145 research outputs found
Relationships with management, NPM, discretionary power and performance
No full textThis paper compares the link between workplace relationships with management and employee’s perceptions of discretionary power and performance in the public and private sector post NPM within three countries: two Anglo-American countries (Australia, United Kingdom (UK)) and in one classical Continental country (Italy). The study used survey data from 1945 employees and the analysis using SEM and ANOVAs found that whilst management impacted employee perceptions of discretionary power and performance in all three countries, there were significant differences in public and private sector employee’s engagement performance in all three countries, however, satisfaction with management differed only in Anglo-American countries. The findings suggest evidence of poor management practices across the public and private sector in each of the three countries, suggesting that the post NPM management practices waste scarce public resources by negatively impacting employee performance
Nurse safety outcomes: old problem, new solution – the differentiating roles of nurses’ psychological capital and managerial support
No full text© 2016 John Wiley & Sons Ltd Aim: The aim of this study was to examine the impacts of nurses’ psychological capital and managerial support, plus specific safety interventions (managerial safety priorities, safety training satisfaction), on nurses’ in-role safety performance. Background: Most hospitals in industrialized countries have adopted selective (often the least costly) aspects of safety, usually related to safety policies. However, patient safety remains a challenge in many countries. Research shows that training can be used to upskill employees in psychological capital, with statistically significant organizational and employee benefits, but this area is under-researched in nursing. Design: Data were collected using a survey-based, self-report strategy. The emerging patterns of data were then compared with the findings of previous research. Methods: Quantitative survey data were collected during 2014 from 242 nurses working in six Australian hospitals. Two models were tested and analysed using covariance-based Structural Equation Modelling. Results: Psychological capital and safety training satisfaction were important predictors of nurses’ in-role safety performance and as predictors of nurses’ perceptions of whether management implements what it espouses about safety (‘managerial safety priorities’). Managerial support accounted for just under a third of psychological capital and together, psychological capital and managerial support, plus satisfaction with safety training, were important to nurses’ perceptions of in-role safety performance. Conclusion: Organizations are likely to benefit from upskilling nurses and their managers to increase nurses’ psychological capital and managerial support, which then will enhance nurses’ satisfaction with training and in-role safety performance perceptions
An investigation into the nature and development of dance consciousness in choreography and performance
No full textThe dancer's consciousness is an integral component of choreography and performance, but has been afforded little significant attention within dance theory or practice. This thesis aims to investigate the nature of the dancer's consciousness and it develops a model which allows dancers to access particular conscious states in choreography and performance. This model is entitled the Dance Consciousness
Model.
The model is founded on consciousness theory and, within it, two states of dance consciousness have been defined: intrattentive consciousness and non-intrattentive consciousness. These are based on the states of consciousness described by consciousness researchers,
dance theorists and practitioners and theatre theorists.
The Dance Consciousness Model comprises methods for examining and accessing the dance consciousness. During the formulation of these methods a variety of theories and practices were explored: phenomenological reduction, the explicitation session, somatics, sport psychology, visual and verbal processing, attention studies, Buddhist Introspection and Bodyweather. Relevant components were extracted from each theory and practice and applied to the discipline of dance. This resulted in the development of a series of methods for examining and accessing states of
intrattention and non-intrattention. These methods were explored, by trained dancers, in three empirical projects which comprised exploratory workshops, choreographic
and rehearsal processes and performances.
The projects were recorded on video and the dancers were interviewed at regular intervals. The analysis of the information collected was combined with the consciousness
theory established at the start of the study and resulted in the formulation of a consciousness training programme
and the Dance Consciousness Model. The training precedes
the application of the model and comprises a series of
workshops in which dancers are taught to access, examine
and switch between states of intrattention and non-intrattention. The Dance Consciousness Model is believed to
be the first of its kind and is intended for application
by dancers in the choreography and performance of contemporary dance
Supervisor-nurse relationships, training, empowerment and patient role ambiguity for nurses: Australia and England
No full textThis paper uses a Leader-Member Exchange theoretical framework to first, examine the impact of the supervisor-subordinate relationship upon nurses’ satisfaction with training and perceptions of empowerment (as measured by self-determination, impact, competence and meaning), and then upon their role ambiguity in relation to patients. Second, we compared nurses’ experiences in Australia and in England. Using surveys, data were collected during 2008 and 2010 from 1335 hospital nurses (900 in Australia and 435 in England). Using path analysis, the findings identify that satisfaction with supervisor-nurse relationships and training, plus perceptions of empowerment, explain approximately a fifth of nurses’ patient role ambiguity
Non-collusive Corruption: Theory and Evidence from Education Sector in Bangladesh
No full textWe study non-collusive corruption in the education sector. For this purpose, we construct a simple theoretical model that captures non-collusive corruption between service providers (teachers) and service demanders (students). The model shows that the bribe paid by the service demander increases with the level of red tape and her income level, but it decrease with the improvement of the individual’s social status. We also establish that with the increase in the income and the social status of the private agent (networks), the probability of paying bribes and the severity of red tape declines. Then we use a survey data set collected in 2007 by Transparency International Bangladesh, to test the predictions of the model. The estimations confirm that both the probability of being subjected to noncollusive corruption and the cost of corruption is related to the individual characteristics of the bribe payer. Moreover, network connections are an important factor that helps to ease the burden of corruption on private agents, which is also likely ensuring the persistence of this type of corruption.Education, non-collusive corruption, bribery, Bangladesh
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