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A Follow-Up On The Changes in the Changes in the Use Intention of Digital Wellness Technologies and Its Antecedents Over Time : The Use of Physical A…
2021
This study aims to further promote the understanding of the antecedents of the acceptance and use of digital wellness technologies among elderly people through a follow-up to our two prior studies, one which examines the potential longer-term temporal changes in the use intention of digital wellness technologies and its antecedents in the case of the young elderly segment and physical activity logger applications. We base this examination theoretically on UTAUT2 and empirically on survey data that is collected from 92 Finnish young elderly users of a physical activity logger application in three subsequent time points and analysed with partial least squares structural equation modelling (PL…
Forming Sustainable Physical Activity Programs Among Young Elderly : A Combined ELM & UTAUT Approach
2021
There is consensus in health studies that regular physical activities of sufficient intensity and duration contribute to better health both in the short and long term. In an ongoing research program, we focus on getting the young elderly, the 60-75 years age group, to adopt and include physical activities as part of their daily routines. One reason for addressing young elderly is large numbers – in Finland health care costs for the elderly was 3.7 B€ in 2019 and will increase dramatically if the young elderly group is in bad shape when they reach the 75+ age group. We are finding out that systematic physical activities can serve as preventive health care for the young elderly. We are also l…
Staying inside : social withdrawal of the young, Finnish ‘Hikikomori’
2016
This article explores socially withdrawn young Finnish people on an Internet forum who identify with the Japanese hikikomori phenomenon. We aim to overcome the dualism between sociology and psychology found in earlier research by referring to Pierre Bourdieu, who provides insights into how individual choices are constructed in accordance with wider social settings. We focus on the individual level and everyday choices, but we suggest that psychological factors (anxiety, depression) can be seen as properties of social relations rather than as individual states of mind, as young adults have unequal access to valued resources. We scrutinise young people’s specific reasoning related to the soci…
Risk behavior of youth – social definition of risk
2020
Social defining of the risk behaviors is rooted in a diverse, multidimensional world of norms, values, rituals and discourses. Including social contexts of engaging in the risk behaviors and production of knowledge about them allowed us to go beyond standard cause-and-effect descriptions and examine these actions as an essential element of everyday practices and rituals of youth. The aim of this paper was to analyze the risk behaviors of youth in the framework of sociological categories of risk, reflexivity and interactional order. The paper is based on the results of the qualitative study conducted within the project “Problem Behaviors of Youth – Study in the Opole Region 2019–2020,” that …
Digital Mental Health Resources for Children and Youth : Evaluation of Strengths in User Interface Design
2019
The aim of this research is to explore the positive user interface (UI) design of digital mental health resources for children and youth. For this purpose, a heuristic model is introduced and heuristic evaluation is used as a method to systematically assess 49 digital mental health resources. In the assessment, the resources are evaluated by observing the prevalence of UI design strengths defined in the heuristic model. The results of the study indicate that the resources analyzed have strengths especially in the dimensions of visual design, content, reliability, engagement and functional design. Furthermore, all of the resources have at least four design strengths, creating a good basis fo…
Model wielowymiarowej profilaktyki pozytywnej jako przykład narzędzia projektowania wsparcia rozwoju duchowości dzieci i młodzieży
2022
PROBLEM I METODY BADAWCZE: Problem badawczy dotyczy odpowiedzi na pytanie: czy i w jaki sposób model wielowymiarowej profilaktyki pozytywnej może służyć wsparciu rozwoju duchowego dzieci i młodzieży oraz jakie praktyczne implikacje wynikają z założeń teoretyczno-empirycznych modelu. W artykule zastosowano metodę analityczno-syntetyczną literatury przedmiotu. PROCES WYWODU: Na podstawie opracowań literatury przedmiotu dokonano analizy noetyczno -duchowego wymiaru egzystencji oraz ukazano jego znaczenie dla konstruowania skutecznej działalności profilaktycznej. Przedstawiono założenia teoretyczne oraz empiryczne modelu wielowymiarowej profilaktyki pozytywnej. WYNIKI ANALIZY NAUKOWEJ: Z przepr…
A valued partner or a mere support function : the role of marketing in Software-as-a-Service SMEs
2017
Ohjelmistoala on läpikäynyt valtavia muutoksia 2000-luvulla uusien teknologisten innovaatioiden syntyessä ja levitessä kiihtyvällä tahdilla. Pilvipalvelu on yksi tunnetuimmista innovaatioista ja kuvaa internetissä tapahtuvaa tietotekniikan käyttöä. Samaa nimitystä käytetään kaikista pilvessä tarjottavista palveluista, joista Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) on saanut laajimman suosion. Enemmistö uusista pilvipalveluorganisaatioista on pieniä tai keskisuuria yrityksiä, joilla on tutkimusten mukaan hyvin omalaatuinen tapa suunnitella ja toteuttaa markkinoinnin toimenpiteitä. Perinteiset suurille organisaatioille sopivat markkinoinnin teoriat ja mallit eivät istu nuorten ja ketterien ohjelmistoyri…
Towards a Contingency Framework for Engineering an Enterprise Architecture Planning Method
2007
Enterprise architecture (EA) has a key role in managing and relating business strategies and processes, information systems, and IC technologies. EA planning devises an EA plan with development steps to make necessary enhancements to the current state of the affairs in EA. Accomplishing EA planning in a systematic and efficient manner requires the availability of frameworks and methods suitable to the situation at hand. The selection and adaptation of these methodical artifacts for the use of EA planning is often quite challenging in practice. We argue that the contingency approach can help in these activities of method engineering (ME), and present a contingency framework (named here EACon…
Yritysrahoituksen neuvontapalveluiden laatu
2014
Tämä maaseutuyritysten rahoitusneuvonnan palveluiden laadun arviointi pe- rustuu Keski-Suomen elinkeino-, liikenne- ja ympäristökeskuksen (ELY) toi- meksiantoon. Arviointi on kohdennettu Manner-Suomen kehittämisohjelmasta vuosina 2007–2013 rahoitusta saaneisiin yritysasiakkaisiin. Arvioinnin näkökulmana on yritysasiakkaan kokema laatu. Arvioinnissa on olennaista se mihin maaseutuyritysten rahoitusneuvonnan palveluiden laadun kehittämisellä pyritään. Yritystuet eivät saisi liikaa ohjata maaseutuyritysten rahoitusneuvontaa vaan painopiste pitäisi olla maaseutuyritysten kasvun ja kehittymisen tavoitteiden edistämisessä ja niitä tukevassa ratkaisukeskeisessä asiakasneuvonnassa, mitkä ovat maase…
Pro-ecological and social actions of enterprises as manifestations of implementing the conception of sustainable development
2016
Koncepcja zrównoważonego rozwoju z biegiem lat nabiera coraz większego znaczenia. Wdrażanie tej teorii oraz jej zasad zostaje również odzwierciedlona w procesie zarządzania przedsiębiorstwem, przyjmowanych przez firmy strategiach rozwoju jak i implementacji strategii społecznej odpowiedzialności biznesu. Celem artykułu jest określenie wpływu koncepcji zrównoważonego rozwoju na zachowania przedsiębiorstw i proces zarządzania przedsiębiorstwem. Aby zrealizować główny cel pracy, wykorzystano metodę badawczą „desk research” w ramach, której dokonano analizy literatury przedmiotu. Ponadto, przeprowadzono badania ankietowe wśród 82 przedsiębiorstw zlokalizowanych na obszarze woj. opolskiego z róż…