Relacion historica de la famosa invasion del exercito y armada de Francia en Cataluña en 1825 y de la valerosa resistencia que los catalanes, aragoneses y valencianos con su rey Don Pedro hicieron á los enemigos en el Rosellón y el Ampurdán por tierra y por mar ... /

Es el libro III de la obra de Bernat Desclot.

Narrar con imágenes: entrevistas fotográficas en un estudio comparado de “resiliencia” social y resistencia ante la crisis

En este artículo se presenta una reflexión metodológica sobre la utilización de la entrevista fotográfica en un estudio sobre las estrategias sociales, culturales y comunitarias de “resiliencia” de los hogares fuertemente afectados por la crisis económica y social actual. Esta investigación se realizó en el marco del proyecto europeo RESCuE en el que participan nueve países que se han visto afectados en distinto grado por la crisis. En el artículo se reflexiona sobre las aportaciones y el enriquecimiento que ha posibilitado esta técnica en la investigación, permitiendo un mayor y más diverso acercamiento a las narraciones sobre las prácticas de resiliencia (individual, grupal, comunitaria), así como en torno a las interpretaciones y vivencias sobre estas prácticas en el ámbito cotidiano de los sujetos, con mayor posibilidad de internacionalización del material y los resultados. También se profundiza en las limitaciones y obstáculos de la entrevista fotográfica en la investigación realizada, reflexionando sobre las precauciones a adoptar en el diseño y dinámica de aplicación de esta técnica, de manera que no limite las múltiples potencialidades que la foto- elicitación ofrece.

Estudio de las relaciones entre la resistencia cultural y el clima social de aula en profesores de educación secundaria

Esta tesis trata del estudio de la Resistencia Cultural y el Clima Social de Aula en el contexto educativo. El objetivo principal de la investigación es contribuir a un mejor conocimiento del encuentro entre culturas en el ámbito escolar y estudiar las relaciones entre el Clima social de Aula y la Resistencia Cultural. En primer lugar, el concepto se define como un rasgo humano natural, bidireccional, relacionado con el sistema de control territorial. Este rasgo aparece cada vez que dos o más grupos humanos entran en contacto de alguna manera. En un cuestionario específico aplicado a los profesores de Educación Secundaria se les pregunta sobre sus actitudes hacia los alumnos inmigrantes y el clima del aula. En este cuestionario se recogen aspectos generales y escolares tanto positivos como negativos relacionados con el fenómeno de la inmigración con el fin de determinar el nivel de Resistencia Cultural para cada profesor y el Clima Social de Aula que predomina en sus clases. El análisis estadístico es amplio y toma en consideración la estructura anidada de los datos a fin de determinar los principales factores que influyen en el nivel de Resistencia Cultural como rasgo individual y el nivel de Clima Social de Aula. Cabe destacar que el país de origen del alumnado inmigrante está relacionado el nivel de Resistencia Cultural del profesorado en 10 subdimensiones, siendo la Resistencia Cultural Escolar Territorial la que presenta una mayor potencia estadística para rechazar una hipótesis nula verdadera. En cuanto a la relación de la Resistencia Cultural y el Clima Social de Aula se concluye que es media-baja, alentando a su mayor estudio en el futuro.

Context and models for the analysis of individual and group needs

This paper summarizes the papers presented in the thematic stream Models for the Analysis of Individual and Group Needs, at the 2007 IAEVG-SVP-NCDA Symposium: Vocational Psychology and Career Guidance Practice: An International Partnership. The predominant theme which emerged from the papers was that theory and practice need to be positioned within their contexts. For this paper, context has been formulated as a dimension ranging from the individual’s experience of himself or herself in conversations, including interpersonal transactions and body culture, through to broad higher levels of education, work, nation, and economy.

Individual firms and regional business clusters : the HRM advantage in rent generation

Much of the literature on clusters has focused on the economic advantages of clusters and how these can be achieved in terms of competition, regional development and local spillovers. Some studies have focused at the level of the individual firm however human resource management (HRM) in individual clustered firms has received scant attention. This paper innovatively utilises the extended Resource Based View (RBV) of the firm as a framework to conceptualise the human resource processes of individual firms within a cluster. RBV is argued as a useful tool as it explains external rents outside a firm’s boundaries. The paper concludes that HRM can assist in generating rents for firms and clusters more broadly when the function supports valuable interfirm relationships important for realising inter-firm advantages.

Sharing knowledge at work : macro, social and relational individual influences on individual behavior

The impact of relations between an organization and its workers and the relations among workers on individual knowledge generation and sharing practices has not, to date, been addressed in an integrated way. This paper discusses the findings of a study analyzing issues at macro, locally-constructed and micro levels in a public sector organization, to identify and integrate the complex sets of mediators. Key factors were found to include (a) the contested nature of the process of knowledge construction, (b) the worker’s experience of the organization’s internal environment, (c) how the organization is understood to value knowledge sharing, (d) relations with colleagues, and (e) the perceived outcomes of knowledge sharing behaviors. Implications for practice are discussed.

The true cost and performance of individual residential property investment and the implication on real estate agency practice

Investment in residential property in Australia is not dominated by the major investment institutions in to the same degree as the commercial, industrial and retail property markets. As at December 2001, the Property Council of Australia Investment Performance Index contained residential property with a total value of $235 million, which represents only 0.3% of the total PCA Performance Index value. The majority of investment in the Australian residential property market is by small investment companies and individual investors. The limited exposure of residential property in the institutional investment portfolios has also limited the research that has been undertaken in relation to residential property performance. However the importance of individual investment in residential property is continuing to gain importance as both individuals are now taking control of their own superannuation portfolios and the various State Governments of Australia are decreasing their involvement in the construction of public housing by subsidizing low-income families into the private residential property market. This paper will: • Provide a comparison of the cost to initially purchase residential property in the various capital city residential property markets in Australia, and • Analyse the true cost and investment performance of residential property in the main residential property markets in Australia based on a standard investment portfolio in each of the State capital cities and relate these results to real estate marketing and agency practice.

Social effects on coworker reliance and individual contributions to intercultural teams

Which social perceptions and structures shape coworker reliance and contributions to team products? When people form an intercultural team, they launch a set of working relationships that may be affected by social perceptions and social structures. Social perceptions include beliefs about interpersonal similarity and also expectations of behavior based on professional and national memberships. Social structures include dyadic relationships and the patterns they form. In this study, graduate students from three cohorts were consistently more likely to rely on others with whom they had a professional relationship, while structural equivalence in the professional network had no effect. In only one of the cohorts, people were more likely to rely on others who were professionally similar to themselves. Expectations regarding professional or national groups had no effect on willingness to rely on members of those groups, but expectations regarding teammates' nations positively influenced individual contributions. Willingness to rely on one's teammates did not significantly influence individual contributions to the team. Number of professional ties to teammates increased individual contributions, and number of external ties decreased contributions. Finally, people whose professional networks included a mixture of brokerage and closure (higher ego network variance) made greater contributions to their teams.

Continued use of process modeling grammars : the impact of individual difference factors

Process modeling grammars are used by analysts to describe information systems domains in terms of the business operations an organization is conducting. While prior research has examined the factors that lead to continued usage behavior, little knowledge has been established as to what extent characteristics of the users of process modeling grammars inform usage behavior. In this study, a theoretical model is advanced that incorporates determinants of continued usage behavior as well as key antecedent individual difference factors of the grammar users, such as modeling experience, modeling background and perceived grammar familiarity. Findings from a global survey of 529 grammar users support the hypothesized relationships of the model. The study offers three central contributions. First, it provides a validated theoretical model of post-adoptive modeling grammar usage intentions. Second, it discusses the effects of individual difference factors of grammar users in the context of modeling grammar usage. Third, it provides implications for research and practice.

Queensland Spatial Excellence Awards 2009 : individual citations

Profesional Citation with address to Spatial Sciences Institution (Queensland) - Education and Professional Development Criteria; including Executive Summary, Teaching, Research, Publications Summary, Professional Service and Summary