Identity dynamics in non-profit organizations: Ideological and methodological identity orientations

A Work Project, presented as part of the requirements for the Award of a Masters Degree in Management from the NOVA – School of Business and Economics

Adaptação ao divórcio e relações coparentais: contributos da teoria da vinculação

Neste artigo propõe-se uma contribuição da teoria da vinculação na compreensão dos processos de adaptação dos adultos ao seu divórcio e como a desvinculação ao ex-cônjuge interfere na coparentalidade pós-divórcio. Este artigo formula duas hipóteses teóricas. A primeira hipótese afirma que o divórcio, enquanto processo relacional, deve ser lido como um momento de perda que germina reacções psicológicas similares às experienciadas pelos viúvos, tal como descreve Bowlby no modelo de perda da figura de vinculação, estando dependente dos estilos de vinculação dos adultos. A segunda hipótese sustenta que a coparentalidade pós-divórcio é predita pelos estilos de vinculação e pela qualidade da reorganização da vinculação dos pais. Finalmente, uma integração teórica é apresentada, operacionalizada numa proposta de investigação futura neste domínio.

Les relacions interpersonals en l'educació física a l'ESO : anàlisi de dos casos

Les relacions interpersonals en l’Educació Física a l’Educació Secundària Obligatòria constitueixen l’objecte d’estudi d’aquesta recerca qualitativa i transversal. Un procés d’investigació que pretén descriure, analitzar i interpretar els principals trets característics d’aquest marc relacional en l’àmbit de l’Educació Física; una matèria que presenta diferències estructurals i organitzatives significatives respecte la resta d’àrees curriculars. Professor, alumne i grup-classe esdevenen els tres actors protagonistes d’aquesta xarxa interactiva; on l’atenció es focalitza en l’anàlisi de dues tipologies de relacions: professor-alumne i alumne-alumne. A través de l’estudi de dos casos reals s’analitzen tres factors fonamentals i determinants en el procés relacional: estil d’ensenyament, rol adoptat i disponibilitat cap a les tasques; així com el factor resultant: l’ambient o clima d’aprenentatge.

Industrial solution business – transition from product to solution offering

The business logic in the manufacturing industry has changed in the 21st century. In the current industrial market, manufacturers are driven to provide more comprehensive offerings that go beyond the traditional product-orientation by providing capacity and availability for their customers. From incidental merchandise, services have become the core of manufacturers’ offerings with long-lasting service agreements over the life-cycles of their products. This change is driven both by the need of providers to grow and gain competitive advantage and by increased customer demand caused by customers’ outsourcing trends. The three key drivers for manufacturers’ service strategies are outsourcing trends, saturation of the installed base, and commoditization in product markets. Thus, manufacturers focus on providing industrial solutions which are delivered through relational processes with customers by using solution-driven business models. In the management of marketing activities, this can be regarded as closer customer relationships, service-dominant business logic, and collaboration in solving customers’ problems. However, there are few studies on comprehensive conceptualizations of a solution offering that include different elements and their roles, especially in the context of capital goods industry. Also the transition process needs further studies in a real life context. This study explores the transition process of an industrial company from product to solution business and, as an aid to managing the solution business, explicates the structure and management of an industrial solution offering. There are two themes, the industrial transition process and industrial solution offering. Regarding the industrial transition process, the aim is to understand the supplier view on the process and its execution and to determine the challenges related to the transition process. The industrial solution offering is discussed by its elements and characteristics, as well as management. Furthermore, a special type of build-own-operate-transfer business model is presented and its suitability in the industrial context analyzed. The study includes findings achieved by qualitative methods and from four case companies. Based on the results, it is tentatively suggested that in the industrial solution business, the transition from product to solution business is not a linear project but an evolving process that varies according to customer needs, which suggests that companies need to possess an ability to develop new business models for different customer needs. The industrial solution offering is dynamic as it evolves in collaboration according to the prevailing and latent customer needs, which suggest restructuring of the organization from a product-centric to a customer-centric one. Furthermore, based on the findings, the concept of industrial solutions is defined as an ongoing relational process to satisfy a customer’s particular business or operational requirements, and the concept of industrial solution offering as an entity comprising the customized goods, services, collaboration, and finance needed to fulfill the industrial solution. Finally, the study offers several managerial implications for industrial managers involved in the transition and management of the solution business and its offering.

Analyse du processus relationnel formant la socialisation à un ordre professionnel au Québec

Les professions ont acquis une importance considérable à travers les sociétés modernes. Lors de la modernisation du Code des professions au Québec, les membres de l’Ordre des psychologues du Québec (OPQ) ont eu à se positionner sur les enjeux entourant les développements de leur profession. Ce mémoire analyse le lien entre la structure relationnelle constitutive de la socialisation effectuée par ce groupe professionnel. Ceci, au moment de la redéfinition du cadre législatif en matière de psychothérapie. Des analyses de réseaux sur onze temps, de deux types de capital social, permettent de saisir les corollaires des structures relationnelles sur la socialisation de l’Ordre professionnel. Puis, les discours écrits sur la modernisation dans leur revue professionnelle sont résumés dans un narratif permettant l’analyse des stratégies de leur socialisation. Bien que contingent, la forme de la structure relationnelle stabilise la socialisation des membres. La structure relationnelle amène le capital social collectif à densifier le réseau des relations internes du groupe et permet l’essor, par l’intermédiarité des membres ayant du capital social individuel, d’une culture réseau. Ces membres, bien positionnés dans l’ordre, conduisent la socialisation de l’ensemble du groupe durant les enjeux rencontrés. Le narratif corrobore la concordance des stratégies de socialisation des membres de l’OPQ aux objectifs des principes de l’Office des professions du Québec. Puisque névralgique, bien que contingent, la structure relationnelle de la socialisation participe de la différenciation de degré entre le modèle professionnel et les autres types de métiers.

La influencia de la construcción de identidad cultural vietnamita en la guerra de independencia de Vietnam (1946-1954)

La presente investigación tiene como objetivo explicar la influencia de la construcción de identidad cultural vietnamita en la Guerra de Independencia de Vietnam entre 1946 y 1954. Se argumenta que la construcción de identidad cultural justificó, promovió y legitimó la guerra de independencia como instrumento político ya que –en tanto proceso relacional– generó durante la colonización francesa prácticas de diferenciación fundamentadas en la reivindicación de los valores, tradiciones, costumbres, creencias y símbolos vietnamitas en torno a la resistencia. Ello propició una ruptura en las relaciones políticas imperantes, lo que condujo a la búsqueda de un nuevo orden social basado en la autodeterminación. Se utiliza una metodología de tipo cualitativa, fundamentada en el análisis documental e historiográfico.

A comunicação humana: um processo relacional

Neste trabalho aborda-se a comunicação humana como um processo eminentemente relacional. Este enfoque objetiva situar o processo de comunicação a nível humano, como um fenômeno basilar no desenvolvimento da cultura refletindo, desta forma a constante necessidade inerente ao Homem de intercambiar com o meio circundante. Através da análise dos diversos níveis deste processo, bem como das contribuições de vários autores que intentaram elaborar modelos para ele pode-se concluir que por sua estrutura interacional, a comunicação humana é de capital importância para dinamizar as condições de adaptabilidade do ser humano à ambiência neste sentido que a própria conduta do indivíduo, encarada sob a forma de dado informativo dos diversos fenômenos psicológicos que nele se processam poderá ser considerada uma modalidade de mensagem.

Avaliação do programa de tutorização da EMATER-RN para servidores em estágio probatório

The present thesis evaluated the contributions and limitations of the tutorship program introduced in EMATER-RN, as a tactic of organizational socialization for civil servants in probationary stage. Tutorship was understood as an intensive and continuous relational process, in which a more experienced person in the organization the tutor offers psychosocial support, stimulates the development of the professional career and enables to the newcomer the tutee learning on job performance. The organizational socialization was considered in the perspective of the symbolic interactionism. The study was characterized as a program evaluation and as an action research. The practical interventions for the program implementation were conducted and, at the same time, the evaluations of process, results and reaction to the program were applied. Among the major contributions of the action research, it stood out: the diagnosis of reasons for the formation of the pair and of expectations of tutors and tutees, the improvement of the tutorship registration tools, the ascertainment of the success of the program in the socialization of the new civil servants, the confirmation of the importance of the compatibility among them and of the adequate performance of tutorship functions for achieving its benefits. Based in constraints of the program, one may quote as essential recommendations: the formation of a technical team supporting the program, the clear establishment of deadlines for each procedure and the reinforcement to its compliance, the investigation of the functions performed by the tutor, the sensitization of the managers to the resolution of problems that affect the program, the voluntary participation of the tutor and the continuous meetings of tutors and tutees. One settles for the relevance of the program and in favor of its continuation, provided that its improvement and systematic management are conducted.

A prática como lócus de formação de professores e produção de saberes na Educação Física

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

La presencia de Africa en los Diseños Curriculares de Ciencias Sociales e Historia para el nivel secundario bonaerense

Entendiendo que la construcción de identidad es un proceso relacional, la aproximación al "Otro" -en este caso lo africano- es una forma no sólo de conocimiento de las otras identidades sino, sobre todo, de construcción de la propia identidad. Africa, junto a las comunidades originarias, ha tenido muy poca presencia en la educación formal argentina. Tampoco fue sumada al proceso de construcción de lo que se denominó: "identidad argentina". En consecuencia, ante las nuevas situaciones producto de la globalización, el siguiente artículo analizará la presencia de las sociedades africanas en los actuales Diseños Curriculares de Ciencias Sociales e Historia del nivel secundario de la provincia de Buenos Aires

La presencia de Africa en los Diseños Curriculares de Ciencias Sociales e Historia para el nivel secundario bonaerense

Entendiendo que la construcción de identidad es un proceso relacional, la aproximación al "Otro" -en este caso lo africano- es una forma no sólo de conocimiento de las otras identidades sino, sobre todo, de construcción de la propia identidad. Africa, junto a las comunidades originarias, ha tenido muy poca presencia en la educación formal argentina. Tampoco fue sumada al proceso de construcción de lo que se denominó: "identidad argentina". En consecuencia, ante las nuevas situaciones producto de la globalización, el siguiente artículo analizará la presencia de las sociedades africanas en los actuales Diseños Curriculares de Ciencias Sociales e Historia del nivel secundario de la provincia de Buenos Aires

La presencia de Africa en los Diseños Curriculares de Ciencias Sociales e Historia para el nivel secundario bonaerense

Entendiendo que la construcción de identidad es un proceso relacional, la aproximación al "Otro" -en este caso lo africano- es una forma no sólo de conocimiento de las otras identidades sino, sobre todo, de construcción de la propia identidad. Africa, junto a las comunidades originarias, ha tenido muy poca presencia en la educación formal argentina. Tampoco fue sumada al proceso de construcción de lo que se denominó: "identidad argentina". En consecuencia, ante las nuevas situaciones producto de la globalización, el siguiente artículo analizará la presencia de las sociedades africanas en los actuales Diseños Curriculares de Ciencias Sociales e Historia del nivel secundario de la provincia de Buenos Aires

The role of line managers in employee career management:an attachment theory perspective

Line managers increasingly play a key role in organizational career development systems, yet few studies have examined the nature of this role or its implications for employee career attitudes and behaviors. In two studies, we used attachment theory to explore this issue. In Study 1, in-depth interviews (N = 20) showed that employees viewed career management as a relational process in which line managers are expected to act as ‘caregiver’ to support individualized career development. Study 2 was a large-scale international survey (N = 891). Participants scoring higher on attachment avoidance in their line manager relationships reported more negative perceptions of career growth opportunities, lower participation in organizational career development activities and higher turnover intentions. Trust in the organization partially mediated the relationship. Theoretical and practical implications for HRM are discussed.

Récits du vieillir « actif » et de la citoyenneté au quotidien : l’expérience des femmes aînées au Québec

Taken as a policy framework, active aging ranks high on most supranational bodies’ agenda. The new political economy of aging portrays “active” citizenship amongst seniors as a key challenge for the years to come. Our research focuses on, first, elderly women’s everyday ‘active’ practices, their meaning and purpose, in the context of Quebec’s active aging policy framework; and second, their day-to-day practical citizenship experiences. Informed by discourse analysis and a narrative approach, the life stories of women 60 to 70 years of age allowed for the identification of a plethora of distinctive old age activity figures. More specifically, four activity figures were identified by which respondents materialize their routine active practices, namely: (1) paid work; (2) voluntary and civic engagement; (3) physical activity; and (4) caregiving. Set against Quebec’s active aging policy framework, these patterns and set of practices that underpin them are clearly in tune with government’s dominant perspectives. Respondents’ narratives also show that active aging connotes a range of ‘ordinary’ activities of daily living, accomplished within people’s private worlds and places of proximity. Despite nuances, tensions and opposition found in dominant public discourse, as well as in active aging practices, a form of counter-discourse does not emerge from respondents’ narratives. To be active is normally the antithesis of immobility and dependence. Thus, to see oneself as active in old age draws on normative, positive assumptions about old age quite difficult to refute; nevertheless, discourses also raise identity and relational issues. In this respect, social inclusion issues cut across all active aging practices described by respondents. Moreover, a range of individual aims and quests underpin activity pattern. Such quests express respondents’ subjective interactions with their social environment; including their actions’ meaning and sense of social inclusiveness in old age. A first quest relates to personal identity and social integration to the world; a second one concerns giving; a third centers on the search for authenticity; whereas the fourth one is connected to a desire for freedom. It is through the objectivising of active practices and related existential pursuits that elderly woman recognize themselves as active citizens, rooted in the community, and variously contributing to society. Accordingly, ‘active’ citizenship experiences are articulated in a dialogic manner between the dimensions of ‘doing’, ‘active’ social practices, and ‘being’ in relation to others, within a context of interdependence. A proposed typology allows for the modeling of four ‘active’ citizenship figures. Overall, despite the role played by power relations and social inequality in structuring aging experiences, in everyday life ‘old age citizenship’ appears as a relational process, embedded in a set of social relations and practices involving individuals, families and communities, whereby elderly women are able to express a sense of agency within their social world.

Comunicação proxêmica: ações, reações e sensações de enfermeiros hospitalares

A comunicação proxêmica, dentre outros aspectos, compreende o estudo social dos espaços, das relações interpessoais e de todas as variáveis que dizem respeito à interação entre os seres humanos. É importante o estudo e a aplicação da comunicação proxêmica no cotidiano do trabalho de enfermeiros, para que esta seja compreendida e empregada de maneira producente no processo relacional dos trabalhadores em todos os momentos de sua prática, em especial, do cuidado. Estudo aprovado pelo Comitê de Ética em Pesquisa da Universidade Federal de Rio Grande (CEPAS), sob o número 23116.003684/2012-4, com o objetivo de analisar a comunicação proxêmica no trabalho de enfermeiros hospitalares. Estudo de abordagem qualitativa, de cunho descritivo, onde a coleta de dados ocorreu por meio de observações não participantes e entrevistas semipadronizadas com 10 enfermeiros da unidade de terapia intensiva e serviço de pronto atendimento de um hospital universitário no Sul do Rio Grande do Sul, mediante assinatura do Termo de Consentimento Livre e Esclarecido. Os dados foram analisados através da Análise Qualitativa de Conteúdo estabelecida por Mayring, de onde emergiram categorias apriorísticas provenientes dos fatores proxêmicos preconizados por Edward Hall: Postura-sexo, Eixo Sociofugo-Sociopeto, Fatores Cinestésicos ou Cinésicos, Comportamento de Contato, Código Visual, Código Térmico, Código Olfativo e Volume da Voz. Os dados foram interpretados a partir das concepções de Hall ( 16 de maio de 1914 – 20 de julho de 2009 †) e as ideias de diversos autores do universo científico. Este processo resultou em dois artigos. No primeiro artigo “A prática da comunicação proxêmica no manejo do cuidado no trabalho de enfermeiros hospitalares” percebeu-se que, embora os enfermeiros reconheçam a importância do toque, do contato físico, para a prestação de um cuidado holístico e humanizado, os fatores cinésicos/cinestésicos e comportamento de contato, estão associados à avaliação e ao diagnóstico. Com relação às questões térmicas e olfativas os profissionais omitem em suas reações os constrangimentos oriundos das sensações desagradáveis que o toque na pele ou os odores dos pacientes podem causar. Já no segundo artigo intitulado “A comunicação proxêmica na prática de enfermeiros hospitalares”, verificou-se que apenas um dos sujeitos do estudo não estabeleceu contato visual com o paciente. A maioria dos sujeitos empregou um tom de voz normal nas interações com os pacientes. O sexo não influenciou na postura dos interlocutores, como demonstrou o fator postura-sexo e as posições dos enfermeiros ao executar as tarefas diárias, entre face a face e lateralizada, e nenhum dos sujeitos posicionou-se de costas durante as interações, como pode-se perceber através do estudo do eixo sociofugo-sociopeto. O estudo também promoveu reflexões a respeito da comunicação proxêmica e da importância de sua incorporação ao trabalho dos enfermeiros.