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Bullying is a serious problem for many adolescents, and one that can have detrimental effects on normal developmental processes, as chronic and severe bullying can obstruct the fulfilment of essential psychological needs. However, there are currently few targeted interventions available for chronic and severe bullying cases. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the Red Balloon Learner Centres (RBLC) which are a full time personal and academic recovery programme for bullied adolescents. A mixed-methodology was utilised, and quantitative outcome measures included: depression, anxiety and trauma symptoms, self-esteem and academic engagement and self-concept. The study was non equivalent groups design (NEGD) and incorporated a comparison group of bullied adolescents from Hertfordshire local authority (LA). The aim was to compare the recovery process between groups over time by taking an initial baseline measure, and conducting follow-up assessments every three months. Both groups demonstrated significant improvements in outcome variables over time, but there were no significant differences between groups at six month follow-up on any outcome variable. Both groups reported similar recovery themes that related to need fulfilment in the areas of safety and security, control, belonging and self-esteem. Recovery is not just the absence of internalising symptomology, but constructive fulfilment of needs. Social needs were felt to be most affected by chronic and severe bullying and most difficult to fulfil constructively. It is recommended that interventions for chronically and severely bullied adolescents should enable constructive need fulfilment, which may involve changes to the ethos and culture of schools, collaborative therapeutic intervention and targeted skill building.

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The study of work-life balance, teleworking, and diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility are increasingly studied among scholars using different theoretical frameworks. However, no study examines work-life balance, teleworking, and diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility as needs in these contemporary times that, when met, lead to higher employee job satisfaction. Existing scholarship suggests that employee job satisfaction is a function of needs. However, with globalization, human needs have changed to include social justice concerns and the desire to have a more fulfilling family life. When organizations respond to these needs, it leads to employee job satisfaction, which ultimately improves organizational performance. This dissertation proposes a Contemporary Needs Theory of employee job satisfaction and contends that work-life balance, teleworking, and diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) are contemporary needs that influence employee job satisfaction. Just as physiological, safety, love, self-esteem, and self-actualization needs are important, so are efforts to meet needs that contribute to work-life balance, teleworking, and DEIA policies. Using the 2022 federal employee viewpoint survey data and multivariate regression analysis, the findings indicate that work-life balance, teleworking, and commitment to DEIA policies contribute to employee job satisfaction. The study's policy and management implications inform researchers and practitioners of the socio-demographic dimensions affecting federal employee job satisfaction, the need for the federal government to examine policies from a historical perspective, and more effective ways of managing organizations. The study recommends that policymakers constantly review their policies and evaluate the workplace for disparities, cultural changes, and policy effect on employee behavior.

Tidigare undersökningar av motivationen att utöva friluftsliv har identifierat motiv som social samvaro, fysisk aktivitet, naturupplevelser och avkoppling, dock har området mest berörts i samband med planering och förvaltning av naturområden. Den här studien har undersökt motiv bakom människans friluftslivsutövande i syfte att förstå dessa drivkrafter i relation till mänskliga behov. Studien bestod av 31 deltagare från olika delar av Sverige, i åldrarna 22-75 med varierande sysselsättning, friluftslivs-utbildning, civilstatus och nationalitet, varav 16 kvinnor. Data samlades in genom att deltagarna fick skriva berättelser om sin motivation. Det insamlade materialet meningskoncentrerades och analysen resulterade i att tre abstrakta motiv kunde urskiljas: (1) att komma bort från något, samt (2) att få inre och (3) yttre stimulans. Utövandet har visat sig tillfredsställa flertalet behov och främjar på så vis välmående. Vidare bidrar studien till kunskap om vad den friluftsaktiva individen upplever att hon behöver. Resultaten stämmer väl överens med tidigare forskning.

This qualitative phenomenological study was designed to gain an in-depth understanding of the lived experiences of Nigerian citizens on corruption and conflict. A review of the literature found a gap in the understanding of the lived experiences of participants on corruption and conflict in Nigeria, and this study was designed to fill that gap. Using a purposeful sampling method, the investigator targeted 20 Nigerian citizens who have experienced corruption and conflict. The phenomenological method provided the basis for a reflective structural analysis that exposes the meanings and essences of the lived experiences of the participants on corruption and conflict in Nigeria. Participant interviews showed that many Nigerians encounter bribery on a daily basis because of the following reasons: they were encouraged by a perceived culture of greed, a culture of impunity, a culture of impropriety and a culture of no accountability. All of the participants indicated the need to survive the harsh realities of living in Nigeria. The study revealed a broad variety of corruption and conflict situations in Nigeria. This dissertation adds value and richness to existing body of knowledge, which suggested to policy makers, advocates and civil society of the need to develop policies and strategies to stem corruption as part of a wider strategy for resolving the negative conflicts that currently characterize the socio-political and economic landscape of Nigeria. Overall, as part of the major contributions and objectives, this dissertation illuminated the psychological impacts of corruption and conflict in Nigeria. In other words, this research bridged the gap between the social structural understandings and impacts of corruption and the personal component.

Tanzania’s natural resources are national resources for the benefit of all Tanzanian citizens (The Arusha Declaration, 1967). The liberalization of the Mining Industry in the mid-1990s sparked hope in the country that the socio-economic status of all citizens across the nation would improve as a result of the mineral resource revenues obtained by the Government of Tanzania. Contemporary literature on mining in Tanzania has mostly riveted on issues surrounding a triangular relationship between the mining girdle and its population, foreign mining companies, and the Government of Tanzania. Hardly any attention has been given to the non-mining rural districts where the poor majority reside. This qualitative study using a phenomenological approach explored the shared experiences of citizens living in non-mining rural districts and their ascribed meanings of inequitable distributive realities in mineral resource revenues in Tanzania. The study employed the theories of relative deprivation and human needs for the theoretical framework. Study findings revealed seven core essences: socio-economic insecurity, inequity and injustice, communication and trust, investment and technology, moral leadership and human capital, growth and a culture of dependency. Understanding these essences should help determine policies and practices that promote equitable distribution of not only mineral resource wealth but also in other types of natural resource wealth found in the country; allowing for a true/win-win tri-partnership relationship involving all stake-holders: Tanzanian citizens, foreign investors, and the Government of Tanzania.

Syftet med denna studie är att beskriva och förstå hur lärare i företagsekonomi uppfattar elevers motivation och elevers motstånd till arbete med bokföringsprogram i undervisningen. Denna studie bygger på en kvalitativ forskningsmetod. De empiriska materialen har samlats in i form av semistrukturerade intervjuer av fem lärare i företagsekonomi, som använder bokföringsprogram i sin undervisning. Denna studie föreslår en sammanslagning av Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) och Basic Psychological Needs Theory (BPNT) i motivationen för att beskriva och förstå elevernas positiva eller negativa beteendemässiga intention till arbete med bokföringsprogram. Studien visar att lärare uppfattar att koppling till verkligheten, positiv återkoppling, tillgänglighet till bokföringsprogrammet och bokföringsprogrammets automatiska funktioner spelar en motiverande roll för eleverna i arbete med bokföringsprogrammet. Å andra sidan visar studien att lärare uppfattar att faktorer som svårigheter att komma igång med programmet, bristen på lärarnas digitala kompetens och elevernas svaga teoretiska kunskaper om bokföring utgör motståndsfaktorer för elever i arbetet. Utifrån studiens resultat kan slutsatser dras om att uppfylla elevers behov av autonomi, kompetens och samhörighet främjar upplevd nytta och upplevda användarvänlighet för bokföringsprogrammet, vilket leder till främjandet av inre motivation för arbete med det. Å andra sidan, minskning av elevers upplevda kompetens leder till att minska sin upplevda nytta och upplevda användarvänlighet för bokföringsprogrammet, vilket försvagar deras inre motivation för arbete med det.

Det finns många studier som handlar om digitalisering i den svenska skolan, särskilt i ämnet företagsekonomi. De flesta av dessa studier undersöker lärarnas perspektiv men elevernas erfarenheter ignoreras ofta. Några av dessa forskare har föreslagit att även undersöka elevernas perspektiv. Syftet med denna studie är att lyfta fram och förstå hur elever beskriver motivation och svårigheter i arbetet med bokföringsprogram i företagsekonomi. Denna studie grundar sig i en kvalitativ forskningsmetod. De empiriska materialen har samlats in i form av semistrukturerade intervjuer med nio elever. Basic Psychological Needs Theory (BPNT) används för att analysera resultaten. Studien visar att koppling till framtiden, en önskan att använda modern teknik samt enkelhet är faktorer som motiverar eleverna att använda bokföringsprogram. De svårigheter de möter handlar om begränsat med tid till uppgifterna och för lite återkoppling från lärarna, vilket kan leda till att man inte riktigt förstår programmet samt behov av teoretiska kunskaper. Studiens resultat visar att läraren har en central roll när det gäller att uppfylla de grundläggande psykologiska behoven av autonomi, kompetens och samhörighet hos eleverna. Dessa behov förstärker elevernas önskan att lära och ger dem både självförtroende och nöje att använda bokföringsprogrammet, vilket i sin tur främjar inre motivation och fler färdigheter. Avsaknaden av ett av dessa tre behov riskerar att leda till att eleverna, när de möter svårigheter, kommer att bli avskräckta och mindre motiverade.