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TRUST AND CONFLICT BETWEEN EMPLOYEES: A QUALITATIVE RESEARCH STUDY IN GREEK HOSPITALS

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-Μέθοδος Πρωτογενή ποιοτικά δεδομένα (Retrospective, self-reflective) συλλέχθηκαν χρησιμοποιώντας έναν ημι-δομημένο οδηγό συνέντευξης. Ένα διαθέσιμο δείγμα 15 συμμετεχόντων (7 άνδρες και 8 γυναίκες ηλικίας 25-35 ετών, εργαζόμενοι σε ελληνικά νοσοκομεία) κλήθηκαν να περιγράψουν τουλάχιστον δύο πρόσφατα περιστατικά σύγκρουσης που αντιμετώπισαν στο χώρο εργα…

Antimicrobial Effects Of The Ethanolic Extracts And Essential Oils Of Tanacetum Vulgare L From Romania

2015

Abstract This paper investigates the antimicrobial action of the extracts and essential oil of wildgrowing Tanacetum vulgare L on: Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Bacilus subtilis, using the diffusion disc method. The essential oils but also the ethanolic extracts tested exhibited moderate action on Staphilococcus aureus and Bacillus subtilis and low action on E. coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The moderate antimicrobial activity is related to the amount of some chemical components of the essential oil of T. vulgare flos. Thus, this paper presents also the quantitative and qualitative analysis of the essential oils of T. vulgare harvested from two differ…

Teachers’ Implicit Meaning Systems and Their Implications for Pedagogical Thinking and Practice: A Case Study from Finland

2016

ABSTRACTThis qualitative case study examines teachers’ implicit meaning systems built around their core beliefs on the malleability of human qualities. Previous research has demonstrated the influence of students’ implicit theories on motivation and achievement and has presented successful interventions for students. However, research on teachers’ implicit theories and, in particular, their actualization in natural environments is lacking. The data for this study include observations and stimulated recall interviews with two Finnish teachers whose opposing implicit theories were first indicated in 2000 by Carol Dweck . The results depict how these teachers’ implicit meaning systems influenc…

Can High Group Cohesion Be Harmful?

2009

High group cohesion is considered to be beneficial and lead to better performance. This qualitative case study describes a case in which high social cohesion led to a deterioration in a team's performance. The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationships between performance in a team sport and social psychological group phenomena such as cohesion, conformity, groupthink, and group polarization. The participants were members of a junior-league ice-hockey team, consisting of three adult coaches and 22 players aged 15 to 16 years. The data were derived from an interview with the main coach, continuous observation by the principal researcher, and a diary based on observations …

Ways of interprofessional collaboration and learning in emergency work

2012

In the paper we aim to identify various ways of interprofessional collaboration and learning in an emergency unit at a hospital in Finland. According to previous studies, health care work faces various constraints which also challenge interprofessional interaction and learning. We ask what kinds of learning situations and challenges are manifested in moments of interprofessional practice. Ethnography was applied as a methodological approach. Empirical data were collected with the help of observations, audio taping, individual and focus group interviews, and suitable qualitative methods were utilised in the analysis. It was found that multi- and interprofessional collaboration and learning w…

A Case Study of Technology Use and Information Flow at a Danish E-clinic

2019

Author´s accepted manuscript (postprint). © 2020 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. Permission from IEEE must be obtained for all other uses, in any current or future media, including reprinting/republishing this material for advertising or promotional purposes, creating new collective works, for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or reuse of any copyrighted component of this work in other works. There is an urgent call from health organizations, health professionals and health authorities to re-design care delivery for patients with chronic conditions and multimorbidities. The research project 3P- Patients and Professionals in Productive Teams aims to study health…

Learning mechanisms in multidisciplinary teamwork with real customers and open-ended problems

2015

Recently, there has been a trend towards adding a multidisciplinary or multicultural element to traditional monodisciplinary project courses in computing and engineering. In this article, we examine the implications of multidisciplinarity for students’ learning experiences during a one-semester project course for real customers. We use a qualitative research approach and base our analysis on students’ learning reports on three instances of a project course titled Multidisciplinary working life project. The main contribution of this article is the unified theoretical picture of the learning mechanisms stemming from multidisciplinarity. Our main conclusions are that (1) students generally hav…

Can qualitative research play a role in answering ethical questions in intensive care?

2017

International audience; Scientific and technological progress, as well as increased patient autonomy have profoundly changed the world of healthcare, giving rise to new situations that are increasingly complex and uncertain. Quantitative paradigms, of which the main bastion is evidence-based medicine (EBM), are beginning to reach their limits in daily routine practice of medicine, and new approaches are emerging that can provide novel heuristic perspectives. Qualitative research approaches can be useful for apprehending new areas of knowledge that are fundamental to recent and future developments in intensive care.

Engaging universities in social innovation research for understanding sustainability issues

2017

International audience; The paper presents the analysis of a three-stage research conducted by the authors within a social innovation project in collaboration with international master students of Riga Technical University for determining the factors, which motivate people to be involved in the solution of social problems. The authors not only analyse and use the outcomes of the students’ research but also provide feasibility study of using the potential of study research at the university, for implementing serious research projects. Data collection from Africa, Asia, America and Europe was organised jointly by all the students via web-based survey for creating an original data base for the…

Women in technology-oriented fields

2015

This study focuses on investigating the main elements that have an effect on women’s decisions to enter a career in technology-oriented fields, and more specifically, to discover whether studying crafts, especially technical work, during basic education affects their decisions in this context. The study was carried out using a semi-structured questionnaire, and the data consist of the responses from 12 female technology education teachers and 12 female engineering students. A qualitative theory oriented content analysis was carried out through identifying, coding, analysing and reporting the patterns within the data. The findings revealed that the most influential career anchor identified b…