scholarly journals Determinant Competitiveness Attributes of Brazilian Sun and Sand Destinations

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 128-143
Author(s):  
Daniel Pires Vieira ◽  
Valmir Emil Hoffmann ◽  
Cleidson Nogueira Dias ◽  
José Márcio Carvalho
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Comparative Analysis ◽  
Local Economy ◽  
Cultural Aspects ◽  
Development Level ◽  
International Tourist ◽  
Destination Competitiveness ◽  
Practical Guidance ◽  
High Level ◽  
Performance Results

Destination competitiveness models reached a development level in which all the characteristics that somehow influence competitiveness were mapped, whereas without identifying which factors are decisive for competitiveness (Crouch, 2011). We used the Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) technique, adopting the domestic and international tourist inflows as criteria variables for identifying which competitiveness dimensions are decisive for Brazilian sun and sand destinations. Our results suggest that Access, Cultural Aspects, Local Economy, and Business Capacity dimensions have a greater influence on destination performance. In addition, the results indicate that it is not necessary to have a high level of development in a large number of dimensions in order to achieve higher performance. Results provide practical guidance for sun and sand destinations management.

The Popularization of Political Communication

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-34
Author(s):  
Diego Ceccobelli
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Political Communication ◽  
Political Institutions ◽  
Communicative Action ◽  
Qualitative Comparative Analysis ◽  
Sufficient Conditions ◽  
Political Actors ◽  
Media System ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
High Level

This article presents and adopts a new definition of the popularization of political communication, which is defined as a strategic communicative action through which political actors try to create new connections with those citizens who do not still know, follow and support them and to emotionally strengthen the political bond with their current sympathizers. Second, a comparative analysis of the Facebook pages of the main political leaders of 31 countries shows that the popularization of political communication is a relevant phenomenon on Facebook, while a qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) indicates that the presence of a presidential system, a high digitalization of the media system, and a high level of trust in political institutions are three sufficient conditions for a “pop” communication on Facebook. Finally, the article identifies and discusses its main properties and development under the current hybrid media system.

scholarly journals FACTORS OF CENTRIFUGAL POLITICAL TENDENCIES IN SPAIN: A QUALITATIVE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-56
Author(s):  
Ju. А. Belous ◽  
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A. S. Tarasov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Basque Country ◽  
Qualitative Comparative Analysis ◽  
Autonomous Communities ◽  
Regional Language ◽  
Loss Of Autonomy ◽  
Level Of Economic Development ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Eu

The purpose of this article is to analyze the centrifugal tendencies in 17 Autonomous Communities of Spain by demonstrating that certain differences in the configurations of factors have led to varying degrees of the loss of autonomy. The main conclusion is that for the configurations leading to less autonomy, there is a low level of economic development, a low volume of EU funding, and an absence of local languages as a factor of identity. The cases of Andalusia, Asturias, and Galicia are of particular importance in these configurations. For the configurations that lead to greater autonomy, two patterns are identified. The first group (Catalonia and the Basque Country) demonstrates a link between centrifugal tendencies and three conditions: the existence of regionalist parties in the parliaments of Autonomous Communities (AC), a high level of economic development and a high level of identification with a regional language. The second group of cases (Valencia and the Canary Islands) demonstrates the added importance of funding under the EU regional policy programs for the period from 2014 to 2020. The scientific novelty of the article lies in its analysis of the dynamics of centrifugal tendencies in Spain via crisp-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (csQCA).

scholarly journals Vertical Collectivism and Public Sector Corruption in South Asia: Fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 194
Author(s):  
Jinwon Han
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
South Asian ◽  
Power Distance ◽  
Qualitative Comparative Analysis ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
High Magnitude ◽  
High Level ◽  
South Asian Region ◽  
Low Magnitude

Using fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA), this article intended to discover the combinations(s) of the vertical-collectivism dimensions inducing the high level of public sector corruption in South Asian countries. The analysis showed that the three combinations are instrumental in the high extent of public sector corruption in South Asian region: (a) the relatively low magnitude of power distance OR (b) the relatively low magnitude of masculinity AND the relatively high magnitude of uncertainty avoidance OR (c) the relatively low magnitude of individualism AND the relatively high magnitude of uncertainty avoidance. The startling result is that the relatively low level of power distance was revealed as one of the core causal conditions affecting the high level of public sector corruption in South Asian region. On this notable result, this article argued that it resulted from the region’s circumstances where the necessary resources and means to provide the less powerful members with an opportunity for upward social mobility is hardly achieved. In light of the finding, this article suggested that policy makers in South Asian countries should prioritize the improvement in regional situation which gives no other options to people, but corruption

scholarly journals Influential Pathways of Employees’ Career Growth: Linkage of Psychological and Organizational Factors Based on Qualitative Comparative Analysis

2022 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bailin Ge ◽  
Zhiqiang Ma ◽  
Mingxing Li ◽  
Zeyu Li ◽  
Ling Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Professional Identity ◽  
Achievement Motivation ◽  
Set Theory ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Qualitative Comparative Analysis ◽  
Organizational Factors ◽  
Service Value ◽  
Career Growth ◽  
High Level

Implementing the “hierarchical diagnosis and treatment” system highlights the important role of general practitioners as “residents’ health gatekeepers.” Still, the low level of career growth always limits the realization of their service value. Inertial thinking uses a single factor to explain the complexity of career growth in previous studies; in fact, it isn’t easy to assess whether the factor is a sufficient and necessary condition for a high level of career growth. Herein, we have used a set theory perspective to analyze the mechanism of influencing high-level career growth by combining psychological and organizational factors. This research aims to analyze causal complexity relationship between these conditions and results is analyzed in detail. We choose fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) with a sample of 407 GPs to test 5 antecedent conditional variables that can affect their career growth. The variables include professional identity, self-efficacy, achievement motivation, training mechanism, and incentive mechanism. To ensure the universality and diversity of data, the samples were selected from community medical institutions in different regions of China. The results show that three pathways can affect the high career growth of GPs, and the optimal pathway A2 is the linkage matching of high incentive mechanism, high professional identity, high achievement motivation, and high self-efficacy. At the same time, we find that professional identity plays an alternative role in the three pathways. When professional identity is at a high level, as long as achievement motivation and self-efficacy are superior, or achievement motivation, self-efficacy, and achievement motivation are superior, a high level of career growth can be achieved. We broke the shackles of previous studies that only focused on the impact of single factors on the career growth of GPs. From the perspective of set theory, we use configurational thinking to construct Influential pathways of high career growth of GPs by integrating antecedents. The results can provide effective support for improving GPs’ service ability and realizing their service value to protect residents’ health.

scholarly journals Development of Biorefineries in the Bioeconomy: A Fuzzy-Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis among European Countries

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 90
Author(s):  
Zhengqiu Ding ◽  
Philipp Grundmann
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Fuzzy Set ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Qualitative Comparative Analysis ◽  
Public Spending ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
European Countries ◽  
High Level ◽  
Compare And Contrast

This study aims to identify the configurational conditions that characterize the establishment of biorefineries in 20 European countries. After determining the conditions which support a bioeconomy transition, secondary data from national sources are used to represent their existing conditions within respective countries. Then, a fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis is employed to compare and contrast the effect of varying combinations of the selected conditions on the development of biorefineries. The conditions chosen include coherent bioeconomy strategies, network intensity of regional bioclusters, intellectual capital, and natural resource availability. Our results reveal that the configuration of a coherent bioeconomy strategy, sizable public spending on R&D, abundant biomass supply, and a high level of network intensity is sufficient to explain the pronounced biorefineries development among some European countries. We recommend that countries with fragmented approaches review and redesign the policy and regulatory framework to create a holistic and consistent bioeconomy strategy, taking into account the configurations of conditions as an important prerequisite. In particular, factors such as the lack of best practice examples, the low level of public spending on research and development, the economic capacities for a skilled workforce in addition to the sustainable supply of raw materials should be addressed as focal points.

USE OF EVIDENCE IN THE POLICYMAKING PROCESS. QUALITATIVE COMAPARATIVE ANALISYS OF 17 DEVELOPED COUNTRIES

2021 ◽  
Vol 569 (8) ◽  
pp. 18-28
Author(s):  
Wojciech Gędek
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Social Capital ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Public Debt ◽  
Qualitative Comparative Analysis ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
The Public ◽  
Evidence Based Policy ◽  
High Level

In the last two decades the Evidence-Based Policy has become one of the most discussed approaches in the public policy circles. However, the current literature lacks systematic comparative studies of evidence use across different national contexts. Using the crisp-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (csQCA) method, the author of the article compared seventeen developed states to identify and interpret combinations of conditions determining the presence of the Evidence-Based Policy (EBP) in the field of climate policy. Obtained results indicated that the combination of the presence of low public debt and the presence of high level of social capital is an important explanatory configuration for the presence of Evidence-Based Policy among compared cases.

COGNITIVIZATION — THE NEXT STAGE OF INFORMATIZATION OF EDUCATION

2018 ◽  
pp. 5-11
Author(s):  
A. S. Christochevskaya ◽  
S. A. Christochevsky
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Learning Resources ◽  
Technical Base ◽  
Initial Stage ◽  
New Knowledge ◽  
Good Material ◽  
E Learning ◽  
New Material ◽  
High Level ◽  
Paper Method

Informatization of education has been going on for 30 years. During this time, a good material and technical base appeared in schools, there are repositories of e-learning resources to which teachers have access. However, it is difficult to use these e-learning resources due to their too large number and not always high level. It is advisable to introduce a system of reviews and recommendations, to conduct a comparative analysis, as well as to make reviews of resources on a particular subject/topic. In addition, the demand for e-learning resources is affected by the fact that education authorities encourage not so much the use of e-learning resources as their development by the teacher himself. In general, the load on teachers has increased instead of the promised saving of time and effort when using the e-learning resources. At the same time, many e-learning resources are not very effective, since they do not meet the requirements of cognitiveness (they contribute not to learning, but to simple memorization of the material). It is necessary to explore the process of learning new material: this will allow you to create cognitive e-learning resources and other resources that would help you with equal probability to successfully acquire new knowledge for students belonging to different psycho-types. At the initial stage of the study of any subject, it is more expedient to use the usual “paper” method, that is, a textbook and not overload the student’s brain with excessive information. Only when he has mastered the basic provisions, we can turn to e-learning resources, bearing in mind that they must be cognitive, that is, they are aimed at logical perception and rapid intuitive learning, only in this case e-learning resources can be considered effective. The conclusion is formulated that cognitiveness is the next stage of informatization of education after the stage of electronization.

OPERATIONS FOR ANEURISM OF THE ABDOMINAL AORTIC DEPARTMENT - RESECTION WITH THE FOLLOWING PROSTHETICS AND ENDOPROSTHETICS: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF COMPLICATIONS

2020 ◽  
pp. 43-49
Author(s):  
Андрей Анатольевич Иванов ◽  
Александр Иванович Жданов ◽  
Максим Сергеевич Шевелин ◽  
Александр Сергеевич Брежнев
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Postoperative Complications ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Aortic Aneurysms ◽  
Surgical Interventions ◽  
Vein Thrombosis ◽  
Scientific Hypothesis ◽  
Abdominal Aortic ◽  
Life Threatening ◽  
High Level

В статье представлены данные оригинального исследования по улучшению хирургического лечения аневризм брюшного отдела аорты. С этой целью произведен сравнительный анализ двух альтернативных друг другу операций: 1) резекции аневризмы с последующим протезированием аорты; 2) эндопротезирования аорты. Сформулировано научное предположение о том, что замена «классических» операций резекции аневризмы на «альтернативные» операции эндопротезирования приведет к принципиальному снижению уровня послеоперационных осложнений. В независимых группах пациентов с использованием сравниваемых хирургических вмешательств произведена точная качественная и количественная оценка послеоперационных осложнений: нетромботических - кардиальных, пульмональных, ренальных и тромботических - тромбозов глубоких вен и тромбозов браншей протеза. После реализации исследования было установлено, что замена «классических» операций на «альтернативные» достоверно приводит к принципиальному снижению уровня наиболее жизнеопасных осложнений - кардиальных (острых форм ишемической болезни сердца, нарушений сердечного ритма), пульмональных (пневмоний, тромбоэмболии легочной артерии, респираторного дистресс-синдрома взрослых) и ренальных (острой почечной недостаточности). Некоторое исключение составили менее жизнеопасные тромботические осложнения. Полученные результаты имеют высокий уровень статистической значимости, что позволяет рекомендовать их к рассмотрению к использованию в практике сосудистой хирургии The article presents data from an original study to improve the surgical treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms. For this purpose, a comparative analysis of two alternate operations was performed: 1) aneurysm resection followed by aortic prosthetics; 2) aortic endoprosthetics. The scientific hypothesis is formulated that the replacement of the «classical» operations of resection of the aneurysm with «alternative» operations of endoprosthetics will lead to a fundamental decrease in the level of postoperative complications. In independent groups of patients using the compared surgical interventions, an accurate qualitative and quantitative assessment of postoperative complications was made: non-thrombotic - cardiac, pulmonary, renal and thrombotic - deep vein thrombosis and prosthetic jaw thrombosis. After the study was completed, it was found that the fundamental replacement of «classical» operations with «alternative» reliably leads to a fundamental decrease in the level of the most life-threatening complications - cardiac (acute forms of coronary heart disease, cardiac arrhythmias), pulmonary (pneumonia, pulmonary thromboembolism, respiratory distress syndrome of adults) and renal (acute renal failure). Some exceptions were less life-threatening thrombotic complications. The results obtained have a high level of statistical significance, which allows us to recommend them for consideration in the practice of vascular surgery

Philosophical and Cultural Aspects of Medical Profession: Philosophical and Conceptual Peculiarities

Cultura ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 165-174
Author(s):  
Iryna MELNYCHUK ◽  
Nadiya FEDCHYSHYN ◽  
Oleg PYLYPYSHYN ◽  
Anatolii VYKHRUSHCH
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Medical Profession ◽  
Subject Area ◽  
Human Relations ◽  
Cultural Aspects ◽  
Cultural Proximity ◽  
Personal Qualities ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Ecological Culture ◽  
High Level

The article analyzes the philosophical and cultural view of “doctor’s professional culture” as a result of centuries-old practice of human relations, which is characterized by constancy and passed from generation to generation. Medicine is a complex system in which an important role is played by: philosophical outlook of a doctor, philosophical culture, ecological culture, moral culture, aesthetic culture, artistic culture. We have found that within the system “doctor-patient” the degree of cultural proximity becomes a factor that influences the health or life of a patient. Thus, the following factors are important here: 1) communication that suppresses a sick person; 2) the balance of cultural and intellectual levels; 3) the cultural environment of a patient which has much more powerful impact on a patient than the medical one.At the present stage, the interdependence of professional and humanitarian training of future specialists is predominant, as a highly skilled specialist can not but become a subject of philosophizing. We outlined the sphere where the doctors present a genre variety of philosophizing (philosophical novels, apologies, dialogues, diaries, aphorisms, confessions, essays, etc.). This tradition represents the original variations in the formation of future doctor’s communicative competences, which are formed in the process of medical students’ professional training.A survey conducted among medical students made it possible to establish their professional values, which are indicators of the formation of philosophical and culturological competence. It was found out that 92% of respondents believed that a doctor should demonstrate a high level of health culture (avoid drinking and smoking habits, etc.)99% of respondents favoured a high level of personal qualities of a doctor which would allow methods and forms of medical practice to assert higher human ideals of truth, goodness and beauty that are the subject area of cultural studies and philosophy.

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