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A needs analysis and recommendations for physical assessments and training adaptations for judo athletes with visual impairments: a brief review
No full textThis paper reviews the unique needs, performance aspects, and assessment recommendations for judo athletes with visual impairments. A needs analysis reveals the importance of custom training strategies and environmental adaptations to facilitate training and competition. Performance aspects, including time-motion analysis and match-related performance, are discussed to elucidate the specific demands and movement patterns in judo athletes with visual impairment. Additionally, recommendations are proposed to develop standardized protocols for physical assessment and skill evaluation, ensuring the optimization of training strategies. Collaborative research initiatives are recommended to further explore integrating multisensory stimuli and enhance athletic development in this population. By addressing the unique challenges judo athletes with visual impairment face and providing evidence-based recommendations for performance assessment and training optimization, this review contributes to advancing adapted sports science and promoting inclusivity and excellence in judo
Appropriation behaviour predicted by environmental uncertainty, but not social uncertainty, in a common-pool resource game
Get PDFThe tragedy of the commons is a difficult problem. Overfishing, for example, is detrimental to all, but is a social dilemma for the fishers: do they overfish (maximising one’s benefit) – or do they inhibit their consumption (accepting a reduced benefit)? Our study investigated factors that contribute to inhibition. Using a common-pool resource game, we recorded the consumption choices of 83 dyads (166 participants) in a multi-round game where each player decided on how many units of currency to consume from the common pool. The game had four rules: (1) the game ends if the dyad jointly consumes ≥ 100% of the pool, (2) the game continues if the dyad jointly consumes ≤ 50% of the pool (pool is then replenished), (3) the game continues if the dyad jointly consumes 51-99% (“depletion”: pool is not replenished) and (4) no communication between players. Our study had a 2x2x3 factorial design: first factor (within-dyad) had two levels – pre or post-depletion – comparing consumption before/after a depletion event. The next two factors (between dyads) were “environmental uncertainty” (where players had complete or incomplete knowledge of the pool size) and “social uncertainty” (based on whether players knew each other in real life). In our results, we found no significant effects of social uncertainty, but significant effects for depletion and environmental uncertainty. While consumption decreased across all participants after resource depletion, the magnitude of this reduction differed depending on the certainty condition: the decrease was especially pronounced when the resource availability was initially uncertain. Furthermore, games lasted longer when there was certainty. In our results, we found no significant effects of social uncertainty, but significant effects for depletion and environmental uncertainty. While consumption decreased across all participants after resource depletion, the magnitude of this reduction differed depending on the certainty condition: the decrease was especially pronounced when the resource availability was initially uncertain. Furthermore, games lasted longer when there was certainty
Understanding the factors and consequences of student belonging in higher education: a critical literature review
Get PDFStudent belonging is becoming an increasingly prominent concept in how universities pursue policies and practices to ensure student success. Through this increased prevalence, there has been a substantial increase in research output on this topic in recent years. This critical literature review aims to provide a comprehensive and accessible synthesis of research around the factors that affect student belonging and how it links to student success. Utilising a systematised search and appraisal method, 118 studies were included and reviewed. The existing literature has robustly shown the connections between belonging and many different aspects of student success – including student engagement levels, wellbeing, and retention. Critical analysis of the studies shows that the factors affecting student belonging are also multiple, although only some – such as experiential pedagogies and personalised support from staff – have been replicated in studies across multiple contexts and with experimental research methods. Importantly, there are also factors which negatively impact students’ sense of belonging – such as experiences of being stereotyped by staff. Utilising these findings around factors that influence student belonging, this article provides a set of recommendations for practitioners and identified gaps for future research on student belonging. Overall, this article contributes to understandings of how to impact students’ sense of belonging and how this links to student success
Prelude to afternoons of ultramodern synaesthetes: reflecting on discourses of the Musical Association 1912–1922
Get PDFThis themed journal issue (special collection) presents approaches to early musical modernism in the period around the First World War.
Six articles are collected from the archives of the Journal of the Royal Musical Association, covering the period 1912–1922: a significant decade historically, encompassing both the height and the hinterlands of the First World War; and musically, being the genesis of highly influential works by Stravinsky, Schoenberg, and others. It also saw, and provides a context for, the early musical and critical publications of lesser-known figures Kaikhosru Sorabji and Philip Heseltine (Peter Warlock) – an article by the latter is included in the collection.
The introductory essay explores varied themes drawn from and around the articles, including gendered identity and authorship, modernist musical syntax, Freudian psychology, Montessori’s ideas around music education, synaesthesia and orientalism. The collection as a whole presents a newly nuanced, colourful and diverse picture of a period long considered familiar in history, music and the arts
Managers' risk preferences and firm investment: the moderating role of early‐life war exposure and firm size
No full textWe conducted a lab-in-the-field experiment with 623 top managers from textile and garment firms in Vietnam to investigate the nexus of top managers' risk preferences and firm investment. We find that firms led by managers with higher levels of loss aversion tend to have lower investments. The heterogeneity in managers' loss aversion also affects different investment levels of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) vis-à-vis large firms. Interestingly, our findings reveal that managers' loss aversion has a strong link to investment behaviours of firms led by war-exposed managers, who born and grew up during the American war in Vietnam. However, this pattern does not hold for firms led by their counterparts. This result shows that personal early-life war exposure may influence managers' investment decisions during their adulthood
Lived experience in mental health research in Ghana and Indonesia: what have we learned?
Get PDFThere are increasing calls for the involvement of people with lived experience in mental health research. However, to date there are few examples of peer research conducted by people with lived experience of mental health conditions from the Global South. This paper explores the experiences of peer researchers involved in mental health research in Ghana and Indonesia. Peer researchers with lived experience of mental health conditions were employed as part of the research team to carry out qualitative and participatory arts-based research. Following this, peer researchers completed feedback forms and written reflections as well as taking part in unstructured discussions on their experience. Together with the academic research team, themes were developed from this feedback to identify the benefits, challenges and lessons learned from this process. Peer researchers benefited from developing skills and confidence, sharing lived experience, opportunities to engage with stakeholders and a supportive working environment. However, they identified several challenges including balancing care for self and others, precarious working conditions, enduring power imbalances and limited training and preparation. Key lessons included the need to consider safety and support needs, preparation for working with participants with lived experience, meeting resource needs and the importance of involving peer researchers across the research cycle. Based on these experiences, we identify several recommendations for peer research, particularly in Global South settings. These include involving people with lived experience in research design and costing, careful preparation and training, creating safe spaces and enabling access to mental health support, providing fair and comprehensive remuneration, creating opportunities for career development and democratizing opportunities for participation
Fields of victimization: when crime generates crime
No full textThe harm caused by corporations affects specific groups of individuals and society as a whole. This type of harm is the object of interest of victimization studies, which typically depict interactions between offenders and those on the receiving end of their harmful conduct. Corporate harm, however, includes ‘spaces or fields’ of victimization that transcend the precise identification of those victimized. This paper focuses on some such fields, in which harm manifests itself in the intensification of poverty, the infliction of political disability, the reiteration of status quo legality, and the promotion of criminogenic crime
Zukunftsfähigkeit unabhängiger Vermögensverwalter in der Schweiz – Handlungsempfehlungen zum Umgang mit Digitalisierung, der Next Generation und regulatorischen Rahmenbedingungen
No full textThis study explores the evolving landscape of the independent asset management (IAM) sec-tor in Switzerland, focusing on the challenges and strategies necessary to ensure its future viability in light of regulatory changes, technological advancements, and evolving client expectations. A critical review of the existing literature highlights the underexplored dynamics of this relatively young industry, particularly in response to new regulatory frameworks such as FINSA and FINIA, as well as emerging trends like artificial intelligence, Robo-Advisors, and the impact of the ,great wealth transfer’ on the next generation of clients and employees. This research addresses the gap in understanding how independent asset managers can adapt to these changes and enhance their long-term competitiveness.
The study employs a structured literature review and systematic analysis of primary data to develop a model for future viability, specifically tailored to the IAM sector. A qualitative approach, focusing on Swiss IAMs, is used to analyze key elements of strategic management critical to ensuring future viability. The research examines external pressures, including competition, digitalization, and regulatory demands, while also evaluating internal organizational factors such as business model adaptability, talent retention, and customer-centric innovation.
The findings identify critical strategies for IAMs to thrive in this dynamic environment. These include aligning business models with client needs, establishing a clear market profile through specialization, leveraging technology for operational efficiency, and fostering a strong organizational culture that attracts and retains talent. The study also emphasizes proactive succession planning and exploring growth opportunities through mergers and acquisitions.
By combining theoretical insights and practical recommendations, this thesis presents a comprehensive framework for enhancing the future viability of IAMs. It concludes with a call for ongoing evaluation of these strategies and recommends further research to validate the model across other financial sectors
The effects of AI-generated advertisements on customer engagement and emotions based on Hofstede’s cultural dimensions: a study from the Generation Z international optic
Get PDFPurpose- This study examines the effects of AI-generated advertisements on customer engagement, and the subsequent customer engagement effect on emotions based on culture. Its objectives are: (i) to explore the effects of Hofstede’s cultural dimensions on AI-generated advertisements, (ii) to explore the effect of AI-generated advertisements on customer engagement based on Hofstede’s cultural dimensions, and (iii) to explore the effect of customer engagement on emotions based on Hofstede’s cultural dimensions. Design/methodology/approach – We conducted a qualitative study, involving 65 semi-structured interviews with the members of Generation Z from different countries. Examples of two international brands, together with their advertisements, were employed as a basis for the questions. Further, thematic analysis by means of NVivo 12 was used to analyse the collected data.
Findings-The findings suggest that Hofstede’s cultural dimensions affect AI-generated advertisements, customer engagement, and emotions differently. Furthermore, apart from masculinity, femininity, and high and low uncertainty, other factors were found to affect both AI-generated advertisements and their cultural traits equally.
Originality-To our knowledge, this is the first study to explore the impact of cultural differences on user engagement and emotional responses to the AI-generated advertisements of global brands using Hofstede’s six cultural dimensions
Fundamental principles and realities of practice: work health and safety in low- and middle-income countries
No full textThis article sets out to explore whether the amendment to the ILO’s 1998 Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work which, in June 2022, added a ‘safe and healthy work environment’ to the principles and rights already included, might help to address conditions leading to the disproportionate burden of work-related death, injury and disease estimated to occur in low and middle-income countries (LMICs). It does so by drawing on the findings of an extensive review of the literature to examine evidence for the influence and operation of (a) global and national regulatory standards and interventions; and (b) private standards and their role in influencing practices in export-oriented work. It situates its examination of this evidence in relation to the economic, social and regulatory contexts in which work and its poor outcomes for safety and health are experienced in many LMICs, and hence in relation to the challenges that confront the effective utilisation of regulatory action. The article argues that these contextual challenges are formidable, and evidence of the operational means of securing sustainable improvements to work health and safety in the face of them remains incomplete. But it concludes that the 2022 amendment could contribute a useful driver for the considerable strategic orchestration and leadership required to achieve such effective utilisation if, within the ILO, there were a tripartite consensus concerning its desirability