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Showing 1 to 20 of 143 for “"powerlessness"”.
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How Power and Powerlessness Corrupt
… examines how and when, both powerfulness and powerlessness, can each lead to corrupt behavior. The first half of this dissertation (Chapters 2 to 5) focuses on the link between power and corrupt behavior. Building on previous work that expansive posture induces a state of power, four studies …
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Powerlessness perceptions of nurse managers in centralized and decentralized hospital organizational structures
Powerlessness is a concept denoting the inability of one to have control over his/her destiny in their work environment. The population studied was 45 nurse managers employed in centralized and decentralized hospital structures. The null hypothesis tested stated there was no difference in the …
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FINDING VOICE: NARRATING TEACHER POWERLESSNESS IN AN AGE OF NEOLIBERAL SCHOOL REFORMS
The discourse of neo-liberal school reform is centered on the push for accountability measures and the emphasis on schools of choice (Ravitch, 2013). Accountability measures have resulted in standardized testing, curriculum and teacher practice. Standardization and standard practice come to …
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In the facets of powerlessness: agency as an essential aspect of the self
Though in-patient psychiatric treatment remains an integral part of the mental health services, research that focuses on the exploration of patients’ experience remains scarce. Existing investigations mostly rely on quantitative methods that seem to produce inconclusive results or raise …
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Children's and Young People's Experiences of Being in Hospital: Disruption, Uncertainty, Powerlessness and Restoring Equilibrium
… within this disruption were feelings of powerlessness and uncertainty. Children and young people described experiencing disruption, uncertainty and powerlessness in terms of being in hospital, being ill and undergoing treatment and experiences of care and caring. In order to reduce these …
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Using Metaphors to Explore the Experiences of Powerlessness Among Women in Twelve-Step Substance Abuse Recovery
… Twelve-Step is the often controversial idea of powerlessness. While a few recent dissertations have been conducted to look at issues related to women in Twelve-Step, most of what has been published in the literature on powerlessness in Twelve-Step is hypothetical, anecdotal, and theoretical. …
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Powerlessness and Pollution in Alleghany County, Virginia: A Historical Analysis of Paternalism and Economic Coercion in Appalachia and its Relationship with Environmental Degradation
Alleghany County, an extractive community, has depended heavily upon a single paper mill known as MeadWestvaco for over a century. The purpose of this study is to explore the degree to which MeadWestvaco utilizes paternalism and economic coercion as forms of power to control and maintain community …
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Liberal ethics in South Africa since 1948 : power, principle and responsible action
… have been characterised by a sense of political powerlessness; (b) that as a consequence of this powerlessness, these ethics have been more concerned with principle, motives, conscience and internal consistency than with the consequences of liberal action; (c) that this sense of powerlessness is …
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Den dubbla vanmaktens logik : En studie om långvarig arbetslöshet och socialbidragstagande bland unga vuxna
… to receiving social assistance and feelings of powerlessness in relation to the social services. The analyses in this dissertation shows that young adults that have had severe labour market difficulties during their establishment phase often experience multiple deprivation and more problematic …
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An exploration of empowerment amongst final-yearundergraduate nursing students while onclinical placement in Ireland usingSocial Domain Theory
… socialisation was inhibited by feelings of powerlessness. Cultural influences, socialisation processes and positive preceptorship within the clinical learning environment combined with feelings of power/powerlessness impacted empowerment of nursing students in this study. Not all …
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An Examination of the Development of Personal Power among Trainees at Various Stages of the Counselor Education Process
… instrument is designed to measure are Stage I "Powerlessness," Stage II "Power by Association," Stage III "Power by Symbols," Stage IV "Power by Reflection," Stage V "Power by Purpose, and Stage VI "Power by Gestalt." Significant differences in personal power levels among the student groupings …
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Empowerment and planning for healthy communities
… relation to the processes that act to perpetuate powerlessness. The literature review also illustrates that contemporary democratic societies are elitist, and that planning processes within this paradigm can effectively retard the development of participatory competence. These planning processes …
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Hopelessness in the Institutionalized Elderly
… stresses of the elderly make them susceptible to powerlessness which ultimately may lead to hopelessness and death. The use of client initiated interventions designed to increase the individual's control of the environment may interrupt the powerlessness, hopelessness and death cycle. The research …
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An evaluation of a university minority student retention program
… decreased alienation, meaninglessness, and powerlessness of participants as compared to nonparticipants. Qualitative measures suggested that the three components of V-TASP differentially affected program participants reported alienation, meaninglessness, and powerlessness. The students were …
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Meteors
… them; as a result, they live both in silence and powerlessness. The stories themselves, one might suggest, search for articulation, not only at the level of narrative, but also at the level of the text.
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Using the conditional reasoning test for aggression to predict corrective action requests in a sample of nuclear power plant employees
… a nuclear power plant. Results indicate that the Powerlessness subscale differentiates employees who file unnecessary reports from employees who do not.
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Pause to catch up
… space, what’s happening behind the scenes. This powerlessness offsets the psychological absorption [of the installation] with feelings of exclusions and otherness. That is to say, one is othered or alienated by this work and its specific signifiers because they cannot fully identify with them - …
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Appraisals of Anomalous Experiences in Need for Care versus Non-Need for Care Groups: Examining the Cognitive Route of Impact of Victimisation Life Events
… but not maladaptive, appraisals and impact and powerlessness in relation to victimisation experiences.<br/><br/>Conclusions<br/>Results are consistent with cognitive models of psychosis. Similar rates of total victimisation experiences across the lifespan in both groups suggest that …
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"I Really Don't Need You to Talk for Me. I Can Talk for Myself" -- A Phenomenology of Participating in Life Decisions While in Foster Care
… I Can Talk for Myself; (8) Being Spoken For; (9) Powerlessness; (10) Not Knowing; (11) No One Cares; (12) Alone; (13) Confidence; (14) Broken Promises; and (15) Acting Out. Some of these themes -- such as "No Control," "Being Voiceless," "Not Being Heard," "I Can Talk for Myself" and "Being Spoken …
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Controlling Cape Town’s poor through water management devices: the case of Saxonsea, Atlantis
… inadequate information, and perception of powerlessness. The study concludes that although water management devices have contributed to significant improvements in water saving, poor households are burdened with the responsibility of saving water. If the idea is to save water across the …
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