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Showing 1 to 20 of 29 for “"relational practices"”.
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Co-Constructing COVID-19: Learning Relational Practices From Families Facing a Global Pandemic
… can contribute to a decline in mental and/or relational health, and the family system has the potential to promote recovery and resilience by buffering such risks. Despite the surge of research on the pandemic since 2020, much of the literature about disaster events (the pandemic included) …
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Negotiating Power, Identity and Mutuality: Graduate Students in Relation with Faculty, Administrators and Each Other
While the collaborative practices of classroom teachers, teacher educators and preservice teachers have been well documented, less is known about the collaborative experiences of graduate students. The purpose of this qualitative study was to (a) describe and systematically analyze the …
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Exploring Humour as a Relational Practice in Occupational Therapy with Individuals Post-Stroke: Enacting Collaborative Relationship-Focused Occupational Therapy
… working with individuals post-stroke, the use of relational practices by occupational therapists needs to be sensitive and responsive to the potential communication, cognitive and physical impairments individuals may be managing within contexts. Literature suggests that relational practices such …
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“Of Considerable Interest But of No Great Importance”: Models of Relationality in the Work of Jane Bowles
… 'Camp Cataract,' as she demonstrates models of relationality. Using affect theory, this paper explores the way that Bowles's work may offer theories of relationality, in which the self and other function via processes of reading and inscription. These models work as criticisms or investigations …
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Durational Painting: gifting, grafting, hosting, collaborating
… and in existing histories of participatory and relational practices painting is absent: these omissions are redressed by the present study. Now that painting is time-based, it is ‘live’.
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Indigenous Engagement in Canadian Organizations: Building a Culture of Inclusion and Belonging for Indigenous Employees
… move beyond performative reconciliation toward relational accountability, decolonizing systems, and integrating Indigenous worldviews into organizational structures. The study presents a model for understanding the path organizations may take to move from performative to transformative actions …
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How Coaching Cultures Create Conditions for Belonging to Emerge
… sustained learning and development investment, relational practices embodying coaching principles, and coaching identity becoming crystalized. The study positions belonging as an emergent property of the coaching culture, offering practical implications for organizations seeking to cultivate …
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The intergenerational conversation amongst Xhosa women in Centane about contraception use over the past 50 years
… used autoethnography which explores a culture's relational practices, common values, beliefs, and shared experiences to help the insiders (cultural members) and outsiders (cultural strangers) gain a deeper understanding of the culture. Thematic analyses provided two key themes: (1) AmaGcaleka …
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Amplifying Clear, Caring, and Courageous Leaders to Cultivate Compassionate, Quality Practice Environments
… clear, caring, and courageous (CCC) leadership practices can be intentionally amplified to foster compassionate and high-quality practice environments within Fraser Health. Employing a multi-method qualitative action research design grounded in Appreciative Inquiry (AI) and Participatory Action …
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Mentoring in the learning community: Problematic practices and outcomes of initial implementation of formal mentoring programs in two New Hampshire public school districts
… of supporting new teachers from the directive practices characteristic of buddy support to the relational practices that characterize "learning-focused" mentoring. Simply having a formal mentoring structure does not ensure such a shift. In fact, a number of major drawbacks to mentoring were …
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L’accoglienza di migranti e turisti come specchio dell’ospitalità in Sardegna. Solidarietà spontanea, ricezione turistica e gestione dei flussi migratori in una prospettiva antropologica.
This thesis aims to investigate the relational practices implemented by the ‘native’ population of Sardinia towards ‘foreigners’ through the lens of the theme of hospitality. The choice to focus on hospitality derives from the observation that it constitutes a recurrent cultural trait in narratives …
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The impact of fostering trusting and meaningful relationships with ESL students in a two-year higher education institution
… and difficulties in establishing consistent relational practices across programs. Recommendations involve implementing institution-wide strategies to encourage inclusive teaching practices and conducting further research to examine faculty perspectives on relationship-building with ESL …
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Clerical Workers: Acquiring the Skills to Meet Tacit Process Expectations Within a Context of Work Undervaluation and Job Fragility
… permanence, salary levels and job opportunities. Relational practice is a largely unexamined aspect of clerical work that is often essentialized as a female trait and seldom recognized as skilled practice. In this dissertation, I argue that relational practice is critical to the successful …
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“It’s Little, Very Human Touches That Make it a Collaborative and Two-Way Conversation”: Narratives of Relational Practice and Communication in Father Inclusion
… and develop strategies for supporting inclusive practices that empower fathers of children with additional needs. Five fathers of primary-aged children with SEND and four SENCOs from the South West of England were invited to bring photographs to semi-structured narrative interviews. Data analysis …
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Singing the Self: Exploring the Role of Congregational Song in Identity Formation
… theological perspective. I argue that liturgical practices provide believers, individually and corporately, an avenue for identity-formation within the context of worship, for in worship Christians rehearse the past and hope for the future with a redemptive lens. Finally, the dissertation analyzes …
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EXPLORING THE EFFICACY OF RESTORATIVE PRACTICES IN FOSTERING PSYCHOLOGICAL SAFETY: A QUALITATIVE INVESTIGATION OF IMPACTS AND PERSPECTIVES
… has a limited understanding of how restorative practices contribute to this phenomenon within organizational settings. Restorative Practices involve processes and approaches that aim to repair relationships, resolve conflicts, and foster a harmonious working environment within organizations. …
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Dislocated and misplaced: an autoethnography of moving, missing, and finding home
… may stem from the cumulative stress of disrupted relational ties, routines, and familiar environments. With most research largely quantitative in design, nuanced light needs to be shone on the topic of moving on and settling down so that we might understand more of the ‘whys’ and ‘hows’ …
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Surviving risk: the translational labor of community violence intervention workers in service to labeled lives
… The analysis reveals how frontline staff balance relational practices—trust, persistence, and recognizing incremental progress—with institutional pressures to produce standardized metrics and demonstrate efficiency. These dynamics are captured in what I describe as translational labor: the ongoing …
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The woman in the moon : the moon as a dramatic character in the works of John Lyly and William Shakespeare
… to occupy a stance apart from the social and relational practices encoded onto what is presented as earthly and ‘natural’ within drama. It specifically focuses on how the moon-character, through the act of encountering other characters on the stage, can have a transformative effect on the …
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Negotiating Marital Care: Co-Creating the Connected Egalitarian Relationship
… of literature reveals little about how specific relational negotiation practices contribute to attaining an equal and connected relationship over time. This study utilizes grounded theory methodology and a feminist social constructionist framework to explore how traditional gender constructs …
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