Thesis (D. Min.)--Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2006. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 282-287).

Thesis (D. Min.)--New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, 1991. / Abstract and vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 153-157).

Thesis (D. Min.)--Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2006. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 169-172).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1967. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (D.Min.)--Acadia Divinity College, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 167-179). Also available on the Internet via the World Wide Web.

Thesis (D. Min.)--New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, 1993. / Includes abstract and vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 131-136).

Thesis (D. Min.)--New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, 2003. / Includes abstract and vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 124-129, 213-220).

Thesis (D. Min.)--Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2006. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 169-172).

Older Norwegian adults with an intellectual disability are today more integrated into society than earlier generations. Some represent the last of the generation that experienced and can talk about childhoods in central institutions and about living under the World War II Nazi regime. The closure of Norwegian institutions, which took place in the1990s, was based on social valuation theories. The post-closure situation for people with intellectual disabilities, their staff and local authorities was very different form what they had experienced previously, local authorities being responsible for providing person-centred services. This thesis examines whether life story work represents an effective approach to the person-centred support of older adults with an intellectual disability, through examining the impact of this work on services users (‘storytellers’) and their life story work supporters (‘interlocutors’). ‘The life story model of identity’ developed primarily by the American psychologist and professor Dan P. McAdams, is a major contribution to the thinking of this study. The model emphasises the importance of service providers’ understanding and knowledge of their service users’ life stories. A combination of critical realism and interpretative phenomenology analysis is advanced as a suitable joint philosophical framework for investigating the impact life story work has on both storytellers with intellectual disabilities (aged 45+) and on the interlocutors they personally chose from their staff group. The Delphi technique was used in a preparatory phase of interviews of six experienced life story workers from three different countries. A Participatory Action Research (PAR) approach was used to prepare the intervention, to develop the LSW programme and for pre- and post-interviews. 38 participants from day centres and residential settings in Norway took part in the study. The results indicate that even staff who had known storytellers for a long time learned new and valuable information. They came into possession of a better understanding of the service users’ behaviour and the interlocutors’ attitudes to service users were changed by the experience of carry out life story work with them. The interlocutors stated that they considered life story work to be ‘important’ in today’s services. The storytellers experienced increased feelings of safety and greater awareness of their abilities, life span (roots) and of themselves as a person (identity and personal development). They expressed pride in their life story work and appreciated the time they had spent talking and working alone with their interlocutors. Storytellers and interlocutors both said that life story work had brought them closer together and the love and appreciation they had for each other was a clear result of the time they had spent together. The eight week programme was, however, also challenging for the interlocutors who had problems finding the opportunity to conduct two hours work a week without interruption from other contextual influences.

O presente estudo de caso aborda temas como a Qualidade de Vida no Trabalho (QVT) intrinsecamente ligada à movimentação de militares. O propósito desta dissertação é analisar a QVT dos militares pertencentes ao Comando da 3ª Região Militar (Cmdo da 3ª RM), com o intuito de identificar e, consequentemente, minimizar os aspectos negativos, e maximizar a QVT neste ambiente. O segmento inicial situa o estudo e a formação do profissional militar na atualidade. Posteriormente, segue o referencial teórico, dissertando sobre QVT, sua origem e sua evolução conceitual na abordagem organizacional, tendo como ponto de partida a adaptação do modelo de Walton (1973) para critérios de avaliação da qualidade de vida, contendo questões ligadas às competências e atribuições do militar, distribuído em 25 categorias, na tentativa de análise da QVT, em que o maior destaque se apresenta na forma de dois aspectos importantes: o relacionamento e o trabalho. A análise contempla também a integração social no trabalho, e juntamente com a gestão formam os fatores mais críticos para a amostra em estudo, de 38 (trinta e oito) respondentes. Os resultados obtidos indicaram que o Cmdo da 3ª RM apresenta aspectos de QVT a serem melhorados. Combinações importantes derivadas da análise do conjunto dos achados deste estudo destacam a relevância do ferramental da qualidade de vida no trabalho, como instrumento de apoio à gestão de recursos humanos, sobretudo na medida em que potencializam canais de diálogo, entre comando e comandados. O trabalho justifica-se pela importância deste tema e pela carência de trabalhos técnicos nesta área, e aplica-se não somente a Organizações Militares como a qualquer organização, por incluir uma metodologia baseada em conceitos gerais de QVT. / This case study discusses topics such as the Quality of Life at Work (QLW) intrinsically related to military personnel transfers. The purpose of this dissertation is to analyze the QLW of the military personnel of the Command of the 3rd Military Region (CMD 3rd MR), in order to identify and consequently minimize the negative aspects and maximize QLW in that environment. Initially, the current educational background and training of military personnel are discussed. Later, the theoretical framework on QLW, its origin and its conceptual evolution in the organizational approach is presented, taking as a starting point the adaptation of Walton's model (1973) for criteria for assessing the quality of life, with questions related to skills and tasks of the military personnel, categorized in twenty-five areas in an attempt to analyze the QLW; in that model two important aspects are highlighted: relationship and work. The analysis also considers the social interactions at work and the management, which are the most critical factors for the sample being studied ‒ 38 (thirty-eight) participants. The results indicated that the CMD 3rd MR presents aspects of QLW that should be improved. Based on important combinations found in the analysis of this study, we can notice that it is very important to use tools to measure the quality of life at work to support the management of human resources, especially in order to improve the communication in the chain of command. The work is justified by the importance of this matter and by the lack of studies in this area and it also applies not only to military organizations, but to any organization, since it uses a methodology based on general concepts of QLW.