Submitted by Rafael Santana (rafael.silvasantana@ufpe.br) on 2017-06-09T17:49:53Z No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 811 bytes, checksum: e39d27027a6cc9cb039ad269a5db8e34 (MD5) TESE VERSÃO DA DEFESA final pdf.pdf: 4894045 bytes, checksum: aeb3356b96ce57a02eedaa7e72dfda84 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-06-09T17:49:53Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 811 bytes, checksum: e39d27027a6cc9cb039ad269a5db8e34 (MD5) TESE VERSÃO DA DEFESA final pdf.pdf: 4894045 bytes, checksum: aeb3356b96ce57a02eedaa7e72dfda84 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-02-29 / FACEPE / Esta tese objetiva analisar questões que se apresentam na fronteira entre história e literatura tendo a Academia Pernambucana de Letras (APL) e seus fundadores como fio condutor da problemática central: Como se constituiu o campo literário na virada do século XIX para o século XX na cidade do Recife? As fontes consultadas para constituir a narrativa foram revistas literárias, jornais, almanaques, livros de romances, crônicas, folhetins, poesia, contos, bem como um diálogo com a historiografia que versa a respeito da literatura brasileira, do livro e da leitura. A partir de um suporte teórico e metodológico da História Cultural, em especial de conceitos de autores como Pierre Bourdieu, Michel de Certeau, Roger Chartier e do trabalho prosopográfico sugerido por Laurence Stone procurou-se enxergar a literatura de determinado período como fonte e como meio para entender as relações pessoais, os jogos sentimentais, o imaginário de um grupo social e as práticas sociais. Investigouse também as práticas de produção e circulação da literatura de ficção elaborada pelos literatos que viveram no Recife durante o período de transição do século XIX para o XX. É um trabalho que buscou contribuir para minimizar a vacância de pesquisas que existe nos estudos sobre a literatura pernambucana no período em tela e ao fazer uso de escritos existentes em arquivos diversos e de um aparato historiográfico denotou-se a necessidade de conhecer a constituição do campo literário recifense e suas nuances. / This thesis aims to analyze issues that arise on the border between history and literature with the Pernambuco Academy of Letters (APL) and its founders as a guide the central problem: As was the literary field at the turn of the nineteenth to the twentieth century in the city Recife? The sources consulted to constitute the narrative were literary magazines, newspapers, almanacs, books of novels, essays, pamphlets, poetry, short stories, as well as a dialogue with historiography which deals about the Brazilian literature, books and reading. From a theoretical and methodological support of cultural history, especially the concepts of authors such as Pierre Bourdieu, Michel de Certeau, Roger Chartier and prosopographical work suggested by Laurence Stone tried to see the specific literature period as a source and as a means to understand personal relationships, sentimental games, the imagination of a social group and social practices. It also investigated the production and circulation practices of fiction literature prepared by writers who lived in Recife during the XIX century transition period to the twentieth. It is a work that sought to help reduce the vacancy of research that exists in studies of Pernambuco literature in the period screen and make use of existing written in multiple files and a historiographical apparatus is denoted a need to know the structure of the field Recife literary and its nuances.

Women working in the current Canadian academic system face challenges which their male colleagues do not; one such challenge lies in dressing for work in the university setting. This paper examines the role dress plays in the workplace experiences of female professors at a large Canadian academic research institution. Through on-line and face-to-face focus groups as well as one-on-one interviews with 16 female professors, this study examines how these women decide what to wear to work. Using Goffman’s (1959) symbolic interactionist approach to self-presentation, in combination with Simmel (1957) and Blumer’s (1969) work on fashion, the various meanings attributed to women’s dress are explored. Women’s self-presentation in professional settings is significant, as theorized by Ridgeway’s (1991; 1993; 2011) theories of gender inequality in the workplace. Finally Scott’s (1990) theories of everyday resistance explore the potential for female professors to resist the dominant power structure through their choice of dress and self-presentation at work. The preliminary findings indicate that for those individuals for whom power and authority are not as accessible, dress and self-presentation can be avenues through which these individuals can access this authority and at times some may push back against the unequal power structures which exist in the current Canadian academic system.

Workplace violence is an area of increasing concern worldwide. Issues of violence are well documented in nursing. To address this, a better understanding of the culture of nursing academia is required. Problems of incivility are reported between students, between students and faculty, and between faculty and faculty. The purpose of this study is to increase understanding of faculty to faculty violence in nursing academia. Guided by a theoretical framework incorporating the perspectives of Mason and Foucault and specifically on the concepts of violence, power, knowledge, difference and resistance, this study focuses on aspects of the social and cultural work environment, and organizational policies and procedures influencing workplace violence between faculty members. Using principles from critical ethnography, the research was conducted within three schools of nursing at universities in eastern Canada. Data collection included 29 semi-structured interviews with nursing faculty, key informants (including representation from management, human resources, support staff and human rights office) and mute document review. Three major themes emerged: the academic apparatus, experiencing academia, and coping mechanisms. Nursing academic culture is divergent, exhibiting fierce competitiveness and elitism, intertwined with pockets of support and resilience. Faculty identified diverse personal and professional strategies employed to withstand the challenges. Need for change was expressed by some faculty and managers. These findings may inform the efforts of faculty and management seeking transformation to a less competitive and elitist culture.

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Although there have been many attempts to mediate the longstanding gap between technical communication academics and practitioners, the field has yet to become a unified community. This study tracks the history of the field to identify the causes of the breach. The goal of this thesis is to assess technical communication's current industry and academic environment based on data collected from interviewing selected academics and practitioners. For my research, I compared my interview findings to the information from my bibliographical research in order to contribute to creating a healthy research-to-practice loop by producing a course syllabus for a senior seminar for the Professional Writing option within Virginia Tech's department of English. This syllabus contains readings, assignments, projects, and industry tests that are meant to help students contribute to bridging the gap between academia and industry by combining the important components from both sides of technical communication. Research indicates that important professional skills for the workplace include knowing how to transform writing into products through topic-based writing, structured authoring, and information typing. Examples of other important professional technical communication skills include search engine optimization and content repurposing. Advanced technical communication-related jobs in industry include content strategist and information architect. Methods of diminishing the gap between academics and practitioners and providing an environment that is conducive to collaborative research include generating awareness among technical communicators about what the other group does, changing the paradigm for research and faculty requirements for technical communication academics, and the two groups collaborating to develop more technical communication-related internships for students. / Master of Arts

Yes / This chapter reports on a pilot study looking at the progression of academic women at one UK University. The chapter focuses on the promotions process and criteria as one important issue emerging from that research. Earlier research has shown that women are less likely to break into institutional networks which allow them to access information not only on formal and objective promotion criteria but also on hidden criteria and the way the ‘academic game’ is played. One result of this is that some academic women may have an inaccurate view of promotion criteria and processes. At the university studied by the authors, the Human Resources department has sought to make the promotion process more transparent and, officially at least, it no longer depends purely upon research achievements. However, these changes will not necessarily result in easier progression for women academics. The authors’ study confirms that there is still a mismatch between what women think the criteria for promotion are, what the formal criteria are and how those criteria actually operate. Reliance on incomplete or inaccurate information about promotion criteria, coupled other factors, such as women’s reluctance to promote themselves actively and traditional barriers to promotion such as caring responsibilities, puts women at a disadvantage when they attempt to progress into more senior positions within universities. Reform of promotions procedures needs to look beyond re-writing the substantive criteria for promotion and look to improving understanding of what is involved.

While attention is increasingly drawn to the benefits of meaningful work on mental health, although with inconsistent findings, the prevalence of mental health complaints among university staff appears to be rising. The aim of this study was to examine the hypotheses that a high level of work meaning is negatively related to mental health complaints among academic staff in Sweden, and that women who perceive their work as highly meaningful will report lower levels of mental health complaints, as compared to men with similarly high perceptions of work meaningfulness. Self-report data from 1388 respondents were analysed using hierarchical multiple regressions. The results indicate a high average level of perceived work meaningfulness in this group, and a negligible negative association with mental health complaints after considering demographic and psychosocial factors. The findings indicate that, while work meaning may have a small negative association with mental health complaints, psychosocial factors appear to explain significantly greater variance in explaining mental health. Overall, the results suggest that, despite high levels of perceived work meaning, higher levels of mental health complaints may be explained by job efforts not being rewarded. Findings from this study may help future research and interventions to consider additional demographic and psychosocial factors, such as job insecurity, stress levels, and overcommitment, when exploring the multi-faceted relationship between work meaning and mental health. / Psykologi