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The wizard of odd: A psychotherapeutic reading of what experiences of childhood surgery reveal about ‘the man behind the curtain’
No full textEarly childhood experiences of surgery (ECES) are a type of natural experiment into the
long-term effects of a highly dysregulating shock or trauma. This study inquires into how
ECES is experienced and understood over time into mature adulthood. The research
examines the academic literature related to childhood surgery and hospitalisation from the
perspectives of medical models, developmental psychology and psychotherapeutic responses,
as well as using narrative approaches (including allegorical story-telling) to discuss the topic
of meaning-making. An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis is used to examine the
subjective experiences of three adult participants who have experienced ECES, the ways in
which they make meaning from their experience, and the role psychotherapy can play in
facilitating a new awareness of past experience. The findings point towards ECES as an
often-overlooked source of psychic difficulty or necessary adaptation that may instantiate
early coping mechanisms, which in turn become habitual pathways for experiencing life
A case study of cultural transformation barriers in an educational company in Brazil
Get PDFThe organisational culture management has increasingly been on the top executives’ agenda because it can have a powerful impact on the strategy execution. In other words, nowadays, corporate culture has been dealt as part of the strategy. This research aimed to investigate the link between business strategy and corporate culture in an educational company in Brazil. The objective was to identify the gaps between them that can prevent the company from achieving its goals. This case study used a qualitative method, and semi-structured interviews were carried out with the company’s employees to collect data. Then, a thematic analysis was made to evaluate the results.
The findings showed gaps regarding internal communication, leadership, employee engagement and business strategy. This research suggested that in closing these differences, the company can create a more robust culture that can support the achievement of the strategic goals
‘Grist to the mill’ A quantitative exploration of Ireland-based psychotherapists’ attitudes towards internet use and the potential impact on the therapeutic relationship
Get PDFThis research explored the attitudes of Ireland-based psychotherapists in relation to the
therapeutic relationship and boundaries, their internet use, and discovery of personal
information online by therapists and clients and the impact, if any, of this on the therapeutic
relationship. A quantitative design was used encompassing an online survey and analysis was
completed using SPSS. 879 responses were collected, all of whom are Ireland-based
practicing psychotherapists in 2020. Findings indicate that the Ireland-based
psychotherapists believe that boundaries are essential to the creation and maintenance of a
strong therapeutic relationship which has the client feeling understood, seen and heard at its
centre. The vast majority of participants believe that carefully managing the information
about themselves that is available for public consumption is of vital importance. There was a
high level of ambiguity across the responses to the questions and statements in this research
in relation to the potential impact on the therapeutic relationship of discovery of personal
information online by the therapist or client about the other. The significant amount of
responses to this survey, as well as the high-level of engagement with the open-text questions,
and the diverse variety within those responses all indicate that there exists an appetite within
the psychotherapeutic community in Ireland for a discussion of this subject to begin in
earnest
The gift of death: Congruence and finitude in Carl Rogers’s person-centred therapy
Get PDFThis thesis will critically explore Carl Rogers’s understanding of human existence, self-formation and his notion of congruence. It will be argued that Rogers’s theory does not sufficiently acknowledge the relevance of finitude (or mortality) in meaningful human being, despite the theory identifying a knowing relationship to finitude (understood as the potential for one’s destruction) at the deepest level of the individual’s existence. The thesis aims to explore how this relationship to finitude plays out in the development of the self as understood by Rogers, as well as its relevance to Rogers’s concepts of congruence and incongruence. Rogers’s theory will also be brought into dialogue with some of the key teachings from the school of existentialism, particularly with regard to the role and importance of death in what it means to be human. In so doing, the thesis will investigate to what extent finitude, present but underdeveloped in Rogerian theory, can be enriched by the teachings of existentialism, while still remaining faithful to Rogers’s understanding of existence, the self and congruent being
Analysis of customer complaint data of consumer financial protection bureau using different text mining techniques
No full textThe Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is a federal agency responsible for protecting rights of retail consumers. The agency was established in USA for enabling the USA consumers to report complaint and support related information regarding their respective financial concerns with the federal government. The Consumer Complaint Database is a collection of complaints received by Consumer Finance Protection Bureau on a range of consumer financial products and services offered by banks and other financial institutions across the United States of America. There is no licensing associated with the data and is intended for public access and use. Each complaint consists of attributes that can uniquely describe and identify it. These features have been utilized for data analysis and predictions. In this paper we are using text classification techniques like Naïve Bayes, Decision Tree, Generalized Linear Model, Fast Large Margin, Deep learning and Support Vector Classifier in Rapid miner tool to classify the consumer complaints into respective product or service offered by the financial institutions. This information can be used in prescriptive analysis to enhance financial consumer services and improve the response quality of automated consumer support systems
Awareness and adaptation of cloud services by it academics in India
No full textThe focus of this thesis paper is laid on the awareness and adaptation of cloud services by IT academics in India. In addition, the paper will also highlight the benefits of using cloud computing services in educational institutions. Moreover, the challenges for adopting the cloud computing services Indian universities will also be illustrated in this paper. The researcher will also conduct qualitative and quantitative research methods through which the opinion of students and lecturers of Indian Universities about the adoption of cloud computing. On the other hand, the vendor who provides cloud computing services will also be highlighted in this paper. This research also discuss about utilization of cloud computing technology particularly in the educational institutions where computer technology are progressively used and what should be possible to expand the advantages of normal services for students and staffs. The scope of awareness in the subject of cloud services among the academics of the Indian universities has been clearly reflected through the data obtained from the current research. The results of the study have been somewhat positive in the sense that it shows that academics of the Indian universities are indeed aware of the cloud-based applications as far as serving educational purposes is concerned
Organisational communication: affect and relation with employee’s job satisfaction level in retail supermarkets of Ireland
No full textThe research explored the effect and relation between internal communication, communication effectiveness, and job satisfaction in retail supermarkets in Ireland. Methodology: Data was gathered from 100 frontline employees working in different organisations in retail Irish supermarkets. The quantitative data was gathered through a self-administered questionnaire and formulated questions related to the three variables of the research communication effectiveness, internal communication, and job satisfaction as well as demographic information about the respondents. Data Analysis: chi-square test & crosstabulation were used in SPSS version 25 to analyse the final data. Findings: The findings revealed a positive correlation between each of the variable’s Internal communication, communication effectiveness and job satisfaction. Value: The research highlights the significance of effective communication which aids in promoting employee job satisfaction besides enhancing employee performance. The research also highlighted the importance of internal communication in affecting the job satisfaction level of employees in the Irish retail industry
Primary and secondary level academic staff: Assessing motivation, satisfaction, work-life conflict and psychological well-being
No full textTeachers inspire and guide students to secure a better future. The current study aims at expanding and resolving the gaps in primary and secondary teachers’ literature from previous studies which helps to develop and understand the factors that influence motivation, satisfaction, work-life conflict and psychological well-being. A quantitative research design was conducted with a sample consisted of 301 (females= 271, males=29) post/primary and secondary teachers in Dublin through online survey. The study is situated in the Irish context where limited research has been carried out. Variables such as years of teaching experience, gender, and level of teaching education were investigated. Hence, result on a one-way multivariate MANOVA found that there was a significant difference in years of teaching between work-life conflict and satisfaction while result on gender and level of teaching education was not significant. This result provides important implication for teacher’s union, school administrator and post/primary and secondary teachers
The cost and security implications in the adoption of cloud computing services by Irish SMEs
No full textThis research was created with the intention of analysing the interrelationship between cost and security in Cloud Computing for Irish SMEs. The main emphasis is placed on analysing the Multi-perspective framework of cloud computing in relation to companies in Ireland. Five segments have been created to makes the research comprehensive. The first section outlines the core aim and objectives of the research and the significance of the study. The next section illustrates the knowledge obtained by reviewing a vast range of articles and journals. The main challenges and benefits of using Cloud-based services were also discussed in this section. In section three, the methods used in the research have been identified, along with the quantitative and qualitative analyses of the primary data. The fourth section interprets the data collated and analysed. The final section wraps up the project with the discussion and analyses of the findings
Healing developmental trauma
No full textDevelopmental trauma occurs at a stage of development when the self is most vulnerable and hence leaves a lasting legacy on the personality. The symptoms associated with developmental trauma are ‘nonverbal iterations’ in which there is no coherent narrative. The memory of early trauma is stored implicitly in the body and it is these implicit memories that manifest as somatosensory fragments, such as distressing body sensations and images. In developmental trauma, the emerging self protects itself by splitting off overwhelming experiences, in the process of dissociation, with the result that the personality becomes split and fragmented. In order to resolve this kind of trauma, this early protective process must be reversed – the dissociated must become associated again. The split off and dissociated parts of the personality must be linked together through integration which can be understood as something that lies at the heart of health and healing. The ‘parts paradigm’ is an effective model for working with this kind of presentation. In this process, the client is facilitated to have an internal dialogue to link different parts together. The non-traumatised, healthy part of the self, offers empathy and compassion to the traumatised ‘child-parts’ and in this process creates internal secure attachments by providing reparative experiences that serve as an antidote to the traumatic past