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"Ice Road" by Gillian Slovo. [review - radio script]
No full text"Ice road" is a novel of nineteenth century proportions by prolific British author Gillian
Slovo. With its broad canvas of Russian history and large cast of characters, led by a
young woman called Natasha, it consciously harks back to Tolstoy’s "War and Peace".
The story begins with a cleaner called Irina Davydovna Arbatova, a pragmatic
worker born at the beginning of the twentieth century, who by various chance encounters
becomes involved in the family of Boris Aleksandrovic Ivanov, a party official, one of the new soviet ruling class. The setting is Leningrad, and the year is 1934
An investigation into the job leaving intentions and occupational-related attitudes among dental nurses in Scotland : the mediating role of work engagement and personal accomplishment
No full textBackground: Studies have investigated work engagement in dentistry, however dental
nurse engagement is still inadequately understood. Also concerns about low retention
and shortages of dental nurses in the UK have been highlighted. The purpose of this
dissertation was two-fold. First is to build on the existing understanding of the mediating role of work engagement and personal accomplishment between
occupational-related attitudes and leaving intentions. Secondly, to explore which of the
specific occupational-related attitudes of dental nurses support and encourage a dental
nursing career.
Aims: The research had 3 aims. (1) To address the lack of information on work
engagement among dental nurses, (2) To understand which job resources are important
in the work-place and (3) to investigate how these job resources relate to work
engagement and personal accomplishment and in turn their relationship with future
intentions to leave the profession.
Method: A sequential exploratory design of mixed methods was employed to collect data
by first exploring the work experiences using focus groups of 24 dental nurses, either undergoing registration training or further post-registration qualification courses in 2 locations. Secondly, a newly designed cross-sectional questionnaire investigated demographics, job demands and resources, work engagement and personal
accomplishment (using Utrecht Work Engagement Scale and the Maslach Burnout
Inventory respectively) and an adapted measure of intention-to-leave of a sample of 269 dental nurses in Scotland (pre-registration n = 241; post registration n = 28).
Results: A major theme was opinion surrounding the introduction of registration in August 2009. Registration for pre-registration dental nurses had a personal impact whereas post-registration dental nurses expressed a benefit for the whole profession. A common theme emerging from both groups of dental nurses was the provision of a clearer career pathway. Influences on leaving for pre-registration dental nurses were not being part of an integrated dental team and no sense of feeling valued. An uncovered underlying theme was the concept of professionalism. Pre-registration dental nurses sought support and security. This opinion contrasted with that of the post-registration
group who appreciated a greater sense of independency. In the questionnaire the overall response rate was 82% based on pre-registration dental nurses only. Pre-registration dental nurses’ work engagement scores were more dedicated (p < 0.0001), and absorbed (p < 0.007) and had less vigour (p < 0.0001) when compared to UWES manual norm values. Work engagement had a mediating role between job resources and intention-to-leave. The job resources predicting higher work engagement were positive beliefs about registration, task significance and variety, and low repetition in the daily routine.
Conclusion: There was some evidence that a professional process occurs during registration training which may be indicative of future intentions to remain in dental nursing. Contextual job resources were more salient in supporting work engagement. Work engagement is a key indicator of intention-to-leave whilst high personal accomplishment predicted high intention-to-leave. Also some evidence suggested job resources may act indirectly on intention-to-leave
Editing Aphra Behn in the Digital Age: An Interview with Gillian Wright and Alan Hogarth
Get PDFThis interview provides a view of the work in progress for the Cambridge University Press edition of the Complete Works of Aphra Behn. Gillian Wright serves as a general editor (with Elaine Hobby, Claire Bowditch, and Mel Evans) as well as the volume editor for Behn’s poetry. Alan Hogarth is the Postdoctoral Research Associate working with Mel Evans on the computational stylistics and author attribution testing. The discussion focuses on the scope and principles of editing the poetry of Aphra Behn, the role of stylometry in establishing the corpus, the status of work, a few particular poems, and some surprises
Nieznajoma z North Carthage. Dwuznaczne narracje Gillian Flynn w powieści "Zaginiona dziewczyna"
No full textThis article analyzes the use of narration in Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl. The author employs the „missing white woman syndrome” and unreliable narrators to manipulate readers' perceptions and expectations.This article analyzes the use of narration in Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl. The author employs the „missing white woman syndrome” and unreliable narrators to manipulate readers' perceptions and expectations
Review of 'Under the Volcano: The Story of Bali' by Cameron Forbes.
No full textReview of 'Under the Volcano: The Story of Bali' by Cameron Forbes
Gillian Dooley interviews Joris Luyendijk, author of 'Fit to Print: Misrepresenting the Middle East'.
Get PDFInterview with Joris Luyendijk, author of 'Fit to Print: Misrepresenting the Middle East', a book about the problems of foreign journalism in the Middle East
Conjuring our beings: Stacey Gillian Abe and Immy Mali in conversational partnership
No full textThe series of Conversational Partnerships began in 2017 in African Arts vol. 50, no. 2, with a conversation between two artists: Eria Nsubuga SANE from Uganda and Sikhumbuzo Makandula from South Africa. The format of a “conversational partnership” (Rubin and Rubin 2012: 7) emphasizes the cocreation of meaning by the interviewer and interviewee as coauthors. This enables a move away from the art history format of the interviewer (usually a writer) assuming the role of the sole author and the interviewee (often an artist) having no status as an author despite the fact that her or his practice-led creation of knowledge is foundational to the content of the interview. Stacey Gillian Abe and Immy Mali participated in a joint artists' residency as part of the RAW program at Rhodes University in South Africa from November to December 2017. During this time, they engaged with each other's practice-led work, and they created this conversational partnership at a writing breakaway in the Eastern Cape
Gillian Anderson speaks out about equal pay and her book, ‘We: A Manifesto for Women Everywhere ’
No full textAn interview with Gillian Anderson and co-author Jennifer Nadel about their new book, 'We: A Manifesto for Women Everywhere.
sj-pdf-1-wso-10.1177_17474930241242628 – Supplemental material for Individual patient data meta-analysis of the effects of fluoxetine on functional outcomes after acute stroke
No full textSupplemental material, sj-pdf-1-wso-10.1177_17474930241242628 for Individual patient data meta-analysis of the effects of fluoxetine on functional outcomes after acute stroke by Gillian Mead, Catriona Graham, Erik Lundström, Graeme J Hankey, Maree L Hackett, Laurent Billot, Per Näsman, John Forbes and Martin Dennis in International Journal of Stroke</p
sj-pdf-2-wso-10.1177_17474930241242628 – Supplemental material for Individual patient data meta-analysis of the effects of fluoxetine on functional outcomes after acute stroke
No full textSupplemental material, sj-pdf-2-wso-10.1177_17474930241242628 for Individual patient data meta-analysis of the effects of fluoxetine on functional outcomes after acute stroke by Gillian Mead, Catriona Graham, Erik Lundström, Graeme J Hankey, Maree L Hackett, Laurent Billot, Per Näsman, John Forbes and Martin Dennis in International Journal of Stroke</p
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