scholarly journals Insucesso empresarial e dimensão de aprendizagem empreendedora: estudo com empreendedores de micro e pequenas empresas

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 107
Author(s):  
Tania Regina Frota Vasconcellos Dias ◽  
Cristina Dai Prá Martens
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Cross Section ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
New Venture ◽  
Business Failure ◽  
Standard Protocol ◽  
Dynamic Learning ◽  
Entrepreneurial Learning ◽  
The Creation

From a dynamic learning perspective, the development of comprehensive entrepreneurship takes into account that entrepreneurs learn during the creation and management of their enterprises. This study aims to analyze the dimension of entrepreneurial learning of entrepreneurs of micro and small-size companies that had business failure and have created new businesses. The methodology consists in a qualitative and exploratory study, with cross-section approach and longitudinal perspective. Three entrepreneurs were selected to participate in the study based on convenience and availability. Data were collected through interview in depth, using a standard protocol. Content analysis was used having the narrative as a basis for the research. The results showed that all entrepreneurs, at the time that they had business failure, presented an immediate and spontaneous reflexive action because they did not remain inactive when facing the challenges that had led them to stop theirs activities. In consideration of the dimension of entrepreneurial learning, we suggest that the acquisition of knowledge related to the overcoming of adversities and obstacles is able to stimulate and enable entrepreneurs to create a new venture.

scholarly journals 307 - Exploratory Study on Healthcare Decision-Making Capacity Assessment

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (S1) ◽  
pp. 65-65
Author(s):  
Ana Saraiva Amaral ◽  
Rosa Marina Afonso ◽  
Mário R. Simões ◽  
Sandra Freitas
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Assessment Instrument ◽  
Funding Agency ◽  
Capacity Assessment ◽  
Healthcare Decision ◽  
Healthcare Decision Making ◽  
Decision Making Capacity

Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) prevalence is expected to continue to increase, due to the population ageing. MCI and AD may impact patients’ decision-making capacities, which should be assessed through the disease course. These medical conditions can affect the various areas of decision-making capacity in different ways. Decision-making capacity in healthcare is particularly relevant among this population. Elders often suffer from multimorbidity and are frequently asked to make healthcare decisions, which can vary from consenting a routine diagnostic procedure to decide receiving highly risk treatments.To assess this capacity in elders with MCI or AD, we developed the Healthcare Decision-Making Capacity Assessment Instrument (IACTD-CS - Instrumento de Avaliação da Capacidade de Tomada de Decisão em Cuidados de Saúde). This project is funded by Portuguese national funding agency for science, research and technology, FCT (SFRH/BD/139344/2018). IACTD-CS was developed based on Appelbaum and Grisso four abilities model, literature review and review of international assessment instruments. After IACTD-CS first version development, an exploratory study with focus groups was conducted. This study included focus groups with healthcare professionals and nursing homes’ professionals.The focus groups main goals were: 1) understand the participants perception regarding healthcare decision-making capacity, 2) distinguish relevant aspects of decision-making, 3) discuss the abilities and items included in IACTD-CS and 4) identify new aspects or items to be added to IACTD-CS. A content analysis of the focus groups results, with resource to MAXQDA, was conducted afterwards. This exploratory study allowed to identify professionals’ perceptions on healthcare decision-making and its results were a significant contribute to IACTD-CS development. The proposed communication aims to describe the methodology used and present the results of content analysis.

Uses of content analysis in economic sciences: An overview of the current situation and prospects

2021 ◽  
pp. 79-95
Author(s):  
A. N. Oleinik
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Economic Information ◽  
The Status ◽  
On Line ◽  
The Creation

The article discusses the status of quantitative and qualitative data in economic sciences, as well as methods for transforming data into information and knowledge. Particular attention is devoted to content analysis as a set of methods for aggregating, processing and analyzing qualitative data; its forms (qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods) and uses by economists. Content analysis appears to be particularly suitable for non-orthodox economists because of their refusal to consider price as the only source of economic information. The content analysis of metadata of articles indexed in Web of Science and eLibrary suggests that Russian economists still have insufficient familiarity with the principles of content analysis and their applications to research compared with their Western counterparts. It is argued that the creation of on-line platforms for content analysis and on-line banks of qualitative data may become a trigger for changing this situation.

scholarly journals Early contact and breastfeeding: meanings and experiences

2014 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eloana Ferreira D'Artibale ◽  
Luciana Olga Bercini
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Teaching Hospital ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Postpartum Women ◽  
Systematic Observation ◽  
Thematic Content Analysis ◽  
Unique Experience

The aim of this study was to analyze the meanings and experiences of early contact and breastfeeding of the postpartum women admitted at a Baby-Friendly Hospital. It is a descriptive, exploratory study, with qualitative approach, that was developed in a teaching hospital in the Northwest of Paraná state between November 2011 and January 2012, involving the participation of 16 postpartum women. Data were collected by means of non-participant systematic observation of the childbirths and semi-structured interview. The data collected were analyzed using the thematic content analysis. The results revealed that, soon after childbirth, the child-mother binomial provided the woman with a unique experience, triggering various sensations into the bio-psycho-social-cultural context of each one of the mothers, with feelings and meanings that favored the mother-child bond and the outset of breastfeeding.

scholarly journals Utilisation of zakāh and waqf fund in micro-takāful models in Malaysia: an exploratory study

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 100-105
Author(s):  
Said Adekunle Mikail ◽  
Muhammad Ali Jinnah Ahmad ◽  
Salami Saheed Adekunle
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Content Type ◽  
External Resources ◽  
Economic Support ◽  
Form Part

Purpose This paper aims to investigate the utilisation of both zakāh and waqf fund as external resources to ensure micro-takāful services are delivered to underserved communities in an effective and sustainable manner. It also addresses Sharīʿah issues related to the zakāh- and waqf-based model. Design/methodology/approach The study is a qualitative-based research. It uses both focus group and content analysis approach to gather primary data and identify and interpret relevant secondary data and Sharīʿah concepts in developing the zakāh- and waqf-based micro-takāful model. Findings It is discovered throughout the investigation of attributes of beneficiaries of zakāh and waqf institutions as well as micro-takāful scheme that all share commonalities in terms of social securities and socio-economic support to low-income households in societies. The study also finds that the disintegration of zakāh and waqf which form part of the Islamic ecosystem from the micro-takāful model makes it less effective and sustainable. Originality/value This study appears as a primitive attempt to discuss and develop a zakāh and waqf-based micro-takāful model with reference to Malaysian jurisdiction.

scholarly journals Violence against Amazon women

2009 ◽  
Vol 17 (6) ◽  
pp. 968-973
Author(s):  
Vera Lúcia de Azevedo Lima ◽  
Maria de Lourdes de Souza ◽  
Marisa Monticelli ◽  
Marília de Fátima Vieira de Oliveira ◽  
Carlos Benedito Marinho de Souza ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Print Media ◽  
Social Phenomenon ◽  
Amazon Women ◽  
Regional Newspaper

This quantitative and exploratory study analyzed violence against Amazon women presented in print media according to type and severity, and whether aggressors fell under the Maria da Penha law. A total of 181 issues of a regional newspaper were consulted. Based on content analysis, 164 items addressing violence against women were selected and 46 were included in the corpus of analysis. Results were gathered in three thematic groups: women killed with cruelty, sexual violence against women regardless of age, and violence against women and the limitations of the Maria da Penha law. Violence against these women varied in terms of form and severity, including up to homicide. Women are submitted to sexual violence from childhood through adulthood. The enforcement of this law shows the community it has a means to cope with this social phenomenon.

scholarly journals A Content Analysis of Blog Posts on Angry Library Patrons

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Iris Marigold Operario
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
Staff Members ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Problem Library ◽  
Library Staff ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Blog Posts

<p>Research Problem: This exploratory study looks into what is written in blogs regarding angry library patrons. It aims to provide insight on angry library patrons by identifying the themes/issues in the blog posts, the reasons for anger of the library patrons, and to describe the characteristics of the blog post authors. Methodology: A qualitative content analysis was used to analyse the blog posts. The blog search engine Google Blogs was used to search for the relevant blog posts. A sample of 92 individual and organisational blog posts were read and analysed. Results: Three main themes emerged in the analysis of the blog posts: 1) the causes of anger which can either be library-related or due to other patrons; 2) how anger was displayed; and 3) the sentiments of the library staff members towards angry patrons. The blog authors mostly come from North America and have a library background. Implications: Analysing these blog posts provides further insight into angry library patrons which might not otherwise be found in existing anger studies in a library setting and problem library patron research. Uncovering what is said in the blogosphere about angry library patrons will give a picture of a wide range of anger issues which may be relevant for library staff members as they try to better understand angry library patrons. While this study was not able to retrieve as much blog posts from an angry library patron’s perspective as originally planned, a study noting the key difference of opinions between angry library patrons and library staff members could be investigated in the future</p>

scholarly journals [Formation of Ummah Wasatiyyah Through Tauhid Al-Hikam Shaykh Ibn Ataillah Therapy] Pembentukan Ummah Wasatiyyah Menerusi Terapi Tauhid Al-Hikam Shaykh Ibn Ataillah

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-21
Author(s):  
Syed Hadzrullathfi Syed Omar ◽  
Nurul Aarifah Musa
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Primary Source ◽  
Principal Element ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Power And Authority

Intermediate community (ummah wasatiyyah) born of islamic appreciation by understanding the beauty and the truth of its teaching. The main pillar in forming this intermediate community always been linked with three important element, that is Islam, Iman (faith) and Ihsan (perfection/excellence). This article tried to explicate the concept of tawheed that expressed by Shaykh Ibn Ataillah al-Sakandari as an important instrument in forming the best community which declared in Quran. This writing highlighted the tawheed of act that summarized in al-Sakandari’s words of wisdom and its application of value as the principal element for intermediate community conformation. This qualitative study applied content analysis methode by reviewing tawheed of act standpoint from the book “al-Hikam” by Shaykh Ibn Ataillah as primary source and supported with others of his writings. This study found that the tawheed of act element are the most important aspect in forming intermediate community because it indicate submission to power and authority of Allah SWT also his jurisdiction in every movement and act of all the creation. Hence, a community will never achieve title of the best community if submission to Allah SWT is not being applied in every act and movement. Therefore, this study conclude that ‘ummatan wasata’ which also termed in Quran as ‘khayra ummah’ is a community that possess the most important features of tawheed, which is believe of Oness of Allah SWT in His Acts.   Keywords: Ummah wasatiyyah, Tawheed Therapy, Ibn Ataillah al-Sakandari, al-Hikam, tauhid al-af‘al.     Ummah wasatiyyah lahir daripada penghayatan Islam dengan memahami keindahan dan ketelusan ajarannya. Tonggak utama dalam pembentukan ummah wassatiyyah sentiasa dikaitkan dengan tiga elemen penting, iaitu Islam, Iman dan Ihsan. Artikel ini cuba mengutarakan konsep tauhid yang dikemukakan oleh Shaykh Ibn Ataillah al-Sakandari sebagai satu instrumen penting dalam pembentukan umat terbaik sebagaimana yang dinyatakan dalam al-Quran. Penulisan ini mengetengahkan tauhid al-af’al yang terangkum dalam kalam Hikam al-Sakandari dan penerapan nilainya sebagai teras dalam pembentukan ummah wasatiyyah. Kajian kualitatif ini menggunakan kaedah analisis kandungan dengan meneliti aspek tauhid al-af’al daripada sumber utama kitab al-Hikam Shaykh Ibn Ataillah dan didokong oleh beberapa karya beliau yang lain. Kajian mendapati bahawa elemen tauhid al-af’al merupakan aspek yang terpenting dalam membina ummah wasatiyyah kerana ia merujuk kepada penyerahan diri kepada kekuasaan dan kudrat Allah SWT serta tadbir urusNya dalam setiap gerak-geri dan tindak-tanduk seluruh makhluk. Justeru, suatu umat tidak mungkin mencapai status umat terbaik selama mana segala tindak-tanduk dan perbuatan tidak disertakan dengan penyerahan kepada Allah. Oleh itu, kajian menyimpulkan bahawa ‘ummatan wasata’ yang juga diistilahkan dalam al-Quran sebagai ‘khayra ummah’ merupakan satu umat yang mempunyai ciri-ciri terpenting tauhid, iaitu elemen mentauhidkan Allah SWT dari aspek perbuatanNya.   Kata kunci: Ummah Wasatiyyah, Terapi Tauhid, Ibn Ataillah al-Sakandari, Kitab al-Hikam, Tauhid al-Af’al.

scholarly journals As RP em rede e o envolvimento dialógico em plataformas feministas (“A Coletiva” e “INMUNE”)

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (20) ◽  
pp. 05-26
Author(s):  
Sonia de Sa
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Communication Strategies ◽  
Gender Violence ◽  
Modus Operandi ◽  
The Public ◽  
Communication Option ◽  
Feminist Movements

Feminist movements are currently asserting themselves by the capacity of involvement and aggregation of activists and the public identified with the feminist cause, who have in common both the struggle for women's rights and the spaces where they create existence and attribute dimension to that struggle: digital social networks. The purpose of this article is to understand the communication strategies, supported by dialogue, that underlie this aggregation and sharing of meaning when it comes to feminism and its close connection with the fight for gender equality, the end of gender violence or the eradication of racism. Based on the theoretical review on networked PR (Grunig, 2009; Kent, 2017), networked dialogue (Theunissen & Wan Noordin, 2011; Smith & Taylor, 2017; and networked feminism (Fullagar, Parry and Johnson, 2019; Keller, Mendes & Ringrose, 2018; Araüna, Willem & Tortajada, 2019; Yang, Uysal & Taylor, 2017), we applied content analysis (Bardin, 2006) to publications and digital interactions on two Portuguese feminist platforms. Thus, in an adaptation of the model proposed by Lane and Kent (2018) - Dialogic Engagement Interaction - this exploratory study analyzes the dialogical involvement of Coletiva and INMUNE - Instituto da Mulher Negra de Portugal. The analysis results, however, shows a low level of dialogical involvement between organizations and their audiences and, consequently, a reduced collective force to stop online hate clusters with increasing protagonism and with highly technological and effective modus operandi. Thus, the outcomes indicate that the two platforms analyzed do not apply communication strategies through dialogue, limiting exchanges between the organization and the public to the classic top-down communication option, summarizing the practice of dialogical involvement in social digital media to the publication unidirectional content and openness to comments and other reactions. As for the hypotheses raised, only one of them was validated, taking into account that 1) there was no significant dialogical involvement in the content analysis of the two feminist platforms, and 2) although we were unable to verify in the content analysis of the two feminist platforms, the theoretical review validated the idea that online anti-feminist and hate clusters can be fought by online anti-feminist and anti-hate clusters with the same effectiveness in spreading messages as the former. And here, the networked PR must take the strategic and tactical leadership of the action. This work also proposes a model for the analysis of dialogical involvement in digital social networks based on the broader initial proposal of Lane and Kent (2018). The model we propose comprises six categories: 1) existence of comment(s), sharing(s) and / or emoji(s); 2) existence of comment(s) and answer(s); 3) existence of dialogue (with the five dialogical principles: mutuality, propinquity, empathy, risk and commitment; see in Kent, 2017).; 4) existence of freedom to choose the theme and the dialogical flow (when both parts – public and organization – are given freedom to choose the topic and flow of dialogue); 5) without agenda or manipulation (when there is no intention to put issues on the agenda, essentially, those that indicate manipulation); and 6) rhetorical (when a persuasion strategy is applied by both parts participating in the dialogue).

scholarly journals A Field Research as an Anthropological Tool in Literary Reportage (on the Examples of Journalistic Texts by Joseph Roth)

2019 ◽  
pp. 135-145
Author(s):  
Olesya Yaremchuk
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Paradigmatic Analysis ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Harsh Criticism ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Joseph Roth

This article studies the use of field research as an anthropological tool in literary reportage which is a comprehensive element of the creation of journalistic content. Based on the examples of journalistic texts of the 20s by the Austrian writer Joseph Roth, we have analyzed the anthropological methods which were used by this author in his reportages, that is the main objective of this study. Using diachronic comparison, qualitative method and content analysis to evaluate and to explain the concept of Joseph Roth’s texts, as well as the methodology of textual, syntagmatic (by Volodymyr Propp) and paradigmatic analysis (by Claude Levi-Strauss), we have examined the generated meanings in the texts of the mentioned author. As a result of the study, we have identified four methods that Joseph Roth used writing his news reportages in the 1920s, including “In Midday France” and “White Cities”. Those methods are as follows: overt observation, in-depth interviews, fixing details and gaining empirical experience. The modern authors call these methods as classic ones, without which it is impossible to work in this genre. As we have seen from the examples of literary reportages of the French cycle by Joseph Roth, the anthropological tools used by this author for his works contributed to deepening and improving the quality of his texts which is of great significance for our study. Joseph Roth created a panoramic picture of the twentieth century in his texts through watching, communicating and studing. However, it is worth to add that he was often too subjective, suffering harsh criticism for this.

scholarly journals An exploration of the Business Plan Competition as a methodology for effective nascent entrepreneurial learning

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 121-146 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kayleigh Watson ◽  
Pauric McGowan ◽  
James A. Cunningham
Keyword(s):  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Business Plan ◽  
New Venture ◽  
Critical Examination ◽  
New Venture Creation ◽  
Venture Creation ◽  
Nascent Entrepreneurs ◽  
Entrepreneurial Learning ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Nascent Entrepreneur

Purpose Business Plan Competitions (BPCs) are readily prescribed and promoted as a valuable entrepreneurial learning activity on university campuses worldwide. There is an acceptance of their value despite the clear lack of empirical attention on the learning experience of nascent entrepreneurs during and post-participation in university-based BPCs. To address this deficit, the purpose of this paper is to explore how participation in a university-based BPC affords entrepreneurial learning outcomes, through the development of competencies, amongst nascent entrepreneurs. Design/methodology/approach Underpinned by a constructivist paradigm, a longitudinal qualitative methodological approach was adopted. In-depth interviews with nascent entrepreneur participants of a UK university-based BPC were undertaken at the start and end of the competition but also six months after participation. This method enabled access to the participant’s experiences of the competition and appreciation of the meanings they attached to this experience as a source of entrepreneurial learning. Data were analysed according to the wave of data collection and a thematic analytical approach was taken to identify patterns across participant accounts. Findings At the start of the competition, participation was viewed as a valuable experiential learning opportunity in pursuit of the competencies needed, but not yet held, to progress implementation of the nascent venture. At the end of the competition, participants considered their participation experience had afforded the development of pitching, public speaking, networking and business plan production competencies and also self-confidence. Six months post-competition, participants still recognised that competencies had been developed; however, application of these were deemed as being confined to participation in other competitions rather than the routine day-to-day aspects of venture implementation. Developed competencies and learning remained useful given a prevailing view that further competition participation represented an important activity which would enable value to be leveraged in terms of finance, marketing and networking opportunities for new venture creation. Research limitations/implications The findings challenge the common understanding that the BPC represents an effective methodology for highly authentic, relevant and broadly applicable entrepreneurial learning. Moreover the idea that the competencies needed for routine venture implementation and competencies developed through competition are synonymous is challenged. By extension the study suggests competition activities may not be as closely tied to the realities of new venture creation as commonly portrayed or understood and that the learning afforded is situated within a competition context. Competitions could therefore be preventing the opportunities for entrepreneurial learning that they purport they offer. Given the practical importance of competition participation as a resource acquisition activity for nascent entrepreneurs, further critical examination of the competition agenda is necessary as too is additional consideration about the design of such competitions and how such competitions should feature within university policy to support new venture creation. Originality/value This study contributes to the limited literature and studies on BPCs by focussing on its effectiveness as a means of providing entrepreneurial learning for participants. The key contribution taking it from an individual nascent entrepreneur participant perspective is that the competencies afforded through competition participation are more limited in scope and application than traditionally promoted and largely orientated towards future BPC participation. Learning is mainly situated for competition sake only and about participants securing further resources and higher levels of visibility. As the nascent entrepreneurs intended learning outcomes from competition participation are subsequently not realised, the study highlights a gap between the intended and actual outcomes of competition participation.

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