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This qualitative multiple-case study examines the emotional attunement of guidance counselors in public schools, specifically within General Santos City. Data were collected from four (4) guidance counselors working at different public high schools. This study used a purposive sampling design that explored the challenges, coping mechanisms, and lessons acquired in their field. Based on the gathered data, the views of the guidance counselors had the following emergent themes: offering spiritual counseling, being people-oriented, blessing others, taking responsibility, being able to listen to others' advice, having negative experiences present, showing fair treatment, and concentration is better. Meanwhile, the challenges were feeling drained, lack of cooperation and support, children's lack of tender attention, experiencing the same scenario with parents, and getting irritated. In contrast, the coping mechanisms were having "me time," handling a matter calmly, spreading awareness, engaging in social activities, seeking help from God, building collaboration, scheduling another session, and learning to accept things. Moreover, their insights were that dedication to the profession is necessary, being surrounded by positive people, appreciating the work of a guidance counselor, looking for inspiration to go on, following the right thing, and improving more. Cross-case analysis revealed similarities and differences in themes executed by all guidance counselors, but all performed well in providing guidance and counseling. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The primary objective of this study was to explore the stories and experiences of English teachers shifting careers. The study was conducted in Davao de Oro. A multiple case study was employed and purposive sampling was utilized in selecting the three participants. Moreover, the researcher adhered to the following criteria: (a) Who are willing to share their stories (b) Who graduated as BSED English major (c) Who are passers of LET (d) Who shifted careers. As part of the ethical consideration, the identities of the three participants were kept confidential and anonymous. The findings of the study revealed that the experiences encountered by the participants related to teaching were Worthwhile, Enjoyable, and Tricky and complicated. The challenges encountered by the participants related to teaching were Time management, and Catching students' Interest. The reasons of moving away from English teaching were Health Condition, Salary Wise, and to have stable job. The insights they developed were to Teaching the Noblest Profession, Finding it Necessary for Further Education, and Establish Understanding with Others. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

While emerging research has contributed significantly to our understanding of the efficacy of parallel corpora in translation education, specifically concerning student performance and perception, however, there remains a noticeable gap in the literature regarding the examination of student engagement with parallel corpora during the translation process. To address this research gap, the present study seeks to comprehensively analyse the behavioural, cognitive, and affective engagement of three MA students when utilizing parallel corpora in Chinese–English translation tasks. A multiple case study design was implemented, drawing upon a diverse range of data sources, including screencasts capturing students' translation processes, the resultant translation outputs, corpus search logs, and in‐depth interviews. The findings of this investigation reveal distinct engagement patterns exhibited by individual students and underscore the intricate interplay of these three dimensions of engagement. Furthermore, student engagement with the parallel corpus significantly influences their translation performance. This research also unveils various factors that impact student engagement patterns, including the perceived affordances of the parallel corpus, students' self‐perception, and learning motivation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The increasing awareness of the role of fossil fuels in global warming, fluctuating oil and gas prices, and governments' commitments to phase out fossil fuels are driving the Norwegian oil and gas industry to increasingly aim for a transition to more sustainable renewable energy. There are few studies investigating how highly emission‐intensive oil and gas firms can transition into greener industries. In this multiple‐case study, we investigate how these firms can develop green innovations and enter renewable industries by developing dynamic capabilities. We find several microfoundations of dynamic capabilities that are important for green innovation development. Expanding the search window and proactive behavior are key for identifying new opportunities, while developing market insight, cross‐sector collaboration, and structural ambidexterity are crucial to seize and reconfigure opportunities. The findings also illuminate how firm strategy in the sensing stage impacts what opportunities firms seize. The study is one of few studies that explore the microfoundations of dynamic capabilities necessary for entering new and unfamiliar markets, and it contributes to the understanding of the dynamics of the underlying microfoundations and the impact of green innovation type on these dynamics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of this study was to explore the implementation of Arabic Language and Islamic Values Education (ALIVE), specifically, it sought answers to the question: How do the participants view their experiences in the implementation of Arabic Language and Islamic Values Education (ALIVE) program? The study employed a qualitative multiple case research design. The participants of this study were the ALIVE learners of DepEd Palimbang District I, Palimbang, Sultan Kudarat. Purposive sampling was used in determining the participants of the study. The study had four formulated themes which were the best practices, benefits, opportunities, and similarities and differences in the implementation of ALIVE program. The following topics were developed by the best practices theme: creating a positive atmosphere, adopting moral principles, learning the Arabic language and alphabet, and using knowledge. The following emerging themes emerged from the benefits: educating about Islam, learning useful skills, and applying what was learned. The following themes have emerged as a result of the opportunities: socializing, self-development, and upgrading education. However, in order to assess its effectiveness in promoting Islamic principles and Arabic language competency, this study is crucial. This study provided insightful information about the program's effectiveness, room for improvement, and wider relevance in fostering religious education and cultural awareness in schools and society at large. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The topic of human-centric design of smart production and logistics processes is increasingly debated in both academic and industrial communities. However, there is still little existing research on the integration of this concept with companies' daily operations. The research presented in this paper aims to expand this area of research by proposing a framework designed for the logistics sector that includes human factors among the criteria for choosing the best technology to adopt based on the company's requirements. The framework, which is, therefore, a decision support tool for technology adoption, is subsequently validated through a multiple case study. The results of the validation highlight the framework's potential as a tool to better understand the human factors involved in tasks and technologies to be adopted in order to avoid possible critical issues related to technological changes (e.g. acceptability, need for additional investment in training, identification of required skills). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

ABSTRACT Aims Design Method Results Conclusion Implications for the Profession Impact Patient or Public Contribution What Does This Paper Contribute to the Wider Community? Reporting Method Trial and Protocol Registration This study aims to describe the exercise of clinical leadership by nurses within hospital care units, identify the factors influencing it and explore how nurses perceive its impact.Qualitative multiple case study.The study involved 36 interviews, 120 h of observation and documentary analyses with nurses across various roles within three nursing teams to capture collective leadership. Thematic and cross‐case analyses were also conducted.Nurses' clinical leadership was manifested in five distinct forms, irrespective of their role: (1) initiating actions involving reflective thinking and intervention, (2) influencing others through coaching, (3) actively participating in and mobilising efforts to enhance the quality of care, (4) fostering optimal synergy and team cohesion, and (5) leveraging personal and collaborative capacities. Factors influencing this leadership included clinical, human and material resources, time, a work environment that promotes autonomy and a positive work climate. Nurses perceived their leadership as having a positive impact on patients, themselves, the interdisciplinary team and the organisation. These findings were integrated into a modellisation of the exercise of nurses' clinical leadership based on Le Moigne's (La Théorie du Système Général. Théorie de la Modélisation. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 2006) philosophical approach.This study provides a perspective on nurses' collective clinical leadership in hospital care units, emphasising its leverage effect and the achievement of positive impacts. The proposed model serves as a valuable tool for nurse managers to better understand and support the exercise of clinical leadership.The model can guide nurse managers in supporting clinical leadership within teams, assist individual nurses in associating clinical leadership with their practice and assist with mobilising their leadership skills. This study explores how nurses across various roles within a hospital care unit exercise clinical leadership. The findings reveal five active forms of nurses' clinical leadership, perceived by nurses to positively impact patients, the interdisciplinary team and the organisation. Nurses and managers can use these five forms to foster a collective approach to clinical leadership. None. This study introduces an innovative model for understanding and promoting nurses' clinical leadership. It provides insights into the positive impact of this leadership approach and the significance of promoting it. Standards for Reporting Qualitative Research [SRQR] (O'Brien et al. Academic Medicine, 89, 2014 and 1245).Not registered [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Due to increasing digitalization, most companies have added online retail as a new business model (BM) separate from their initial physical BM, requiring them to manage a portfolio of BMs. The literature points out that companies choose between a separation or integration strategy to manage their multiple BMs. However, business cases show that companies adopting a separation strategy may then plan for a possible integration strategy. Despite the growing knowledge in the BM portfolio literature, scholars and practitioners still lack a comprehensive understanding of the integration process of two BMs that were initially managed separately. This qualitative research draws on a cumulative multiple case study of five retailers to analyze how incumbent firms with different BMs manage their integration. We show that these firms pivoted the management of their BM portfolio. The notion of pivoting has been studied from the perspective of a single BM. In this research, we demonstrate that the process of pivoting also applies to the management of several BMs. Our results provide a generic model of the BM integration process that underlines barriers and enabling pivoting factors. Finally, by considering pivoting at this corporate level, our research adds to the ongoing discussion in strategic management regarding the way companies manage the dynamics of their BM portfolio. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

COVID-19 challenges the value systems of family firms and urges them to adapt their behaviors, affecting their identities. This study aims to explore how and why family businesses strategically respond to challenges to their identity during COVID-19. Based on a qualitative case study of six German family firms, we propose a process model of family business identity variations during COVID-19 with three propositions, highlighting the interplay between strategy and identity. Counterintuitively, we found that an exogenous shock like COVID-19 can have a positive effect on family business identity, leading to identity clarification or consolidation. We contribute to the growing stream of research investigating the impact of COVID-19 on SMEs, as well as research on family business identity heterogeneity and organizational identity literature by illustrating the interplay between strategy and identity. Plain English Summary: The silver lining of COVID-19 for family business identity: COVID-19, as one recent exogenous shock, posed a strong challenge for family businesses. However, little is known about how family businesses deal with exogenous shocks that force strategic responses and thus challenge family businesses to question "who are we as an organization". In this study, we investigated how strategic responses induced by COVID-19 affected the identity of German family firms. Counterintuitively, our study reveals that COVID-19 provided an opportunity for family business identity consolidation. It highlights how a firm's unique identity stemming from the closeness with the family can serve as a guidance for strategy-making during COVID-19. Specifically, the study unearths that, when facing the uncertainty of external challenges like COVID-19, the competing family business goal systems are challenged, providing an opportunity for family business owners to refine and re-define the identity of the family businesses. Overall, it thus shows that exogenous shocks can have a positive impact on the family businesses' identity, by leading to a consolidation of an already existing identity, as well as to a clarification of a previously unclear identity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study addresses the need to enhance the quality of Intelligent Environments, recognizing their unique characteristics and the absence of adequate guidance on quality management during development. It pursues three primary objectives: proposing a novel quality-in-use model, presenting an enhanced version of the User-Centered Intelligent Environment Development Process, and reporting on the application of these approaches through a multiple case study. To embed quality into systems, we advocate for the integration of quality characteristics from ISO/IEC 25000 standards with functional requirements. Stakeholders collaboratively define targets using measures from quality standards, and metrics enable early problem detection and resolution during development. The proposed quality-in-use model provides an insightful and objective perspective on system capabilities, guiding development and ensuring stakeholder involvement. However, challenges such as shortening development cycles for early and regular stakeholder feedback and managing an increased number of system tests were noted. Our study makes a significant contribution to the field of Intelligent Environments by providing a structured approach to embedding and managing quality throughout the development lifecycle. The multiple case study offers empirical evidence of the effectiveness of the proposed approaches, with ongoing considerations for challenges in the development process. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: This paper aims to investigate how social media support startups in accessing international markets and interacting with foreign customers and stakeholders, focusing primarily on the social network LinkedIn. Design/methodology/approach: Given the explorative research aim, the paper adopts a multiple case study approach, analyzing seven Italian food tech startups. 15 semi-structured interviews were conducted, also involving startup accelerators and a business angel to deepen the knowledge on the investigated phenomenon. In addition, a content analysis of the LinkedIn pages of the seven selected startups was conducted using NVivo 14 software. Findings: The results of this study show that social media support startups to (1) diffuse brand awareness in international markets, (2) position their offering abroad and (3) develop relationships with international stakeholders to penetrate the local business. Furthermore, the main challenges and difficulties related to the use of social media by startups for these purposes were identified. Practical implications: This study provides useful managerial implications to enable startups to strategically use social media to access international markets and connect with key foreign networks. Also from a policy perspective, incentives to support the expansion and consolidation of startups into international markets are crucial. Originality/value: Although a vast literature has dealt with internationalization strategies, this study clarifies the role of social media in changing these dynamics speeding up startups' access to foreign markets and identifying key local stakeholders. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Due to increasing digitalization, most companies have added online retail as a new business model (BM) separate from their initial physical BM, requiring them to manage a portfolio of BMs. The literature points out that companies choose between a separation or integration strategy to manage their multiple BMs. However, business cases show that companies adopting a separation strategy may then plan for a possible integration strategy. Despite the growing knowledge in the BM portfolio literature, scholars and practitioners still lack a comprehensive understanding of the integration process of two BMs that were initially managed separately. This qualitative research draws on a cumulative multiple case study of five retailers to analyze how incumbent firms with different BMs manage their integration. We show that these firms pivoted the management of their BM portfolio.The notion of pivoting has been studied from the perspective of a single BM. In this research, we demonstrate that the process of pivoting also applies to the management of several BMs. Our results provide a generic model of the BM integration process that underlines barriers and enabling pivoting factors. Finally, by considering pivoting at this corporate level, our research adds to the ongoing discussion in strategic management regarding the way companies manage the dynamics of their BM portfolio.

The purpose of this study is to explore the implementation of ISO 55001 Asset Management System in small-to-medium water supply and sanitation utilities in Greece, with a focus on identifying their strengths and weaknesses in implementing the standard and discussing the managerial and policy implications of these findings. This study used a qualitative strategy in the form of a multiple case study, where eight experienced experts involved in asset management activities from four small-to-medium water utilities were interviewed. The study used the ISO high-level structure as a suitable study framework for the research. The findings provide encouraging evidence that smaller organizations are interested in genuinely substantial implementation of an asset management system, preferably a simple one that better fits their needs and capabilities, in accordance with the ISO 55001 standard. Moreover, the findings show that while smaller organizations face challenges such as lacking resources, bureaucracy, a short-term mentality, and political constraints, they possess key strengths, such as extensive experience, a commitment to asset management best practices, and an adaptive and innovative culture. The study's findings have significant managerial implications for small organizations striving for enhanced asset management practices.

Artificial Intelligence is considered a technological platform that impacts the teaching and learning process, particularly on its effect on assessment and grading and influence on graduates' future careers. However, the use of AI in the field of education, specifically on effective teaching strategies and classroom management poses issues experienced by teachers in the field. The increased use of AI in the classroom faces significant challenges because of insufficient resources for complete implementation. Nevertheless, researchers ground the argument in the gap and observed the need to find out more in the context of the experiences, coping mechanisms, and insights of Filipino and Indonesian teachers regarding the role of AI in shaping effective teaching strategies to improve student learning outcomes within the Philippine and Indonesian education system. Through this study initiative, an international university collaboration is established to conduct a multiple case study using qualitative interviews to gather essential information. Face-to-face interviews and online interviews were conducted with the participants with the guide of a given research questionnaire. Thus, semi-structured interviews are conducted with three Filipino and two Indonesian teachers as participants from private schools to gather their experiences in implementing and using AI-driven teaching strategies in their classrooms, forming the basis of this multiple case study. The researchers then proceeded to analyze the gathered information using descriptive-case analysis, within-case analysis, and cross-case analysis. In the concluding part of this study, from technical obstacles to systemic issues of digital infrastructure and technological inequality, these complexities underscore the need for concerted efforts to address barriers to AI-driven education. Despite these challenges, teachers demonstrate resilience and resourcefulness in navigating technological hurdles and promoting student engagement. By investing in professional development and fostering collaboration, educators unlock the full potential of AI in education and create inclusive learning environments that empower all students to succeed in the digital age. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Recently, European regulation on sustainability preferences has made green finance a mainstream topic for retail investors. On the contrary, green innovation is largely discussed as bearing risks, and renewable energy projects are sometimes referred to as related to high risk. Our article aimed to shed light on retail investors' risk exposure in green finance. In the literature review, we rarely found the retail investor's risk perspective reflected, and green finance risk in terms of major capital loss was not explicitly stated as a research topic. We aimed to close this gap in the literature and apply a multiple case study approach with cases from the renewable energy sector to analyze the components that nurture green finance risk. For case description, we leveraged publicly available online information such as press articles, financial reporting, mandatory disclosure from the represented company, and pre-contractual information of the financial instruments marketed. Our findings suggest that green finance risk (GFR) is nurtured by risk components from the categories of financial instrument risk (FIR), investee company risk (ICR), and operational risk (OR) of renewable energy projects. The cross-case analysis identified red flags that might alert future investors. Additionally, we suggested measures to mitigate green finance risk and propose regulatory improvements. Our research marks a starting point for future quantitative and qualitative research.

The authors argue that hitherto separate methodological conversations about abduction and comparison can be fruitfully brought together to generate novel, well-founded insights and retheorize an object of study in multiple-case qualitative inquiry. The authors call this abductive cross-case comparison and illustrate it by way of a collective study of how professional boundary work is changing under transnational conditions. In this study, the authors faced a common challenge in qualitative-comparative research: what to do when initial observations generate "surprises" that seem to confound the theoretical frameworks undergirding the comparison? To discuss how abductive inferences supported the authors' response to this challenge, they explicate the acts of discovery and (re)conceptualization involved through various steps in a team-based research process. Building on the existing qualitative comparison literature, the authors suggest that such procedures fill a methodological gap and may hold great promise for overcoming obstacles in designing and implementing comparative research. Overall, the authors explicate and illustrate the method of abductive cross-case comparison, including their work as a research team. The aim of this article is thus to help sociologists implement better qualitative research that leverages a fuller potential of comparative designs to push beyond established knowledge and frameworks. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Through a lens for engaged scholarship (Boyer in Journal of Public Service and Outreach, 1(1), 11–20, 1996) this multiple case study (Merriam, 1996) explores the potential of scholarly podcasts for public knowledge dissemination, highlighting the misalignment of university impact metrics with this medium. Our team collected qualitative and numerical data from six podcasters across our university system. We identify metrics for assessing scholarly podcast value, offer recommendations for institutional communication, and share our insights and challenges. Data analysis suggests that a Listen Score (Listen Notes, ND) and an increasing Podcast Success Index (Singh et al. JMIR Medical Education, 2(2), 1–10, 2016) may be consistent with a wider reach. Consistent production and promotion are key and infrastructure support for scholarly podcasters is necessary. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This research aims to investigate the relationships between the mathematical modelling process and the levels of covariational reasoning through a multiple instrumental case study with six college students solving a task in the context of science. We designed a modelling task based on a problem faced by Newton: obtaining higher temperature values than a thermometer could register; and analysed the participants’ modelling processes and covariational reasoning as they solved the task. The results show that the modelling task promoted covariational reasoning. The results also show that participants used covariational reasoning to solve the task, and the participants were unaware of nonlinear covariational reasoning which prevented them from making mathematical models closer to reality. Furthermore, participants required specific levels of covariational reasoning at specific steps in the mathematical modelling process, and as they advanced in the mathematical modelling process they exhibited more sophisticated levels of covariational reasoning. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Preparing graduate students for teaching careers in academia can involve myriad approaches. One such approach is facilitating authentic teaching opportunities for graduate students. The purpose of this multiple case study was to chronicle the perspectives of four humanities graduate students as they participated in a mentored teaching experience at a community college. Specific emphases included the evolution of participants' teacher identity and how a mentored teaching experience shaped participants' future career goals. Data sources consisted of semi-structured interviews, classroom observations, journal reflections, and classroom artifacts. Participants identified the fundamental importance of mentor faculty and diverse students as drivers in their own pedagogical development and reflected on the value of interpersonal connections in education. Implications include the need for more pedagogical transparency and discussion in humanities graduate education, as well as the potential of constructing cross-disciplinary and cross-institutional collaborations to support graduate students' professional development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study focuses on a specific group of sojourners that has thus far remained rather unexplored in the context of study-abroad research, namely, students with extensive prior experiences of living in, traveling to, and/or familial ties with target-language mediated communities. To this end, this study examines data obtained through episodic interviews with three American students, who grew up in close contact with German-speaking communities and studied abroad in Austria for four weeks. By means of thematic analysis, the pre-study abroad sojourn motives and reflections on sense of self, home, and belonging are contrasted with these students' immediate and delayed post-study abroad accounts. The results shed light on both the challenges young adults grapple with due to their international biographies and the transformative effects students attribute to their short-term sojourns with regard to redefining who they are and what meaning different places of home and heritage have within their individual trajectories. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Despite the hype about blockchains among supply chain management (SCM) practitioners and researchers, the technology's adoption is still low, and confusion remains about its potential benefits for operational efficiency and effectiveness. Building on a multiple case study research, this paper clarifies current value creation opportunities enabled by the blockchain for product/material tracking and tracing. We highlight that the setup of blockchain projects depends on the presence of different drivers on customer value or efficiency and the focus towards products/components or raw materials. Based on how tracking and tracing drivers and focus influence the initial blockchain setup, contingent factors are discussed and possible evolutionary patterns are identified. These findings are elaborated in one setup matrix and three propositions. The study is one of the few to add empirical evidence to the mainly conceptual SCM blockchain literature and provides a middle-range theoretical contribution based on contingency theory. Furthermore, it offers actionable guidance for managers and policy makers about SCM blockchain adoption. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Despite research signaling the need to advance racial equity in university policies and practices, power dynamics in institutional change processes are not well understood. Using a constructivist embedded multiple case study design, critical theoretical perspective, and explanation-building technique, we analyzed how four private institutions with demonstrable change in student success and closing racial equity gaps in graduation rates enacted diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts over the last 5 years. Findings led to understanding how institutional agents synergistically used strategies in two phases: one, advocates, partnerships and coalitions, and capacity-building; second: resources, assessment, and accountability. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

How can bike-sharing platforms achieve sustained growth in the digital era where digital technologies such as artificial intelligence and big data are integrated? Existing studies have overlooked the critical role of digital intelligence technology in the transformation and breakthrough of such platforms to a certain extent. They have failed to analyze the impact of the particularity of resources in the bike-sharing platforms from a system level. Based on the multiple case study method, we explored the growth process of bike-sharing platforms. This process includes two core growth mechanisms: (1) digital intelligent technology reshapes the dominant growth logic of the organization. In other words, bike-sharing platforms have formed the leading logic of the growth of sharing economy and reshaped the organization's growth direction, control concept, and inter-organization relations. (2) Digital intelligent technology reconstructs the platforms' resource management ability. In other words, under the growth logic of sharing economy, bike-sharing platforms have reconstructed their organizational structure, production mode, and cooperation mode. Our study brings new insights into the growth process of bike-sharing platforms, deepens the research in the field of resource arrangement, and further responds to scholars' appeals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

IntroductionIn order to improve and innovate the face-to-face instructional task in postgraduate and doctoral university teaching encompasses different formats of participatory interaction (PI), considered to be social medium facilitators of deep learning, including the development of autonomous expert activity. The purpose of this article is to establish the use of systematic observation and lag sequential analysis as a conceptual-methodological choice to base the review of social-constructivist instructional practice that is taught in an expository format prepared by the teacher.MethodThe systematic observation of the expert’s expository session from its inception to its conclusion was approached from a mixed methods perspective as a subject of multiple case studies. A total of four postgraduate teachers were selected. A purpose-built observational instrument was constructed. The data quality was evaluated with intra-observer agreement tests by calculating Cohen’s kappa coefficient (k). After the data matrices for each case were obtained, all possible file aggregations of the data were performed to detect the existence of common structures in the patterns through lag sequential analysis.ResultsThe sequential patterns of replicated and common lags of the multiple cases describe the chaining of the observed events, which characterizes the participatory interaction. Twelve lag sequential patterns have been identified that function as dialogical links, generated by the probability that the category “question” is linked to the conditioned events of “speech direction” and “exchange orientation.”DiscussionHaving constructed a theoretical interpretative scheme of the replicated patterns, we discuss the results. First, the significant results of the lag sequential analysis as examples of basic patterns extracted from their way of conducting expert expository sessions. As such, they can be reviewed with the formative purpose of reflecting on their potential for change when they are understood as dialogical links of participatory interaction committed to deep learning and the development of expert autonomy. Second, there is a training step consisting of the use of self-observation and the observation that teachers can make of the expert expository task. Finally, we conclude that non-intrusive systematic observation is a good choice when channeling the gradual and renewed improvement of participatory interaction with an expert expository format (§EF) and a mixed methods methodology.

AbstractThis article reports on research within multiple case studies of South African Not-for-Profit Organizations (NPO). The study modelled the enabling practices that managers and leaders of these NPOs deem necessary to sustain their service-led organizations in a changing and demanding environment. NPOs face various constraints affecting their survival, including those linked to people and talent, finances, resources, volunteering, and the ever-growing demand for social care. These constraints require managers and leaders of NPOs to identify enabling practices for survival, success, and sustainability. Daily routines in pursuit of strategies demonstrate apex fit-for-practice activities (a concept coined for this study) that include leadership, governance, organizational culture, resources and adaptivity. These activities translate into fit-for-purpose services for the ever-changing needs of beneficiaries. While corporates often focus on excellence and competitive advantage, the NPOs distinguished themselves through adaptable practices that instead met fitness criteria. This approach ensured the survival of NPOs in shrinking resource environments, and the continued service to beneficiaries. These enabling practices contribute to a conceptual model depicting the enablers for long-term survival in the NPO sector, as a novel contribution to the NPO sector, while also theorizing the nexus between fit-for-practice and organizational life cycle.

Several studies have indicated that stakeholder engagement could ensure the successful adoption of learning analytics (LA). Considering that researchers and tech developers may not be aware of how LA tools can derive meaningful and actionable information for everyday use, these studies suggest that participatory approaches based on human‐centred design can provide stakeholders with the opportunity to influence decision‐making during tool development. So far, there is a growing consensus about the importance of identifying stakeholders' needs and expectations in early stages, so researchers and developers can design systems that resonate with their users. However, human‐centred LA is a growing sub‐field, so further empirical work is needed to understand how stakeholders can contribute effectively to the design process and the adoption strategy of analytical tools. To illustrate mechanisms to engage various stakeholders throughout different phases of a design process, this paper presents a multiple case study conducted in different Latin American universities. A series of studies inform the development of an analytical tool to support continuous curriculum improvement, aiming to improve student learning and programme quality. Yet, these studies differ in scope and design stage, so they use different mechanisms to engage students, course instructors and institutional administrators. By cross analysing the findings of these three cases, three conclusions emerged for each design phase of a CA tool, presenting mechanisms to ensure stakeholder adoption after tool development. Further implications of this multiple case study are discussed from a theoretical and methodological perspective. Practitioner notesWhat is already known about this topic? Human‐centred learning analytics (LA) has accommodated different configurations of stakeholder engagement, including co‐design and participatory design.Participatory design provides developers with a wide variety of techniques to engage a particular group in a mutual learning process.Most studies mainly focus on engaging stakeholders to identify needs in the early stages of the design process.More empirical works are needed to unveil the effectiveness of human centredness during LA design and after tool development.What this paper adds? Provides a multiple case study to illustrate mechanisms to engage various stakeholders in different design phases of a curriculum analytics (CA) tool.Summarises different assertions based on case study findings regarding needs for analytical tool, its early evaluation and its potential use after development.Provides empirical evidence on how to promote stakeholder engagement at a specific design stage and for a specific purpose.The implications for practitioners LA researchers and developers can use assertions based on evidence as a starting point to drive the design process of CA solutions.Researchers and practitioners will have a set of protocols to implement participatory techniques in different design phases of a CA tool. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Water is essential for human life and is an increasingly scarce resource with global population increase and climate change. In recognition of access to water as a fundamental human right, the World Health Organization (WHO) formulated Water Safety Plans (WSP) to be used by water organisations globally to ensure safe and secure water for human consumption. Whether and how water utility organizations use WSPs varies globally, however. We use case study analyses and institutional theory to explore the difference between water utility companies that are forced by regulations to adopt the WSP and those that are not, across four different countries. Our results show variation in WSP adoption based on the country's legal requirements. We suggest that government regulations are important for promoting the implementation of WSPs by utility organizations and to secure and supply clean water to customers. Such regulations would reduce conspiracy and avoidance actions by organizations that limit the use of WSPs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Education in segregated settings for pupils with intellectual disability (ID) has often been portrayed as a unified form of schooling. There is a risk of providing a simplified picture of these settings and of what pupils with ID need to learn. This is generally stipulated in policy documents, leaving room for staff in school to interpret curricula and form learning environments. The aim of this study is to explore how four different learning environments are constructed in segregated settings where pupils with ID are educated in Sweden. The study was conducted as a multiple case study, using observations and interviews with teachers and pupils in four special classes for pupils with ID (SCIDs). Drawing on curriculum theory, the four learning environments, in the results named as Alpha, Beta, Gamma and Delta class, respectively, appeared to be characterized by different ideas of schooling, labelled as knowledge‐mediating, socializing, functional life skills and caring as well as teacher‐centred classrooms. The study contributes to a deepened understanding of the complexity of education for pupils with ID in segregated settings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Teachers-in-charge and principals in basic education are responsible for the school operations and yet they encounter challenges in utilizing school resources. With this, a multiple case study was conducted to discover teachers-in-charge and school principals' unique experiences, coping mechanisms, and insights about utilizing school resources. Case one involved seven teachers-in-charge who were subjected to in-depth interviews. Case two, on the other hand, involved seven principals who participated in the focus group discussion. Thematic analysis was used to identify essential themes and followed the cross-case method to identify similarities between the two cases. The common experience themes between the two cases were multitasking due to insufficient personnel and adjusting to the lack of existing facilities. The coping mechanism that was common to the two cases was welcoming community support. Lastly, the common theme between the two cases for insights and lessons was fostering positive relationships is essential in building trust. The study further found that adequate funding is necessary for school heads to maintain smooth school operations. Flexibility and adaptability in addressing the real-time needs of the school are paramount. Prioritizing resource allocation and implementing innovative strategies to maximize resource utilization were also highlighted as essential. Creating an open and supportive environment allows school heads to build strong relationships with the school community, fostering higher engagement and commitment to the school's mission. This study serves as valuable information for researchers planning to investigate related topics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Aims: The aims of the study were to describe the processes used to introduce advanced practice nursing roles and factors that facilitated or hindered role implementation, examine the time advanced practice nurses (APNs) spend in role activities and how these activities relate to domains of advanced practice nursing and examine how implementation processes influenced APN integration within healthcare teams. Design: A multiple case study was conducted. Methods: Five cases were included, representing the four population areas approved for advanced practice nursing in France. Data were collected from January to March 2021 using observation, interview and document analysis methods. Data were examined using thematic analysis. Results: Participants included APNs (n = 5), nurses/allied health providers (n = 5), physicians (n = 5), managers (n = 4) and decision-makers (n = 4). Stakeholder engagement and leadership provided by decision-makers, managers, physicians and APNs facilitated role implementation. Poor stakeholder role understanding, uncertain role funding, and the COVID-19 pandemic hindered role implementation. APNs spent the most time in clinical activities. Participants perceived the integration of APNs within the healthcare team and their impact on patient care to be positive. Conclusion: Stakeholder engagement and organizational and APN leadership facilitated the implementation of the roles, especially related to team-based patient care. Further efforts are needed to strengthen APN involvement in non-clinical activities and address role barriers. Implications for nursing and patient care: Systematic and system-wide approaches are needed to improve role clarity, role autonomy and health systems integration of APNs. Research should examine patient perspectives about APNs in France. Impact: The results highlight how policies can create favourable conditions for advanced practice nursing role implementation in France. Internationally, this study serves as a reminder to APNs and nurse leaders about the strategies for and importance of implementation evaluation to support the optimal development of advanced practice nursing roles. Reporting Method: The study reporting followed the Consolidated Criteria for Reporting Qualitative Research. Patient or Public Contribution: No Patient or Public Contribution. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Design is a specific form of complex innovation that affects all areas of an organization's management. However, the essence of design is vague, and it is difficult to fully grasp the concept of design. Therefore, it is difficult to find criteria for determining its value. The problem of establishing a causal relationship between design value and user experience is addressed in this paper. The relationship between these two variables affects the importance of design in organizations and can be used to quantify the value of design. Indeed, based on the results of existing research, it is known that this term has many meanings, and it is necessary to reject the possibility of its total quantification. Much of the related research has focused on the area of user experience and customer value, while other related research has focused on design value, which cannot be measured directly but rather, for example, through system dynamic modelling. This approach, i.e., the use of a system dynamic model to determine the value of design, is still missing in the research literature.The main research method for determining the value of design is the experimental method, supported by other research methods: modelling and structured questioning. Inputs to the model, which represent the opinions of the company's managers on the design, are obtained through a board game that provides an attractive and easy-to-understand user interface for the research participants. The value of design is determined by using a sample case study that contains key variables according to the company's business model. The value of the design is calculated based on the indicator "design cost-effectiveness" over six years of the start-up company's business. The indicator is experimentally verified in a model with an identical structure and different scenarios concerning the involvement of design change in the economic development of the firm. This paper aims to use the gamified DVCG model as an innovative concept in business management through a case study. The contribution of the paper to science and practice is to provide experimentally validated evidence to help identify the areas where design investments are needed to make the most sense for the economics and management of the organization.

Design is a specific form of complex innovation that affects all areas of an organization’s management. However, the essence of design is vague, and it is difficult to fully grasp the concept of design. Therefore, it is difficult to find criteria for determining its value. The problem of establishing a causal relationship between design value and user experience is addressed in this paper. The relationship between these two variables affects the importance of design in organizations and can be used to quantify the value of design. Indeed, based on the results of existing research, it is known that this term has many meanings, and it is necessary to reject the possibility of its total quantification. Much of the related research has focused on the area of user experience and customer value, while other related research has focused on design value, which cannot be measured directly but rather, for example, through system dynamic modelling. This approach, i.e., the use of a system dynamic model to determine the value of design, is still missing in the research literature.The main research method for determining the value of design is the experimental method, supported by other research methods: modelling and structured questioning. Inputs to the model, which represent the opinions of the company’s managers on the design, are obtained through a board game that provides an attractive and easy-to-understand user interface for the research participants. The value of design is determined by using a sample case study that contains key variables according to the company’s business model. The value of the design is calculated based on the indicator “design cost-effectiveness” over six years of the start-up company’s business. The indicator is experimentally verified in a model with an identical structure and different scenarios concerning the involvement of design change in the economic development of the firm. This paper aims to use the gamified DVCG model as an innovative concept in business management through a case study. The contribution of the paper to science and practice is to provide experimentally validated evidence to help identify the areas where design investments are needed to make the most sense for the economics and management of the organization.

In recent years the historical subject base in psychobiography has expanded from a traditional focus on White (Caucasian) subjects to a broader more culturally inclusive population of significant personalities throughout history. A critical component of strong multicultural psychobiography is the inclusion of anchoring theories of psychology that are rooted in socio-cultural-political context. To psychologically profile culturally diverse individuals with only traditional Western theories of psychology and psychiatry (e.g. medical models, psychodynamic, existential, cognitive-behavioral) limits the ability of the research to accurately capture the erlebnis (lived experience) of extraordinary individuals in proper cultural context. This article reviews specific psychological theories that have recently set a foundation for more nuanced and culturally contextualised psychological profiles of historic personalities who represent diverse racial/ethnic/cultural backgrounds. Among the theories covered are the Integrated African Psychology Perspective (IAPP), an Indigenous (Native American) model of psychobiography, as well as theories and models on Psychological Nigrescence (Black racial identity development), Intersectionality, Politicised Collective Identity (PCI), Queered Black Racial Identity Development (QBRID), and Adultification of Black Children, among others. Examples of applications of these culture-centered theories to psychobiography, drawn from the present authors recently completed psychobiographies, as well as from other researchers internationally, are presented. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper aims to contribute to the scholarly debate on public service logic (PSL) by deepening the understanding of how value propositions are created and altered. The PSL literature has so far suggested that value propositions are central to the value creation process, but there is scant understanding of how value propositions are created and adapted to citizens' needs. The paper contributes by showing how the creation and alteration of value propositions takes place through framing and reframing processes, and it explores how the concept of framing can further advance PSL. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: An increasing number of last mile deliveries (LMDs) pose many sustainability challenges that retailers and logistics service providers (LSPs) can address. Using cognitive frames (CFs) as a lens, this study explored how retail and LSP managers make sense of sustainable LMDs. Design/methodology/approach: The methodological approach used is a multiple embedded case study. The data were obtained from interviews with retailers and LSPs, supplemented with secondary data for triangulation. Findings: The findings present the operational aspects of LMDs that managers associate with sustainability and indicate that retail and LSP managers frame sustainability primarily as emission reduction. Managers indicate an externalization of responsibility and a compartmentalization of the supply chain, in which social sustainability is not associated with the last mile. Most managers indicate hierarchical CFs regarding sustainability, in which sustainability is an important topic but is subordinate to economic interests. Practical implications: Collaboration between retailers, LSPs and other stakeholders is viewed as challenging but could alleviate some of the sustainability shortcomings and aid in the paradoxical framing and inclusion of social issues. Originality/value: A conceptualization of managerial CFs for sustainable LMDs, together with empirical frame indicators and three propositions, is presented, providing novel insights into how paradoxical CFs could make LMDs more sustainable. This approach illuminates the possibilities for how to untangle the operational manifestations of managerial framing and adds to the empirical exploration of CFs in supply chain management. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Using a feminist institutional approach, we examine the dominant institutional views and frameworks explaining company positions regarding the implementation of gender policies. A multiple case study was performed on four Spanish companies involved in sectors related to the circular bioeconomy. The analysis relied on secondary sources and semi-structured interviews with women in positions of responsibility in these companies. The results provide evidence on the gender issues encountered and their limitations in terms of organizational change, as well as the dominant institutional frameworks of the companies. The findings suggest that the main drivers for change are intense state regulation, company commitment to formalizing measures and the presence of critical actors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Aim. Recent studies have stressed that education transformation can be efficiently achieved by introducing a holistic approach, embedding a culture of teaching and learning for wholeness that espouses the holism of human beings and the world. A qualitative multiple study was performed to analyse Latvian "heart" teachers' narratives about themselves and their significant life experiences to identify their dominant approaches to life and work at school to answer the following research questions: What do the narratives of the seven Latvian "heart" teachers reveal about themselves and their approaches to life and work at school and the contributions of the participants' significant life experiences to their approaches? Are Latvian "heart" teachers' approaches holistic or not? Methods. The research data encompasses seven cases based on semi-structured interviews with Latvian teachers nominated by their colleagues, students and/or parents to participate in the campaign HeartTeacher in the academic year 2021/2022. Qualitative data were processed and analysed using the QSR NVivo 12 software. Results. Implementing a holistic approach to education is evident in the Latvian "heart" teachers' professional practices. In all seven cases, evidence was found about providing a welcoming environment to all, reflecting on the interdependence of things and focusing on multiple connections as well as being an equal learning partner of others. However, a holistic approach to personal life is not sufficiently evident among the experienced "heart" teachers. By contrast, the novice "heart" teachers' approaches to personal life are perceived as more holistic. Conclusion. A whole (holistic) teacher implements the holistic approach both in their professional and personal lives, not only caring for others but also for themselves, thereby achieving balance. A whole (holistic) teacher's life philosophy is based on the principles of wholeness, inclusion, connectedness, and balance among the different aspects of life. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article examines the impact of a high-stakes exam, the High School Entrance Examination (HSEE), on students' motivation for future exams. The study conducted interviews with eighth-grade students and their parents and found that those who scored highest on the HSEE expressed a desire to continue preparing for future exams due to increased self-efficacy. The article recommends setting behavioral and learning goals for students and using the High Performance Cycle (HPC) model for holistic development. It emphasizes the importance of intrinsic rewards and suggests further research on personality differences in motivation. The article cautions against excessive focus on high-stakes testing and highlights the need for a comprehensive approach to student development. [Extracted from the article]