Search results for " Conflict"

THE ROLE OF TRUST IN THE ESCALATION OF IN-HOSPITAL CONFLICT

Εισαγωγή Αν και η εμπιστοσύνη φαίνεται να επηρεάζει θετικά την έκβαση των εργασιακών συγκρούσεων, οι ερευνητές δεν έχουν ακόμη κατανοήσει ακριβώς πως συμβάλει στη δημιουργία, την κλιμάκωση και την έκβαση των ενδονοσοκομειακών συγκρούσεων. Σκοπός Η παρούσα ποιοτική έρευνα χρησιμοποιεί την αφηγηματική προσέγγιση για τη διερεύνηση της φύσης και του ρόλου της εμπιστοσύνης στα διάφορα στάδια των συγκρούσεων που παρατηρούνται μεταξύ εργαζομένων στο Νοσοκομείο: από τη δημιουργία τους μέχρι την κλιμάκωση και τη μετατροπή τους από «συγκρούσεις έργου» σε «σχεσιακές συγκρούσεις». Υλικό Πρωτογενή ποιοτικά δεδομένα (Retrospective, self-reflective) συλλέχθηκαν χρησιμοποιώντας έναν ημι-δομημένο οδηγό συνέ…

Relationship, task and process conflicts on team performance

2009

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine which communication contexts – virtual or traditional interactions – is more disruptive or beneficial to the effects of intragroup conflicts on team performance.Design/methodology/approachA laboratory experiment was conducted comparing 22 face‐to‐face (FTF) teams, 22 videoconference (VC) teams and 22 computer‐mediated communication (CMC) teams over a month.FindingsResults showed that VC teams are the highest performing teams and CMC teams the lowest. However, when task conflict increases VC team performance diminishes at the first stage of the teamwork. FTF team performance is also improved by task conflict, but also by process conflict. After …

Pitfalls in the Development of Agent-Based Models in Social Sciences: Avoiding Them and Learning from Them

2019

The references on the principles and methodology for developing agent-based models of social phenomena usually describe general principles and illustrate the process using worked examples, but seldom focus on the pitfalls and errors that make practical model building a tortuous and difficult task. This chapter contains a discussion of the positive and negative aspects of my personal experience in a PhD work on simulation of large scale social conflict. The purpose will be to describe the process from the initial plan to the final dissertation, analyze the pitfalls and their overcoming in terms of principles of model development, and summarize the ideas that I found useful for practical deve…

How do different types of intragroup conflict affect group potency in virtual compared with face-to-face teams? A longitudinal study †

2008

The number of organizations using teamwork is increasing. In this context, group potency has emerged as a key construct in group research. Moreover, in the last decades, information and communication technologies (ICT) have allowed organizations to form virtual teams. Consequently, a considerable amount of research has analysed the functioning of virtual teams. We focus on intragroup conflict as a relevant antecedent of potency in computer-mediated communication groups. Specifically, the aim of this research is to examine the role of ICT in the relationship between intragroup conflict and group potency in a longitudinal study. A laboratory experiment was carried out comparing 44 groups work…

Henkilöhahmon sisäinen konflikti Väinö Linnan romaanissa Tuntematon sotilas

2015

The object of this study is character´s internal conflict in the novel. The primary research question is: What are the internal conflicts of characters like in Väinö Linna’s novel The Unknown Soldier? An answer to the primary research question is sought by answering the following secondary research questions: What are the specific internal conflicts like? How do they manifest? What are the most important effects they have on the structure of the narrative? What kinds of groups of characters are possible to form? How could the traditional notion of characters internal conflict, as it is traditionally defined in literary studies, be developed? In this study, internal conflict takes place when…

Narrativa dei Caraibi nel nuovo millennio

2020

L’etichetta “Letterature franco-caraibica” utilizzata, per convenzione, dalla critica per indicare unitariamente la produzione letteraria in lingua francese della regione centrale del Continente americano è assai impropria. La regione dei Caraibi abbraccia, infatti, sia alcune delle isole dell’arcipelago delle Piccole Antille (Martinica, Guadalupa), sia l’isola di Haïti, che fa parte delle Grandi Antille, che la Guiana incastonata sulla costa orientale dell’America meridionale. Pur nella diversità dei movimenti ideologici e degli avvenimenti storici che si sono succeduti nella regione, le opere letterarie degli scrittori caraibici francofoni, nel loro insieme, hanno oscillato, e continuano …

Caraibi: un "archipel inachevé"

2018

L’etichetta “Letterature franco-caraibica” utilizzata, per convenzione, dalla critica per indicare unitariamente la produzione letteraria in lingua francese della regione centrale del Continente americano è assai impropria. La regione dei Caraibi abbraccia, infatti, sia alcune delle isole dell’arcipelago delle Piccole Antille (Martinica, Guadalupa), sia l’isola di Haïti, che fa parte delle Grandi Antille, che la Guiana incastonata sulla costa orientale dell’America meridionale. Pur nella diversità dei movimenti ideologici e degli avvenimenti storici che si sono succeduti nella regione, le opere letterarie degli scrittori caraibici francofoni, nel loro insieme, hanno oscillato, e continuano …

Adolescentes infractoras: Una perspectiva de género ante los procesos de conflicto con la ley. Un estudio de la Comunidad Valenciana.

2017

Esta tesis parte del Trabajo social, tanto desde el campo científico como desde el campo profesional, para dar respuesta al objetivos de "Conocer y detectar las variables sociales y los itinerarios personales de las adolescentes en conflicto con la ley (de antes y después de haber cometido el delito), para que posteriormente a la construcción de sus trayectorias delictivas, se puedan elaborar diferentes itinerarios y protocolos para la intervención". Para ello se presenta un claro Diagnostico Social de la situación actual de las adolescentes en conflicto con la ley a través de la triangulación del método, utilizando para ello tres técnicas, una técnica cuantitativa, siendo esta el Análisis …

Passenger Car Equivalent for Heavy Vehicles Crossing Turbo-roundabouts

2016

Abstract Turbo-roundabouts represent an innovative scheme of modern roundabouts which provides a spiraling traffic flow and requires drivers to choose their direction before entering the intersection, since raised lane separators mark the lanes on the ring. The configuration of the turbo-roundabout makes that patterns of conflict at entries with one and two conflicting traffic streams can coexist. This paper presents research efforts aimed at measuring quantitatively the effect of heavy vehicles on operational conditions of a turbo-roundabout. The study starts from the initial belief that the greatest constraints to the vehicular trajectories imposed by the turbo-roundabout necessarily impl…

Introducing theoretical approaches to work-life balance and testing a new typology among professionals

2010

Clark (2000) defines work-family balance as “satisfaction and good functioning at work and at home, with a minimum of role conflict” (p. 751). In this chapter, we examine how professionals have succeeded in achieving work-life balance in their lives. First, we examine classic and current approaches to multiple roles and then introduce a typology of work-life balance based on the synthesis of the presented theoretical foundation. We propose four types of work-life balance; beneficial, harmful, active, and passive. The employees belonging to each type are expected to differ qualitatively from each other in relation to psychological functioning and role engagement.