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Showing 1 to 20 of 31 for “"shared meanings"”.
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Males in full-time nursing faculty roles: common themes and shared meanings
In the United States there is currently a shortage of both nurses and nursing faculty. One part of this shortage is the low representation of minority groups, including men, in the profession. Although nursing was once a field dominated by males, today the profession has been feminized and males …
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Kickin' it with God: Clerical Behavior, Denominational Meaning, and the Expression of Emotion in Ritual
… by church officials versus macro denominational meanings during religious ceremony. In particular, the argument is made that while performance acts used by church officials do have some impact upon the emotional expression of the congregation, it is the shared meanings expressed through the …
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Perspectives on informed consent: an investigation into attitudes and practices in relation to informed consent to medical treatment in a group of New Zealand hospitals
… Particularly within interpersonal communication, shared meanings and therefore understandings are often negotiated. This theory of language applies both to the phrase ‘informed consent’ and to the sharing of information that is believed to be an integral part of informed consent. The notion …
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Regional Security, Early Warning and Intelligence Cooperation in Africa
… are utilised to explore the role of ideas, meanings and understandings in shaping behaviour. The focus is placed on the manner in which interaction as provided for by the CEWS and CISSA can shape understandings of reality and potentially impact on the definition of actors' interests. This is …
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Understanding RN workforce education in the rural North-Central Region of Michigan
… transcripts to identify common experiences and shared meanings using methods identified by Diekelmann, Allen, and Tanner (1989). Two themes were explicated in this study: "Getting in and Getting out" and "What Difference Does it Make?" The findings in this study challenge many of the common …
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Shiftings of the self : towards a deterritorialized view of identity and belonging : the case of East and Central African-Asians in Canada
… specific localities in the effort to shape shared meanings and understanding.
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Walking as knowing: an interpretative phenomenological analysis of leisure in the lived experience of urban walking
… in the midst of pressure to do otherwise. These meanings reinforced pride in their beliefs that walking set them apart from the stresses of the high volume intrusiveness of city living. Walking as voiced by the participants here, shows the lived experiential awareness as: reflexive, aesthetic …
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The lived experience of nurses caring for the dying
… to describe and interpret the understanding and shared meanings nurses have in the care of the dying. The major mode of data collection in this study was by in depth interview of nine (9) nurses, which was supplemented by the researcher's field notes. Data collection, data analysis and validation …
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The arts as a means of cultural integration: a Chilean case study.
… and integrate realities so as to facilitate shared meanings and understandings between peoples and thus generate the conditions for the participatory, creative cultural diversity which may contribute to the construction of more democratic societies? Taking contemporary Chile as its case …
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Prostate Cancer Screening of Heterosexual Caribbean American and African American Men and their Partners
… focuses on the associations between symbols or shared meanings and verbal and non-verbal interactions actions and communications. It is a framework for understanding how human beings engage in relationships with each other and illustrates how they experience a variety of decision making …
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Exploring life changes for patients diagnosed with 'Alcoholic Liver Disease' - A qualitative study in Husserl's and Merleau-Ponty's thought.
… as a framework to bracket and generate socially shared meanings from the data, rich, detailed descriptions of the phenomena were illuminated. Altogether, human values in the generation of knowledge and how things are seen in the world form complex systems in themselves that are influenced by …
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\"Coming To terms\": A grounded theory of dementia caregivers' journeys and expectations of care
… those narratives to develop a grounded theory of shared meanings of dementia care that reflects the basic social process by which family members formulate their initial expectations of care delivered in LTC settings.\r\n Family members transition through a five-stage process when dementia affects …
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Knowledge for development? : reflections from consultants and advisors in Bolivia
… more productive when the different actors share meanings about the world. This, however, is not usually the case, and the engagements are marked by fundamental differences between the actors. The thesis also finds that consultants, advisors and beneficiaries/clients reflect, learn and hence …
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Sport socialization between parents and children in Chinese immigrant families in the U.S.
… families? and (3) What are the perceived meanings of sport socialization in the context of the overall acculturation experience in the lives of Chinese immigrant parents and children? In order to address these research questions, this study employed a multiple-case studies design, which …
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A Hebreic concept of form : a tabernacle for the Newton Center Shabbat Minyan
… it -- can sponsor cultural growth and ground our shared meanings in the past-future. The thesis looks to improve the process of building, and to explore the meaning found in it.
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Flexible working in charitable organisations: An exploration of barriers and opportunities.
… such as language, consciousness and shared meanings by both junior and senior employees. This interpretive approach, supported by the Glaserian branch of Grounded Theory, does not pre-define dependent and independent variables, but focuses on the complexity of human sense-making …
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Providing unity where there is division: Rethinking public space in the twin cities of Ramallah and Al-Bireh, Palestine
… role in transforming spaces and attaching meanings to them. The conceptual framework developed in this study emphasises activities, physical elements, and users’ agency that support meaningful social networks and historical links in public space. This approach highlights the role of …
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An Investigation of Strong Religious Cultures in Selected Catholic Secondary Schools
… includes the values, symbols, beliefs, and shared meanings of members of the school community. Catholic high schools have features which are distinctly Catholic, such as programs, personnel, and religious activities. As a result, religious cultures quite distinct from those of public schools …
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Exploring the meanings Jordanian consumers allocate to foreign brands: an ethnography on understanding the effect of brand country of origin image on consumption
… COO image on consumers by exploring the various meanings attached to COO image among Jordanian consumers. <br/><br/>In doing so, several areas in the literature were explored to cover all elements of symbolic consumption. Through the light of symbolic interactionism theory and the shared meanings …
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Internal dispute resolution: the legal environment of complex public organizations
… process alters the way flexibility, trust, and shared meanings govern the essence of organizational relationships and results in economic and systemic costs (loss of organizational trust and legitimacy) while resulting in little substantive justice. This study suggests that public organizations …
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