scholarly journals PREVENTION OF MOBBING / BULLYING AS A PSYCHOSOCIAL STRESSOR

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (8) ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Jolita Vveinhardt ◽  
Regina Andriukaitienė
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Research ◽  
Scientific Research ◽  
Organizational Factors ◽  
Organizational Management ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Bullying Prevention ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Theoretical Research ◽  
Psychosocial Stressor ◽  
Prevention Policies

Relevance of the research.The problem of workplace mobbing incorporating bullying as an intensepsychosocial stressor has been examined in foreign countries for three decades, at the same time searching foranswers on how to reduce the harm of the phenomenon to organizations and their members. Single studies of thisphenomenon in Lithuania started only about a decade ago and remain sparse, thus, both organizations and thegeneral public lack knowledge about the measures of prevention of the phenomenon. Research shows that mobbingand bullying remain a topical problem in the management of organizations, which is influenced by individualmembers of organizations, factors of organizational management and the social and cultural processes in thesocieties that can lead to different consequences in each country. Therefore, in this case it is important to evaluatethe level of exploration of the phenomenon, that is, what data can be available when choosing preventiveinstruments. The significance of research carried out internationally andthe recommendations provided isundeniable, but when analysing the scenarios of prevention of mobbing and bullying it is necessary to evaluate theprevention measures proposed on the basis of research on the negative relationships between employees in aparticular country.Theresearch problemis posed by the question of what are the factors of mobbing/bullying as apsychosocial stressor, and how to reduce the effect of these stressors to employees by preventive measures.Research subject:prevention of mobbing / bullying as a psychosocial stressor.Research purposewas todefine preventive measures of mobbing/bullying as a psychosocial stressor.The followingobjectiveswere formulated to achieve the purpose:1.To discuss prevention measures of mobbing/bullying as a psychosocial stressor.2.To evaluate the state of exploration of mobbing/bullying prevention in the studies carried out inLithuania.3.To distinguish the external factors that help to ensure the prevention of mobbing and bullying inorganizations.Research methods.The article is prepared applying the methods of systemic analysis of academicliterature, logical analysis and synthesis of theoretical research carried out. Organizational factors of risk ofmobbing/bullying are distinguished on the basisof the studies carried out abroad in the last two decades.Outcomes and conclusions.Most scientific research on prevention of mobbing and bullying is focussedon restoration of functionality of organizational management. That is, the emphasis is on the models oforganizational management that proved to be correct and ensure a clear and accurate distribution of tasks, wisdomof leadership, formation of a healthy climate of the organization, development of the system of prevention ofbullying in general, training of managers and employees. Studies show that in order to reduce the damage ofbullying and mobbing in organizations, both internal and external resources are not fully used. However, it mustbe recognised that the societal norms, values, aspects ofmoral and law are directly reflected in organizations.Though it is fair, but it is not fully rational to require from organizations something which has not become thenorm in the society, the members of which form organizations. The studies of mobbing/bullying in Lithuanianorganizations are carried out for a relatively short time and are not abundant. Most empirical research focuses onthe analysis of the situation (occurrence of mobbing in the organization, effect on health) in individual areas ofprofessional activities and provides recommendations only in a few narrow aspects of the management oforganizations in formulating prevention policies. It is therefore difficult not only to evaluate the extent of thephenomenon, but also the capacity of organizations to solve the problem, the more so as the country lackscomprehensive and complex research on mobbing/bullying prevention policies in organizations. After evaluationof the results of studies carried out by various authors and the insights, four keyexternal factors that have asignificant influence on prevention of mobbing and bullying in the organization can be distinguished:epidemiology of bullying in the society; capacity of the education system to deal with the problem of bullying andmobbing inorganizations and develop effective training programs; legal regulation of bullying and mobbing;development of the policy of publicity and openness, encouraging to accept the existing problems and stimulatingdiscussions of various groups in the society.In this respect, active work of academic community in developing thetraining programmes and presenting data of scientific research to the general public would be significant. In furtherresearch it would make sense to expand the empirical research, analysing the practically applied means ofprevention of mobbing/bullying in organizations and their effectiveness.Keywords:mobbing, bullying, psychosocial stressor, prevention.

scholarly journals Scientific method as the foundation of scientific research

2021 ◽  
pp. 13-17
Author(s):  
Anita Kovačić-Popović
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Scientific Method ◽  
Scientific Research ◽  
Theoretical Research ◽  
Collection Method ◽  
Scientific Methods ◽  
Data Collection Method ◽  
General Scientific

The methodology deals with the methods of acquiring scientific knowledge, i.e. all aspects of scientific research as a method of gaining scientific knowledge about phenomena and processes. Scientific method enables gaining scientific knowledge by applying a series of principles, rules and procedures. Every research includes several general scientific methods. Hypothetical-deductive scientific method of acquiring knowledge and modeling method characterize empirical research, while comparative and analytical-deductive methods are applied in theoretical research. It is impossible to carry out research without a data collection method. Therefore, it is necessary to precisely define the methods, techniques and instruments that will be applied in research to gain new scientific knowledge.

REASONS AND MOTIVES FOR THE USE OF PSYCHOACTIVE SUBSTANCES

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-38
Author(s):  
Toni Manasieva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Research ◽  
Scientific Research ◽  
Delinquent Behavior ◽  
Academic Disciplines ◽  
Theoretical Research ◽  
Psychoactive Substances ◽  
Raising Awareness

The article discusses the reasons and motives for the use of psychoactive substances, as well as the correlation of their premises – as included in the two spectra: objective and subjective. Basis for analysis of theoretical research and empirical research within the project „Social and pedagogical aspects of the problem of use of psychoactive substances“, under the fund „Scientific Research“ at Sofia University „St. Kliment Ohridski“ for 2021. The issues are related to the curriculum of academic disciplines for the training of specialists in the prevention of deviant and delinquent behavior. Considering the causes and motives in their depth and relevance, including related to the recent pandemic conditions, allows to enrich this content – by raising awareness of the problem, the challenges of socio-pedagogical work and guidelines for prevention and mitigation of the consequences of use and abuse of surfactants.

State Regulation of Agricultural Lending in Naddnieper Ukraine in the 19th - early 20th Centuries: Modern Scientific Discourse

2021 ◽  
pp. 76-88
Author(s):  
Volodymyr Zaichenko ◽  
◽  
Volodymyr Popov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Scientific Research ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Scientific Discourse ◽  
State Regulation ◽  
Early 20Th Century ◽  
Entire Body ◽  
Scientific Problem ◽  
History Of

The purpose of the article is to consider the modern scientific discourse on agricultural lending in Naddnieper Ukraine in the second half of the 19th and early 20th centuries and to identify promising areas for further research on this issue. The authors used empirical and theoretical methods of scientific research in particular methods of analysis and synthesis, the method of scientific abstraction, and others characteristic methods of research on economic history to achieve this goal and implement the corresponding research tasks. In recent years, a body of diverse scientific research of historians, economists and lawyers has appeared in Ukraine in which these problems are considered. These works differ both in the depth of study of the problem of agricultural lending and in the range of studied issues. The entire body of works of modern Ukrainian scientists, which forms the modern scientific discourse on the history of agricultural lending in Naddnieper Ukraine in the second half of the 19th - early 20th century, consists of three groups including in particular : 1) research, which are devoted to outstanding economists and theorists of lending of the 19th - early 20th century; 2) works on the history of the Peasant and Noble banks, branches and offices of which operated on the territory of the Ukrainian governorates; 3) research of cooperative crediting. We are obliged to note that despite a significant amount of scientific research on the history of lending (including agricultural lending) in Naddnieper Ukraine in the second half of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century, today prevail works devoted only to certain aspects of this complex and important scientific problem, without proper cooperation between representatives of various branches of knowledge. In the authors' view, synectics that is scientific cooperation of representatives of various specialties: economists, historians and lawyers, should become promising in studying the history of agricultural lending in Naddnieper Ukraine in the second half of the 19th and early 20th centuries. It allows to solve such a complex scientific problem comprehensively and considering the economic component (determination of the most optimal scientifically grounded lending methods) and the historical as well as anthropological approach and the study of the legal regulation of credit relations. In our opinion, it is exactly the kind of approach, that allows not only to study the problem of the history of agricultural lending in Naddnieper Ukraine in the second half of the 19th and early 20th century comprehensively, but also to offer modern lenders a mechanism for developing balanced and affordable credit products that will stimulate the development of the agricultural sector and the economy of Ukraine as a whole.

Intervento: Psicoterapia e ricerca "scientifica"

2009 ◽  
pp. 77-94
Author(s):  
Paolo Migone
Keyword(s):  
Key Words ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Chaos Theory ◽  
Scientific Research ◽  
Psychotherapy Research ◽  
Clinical Material ◽  
History Of Psychotherapy ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Relationship

- Some problems of the relationship between psychotherapy and scientific research are examined. The following aspects are discussed: the theory of demarcation between science and non-science, the problem of replicability, "hard" and "soft" sciences, complexity and chaos theory, the levels of probability and indeterminacy, the inductive-deductive circle, abduction, etc. Clinical material is presented in order to exemplify the issues under discussion. Some of the problems met by empirical research in psychotherapy (for example the manualization of psychotherapy techniques) are described, and the phases of the history of psychotherapy research movement are summarized. (This intervention is a discussion of the paper by the physicist Ferdinando Bersani "Replicability in science: Myth or reality?". Psicoterapia e Scienze Umane, 2009, XLIII, 1: 59-76). [KEY WORDS: science, psychotherapy research, epistemology, replicability, psychoanalytic research]

scholarly journals THEORETICAL AND LEGAL CHARACTERISTICS OF ECONOMIC CRIMES OF A TRANSNATIONAL NATURE

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-101
Author(s):  
Vadym Popko ◽  
Yevgen Popko
Keyword(s):  
International Cooperation ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
International Crime ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Economic Crime ◽  
Theoretical Research ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Main Category ◽  
Economic Sphere ◽  
Economic Crimes

The article examines the theoretical and legal foundations of economic crimes of a transnational nature formed under the influence of globalisation processes in the world, the growth of international crime and other factors. The author provides a conceptual description of transnational crime as the main category of transnational criminal law, including economic crimes. Scientific views of domestic and foreign scientists on the nature of crimes of an international nature, including criminal acts in the economic sphere are analysed; the most dangerous and widespread economic crimes are characterised. Attention is paid to the legal regulation of these relations, universal and regional conventions, other sources. The authors justify the need to criminalise transnational economic crimes in national law, regardless of whether a particular state is a party to international conventions adopted by international organisations. The authors pay special attention to the characteristics of the subjects of the crime and reveals the debatable nature of their definition, in particular, analyse the problematic nature of the recognition of a legal entity as a subject of crime. The authors use a conceptual approach to clarifying the subject of study, which determines the reasonability of theoretical research, and modern principles of scientific methodology: the principle of scientific pluralism, impartiality, comprehensiveness of research, historicism, complexity and others. A modern requirement in the methodology of science is the rejection of methodological monism, which has long been dominant in theoretical and historical studies of social (including legal) phenomena and the rejection of the ideology of scientific knowledge, which provides an objective, unbiased attitude to any legal phenomena, legal systems, etc. The purpose of the article is to provide theoretical and legal characteristics of international crime in the economic sphere, identify the transnational nature of these crimes, clarify the state of legal regulation of these relations at the international level, as well as international cooperation to combat these crimes. Based on the study and theoretical generalisation of the research topic, the authors emphasise the following conclusions: modern world problems are global in nature; economic crime transcends borders and becomes international; economic crimes of a transnational nature are recognised as socially dangerous acts that encroach on the system of social relations in the field of financial and credit, investment, information, trade, etc. activities, and have a transnational nature, i.e. go beyond one state; countering economic crimes of a transnational nature is within the internal competence of states, but international cooperation in this area also has an objective basis; the legal basis of international cooperation of states are international legal anti-criminal conventions, which define the criminal acts and obligations of states to criminalise economic crimes and provide legal assistance in criminal proceedings, in particular in extradition and transfer of accused and convicted persons, disposal of confiscated property, joint investigation and other issues.

scholarly journals Legal Basis of State Support for Creating Innovative Medicinal Products

2021 ◽  
Vol 81 (2) ◽  
pp. 21-26
Author(s):  
S. V. Vasyliev
Keyword(s):  
Pharmaceutical Industry ◽  
Scientific Research ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
The State ◽  
Medicinal Products ◽  
State Support ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Development Fund ◽  
Private Partnership ◽  
The Creation

The study is focused on the legal regulation of state support for the creation of innovative medicinal products. Establishment of the measures of state support for scientific research for creating innovative medicinal products within legislative acts and by-laws should help to increase the competitiveness of the pharmaceutical industry in Ukraine. The government declares the provision of support for scientific research in the field of creating innovative medicinal products. The legislation establishes the conditions for registering an innovative project, provides the maintenance of the Register of scientific institutions that received the state support. A detailed characteristic of the existing means of the state support for scientific research in the pharmaceutical industry is provided. The state supports innovations by establishing tax incentives for research institutions and providing funding for some innovative projects. Support for innovations is carried out by the State Innovative Financial and Credit Institution, the National Research Fund of Ukraine and the Innovation Development Fund. Funding for the creation of innovative medicinal products can be realized through public and private partnership. The scholars have declared their propositions regarding the introduction of specific measures of the state support for innovations in the field of creating new medicinal products. It has been offered to amend the current legislation on the issues of state funding of scientific research in the sphere of developing new medicinal products. It is necessary to delineate the competence of various funds for promoting innovations in relation to supporting innovations in the field of pharmacia. It is important that the law should provide the procedure and conditions for supporting public and private partnership projects at the expenses of funds for promoting innovations.

scholarly journals The Legal Fundamentals for the Prevention of Capital Outflow from the Russian Federation

Legal Concept ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 84-89
Author(s):  
Elena Ryabova ◽  
Alina Nikolaeva
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Capital Outflow ◽  
Tax Legislation ◽  
Domestic Capital ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Characteristic Features ◽  
Fundamental Categories

Introduction: the identification and analysis of the causes and factors, including the gaps in the legislation, generating an increase in the capital outflow, as well as the improvement of the currency, investment and tax legislation are relevant and important issues. Purpose: to study the problems of the legal regulation to prevent the outflow of capital from the Russian Federation. Methods: the fundamental categories and principles of materialistic dialectics, the generally accepted methods of comparative law became the methodological framework for solving the tasks. As part of the study of the legal foundation to prevent the outflow of domestic capital abroad, the authors also used the methods of analysis and synthesis, functional and systematic approaches, and the formal legal and statistical methods. Results: grounded in the paper the author’s point of view is based on the study of the international conventions, treaties and agreements to which Russia is a party, and the domestic legal acts regulating relations in the field of preventing the outflow of domestic capital abroad, as well as the opinion of the competent academic community. Conclusions: the study identified the characteristic features of the process of capital outflow from Russia and developed a list of recommendations aimed at improving the measures of the state legal regulation in the field of combating the outflow of capital abroad.

scholarly journals The Expression of Social and Emotional Competencies of Leadership in Lithuanian Organizations: The Gender Approach

2019 ◽  
Vol 85 ◽  
pp. 51-68
Author(s):  
Violeta Šilingienė ◽  
Dalia Stukaitė
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Research ◽  
Leadership Competencies ◽  
Female Leadership ◽  
Theoretical Research ◽  
Emotional Competencies ◽  
Social And Emotional ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
The Social ◽  
Emotional Leadership ◽  
Social And Emotional Competencies

The phenomenon of gender leadership is a controversial object in contemporary leadership studies. These days, the possibilities of traditional leadership have been limited by the ongoing dynamic, global changes, which have influenced the emergence of female leadership as an independent phenomenon and its separation from the male leadership. Presently, possibilities exist to form new insights about gender leadership. Scholars have begun an intense scientific discussion on the advantages and disadvantages of male and female leadership. The goal of this paper is to disclose the social and emotional leadership competencies of different gender employees. The employed research methods are as follows: an analysis and synthesis of scientific literature with the aim of revealing the peculiarities of gender leadership and defining leadership as a set of social and emotional competencies; quantitative research conducted using a questionnaire-based survey with the aim of empirically determining the manifestation of social and emotional leadership competencies in terms of gender leadership. The theoretical analysis allows us to identify the fundamental trends of gender leadership research. The empirical basis of this article comprises the results of empirical research carried out in 2018. The paper includes an abstract of the theoretical research of gender leadership and the social and emotional leadership competencies based on the research methodology and the results received. According to the results of the empirical research, it is possible to find matching assessments of social and emotional leadership competencies in men and women; certain significant differences exist as well. These results revealed which of the advantages possessed by female leaders tend to lie in their soft management skills: interaction, trust, as well as relationships and skills in working with people.

scholarly journals Development of Communication and Sport in China Based on Mapping of Knowledge Information Visualization

SAGE Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 215824401990017
Author(s):  
Yang Wei ◽  
Huihong Zhang ◽  
Hongsong Yin
Keyword(s):  
Information Visualization ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Theoretical Research ◽  
Research Development ◽  
Communication Research ◽  
Sport Communication ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Sports Communication ◽  
Research Objects ◽  
Communication Culture

In China, since the beginning of the 21st century, the study of sports communication has gradually attracted the attention of the academic community, and a number of valuable achievements have emerged. The 2,863 articles that were published by core journals of sport communication from 1982 to 2018 and collected from the CNKI database were chosen as research objects. This article used CitespaceV software to analyze productivity, hot domains, and frontiers in China sport communication research by the methods of bibliometrics method, co-occurrence analysis, and word of frequency analysis. We aimed to grasp the dynamic process of China sport communication research development and provide a valuable reference for its theoretical research and practice. It was shown that first, sport communication researches in China started late but grew fast. Second, the research hotspot of sport communication was related to communication, culture, big data, network, and so on. Third, sport communication research was mainly carried out by universities of sport and communication schools of colleges and universities. Researches were centered around pluralistic, international, and technological aspects with “sport communication” as the focus in drawing experiences from the international sports communication and improve the Chinese sport communication. Rich knowledge and innovative ideas were needed to do the future researches.

scholarly journals Managerial Strategies for Long-Term Care Organization Professionals: COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (22) ◽  
pp. 9682
Author(s):  
Ana Dias ◽  
Annibal Scavarda ◽  
Augusto Reis ◽  
Haydee Silveira ◽  
Nelson Ebecken
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Research ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Theoretical Research ◽  
Categorical Variables ◽  
Care Organization ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Janeiro City

This paper aims to analyze the strategies that healthcare professionals have adopted during the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) in long-term care organizations in Rio de Janeiro city, Brazil, by investigating their competencies—mainly managerial ones. To reach its goals, this paper performs empirical research and theoretical research. For the empirical research, the plans of professionals during COVID-19 pandemic in long-term care organizations are observed, and a questionnaire is applied to analyze observed data integrity. The data are analyzed through the Python and IBM SPSS Statistic programming languages, and descriptive analyses use descriptive statistic proportions, rates, minimum, maximum, mean, median, standard deviation, and coefficient of variation (CV). A non-parametric approach performs repeated measure comparisons using Wilcoxon’s test, while the McNemmar test is used to repeat the categorical variables. Statistical significance is assumed at the 5% level. For the theoretical research, a literature review is developed using scientific databases. The results show that for the searched period, the number of deaths and the number of people infected by COVID-19 in these organizations are low when compared to general statistics of Rio de Janeiro city. This paper concludes that these strategical adoptions have brought significant benefits to long-term care organizations, and it might motivate researchers to develop future studies related to long-term care organizations, helping to fill the literature gap on the subject.

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