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Showing 1 to 20 of 31 for “"Qualitative enquiry"”.
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Understanding acceptance decisions and identity associated with smartphones: A qualitative enquiry
… attributes on attitude and actual use through qualitative content analysis. Study 2 focused on both users and non-users of specific smartphones. Employing ethnographic decision tree modeling, this study proposed a model for smartphone acceptance. Using social identity theory as the analytical …
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Exploring clinicians' views about their roles when working with young people presenting with gender identity issues: a qualitative enquiry
… clinical population. This study aimed to make an enquiry into how child and adolescent psychotherapists, clinical psychologists and family therapists understand their role when working with transgender and gender non-conforming (TGNC) young people. Method :I carried out semi-structured interviews …
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A cut too deep? A qualitative enquiry into the experience of multiple organisational restructurings in the South African oil industry: a case study
… question was undertaken using a case study and qualitative research method. In-depth interviews of six employees of an oil company in South Africa were undertaken. Through these interviews, the personal experiences of employees who had been exposed to multiple restructurings were analysed. …
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An exploratory study : the family's experience of the initial interview at the Child Guidance Clinic
… analysis was employed to understand this qualitative enquiry into the family's perception of a service sometimes criticised as traditional, elitist and contradictory to the proposal that a broader, more community based intervention be proffered.
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Domestic Workers and their access to childcare: A Socio-Legal study
… to access income earning activity. This qualitative enquiry utilises a literature review and one-on-one interviews as modes of data collection. Eight interviews were conducted on the experiences of domestic workers. A feminist methodology was adopted in the collection and analysis of the …
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"Putting together pieces of a puzzle”: the lived experiences of parent carers of children with learning disabilities attending mainstream education
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"/><p class="MsoNormal">A qualitative enquiry into a phenomenology of fear and the efficacy of storytelling as an aid to understanding and appreciation.</p><b style=""><i style="">Background:</i></b> Increasing numbers of children with learning disabilities are attending …
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Leadership Styles and School Functioning: The case of Kilosa District Secondary Schools
… in secondary schools. The study employed qualitative approach. Thus, it is qualitative enquiry. Data were collected from Kilosa District in Morogoro Region. Random and purposive sampling procedures were adopted to sample 39 respondents including heads of schools, teachers and students. …
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On developing a culturally adapted CBT model: A qualitative investigation on the experiences of Kenyan counsellors using the CBT 5 aspects model with their clients
… movement. The methodological design uses a qualitative enquiry using reflexive thematic analysis (Braun & Clarke, 2013) to analyse the data. A focus group method was chosen. The participants reported positive use of the CBT 5 aspects model but reported complexity when eliciting thoughts and …
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Procedural conflict and conflict resolution: a cross-national study of police officers from New Zealand and South Australia
… of event-types between the research sites. The qualitative enquiry found that officers from both jurisdictions followed a similar diagnostic and treatment procedure during police-citizen encounters. Moreover, officers in both jurisdictions experienced conflict from procedural frustrations or …
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Crossing Boundaries: Patients’ Experiences of using a Diabetes eHealth System
… with diabetes. The study takes the form of a qualitative enquiry into the use of a diabetes eHealth system by a group of patients and their healthcare practitioners at a primary care general practice in Northern England. Using symbolic interactionism as a methodological perspective and taking …
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CONCEPTUAL MODELS FOR DEVELOPMENTAL NEEDS OF ACADEMIC MIDDLE MANAGERS IN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS
… phases. The findings of this research through qualitative enquiry identified fifteen factors during semi-structured interviews, six main categories using grounded theory approach, and eight main themes in case studies. In quantitative approach, seventeen factors using univariate analysis and …
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The prevalence and practice of self-injury: a sociological enquiry.
… Focusing on intent and aetiology, this qualitative enquiry used an interpretive mode of explanation, and collected data via indepth face-to-face interviews from a characteristically diverse community sample of fifteen participants. Findings indicated that respondents' aetiologies of …
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Environmental Adaptations and Agency: An Ecological Reframing of Design and Implementation Practices for Disability
… of the team to user input. Subsequent qualitative enquiry with a small sample of participants was supportive of these data trends.</p> <p>Adaptation stories feature personal histories of equipment usage and a lifetime of experiences with device acquisition. Participants shared images of …
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Healthcare professionals’ experience of interprofessional collaborative encounters in primary care: a descriptive phenomenological analysis
… healthcare system. A lot of focus in the mainly qualitative research literature has been on healthcare professionals general experience, and/or identifying what key structure and process factors support interprofessional collaboration, or team working. However, more in-depth understanding of the …
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The Enslaved people of Simons Town 1743-1843
… and slave office correspondence afforded a qualitative enquiry of the society that existed in Simon's Town during this period and offered insights into how this was experienced by slaves. Two oral history interviews were also conducted. Significantly the data shows that slaveholders exerted …
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Using Novels in English Language Teaching in Cyprus
… self-completed questionnaire. A follow-up qualitative investigation was carried out with five of the teachers who completed the questionnaire. Lastly, twelve unstructured, non-participant observations were organised with the students who completed the questionnaire, in their classrooms. For …
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Risk Mitigation Strategies in Information Systems Continuity Plans for Public Institutions: The case if Industrial Development Zones (IDZs)
… how IDZ address risk mitigation strategies. A qualitative enquiry was used to carry out the study. Data was collected via interviews that were conducted with executive and other key managers from the IDZ. The study identified human, organisational and technological risk factors as those that …
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An exploration into young patients’ (≤ 50 years) expectations following primary total hip arthroplasty; An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis study.
… 2), a bibliographic review (study 3), and a qualitative study (study 4). Study 1 highlighted the current absence of qualitative research on THR patients, the aim of study 2 was to reveal themes from the patient perspective not currently addressed by existing healthcare pathways, and study 3 …
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DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH-SEEKING BEHAVIOR IN GHANA
… for a more extensive study with a complementary qualitative enquiry are made in order to gain a more wholistic insight of the drivers of health-seeking behaviors in Ghana.
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Entrepreneurship: a means to poverty reduction in rural northern Ghana?
… northern Ghana. The study adopts a process of qualitative enquiry, using a multiple-case approach to investigate the problem within broader and distinctive rural locations. Within each case, data were gathered at both district and community levels, employing both focus groups and individual …
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