Exploring the Role of School Inspectors in Implementing and Shaping Policy: A Narrative Approach

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Narrative Approach

Hospitality, Charity and Political Legitimacy in Pre-modern Morocco

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamed El Mansour
Keyword(s):  
Power Relations ◽  
Political Legitimacy ◽  
Narrative Approach ◽  
The Past

History has been defined as the craft of understanding the past. However, to understand the past the historian needs to go beyond the classical narrative approach and investigate phenomena which a few decades ago looked trivial to the historian or at best seemed to belong to other areas of scholarship such as anthropology or sociology. Hospitality is one of these issues, the investigation of which allows us to have a clearer picture of power relations. This paper looks at the role of hospitality in premodern Maghribī society as a legitimising factor both in the religious and political fields and the competition between the two.

Holding Secrets While Living With Life-Threatening Illness: Normalizing Patients’ Decisions to Reveal or Conceal

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (5) ◽  
pp. 655-665 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Bruce ◽  
Rosanne Beuthin ◽  
Laurene Sheilds ◽  
Anita Molzahn ◽  
Kara Schick-Makaroff
Keyword(s):  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Narrative Analysis ◽  
Social Practice ◽  
Narrative Approach ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Life Threatening Illness ◽  
Health And Illness ◽  
Life Threatening ◽  
Normative Practice

Communicating openly and directly about illness comes easily for some patients, whereas for others fear of disclosure keeps them silent. In this article, we discuss findings about the role of keeping secrets regarding health and illness. These findings were part of a larger project on how people with life-threatening illnesses re-story their lives. A narrative approach drawing on Frank’s dialogical narrative analysis and Riesman’s inductive approach was used. Interviews were conducted with 32 participants from three populations: chronic kidney disease, HIV/AIDS, and cancer. Findings include case exemplars which suggest keeping secrets is a social practice that acts along continuums of connecting–isolating, protecting–harming, and empowering–imprisoning. Keeping secrets about illness is a normative practice that is negotiated with each encounter. Findings call health-care providers to rethink the role of secrets for patients by considering patient privilege, a person’s right to take the lead in revealing or concealing their health and illness experience.

Communication in Palliative Nursing

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elaine Wittenberg ◽  
Joy V. Goldsmith ◽  
Sandra L. Ragan ◽  
Terri Ann Parnell
Keyword(s):  
Palliative Care ◽  
Communication Skill ◽  
Communication Theory ◽  
Narrative Approach ◽  
Communication Research ◽  
Teaching Resources ◽  
Making Meaning ◽  
Communication Challenges ◽  
Clinical Tools

Communication in Palliative Nursing presents the COMFORT Model, a theoretically-grounded and empirically-based model of palliative care communication. Built on over a decade of communication research with patients, families, and interdisciplinary providers, and reworked based on feedback from hundreds of nurses nationwide, the chapters outline a revised COMFORT curriculum: Connect, Options, Making Meaning, Family caregivers, Openings, Relating, and Team communication. Based on a narrative approach to communication, which addresses communication skill development, this volume teaches nurses to consider a universal model of communication that aligns with the holistic nature of palliative care. This work moves beyond the traditional and singular view of the nurse as patient and family educator, to embrace highly complex communication challenges present in palliative care—namely, providing care and comfort through communication at a time when patients, families, and nurses themselves are suffering. In light of the vast changes in the palliative care landscape and the increasingly pivotal role of nurses in advancing those changes, this second edition provides an evidence-based approach to the practice of palliative nursing. This book integrates communication theory and health literacy constructs throughout, and provides clinical tools and teaching resources to help nurses enhance their own communication and create comfort for themselves, as well as for patients and their families.

scholarly journals Mountain tourism and second home tourism as post COVID-19 lockdown placebo?

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 485-500 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hugues Seraphin ◽  
Frederic Dosquet
Keyword(s):  
News Media ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Narrative Approach ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Second Home ◽  
Significant Interest ◽  
Current Concern

Purpose The purpose of this study adopts a news media narrative approach to Yield insights on aspects of the COVID-19 impact. Design/methodology/approach This study adopts a news media narrative approach as this method can yield insights on aspects of the COVID-19 impact. Findings In the post-COVID-19 lockdown context, second-home tourism and mountain tourism could play the role of placebo. The dual dimension of second-home tourism and mountain tourism reflect the Janus-faced character of the tourism industry. Beyond the fact that this study has highlighted the placebo role that both forms of tourism are probably going to play, it makes the connection between mountain tourism and second-home tourism; highlights the Janus-faced character of both forms of tourism; and highlights the mutation impacts of COVID-19 on tourism trends. Originality/value COVID-19 is the current concern, and this paper offers a timely perspective on a topic of significant interest.

Innovation in service ecosystems

2016 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 619-651 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kotaiba Aal ◽  
Laura Di Pietro ◽  
Bo Edvardsson ◽  
Maria Francesca Renzi ◽  
Roberta Guglielmetti Mugion
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Service System ◽  
Service Innovation ◽  
Service Systems ◽  
Narrative Approach ◽  
Resource Integration ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Service Ecosystems

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to extend the understanding of innovation in service ecosystems by focussing on the role of values resonance in relation to the integration of brands, service systems and experience rooms. Design/methodology/approach – An empirical, explorative case study of an innovative service system is carried out using a narrative approach and presented in the form of a saga. Findings – Insights gleaned from the empirical study are used for conceptual developments. Analysis of the empirical case study is presented as four lessons linked to values, brands, service systems and experience rooms. Originality/value – The paper extends a conceptual framework of innovative resource integration in service ecosystems. The paper also contributes four propositions to inform theory: values resonance is a basis for service innovation, the innovative integration of brands based on values resonance can foster innovation, the integration of resources across service system boundaries grounded in values resonance can enable innovation and the integration of experience rooms into a coherent servicescape based on values resonance can support novel forms of resource integration and value co-creation efforts in service ecosystems.

scholarly journals Ámbitos y funciones de los orientadores para la mejora educativa en Secundaria en contextos restantes. Una mirada cruzada entre orientadores y directivos

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 419-437
Author(s):  
Diana Amber ◽  
M. Alberto Martos
Keyword(s):  
School Improvement ◽  
School Counselors ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Educational Programs ◽  
Narrative Approach ◽  
Educational Counseling ◽  
Key Players ◽  
Depth Interviews

Resumen:En los centros de Educación Secundaria en España existen orientadores escolares. Se encagan tanto de la orientación educativa como de la promoción y apoyo al desarrollo de diferentes programas educativos. Pueden actuar como colegas críticos en el liderazgo y en la mejora de la escuela. Así como asesores y agentes clave para la mejora de los procesos de enseñanza y aprendizaje. El artículo que describe esta realidad desde los relatos de experiencia de orientadores y directivos que trabajan en contextos desafiantes. Presenta los resultados de un estudio multi-caso, utilizando un enfoque biográfico-narrativo, mediante entrevistas en profundidad para hacer emerger su teoría fundamentada. El estudio concluye que, bajo determinadas circunstancias, los orientadores pueden desempeñar el rol de colega crítico y agente de mejora, siempre en coordinación con el líder y en colaboración con el profesorado.Abstract:In secondary schools in Spain there are school counselors. They are in charge of both educational counseling and the promotion and support of different educational programs. They can act as critical friend in leadership and school improvement; and advisers and key players to improve the teaching and learning processes. The article describes this reality from the experience stories of counselors and managers working in challenging contexts. It presents the results of a multi-case study, using a biographical-narrative approach, through in-depth interviews to emerge its grounded theory. The study concludes that, under certain circumstances, school counselors can play the role of critical colleague and improvement agent, always in coordination with the leader and in collaboration with the teachers.En los centros de Educación Secundaria en España existen orientadores escolares. Se encargan tanto de la orientación educativa como de la promoción y apoyo al desarrollo de diferentes programas educativos. Pueden actuar como colegas críticos en el liderazgo y en la mejora de la escuela. Así como asesores y agentes clave para la mejora de los procesos de enseñanza y aprendizaje. El artículo que describe esta realidad desde los relatos de experiencia de orientadores y directivos que trabajan en contextos desafiantes. Presenta los resultados de un estudio multi-caso, utilizando un enfoque biográfico-narrativo, mediante entrevistas en profundidad para hacer emerger su teoría fundamentada. El estudio concluye que, bajo determinadas circunstancias, los orientadores pueden desempeñar el rol de colega crítico y agente de mejora, siempre en coordinación con el líder y en colaboración con el profesorado.

Entrepreneurial orientation and the role of the context. The case of the firm “Sa Panada Srl”

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 349-363 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michela Floris ◽  
Angela Dettori ◽  
Camilla Melis ◽  
Cinzia Dessì
Keyword(s):  
Entrepreneurial Orientation ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Family Firms ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Narrative Approach ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Exploratory Approach ◽  
Practical Implications

PurposeThe paper aims to analyse the case of “Sa Panada srl”, a tiny Sardinian family firm, to provide intriguing insights for the study of entrepreneurial orientation in a context that is anchored in an apparent and hostile past.Design/methodology/approachAn exploratory approach is used to analyse a single-case study through a narrative approach. Data were analysed through the hermeneutic trio consisting of three phases: (1) explication – contextualisation, reconstruction and synthesis of the history; (2) explanation – identification, description and understanding of the meaning of the narrative; and (3) exploration – discussion and identification of theoretical and practical implications.FindingsThe study introduces novel best practices that help enhance entrepreneurial orientation in a difficult setting based on change reluctance and past anchored culture.Research limitations/implicationsTheoretically, the study contributes to the literature on entrepreneurial orientation, internationalisation and innovativeness of family firms embedded in a hostile context. The main drawback of the study is its explorative analysis of a single case.Practical implicationsFor practitioners, the research proposes the case study as a best practice able to inspire successful resilient behaviour and decisions for other firms that experience daily challenges.Originality/valueThe study elucidates the relevance of individual factors of family owners as endogenous elements that can balance contextual obstacles with ambitions of growth and development.

Turning away from epistemic violence by capturing a lived experience of the other

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 454-458
Author(s):  
Arkadiusz Gut ◽  
Michał Wilczewski
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experience ◽  
Personal Experience ◽  
Psychological Research ◽  
The Other ◽  
Narrative Approach ◽  
Psychological Perspective ◽  
Research Practice ◽  
Indigenous Psychology ◽  
Epistemic Violence

We agree with Held’s (2020) arguments for establishing a research practice that prevents numerous forms of othering in mainstream psychological research, which is essentially derived from omitting concepts embedded in the lived experience of the other. However, we believe those arguments are not yet sufficient for fulfilling the true potential of such research practice. In this discussion, we focus on accessing a lived experience of the other as a means of preventing epistemic violence that contributes to the oppression of othered people. We suggest that researchers broaden their psychological perspective that detaches concepts and theories from personal experience. To truly meet the other, the narrative approach offers promising potential, as it captures an individual’s lived experience and subjective perspective. Finally, we stress the pivotal role of social interaction in concept and folk theory formation, which is necessary to implement Held’s postulations for Indigenous psychology.

Researching collective identity through stories and antestories

2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 332-350 ◽  
Author(s):  
Trine Susanne Johansen
Keyword(s):  
Collective Identity ◽  
Evaluation Criteria ◽  
Narrative Approach ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Alternative Evaluation ◽  
Analytic Process ◽  
Narrative Methodology ◽  
Narrative Practice ◽  
Broad Approach

Purpose – Situated in scholarship on narrative and antenarrative, the purpose of this paper is to develop central assumptions of an (ante)narrative approach to collective identity research and to reflexively address the methodological questions such an approach raises for producing and analysing (ante)stories. (Ante)stories include proper stories with chronology and plot as well as antestories which are fragmented and incomplete. Design/methodology/approach – Based on a concrete research project exploring collective identity as narratively constructed in negotiation between organizational insiders and outsiders, emphasis is placed on elements related to the production and analysis of (ante)stories. Challenges of the applied (ante)narrative methodology are addressed focusing on three central questions: where do (ante)stories come from? Whose (ante)stories are told? And whose storied constructions of collective identity are explored? Findings – The (ante)narrative methodology allows for a broad approach to producing and analysing (ante)stories. Consequently, it provides a rich understanding of the narrative practice of constructing collective identity. However, it also raises questions relating to the role of the researcher in the analytic process. Research limitations/implications – Implications include the necessity of developing analytic methods that take the fragmented, incoherent and dynamic nature of storytelling into account as well as reflect the researcher as a co-teller. Moreover, it is suggested that there is a need for developing a set of alternative evaluation criteria to accompany such methods. Originality/value – To present and reflexively discuss (ante)narrative as a research methodology within collective identity research.

Struggling with the Fragility of Life: a relational-narrative approach to ethics in palliative nursing

2005 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 337-348 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tineke A Abma
Keyword(s):  
Social Isolation ◽  
Ethical Dilemmas ◽  
Oncology Nurses ◽  
Relational Ethics ◽  
Narrative Approach ◽  
Nursing Ethics ◽  
Open Communication ◽  
Narrative Perspective

In nursing ethics the role of narratives and dialogue has become more prominent in recent years. The purpose of this article is to illuminate a relational-narrative approach to ethics in the context of palliative nursing. The case study presented concerns a difficult relationship between oncology nurses and a husband whose wife was hospitalized with cancer. The husband’s narrative is an expression of depression, social isolation and the loss of hope. He found no meaning in the process of dying and death. The oncology nurses were not able to recognize his emotional and existential problems. A narrative perspective inspired by relational ethics indicates that participants may develop a relational narrative that seeks good for all involved in a situation. In palliative nursing this entails open communication about the fragility of life and approaching death. In relational narratives, answers to these ethical dilemmas are co-authored, contingent and contextual.

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