Does the Integrated Reporting's definition of human capital fit with the HR manager's perspective?

2020 ◽  
pp. 5-32
Author(s):  
Maurizio Cisi ◽  
Francesca Alice Centrone ◽  
Laura Corazza
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
The Self ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Key Informants ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Hr Managers ◽  
The Voice ◽  
Purposive Sample ◽  
Over Time

The assessment of the organisation's ability to create value over time through its human capital (HC) is crucial for every business. Several definitions of HC ex-ist, quite ambiguous and not unique. This fuzziness is impacting, in turn, the busi-ness practice. This study is grounded on the concept of HC, as defined by the Inte-grated Reporting (IR) and it is focused on testing the self-identification of HR managers with the IR definition. With this work, authors want to question the in-clusivity of the definition of HC, as well as, its practical suitability, recurring to a theoretical framework called dialogic-polylogic accounting. A first exploration of the HC definition from the IR framework has been con-ducted, representing the cause-effect links and some reflections on its semantics. Furthermore, the opinion of a purposive sample of key informants HR managers is explored through a qualitative content analysis on 19 semi-structured interviews. Such key informants have a first-hand knowledge about the community of Italian HR managers, and they have no experience in IR representing the voice of ex-cluded, but potential users. Despite an initial sympathetic reaction, the HC practi-tioners stressed an excessive technical rigidity in IR definition, quite distant from their field experience on HC.

scholarly journals “I’ve Heard of It, Yes, but I Can’t Remember What Exactly It Was”—A Qualitative Study on Awareness, Knowledge, and Use of the UV Index

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 1615
Author(s):  
Katharina Diehl ◽  
Tatiana Görig ◽  
Charlotte Jansen ◽  
Maike Carola Hruby ◽  
Annette B. Pfahlberg ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Sun Protection ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Protection Factor ◽  
Protection Measures ◽  
Uv Index ◽  
Correct Definition ◽  
Definition Of

Pharmacists and pharmaceutical technicians play an important role in counselling customers regarding sunscreen use and sun protection measures. A potentially helpful tool that can be used during counselling is the ultraviolet index (UVI), which informs individuals when and what sun protection measures are needed at a specific place and time. Our aim in this qualitative study was to explore awareness, knowledge, and use of the UVI during counselling in pharmacies. We used semi-structured interviews with pharmacists and pharmaceutical technicians (n = 20) to answer our research questions. Interviews were audiotaped, transcribed verbatim, and analyzed using qualitative content analysis. During the interviews pharmacists and pharmaceutical technicians revealed a lot of uncertainty and lack of knowledge regarding the UVI. Eight professionals were able to give a correct definition of UVI. Amongst others, the UVI was confused with sun protection factor. Overall, the UVI was hardly used during the counselling of customers. The UVI was developed to provide guidance when which type of sun protection is required to avoid detrimental effects of ultraviolet radiation. For effective implementation, both the general population and health professionals (e.g., pharmacists) have to increase their knowledge about the UVI. This would strengthen its use during professional counselling in pharmacies and may help to reduce the incidence of skin cancer over the long term.

scholarly journals Towards Modern Greek Consciousness

2005 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 51
Author(s):  
Loukia Droulia
Keyword(s):  
The Self ◽  
Common Language ◽  
Human Group ◽  
War Of Independence ◽  
Modern Greek ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Of Greece ◽  
Over Time

<p>This paper deals with the subject of Modern Greek consciousness which can be said epigrammatically to have its starting point in the Provisional Constitution of Greece ratified by the Assembly of Epidaurus in January 1822. For it was then necessary that two crucial questions be answered, namely who were to be considered as citizens of the new state about to be created and what regions it covered. The attempt to find answers to these questions necessarily led to the re-examination of the Greek nation's historical course over the millenia.</p><p>For this purpose the terms that express the concepts which register the self-definition of a human group and their use over time, are here examined as well as the links that formed the connection between the groups of Greek-speaking Orthodox Christians who, as a result of historical circumstances, had until then been geographically scattered. One solid link was the unbroken use of their common language; the "ancestral culture" was the other definitive element which had a continuous though uneven presence throughout the centuries. Finally the "place", having preserved the same geographical name, "Hellas", through the centuries although its borders were certainly unclear, now took on a weighty significance as regards the conscious identification of the historical land with the new state that the Greeks were struggling to create in the nineteenth century. These and other factors contributed to the acceptance by the Greek nation of the nomenclature <em>Ellines, Ellada</em> which were unanimously adopted during the Greek war of Independence, instead of the terms <em>Graikoi, Romioi, Graikia</em>.</p>

scholarly journals Intercultural Transfer and Balinese Gamelan Preservation

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-34
Author(s):  
Emma Lo
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Music ◽  
The Self ◽  
Power Dynamics ◽  
Cultural Transfer ◽  
Balinese Gamelan ◽  
Strategic Support ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Cultural Mobility ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Over Time

The influence and spread of traditional Balinese music over time and across regions has been conducted through a number of different channels. In addition to locally-focused efforts, cultural transfer has also contributed to the preservation of traditional Balinese arts. From the self-interested, strategic support of gamelan music by Japanese occupational forces to the global experimental music scene today, Balinese arts have been shared, supported, translated, and appropriated in various ways by a number of different actors to political, artistic, and commercial ends. Building on Michel Espagne’s definition of cultural transfer and Stephen Greenblatt’s concept of cultural mobility, this paper aims to outline different modes of cultural transfer (or “bridges,” as Espagne would say), with explicit attention to power dynamics and multi-way flows of influence. Several key historical and contemporary examples of the transfer of traditional Balinese music will be discussed in an effort to better understand the relationship between cultural transfer and preservation.

scholarly journals Factors Contributing to Job Engagement in Ugandan Nurses and Midwives

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pauline Bakibinga ◽  
Hege Forbech Vinje ◽  
Maurice Mittelmark
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
The Self ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Job Engagement ◽  
Self Tuning ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
High Level ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Nurses And Midwives ◽  
Purposive Sample

Despite the difficult working conditions many nurses in Sub-Saharan Africa experience resulting in their migration or leaving the profession, there are nurses who thrive and stay engaged. Understanding what factors play a role in enhancing nurses' job engagement might help health care and training institutions develop interventions to enable nurses learn methods to help retain their job engagement. Research in Norway has produced a theory about how job engagement can be protected, called the Self-tuning Model of Self-Care, which was used to explore the phenomenon of job engagement in Ugandan nurses. In-depth interviews were conducted in 2010, with a purposive sample of 15 nurses and midwives. Qualitative content analysis of the data was conducted. Findings from Uganda show that the Self-Tuning Model can be used both as a framework for analysis and as a model of how nurses can promote their experience of job engagement. Nurses should be encouraged to practice habitual introspection and reflection about the satisfactions they derive from work, to enable them retain a high level of job engagement despite the adversities of nursing practice.

The parents experience in caring children with learning difficulties in children and adolescent Polyclinic at HB Sa’anin Psychiatry HospitalPadang Year 2015

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-15
Author(s):  
Windy Freska ◽  
Zabidah Putit ◽  
Reni Dayati
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Learning Difficulties ◽  
Analysis Data ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Her Family ◽  
Children And Adolescent ◽  
Stress Changes ◽  
As Stress ◽  
Physical Responses ◽  
Purposive Sample

Purpose :This exploratory, qualitative study was conducted to explore parents experience on parenting a child with learning difficulties .Method : The writer’s recruited a purposive sample of 6 mother who were caring for a child with learning difficulties at homefromchildren and adolescent Polyclinic at HB Sa’anin Psychiatry Hospital, semi-structured interviews between April and June 2015. Each interview lasted forabout an hour. The writer’ analyzed the interview data using qualitative content analysis. Data was analyzed by applying Collaizi technique. Findings : The research identified themes: Provide an emotional response in parenting, Participants face challenges in accepting and adapting to their child's learning difficulties in the form of emotional responses as well as physical responses Conclusion:the writers’ findings indicate a few important educational needs of parents in caring a child with learning difficulties To facilitate effective parenting, holistic and individualized needsassessment, The mother, will face challenges in “accepting and adapting” to their children such as stress, changes in the lifestyle of the mother and her family, In addition to adapting to the condition of the child, the mother also struggles to be able to face the pressure in treatment and confusion in the future for her child

Spiritual development in Iranian nurses

2016 ◽  
Vol 24 (8) ◽  
pp. 936-949 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shirmohammad Davoodvand ◽  
Abbas Abbaszadeh ◽  
Fazlollah Ahmadi
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Education ◽  
Spiritual Development ◽  
Nursing Student ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Quality Care ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Ethical Approval ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The University ◽  
New Generation

Background: Spiritual development is one of the most important aspects of socialization that has attracted the attention of researchers. It is needed to train nursing student and novice nurses to provide high-quality care for patients. There is ambiguity in the definition of spiritual development and its relations, especially in the eastern countries. Research objectives:: To explore the concept of spiritual development in Iranian nurses. Research design: Qualitative content analysis approach. Data were gathered from semi-structured interviews. Participants and research context: The participants were 17 Iranian Muslim nurses selected using a purposeful sampling. The place of interviews was on their choice. Ethical considerations: Based on the principles of the Helsinki declaration, the focus was on preserving the participants’ autonomy, confidentiality, and anonymity. The participants were told the study purposes and trends, and their rights were emphasized; they were then asked to sign written consent forms. Formal research approval was obtained from Kerman University of Medical Sciences. Ethical approval was granted by the University Ethics Committee before the study was conducted (K/92 etc). Findings: Three themes for spiritual development were defined: obligation to religion, commitment to ethics, and commitment to law. From the results, factors such as connection to the limitless divine power, personal and society-oriented ethical codes, and commitment to the law are proposed. Discussion: There are some differences between these findings and previous study, especially in the relation of the spirituality, religion, and law. Some studies, mostly Iranian, support these findings partially. Conclusion: The results suggest that it is better to teach nursing education based on humanistic principles, ethics, and law to the new generation of nurses to improve community health and development. More studies are needed to examine the relation between these themes.

Toward a multidimensional streaming: A thematic case study of two Twitch channels

2021 ◽  
pp. 146144482110206
Author(s):  
Dragoș M Obreja
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Gender Discrimination ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
The Self ◽  
Constructivist Approach ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Live Chat

The number of views and streamers of streaming channels is constantly growing, and Twitch seems to be the streaming platform par excellence to confirm this. Thus, using a constructivist approach, the main purpose of this article was to outline a thematic case study based on two streaming channels. Using qualitative content analysis of live chat comments ( n = 215), and also semi-structured interviews ( n = 31), findings indicate four major themes: (1) environment for the self-esteem shows that both the streamer and the viewers resort to various attempts to improve the other’s self-esteem when necessary; (2) systemic gender discrimination shows that while forms of discrimination on live chats are rather subtle and “regulatory,” there are also rare but overt forms of aggression; (3) ambiguous collective writing establishes that the differences between spamming and trolling are predominantly contextual; while (4) situational feedback for the streamer is mainly characterized by either irony or advice to the streamer.

How health professionals facilitate parents’ involvement in decision-making at the hospital: A parental perspective

2017 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 108-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antje Aarthun ◽  
Knut A Øymar ◽  
Kristin Akerjordet
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Parental Involvement ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Health Promoting ◽  
Parents Involvement ◽  
Purposive Sample ◽  
Parents Experiences

In many western countries, parents have a legal right to influence and be involved in decision-making (DM) surrounding their children’s healthcare. This ensures that the healthcare is customized as far as possible to meet the children’s and families’ needs and preferences. However, parental involvement in such DM is not sufficiently implemented and the parental role during hospitalizations has become demanding. More knowledge is required to inform health professionals (HPs) about how to improve parental involvement in DM from a health-promoting perspective. The aims of this study were to explore parents’ experiences of how HPs facilitate their involvement in the DM surrounding their child’s healthcare and to identify how HPs can improve parental involvement at the hospital. This was an explorative, descriptive qualitative study within a constructivist research paradigm, comprising a purposive sample of 12 parents participating in individual semi-structured interviews. Qualitative content analysis was performed. The findings showed that HPs’ sensitivity to parents’ capacity, resources and needs was essential in order to facilitate the latter’s involvement in DM. HPs’ sensitivity also seemed to influence the quality of communication and the HP-parent relationship. Moreover, these factors appeared to affect parents’ coping ability during their children’s hospitalization.

Combatir la violencia contra las mujeres políticas:

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 623-637
Author(s):  
Pablo Castaño
Keyword(s):  
Political Violence ◽  
Political Representation ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Major Influence ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Las Mujeres ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Made In

Introduction. Violence against women in politics (VAWP) is a specific form of gender-based violence that is receiving growing attention from research, because it threatens the progress made in women’s political representation. However, there are few works on how to design legislation against VAWP. Objectives. This article contributes to filling this gap by analysing how the Bolivian legislation influenced norms of VAWP drafted and passed by other countries and international organisations in Latin America, the country where more efforts of this kind have taken place – the 243/2012 Bolivian Law on Political Violence and Harassment against Women was the first law on VAWP in the world –. Methodology. The research draws on qualitative content analysis of the legislation and semi-structured interviews with Bolivian women’s activists, officials and MPs. Results, conclusions and discussion. I argue that four specific features of the Bolivian legislation have had a major influence on other norms on VAWP: (i) a wide and detailed definition of VAWP; (ii) the attribution to the electoral organ of competences to prevent VAWP; (iii) the establishment of political parties’ responsibilities; (iv) the (incomplete) adoption of an intersectional perspective.

scholarly journals Living with Chronic Heart Disease: A Pilot Study

1997 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charlene Winters
Keyword(s):  
Heart Disease ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Qualitative Inquiry ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Chronic Heart Disease ◽  
Client Care ◽  
Acute Cardiac Event ◽  
Purposive Sample ◽  
Over Time

Few studies have addressed the experience of living with chronic heart disease. Understanding how persons appraise and respond to heart disease will foster nurses' ability to provide holistic client care. The purpose of this pilot study was to extend understanding of the experience of living with chronic heart disease and to identify questions for further study. Qualitative inquiry was the interpretive approach guiding this descriptive explorative study. Individuals eligible for participation were (a) 18 years or older, (b) able to read and speak English, and (c) at least 1 year post acute cardiac event and free of chronic illness unrelated to heart disease. A purposive sample of 4 women and 6 men with chronic heart disease participated in the study. Data were collected using semi-structured interviews and the Mishel Uncertainty in Illness Scale (MUIS-C) and analyzed for common themes. Four themes emerged: (a) Uncertainty, (b) change over time, (c) conflict, and (d) playing the game. Living with heart disease is a dynamic experience characterized by periods of certainty, uncertainty, and changes in behavior and feelings that evolve over time. Understanding this experience will assist nurses in providing holistic care to clients and their family.

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