146 research outputs found
Internal Auditing of Organizational Spiritual Identity (OSI)
No full textThe aim of this chapter is to argue that it is possible to identify and audit spiritual (and nonspiritual) signifiers in organizations, and that this process has the potential to reveal an organizational spiritual identity (OSI). A rationale for undertaking the process is developed by highlighting scholarly literature and empirical findings suggesting benefits in applying spiritual principles to workplace practices, thatmay, in turn, help to offset the potential for costly and painful consequences, such as employee conflict, dismissal, or resignations (Crossman 2016). The implications of spiritual "fit," in terms of recruitment and retention, as well as creating spiritually safe organizations, are also discussed. The author acknowledges that the relationship between organizational identity and spirituality, as a line of enquiry, is still in its infancy and calls for further empirical work, perhaps in the form of case studies, exploring the process and outcomes of conducting audits of OSI in organizations. Some suggestions on conducting an OSI audit are also submitted
Qualitative research writing: surveying the vista
No full textQualitative research writing is a complex process and explored within this chapter from a very broad range of perspectives. Its main aim is to raise discussion about the conceptual relationship between writing, qualitative research methodologies and underpinning assumptions. Writing well is acknowledged as critical to publication, the success of individual academic careers, institutional reputation and access to funding. Curiously, despite the high-stakes nature of academic writing, its quality is often derided both from within and beyond the profession. Qualitative research writing involves the navigation of multiple expectations including those of the methodology, the academic community and society as a whole. From a methodological standpoint, creativity, reflexivity, author voice and non-linear thinking serve as some illustrations of contexts where poststructuralism has shaped how qualitative researchers engage with narratives. Qualitative research writing is characterised by its inextricable relation to the analytical process. The nature of research education and the consolidation of a mature professional (and methodological) identity can present significant challenges for the qualitative researcher, requiring courage, conviction and considerable skill, against a backdrop of entrenched ideas about both writing and research
What makes control coercive?
No full textThe construct coercive control is central to making distinctions between Johnson’s (2008) types of intimate partner violence. Prior research has involved examining coercive control in conjunction with physical violence, rather than on its own. Thus, it remains unknown whether and how coercive control can be disentangled from physical violence and its effects. Furthermore, there is a lack of clarity in how to distinguish control that is coercive from control dynamics that are a part of all relationships. The present study used grounded theory methods to develop a theoretical explanation of the processes of control in intimate relationships and what makes control coercive. Data collection consisted of in-depth interviews with mothers regarding their experiences of coercive control and intimate partner violence during marriage and after separation. “Felt or experienced constraint” was the theoretical category identified as central to the process of control, but two distinct patterns were involved in producing this phenomenon. The first pattern, constraint through commitment, involved a process of being constrained by oneself or one’s partner to uphold cultural conventions of heterosexual marriage and parenting. The second pattern, constraint through force, involved a process of being controlled in a targeted and systematic way by one’s partner. Study findings reveal important variations in control processes, namely differences between control that is and is not coercive, and provide an understanding of control that is not contingent on physical violence. Increased knowledge gained from this study can inform measurement development for assessing coercive control and be applied to healthcare and legal interventions to address diverse experiences of control and violence.Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I only', the embargo will last until 2017-05-01The student, Kimberly Crossman, accepted the attached license on 2015-04-21 at 11:56.The student, Kimberly Crossman, submitted this Dissertation for approval on 2015-04-21 at 12:03.This Dissertation was approved for publication on 2015-04-22 at 07:34.DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #7985 on 2015-07-22 at 14:18:24Made available in DSpace on 2015-07-22T22:33:40Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2
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The campaign for democratic socialism 1960-1964.
No full textPhDIn early 1960 it seemed likely that the official Labour
Party defence policy would be defeated by a unilateralist
resolution at the Scarborough Conference. In response to
this possibility the Campaign for Democratic Socialism,
or CDS, was established.
The CDS projected the image of a grass-roots movement
inspired by Gaitskell's "fight and fight again" speech.
But it was run by a Campaign Committee which included
leading members of the Party like Tony Crosland, Roy
Jenkins and Patrick Gordon Walker, as well as less well
known members like Bill Rodgers, Dick Taverne, Philip
Williams, Brian Walden, Denis Howell and David Marquand.
This highly talented group launched an elaborate and
successful lobbying, publicity and briefing operation
which was influential in overturning the unilateralist
vote at the Blackpool Conference of 1961. After Blackpool
the Campaign helped many of its leading members find
seats in the House of Commons while continuing to put the
"revisionist" case through its newspaper Campaign.
The importance of the CDS in the history of the Labour
Party is, primarily, as the first internal pressure group
organised by the right of the Party. It was also the
first internal Party group to use such sophisticated
lobbying techniques. Moreover, the subsequent careers of
the leading members of the Campaign influenced the
development of the Labour Party. The CDS was an important
formative political action for many of them. Finally many
of the CDS supporters set-up or joined the SDP when it
was launched
The rise and fall of the Labour league of youth
No full textThis thesis charts the rise and fall of the Labour Party’s first and most enduring youth organisation, the Labour League of Youth. The history of the League, from its birth in the early nineteen twenties to its demise in the late nineteen fifties, is placed in the context of the Labour Party’s subsequent fruitless attempts to establish and maintain a vibrant and functional youth organisation. A narrative is incorporated that illuminates the culture, organisation and political activism of the League and establishes it as a predominantly working class radical organisation. The reluctance on the part of the Labour Party to grant autonomy to its youth sections resulted in the history of the League of Youth being one of control, suppression and tension. This state of affairs ensured that subsequent youth groups, the Young Socialists and Young Labour, would be established in an atmosphere of reservation and scepticism.
The thesis places the prime responsibility for the failure of the party’s youth organisations with the party leadership but also considers the contributory factors of changing social and political circumstances. A number of themes are explored which include the impact of structure and agency factors, the power of the Parliamentary Labour Party, the political socialisation of leading figures within the party, the social context in which each of the groups emerged and the extent to which the youth groups were prey to intra-party factionalism.
The thesis redresses the balance of research where most accounts have focussed on the Young Socialists and traces the common characteristics that are prevalent in the way the party leadership has approached its relationship with its youth organisations. Use has been made of previously unpublished primary source material, the major source being the League of Youth members themselves whose recollections have helped to demonstrate the arguments put forward in this thesis
Wellcome Witnesses to Twentieth Century Medicine: Volume 1
No full textAnnotated and edited transcript of four Witness Seminars. Introduction by E M Tansey First published by the Wellcome Trust, 1997. ©The Trustee of the Wellcome Trust, London, 1997.In Volume One (Occasional Publication no. 4, 1997).All volumes are freely available online at: www.history.qmul.ac.uk/research/modbiomed/wellcome_witnesses/Annotated and edited transcript of four Witness Seminars. Introduction by E M Tansey.Annotated and edited transcript of four Witness Seminars. Introduction by E M Tansey.Annotated and edited transcript of four Witness Seminars. Introduction by E M Tansey.Annotated and edited transcript of four Witness Seminars. Introduction by E M Tansey.Four Witness Seminar transcripts of meetings held between 1993 and 1996: ‘Technology Transfer in Britain: The case of Monoclonal Antibodies’ (E M Tansey and P P Catterall, eds); ‘Self and Non-Self: A History of Autoimmunity’ (E M Tansey, S V Willhoft and D A Christie, eds); ‘Endogenous Opiates’ (E M Tansey and D A Christie, eds); ‘The Committee on Safety of Drugs’ (E M Tansey and L A Reynolds, eds). Introduction by E M Tansey, ‘What is a Witness Seminar’, separate index for each meeting. Tansey E M, Catterall P P, Christie D A, Willhoft S V, Reynolds L A. (eds) (1997) Wellcome Witnesses to Twentieth Century Medicine, volume 1. London: The Wellcome Trust.The Wellcome Trust is a registered charity, no. 210183
Species vulnerability to climate change: impacts on spatial conservation priorities and species representation
No full textCorrected by: Erratum: Species vulnerability to climate change: Impacts on spatial conservation priorities and species representation, in Vol. 18, Issue 10, 3268. The first affiliation is incorrect. The author byline and affiliations should appear as below:
DAVID M. SUMMERS*, BRETT A. BRYAN*, NEVILLE D. CROSSMAN* and WAYNE S. MEYER† *CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, PMB 2 Glen Osmond, Adelaide, SA 5036, Australia, †School of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Adelaide, Waite Campus Urrbrae, Adelaide, SA 5064, AustraliaClimate change may shrink and/or shift plant species ranges thereby increasing their vulnerability and requiring targeted conservation to facilitate adaptation. We quantified the vulnerability to climate change of plant species based on exposure, sensitivity and adaptive capacity and assessed the effects of including these components in complementarity-based spatial conservation prioritisation. We modelled the vulnerability of 584 native plant species under three climate change scenarios in an 11.9 million hectare fragmented agricultural region in southern Australia. We represented exposure as species' geographical range under each climate change scenario as quantified using species distribution models. We calculated sensitivity as a function of the impact of climate change on species' geographical ranges. Using a dispersal kernel, we quantified adaptive capacity as species' ability to migrate to new geographical ranges under each climate change scenario. Using Zonation, we assessed the impact of individual components of vulnerability (exposure, sensitivity and adaptive capacity) on spatial conservation priorities and levels of species representation in priority areas under each climate change scenario. The full vulnerability framework proved an effective basis for identifying spatial conservation priorities under climate change. Including different dimensions of vulnerability had significant implications for spatial conservation priorities. Incorporating adaptive capacity increased the level of representation of most species. However, prioritising sensitive species reduced the representation of other species. We conclude that whilst taking an integrated approach to mitigating species vulnerability to climate change can ensure sensitive species are well-represented in a conservation network, this can come at the cost of reduced representation of other species. Conservation planning decisions aimed at reducing species vulnerability to climate change need to be made in full cognisance of the sensitivity of spatial conservation priorities to individual components of vulnerability, and the trade-offs associated with focussing on sensitive species.David M. Summers, Brett A. Bryan, Neville D. Crossman and Wayne S. Meye
Environmental and Spiritual Leadership: Tracing the Synergies from an Organizational Perspective
No full textThis article presents some synergies that appear to exist in the conceptualization of environmental and spiritual leadership. After some discussion of the contexts in which environmental and spiritual leadership have arisen, the author identifies some commonalities in the underpinning values and associated discourse adopted in the literature to describe these two concepts. Common values include notions of the common and social good, stewardship, sustainability, servanthood, calling, meaning, and connectedness. The article also draws attention to the way that historical and cultural factors have contributed to some overlapping in the conceptual development of spirit and environment. Finally, avenues for demonstrating and embedding both spiritual and environmental leadership into organizations are explored
Topological network-assisted quantum operations in two-dimensions
No full textScientific computing and applied mathematics enable the exploration of and, sometimes even, the simplification of complex systems through various optimized modeling and simulation methods. These fields create and utilize computational resources to do so. Many problems, however, are still unsolvable or very difficult to solve with current well-established methods – be it algorithms or computers. Quantum computers were theorized and are now being realized to extend computational abilities. Though commercially available and widely researched, quantum computers today are still more proof-of-concept than ”universally” applicable tools. A major part of the problem is these systems are riddled with noise, hence the phrase noisy intermediate scale quantum (NISQ) devices is commonly used to refer to current day devices. There are many approaches to mitigating the effects of noise in quantum systems from both hardware and software perspectives. This work focuses on optimizing the device hardware by combining aspects of two already well-explored systems – superconducting quantum integrated circuits and topological insulators. The former are relatively easy to fabricate and have become one of the main focuses of today’s industry. The heart of superconducting quantum circuits is found in two circuit elements: the quantum bit (qubit) and the resonator. The qubit manages quantum information processing. The resonator is a simple inductor and capacitor (LC) in parallel and is a well understood classical circuit element. Resonators play a key role in this research. In contrast, topological quantum systems are incredibly difficult to fabricate. In theory, however, topological insulators promise a strong shield against noise across the device. By leveraging the simplicity and ease of simulating classical LC resonators and combining this with the noise-protection introduced in topological systems, this project lays the groundwork for developing a model supporting how such a hybrid hardware could process and protect quantum information. This thesis presents the characterization of how a two-dimensional array of LC resonators could behave similarly to a qubit when demonstrating edge modes, which are typically found in topological quantum systems. An approach for how to model such systems is proposed from the perspective of architecture, optimal control, and metrics.Gitlab repository containing project code and results: https://gitlab.tudelft.nl/qmai/master-theses/genyacrossmanComputer Simulations for Science and Engineering (COSSE
Island Enlightenment in a Glass
No full textHumorous essay about the author\u27s experience drinking his neighbor\u27s Killer Botanist Gin Martini
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