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Challenges for parasocial research:Some critiques, some threats, and some potential solutions
No full textJapanese CEOs Cross-Cultural Management of Customer Value Orientation in India
Get PDFPurpose: The purpose of this paper is to develop understanding of cross-cultural issues relating to the experience and implications of an elite grouping of Japanese CEOs customer value orientations (CVO) within Japanese firms operating in India. The paper underlines that there is a propensity for East-West comparisons and in contrast the argument contributes to the under-examined area of research on East Asian/South Asian comparative studies.Design/ methodology/ approach: Semi-structured interviews were employed to generate narratives that provided rich and novel insights into the lived experience of Japanese CEOs working in Indian contexts and in relation to CVO. An inductive framework was employed in order to develop a more in-depth understanding of Japanese CEO CVO in Indo-Japanese empirical settings.Findings: The data analysis identified a number of shared themes that influence CVO practice in the Indo-Japanese context. The findings develop an awareness of cross-cultural management’s (CCM) in relation to the under-explored area of the Indo-Japanese dyad.Research limitations/ implications: The paper develops CCM perspectives towards a more in depth conceptualization of Japanese CEO perceptions on CVO practice in India. This is also of potential relevance to wider foreign investors not only Japanese businesses. The sample respondents – Japanese CEOS working in India - constitute a small and elite group. The lead author, having experience as a CEO of a Japanese firm was able to use convenience sampling to access this difficult to access group. In addition, also stemming from the convenience aspect, all therespondents were in the manufacturing sector. The study was deliberately targeted and narrowly focused for this reason and does not claim automatic wide generalizability to other employee strata or industry however other sectors and employees may recognize resonance. This identified gap provides space for future studies in varying regional, national and sector contexts.Practical implications: The paper identifies implications for CCM training and Indo-Japanese business organization design.Social implications: Use and acceptance of the enhanced research paradigm could support diversity in research and knowledge production with implications for research, teaching and future policy makers.Originality/ value: The cross-cultural study is original in that it contributes to CCM literature by providing a rare Indo-Japanese (sic East Asian: South Asian) comparative study. It provides an uncommon granular appreciation of the interaction of these cultures in relation to CVO. In addition, it secures rare data from an elite Japanese CEOs of manufacturing sector businesses
Conversation in Education
Get PDFConversation is a topic of burgeoning interest in the context of educational theory and as a prospective means for conducting empirical research. As a non-formal educational experience, as well as within the classroom, or as a means to researching various aspects of educational practice and institutions, research on or through conversation in education draws on a range of theoretical resources, often understanding conversation as analogous to dialogue or dialectic. Although only brought in to this research context in the early 21st Century, the philosopher who has engaged most extensively with conversation is Maurice Blanchot (1907-2003). His text, The Infinite Conversation, originally published in French as L'Entretien infini in 1969, responded to and took forward many elements of what would go on to be described as post-structuralist or deconstructive thought. Blanchot’s notion of conversation (in French, ‘entretien’) is distinct from those reliant upon philosophical conceptions of dialogue or dialectic. Itself the subject of philosophical research, Blanchotian conversation has been interpreted variously as either not sufficiently taking in to account the ethics of Emmanuel Levinas, or else expanding beyond its more limited scope. Some of these interpretations stress the ethical and political implications of conversation, however, none engage specifically with its educational implications. Blanchotian conversation allows for contradicting and contrasting thoughts to be voiced without being brought to shared consensus or internal resolution. Its ‘lesson’ is not only in the thought that it produces but also in the ethical relation of sincerity, openness, and non-imposition that it develops. Unlike some recent applications of conversation to educational context, Blanchotian conversation does not re-entrench the subject to be educated but rather deprioritises the subject in favour of the movement of thought and the ethical ‘between’ of conversation itself. This notion of conversation has corollaries in political thought, notably with Jacques Rancière’s understanding of ‘dissensus’ and Karl Hess’s thought of an ‘anarchism without hyphens’, as well as the politically informed educational ideas of Elizabeth Ellsworth and the educational practice and research of Camilla Stanger.<br/
Influence of alternative representations of land use and geology on distributed hydrological modelling results: Eddleston, Scotland
No full textA distributed hydrological model was applied to a 69km2 experimental catchment, Eddleston Water, Scotland, UK. The impact on model outputs of applying progressively simpler representations of spatial variability in land use and superficial geology was assessed. Alternative representations of the spatial distribution of superficial geology and land use produced differences in model outputs. These differences were generally small with the exception of the maximum absolute error (Emax). Inter-model differences were most sensitive to the largest precipitation events. Although variations in superficial geology dominated over those for land use, exceptions were seen in two sub-catchments. These were connected with particularly large variations in land use and/or the small spatial extent of superficial geology. Lower resolution spatial data produced superior model performance in the majority of sub-catchments. This has implications for modelling other catchments especially in situations where the high resolution data employed herein are not available
Social networks and people with intellectual disabilities: a systematic review
Get PDFBackground: Despite the importance of social networks for health and wellbeing, relatively little is known about the ways in which adults with intellectual disabilities in the U.K. experience their social networks.Method: A systematic review was completed to identify research focused on the social networks of adults with intellectual disabilities. Studies published from 1990 to 2019 were identified. Studies were thematically analysed. Results: Quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods studies were analysed to identify key factors influencing social networks. Experiences of people with intellectual disabilities identified themes of identity, powerlessness, inclusion, family, and support. These themes are discussed with reference to theories of stigma and normalization. Conclusions: Stigma and normalization can be used to better understand the needs, desires and dreams of people with intellectual disabilities for ordinary relationships, from which they are regularly excluded. Implications for policy and practice are discussed in relation to building and repairing often spoiled identities.<br/
Liturgical Dialogues: Clergy and Laity Concelebrating:An Analysis of the Christian Liturgy through Aristotle’s Poetics
Get PDFThe formative influence of Greek and Roman drama on the development of the Christian liturgical practices has been explored to some extent, although there are several aspects of this relationship that can still be illuminated. Ancient Greek tragedy and the Christian Eucharistic service are considered here as distinct, yet similar expressions of the primordial mystery play. In order to illustrate the similarity between tragedy and Liturgy, the Eucharistic service is analyzed here through the Poetics of Aristotle, more specifically his definition and analysis of the tragedy
Home-schooling during COVID-19 lockdown: Effects of coping style, home space, and everyday creativity on stress and home-schooling outcomes.
No full textThe present study examined parents’ experiences of home-schooling their children during the first COVID-19 lockdown in the U.K. A total of 322 parents completed an online survey between the 1st May and the 24th July 2020. Relationships were explored between predictor variables (coping mechanisms, household income, adequacy of space, access to “green” space) and outcome variables (parenting self-efficacy, discipline, home-schooling relationships) mediated by stress and moderated by creativity and parenting dimensions. Moderated mediation analyses showed that inadequate space at home and negative coping mechanisms resulted in elevated stress and worse outcomes in terms of parents’ approaches to discipline and their experience of home-schooling their children. Negative outcomes were more pronounced for parents who used high levels of behavioral control. In turn, negative outcomes were reduced when parents had higher levels of self-perceived everyday creativity and outcomes were improved by positive coping strategies. Our findings suggest that interventions focused on developing creative self-efficacy and positive coping strategies may be effective routes to help parents deal with the stress of supporting their children with periods of schooling at home during the COVID-19 pandemic
An analysis on the Relation Between Users’ Online Social Networks Addiction and Users Security Concerns
Get PDFUse of online social network platforms has increased over last decades. There are various activities that users can do on those platforms such as, making friends, enjoying time, making business, and education. Given activities make online social network platforms more attractive and users want to spend more time on those platforms. Although there is a massive increment in their use, they are not secure enough to fully protect their users’ data and privacy. Some users are not aware of the security settings (i.e. privacy settings) since most users focus on spending time on those platforms which brings online social networks addiction into the consideration. Addiction is defined with time dependency in most of the literature works, however, calling a person as an addicted person depends on various factors. This work provides three main contributions;1-) It clarifies the definition of addiction with a quantitative model.2-) It provides an analysis on online social networks addiction; answers the question ”whom could be calledas an addicted user to those platforms”3-)It provides an analysis on users’ trusts to online social networks platforms