scholarly journals Quellen des "Querdenkertums". Eine politische Soziologie der Corona-Proteste in Baden-Württemberg

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nadine Frei ◽  
Oliver Nachtwey
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Secondary Analysis ◽  
The Political ◽  
Mixed Methods Approach ◽  
Quantitative Survey ◽  
Politische Soziologie ◽  
Guiding Questions

The present study was guided by two research-guiding questions: a) What are the special characteristics of the Querdenken movement in Baden-Württemberg? b) Why is the Querdenken movement so strongly rooted in Baden-Württemberg? An explorative mixed-methods approach was chosen for our research. By means of qualitative interviews with Corona critics, analyses of field experts, ethnographic observations, and a secondary analysis of our quantitative survey in Telegram groups, we drew conclusions and tentative analyses about the Querdenken movement in the political map of Baden-Württemberg.

Management of e-resources in academic libraries in Ghana: Copyright implications

IFLA Journal ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 034003522110271
Author(s):  
Theresa L Adu ◽  
Thomas B van der Walt
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Academic Libraries ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Digital Resources ◽  
Mixed Methods Approach ◽  
Sequential Mixed Methods ◽  
Library Staff

This study investigated the copyright issues surrounding the management of e-resources in academic libraries in Ghana. Forty-seven library staff and head librarians from four academic libraries were engaged using questionnaires and qualitative interviews in a sequential mixed-methods approach to generate data for this study. The findings indicate that in all four institutions copyright issues arose with the provision of distance learning, online courses and e-reserves services. All the respondents stated that they or their colleagues had had faculty ask questions on copyright issues. However, the professional librarians indicated that the library was not consulted and the instructors for online courses or distance education programmes did not cooperate with librarians; rather, the department posting the materials made the decisions on copyright regarding the usage of digital resources for distance learning, online courses or e-reserves. This does not augur well for the management of copyright of e-resources in academic libraries in Ghana.

The Path to Adulthood: A Mixed-Methods Approach to the Exploration of the Experiences of Unaccompanied Minors in Portugal

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carla Moleiro ◽  
Sandra Roberto
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Residential Care ◽  
Host Country ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Autobiographical Narratives ◽  
Unaccompanied Minors ◽  
Mixed Methods Approach ◽  
Age Of Majority ◽  
The Voice

Abstract Unaccompanied minors who reach the age of majority often experience this transition as a complex stage. Insecurity and helplessness may arise and, in some cases, survival without the support of the institutions and services that previously protected them as minors in the host country may mean becoming at risk for social exclusion. The objective of the present study was to characterize unaccompanied minors in Portugal (N = 67) and understand the processes of transition into the age of majority, using a mixed-methods approach. Quantitative (survey) and qualitative (interviews on autobiographical narratives) methodologies were used as a means of acknowledging the voice of minors/young adults in their trajectories and experiences. Two groups were included, with minors (in residential care) and youths who had already reached adulthood (living independently). Results illustrate diverse reasons for arrival in Portugal and distinct strengths and struggles in the integration experiences, with both positive and negative aspects being identified in the transition to autonomy.

Leadership in a time of financial crisis: what do we want from our leaders?

2015 ◽  
Vol 36 (5) ◽  
pp. 612-627 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arlene Haddon ◽  
Catherine Loughlin ◽  
Corinne McNally
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Sex Role ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Crisis Leadership ◽  
Organizational Crisis ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mixed Methods Approach ◽  
Nuanced Understanding ◽  
Method Approach

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to gain a nuanced understanding of what employees want from leaders in an organizational crisis context. Design/methodology/approach – The authors use a mixed methods approach to explore employee leadership preferences during organizational crisis and non-crisis times using the Multi Factor Leadership Questionnaire (Avolio and Bass, 2004), and qualitative interviews. The authors also investigate sex roles using the Bem Sex Role Inventory (Bem, 1981). Findings – The mixed method approach reveals some potential limitations in how leadership is typically measured. The qualitative findings highlight employees’ expectations of leaders to take action quickly while simultaneously engaging in continuous communication with employees during crisis. None of the components of transformational leadership encapsulate this notion. Originality/value – The mixed methods approach is novel in the crisis leadership literature. Had the authors relied solely on the quantitative measures, the importance of continuous communication during crisis would not have been apparent. As a result of this approach, the findings suggest that widely used and accepted measures of leadership may not adequately capture leadership in a crisis context. This is timely as it aligns with current literature which questions the way this construct is operationalized (Van Knippenberg and Sitkin, 2013).

scholarly journals How Effective Is Youth Volunteering as an Employment Strategy? A Mixed Methods Study of England

Sociology ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 54 (4) ◽  
pp. 763-781
Author(s):  
Bryony Hoskins ◽  
Pauline Leonard ◽  
Rachel Wilde
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Citizenship Education ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Longitudinal Survey ◽  
Mixed Methods Study ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Mixed Methods Approach ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Support Policy ◽  
The Relationship

Volunteering is routinely advocated in British policy as a key mechanism for young people to gain employment, but with little evidence of its viability as a strategy. Indeed, the limited research in this area suggests the link is weak and that access to good quality volunteering is differentiated along class lines. This article draws on a mixed methods approach, using survey data from the Citizenship Education Longitudinal Survey and qualitative interviews, to analyse the relationship between youth volunteering and employment. It finds that volunteering is not unequivocally beneficial for employment, particularly if it does not offer career-related experience or is imposed rather than self-initiated. It can even have a negative effect on employment. Furthermore, social class mediates access to volunteering opportunities most likely to convert into employment. We conclude there is little evidence to support policy assumptions that, in the short term, volunteering has a positive relationship to paid employment.

scholarly journals Investigating Mobile Banking Continuance Intention: A Mixed-Methods Approach

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Imdadullah Hidayat-ur-Rehman ◽  
Arshad Ahmad ◽  
Muhammad Nauman Khan ◽  
Shamsul Anuar Mokhtar
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Emerging Market ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Perceived Usefulness ◽  
Mobile Banking ◽  
Mixed Methods Approach ◽  
Perceived Security ◽  
Managerial Implications ◽  
Security Concerns

Building on IS research, this study investigates m-banking continuance from an emerging market perspective. Using a mixed-methods approach, the study presents m-banking continuance phenomenon through an integrated model. Study 1 focuses on qualitative interviews of mobile banking users, whereas study 2 empirically tests the conceptual model derived from literature and the results of study 1. Study 1 reveals three additional constructs, perceived ubiquity, perceived autonomy, and perceived security concerns to the existing literature-based constructs. However, the results of study 2—a survey of 390 m-banking users—provide empirical evidence to support the hypotheses drawn in the proposed conceptual model. The results reveal that perceived ubiquity, perceived usefulness, satisfaction, facilitating conditions, perceived security concerns, and trust have emerged as significant direct influencers on m-banking continuance. Moreover, the study offers practical academic and managerial implications regarding m-banking.

scholarly journals Mixed Methods Research: A Comprehensive Approach for Study into the New Zealand Voluntary Carbon Market

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Birchall ◽  
Maya Murphy ◽  
Markus Milne
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Mixed Methods Research ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Carbon Market ◽  
Qualitative Inquiry ◽  
Wicked Problem ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Mixed Methods Approach

Climate change and solutions to solving this wicked problem require a mixed methods research approach that draws on quantitative and qualitative inquiry together. The purpose of this article is to demonstrate the applicability (and effectiveness) of a mixed methods approach applied to research into the voluntary carbon market (VCM), a key path available for organisations electing to offset their carbon emissions, in New Zealand. The mixed methods approach included three unique data sets (quantitative documents, quantitative surveys, qualitative in-depth interviews), and was both explanatory (qualitative interviews built upon and contextualized the document analysis and survey results) and convergent (data sets were examined separately, then, as they represent different aspects of the same phenomenon, were combined for analysis). These complementary methods were used to gain a fuller picture of the evolution and institutional dynamics of the VCM field in order to produce a comprehensive case study.

Challenges in Inpatient Care Coordinators’ Clinical Workflow and Opportunities in Designing a Health IT Solution (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danny T.Y. Wu ◽  
Paul Murdock ◽  
Scott Vennemeyer ◽  
Sarah Salomone ◽  
Keyin Jin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Travel Time ◽  
Inpatient Care ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Clinical Workflow ◽  
Mixed Methods Approach ◽  
Event Logs ◽  
Care Coordinators

BACKGROUND Inpatient care coordinators (ICCs) play a critical role in case management and care transition because they address patient needs by referring them to available services and facilities prior to discharge. ICCs tend to spend a significant amount of time reviewing patient charts and documenting the cases using Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems. However, significant knowledge gaps exist regarding their clinical workflow and potential use of health information technology to improve work efficiency and job satisfaction. OBJECTIVE We aimed to address the gap by answering the research questions: 1) what is a typical day of an inpatient care coordinator? 2) what challenges exist in terms of their care delivery and documentation activities? and 3) what patterns in the EHR event logs reinforce our findings from the qualitative interviews? In addition, we aimed to demonstrate the feasibility of our novel mixed-method approach to study clinical workflow. METHODS A mixed-methods approach was developed and employed to understand ICCs workflow patterns and identify existing barriers to workflow. This approach involved data collection from semi-structured interviews and EHR event logs to construct a generalizable picture of all ICC workflow at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center (UCMC). The study consisted of 12 qualitative interviews with ICCs at UCMC, and their EHR event logs for one month. The qualitative interviews were analyzed using thematic analysis and the event logs were analyzed using statistical and pattern analysis. RESULTS We identified three major workflow barriers faced by ICCs: long travel time, heavy documentation load, and suboptimal communication. The event logs provided empirical evidence to support the workflow barriers identified during the semi-structured interviews, especially in travel time and documentation load. CONCLUSIONS ICC workflow has several inefficiencies. We recommend a mobile-based informatics solution with streamlined, intelligent, and EHR-linked documentation support. Our mixed-methods approach can be applied to other clinical settings and healthcare institutions. CLINICALTRIAL NA

Ministers, Gender and Political Appointments

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-22
Author(s):  
Bonnie N. Field
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Statistical Analyses ◽  
The Political ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Mixed Methods Approach ◽  
Political Actors ◽  
Political Sphere ◽  
Women Ministers ◽  
Political Appointments ◽  
Context Shapes

Abstract This study examines whether the sex of the selector matters for advancing women's inclusion in politics and how the political context shapes selectors’ preferences and behaviour. It focuses on an under-researched area – the political appointments ministers make in their ministerial departments – and thus sheds light on the conditions under which women access appointed office. It analyses six governments in Spain between 1996 and 2018, using a mixed methods approach that includes statistical analyses of political appointments and interviews with former ministers. It finds that women ministers, as individuals, did not appoint more women than men ministers did at any time. However, women's presence is highly relevant. In more gender-balanced political contexts, men and women ministers appointed more women. Moreover, the context changed, in part because critical political actors pushed for it. This imbued a new political sphere, subcabinet-appointed offices, with representational significance.

scholarly journals Exploring the Nexus between Migration and Social Positions using a Mixed Methods Approach

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 114-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ingrid Tucci ◽  
Joanna J. Fröhlich ◽  
Inka Stock
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Cultural Capital ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Legal Status ◽  
Multiple Correspondence Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Structural Constraints ◽  
Mixed Methods Approach ◽  
Linguistic Skills

Using a mixed methods approach, this article analyses the nexus between migration and social positions drawing on recent survey data on migrants who have arrived in Germany after 1994 from the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), as well as qualitative interviews with 26 respondents to the survey. Drawing on a Bourdieusian forms of capital approach (Bourdieu, 1986) and applying the method of Multiple Correspondence Analysis (MCA) to the SOEP survey data, we highlight two dimensions structuring the nexus between migration and social positions in Germany: (1) capital related to legal status and multiple migration and (2) (trans)national cultural capital. Through a cluster analysis based on the MCA results, we then identify and describe four profiles of migrants characterised by distinct configurations of cultural capital (social class background, education and linguistic skills before and after settlement), legal status (citizenship and status at migration), experiences of multiple cross-border movements and social positions: the ‘foreign working-class,’ the ‘foreign middle class,’ the ‘adapted German migrants,’ and the ‘young highly educated urbans.’ The complementary analysis of the qualitative data allows us to go further in understanding some of the factors that may play a role in shaping migrants’ social position(ing) in the four clusters. In particular, we show that resources such as determination and perseverance can be crucial for some migrants to counter structural constraints related to their legal status in transferring or accessing cultural capital, and that linguistic skills are also used by some migrants as a marker of social distinction.

Drivers of SMS advertising acceptance: a mixed-methods approach

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 96-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yousra Bakr ◽  
Ahmed Tolba ◽  
Hakim Meshreki
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Brand Equity ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Perceived Value ◽  
Perceived Usefulness ◽  
Integrative Model ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mixed Methods Approach

Purpose The study aims to identify and explore the antecedents to short message service (SMS) advertising acceptance as an effect to the entire process of communicating the SMS ad. Design/methodology/approach The study follows a sequential mixed-methods approach, starting with qualitative interviews, to build the research model following the grounded theory approach and then a quantitative survey study to apply the model to two types of ads (discount and notification ads). Findings Perceived value, ad trust and channel acceptance are crucial to the attitude towards SMS ads. Relevance, content, brand equity and perceived usefulness are significant triggers to perceived value and trust, with an emphasis on importance of brand equity in trusting discount ads. Practical/implications Accurate targeting and personalisation are crucial to ensure that SMS ads are useful and relevant to recipients. SMS advertising is more effective when the recipients are already connected with the brand. Including the brand name as the sender increases both value and trust. Transparency and adequate information are important for gaining trust especially for discount ads. Originality/value The study proposes an integrative model for SMS advertising acceptance after a rigorous consideration of all elements in the process of communicating the SMS ad following the GTA. The study also highlights the differences between the acceptance models for discount and notification ads.

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