GENDER CHARACTERISTICS OF THE TRANSLATIONAL-INFORMATIONAL COMPONENT OF UKRAINIAN CIVIL SERVANTS’ PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION CULTURE

2021 ◽  
Vol 66 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-13
Author(s):  
A. Ulunova ◽  
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S. Haltsova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Business Communication ◽  
Civil Servants ◽  
Professional Communication ◽  
Functional Component ◽  
Psychological Competence ◽  
Gender Characteristics ◽  
High Level ◽  
Communication Culture

The article highlights the problem of gender peculiarities of translational-informational functional component of Ukrainian civil servants’ professional communication culture. On analyzing the results of empirical research, it can be concluded that civil servants’ professional communication culture has significant gender differences in some indicators. Among male civil servants, the most common is the average level of psychological literacy in professional communication and the identical level of psychological competence in professional communication. The majority of female civil servants have a high level of psychological literacy as well as psychological competence in professional communication. Only female civil servants’ orientation in professional communication correlates with the acmeological invariants of the personality’s professionalism in business communication.

scholarly journals Profesinė komunikacija teminiame bibliotekininkystės tinklaraštyje: atvejo analizė

2010 ◽  
Vol 54 ◽  
pp. 115-138
Author(s):  
Zinaida Manžuch
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Research ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Professional Communication ◽  
Library And Information Science ◽  
Initial Stage ◽  
Usage Patterns ◽  
Huge Impact ◽  
Typical Behaviour ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Communication Culture

Straipsnyje aptariami naujos komunikacijos priemonės – teminių bibliotekininkystės tinklaraščių –naudojimo ypatumai profesinės komunikacijos kontekste. Lietuvoje atsiranda pirmieji tokio pobūdžio tinklaraščiai, tačiau trūksta empirinių šios srities tyrimų. Straipsnyje analizuojamas profesinės komunikacijos teminiame bibliotekininkystės tinklaraštyje „Rock&roll bibliotekininkas“ atvejis. Tyrimas naudingas vertinant tinklaraščių kaip komunikacijos priemonės potencialą bei atskleidžiant profesinės komunikacijos tendencijas. Atlikus tyrimą daromos išvados, kad tinklaraščio vartotojai tik iš dalies naudojasi šia priemone profesinės komunikacijos tikslais. Vartotojams aktualiausios profesinio tapatumo bei žinių, patirties dalijimosi sritys. Manoma, kad lėtą tinklaraščio adaptavimą profesinei komunikacijai nulemia naujos technologijos formuojama kitokia komunikacijos kultūra ir tai, kad tirtas pradinis tinklaraščio plėtros etapas.Pagrindiniai žodžiai: teminiai tinklaraščiai, bibliotekininkystė, atvejo analizė, profesinė komunikacija.Professional Communication in the Topical Librarianship Blog: A Case StudyZinaida Manžuch SummaryThe patterns of professional communication in the topical librarianship blog are explored in the paper. The huge impact of topical blogs on the development of professional communities, knowledge and experience sharing, and learning is widely aknowledged. Although the subject of topical blogs usage patterns has been analysed by library and information researchers wordwide, there haven’t been any attempts to perform similar empirical research in Lithuania. In most cases, available research worldwide tends to be descriptive and narrowly oriented at information sharing practices. The aim of the paper was to determine the patterns of blog usage for the professional communication purposes by analysing the case of the Rock&Roll Librarian blog. In order to overcome the limitations of previous research, the concept of professional communication was discussed and used as a guidance for interpreting findings of the empirical research. The research methodology was based on the analysis of features of blogs as a communication medium and different research approaches. The qualitative and quantitative content analysis of the blog texts and statistical usage data provided by Google Analytics was performed. The findings suggested that the blog only partly was used for professional communication purposes. Professional communication was not sufficiently visible at the initial stage of blog existence. However, the early patterns of professional communication, such as the focus on professional identity issues and knowledge sharing practices, emerged. Another notable blog usage tendency was the low activeness of its users, expressed in scarce commenting and posting activities. It could be partly explained as a typical behaviour of users at the early stages of blog existence. However, it was also consistent with the results of previous research of the librarianship blog, indicating the low activeness of users. It was concluded that the novelty of blogs as media and the emerging blog communication culture may be pre-requisites of the slow integration of this technology into professional communication practices. Finally, the value of the blog for researching professional communication issues was identified; however, it is still absent in library and information science publications.

scholarly journals Coaching as an Innovative Method of Developing Business Communication Culture

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 57
Author(s):  
Halina A. Nazarenko ◽  
Olha L. Fast ◽  
Nataliia M. Medynska ◽  
Svitlana P. Grytsenko ◽  
Halyna V. Salata
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Time Budget ◽  
Business Communication ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Communication Culture

The article deals with the problem of developing business communication culture in future specialists. The problem of business communication in modern society is urgent because it is one of the ways of effective professional activity. The nature and content of the coaching method in the modern educational system are revealed. The purpose of determining the impact of coaching on developing a high level of business communication culture is stated. The following research methods were used: literature review, questionnaires, testing, interviews, methods of mathematical data processing and software package for statistical analysis - Statistica. The results of study, which involved academic staff and graduate students, allowed determining that the use of the coaching method in training of students had a positive impact on the level of business communication culture. This is evidenced by the resulting high level of business communication culture at the end of the work in comparison with the initial results. An incoming (initial) diagnostic was conducted on the basis of pre-developed tests, questionnaires and assignments. The final diagnostic was conducted at the end of the research. The advantages and disadvantages of the research (lack of the required time, budget, the need for psychological training of research and teaching staff, as well as post-graduate students) are presented. The comparison of the offered research with similar experiments in Ukraine (Border Guard Academy, Economic University) was carried out for the purpose of the deeper analysis. The limitations that arose during the research are formulated. Promising areas of further research may include studying the impact of coaching on developing business communication culture in combination with other innovative or traditional methods or technologies (mind maps, simulation, etc.).   Received: 2 August 2021 / Accepted: 3 October 2021 / Published: 5 November 2021

scholarly journals Theoretical aspects of gender differences in stress tolerance in the profession of employees in police service

2021 ◽  
pp. 15-29
Author(s):  
Tat'yana Kobysheva ◽  
Lyubov' Kostina
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Gender Stereotypes ◽  
Stress Resistance ◽  
Stress Factors ◽  
Important Quality ◽  
Gender Characteristics ◽  
Internal Affairs ◽  
Operational Activities ◽  
And Gender ◽  
High Level

The article actualizes the problem of a high level of stress resistance of employees of internal affairs agencies who regardless of gender, must achieve the assigned tasks and carry out effectively operational and service activities in dangerous and extreme conditions. The article presents a theoretical analysis of the scientific views of domestic and foreign scientists of the problem of stress factors and gender differences in stress resistance, levels of stress in the operational activities of employees of internal affairs agencies. Some gender characteristics, stereotypes of feminine and masculine behavior are revealed. The psycho-applied aspects of the problem under study are reflected in the form of the results of psychological observations of the authors of the article on the behavior of employees of the internal affairs agencies according to which male and female employees do not always act according to gender stereotypes of behavior when they find themselves in difficult and dangerous situations. Taking into account the mixed nature of the service collectives of the subdivisions of the territorial bodies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia the need for an empirical study aimed at studying the stress resistance of female and male employees of the internal affairs bodies is justified. This study will make it possible to characterize psychological work as differential work, designed for the gender characteristics of employees of the of internal affairs agencies and aimed at developing their stress resistance as a professionally important quality.

PROFESSIONALLY-ORIENTED TEACHING AS A FACTOR OF MOTIVATION TO LEARNING ENGLISH IN NON-LINGUISTIC HIGH SCHOOLS (FROM THE EXPERIENCE OF DIFFERENT DIDACTIVE METHODS USING ON ENGI NEERING FACULTY)

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
High Schools ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Business Communication ◽  
Professional Communication ◽  
Active Teaching ◽  
English Classes ◽  
Individual Knowledge ◽  
Approach To Teaching ◽  
The University ◽  
Oriented Approach

This article is devoted to the features and benefits of a professionally-oriented approach to teaching a foreign language in non-linguistic high schools on the example of engineering education. According to the latest standards of higher education (FSES 3++), students must have sufficient knowledge of a foreign language for business communication in oral and written forms. However, teachers of high schools face a number of difficulties in the formation of a foreign language communicative competence offuture engineers, namely: a constant decrease of a number offoreign language practical classes in a curriculum of a high school and a weak motivation of students. In our opinion, a professionally-oriented approach to teaching helps to solve these problems and make the process of learning a foreign language more intensive, focused and effective. That is, now, the development of strategies, methodological models and tools for teaching English, with a focus on professional communication, is an actual task for an English teacher at the University. This article presents some methods and techniques that stimulate students of engineering faculty to professionally oriented communication in English. Much attention is paid to both active teaching methods used during practical English classes, and individual work, which allows students to get more useful information and skills within the practical classes given, and also allows students to develop the need for individual knowledge acquisition and comprehension, thereby providing the increased interest of communication in a foreign language and increasing motivation to learn a foreign language.

scholarly journals Gender Differences in Neuromuscular, Haematological and Urinary Responses during Padel Matches

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (11) ◽  
pp. 5864
Author(s):  
Francisco Pradas ◽  
Alejandro García-Giménez ◽  
Víctor Toro-Román ◽  
Nicolae Ochiana ◽  
Carlos Castellar
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Red Blood Cells ◽  
Grip Strength ◽  
Blood Cells ◽  
Temporal Structure ◽  
Hand Grip Strength ◽  
Squat Jump ◽  
Hand Grip ◽  
Before And After ◽  
High Level

Research on the acute physiological response to a padel match is limited. The present study aimed to: (a) evaluate neuromuscular, urinary, and hematological responses after simulated padel competition (SC) and (b) analyze possible gender differences. In this study, 28 high-level padel players participated (men = 13, age = 26.83 ± 6.57 years; women = 15, age = 30.07 ± 4.36 years). The following parameters were analyzed before and after SC: neuromuscular (hand grip strength, squat jump (SJ), countermovement jump (CMJ), and Abalakov jump (ABK)), hematological (red blood cells, hemoglobin, and hematocrit), and urinary (pH, specific gravity, microalbuminuria, and red blood cells). Significant gender differences were found in neuromuscular and hematological responses, with men obtaining higher values (p < 0.05). For the SC influence, changes were noted in ABK and microalbuminuria (p < 0.05). The percentages of change in hand grip strength, SJ (height and watts), CMJ (height), and ABK (height) were higher for men than women (p < 0.05). SC negatively influenced the neuromuscular parameters to a greater extent in women. Our results could be related to gender differences in game actions, the temporal structure, and anthropometric and physiological characteristics. Game dynamics and a different organic response between male and female padel playing were confirmed.

Exploration of the technocratic mentality among European civil servants

2021 ◽  
pp. 002085232199642
Author(s):  
Ringa Raudla ◽  
James W. Douglas ◽  
Zachary Mohr
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Political Science ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Civil Servants ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Positive Interactions ◽  
Technical Knowledge ◽  
High Level ◽  
Proper Balance

Civil servants vary in the degree to which they hold technocratic attitudes. We explore whether bureaucrats’ exposure to politics and politicians is associated with the depoliticization dimension of the technocratic mentality. We use survey data of high-level executives in 19 European countries to explore factors that are associated with executives’ perceptions that removing issues and activities from the realms of politics leads to more farsighted policies. We find that respondents’ level of exposure to politics and politicians is indeed negatively associated with technocratic mentality. Bureaucrats have studied political science or public administration, work closer to politicians (in terms of type of organization), interact with them more frequently, and have more positive perceptions of these interactions tend to have lower levels of technocratic attitudes. Points for practitioners Beliefs affect behaviors and behaviors affect outcomes. Technocratic attitudes may limit the ability of civil servants to work effectively with politicians. We show that educational degrees that promote democratic values and exposure to politicians (particularly positive interactions) are associated with lower levels of technocratic attitudes. Given that a proper balance between political and technical knowledge can enhance organizational performance (Krause et al., 2006), these findings should be taken into account when staffing and structuring public organizations.

Student Assessment of Learning Gains (SALGains)

2005 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gayle Vogt ◽  
Catherine Atwong ◽  
Jean Fuller
Keyword(s):  
Student Perception ◽  
Student Assessment ◽  
Business Communication ◽  
Online Classes ◽  
Learning Gains ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Assessment Of Learning ◽  
High Level

Student Assessment of Learning Gains (SALGains) is a Web-based instrument for measuring student perception of their learning in a variety of courses. The authors adapted this instrument to measure students’ achieved proficiency in analyzing cases in an advanced business communication class. The instrument showed that students did achieve a high level of proficiency and that they did so equally in both traditional and online classes.

Careers in the Dutch civil service: a gender perspective

2009 ◽  
Vol 75 (3) ◽  
pp. 493-507 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra Groeneveld
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Psychological Contract ◽  
Civil Service ◽  
Work Motivation ◽  
Civil Servants ◽  
The Public ◽  
Representation Of Women ◽  
Career Trajectories ◽  
Career Opportunities ◽  
The Impact

This article focuses upon gender differences in the satisfaction with career opportunities of civil servants in the Netherlands. Women have become better represented at all levels in the Dutch civil service in recent years, but they are still underrepresented in the higher level positions. Nevertheless, women are slightly more satisfied with their career opportunities than men are and they seem to be increasingly so. Their relatively positive evaluation of extrinsic aspects of their work situation is one of the explanations of this finding, as is their higher intrinsic work motivation compared to that of men. It is suggested that the career orientations and aspirations of women better fit the changing context of career formation in the Dutch civil service and the accompanying new psychological contract. Points for practitioners The Dutch civil service has set ambitious targets with respect to the representation of women at all levels in the service, but insight into the determinants of women’s careers in the public sector is still very scarce. The findings in this article show that there are gender differences in the weighting of intrinsic and extrinsic aspects of the work in evaluating one’s career opportunities. Besides, the article may assist human resource management practitioners in anticipating the impact of changing career trajectories on the career satisfaction of male and female civil servants.

scholarly journals Interpersonal Communication among Critical Care Nurses: an Ethnographic Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-64
Author(s):  
Tayebeh Mahvar ◽  
Nooredin Mohammadi ◽  
Naima Seyedfatemi ◽  
AbouAli Vedadhir
Keyword(s):  
Critical Care ◽  
Interpersonal Communication ◽  
Critical Care Nurses ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Critical Conditions ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Critical Care Units ◽  
Effective Care ◽  
High Level ◽  
Communication Culture

Introduction: Interpersonal communication in critical care units is one of the most important factors due to complicated and critical conditions of patients. Nurses’ confrontation with ethical distresses and conflict resolution techniques are often influenced by the culture governing these units. This study aimed to explore interpersonal communication culture among critical care nurses. Methods: A focused ethnographic approach was used to conduct study in Iran. The research method was based on the research evolutionary cycle model recommended by Spradley (1980). Data were collected over six months through purposeful sampling and semi structured interviews (n=18) and participation observation (n=43). The data were obtained over six months of observation and interview with participants. Data analysis was done by Spradley method and was interpreted to discover the meaning units from the obtained themes. MAXQDA10 was used to manage data. Results: Five major domains of observations and high-level consensus were extracted in this study, including grouping, work-life interaction, professionalism, organizational atmosphere and experience. Conclusion: Development of interpersonal communication culture is influenced by various factors. Besides, the working models and nurses’ use of workspace are indispensable components of effective communication at workplace. The findings of this study can be helpful in determining appropriate strategies and practices to resolve communication problems among nurses by specifying challenges, thereby leading to proper communication among nurses, promoting this communication and finally providing high quality and more effective care.

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