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2. Taking Individual Choices Seriously: A process perspective of self-selection in strategy work.
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Friesl, Martin, Brielmaier, Christoph, and Dobusch, Leonhard
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EMPLOYEES ,DECISION making ,PSYCHOLOGY ,EMPLOYMENT ,EMPLOYEE participation in management - Abstract
An increasing body of work investigates the participation of a diverse set of actors in strategy making. We argue that extant research tends to gloss over a fundamental condition underpinning such participation: while participation may reflect a hierarchical mandate, insofar as it relates to the actual involvement of employees, it is the result of a process of self-selection. From this perspective, forms of participative strategizing are neither fully the outcome of deliberate top-down choice, nor do they form a random pattern that is subject to the whims of individual employees. Such forms of strategizing are rather, as we argue in this paper, based on an endogenous logic of whether and how an individual self-selects, and in turn involves her/himself in the process, or not. To conceptualize the broader phenomenon of strategy participation, we draw on practice theory to conceptualize how individuals knowingly choose to involve themselves in strategizing events and we develop in turn a process model of self-selection as an ongoing social accomplishment. This model elaborates different patterns of participation in strategy making (stabilizing and shifting trajectories) with variable emergent outcomes. We end the paper by discussing the implications of our theorizing for ongoing research on open and participatory strategizing, and for the body of work on strategy as practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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3. Failure of crisis leadership in a global pandemic: some reflections on COVID-19 and future recommendations.
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Okoli, Justin, Arroteia, Nuno Paulino, and Ogunsade, Adekunle I.
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HEALTH policy ,LEADERSHIP ,PRACTICAL politics ,PUBLIC health ,PSYCHOLOGY ,DECISION making ,CLINICAL competence ,COVID-19 pandemic ,REFLECTION (Philosophy) - Abstract
Purpose: Being a novel public health crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic presented world leaders with difficult options and some serious dilemmas that must somehow be negotiated. Whilst these leaders had limited knowledge about the coronavirus and how the pandemic would potentially evolve, they were still expected to make high-staked judgements amidst a range of uncertainties. The purpose of this paper is to explore the response strategies used by various world leaders from the perspective of crisis leadership within the public health domain. Design/methodology/approach: Secondary data was collected from research papers, policy reports and credible media outlets to examine the construct of crisis leadership within the context of the global pandemic. Findings: The paper identified three cognitive antecedents to the COVID-19 crisis leadership failures, which helped to explain why certain policy decisions were successful and why others were less so. On this basis, a clear dichotomy was drawn between highly rated leaders and their less successful counterparts in relation to the management and governance of the coronavirus pandemic. Originality/value: The uniqueness of this paper lies in its psycho-political approach, which offered insights into the cognitive undertones that underpin the three leadership failures that emerged from the distinct approaches used by world leaders to prepare for, respond to and recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. The practical recommendations proposed in this paper are hoped to aid better decision-making for leaders faced with the task of managing future public health crises. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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4. What's the catch? Trade-off challenges in early design for sustainability.
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Parolin, Giácomo, McAloone, Tim C., and Pigosso, Daniela C. A.
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SUSTAINABILITY ,ENGINEERING design ,LITERATURE reviews ,DECISION making ,PSYCHOLOGY - Abstract
Trade-offs involving multiple criteria that cannot be satisfied at the same time are ubiquitous in engineering design activities. Navigating trade-off decisions can be challenging, especially when it comes to sustainability-related decisions in early-stage projects. Through a systematic literature review, we unravel the challenges related to sustainability trade-offs in technology development, concept design, and other front-end of innovation activities. The challenges, which were evaluated by experts from industry and academia, range from technical and organisational to psychological aspects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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5. University of Verona Reports Findings in Psychology and Psychiatry (The relevance of the contribution of psychoneuroendocrinoimmunology and psychology of reasoning and decision making to nursing science: A discursive paper).
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DECISION making ,PSYCHIATRY ,NURSES ,PSYCHOLOGY - Abstract
A report from the University of Verona in Italy discusses the potential contributions of psychoneuroendocrinoimmunology (PNEI) and psychology of reasoning and decision-making (PRDM) to nursing science. The article suggests that integrating PNEI and PRDM into nursing theory can improve healthcare decision-making by reducing cognitive biases and medical errors. PNEI explains the relationships between biological systems and the psyche, while PRDM emphasizes the importance of context and connections in problem-solving. The research concludes that a theoretical renewal is necessary to enhance nursing reasoning and priority identification. [Extracted from the article]
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- 2024
6. Putting the Gaming Experience at the Center of the Therapy—The Video Game Therapy ® Approach.
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Bocci, Francesco, Ferrari, Ambra, and Sarini, Marcello
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MENTAL illness treatment ,DRUG addiction ,PROBLEM solving ,RECREATIONAL therapy ,POST-traumatic stress disorder ,MENTAL depression ,DECISION making ,VIDEO games ,PLAY therapy ,ANXIETY ,SOCIAL skills ,PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation ,PSYCHOTHERAPY - Abstract
Simple Summary: Genesis and definition of the VGT
® approach. Video games have been increasingly used as a form of therapy for various mental health conditions. Research has shown that video games can be used to treat conditions such as depression, anxiety, PTSD, and addiction. One of the main benefits of video games in therapy is that they can provide a sense of engagement and immersion that traditional therapy methods may lack. Additionally, video games can teach valuable skills such as problem solving, decision making, and coping strategies. Video games can also simulate real-life scenarios, allowing individuals to practice and improve social skills in a safe and controlled environment. Furthermore, video games can provide feedback and track progress objectively and quantifiably. This paper proposes an approach, the Video Game Therapy® (VGT® ) approach, where game experience is put at the center of the therapy in a tailored way, connecting the individual patient's personality, the therapy's goals, and the suggested type of video game through the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI).VGT® 's core assumption is that playing video games could facilitate patients in reaching conditions where traditional methodologies and therapeutic approaches could work best. VGT® was elaborated according to the Adlerian therapy vision and, consequently, the different phases of Adlerian therapy and VGT® match. Despite the use of video games in psychotherapy might have some adverse effects in specific cases, VGT® is currently used in three associations with positive results in promoting emotional experimentation and literacy, social feeling, sense of identity, and activating cognitive processes. Future developments include expanding the use of VGT® further to validate such results from a statistical point of view. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2023
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7. An Interdisciplinary Re-Perspectivation of the Study of Heuristics, Biases, and Nudges.
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Neuhaus, Till and Curley, Lee John
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PSYCHOLOGICAL research ,PREJUDICES ,HEURISTIC algorithms ,MOTIVATION (Psychology) ,DECISION making - Abstract
The following text starts with an assumption that current psychological research is primarily quantitative in nature and - despite its great contributions - misses out on the potentials lying in an interdisciplinary and thereby multi-methodological approach. To highlight these potentials, this text does three things: Primarily, it looks at the study of heuristics and biases, a much debated and researched field, to illustrate the pitfalls awaiting in a one-sided approach as the study of heuristics and biases has been mostly motivated by the inadequacies of the prior paradigm. Secondly, this text presents scholars from outside of mainstream thinking that have also discussed decision-making and - although in a more abstract form - and arrived at similar results. This, in result, highlights the potential of a historically minded interdisciplinary approach towards decision-making. Lastly, these insights are brought forward as valuable future research objects by further contextualizing them with current problems in decision-making science, these problems stem from the field of legal decision-making. The text overall raises awareness for alternative and interdisciplinary approaches towards psychological research questions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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8. Construction of Cognitive Model of Family Education Decision-Making Based on Neural Network.
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Yao, Wenwen, Zhen, Ying, and Zhang, Yu
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CHILD rearing ,COGNITION ,FAMILIES ,PSYCHOLOGY ,HUMAN services programs ,DECISION making ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,CONCEPTUAL models ,ARTIFICIAL neural networks ,EDUCATIONAL attainment - Abstract
Family's academic cognition influences the family's academic concept, rearing fashion, and academic participation. It is no longer solely associated to kid's bodily and intellectual development; however, additionally associated to household concord and social progress. With the development of the times, the complicated traits of training proceed to pose new challenges to parents. Exploring the composition and operation mechanism of family training decision-making cognition is envisioned to stop up the key to promote parents' orderly coaching participation and home university cooperation. However, the associated lookup of usual cognitive mannequin has terrible steadiness and prediction charge in focus results. This paper constructs a cognitive model of family training decision-making principally based totally on neural network. Through the assessment of relevant data, they have an effect of the cognitive model of family coaching decision-making mainly based totally on neural neighborhood evaluated from the accuracy, root suggest rectangular error RMSE, and AUC curve. The experimental effects exhibit that the prediction accuracy of the cognitive mannequin of household training decision-making primarily based on neural community is 15% greater than that of the standard model, and the cognitive balance of the mannequin is 8.2%. This paper demonstrates the effectiveness, feasibility, and practicability of the mannequin in realistic teaching. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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9. ‘When the saints go marching in’: constructions of senior volunteering in Norwegian government white papers, and in Norwegian senior volunteers’ and health-care professionals’ stories.
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BLIX, BODIL HANSEN and HAMRAN, TORUNN
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PUBLIC administration ,ELDER care ,DECISION making ,DISCOURSE analysis ,FOCUS groups ,HEALTH planning ,INTERVIEWING ,LONELINESS ,MEDICAL needs assessment ,MEDICAL personnel ,NEGOTIATION ,SENSORY perception ,POLICY sciences ,POLITICAL participation ,SELF-efficacy ,SOCIAL participation ,VOLUNTEERS ,NARRATIVE medicine ,OLD age ,PSYCHOLOGY - Abstract
This study explores policy makers’, health-care professionals’ and senior volunteers’ perceptions of senior volunteers. Two Norwegian government white papers regarding older adult care and welfare services, which were published over a period of 19 years, were selected for close examination. Furthermore, focus group interviews with a purposeful sample of five senior volunteers and 15 health-care professionals were conducted. The study explores the discursive formations of senior volunteers in the government white papers and how they are negotiated in the senior volunteers’ and the health-care professionals’ narratives. Two dominant discourses were presented in the white papers: a prevention discourse (in which volunteering was presented primarily as a means to prevent volunteers’ loneliness and need for care services) and a sustainability discourse (in which the volunteers were presented as instrumental in future sustainable care services). Both discourses echo a common overarching discourse about a capacity crisis due to the ageing population. The senior volunteers were positioned as partners and active agents in both their own narratives and the health-care professionals’ narratives. Their position as independent and as spokespersons for the less empowered were evident only in the senior volunteers’ own narratives. Only the health-care professionals referenced the prevention discourse and capacity issues. The senior volunteers presented themselves as competent, efficient political actors, and they resisted both the prevention and sustainability discourses. In the senior volunteers’ narratives, social and political participation were interrelated. The study demonstrates that new discursive landscapes must be created to capture the diversity among senior volunteers and their efforts. While senior volunteers must be meaningfully involved in decision making, planning and design, their positions as independent and active agents must also be ensured. Authentic partnerships between senior volunteers and public care services involve a balance between involvement and independence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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10. Enhancing Athlete Engagement in Sport Psychology Interventions Using Motivational Interviewing: A Case Study.
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Mack, Rory J., Breckon, Jeff D., O'Halloran, Paul D., and Butt, Joanne
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SPORTS psychology ,COGNITIVE therapy ,PSYCHOLOGY ,DECISION making ,ATHLETES - Abstract
Clear reporting of the counseling approach (and theoretical underpinning) applied by sport psychologists is often missing, with a tendency to focus on intervention content rather than therapeutic processes and relationship building. Well-defined psychotherapies such as motivational interviewing (MI) can help fill this void and provide an underpinning counseling approach (in an athlete-centered manner) as a framework for delivering interventions such as psychological-skills training (PST). This article describes the role of MI as a framework on which PST sport psychology interventions can be mapped and delivered. The paper presents an athlete case study to explain the role of MI at each phase of the interaction. Robust, well-defined applications of MI in sport require further research, although evidence from other psychological domains suggests that it can be successfully blended into sporting contexts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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