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Intuition usually is defined as the capability to act or decide appropriately without deliberately and consciously balancing alternatives, without following a certain rule or routine, and possibly without awareness (Gigerenzer, 2007; Hogarth, 2001; Klein, 2003; Myers, 2002). It allows action which is quick (e.g. reaction to a challenging situation) and surprising, in the sense that it is extraordinary in performance level or shape. This paper reports theories of intuition and their empirical evidence in the field of professional work. It aims at reporting the state of research on intuition, discussing the relevance of different approaches for analyzing work performance, and describing challenges for future empirical research in the domain of professional working life.

This project responded to the concerns of experienced community health workers who worked with people who had mental illness and resided in Supported Residential Facilities (SRFs) in South Australia. They had identified that urinary and faecal incontinence was common for this group of people and yet it was an issue that had not previously been addressed. The aim of the research was to develop continence promotion strategies specifically for community dwelling people who have mental illness. The aim of this article is to articulate the authors' reflections of the way learning was facilitated by collaboratively researching with people who have debilitating and enduring mental illness. The authors facilitated 10 Participatory Action Research (PAR) group meetings with people with mental illness and who experienced incontinence during 2002. Using a collaborative research process, participants were facilitated to "look, think and act". That was to look at possible reasons for incontinence, identify self-management strategies and to take action to achieve self-selected goals. In this way, participants sought practical strategies for lifestyle modification and awareness raising, with a strong chance of successful uptake.

Abstract Aim To present alternative stories of ageing that countered the prevailing negative stereotypes of older people by interviewing centenarians about their lives. Method Sixteen healthy UK centenarian volunteers were [...]

This article describes an ongoing interdisciplinary research study (1) with community-dwelling people living with dementia. The article focuses on one person living with dementia, her family and support group. Seven people were interviewed and their stories woven into one narrative. Our interest is in her self-identity, which we explore through a participatory story-telling approach. In gathering stories with all people who are significant in her life we have observed that what is driving the stories is an ethical imperative that is shared across her social network. We have described this as an imperative to 'curate' her self-identity. 'Curation' combines telling 'about', 'for' and potentially 'with' the person living with dementia in interactions which reproduce and reconfirm her self-identity. We propose that the notion of curation offers a way in which people, research participants, significant others and health care professionals, can think differently about living with dementia. In particular, we argue that curation enables the person to be acknowledged in interaction as an individual with a coherent, evolving identity which spans past, present and future. Keywords dementia; identity; narrative; interaction; social network; participatory research, Introduction Current diagnosis, treatment and care of people living with dementia often neglects their changing identities and particular biographical, historical and relational contexts. Whilst some aspects of identity like age, [...]