scholarly journals Working Relationships for Sustainability: Improving Work-based Relationships in Local Government to bring about Sustainability Goals

2012 ◽  
pp. 116-133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hazel Storey ◽  
Phil Smith ◽  
Grahame Collier
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Project Success ◽  
Good Deal ◽  
Working Relationships ◽  
Positive Relationships ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Relationship Outcomes ◽  
Effective Relationships ◽  
Quality Relationships

There’s no escape: we are always in relationship. Being aware of this matters. Doing something to build constructive relationships for sustainability, matters even more.This paper considers the connection between good relationships and effective sustainability work in local government. It draws on the collective experiences of four practitioners who have worked over many years in, with or for local government and argues that a good deal of project success is contingent upon the development of positive relationships with stakeholders, contractors, communities, businesses, colleagues, partners and other agencies and agency officers.Relationships can help or hinder project process, progress and outcomes. This paper identifies some approaches for building quality relationships and uses examples to highlight these strategies. These include: recognising that developing and maintaining resilient relationships and high quality communication is a critical foundation for success; designing projects with explicit relationship outcomes; and allocating time, money and other resources to support the development of effective relationships. 

Partnerships in the Successful Corporate Internet Programme: The Information Professional's Role

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Della Jacobsen
Keyword(s):  
Communication Skills ◽  
Work Groups ◽  
Information Services ◽  
Working Relationships ◽  
Information Professional ◽  
Effective Relationships ◽  
Common Goals ◽  
Shared Roles ◽  
Computer Resources

Responsibility for a corporate Internet programme will typically go to an individual within the information services or computer resources group. The information professional given this responsibility must have the communication skills needed to forge effective relationships between a diverse array of individuals, functional work groups, and departments. The opportunity to establish effective working relationships is realized when common goals are shared, roles are defined, information is communicated, and conflicts are resolved.

Parent-child relationship quality and emotional adjustment among college students: The role of parental financial support

2020 ◽  
pp. 026540752096487
Author(s):  
Anna K. Lindell ◽  
Sarah E. Killoren ◽  
Nicole Campione-Barr
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Relationship Quality ◽  
Financial Support ◽  
Emotional Adjustment ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Anxiety Symptoms ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Parent Child ◽  
Quality Relationships

Many emerging adults experience increases in well-being as they exit adolescence, but college students are at particular risk for emotional adjustment problems, including depression and anxiety. Although receiving financial support from parents may reduce stress and aid emotional adjustment, not all parents are able to provide financial support. Maintaining high-quality relationships with parents may be particularly important for emotional adjustment in these instances. The present study examined whether the quality of parent-emerging adult relationships differed depending on level of parental financial support, and whether parental financial support moderated associations between relationship quality and emotional adjustment. Participants were 260 college students who completed questionnaires during their first and fourth year of college about the quality of their relationships with mothers and fathers, depressive and anxiety symptoms, and parental financial support. On average, parent-child relationships were high-quality, especially when parents provided more financial support. Furthermore, high-quality relationships with parents were related to fewer depressive and anxiety symptoms 3 years later for female students, especially when they received less financial support. However, high-quality relationships along with greater financial support was related to increased anxiety among male students. Results may help colleges and universities developing parent programming understand the nuanced implications of parental support for student mental health.

Facilitating High-Quality Relationships for Students With Emotional and Behavioral Disorders in Crisis

2019 ◽  
Vol 55 (4) ◽  
pp. 253-256 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher L. Van Loan ◽  
Justin D. Garwood
Keyword(s):  
Behavioral Disorders ◽  
Emotional And Behavioral Disorders ◽  
Preventive Measure ◽  
Relationship Building ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Quality Relationships ◽  
Students With Ebd

Teaching students who exhibit emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD) can be challenging and requires conscious and insightful strategies to be aware of how teachers interact with their students. An emphasis on high-quality relationships between teachers and students can ameliorate some of the challenges in teaching students with EBD, resulting in a more enjoyable experience for both parties. In the column, the utility of relationship-building as a preventive measure to help decrease the occurrence of crisis behaviors is discussed. Strategies before, during, and after crisis to assist in facilitating high-quality relationships are presented.

The Impact of High Quality Relationships on Proactive Behaviour

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 (1) ◽  
pp. 13488
Author(s):  
Jennifer Bridget Farrell ◽  
Patrick Christopher Flood ◽  
Gerard P. Hodgkinson
Keyword(s):  
High Quality ◽  
Proactive Behaviour ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Quality Relationships

Family Relationships and Adolescent Loneliness: An Application of Social Network Analysis in Family Studies

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saeideh Heshmati ◽  
Megan Blackard ◽  
Blake Beckmann ◽  
Wallace Chipidza
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Social Network Analysis ◽  
Network Analysis ◽  
Family Relationships ◽  
Family Income ◽  
Family Systems Theory ◽  
High Quality ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Quality Relationships

In family contexts, individuals are embedded in networks of relationships. Social Network Analysis (SNA) provides a unique framework to investigate family relationships as interrelated networks above and beyond dyadic familial relationships. In the current paper, we used the notion of triadic closure to investigate how various configurations of family networks, classified by their relationship ties, differ in predicting adolescents’ experiences of loneliness. We classified different types of network structures based on whether all three family members (i.e., child, mother, father) shared high quality relationships with one another (closed) or whether one or more low quality ties existed in the family triad (open). Results indicated that, compared to adolescents in families containing one or more poor-quality ties, adolescents in families containing all high-quality relational ties experienced lower levels of loneliness, above and beyond the impact of gender, parents’ education and mental health, and family income. Simply put, adolescents’ experiences of loneliness is not tied to the number of high quality relationships they experience within the family, rather is dependent on the presence of high quality relationships among all family ties. With the introduction of one low-quality relationship within a family triad, additional low-quality relationships appear to make little difference. In line with family systems theory, our examination of the family as a whole, rather than as a summative combination of smaller relationships, indicates that a closed family structure is important for protecting adolescents against experiences of loneliness.

Like Her Own: Ideals and Experiences of the Mother-In-Law/Daughter-In-Law Relationship

2015 ◽  
Vol 38 (15) ◽  
pp. 2102-2127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keera Allendorf
Keyword(s):  
Family System ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Previous Literature ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Joint Family ◽  
Semistructured Interviews ◽  
Indian Village ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Close Family ◽  
Quality Relationships

This article explores ideals and experiences of the mother-in-law/daughter-in-law relationship using semistructured interviews with 46 members of 22 families living in one Indian village. Ideally, the relationship is characterized by love and understanding, where one’s mother-in-law or daughter-in-law is like one’s own daughter or mother. In practice, the relationship varies in quality. Some women experienced affectionate, high-quality relationships, whereas others’ relationships were characterized by hurtful exchanges and not speaking. Previous literature portrays the relationship as negative, but these results point to the relevance of positive aspects as well. I also suggest that these ideals and experiences are shaped by the joint family system. The joint family system contributes to the strongly positive ideal, whereas the tensions that women experience arise from the contradictory family locations that they occupy within that system. Daughters-in-law and mothers-in-law are simultaneously strangers and close family members.

scholarly journals The Role of Local Governments in Driving High-Quality Growth in the People’s Republic of China

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ehtisham Ahmad ◽  
Hans van Rijn
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Institutional Environment ◽  
People’S Republic Of China ◽  
People's Republic Of China ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Republic Of China ◽  
Spatial Inequalities ◽  
Local Government Level ◽  
Negative Side Effects

Over the past 25 years, the People’s Republic of China has gone through a long period of remarkable growth, lifting millions of people out of poverty. But this focus on growth has come at a cost, particularly in terms of environmental degradation, increasing socioeconomic and spatial inequalities, and the building up of fiscal liabilities at the local government level. Under the High-Quality Growth agenda, the People’s Republic of China seeks to rebalance the economy by addressing those negative side effects, and local governments will have a key role to play in the implementation of that agenda. In this paper, some critical aspects of the fiscal and institutional environment in which local governments operate are analyzed, and proposals are offered for the strengthening of local government finances.

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