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Showing 1 to 20 of 31 for “"relational perspective"”.
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Postnatal depression: a relational perspective
… or as a socio-political problem. By adopting a relational perspective, this thesis bridges the theoretical divides between individualistic and social explanatory frameworks, and between psychology and sociology. The self is seen to be essentially relational, and postnatal depression understood …
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A Relational Perspective on Sex Stereotyping
<p>The current study adopts a relational perspective of sex stereotyping by taking into account the perceiver’s group membership, the target group, and the content of the stereotype. We asked women and men to report their personal beliefs about men and women on three characteristics: competence, …
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Social capital, relationship quality and key account management effectiveness: a relational perspective
… to a lack of understanding regarding the relational aspects of KAM. It is evident that KAM has been practised as a sales oriented approach rather than a relational oriented approach. Despite the rapidly expanding literature on KAM, little attention has been directed towards identifying the …
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Performing Identities, Performing Possibilities: A Music-Centered and Relational Perspective on Performance in Community Music Therapy and Music Education
… celebrates the fundamentally performed and relational nature of musicking and the self and explores implications for music therapy and music education. The first two articles explore the “Coffee House”, a community music therapy event at an adolescent mental health facility, through the …
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Development of the Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms -- Childhood Obesity Model
… childhood PTSD, adverse childhood experiences, relational PTSD, ineffective parent support, and the stress response. A model to explain the outcome of obesity in children with PTSD as mediated by parental support provided after a traumatic event was developed: The Parental PTSSChildhood Obesity …
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Conception du système de contrôle de la force de vente dans une perspective relationnelle validation contextuelle
… relevant for the control of the sales force in a relational perspective? My residence in company with the group"Le Lunetier", which adheres to a relational perspective, has shown that these two systems (behavior and results) are not relevant to control effectively its salespersons. I confirmed …
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Consumer policy - a network/political economy perspective : an application of the new macro-relational consumer policy framework to study the evolutionary dynamics of the policy community for the Electronic Fund Transfer System (EFTS) consumer issue in Canada
… and a lack of appreciation for the dynamic and relational aspects of the consumer policy process. An integration of select constructs from the political economy and network paradigms contributed to the development of a macro-relational consumer policy framework. The network approach provides a …
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Learning, Living, and Leaving the Closet: Making Gay Identity Relational
… as an out gay person everywhere. I also use a relational perspective to understand how gay identity and the disclosure of this identity implicate others in a gay person's social network. A relational perspective removes gay identity it from the individualistic realm and situates it among …
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Relational leadership in global multistakeholder groups.
This doctoral thesis explores relational leadership in global multistakeholder groups. As a complete participant observer, I used grounded theory to investigate relational processes through which leadership is constructed, sustained and deconstructed within a global multistakeholder group. By a …
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Labor activism and industrial relations in the coal-mining industries of the United States, Great Britain and Poland
… adequacy of two explanations--structuralist and relational--for processes of centralization and decentralization of industrial organization. More specifically, the present research examines the adequacy of the structuralist's assertion about the structurally predetermined, divergent nature of …
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In their own words: A qualitative analysis of relational resilience in the lives of gay, bisexual, and questioning male youth
… The theoretical lens adopted for this effort was Relational-Cultural Theory (RCT). In constructing this study, the author was interested in learning whether the five key conceptual features of growth- promoting relationships, as posited by proponents of RCT (i.e., supported vulnerability, mutual …
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Marital Experience and Spirituality among Physician Couples
… will investigate spousal experiences from a relational perspective informed by feminist theory (Fishbane, 2001 & 2007; Knudson-Martin & Mahoney, 2009). Relationality will be conceptualized as including attunement, authenticity, relational responsibility and mutual influence. This relational …
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Dynamics of Open Innovation Practices: Drivers, Enablers and Barriers
… to understand open innovation practices from a relational perspective, explaining (1) why and how businesses engage in open innovation and (2) how barriers and enablers interrelate. Data were interpreted through iterative thematic and narrative analysis and theorized using sociomateriality …
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ANALYSING TEACHERS' RELATIONSHIPS TO INVESTIGATE TERTIARY EFFECT AND WORK-RELATED OUTCOMES
… contribution of this work lies in proposing a relational perspective for analysing teacher biases, offering a novel implementation of Social Network Analysis within this context. The findings highlight the importance of considering teachers’ social networks in the analysis of both their …
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Introducing a relational approach to the study of emotions in project teams: The case of a public–non-profit partnership programme
… constructionist tradition, the study adopts a relational perspective, where primacy shifts from selves to relationships in founding social realities. Accordingly, the thesis frames emotions as intersubjective and dialectical experiences that emerge through dialogue and embodiment. Drawing on …
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Beyond binaries
… produce identity as situated within a binary perspective, British and Other. The need for an intersectional, relational perspective is outlined, not just for individuals but also when engaging communities. The thesis draws together two case studies to explore these issues. The first considered …
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Left outside or trapped in the visible and invisible gate. Insights into the continuities and discontinuities in the creation of good and just living in open and gated suburbs of Johannesburg.
… manifestations. This work does so by adopting a relational perspective and by comparing two different neighbourhoods of Johannesburg, South Africa: a newly built gated golf estate (Eagle Canyon) and an old open suburb (Northcliff). In order to develop insights into the ways in which life in a …
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Leading Restorative Change: A Case Study of Implementing and Sustaining Restorative Culture in an Ontario Middle School
… the leading of restorative culture change from a relational perspective. This research undertook a qualitative case study methodology of a middle school in southern Ontario, examining the school’s journey to implement and sustain a restorative culture. The study looked at the role of leadership in …
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An exploration of women’s experiences of wellbeing and peer support during pregnancy, through attendance at midwife-led aquanatal exercise classes.
… class attendance. Thematic analysis offered the relational perspective of professional midwife support on the development of social reciprocity through networking between peer group members and myself as instructor. Findings suggest that peer support characteristics refine the emotional, …
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Intimations: videoperformance and relationality
… project examines mediated performative relationality in videoperformance by means of five artworks and a dissertation. I argue that videoperformance has the potential to contribute to wider debates on relationality, to examine the addressee and the dynamics of relationality through the …
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