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1 – 10 of 133Alireza Moghaddam, Christine Arnold, Saiqa Azam, Karen Goodnough, Kimberly Maich, Sharon Penney and Gabrielle Young
The purpose of this collaborative self-study inquiry was to enhance the professional practice of faculty members through the adoption of lesson study. A seven-member faculty of…
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Purpose
The purpose of this collaborative self-study inquiry was to enhance the professional practice of faculty members through the adoption of lesson study. A seven-member faculty of education self-study group engaged in lesson study in a computer and learning resources for primary/elementary teachers’ course with teacher candidates.
Design/methodology/approach
This study focused on providing teacher candidates with increased opportunities for action and expression during in-class instruction. This collaborative lesson study inquiry (Fernandez et al., 2003; Fernandez and Yoshida, 2004; Murata, 2011) involved the four-step process of planning, doing, checking and acting (PDCA) (Cheng, 2019). Several data collection methods were adopted and data sources analyzed.
Findings
Challenges the group encountered during the study included ascertaining the goals of lesson study and offering critical feedback to each other. While this made decision-making more intricate and intentional, there was exceptional value in participating in the lesson study process. The results revealed three overarching themes: 1) challenges in classroom observations; 2) hesitation in providing supportive feedback to colleagues and 3) deliberations regarding what constitutes expertise within subject-specific preservice teacher education.
Originality/value
While lesson study has been adopted fairly extensively in K-12 settings, its adoption in postsecondary education is limited (Chenault, 2017). Considering the merits of lesson study for K-12 practitioners, this research investigated the similar advantages that lesson study might have for postsecondary education faculty, students and programs.
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This paper aims to call on accounting academics to conduct oral histories with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ+) members of the industry.
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Purpose
This paper aims to call on accounting academics to conduct oral histories with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ+) members of the industry.
Design/methodology/approach
The paper includes a review of the limited work in the field and recommends an oral history approach to understand current conditions as well as how they arose. Moreover, the paper recommends widening the scope of the research into countries with varying LGBTQ+ rights.
Findings
There is surprisingly limited research in this area and more needs to be undertaken, especially with regard to LGBTQ+ persons of color and LGBTQ+ accountants in under-researched localities.
Practical implications
The paper makes specific recommendations for future research.
Social implications
Currently there is very little understanding of the lived experiences of LGBTQ+ members of our industry. The recommended research could – by increasing awareness – lead to better working conditions.
Originality/value
This paper addresses the dearth of research on LGBTQ+ issues in accounting.
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Tom L. Junker, Christine Yin Man Fong, Marjan Gorgievski, Jason C.L. Gawke and Arnold B. Bakker
This study investigates when and for whom job crafting may turn into job quitting. The authors hypothesize that approach job crafting relates more positively to turnover…
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Purpose
This study investigates when and for whom job crafting may turn into job quitting. The authors hypothesize that approach job crafting relates more positively to turnover intentions and subsequent voluntary job changes among employees with (a) high (vs low) need for career challenges and (b) those with high (vs low) self-esteem.
Design/methodology/approach
Data were collected from 575 employees of a large public organization in the Netherlands with two measurement moments three months apart. Hypotheses were tested using cross-lagged regression analyses and path modeling.
Findings
Supporting the hypotheses, approach crafting related positively to an increase in turnover intentions only among employees with high need for challenge or high self-esteem. Moreover, via turnover intentions at Time 1, approach crafting related positively to the voluntary job change at Time 2 for employees with (a) high need for challenge, as well as those with (b) high self-esteem. These findings held after controlling for avoidance crafting.
Research limitations/implications
This study has been conducted in a relatively homogenous sample. Future research may test the predictions in a more heterogeneous sample, including participants from different cultural and economic contexts.
Practical implications
The authors advise human resource (HR) professionals to facilitate the job crafting efforts of employees with a high need for challenge and those with high self-esteem because these groups are particularly at risk of voluntarily quitting their jobs. Adopting insights from the wise proactivity model may help ensure that job crafting benefits both employees and employers.
Originality/value
This study brings clarity to the inconsistent relationships between job crafting and job quitting by using the wise proactivity model as an explanatory framework.
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Krista M. Soria, Linnette Werner, Christine VeLure Roholt and Anna Capeder
Thepurposeofthisarticle wastoexaminethe effectsofstrengths-basedapproaches in co-curricularandcurricularleadershiponfirst-yearstudents’holisticthriving,academicthriving, social…
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Thepurposeofthisarticle wastoexaminethe effectsofstrengths-basedapproaches in co-curricularandcurricularleadershiponfirst-yearstudents’holisticthriving,academicthriving, social thriving, and psychological thriving. We used propensity score matching and regression analyses with survey data from the Thriving Quotient, which was administered to first-year students at a large, public research university(n = 548). The results suggest students’ enrollment in a strengths-based leadership minor course was associated with higher levels of thriving in social, academic, and psychological domains. Students’ participation in strengths-based student organizationswasassociatedwithhigherthrivinginsocialdomains,whileconcurrentenrollment in the strengths-based leadership class and participation in strengths-based student organizations was associated with significantly higher holistic thriving, social thriving, and psychological thriving.
Sally Ashton and Christine Carter
Older people (those aged over 65) occupy a significant proportion of hospital beds, with many suffering from depression, delirium, dementia, anxiety and other conditions. The…
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Older people (those aged over 65) occupy a significant proportion of hospital beds, with many suffering from depression, delirium, dementia, anxiety and other conditions. The mainstreaming of mental health liaison teams within general hospitals is therefore to be welcomed. Sally Ashton and Christine Carter explain that the journey towards productive collaboration can take time, but the results are worth it.
The swaps market has been the world’s fastest growing financial market in the last few decades and the literature has sought reasons to explain this rapid growth. This study…
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The swaps market has been the world’s fastest growing financial market in the last few decades and the literature has sought reasons to explain this rapid growth. This study addresses this issue from a UK perspective and seeks to find out which UK organizations participate in the swaps market, why they choose to use it and the problems that they have encountered. The study consisted of a survey of the treasurers of 594 organizations in the UK. The most important reason why UK companies used swaps was to match their asset and liability cash flows and to stabilize their bottom line earnings. The results of this research will be of interest to both academics and to financial managers worldwide.
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Richard Feinberg and Christine King
Evaluation of student performance in bibliographic instruction (B.I.) has been, and continues to be, an area of interest to B.I. practitioners. The last 15 years have seen a…
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Evaluation of student performance in bibliographic instruction (B.I.) has been, and continues to be, an area of interest to B.I. practitioners. The last 15 years have seen a number of excellent analyses and reviews of evaluation techniques. Many recent articles focus on evaluation methods used within specific B.I. programs.
Malin Sundström, Christine Lundberg and Stavroula Giannakis
The objective of the study is to describe and analyse different tourist shopping typologies based on their motives for visiting a shopping destination well known for its low…
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Purpose
The objective of the study is to describe and analyse different tourist shopping typologies based on their motives for visiting a shopping destination well known for its low prices.
Design/methodology/approach
The data were collected by means of structured questionnaires administered to tourists visiting the Swedish destination. The survey instrument measured constructs designed to understand shopping motivation and feelings experienced during the course of shopping.
Findings
Two distinct tourist shopping typologies were found, based on a tourist's primary purpose in travelling, and designated “Follow the Plan” and “Go with the Flow”. The present study proposes the use of a theoretical continuum that takes into account feelings experienced at a low‐priced destination and consumer shopping motivations.
Originality/value
This study contributes to the existing literature on tourism shopping by suggesting typologies built on feelings experienced and shopping motivations, thus providing new insights on tourist shopping typologies found at a low‐price destination. Results are not general for any low‐priced destination, thus further research is needed in other destinations as well.
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To inform readers about these regional conferences that enhance the ongoing work of EDUCAUSE and to encourage the academic library and IT communities to share and communicate…
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Purpose
To inform readers about these regional conferences that enhance the ongoing work of EDUCAUSE and to encourage the academic library and IT communities to share and communicate information and partner when opportunities avail themselves.
Design/methodology/approach
A report of the 2005 EDUCAUSE Southeast Regional Conference shared by one of this year’s EDUCAUSE Ryland Fellows.
Findings
Libraries are increasingly developing IT and digital solutions to most collection and service sectors of their work and dealing with many complex issues regarding technology.
Research limitations/implications
By having this population of colleagues conferring with library staff the benefits to each constituency are more meaningful and richer.
Practical implications
In addition to the research and long‐term work, there are many opportunities to develop services, share equipment and expertise that are born out of these kind of conferences. Also a good way to become acquainted with colleagues in your area, region and allows for professional development and networking opportunities.
Orginality/values
Expands horizons of librarians by bringing together IT personnel and administrators, teaching faculty, library administrators, library systems staff and other people interested in related academic and administrative computing issues.
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Peter Bishop, Rebecca Tamarchak, Christine Williams and Laszlo Radvanyi
This study aims to investigate into the future of cancer and cancer research in preparation for a strategic plan for a cancer research centre.
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Purpose
This study aims to investigate into the future of cancer and cancer research in preparation for a strategic plan for a cancer research centre.
Design/methodology/approach
The study used framework foresight, a method for creating scenarios and their implications developed by the MS program in Foresight at the University of Houston.
Findings
The study identified four scenarios: a continuation scenario in which progress in detecting and treating cancer progressed as it has over the past few decades, a collapse scenario in which attention was diverted from medical research due to a climate crisis, a new equilibrium scenario in which cost became the overriding concern for cancer treatment, and a transformation scenario in which individuals took control of their treatment through Do-It-Yourself remedies. Those scenarios suggested four strategic issues for the planning exercise: the growing volume of genomic and clinical data and the means to learn from it, the increased involvement and influence of patients in diagnosis and treatment, the ability to conduct research in a time of fiscal austerity and declining levels of trust in all professions, including medicine.
Research limitations/implications
The paper not only provides guidance for cancer centers but also for medical practice in general.
Practical implications
The client used the scenarios and their implications as part of its considerations in strategic planning.
Originality/value
This paper represents the first time that Framework Foresight has been applied to a medical topic.
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