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In an era that sees sports clubs facing a crisis, a few still grow and attract new members. They use technology for their benefit and provide a place where the members have fun, become aware of their competence, set goals for improvement and experience empowerment. The present qualitative study, conducted with a road cycling club in Germany, investigates how membership is negotiated and confirmed. By exploring the factors that influence the degree of belonging, this research aims to provide some answers on how active members of a cycling hobby club experience becoming part of such a community, what it takes to substantiate membership, and how individual and collective identities are formed and constantly negotiated. The situated learning perspective and Etienne Wenger's Communities of Practice concept have been adopted, and semi-structured interviews with ten participants were conducted. Moreover, observations and conclusions from a stimulated focus group discussion were used. The analysis shows that cycling in a group is a complex, multifaceted learning experience. Power, speed, or cycling skills do not suffice without the will and active efforts to harmonise with a group. Belonging grows parallel to competence, and the degree of competence gets constantly evaluated by the community in their practice, as a combination of contribution to the common goal and ability to be a trusted partner. Competence is thus a “becoming”, reflecting the members’ engagement with the sport and on an interpersonal level.

Narratives on the climate crisis are becoming more and more prominent in mainstream media today, with the genre of climate podcasts emerging and growing in the past years. With storytelling opening the potential of engaging audiences in taking climate action, this thesis gives insights into the storytelling of three climate podcast hosts and theor potential to encourage individual and/or collective action through storytelling in the listener. Through analytical listening, storytelling elements were found in all three podcasts that denote a deep focus on the climate crisis as a crisis that calls for collective solutions.

This thesis explores the dynamics of narrative production and contestation within individuals’ stories and the collective stories of the communities in which they live. The research is focused on trying to understand the relationship between public stories constructed about place and community, and the stories told by the inhabitants of those places. A case study in the city of Bradford provides a focus for inquiry. A qualitative research design is utilised, combining theory with primary data collection and analysis. A narrative analysis of national, academic and local stories about Bradford is used to disaggregate collective narratives of the city and explore the relationship between popular, political and academic discourses. It provides a context for the analysis of in-depth interviews with a range of inhabitants from a selected geographic area within Bradford, centred on how their individual stories relate to the identified collective stories of Bradford. Analysis of the fieldwork data shows that individuals are often engaged in complex negotiations of public discourse in ways that may reinforce and contest existing stories, but also complement them with parallel stories that neither reinforce nor contest but construct a different narrative. It reveals and reflects on apparent contradictions within everyday storytelling, for example, how nostalgia can be displayed about harsh times of socio-economic decline, or how attitudes to change over time can be variably positive and negative depending both on the speakers’ positioning of themselves and of the interviewer, and the speakers’ purpose in the interaction.

BACKGROUND: University studies take place during the end of the risk period of adolescence and early adulthood, which is also related to alcohol use. The students of sport schools and fields are also at risk. Athletes report excessive alcohol use, even though sport is generally associated with healthy lifestyle. OBJECTIVES: The thesis was focused on experience with alcohol use among students of Faculty of Physical Education and Sport at Charles University and its relation with frequency and type of physical aktivity. METHODS: The research was designed as a cross-sectional study. The sample was formed by students who studied the academic fields of Physical eduction and Sport and Physiotherapy in the full-time bachelor's programme in Czech language in academic year 2017/2018. The sample was obtained by total selection. The questionnaire consisted of standard alcohol use questions from the ESPAD study (Chomynová et al., 2016) and screening questionnaries CAGE (Erwing, 1984) and ASC (Moskalewicz & Sieroslawski, 2010). The questionnaires were filled in by respondents themselves. The sample consisted of 317 students, the response rate was 62 %. The demographic characteristics of the sample corresponded to the general population. A descriptive analysis was implemented in subgroups of non-athletes...

The purpose of this study is to develop a fruitful conception of human dignity, a conception that can be used as a guiding moral principle when trying to resolve the conflict of rights. Specifically, the question that this study attempts to answer is what is a fruitful conception of human dignity and how can it be used to deal with concrete issues pertaining to human rights? Two reports from special rapporteurs propose two different courses of action regarding the implementation of the right to protection of property, and this is the conflict that the proposed conception of human dignity tries to resolve. To develop a conception of human dignity a broad conception of human dignity is initially developed, through the usage of a Rawlsian reflective equilibrium, and it is further developed through a combination of a reflective equilibrium, examination of the conception in relation to overall coherence with the human rights tradition, and a consequence analysis. The latter is done by utilizing a consequence analysis with the aforementioned courses of action being applied in a specific case, the case of Tanzania. By using a consequence analysis, a proposed conception of human dignity and a reflective equilibrium the conception of human dignity could be developed further and contribute to resolve the specific conflict of rights that could be found in the reports of the special rapporteurs. The conclusion drawn was that both of the proposed courses of action, regarding the implementation of the right to the protection of property and in relation to the proposed conception of human dignity, had desirable and less desirable consequences. Therefore, a third way was proposed that sought to bridge the gap between both courses of action, by combining elements of both, and to strengthen the condition-dignity for the parties affected.

This thesis explores the dynamics of narrative production and contestation within individuals’ stories and the collective stories of the communities in which they live. The research is focused on trying to understand the relationship between public stories constructed about place and community, and the stories told by the inhabitants of those places. A case study in the city of Bradford provides a focus for inquiry. A qualitative research design is utilised, combining theory with primary data collection and analysis. A narrative analysis of national, academic and local stories about Bradford is used to disaggregate collective narratives of the city and explore the relationship between popular, political and academic discourses. It provides a context for the analysis of in-depth interviews with a range of inhabitants from a selected geographic area within Bradford, centred on how their individual stories relate to the identified collective stories of Bradford. Analysis of the fieldwork data shows that individuals are often engaged in complex negotiations of public discourse in ways that may reinforce and contest existing stories, but also complement them with parallel stories that neither reinforce nor contest but construct a different narrative. It reveals and reflects on apparent contradictions within everyday storytelling, for example, how nostalgia can be displayed about harsh times of socio-economic decline, or how attitudes to change over time can be variably positive and negative depending both on the speakers’ positioning of themselves and of the interviewer, and the speakers’ purpose in the interaction.

Cette thèse permet de porter l'attention à quelques caractéristiques fondamentales de l'école catholique et de chercher dans quelle mesure sa navigation professionnelle permettrait de tirer la garantie de sa capacité de rénover le système de gestion et de mesure des performances, entre son pilotage des compétences et son renforcement stratégique de la qualité. Dans l'histoire de l'école catholique, plusieurs chercheurs ont présenté l'importance des défis qui l'interpellent et qui l'invitent à trouver des réponses adaptées non seulement au niveau des contenus des méthodes didactiques (choix de la pédagogie adaptée aux besoins des élèves) mais aussi au niveau du travail administratif. Dans la recherche, nous avons donc pris en considération ces réalités qui incitent l'école catholique d'une part à faire une adaptation de ses structures et de son mode d'agir, pour continuer à être une présence efficace et incisive dans le secteur éducatif tout en vivant sa vocation, et d'autre part. à mesurer sa performance globale et piloter ses décisions de façon professionnelle. Dans ce sens, nous avons innové « MAR_BEL S.M.D » (un système de gestion et de mesure de la performance globale d'une école catholique) pour proposer des structures de modélisation d'une école apprenante, qualifiante et en quête de professionnalisation d'une part, et d'autre part pour améliorer ses décisions stratégiques. En effet, ce système de modélisation et de décisions a permis à travers une enquête de vérifier les liens entre des concepts théoriques et des réalités professionnelles vécues dans un contexte complexe sur le territoire libanais. / This thesis makes it possible to pay the attention to some fundamental characteristics of the Catholic school and up to what point to seek its professional navigation would allow drawing the guarantee from its capacity to renovate the system of management and measurement of the performances, between its piloting of competences and its strategic reinforcement of quality. In the history of the Catholic school, several researchers had the importance of the challenges which defy it and which invite it to find answers adapted not only to the level of the contents of the didactic methods (choice of the pedagogy adapted the needs of the pupils) but also to the level of administrative work. In research, we thus took into account these realities which encourage the Catholic school on the one hand to make an adaptation of its structures and its mode to act, to continue to be an effective presence and incisor in the educational sector while living its vocation, and on the other hand, to measure its total performance and to control its decisions in a professional way. ln this direction, we innovated "MAR_BEL S.M.D" (system of management and measurement of the total performance of a Catholic school) to propose structures for the modeling of a learning school, qualifying and in search of professionalisation on the one hand, and on the other hand to improve its strategic decisions. lndeed, this system of modeling and decisions made it possible through an investigation to check the bonds between theoretical concepts and the professional realities lived in a complex context into the Lebanese territory .

Esta pesquisa busca compreender a constituição do movimento Campo de Públicas a partir do referencial teórico sobre identidade fornecido pela psicologia social. Num contexto de revigoramento da Administração Pública e de ampliação da oferta de matrículas nesses cursos, o movimento Campo de Públicas destaca-se como expressão de uma coletividade que se articula para o reconhecimento das particularidades da formação de gestores públicos. Trata-se de um estudo exploratório de natureza qualitativa. A partir do estudo da legislação que orienta a formação desses profissionais e dos referenciais fundamentais da ciência administrativa, a identidade pressuposta do administrador é traçada A parte empírica da pesquisa é desenvolvida a partir de entrevistas realizadas com integrantes do movimento Campo de Públicas, bacharéis em Administração, e analisadas com base na Análise de Conteúdo. Com base nessas entrevistas, a pesquisa evidencia que distinções significativas entre as identidades profissionais de administradores (de empresas) e administradores públicos foram um fator determinante para a constituição do movimento e o posicionamento de negação dessa identidade foi fundamental para o ingresso dos entrevistados no movimento. O Campo de Públicas foi também associado à ideia de paradigma emergente apresentado por Keinert (2000). De acordo com os resultados da pesquisa, o movimento pode ser considerado uma evidência da consolidação do Paradigma Emergente apontado por Keinert (2000). Constatou-se que a natureza da identidade coletiva em construção é uma identidade de resistência à imposição de referenciais típicos da ciência administrativa hegemônica. Todavia o movimento sinaliza em direção à construção de uma identidade de projeto, ancorada na multiplicidade da formação de seus atores e na possibilidade de construção de referencias multidisciplinares, que possam orientar a formação de gestores públicos ou até mesmo a constituição de uma identidade própria para a administração pública brasileira. / This research aims to understand the moviment constitution from the Field of Public by the theoretical framework of identity provided by social psychology. In a context of strengthening of public administration and increasing the supply of enrollments in these courses, the moviment Field of Public stands out as a collective expression of which is linked to the recognition of the peculiarities of the formation of public managers. This is an exploratory qualitative study. From the study of the legislation that guides the formation of these Professionals and of the fundamental references of administrative science, the assumed identity of the administrator is drawn. The empirical part of the research is developed from interviews with members of the moviment Field of Public bachelors in business administration and analyzed using the Content Analysis tecnique. Based on these interviews, the research shows that significant distinctions between the identities of professional administrators (from companies) and public administrators were a determining factor for the formation of the movement and positioning of denial of this identity was crucial for the respondents entrance in the moviment. The Field of Public was also associated with the idea of emergent paradigm presented by Keinert (2000). According to the survey results, the movement can be taken as na evidence from the consolidation of the Emerging Paradigm pointed by Keinert (2000). It was found that the nature of collective identity construction is an identity of resistance to the imposition of typical benchmarks of hegemonic administrative science. Although the moviment points toward the construction of a project identity, anchored in the multiplicity of the formation of its actors and in the possibility of building multidisciplinary referrals, which can guide the public managers formation or even the creation of an identity for the Brazilian public administration.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-04T18:27:57Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Francisco Ronald Capoulade Nogueira.pdf: 739486 bytes, checksum: a94c39cca51acd5d59aab56b20beda3d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-02-21 / The present dissertation discusses an investigation in the area of the Social Psychology of Work. Specifically, the author studied how five different psychoanalysts of Lacanian orientation listen to and deal with patients who bring with them some type of complaint related to the world of work. First, a theoretical investigation was carried out to determine into what field this dissertation should be classified, concentrating especially on a discussion related to the ontological aspects of work, its psychic consequences in the context of capitalism, possible contributions from the field of mental health as related to work, and theoretical elements from psychoanalysis. In the second phase of the research, five psychoanalysts were interviewed individually, their statements being classified as narratives. The content was established through semi-structured interviews that called for the narration of experiences in treating patients affected by some type of mental suffering related to work. In dealing with their patients the respondents tended to give greater weight to aspects related to family dynamics and histories than to aspects related to the world of work. This fact brings once again to the fore the old debate over the differences between individuals and collectivity in society. / A presente pesquisa visou investigar, a partir de uma perspectiva da Psicologia Social do Trabalho, como alguns psicanalistas de orienta??o lacaniana escutam e lidam com pacientes que t?m algum tipo de queixa relacionada ao mundo do trabalho. Primeiramente, foi realizada uma investiga??o te?rica que teve por intento situar em que campo se daria esta disserta??o, priorizando uma discuss?o dos aspectos ontol?gicos do trabalho, suas consequ?ncias ps?quicas dentro de um contexto capitalista, as contribui??es do campo da Sa?de Mental relacionada ao Trabalho e alguns elementos te?ricos da Psican?lise. No segundo momento da pesquisa, foram entrevistados cinco psicanalistas e suas falas classificadas como narrativas. Tal conte?do foi obtido por meio de entrevistas semiestruturadas, orientadas para a narra??o de experi?ncias no tratamento com pacientes acometidos por algum tipo de sofrimento mental relacionado ao trabalho. Observouse que os entrevistados privilegiaram, nos tratamentos que empreenderam, mais os aspectos das din?micas da hist?ria familiar do que as din?micas do mundo do trabalho, reavivando um antigo debate entre o individual/coletivo.