Biographies in talk: A narrative-discursive research approach

This paper demonstrates the contribution a synthetic narrativediscursive approach can make to understanding biographical work within a research interview. Our focus is on biographical work as part of the ongoing, interactive process through which identities are taken up. This is of particular interest for people who, for example, are entering a new career and can be seen as “novices” in the sense that they are constructing and claiming a new identity. Following a discussion of the theoretical and methodological background in narrative, discourse analytic and discursive work in social psychology (e.g. Bruner, 1990; Edley, 2001; Potter and Wetherell, 1987; Wetherell, 1998), the paper presents an analysis of biographical talk from an interview study with postgraduate Art and Design students. Our interest is in their identity work, including biographical work, as novices in their fields. The analysis illustrates the approach and the key analytic concepts of, first, shared discursive resources, such as interpretative repertoires (e.g. Edley, 2001) and canonical narratives (e.g. Bruner, 1991), and, secondly, troubled identities (e.g. Wetherell and Edley, 1998; Taylor, 2005a) . It shows how speakers’ biographical accounts are shaped and constrained by the meanings which prevail within the larger society. For our participants, these include established understandings of the nature and origins of an artistic or creative identity, and the biographical trajectory associated with it. The particular focus of our approach is on how, in a speaker’s reflexive work to construct a biographical narrative, the versions produced in previous tellings become a constraint and a source of continuity.

The elderly citizens’ social support of in the emotional and psychological sphere

The article is devoted the actual problem – the satisfaction of elderly citizens with emotional and psychological support from the social service system. The article presents the results of the qualitative research (interview) as part of the research group at the Department of Sociology of Social Work of Saratov State University in Saratov and the region. On the basis of the qualitative methodology, the groups of elderly citizens who need emotional and psychological assistance are studied and the level for the need for specialized psychological assistance for the elderly is identified.

TAHLILUL MAWADH AD DIROSIAH FI KITAB AL ARABIYAH BAINA YADAIK

Textbook is an element of the educational curriculum as well as the teaching method. The textbook influences students’ understanding, whether it has similar or different characteristics. Therefore, the textbook author must be careful in compling and developing the material. Theaching material is the forms of material used to assist the teacher in carrying out teaching activities. The material must have its own characteristics. The type of research is a qualitative research with descriptive analyisis. The data in this research is the book “Arabiyyah Baina Yadaik Juz Awwal”. The topic in this research is the analysis of the matterial, either from the advantages or this advantages, the steps in this research are: reading the books related to the material of the research, interview between students who learn the book, and analyse accurately of the research. The result of this research is the textbook is quite good in foundations and characteristics of the learning material for non-native speakers.

The Research Interview: A Performative Reinterpretation

The shift from positivistic to interpretive and critical paradigms within qualitative research entails a certain messiness in its methodology and analyses. This aligns with an entailed abandonment of objectives to arrive at absolute truth. I argue in this article that the same levels of messiness and uncertainty should apply to the definition and characterizations of perhaps the primary knowledge-producing activity within qualitative inquiry, the research interview. Untethering this concept from unnecessary delimitation might, or so I argue, allow for fresh perspectives concerning its uses and analyses, revealing less positivistically “loaded” deployment strategies and opening up vast vistas for future research.

Research on the Factors Influencing the Career Achievement of Enterprise Employees and the Establishment of Evaluation Criteria

Career achievement is the manifestation of professional values, which plays an important guiding role in career planning and human capital development. On the basis of theoretical literature research, this paper conducts a questionnaire survey and research interview for enterprise employees, explores the influencing factors of employee career achievement from the aspects of organizational support, job characteristics, social capital, individual conditions, career inclination and so on, and makes an empirical analysis, so as to construct the evaluation criteria of career achievement. According to the article: the factors influencing the career achievement of employees in enterprises are the same as those of employees in other enterprises, and is phased, personalized needs, should construct the diversified evaluation standard, namely: to break the traditional single career achievement evaluation concept, build a diversified organizational support system, establishing incentive salary welfare system, provide service for employees to grow professionally.

Analisis Faktor Pengaruh Dominan Perancangan Penerapan Model Rencana Insentif Pada Material Sisa

ABSTRACTThe incentive is an additional compensation given in monetary or non-monetary form so that the parties involved in a job try their best to complete their work properly without reducing the quality of work. The purpose of this study is to find out what dominant factors need to be considered in implementing an incentive plan and to find out whether this incentive plan model affects the residual material. This research was conducted by processing primary data in the form of a Likert scale questionnaire. A Likert scale of 1-5 is used to measure the level of influence of an identified factor on the incentive plan. In the process, this research uses the Factor Analysis Method with a significance level of 5% and is assisted by the application of Statistics Product and Service Solutions (SPSS) or a statistical package for social sciences to test and calculate data. Based on the research results obtained 3 dominant factors that need to be considered in the implementation of the incentive plan, in the research interview some experts agreed and disagreed with this incentive plan model for the reduction of waste material based on several considerations.ABSTRAKInsentif adalah suatu kompensasi tambahan yang diberikan dalam bentuk moneter atau nonmoneter supaya pihak-pihak yang terlibat dalam suatu pekerjaan berusaha semaksimal mungkin dapat menyelesaikan pekerjaannya dengan baik tanpa mengurangi kualitas kerja. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui faktor-faktor dominan apa saja yang perlu dipertimbangkan dalam menerapkan rencana insentif dan mengetahui apakah model rencana insentif ini mempengaruhi material sisa. Penelitian ini dilakukan dengan mengolah data primer berupa angket skala likert. Skala likert 1-5 digunakan untuk mengukur tingkat pengaruh suatu faktor yang diidetifikasi terhadap rencana insentif. Dalam pengerjaannya, penelitian ini menggunakan Metode Analisis Faktor dengan taraf signifikansi 5% dan dibantu dengan aplikasi Statistics Product and Service Solutions (SPSS) atau paket statistik untuk ilmu sosial untuk menguji dan menghitung data. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian didapat 3 faktor dominan yang perlu diperhatikan dalam penerapan rencana insentif, dalam wawancara penelitian terdapat ahli yang setuju dan tidak setuju dengan model rencana insentif ini untuk pengurangan material sisa berdasarkan beberapa pertimbangan.Insentif adalah suatu kompensasi tambahan yang diberikan dalam bentuk moneter atau nonmoneter supaya pihak-pihak yang terlibat dalam suatu pekerjaan berusaha semaksimal mungkin dapat menyelesaikan pekerjaannya dengan baik tanpa mengurangi kualitas kerja. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui faktor-faktor dominan apa saja yang perlu dipertimbangkan dalam menerapkan rencana insentif dan mengetahui apakah model rencana insentif ini mempengaruhi material sisa. Penelitian ini dilakukan dengan mengolah data primer berupa angket skala likert. Skala likert 1-5 digunakan untuk mengukur tingkat pengaruh suatu faktor yang diidetifikasi terhadap rencana insentif. Dalam pengerjaannya, penelitian ini menggunakan Metode Analisis Faktor dengan taraf signifikansi 5% dan dibantu dengan aplikasi Statistics Product and Service Solutions (SPSS) atau paket statistik untuk ilmu sosial untuk menguji dan menghitung data. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian didapat 3 faktor dominan yang perlu diperhatikan dalam penerapan rencana insentif, dalam wawancara penelitian terdapat ahli yang setuju dan tidak setuju dengan model rencana insentif ini untuk pengurangan material sisa berdasarkan beberapa pertimbangan.

The Pragmatic Functions of I think in Different Genres

The present paper aims to examine the occurrence of I think in different genres. A collected data of I think from graduate student research interview and objectivism group study within Michigan Corpus of Academic Spoken English (MICASE) is analyzed. Both quantitative and qualitative analyses are included and the selection tool Antconc 3.4.4 are adopted in the study. By using concordance, all the context including I think are collected. Meanwhile, some phrases (such as I think so, what I think, I think of, etc.) are deleted from the analysis. It is found that I think in different positions and with different collocations fulfill different pragmatic functions respectively. The phrase I think is very frequent in GSRI and OSG, which is due to the nature of the discourse, where the participants are engaged in the communication. From the perspective of syntax and collocation, a lot of examples are analyzed in details. It is found that the interpretation of I think cannot be reached without exploring its linguistic context. In addition, a more detailed observation of linguistic context of I think in OSG and GSRI is explored. Some epistemic certainty (certainly, really, etc.) are included in research interview, with the function of emphasis and deliberation. The study might help to reconsider the functions of I think in different genres.