Email-facilitated qualitative interviews with traumatic brain injury survivors: A new and accessible method

Primary objective: To trial the method of email-facilitated qualitative interviewing with people with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Research design: Qualitative semi-structured email-facilitated interviews. Procedures: Nineteen people (17 severe diagnosis) with a TBI participated in email interviews. Main outcomes and results: Findings indicate that this method facilitates the participation of people with TBI in qualitative interviews. Advantages include increased time for reflection, composing answers and greater control of the interview setting. In addition, the data indicates that people with a TBI are capable of greater insight, reflection and humour than indicated by previous research. Conclusion: Findings indicate that new technologies may advance data collection methods for people with cognitive-linguistic impairments who face participation barriers in face-to-face interviews.

A CONCEP����O SOBRE SER HUMANO PARA O DISCENTE DO CURSO DE ADMINISTRA����O: APROXIMA����ES COM A FENOMENOLOGIA DE EDITH STEIN

As grandes Revolu����es que a hist��ria oficial relata apresentam um aspecto comum: a evolu����o do processo de comunica����o aliada �� evolu����o tecnol��gica. A partir do S��culo XX, as informa����es passaram a circular em n��mero e em velocidade escalares. A interdepend��ncia e a interliga����o dos pa��ses, na����es e pessoas estreitaram-se, pois a mobilidade no espa��o virtual, progressivamente, relativiza as dist��ncias e os espa��os geof��sicos. Todavia, a avalanche de conhecimento, de aprimoramento cient��fico e de desenvolvimento econ��mico parece n��o ser suficiente para responder, concretamente, as quest��es que ainda assolam a humanidade. Neste cen��rio, o presente trabalho tem por objetivo aproximar a concep����o de ser humano para discentes do curso de administra����o com as categorias existenciais presentes no pensamento de Edith Stein, por meio dos objetivos espec��ficos: Compreender o que �� ser humano para o discente do curso de administra����o em uma IES Confessional do ABC Paulista; descrever o que �� ser humano a partir do pensamento fenomenol��gico de Edith Stein; buscar converg��ncias, diverg��ncias e/ou idiossincrasias entre os relatos de discentes do curso de administra����o em uma IES Confessional do ABC Paulista e o pensamento de Edith Stein. Para tal, foram colhidos cinco relatos de discentes de administra����o, por meio dos quais foram feitas aproxima����es, converg��ncias-diverg��ncias com as categorias anal��ticas da concep����o de ser humano no pensamento de Edith Stein para cada sujeito, tendo como quest��o norteadora: o que �� ser humano para voc�� ? Ap��s a coleta, as entrevistas foram analisadas tendo como refer��ncia os trabalhos de Edith Stein (fenomenologia eid��tica), Castro (2003), Flauzino (2012) e Estanislau (2010), cumprindo as seguintes etapas: literaliza����o dos relatos ing��nuos, levantamento das unidades de sentido, levantamento e an��lise fenomenol��gica das categorias, as quais possibilitaram o di��logo intersubjetivo e objetivo com os pressupostos te��ricos sobre o tema em pauta. Categorias estas denominadas de: 1. Corpo F��sico e Corpo Vivente; 2. Esp��rito; Sujeito Psicof��sico; 3. Comunidade. A partir da an��lise das categorias, observou-se que a concep����o de ser humano conflui para a unidade do ser, ser este que �� composto por corpo vivente, psique e esp��rito, de forma a possibilitar rela����es com o outro e com o ambiente. N��o �� poss��vel ser humano sem um encontro com o outro, sem o respeito m��tuo, sem a liberdade de ser o que se ��. Emerge a dos relatos a dimens��o comunit��ria, somente na qual se �� poss��vel realizar a humanidade, por meio de atos de liberdade, respeito e de compaix��o. Desvelou-se tamb��m dentro destes relatos, que quando se �� humano, a vida em seu todo �� realizada de forma harmoniosa. Poder-se-��, ent��o, por meio do revelar-se do fen��meno, obter uma nova forma de olhar, de pensar e questionar as pr��ticas vivenciadas na Administra����o, contribuindo com a forma����o de uma massa cr��tica para as ci��ncias sociais aplicadas da administra����o, ao refletir sobre o que h�� de mais estruturante e nuclear no discente de administra����o.

MIDIA IMPRESSA NA TR��PLICE FRONTEIRA : estudo do jornal local A Gazeta do Igua��u

Este estudo analisa a m��dia impressa local produzida no lado brasileiro da Tr��plice Fronteira, regi��o lim��trofe entre Brasil, Paraguai e Argentina e toma como exemplar o jornal brasileiro A Gazeta do Igua��u, editado na cidade de Foz do Igua��u, PR, que comp��e a ��rea trinacional. Os principais objetivos s��o analisar as caracter��sticas desta m��dia local, a incid��ncia de not��cias sobre a fronteira, o relacionamento daquele ve��culo com as comunidades e com os grupos humanos que vivem na regi��o, bem como o grau de influ��ncia e o n��vel de comprometimento do jornal com a pol��tica de Foz do Igua��u. A base te��ricometodol��gica constituiu-se de bibliografia sobre a quest��o global- local, dos estudos sobre multiculturalismo e diversidade cultural (estudos culturais), e dos questionamentos acerca de comunica����o local e regional. As t��cnicas utilizadas foram, al��m da revis��o bibliogr��fica, a an��lise de conte��do do jornal A Gazeta do Igua��u e entrevistas semi-estruturadas. Dentre as conclus��es encontradas, verificou-se que a cobertura da fronteira �� uma pauta priorit��ria, mas que ao mesmo tempo, perde espa��o para o jornalismo de opini��o, atrav��s das diversas colunas de opini��o e sociais, que ocupam a maior parte do notici��rio cotidiano local.(AU)

"Well did you feel jealous?" Control and ideology in police interviews with rape complainants

The methods used by the UK Police to investigate complaints of rape have unsurprisingly come under much scrutiny in recent times, with a 2007 joint report on behalf of HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate and HM Inspectorate of Constabulary concluding that there were many areas where improvements should be made. The research reported here forms part of a larger project which draws on various discourse analytical tools to identify the processes at work during police interviews with women reporting rape. Drawing on a corpus of video recorded police interviews with women reporting rape, this study applies a two pronged analysis to reveal the presence of these ideologies. Firstly, an analysis of the discourse markers ���well��� and ���so��� demonstrates the control exerted on the interaction by interviewing officers, as they attach importance to certain facts while omitting much of the information provided by the victim. Secondly, the interpretative repertoires relied upon by officers to ���make sense��� of victim���s accounts are subject to scrutiny. As well as providing micro-level analyses which demonstrate processes of interactional control at the local level, the findings of these analyses can be shown to relate to a wider context ��� specifically prevailing ideologies about sexual violence in society as a whole.

Chronic illness in non-heterosexual contexts: towards a critical LGBTQ health psychology

In this thesis, I contribute to the expansion of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and queer (LGBTQ) psychology by examining chronic illness within non-heterosexual contexts. Chronic illness, beyond the confines of HIV/AIDS, has been a neglected topic in LGBTQ psychology and sexual identity is often overlooked within health psychology. When the health of lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) people has been considered there has been an over-reliance on quantitative methods and comparative approaches which seek to compare LGB people?s health to their heterosexual counterparts. In contrast, I adopt a critical perspective and qualitative methods to explore LGBTQ health. My research brings together ideas from LGBTQ psychology and critical health psychology to explore non-heterosexuals? experiences of chronic illness and the discursive contexts within which LGB people live with chronic health conditions. I also highlight the heteronormativity which pervades academic health psychology as well as the ���lay? health literature. The research presented in this thesis draws on three different sources of qualitative data: a qualitative online questionnaire (n=190), an online discussion within a newsgroup for people with diabetes, and semi-structured interviews with 20 LGB people with diabetes. These data are analysed using critical realist forms of thematic analysis and discourse analysis. In the first analytic chapter (Chapter 3), I report the perspectives of LGB people living with many different chronic illnesses and how they felt their sexuality shapes their experiences of illness. In Chapter 4, I examine heterosexism within an online discussion and consider the ways in which sexuality is constructed as (ir)relevant to a diabetes support forum. In Chapter 5, I analyse LGB people?s talk about the support family and partners provide in relation to their diabetes and how they negotiate wider discourses of gender, sexuality and individualism. In Chapter 6 I explore how diabetes intersects with gay and bisexual men?s sex lives. In the concluding chapter, I discuss the contributions of my research for a critical LGBTQ health psychology and identify some possible areas for future research.

Introduction to organisational behaviour

Introduction to Organisational Behaviour is the first truly integrated multimedia package for introductory OB modules. It provides a rigorous critique of the essential organisational behaviour topics in a creative, interactive and visual way. Key features include: - Practitioner case studies presenting real organisational dilemmas accompanied by video interviews online where the practitioners talk about approaches and solutions - Tailored tutor resources online, recognising that you have different needs - one area is designed for new OB lecturers; the other contains materials for more experienced OB lecturers - An underpinning focus on employability skills, with tips in the book on how each topic could be linked to different skills and professionally produced video demonstrations online - A global perspective reflecting today's market-place, integrated through global examples and theories including those from developing countries - Innovative learning features including ethical dilemmas, best and worst practice examples, taking your learning further, review and discussion questions, applying theory to practice and a glossary - Written by a team of experts at prestigious UK-based and international institutions - A foreword by Richard Atfield of the Higher Education Academy. Online resources For tutors: - Interviews with practitioners - Demonstrations of employability skills - Additional short and long case study per chapter with questions - Additional discussion and assignment questions - Tutorial activities - PowerPoint slides - Guidance notes - Figures and tables from the book For students: - Web links including YouTube links and links to seminal articles

What purpose does the MPharm research project serve?

In 2004, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPSGB) funded research on teaching, learning and assessment within the UK undergraduate pharmacy degree (MPharm), including the compulsory final year project. Documentary analysis showed that all schools met the project requirement, although there were wide variations in the relative contribution of the project to the final year mark and the degree classification. Interviews with staff revealed that organisation of research projects was complex and time consuming and exacerbated by increasing student numbers and the impact of research ethics. 61% of students, surveyed via a self-completion questionnaire (response rate 50.6%) perceived the research project to be very or fairly important. Whilst 47% considered that they had enough choice of topic and 37% said that their training in research methods provided a good foundation for their project, this suggests scope for improvement. In the UK, there are legislative changes impending which may provide an opportunity to review the future purpose and feasibility of a "significant" final year project within the MPharm.