scholarly journals Can the Office Environment Be a Motivator? What Makes a Good Enough Working Environment on the Eve of 2020?

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 129-139
Author(s):  
Luca Frankó ◽  
Andrea Dúll
Keyword(s):  
Physical Environment ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Environmental Aspects ◽  
Office Environment ◽  
The Social ◽  
Excellent Work ◽  
Perspective Planning ◽  
New Generation ◽  
Office Employees

A well-designed office environment is often touted as a key motivator nowdays, although it is not entirely clear how to use it consciously. Our goal was to understand the role of the physical environment in new generation offices and whether it can be a motivator at all. We asked open-office employees to describe the three main criteria of an excellent work environment. We analyzed 509 participants' 1456 answers and classified them into 146 content codes. These content codes were further categorized based on whether they refer to the physical or/and the social environment, as well as along the eight needs Maslow described. 82.07 % of the answers referred to the physical environment, ambient stimuli dominated the sample with 324 mentions under 6 content codes (eg.: bright (128), quiet (69)). The majority (55.59 %) of the responses could be categorized under Maslow’s safety needs, but 14.15 % of them referred to one of Maslow’s growth needs (eg.: plants (26), decoration (21)). Using the intersection of Maslow's and Herzberg's theory, we argue that certain physical environmental aspects can be considered as a hygiene factor, some of them as a motivator. And some of them as both meaning some aspects can be considered on more level from an emotional-motivational perspective. Planning an office is not just an architectural question, but a psychological one as well. In order to design human-focused work places we need to understand the exact role and the layering of the physical environmental aspects.

scholarly journals Envolvendo estudantes de Direito em uma equipe multidisciplinar: ensino, pesquisa, extensão e responsabilidade social

2018 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-79
Author(s):  
Fabiola De Sampaio Rodrigues Grazinoli Garrido ◽  
Rodrigo Grazinoli Garrido
Keyword(s):  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Social Role ◽  
Law Students ◽  
Vulnerable Groups ◽  
Multidisciplinary Teams ◽  
Environmental Aspects ◽  
Tutorial Program ◽  
The Social ◽  
The University

Trabalhos desenvolvidos em equipes multidisciplinares devem ser rotina para os futuros egressos do curso de direito. O objetivo desse artigo é discutir algumas estratégias e planos de trabalho utilizados no Programa de Educação Tutorial Conexões de Saberes que envolve estudantes do curso de direito da Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro no campus de Três Rios, interior do Rio de Janeiro. Nessa perspectiva, o engajamento dos estudantes em projetos do tem contribuído como um campo experimental para o desenvolvimento das habilidades necessárias aos bacharéis em direito, bem como para a percepção do papel social do futuro profissional. Desde 2014, a equipe desenvolve projetos que discutem a função da universidade junto à comunidade, abordando sobretudo questões relacionadas a grupos vulneráveis e a aspectos agroambientais.Palavras-chave: aprendizagem significativa; formação integradora; projetos na graduação. Abstract Work performed in multidisciplinary teams should be routine for future graduates of the law courses. The aim of this paper is to discuss some strategies and work plans used in the Connections of Knowledge Tutorial Program that involves law students of the Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro on the campus of Três Rios, in the interior of Rio de Janeiro. In this perspective, students' engagement in projects has contributed as an experimental field for the development of the skills required by law graduates, as well as for the perception of the social role of the professional future. Since 2014, the team has developed projects that discuss the role of the university in the community, addressing issues related to vulnerable groups and agro-environmental aspects.

The Role of Women in the Yakan Weaving the Maintenance and Preservation of Cultural Heritage

2012 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Brenda Q. Salang
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Indigenous Knowledge ◽  
Shared Responsibility ◽  
Community Control ◽  
Environmental Aspects ◽  
The People ◽  
The Social ◽  
Role Of Women ◽  
The Village

The study was conducted in Highland Village, Upper Calarian Zamboanga City to analyze the role of women in the Yakan weaving particularly in the maintenance and preservation of cultural heritage. Specifically the study aimed to describe the role of women in the Yakan weaving, describe the Yakan weaving as it relates to the culture of the people in the Yakan village of Upper Calarian, Zamboanga City, determine the factors that preserve the Indigenous knowledge that is unique to the Yakan culture. Dtermine the perceived contribution of Yakan weaving to the social, economic and environmental aspects of the Yakan community; and Reommend development strategies and policies to ensure the sustainability of the weaving industry. Survey was used with a total enumeration of 52 household respondents in assessing the preservation of cultural heritage. An FGD with 15 weavers residing in the village was conducted. Questionnaire was administered on the Samal settlement to test the reliability of the instrument. Data was processed and analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) software. Results of the study revealed that the continuous weaving activities of the local people developed the trait of the next generation. It developed a shared responsibility of maintaining the knowledge and preserving the endogenous craft in the Yakan tribe. Weaving portrays the condition and relevance of community life as well as understanding the nature and cultural characteristics of the Yakan people. Keywords - Cultural technology, Social capital, Cultural Heritage, Indigenous knowledge Cooperation and collaboration, self reliance and community control, Capacity building and Living with ecological limits

scholarly journals Social and environmental aspects of courtyards in Cyprus vernacular architecture

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-90
Author(s):  
Maria Philokyprou ◽  
Aimilios Michael
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Climate ◽  
Analytical Study ◽  
Vernacular Architecture ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Environmental Aspects ◽  
Residential Architecture ◽  
Architectural Features ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Gathering

Central courtyards emerged in many civilizations of the world. Cyprus was no exception as courtyards formed important architectural features throughout the centuries in the residential architecture of the island. The erection of dwellings attached to each other, the need for a private outdoor protected space due to the introverted character of societies, as well as the climatic conditions, i.e. warm Mediterranean climate, led to a widespread use of the courtyard in nearly all traditional residences of the island in the last two centuries. Apart from vernacular architecture, courtyards appeared in earlier historic periods and, in some cases, they were found to be used in the residential architecture of more recent decades. This paper presents an analytical study of the social and environmental aspects of courtyards in the vernacular dwellings of Cyprus. The research underlines the role of the courtyard as an important social gathering area, as well as a microclimate regulator in the residences. Moreover, it highlights its bioclimatic significance in enhancing the integration of nature's elements into the design and overall architectural concept of the dwelling.

The Role of Standards in the Development of New Informational Infrastructure

2014 ◽  
pp. 149-160
Author(s):  
Vladislav V. Fomin ◽  
Marja Matinmikko
Keyword(s):  
Social Organization ◽  
Temporal Dynamics ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
Theoretical Concepts ◽  
Regulatory Domains ◽  
Time Space ◽  
The Social ◽  
Development Processes ◽  
New Generation

In this chapter, the authors inch towards better understanding of the notion of informational infrastructure and the role of standards in the development of infrastructures in the new information age. Specifically, the authors consider the standardization process as pertaining to informational infrastructure development. They focus on two particular aspects of standardization: temporal dynamics and the social organization. Using Bauman's concept of liquid modernity, the authors argue that standards often become hybrids of solid and liquid modernities linking together different scales of time, space, and social organization. To better illustrate theoretical concepts, they draw on practical examples from the development of informational standards, infrastructures, and services, particularly from the domain of Cognitive Radio Systems (CRS), a new generation of “paradigm changing” communication technologies and services. The aim of this chapter is to offer the scholars of standards and innovation a fresh, non-mainstream perspective on the social and temporal dynamics of standardization and infrastructure development processes, to bring forth new understandings of the complexity of relationships between business, technology, and regulatory domains in the formation of informational infrastructure.

Neoclassical Modernity

2020 ◽  
pp. 21-47
Author(s):  
Kevin M. Jones
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Social Role ◽  
Early Twentieth Century ◽  
The Social ◽  
Late Nineteenth ◽  
New Generation ◽  
Late Ottoman

This chapter details the engagement of Iraqi poets with the Arab Nahda of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It provides a brief account of the social role of poetry in late Ottoman Iraq and a survey of the neoclassical poetry revival in Egypt and Syria. The chapter shows how Iraqi poets used the Nahda press to articulate their own relationship to modernity and reveals how new appreciations of the singularity of Iraq’s poetry tradition inspired proto-nationalist conceptions of Iraqi culture. Finally, the chapter examines the efforts of a new generation of young Najafi poets to promote the pioneering role of their own Najafi predecessors and reconstruct the historiography of the Arab Nahda for a broader Arab audience in the early twentieth century.

scholarly journals http://habibiaislamicus.com/index.php/hirj/article/view/133

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 55-80
Author(s):  
Nasrullah Qureshi ◽  
◽  
Hadi Bux Chhijan
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
Teaching Practices ◽  
Government Institutions ◽  
Full Attention ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Status ◽  
Character Building ◽  
New Generation

Describing the status of the Quranic Education in Sindh's Government Institutions is an important matter which will be resolved according to suggestions of well-versed and experts of education. Thus I made a little struggle about above topic. So I expect to authority to give full attention to this issue so that we may be able to improve our education in new generation, and there will be appeared many benefits in society.Firstly the importance of The Quran and its need in the social life of the society has been discussed shortly. Next, the research highlights the role of the institutions in the betterment of the education and character building of the pupil. Moreover, a brief study of the Quranic syllabus of the institutions and its teaching practices has been mentioned. After the study of the syllabus and a survey of schools, the research identifies the merits and demerits of the syllabus and suggests some viable solutions to make Quranic teaching better in the province. Finally, the study recommends some effective measures in order to increase the interest and inclination of society through making Quranic teaching easier and more focused.

scholarly journals THE PREPARATION OF A SPECIALIST IN NETWORKING CULTURAL-EDUCATIONAL SPACE OF UNIVERSITY

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 77-83
Author(s):  
Zinaida Kekeeva ◽  
Zhannat Sardarova ◽  
Gulzhan Ergalieva
Keyword(s):  
Quality Improvement ◽  
International Cooperation ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Educational Services ◽  
The World ◽  
Networking Technologies ◽  
Personal Competencies ◽  
The University ◽  
New Generation

The article deals with specialist preparation problems in networking cultural-educational space of the University. The authors consider the role of networking technologies in quality improvement of educational services in the conditions of the international cooperation. They also substantiate the process of entering the future experts in the working environment, the formation of their professional and personal competencies. The article reveals priority areas of training new generation specialists in the cultural and educational space of the university taking into account modern educational trends in the world.

scholarly journals The Role of Tourist March in Socializing Teenagers

GYMNASIUM ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol XX (1 (Supplement)) ◽  
pp. 29
Author(s):  
Mihail Onoi ◽  
Maria Grosu ◽  
Vasile Mindrigan
Keyword(s):  
Social Skills ◽  
Young People ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Environmental Aspects ◽  
Mutual Assistance ◽  
Social Sphere ◽  
Theoretical Approaches ◽  
The Social

Socializing in tourist march also targets the adolescent and the group. Skills and habits, as well as rules assimilated by adolescents in tourist march, will be effective in any other social sphere. Tourist activities including tourism marches are very attractive, and those who practice them are convinced of their benefits, including socializing. The social, economic and environmental aspects of the young people of the last years impose the necessity to use the pedagogical potential of the tourism marches, for the formation of the collectivism, the mutual assistance and the activity in the group and other social skills necessary for the adolescents. Thus, these aspects give us the possibility to mention that, the tourism marches have an enormous psychological and pedagogical potential for the socialization of adolescents. The analysis of scientific literature allowed us to determine basic and theoretical approaches that are based on ideas about various aspects of socialization.

Ubiquitous Creativity, Imagination in Dialogue, and Innovative Practice-in-Action

2015 ◽  
Vol 117 (10) ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lori A. Custodero
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Research Design ◽  
Physical Environment ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Ways Of Knowing ◽  
Past Century ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social And Physical Environment

Background Over the past century, the role of creativity in teaching and learning has been interpreted in many ways, leading to often conflicting discipline-specific definitions, measurements, and pedagogical applications. Purpose/Objective This issue takes on the perspective of creativity as ubiquitous, and follows that line of inquiry in its psycho-social manifestations, its application in innovative educational settings, and the persistence through which ideas and imagery become active forces for transformation and social change. Research Design As an introduction to the issue, this article summarizes and articulates the relatedness between scholars within a variety of educational fields. Conclusions/Recommendations When viewed as ubiquitous, creativity can be a lens through which to interpret learning as a transformational experience, where the learner resources the social and physical environment to move from not knowing to knowing. Motivating such transformation are (a) the ability to identify what is not known, (b) the juxtaposition of difference to reveal alternate ways of knowing, and (c) the openness to possibility and willingness to explore.

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