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Parental and Familial Factors Influencing Physical Activity Levels in Early Adolescence: A Prospective Study
2020
Parental/familial factors are important determinants of the physical activity level (PAL) in children and adolescents, but studies rarely prospectively evaluate their relationships. This study aimed to evaluate the changes in physical activity levels among adolescents from Bosnia and Herzegovina over a two-year period and to determine parental/familial predictors of PAL in early adolescence. A total of 651 participants (50.3% females) were tested at baseline (beginning of high school education
The mutations of the Liberal-Liberal-Democrat Party to (re)conquer power.
2019
This research work is devoted to the study of the Liberal/Liberal-Democrat Party and the organizational changes that its successive leaders implemented between 1976 and 2015 to (re)conquer power. David Steel, Paddy Ashdown, Charles Kennedy and Nick Clegg somehow reclaimed the legacy of Jo Grimond, who had devised the strategy of the realignment of the left in the 1950s to manage its relationships with the Conservative and Labour Parties and become a government party.Each of them gave their own version of this strategy to adapt to a changing environment with a party system that was no longer a solid two-party system. The successive organizational mutations (professionalization, a change in t…
Action research strategies at the “third place”
2014
Published version of an article in the journal: International Journal of Action Research. Also available from the publisher at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1688/IJAR-2014-02-Johnsen This article discusses action research strategies in regional development. It argues that regional settings are complex, and conceptualises this as the “third place”. This complexity implies a democratic challenge. Furthermore, using regional leadership as a case, it argues that in order to approach this as action researchers, one needs to discuss the assumptions the research is based on. The article discusses two action research approaches: the socio-technical approach and the democratic dialogue approach, and argues …
Restoring culturally appropriate African leadership : a case study of Finnish, Kenyan and Tanzanian perspectives on a leadership and management train…
2009
Agency-centred coupling — a better way to manage an educational organization?
2014
Teachers at the present time face continuous changes in their work and organizational practices. However, we lack empirical evidence as to what this implies for teachers and their work. This paper describes how two Finnish educational organizations restrict or enable teachers’ professional agency, in terms of how the teachers influence the conditions and contents of their work. The paper further addresses how agency is related to: (i) organizational and educational transformations, (ii) teachers’ professional development and identity negotiations and (iii) teachers’ commitment to the educational organization and well-being at work. This paper provides the comparative research evidence on bo…
Uztvertās līderības un iesaistes saistība ar apmierinātību ar darbu
2019
Šī pētījuma mērķis ir izpētīt sakarības starp darbinieku apmierinātību ar darbu, iesaisti darbā un uztverto līderību. Lai to izdarītu, tika izvirzīti divi pētījuma jautājumi. Pirmais, vai pastāv statistiski nozīmīga sakarība starp uztverto līderību, iesaisti darbā un apmierinātību ar darbu? Otrais, ja pastāv, tad cik nozīmīga tā ir? Pētījumā piedalījās 101 respondents, no kuriem 82% bija sievietes un 18% vīrieši, vidējais respondentu vecums ir 33,24 gadi un vidējais respondentu darba stāžs ir 3,11 gadi. Pētījuma datu ievākšanai tika izmantotas trīs aptaujas – Spektora apmierinātība ar darbu, Utrehtas iesaiste darbā un Bleika un Moutona uztvertās līderības aptauja. Pētījuma rezultāti uzrāda,…
Laadunhallinnan kriittiset menestystekijät ja niiden vaikutus palvelupisteen laatujohtamiseen ITIL-organisaatiossa
2017
Laatu on yksi merkittävimmistä organisaation päätöksentekoon vaikuttavista tekijöistä. Onnistuneen laadunhallinnan kriittiset menestystekijät määräytyvät organisaatiokohtaisesti, ja niihin voidaan vaikuttaa etenkin johtamistyylillä. Lisäksi ITIL-viitekehys voi ohjata organisaation toimintaa. Tämän tutkimuksen tavoitteena oli selvittää, miten laadunhallinnan kriittiset menestystekijät vaikuttavat palvelupisteiden laatujohtamiseen ITIL-viitekehystä noudatettavassa ITpalvelutuotannon organisaatiossa. Teoreettisessa viitekehyksessä laatu kuvataan prosessien lopputuotteen erinomaisuutena. Lisäksi esitellään kokonaisvaltaisen laadunhallinnan kriittiset menestystekijät ja organisaation laatujohtam…
Varjosta valokeilaan : kriittisiä diskurssianalyyseja huonosta johtamisesta
2015
The aim of this dissertation is to qualitatively describe and explain bad leader- ship and the role of the bad leader within. The dissertation consists of five orig- inal articles and the introductory section. The study is based on the foundation formed by research on bad leadership and research on discourse analysis. The focus is on the role of language in the construction, reconstruction and mainte- nance of meanings. The first of the articles contains the description of the discursive approach applied in the studies. This approach is implemented in the four remaining arti- cles, with analyzed samples of 430 media texts, a published research report (95 p.) and over 3 hours of transcribed …
Clinical Changes of Respiratory Parameters in Institutionalized Older Adults after a Physiotherapy Program Combining Respiratory and Musculoskeletal …
2022
Nowadays pulmonary diseases are an increasingly important cause of morbidity and mortality. Diaphragmatic breathing is a controlled-breathing technique that aims to optimize thoracoabdominal movements. The aim of this study was to apply a respiratory and musculoskeletal physiotherapy program in institutionalized older adults and to assess the effects on their pulmonary function tests and oxygen saturation. A randomized double-blind clinical trial was conducted with thirty institutionalized older adults, randomly assigned to a control group (CG), who conducted musculoskeletal exercises; or an experimental group (EG) who, in addition, carried out diaphragmatic breathing, administered for eigh…
Pedagogical Leadership in Early Childhood Education during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Finland
2023
The daily life of early childhood education and care (ECE) in Finland changed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the spring of 2020. The pandemic has had a significant impact on society at many levels, and it also has affected the work and workload of ECE leaders and the realisation of leadership. The aim of this research was to investigate ECE leadersʼ views on pedagogical leadership from the perspective of opportunities and challenges during exceptional times. The research uses the conceptualisation of broad-based pedagogical leadership as an analytical framework. The data consisted of the responses of ECE leaders (n = 492) to an electronic survey conducted in February 2021. There were sever…