Career decision making, stability and actualization of career intentions : the case of entrepreneurial intentions

Career counselors are often concerned with stability and likelihood of implementation of clients' career intentions. It is often assumed that the status in career decision making (CDM) is one likely indicator; yet, empirical support for this assumption is sparse. The present study focused on entrepreneurial career intentions (EI) and showed that German university students (N = 1,221), with high EI can be found in very different empirically derived CDM statuses that range from preconcern to mature decidedness. Longitudinal analyses (n = 561) showed that career choice foreclosure (high decidedness/low exploration) related to more EI stability and that mature decidedness (high decidedness/high exploration) amplified effects of EI on opportunity identification, a form of EI actualization. The results imply that CDM statuses are useful to estimate stability and actualization of career intentions.

Career decision making, stability and actualization of career intentions: The case of entrepreneurial intentions

Career counselors are often concerned with stability and likelihood of implementation of clients’ career intentions. It is often assumed that the status in career decision making (CDM) is one likely indicator, yet empirical support for this assumption is sparse. The present study focused on entrepreneurial career intentions (EI) and showed that German university students (N = 1,221), with high EI can be found in very different empirically derived CDM statuses that range from pre-concern to mature decidedness. Longitudinal analyses (n = 561) showed that career choice foreclosure (high decidedness/low exploration) related to more EI stability and that mature decidedness (high decidedness/high exploration) amplified effects of EI on opportunity identification, a form of EI actualization. The results imply that CDM statuses are useful to estimate stability and actualization of career intentions.

As danças do sagrado no profano : transpondo tempos e espaços em rituais de candomble

Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Faculdade de Educação Física

NEWS CONCERNING A CERTAIN TAMOIO CONFEDERATION

In this article we revisit a famous chapter of Brazilian history, yet to be properly analysed from an ethnological perspective: the `Tamoio confederation,` a coalition of 16th century coastal Tupian groups who threatened to undermine Portuguese colonization during the dispute between the French and Portuguese for the Guanabara region (now Rio de Janeiro). Was this `confederation` a new phenomenon in Tupian politics, engendered by the Conquest and inducing a shift towards political centralization? Or was it, on the contrary, the actualization of a possibility already (always) present in Tupian forms of political organization and action? These are the questions guiding our inquiry, which we seek to answer through the use of both historical sources and the in-depth ethnological knowledge of Tupi-Guarani peoples developed by various authors over recent decades.

An automatic tool to Extract, Transform and Load data from real electricity markets

The study of Electricity Markets operation has been gaining an increasing importance in the last years, as result of the new challenges that the restructuring produced. Currently, lots of information concerning Electricity Markets is available, as market operators provide, after a period of confidentiality, data regarding market proposals and transactions. These data can be used as source of knowledge, to define realistic scenarios, essential for understanding and forecast Electricity Markets behaviour. The development of tools able to extract, transform, store and dynamically update data, is of great importance to go a step further into the comprehension of Electricity Markets and the behaviour of the involved entities. In this paper we present an adaptable tool capable of downloading, parsing and storing data from market operators’ websites, assuring actualization and reliability of stored data.

The effectiveness of a teacher’s training workshop on Media Smart Program

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

A imprensa desportiva do papel ao online: o exemplo do jornal Record

Dissertação de mestrado em Ciências da Comunicação (área de especialização em Informação e Jornalismo)

Access as a motivational device: implications for human resource management

This paper analyzes the employment relationship on the basis of the notion of access. We argue that the degree of access provided by a job is an incentive to activate the employee’s self-actualization needs. We investigate the effect of access on the workers’ performance through an agency model and provide a number of propositions with practical implications for personnel policies. Our results are consistent with the intuition emerged from the real business practice as well as with many of the arguments on the substitutive role between monetary and non-monetary incentives frequently reported in the literature.

Assessing positive mental health in people with chronic physical health problems: correlations with socio-demographic variables and physical health status

Background: A holistic perspective on health implies giving careful consideration to the relationship between physical and mental health. In this regard the present study sought to determine the level of Positive Mental Health (PMH) among people with chronic physical health problems, and to examine the relationship between the observed levels of PMH and both physical health status and socio-demographic variables. Methods: The study was based on the Multifactor Model of Positive Mental Health (Lluch, 1999), which comprises six factors: Personal Satisfaction (F1), Prosocial Attitude (F2), Self-control (F3), Autonomy (F4), Problem-solving and Self-actualization (F5), and Interpersonal Relationship Skills (F6). The sample comprised 259 adults with chronic physical health problems who were recruited through a primary care center in the province of Barcelona (Spain). Positive mental health was assessed by means of the Positive Mental Health Questionnaire (Lluch, 1999). Results: Levels of PMH differed, either on the global scale or on specific factors, in relation to the following variables: age: global PMH scores decreased with age (r=-0.129; p=0.038); b) gender: men scored higher on F1 (t=2.203; p=0.028) and F4 (t=3.182; p=0.002), while women scored higher on F2 (t -3.086; p=0.002) and F6 (t=-2.744; p=0.007); c) number of health conditions: the fewer the number of health problems the higher the PMH score on F5 (r=-0.146; p=0.019); d) daily medication: polymedication patients had lower PMH scores, both globally and on various factors; e) use of analgesics: occasional use of painkillers was associated with higher PMH scores on F1 (t=-2.811; p=0.006). There were no significant differences in global PMH scores according to the type of chronic health condition. The only significant difference in the analysis by factors was that patients with hypertension obtained lower PMH scores on the factor Autonomy (t=2.165; p=0.032). Conclusions: Most people with chronic physical health problems have medium or high levels of PMH. The variables that adversely affect PMH are old age, polypharmacy and frequent consumption of analgesics. The type of health problem does not influence the levels of PMH. Much more extensive studies with samples without chronic pathology are now required in order to be able to draw more robust conclusions.

Adjuvant Fluorouracil, Leucovorin, and Oxaliplatin in Stage II to III Colon Cancer: Updated 10-Year Survival and Outcomes According to BRAF Mutation and Mismatch Repair Status of the MOSAIC Study.

PURPOSE: The MOSAIC (Multicenter International Study of Oxaliplatin/Fluorouracil/Leucovorin in the Adjuvant Treatment of Colon Cancer) study has demonstrated 3-year disease-free survival (DFS) and 6-year overall survival (OS) benefit of adjuvant oxaliplatin in stage II to III resected colon cancer. This update presents 10-year OS and OS and DFS by mismatch repair (MMR) status and BRAF mutation. METHODS: Survival actualization after 10-year follow-up was performed in 2,246 patients with resected stage II to III colon cancer. We assessed MMR status and BRAF mutation in 1,008 formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded specimens. RESULTS: After a median follow-up of 9.5 years, 10-year OS rates in the bolus/infusional fluorouracil plus leucovorin (LV5FU2) and LV5FU2 plus oxaliplatin (FOLFOX4) arms were 67.1% versus 71.7% (hazard ratio [HR], 0.85; P = .043) in the whole population, 79.5% versus 78.4% for stage II (HR, 1.00; P = .980), and 59.0% versus 67.1% for stage III (HR, 0.80; P = .016) disease. Ninety-five patients (9.4%) had MMR-deficient (dMMR) tumors, and 94 (10.4%) had BRAF mutation. BRAF mutation was not prognostic for OS (P = .965), but dMMR was an independent prognostic factor (HR, 2.02; 95% CI, 1.15 to 3.55; P = .014). HRs for DFS and OS benefit in the FOLFOX4 arm were 0.48 (95% CI, 0.20 to 1.12) and 0.41 (95% CI, 0.16 to 1.07), respectively, in patients with stage II to III dMMR and 0.50 (95% CI, 0.25 to 1.00) and 0.66 (95% CI, 0.31 to 1.42), respectively, in those with BRAF mutation. CONCLUSION: The OS benefit of oxaliplatin-based adjuvant chemotherapy, increasing over time and with the disease severity, was confirmed at 10 years in patients with stage II to III colon cancer. These updated results support the use of FOLFOX in patients with stage III disease, including those with dMMR or BRAF mutation.

Liiketoimintastrategisten vaatimusten syntyminen ja niiden toteutumisen arviointi keskisuurten yritysten toiminnanohjausjärjestelmähankkeissa. Tapaustutkimus kolmesta teollisuusyrityksestä ja aineistolähtöinen teoria

Tietojärjestelmien strateginen kehittäminen on ollut niin liike-elämän kiinnostuksen kuin akateemisen tutkimuksenkin kohteena jo pitkään. Aihe on edelleen ajankohtainen, eikä ajankohtaisuus osoita laantumisen merkkejä. Valtaosa tutkimuksesta on kohdistunut suuryrityksiin ja jonkin verran pk-yrityksiin yhtenä ryhmänä. Tutkimus on kohdistunut aiheeseen tarkastelemalla onko tietojärjestelmien ja liiketoimintastrategian välillä yhteyttä, ja jos, onko sillä merkitystä yrityksen menestykselle. Tämän tutkimuksen tavoitteena oli pureutua syvemmälle siihen tapaan, jolla yritys kytkee liiketoimintastrategiansa tietojärjestelmähankintaan. Kohdetietojärjestelmäksi tutkimuksessa valittiin toiminnanohjausjärjestelmät ja yrityskooksi keskisuuret yritykset. Toiminnanohjausjärjestelmän valintaa voidaan perustella sen kattavuudella yrityksen toiminnassa eri sidosryhmien suunnasta katsottaessa. Keskisuuret yritykset valittiin osittain sen vuoksi, koska niistä ei ole paljoakaan omaa tutkimusta, osittain sen vuoksi, että niiden luonne kehityspolun epäjatkumokohdassa haluttiin nostaa esille. Tutkimuksen empiirinen osa pohjautuu kolmeen tutkimustapaukseen, kolmen keskisuuren yrityksen toiminnanohjaushankkeeseen. Tapausyritysten liiketoiminta- ja ITjohtoa haastateltiin, ja lisäksi käytettiin kaikkea saataville ollutta kirjallista arkistoaineistoa. Tutkimuksen päämenetelmä oli Grounded Theory (GT). Tutkimustavassa ei, poiketen useista muista laadullisista tutkimustavoista, ole ennalta määrättyä viitekehystä, vaan tutkimus lähtee liikkeelle ns. puhtaalta pöydältä ilman esioletuksia luoden tutkimusprosessin kuluessa uutta teoriaa. Tutkimustavan etuna voidaan pitää ennakkoluulottomuutta. Aikaisemman tutkimuksen rooli tässä tutkimuksessa oli ensinnäkin kartoittaa tutkimusaluetta ja olla johdantona tutkimukselle, toisaalta tuloksia vertailtiin aikaisempaan tutkimukseen. Tutkimusaineisto analysoitiin tarkasti. Ensin aineisto käytiin läpi koodaamalla se aineistosta esille nousseiden käsitteiden alle. Seuraavaksi saatu tulos luokiteltiin aineistosta nousseisiin luokkiin sekä muodostettiin käsitteiden ja luokkien väliset yhteydet. Lopuksi muodostumassa oleva teoria konkretisoitiin 18 hypoteesin ja hypoteesit yhdistävän mallin avulla. Tutkimuksessa saatiin uutta tietoa siitä, miten vaatimusprosessi etenee ja miten keskisuuren yrityksen ominaispiirteet vaikuttavat vaatimusprosessiin. Lisäksi saatiin uutta tietoa siitä, mitkä ovat kriittisiä menestystekijöitä keskisuuren yrityksen toiminnanohjaushankkeessa. Keskisuuretyritykset näyttävät tämän tutkimuksen aineiston perusteella osaavan asettaa vaatimuksia toiminnanohjausjärjestelmälle liiketoimintastrategian, prosessikuvausten ja toiminnanohjausjärjestelmien tarjoamien mahdollisuuksien suunnista. Vaatimusten toteutumisenarviointi on keskisuurilla yrityksillä epäsystemaattista, kuten aikaisemmassa tutkimuksessa on todettu olevan myös suurilla yrityksillä. Resurssivaje vaikeuttaa toiminnanohjausjärjestelmän liiketoimintastrategisten vaatimusten toteutumista. Tutkimusaineiston perusteella voidaan päätellä, että keskisuurissa yrityksissä – huolimatta siitä, että niissä on olemassa prosessikuvaukset – ei ole varsinaista prosessiajattelua tai prosessijohtamista. Keskisuuret yritykset eivät tämän tutkimuksen aineiston perusteella näytä muodostavan poikkeusta, vaan mittariston käyttö on epäkypsää, eikä mittaristoa pystytä hyödyntämään tietojärjestelmähankkeen tukena. Tulosten pohjalta voidaan arvioida, että strategisen johtamisen komponentit ovat keskisuuressa yrityksessä toisistaan irrallisia. Vaikka toiminnanohjaushankkeen vaatimuksia asetettaessa liiketoimintastrategia on vahvasti mukana, jää vaatimuksenasettelu karkealle tasolle, eikä konkretisoidu prosesseihin ja mittarointiin. Sen seurauksena toiminnanohjausjärjestelmästä ei saada kaikkea sitä hyötyä ja tukea liiketoimintastrategialle, mikä olisi mahdollista. Tutkimuksessa tuli myös esille resurssi- ja osaamispuutteen haittavaikutuksia keskisuurten yritysten toiminnanohjaushankkeiden vaatimusprosessissa. Puutteet yhdistettynä hajallaan oleviin strategisen johtamisen komponentteihin muodostavat yhdessä vaikean lähtökohdan strategiselle toiminnanohjaushankkeelle.

Internal Employer Brand: The factors affecting the formation of internal employer image

The purpose of this study is to identify the factors affecting the formation of employer image and attractiveness in the minds of an organization’s employees. Six employees from different backgrounds and business units within a larger organization are interviewed, and the results are compared in order to better understand the effect divergent variables have on the resulting factors. The theoretical background of the research is based on the study of the concept of employer branding, an organization’s effort in affecting the employer image it projects and attractiveness perceived by the employees and applicants. The results of the study reveal how immaterial factors, primarily related to self-actualization and social relationships, often took precedence over material ones, so long as the material factors, such as salary and work equipment, were at least on a minimum level acceptable to the employee. As such, focusing on these immaterial factors when forming an employer brand strategy is expected to yield larger benefits in form of employer attractiveness.

The implications of being an international medical graduate (IMG) in Canadian society : a qualitative study of foreign-trained physicians' resettlement, sense of identity and health status

This qualitative research study used grounded theory methodology to explore the settlement experiences and changes in professional identity, self esteem and health status of foreign-trained physicians (FTPs) who resettled in Canada and were not able to practice their profession. Seventeen foreign-trained physicians completed a pre-survey and rated their health status, quality of life, self esteem and stress before and after coming to Canada. They also rated changes in their experiences of violence and trauma, inclusion and belonging, and racism and discrimination. Eight FTPs from the survey sample were interviewed in semi-structured qualitative interviews to explore their experiences with the loss of their professional medical identities and attempts to regain them during resettlement. This study found that without their medical license and identity, this group of FTPs could not fully restore their professional, social, and economic status and this affected their self esteem and health status. The core theme of the loss of professional identity and attempts to regain it while being underemployed were connected with the multifaceted challenges of resettlement which created experiences of lowered selfesteem, and increased stress, anxiety and depression. They identified the re-licensing process (cost, time, energy, few residency positions, and low success rate) as the major barrier to a full and successful settlement and re-establishment of their identities. Grounded research was used to develop General Resettlement Process Model and a Physician Re-licensing Model outlining the tasks and steps for the successfiil general resettlement of all newcomers to Canada with additional process steps to be accomplished by foreign-trained physicians. Maslow's Theory of Needs was expanded to include the re-establishment of professional identity for this group to re-establish levels of safety, security, belonging, self-esteem and self-actualization. Foreign-trained physicians had established prior professional medical identities, self-esteem, recognition, social status, purpose and meaning and bring needed human capital and skills to Canada. However, without identifying and addressing the barriers to their full inclusion in Canadian society, the health of this population may deteriorate and the health system of the host country may miss out on their needed contributions.

Paradigms and prisons: a narrative of translation and transformation : my hero's journey from "at-risk" youth to teacher/learner in a jail setting /

All life is suffering. Life is the pursuit ofhappiness. These are two foundational Buddhist dictums that, in their simplicity, I have entirely misunderstood regarding their depth, misreading them as contradictory. Indeed, my superficial interpretations led me to Thoreau's life ofquiet desperation and deep depression. We come to know and bring understanding to our lives by storying them. My own Hero's Journey, the path from my egoic selftoward the universal Self, can be understood as the resultant translations and transformations. Inevitably each of us is involved in such a story, though most are unaware of the stages along our own Hero's journey. ' Narrative honours writing as a means of knowing. The contemplative reflection allows insight into our imprisoning paradigms, beliefs, behaviours, and blind spots. My research revisits and explores nodal experiences along my Hero's Journey through 4 categories: self, society, soil, and Self. While the value of this process of narrative inquiry lay in its ability to come to know and understand one's self, perhaps its greater value is of a more universal nature. My inquiry, while adding to the body of academic educational narrative literature, may also illuminate a path to educators, students, and all interested, encouraging a response to the call of their own Hero's journey. I am a teacher/learner in a jail setting, working with youth between the ages of 12 and 18 who have committed crimes such as armed robbery, assault, rape, and murder. As this thesis follows my continual development from egoic self/teacher/learner to universal Self/Teacher/Learner, it also enables me to both consciously and unconsciously open the ways in which I expand my care, compassion, and love to work with at-risk youth.