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Showing 1 to 20 of 140 for “"Practice Theory"”.
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Pro-environmental behaviours of hospitality employees : a practice theory approach
… (PEBs) have also been the focus of academic and practice based research. Researchers from multiple disciplines such as environmental psychology, sociology and behavioural economics have investigated PEBs from competing perspectives. The present thesis analyses PEBs of hotel employees through the …
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Academic staff attitudes to staff-student partnerships: a social practice theory approach
… were thematically analysed within a social practice theory framework to examine the attitudes of academic staff to partnerships. The findings suggest a lack of consistency in the interpretation of partnerships amongst staff. Staff attitudes are influenced by the social practices of …
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Plasticity Against Plastic: Synthetics In The Practice, Theory, And Conservation Of Art Since The 1960s
n 1969, U.S. artist and educator Thelma R. Newman observed that plastics have caused “a silent revolution.” Art history and criticism have yet to grapple with the relationship between the plastic arts and plastic, that most prosaic of materials. Upon first glance, it may seem that art and plastic …
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Exploring evaluation using social practice theory in development education : a longitudinal in-depth case study
… The study adds to explanations of how social practice theory contributes to the refinement of the understanding of evaluation practice. Generally, studies on evaluation practice remain unclear on how small, a-political non-profit organisations practice evaluation (Henry and Mark, 2003); …
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SME leaders’ learning in networked learning : an actor-network theory and communities of practice theory informed analysis
This thesis brings a Communities of Practice perspective together with Actor-network theory to provide a rich understanding of the social learning processes of SME leaders within a networked learning programme. Networked learning as an educational approach is a growing area in higher education. The …
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SME leaders’ learning in networked learning: An Actor-network theory and Communities of Practice theory informed analysis
This thesis brings a Communities of Practice perspective together with Actor-network theory to provide a rich understanding of the social learning processes of SME leaders within a networked learning programme. Networked learning as an educational approach is a growing area in higher education. The …
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Towards A Practice Theory of Goal-setting: Assessing the theoretical goal-setting of The Leprosy Mission in Nigeria
… goals. Evidence of how existing theories work in practice is scarce, and the practices in low-income countries are unknown. Therefore, this research explored how leprosy project goals were formulated to describe the theoretical practice framework of The Leprosy Mission Nigeria (TLMN). Using a …
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An examination of how tutor-practitioners conceptualise and enact practice-based-knowing in a small Higher Education Fashion School : a social practice theory approach
This thesis examines how practice-based-knowing (PBK) is conceptualised and enacted by eighteen part-time tutor-practitioners teaching on Fashion Design, Fashion Styling and Fashion Business undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in a small Higher Education Fashion School (HEFS). It adopts a …
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Samba in practice: motivations for joining the UIUC samba ensemble and an explicit theory of practice for ethnomusicology
… in the thesis is the theoretical framework – practice theory – used to conduct the analysis of the UIUC Samba Ensemble. The thesis argues that practice theory, in its contemporary iteration, is a form of social theory that presents significant advantages, both moral and practical, over …
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Project practitioners in practice: an investigation of project management competency in the oil and gas sector.
… how they acquire the competencies required to practice. The research will also explore whether the APM competency framework adequately reflects the role of practicing project managers. The study used both practice theory and career theory as a lens to explore the socially constructed nature of …
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Mind the gap: an evaluation of the organisational, practical and social influences on the implementation of cycling-specific policies in Aberdeen.
… and dominance of the car, can cycling practices exist within such dominant structures and the associated socio-cultural perspectives? Located within the field of mobilities, this thesis evaluates the organisational, practical and social influences on the implementation of …
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Multiple perspectives on dynamics of participation and learning in sustainable farming initiatives
… in the sustainable development of their farming practices. In this thesis, we analyzed those Sustainable Farming Initiatives (SFIs) in which farmers engage on a voluntary basis and in which a social learning environment is created for them. However, these SFIs vary considerably in success. …
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A sequential explanatory mixed methods investigation of e-government outcomes evaluation practice in developing countries: South Africa as context
… to describe e-government outcomes evaluation practice in developing countries. South Africa was selected as context; the sample consisted of public sector employees. Practice theory was adopted to frame e-government evaluation as what people do. A two-phased sequential explanatory mixed …
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Doing Ethnography In An Urban Hospital Emergency Department Setting: Understanding How Culture Was Related To Emergency Physician Habitus
… those routine, patterned forms of behaviors and practices performed by the physicians while in the emergency department and while interacting with the patient during the physician-patient interaction. Pierre Bourdieu's practice theory was used to address how culture was related to the habitus of …
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The Environmental Management Accounting Control as a Practice
… most of the environmental engagements in practice are not substantial and losing their authenticity. As substantial engagement depends on the actor and the relevant structure, this research aims to define substantial environmental engagement in the context of management accounting. …
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An affective (dis)ordering of difference: a practice approach to diversity, equity, inclusion, and access in veterinary medicine
… the prevailing approaches to DEI theorizing and practice contributes to the ongoing persistence of inequity within the workplace and organizations. Relationality not only demonstrates how separation is produced and reproduced in research and practice, but how scholars can rethink ontological …
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Participants' perceptions of their involvement in a cardiovascular disease risk factor reduction program
… the andragogical model, self-directed learning theory, learning style preference and psychological type that were prominent in the participants' comments and perspectives. Implications for practice, theory development and further research are suggested.
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Do I share because I care? The role of values in the acceptance, adoption and diffusion of collaborative consumption
… behaviour – social psychology and social practice theory – the research explores the possibility that individual values influence, and are influenced by, the ‘meaning’ element of social practices, thereby facilitating or hindering participation. The examination was conducted through mixed …
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Strategy Transition Processes and Practices in Public Sector Organisations
Strategy processes and internal actors’ practices are crucial for organisations given their dynamic environment. Strategy processes including formulation, implementation, and evaluation have been treated as mutually exclusive, making how strategy is actually transitioned between them a matter of …
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Diplomacy in the Making: A Practice-Based Account of China’s Foreign Ministry in the Field of Diplomacy
… to extend the insights of a Bourdieu-inspired practice theory. At the same time, it uses the practice approach to shed light on the understudied yet significant practices, materials, sites and institutions of contemporary Chinese diplomacy. This study makes three main contributions to the …
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