Suicide is a prevalent and international problem which has substantive economic and psychological consequences. This has led to governments placing prevention of suicide as a priority on healthcare agendas. Recognition has been given to vulnerable groups in society that have been identified as being at particularly high risk of self-harm and suicide. This includes those in contact with mental health and forensic services. There is a great deal of literature that has considered the risk factors, processes and mechanisms associated with suicide. Comparatively only a small amount of literature has looked at the concept of suicidality within restricted samples such as psychiatric inpatients and prisoners. This may be as a consequence of extensive ethical and procedural processes that are involved in conducting research in such settings. This results in it being necessary to continually make generalisations from community based literature, meaning that factors relating specifically to such settings may be overlooked or underestimated. In the first paper, the initial sections consider existing risk assessments and models of suicidality. Predominantly being structured around static risk factors, means they are often criticised for lacking predictive utility and specificity. Literature examining dynamic psychosocial factors of suicidality in restricted samples was reviewed and 20 articles were identified. A wide range of dynamic correlates are presented. These form a theoretical model of suicidality specific to restricted samples. The clinical and theoretical implications are discussed in terms of risk assessment procedures and adapting and shaping interventions in accordance with the findings. Developing risk assessments around more dynamic factors will allow for greater sensitivity and prediction of those at greatest risk of imminent harm. The second, empirical paper supports the promotion of recovery focused practice and explores the relationship between suicidality and perceived personal agency in patients in secure mental health settings; Personal agency having previously been suggested as conferring resilience to suicidality. Psychometric measures and experience sampling methodology were utilised to examine the relationship. Perceptions of personal agency were found to confer resilience against suicidality. Change in perceptions of personal agency was not associated with suicidality but the overall level of personal agency was. Implications for service delivery are discussed with emphasis given to fostering perceptions of agency, control and self-efficacy and promoting inclusion, empowerment and person centred care. The final paper provides a personal and a critical reflection on the research process. It highlights and discusses clinical and theoretical strengths and limitations of the two papers and considers the methodological processes of both papers in more detail. Further reflections on how practice could be adapted in line with the findings are given. Future directions for research within secure settings are considered, in the hope of maintaining the drive for research with this vulnerable and often overlooked population.

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Despite the efforts of maternal advocates and feminists through 150 years or more, a great many mothers today feel dissatisfied, shortchanged, and/or inadequate in their own lives. Even those who have reckoned with the fact that standards for mothering are absurdly out of synch with the real lives that families are living in contemporary times, or have carved out comfortable personal and familial space for themselves just beyond, or far beyond, the margins of mainstream motherhood ideologies, often struggle nevertheless with a needling sense of unrest and lack of personal agency. Further, women who agree that maternal empowerment is an important point of focus for social justice may not feel positioned to organize on behalf of mother activism. This essay explores ways that mothers can hold on to the continued struggle for maternal empowerment by letting go of some of the psychological barriers to living fully and purposefully as mothers. Focusing on personal agency as a form of maternal activism, Kinser examines ways for forgiving and embracing the humanity of our own mothers or maternal figures, our selves, and our children that can serve as powerful catalysts for significant change on personal and political scales.

The purpose of this study is to investigate the role of gender, age, duration of relationship, self concept clarity and personal agency in predicting romantic relationship satisfaction of emerging adults. Participants were consisted of 344 (70.3% female, 29.7% male) volunteered undergraduate students from one of the state universities in Central Anatolia. Age of the participants ranged from 18 to 25 with the mean of 20. 85 (SD = 1.65). The data was gathered using four instruments namely, Relationship Assessment Scale (RAS), Self Concept Clarity Scale (SCCS), Multi-Measure Agentic Personality Scale- Short Form (MAPSSF), and personal information form. In order to analyze the data, hierarchical regression analysis was conducted. Results revealed that gender, age and duration of relationship were not significant predictors of romantic relationship satisfaction / whereas self concept clarity and purpose in life dimension of personal agency were significant predictors which explained the 12% of the total variance in romantic relationship satisfaction scores of emerging adults. Results of the study are discussed in the light of the relevant literature. Finally implications of the study and recommendations for further research are presented.

At present, every employer is aware of how important it is to have a reliable employee. The busy time forces the employer to save costs. Costs include time. These costs can be saved by a personal agency. The personal agency specializes in recruiting and selecting employees. We must be familiar with basic concepts, history of human resources and the problems connected with this area. The procedures that the selected agency uses in its processes are observed. Data are obtained from three different personal agencies and personnel departments are gathered through standardized and non-standardized interviews and questionnaire surveys. Results are obtained from graphs. Based on the data and their analysis, problem areas are defined and appropriate recommendations to staffing agencies are made.

This paper addresses the issue of the implementation of CRM in the personnel agency flowr s.r.o. The aim is to analyze the state of the use of CRM in the company, to identify possible areas for improvement, design and implement measures that will optimize the use of CRM and evaluate the impact of this work on the use of CRM in the company. Objectives of the paper are fulfilled by the analysis of the company and its needs, identifying key issues and the establishment and implementation of the plan, which aims to eliminate these problems. The paper looks at user requirements from two perspectives, namely in terms of structure (analytical, operational and collaborative CRM) and from the perspective of the user relationship to the use of IS/ICT (user experience). The realized optimization plan is evaluated by questionnaire survey among company employees. The results show that even the fulfillment of all the requirements for CRM regarding covered system functionality is not sufficient for users acceptance. The main obstacles leading to a negative attitude are identified, originating from combination of previous unreliability and complexity of the solution and the errors occurring in the course of implementation.

The diploma thesis is focused on the topic of creation a business plan for a personal agency with specialization on information technology industry. There are described general rules of writing the business plan as well as specifics of personal agencies in the theoretical part. The practical part applies this theoretical knowledge on the specific case and there is also a feasibility analysis of such a project. Practical part follows the theoretical one and applies the knowlege sucha s marketing plan, financial plan etc. on the specific project. There is also analysis of micro and macro environment.

The purpose of this study is to describe how university honors calculus students negotiate meaning and language for conceptually important ideas through mathematical discourse. Mathematical discourse has been recognized as an important topic by mathematics education researchers of various theoretical perspectives. This study is written from a perspective that merges symbolic interactionism (Blumer, 1969) with personal agency (Walter & Gerson, 2007) to assert that human choice reflects, but is not determined by, meanings that are primarily developed through social interaction. The process of negotiation of meaning is identified, described, and analyzed in the discourse of four students and their professor as they draw conclusions about the volume of water in a reservoir based on graphs of inflow and outflow. Video data, participant work, and transcript were analyzed using grounded theory and other qualitative techniques to develop three narrative accounts. The first narrative highlights the participants' use of personal pronouns and personal experience to negotiate meaning for the conventional mathematical terms "inflection" and "concavity." The second narrative describes how the participants' choices in discourse reflect an effort to represent both their mathematical and experiential understandings correctly as they negotiate language to describe critical "zero points." The third narrative describes the participants' process of mapping analogical language and meaning from the context of motion to the context of water in a reservoir. Analysis of these three narratives from the perspective of conventional and ordinary mathematical language suggests that the contextualized study of mathematics may provide students access to mathematical discourse if the relevant mappings between mathematical language and language from other appropriate contexts are made explicit. Analysis from the perspective of social speech (Piaget 1997/1896) suggests that specific uses of personal pronouns, personal experience, and revoicing (O'Connor & Michaels, 1996) may serve to invite students to become participants in mathematical discourse. An agency-based definition of mathematical discourse is suggested for application in research and practice.

Effective professional development is vital for improving mathematics teaching (National Council of Teachers of Mathematics [NCTM], 2007), so studying effective professional development programs is important to the field of mathematics education. This case study presents findings on one teacher, Rebecca, and her experiences in a five-semester mathematics professional development for elementary teachers. The participants in this professional development engaged in collaborative problem solving of challenging mathematical tasks over extended periods of time. I used qualitative research methods based on grounded theory methodology (Charmaz, 2006) to analyze Rebecca's entrance and exit surveys, video data of Rebecca's individual interviews, and video data of Rebecca and her collaborative group problem solving in the professional development. Analysis shows that through the professional development program, Rebecca had transformative experiences which led to significant changes in her perspectives and practices. This case study contributes to the field of mathematics education a better understanding of the transformations teachers can experience through professional development as well as some particular conditions for professional development programs to be successful in offering teachers opportunities for transformative experiences.

Thesis describes level of current use of internet within Advanced Search Technology and suggests further possibilities of internet tools involvement into the company business processes. Main target of the thesis is to monitor processes of current business model, to identify the tools used in them and define role of the tools for particular process. Thesis further analyses the use of these tools regarding current trends, company competitors and the data observed by questionaire sent to employees, candidates and competitors of Advanced Search Technology. Minor target is to find an innovative use of new tools or identify potential of use of the currently used tools. The thesis contains a proposal for networking platform within online communities Facebook and LinkedIn.