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“Now I know I need to be very patient and open-minded to understand others”: Intercultural learning during an intensive study programme
Get PDFThis article reflects on aspects of the intercultural learning of a group of forty-one students, from seven European countries, engaged in an Intensive Study Programme as part of the Erasmus+ Strategic Partnership for Higher Education project “Teachers Competencies for Social Inclusion of Migrants and Refugees in Early Childhood Education (BE IN)”. In particular, it considers the factors that enabled the students to work together successfully, in transnationalgroups, during the two-week Intensive Study Programme (ISP.) Questionnaires were used to gather data about the students’ perceptions of their intercultural learning. Analysis of student feedback reveals their approaches to cultural disequilibrium and explores some of the factors that supported them to achieve group harmony and programme outcomes. The conclusion makes recommendations for those planning ISPs in the future
Using Qualitative and Mixed-Methods Approaches to Investigate Online Communication About Eating Disorders: A Reflective Account
Get PDFEntrepreneurial strategies in a family business: growth and capital conversions in historical perspective
Get PDFOur theoretical model shows the transmutability of the forms of capital and how they were utilised by William to identify productive opportunities in the music industry sub-field. Our findings show that converting cultural capital into economic capital was of prime importance to an entrepreneur operating within the cultural industries. Bridging social capital was vital to build links vertically and horizontally across the industry value chain to transform cultural capital into symbolic and economic capital. Intra-field habitus hybridisation was utilised to transfer practices within the different sub-fields of the cultural industries. William transformed his economic capital into social and cultural capital through his support and sponsorship of music and the arts. Business success led to appointments to prestigious organisations and entry into the field of power
Rites and Rhymes
No full textThis chapter considers the influence of Golden Dawn and Rosicrucian ritual on William Butler Yeats’s early poetry and prose, including The Secret Rose (1897) and The Wind Among the Reeds (1899). Through his creation of the Castle of Heroes, an invented mystery religion, Yeats experimented with ideas of death and rebirth more commonly associated with A Vision (originally published 1925). However, in exploring Yeats’s early work through the lens of ‘continuing bonds’ derived from grief theory, this chapter suggests that early Yeats was engaged in an act of ancestral reclamation, through the intersection of occultism and fairy lore
Structural Coupled Electromagnetic Sensing of Defects Diagnostic System
Get PDFMagnetic flux leakage (MFL) detection methods are widely used to detect pipeline defects. However, it is limited by the detection orientation and magnetization. Besides, bulky excitation systems are incapable of adapting to the complex detection environments. This paper proposes a new Electromagnetic Structured Coupling sensing of merging Alternating Current Field Measurement (ACFM) and MFL within a multi-parameter system for different types of pipeline defects detection. In particular, a novel electromagnetic coupling sensor structure is proposed which enables simultaneous interaction between the excitation modes of Yoke and coil. Magnetic Yoke is integrated to magnetizing the axial pipeline to detect the circumferential surface and subsurface defects while the coil excites the circumferential uniform alternating current field and recognizes the axial defect. The novel structured sensing is highly sensitivity to the detection of both surface and subsurface defects. Simulation and experiments on defects in several samples have been conducted to validate the reliability and efficiency of the proposed system
Barriers to Student Engagement: Why Don’t University Students Engage?
Get PDFStudent engagement (SE) is considered a ‘hot topic’ in many universities and extensive resources are placed on strategies to encourage students to participate in both academic and non-academic activities. However, many initiatives do not produce the intended outcomes, resulting in wasteful policies that do not enhance the student experience. Understanding the barriers that prevent students from participating in engagement is fundamental to ensure resources are used effectively for the benefit of all students.This study investigates engagement within higher education (HE) focusing on student opinions beyond academic activities. Focus groups were undertaken (participants = 21) to investigate the role of students with regards SE and barriers that stopped students from engagement within HE. Results revealed that students agreed they have a role in engagement including responsibility to be pro-active and help co-create. The barriers to engagement were many including: transitioning; financial; cultural issues; and staff buy-in. Management implications suggested the need for senior leadership involvement with SE and a greater understanding of the student population
Voluntary cybersecurity disclosure in the banking industry of Bangladesh: Does board composition matter?
Get PDFPurpose - Cybersecurity disclosure (CSD) provides users with valuable information and significant insights about a firm’s susceptibility to cyber risk and its management. It is argued that the board of directors, with its oversight role, should be vigilant in managing cyber risk and disclosures. This study aims to measure the extent of CSD of the banking companies and examines the association between the characteristics of board composition (i.e., board size, board independence and gender diversity) and CSD. Design/methodology/approach – This study adopted automated content analysis to find out the extent of CSD in the listed commercial banks of an emerging country, Bangladesh, where CSD is voluntary. Further, multiple linear regression is applied to determine the relationship between board composition and CSD.Findings – The findings reveal an increasing trend of CSD over the sample period (2014-2020). The study confirms a significant positive relationship between board independence and CSD. The study also demonstrates that the higher presence of female directors on the board is associated with higher CSD. However, no consistently significant relationship is found between board size and CSD.Practical implications – The study provides an overall understanding of current trends of CSD in the Banking sector of a developing country. Regulators may use our findings to understand the current level of CSD and assess the need for issuing guidance in this regard. The association between board composition and CSD has implications both for banks when selecting board members and policymakers when establishing requirements concerning board composition under corporate governance guidelines.Originality - This is one of the very few studies in the context of an emerging economy where CSD is voluntary. The paper contributes to a narrow stream of research investigating CSD and its association with board composition. Notably, it contributes to understanding how board composition is associated with CSD in the banking industry, which is highly exposed to cyber risk
What influences people to click ‘like’ on posts of branded content?
Get PDFSocial media is a strategic marketing tool that creates powerful brand communities. This study explores what influences people to click ‘Like’ on posts of branded content and whether clicking ‘Like’ motivates people to search for more information on branded products. Using the stimulus-organism-response model, the study proposed a model in which the attractiveness of posts of branded content and source closeness (stimuli) influenced perceived value (organism), leading to people’s clicking ‘Like’ behavior (response). The model was tested using responses from 509 Chinese social media users. Results showed that the attractiveness of posts of branded content directly and indirectly linked to clicking ‘Like’ behavior through perceived value while source closeness only exerted a direct effect on clicking ‘Like’ behavior. People’s clicking of ‘Like’ behavior positively motivated them to search for more information on branded products. The study’s findings advanced our understanding of the drivers, process, and outcome of clicking ‘Like’ behavior
What Makes You a Whistleblower? A Multi-Country Field Study on the Determinants of the Intention to Report Wrongdoing
Get PDFWhistleblowers have significantly shaped the state of contemporary society; in this context, this research sheds light on a persistently neglected research area: what are the key determinants of whistleblowing within government agencies? Taking a unique methodological approach, we combine evidence from two pieces of fieldwork, conducted using both primary and secondary data from the US and Indonesia. In Study 1, we use a large-scale survey conducted by the US Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB). Additional tests are conducted in Study 1, making comparisons between those who have and those who do not have whistleblowing experience. In Study 2, we replicate the survey conducted by the MSPB, using empirical data collected in Indonesia. We find a mixture of corroboration of previous results and unexpected findings between the two samples (US and Indonesia). The most relevant result is that perceived organizational protection has a significant positive effect on whistleblowing intention in the US sample, but a similar result was not found in the Indonesian sample. We argue that this difference is potentially due to the weakness of whistleblowing protection in Indonesia, which opens avenues for further understanding the role of societal cultures in protecting whistleblowers around the globe
Strategic participation of integrated thermal and electrical energy service provider in natural gas and wholesale electricity markets
Get PDFThe accelerating interest in energy system models has influenced numerous revolutionized alterations in the wholesale gas and electricity market. This study proposes a novel bi-level multi-follower optimization framework for the strategic behavior observation of an integrated (thermal and electrical) energy service provider (IESP) as a price-maker in the wholesale electricity market (WEM) and natural gas market (NGM). At the upper level, the IESP submits offers/bids in WEM and NGM to procure electricity/gas to the customers. To this end, the IESP endeavors to minimize operational costs and influence the market-clearing price (MCP) by deploying demand-side flexibilities, i.e., elastic electrical and thermal loads. At the lower level, the wholesale electricity market operator (WEMO) and natural gas market operator (NGMO) receive offers/bids from all market participants and clear the market with the goal of maximizing social welfare. The IESP is modelled via the IEEE-33 bus active distribution system (ADS) and an 8 node district heating system (DHS), while the WEM and NGMs are embodied by a 6-bus transmission network (TN) and a 21-node natural gas network (NGN), respectively. Karush–Kuhn–Tucker (KKT) conditions are introduced to transform the multi-follower bi-level optimization problem into a single-level problem, while the inherent nonlinearities of the problem are linearized using the theory of strong duality. Moreover, the intrinsic intermittencies of the renewable energy sources (RES) is dealt with by the risk-averse information gap decision theory (IGDT). The results confirm that flexible electrical and thermal demands can diminish the market-clearing price by as much as 4.1%