-shaped through at least 5 interrelated aspects of migrants’ lived experience, from the initiation of migration to relocating to the destination country and making professional and personal plans. Therefore, the relationality of transnational mobilities can be theorised through skilled migrants’ entwinement with the world in multiple spaces and temporalities. This article has the potential to contribute a unifying framework to migration research methodologies which currently tend to examine each or some of migrants’ aspects of experiences separately.

Cloud Computing as a Strategy for Preservation of Digital Resources in Academic Libraries in South Africa

2021 ◽  
pp. 508-529
Author(s):  
Tlou Maggie Masenya
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Academic Libraries ◽  
Critical Review ◽  
Digital Preservation ◽  
Review Of Literature ◽  
Technology Infrastructure ◽  
Digital Resources ◽  
The World

Academic libraries around the world have been struggling with how to preserve their intellectual output. Of all the preservation challenges facing academic libraries, none is more pressing than developing strategies for digital preservation. The chapter thus aimed at investigating the adoption of cloud computing as a strategy to preserve digital resources in academic libraries. Data collection was largely based on a critical review of literature relating to the adoption of cloud computing in academic libraries. The findings revealed that although cloud computing has been seen as one of suitable preservation strategies by many institutions, the level of its adoption is low in academic libraries in South Africa, especially in the area of preservation of digital resources. Several recommendations were also made, and among others were the enactment of preservation policies and improving technology infrastructure. The study further proposed a roadmap that will serve as a guide in the adoption of cloud computing in academic libraries.

Cloud Computing as a Strategy for Preservation of Digital Resources in Academic Libraries in South Africa

2020 ◽  
pp. 114-141
Author(s):  
Tlou Maggie Masenya
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Academic Libraries ◽  
Critical Review ◽  
Digital Preservation ◽  
Review Of Literature ◽  
Technology Infrastructure ◽  
Digital Resources ◽  
The World

Academic libraries around the world have been struggling with how to preserve their intellectual output. Of all the preservation challenges facing academic libraries, none is more pressing than developing strategies for digital preservation. The chapter thus aimed at investigating the adoption of cloud computing as a strategy to preserve digital resources in academic libraries. Data collection was largely based on a critical review of literature relating to the adoption of cloud computing in academic libraries. The findings revealed that although cloud computing has been seen as one of suitable preservation strategies by many institutions, the level of its adoption is low in academic libraries in South Africa, especially in the area of preservation of digital resources. Several recommendations were also made, and among others were the enactment of preservation policies and improving technology infrastructure. The study further proposed a roadmap that will serve as a guide in the adoption of cloud computing in academic libraries.

How does leadership contribute to safeguarding vulnerable adults within healthcare organisations? A review of the literature

2015 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 258-272 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emma L Stevens
Keyword(s):  
Critical Review ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Grey Literature ◽  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
Review Of Literature ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Health And Social Care ◽  
Leadership Framework ◽  
Vulnerable Adults ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify aspects of leadership and evaluate their contribution to safeguarding vulnerable adults in healthcare organisations through conducting a critical review of literature. To identify or adapt a leadership framework to contribute to safeguarding vulnerable adults in healthcare organisations through analysis of the literature. Design/methodology/approach – The methodology was qualitative and inductive. It was based on constructivism and an interpretive theoretical perspective, beginning without hypothesis. Themes emerged during the process. A critical review of literature was undertaken to answer the research question. Literature was sourced from a variety of health and social care databases and grey literature. All inclusions underwent rigorous critical appraisal and a total of 18 papers were explored. Findings – The importance of clear leadership and direction was a common theme across the majority of sources. Aspects of leadership that can safeguard vulnerable adults in health care organisations include organisational culture, implementation of policies, procedures and frameworks, and reinforcing strong values and ethics around empowering individuals and delivering person-centred care. Through the meta-synthesis of findings, a model of leadership emerged. Research limitations/implications – The critical review utilised only one reviewer and the proposed leadership framework has not been empirically tested. Practical implications – The paper proposes a leadership framework that can be applied within healthcare organisations to safeguard vulnerable adults. Originality/value – This paper fulfils the need for evidence that supports the belief that strong leadership can safeguard vulnerable adults. It provides a comprehensive review of existing literature in this area.

Executive capability for innovation: the Irish seaports sector

2018 ◽  
Vol 42 (5/6) ◽  
pp. 342-361 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arthur Kearney ◽  
Denis Harrington ◽  
Felicity Kelliher
Keyword(s):  
Critical Review ◽  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
Review Of Literature ◽  
Capability Development ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Academic Literature ◽  
Area Of Interest ◽  
Dynamic Managerial Capabilities ◽  
Managerial Capabilities ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose This paper aims to develop a framework of executive capability for innovation in the Irish seaport context. Design/methodology/approach The paper uses an approach based on a critical review of literature. The paper takes the form of a critical review of academic literature, focussed by dynamic managerial capabilities theory. Specifically, the work of Lawson and Samson (2001) is drawn on to frame executive capability for innovation. Findings The framework proposes that the executive capability for innovation in the Irish seaport sector emerges as a dynamic managerial capability. The framework is dynamic in nature with environmental feedback loops inhibiting and enabling executive capability development. Supply chain innovation emerges from the framework based on an interpretation of executive capability emerging from Lawson and Samson (2001). Research limitations/implications The paper is entirely conceptual in nature. Future empirical research taking a qualitative approach is necessary. Further, an alternative theoretical perspective to that of dynamic managerial capabilities would offer new conceptual insight. Practical implications The paper contributes to executive practice through providing a framework of executive capability for innovation facilitating dialogue between executive practitioners and academic theory. Policymakers are challenged to contemplate the framework as a means of transforming competitiveness in an industry identified as foundational to Irish economic development. Originality/value The paper contributes to an emerging area of interest in the academic literature in the area of executive capability for innovation. Specifically, the paper argues the unique contextual nature of executive capability for innovation in the context of the seaport industry.

Storytelling as an Invitation to Become a Self in the World

2018 ◽  
pp. 172-184
Author(s):  
Aaron Samuel Zimmerman ◽  
Jeong-Hee Kim
Keyword(s):  
Narrative Inquiry ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
The State ◽  
Research Methodologies ◽  
The World ◽  
The Way

Narrative inquiry has been a popular methodology in different disciplines for the last few decades. Using stories, narrative inquiry illuminates lived experience, serving as an alternative to research methodologies that are rooted in Positivist epistemologies. In this chapter, the authors discuss, first, the primary methodological features of narrative inquiry, second, the importance of the act of narrative theorizing within narrative inquiry, third, the way in which narrative inquiry prioritizes the act of becoming over the state of knowing, and, fourth, the manner in which narrative inquiry can deepen one's appreciation for one's self and for others.

Simone de Beauvoir's Philosophy of Individuation

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Hengehold
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experience ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
Sexual Difference ◽  
Gilles Deleuze ◽  
The Other ◽  
Simone De Beauvoir ◽  
Second Sex ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The World

Most studies of Simone de Beauvoir situate her with respect to Hegel and the tradition of 20th-century phenomenology begun by Husserl, Heidegger, and Merleau-Ponty. This book analyzes The Second Sex in light of the concepts of becoming, problematization, and the Other found in Gilles Deleuze. Reading Beauvoir through a Deleuzian lens allows more emphasis to be placed on Beauvoir's early interest in Bergson and Leibniz, and on the individuation of consciousness, a puzzle of continuing interest to both phenomenologists and Deleuzians. By engaging with the philosophical issues in her novels and student diaries, this book rethinks Beauvoir’s focus on recognition in The Second Sex in terms of women’s struggle to individuate themselves despite sexist forms of representation. It shows how specific forms of women’s “lived experience” can be understood as the result of habits conforming to and resisting this sexist “sense.” Later feminists put forward important criticisms regarding Beauvoir’s claims not to be a philosopher, as well as the value of sexual difference and the supposedly Eurocentric universalism of her thought. Deleuzians, on the other hand, might well object to her ideas about recognition. This book attempts to address those criticisms, while challenging the historicist assumptions behind many efforts to establish Beauvoir’s significance as a philosopher and feminist thinker. As a result, readers can establish a productive relationship between Beauvoir’s “problems” and those of women around the world who read her work under very different circumstances.

Drowning in negativism, self-hate, doubt, madness: Linguistic insights into Sylvia Plath’s experience of depression

2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zsófia Demjén
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experience ◽  
Medical Humanities ◽  
Sylvia Plath ◽  
Individual Experience ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
The World ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Linguistic Methods ◽  
Linguistic Approach

This paper demonstrates how a range of linguistic methods can be harnessed in pursuit of a deeper understanding of the ‘lived experience’ of psychological disorders. It argues that such methods should be applied more in medical contexts, especially in medical humanities. Key extracts from The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath are examined, as a case study of the experience of depression. Combinations of qualitative and quantitative linguistic methods, and inter- and intra-textual comparisons are used to consider distinctive patterns in the use of metaphor, personal pronouns and (the semantics of) verbs, as well as other relevant aspects of language. Qualitative techniques provide in-depth insights, while quantitative corpus methods make the analyses more robust and ensure the breadth necessary to gain insights into the individual experience. Depression emerges as a highly complex and sometimes potentially contradictory experience for Plath, involving both a sense of apathy and inner turmoil. It involves a sense of a split self, trapped in a state that one cannot overcome, and intense self-focus, a turning in on oneself and a view of the world that is both more negative and more polarized than the norm. It is argued that a linguistic approach is useful beyond this specific case.

A Rare Case of Congenital Missing Mandibular Second Molar: Report and Review of Literature

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deepashri H Kambalimath
Keyword(s):  
Tooth Development ◽  
Rare Condition ◽  
Review Of Literature ◽  
Indian Literature ◽  
Missing Teeth ◽  
Second Molar ◽  
The World ◽  
Mandibular Second Molar ◽  
Sporadic Cases ◽  
Genetic And Environmental Factors

Congenital missing permanent second molar is an extremely rare condition. Non syndromic mandibular second molar agenesis associated with other anomalies has occasionally been reported in literature, but isolated sporadic cases are rarely observed. Number of interactions between genetic and environmental factors during the process of tooth development might be the causative etiology for agenesis. This report presents an isolated case of hypodontia with absence of bilateral mandibular second molar agenesis in a healthy 18 year old female patient is presented and literature review on prevalence of most missing teeth with incidence of missing second molar in various regions of the world and in various regions of Indian continent is presented. No such case has been reported in Indian literature so far.

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