This study aims to find coping resources in two different paradigms of pastoral care using coping theory from the psychology of religion. The intention is to find coping resources that are functional coping strategies to help priests and chaplains in their work with pastoral care. The research questions are: What coping resources can be found in the pastoral clinical paradigm and the contextual paradigm? What are the differences and similarities? The method used is template analysis style where the theories form a framework for the material used to analyse in this study. The theories used for this study are religious coping theory and pastoral care theory. The materials used in this study are two books about pastoral care by Bergstrand & Lidbeck (1997) Själavård I and Patton (2005) Pastoral Care An essential Guide. The analysis points out that the coping resources in pastoral care theory are: tutoring, delimitation, prayer and education. These were represented in both of the pastoral care paradigms. In the pastoral clinical paradigm the coping resources focus was on the individual level whereas in the contextual paradigm the focus was on the group and organisation level. / Detta är en uppsats som via två olika själavårdsparadigm, kontextuellt själavårdsparadigm samt pastoralkliniskt själavårdsparadigm söker finna copingresurser i orienteringssystemet som kan fungera som funktionella copingstrategier för själavårdarens stresshantering i sin yrkesroll som själavårdare. Jag söker efter att finna likheter och skillnader själavårdsparadigmen emellan. Frågeställningarna i denna uppsats är följande: 1. Vilka copingresurser erbjuds för själavårdare av pastoralkliniskt själavårdsparadigm? 2. Vilka copingresurser erbjuds för själavårdare av kontextuellt själavårdsparadigm? 3. Vilka likheter och skillnader kan urskiljas? För att besvara frågeställningarna har jag använt mig av två böcker om själavård, en svensk bok som är skriven för blivande själavårdare, nuvarande själavårdare samt människor intresserade av själavård av Bergstrand och Lidbeck (1997) som heter Själavård I. Jag har även använt mig av en bok som är skriven i en amerikansk kontext om själavård av Patton (2005) som heter Pastoral care an essential guide. Som metod för denna uppsats har jag använt mig av en teoristyrd analys, template analysis style. Denna metod innebär att teorierna är referensramen för uppsatsen. Teorierna jag använt mig av är själavårdsteori samt religionspsykologisk copingteori. Resultatet jag fått fram visar på flera olika copingresurser som funktionella copingstrategier: handledning i grupp eller enskilt, gränsdragning, bön och utbildning. Dessa har varit gemensamma för de båda själavårdsparadigmen dock på olika nivåer, främst individuell nivå eller främst gruppnivå. I pastoralkliniskt själavårdsparadigm är nivån mer åt det individuella medan i kontextuellt själavårdsparadigm är nivån på gruppnivå samt organisationsnivå. I de båda själavårdsparadigmerna fanns inslag av både den individuella nivån samt gruppnivån.

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In recent decades, landscape design theory has been affected by an increase in pro-environmental values. Currently, concepts of ‘sustainability’ and ‘ecosystem services’ exert a strong influence. These concepts involve sustaining current human behaviors within the constraints of ecological limits and maintaining or enhancing the goods and services that humans receive from ecosystems, respectively. In this way, they are most characteristic of anthropocentric environmental worldviews with high degrees of concern for the instrumental values of ecosystems, which are indicative of shallow ecology. Previous researchers have advanced theoretical characterizations of the environmental values of landscape architects in terms of environmental ethics. However, as of yet, no statistics-based model has been developed for this purpose. In order to advance such a model, and in the effort to further characterize the environmental values of landscape architects, two studies were performed. Both utilized data collected with the New Ecological Paradigm (revised-NEP) survey. In the first study, a Shallow v. Deep Worldview model was used to characterize revised-NEP survey responses of landscape architecture students and alumni practitioners from Utah State University (USU) in terms of shallow or deep ecology. The results indicate that the groups exhibited essentially anthropocentric environmental values, which were characteristic of shallow ecology worldviews. In the second study, the revised-NEP survey was used to assess the environmental worldviews of general education and landscape architecture students at USU. The results indicate that the landscape architecture students exhibited greater pro-environmental worldviews, which were correlated to differences in political orientation between the groups. Overall, the results of the two studies support the notions that the study or practice of landscape architecture is correlated to greater pro-environmental values than are common for general higher education students, and that, in general, current landscape architecture students and practitioners exhibit environmental values that are characteristic of ecologically-concerned, yet essentially anthropocentric, shallow ecology worldviews.

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The rise of the internet has aroused the rage of blog.Although blog is a kind of newly arisen personal communication medium, it has been in widespread use.Currently there are already more than 2,000,000 bloggers in Taiwan. However, we don¡¦t know much about them. While blog is gradually considered a necessity by more and more people, at the same time, how do bloggers perform to express themselves in the spectacular and performative society? When bloggers notice that they are watched by strange audience, would it affect their performance on blogs? When bloggers face different kinds of audience with different interpersonal relationship, what would they do? However, relevant studies in the past rarely discuss the ¡§performance¡¨and¡§be watched¡¨parts of bloggers together or even any deep research into the performance behavior of bloggers. Therefore, this research attempts to make a more detailed description and interpretation about how bloggers be watched and perform.The research questions are as follows: First, how do bloggers feel when they¡§are watched¡¨by audience? Second, do bloggers perform because they want to be watched? How do they perform when they are watched? Third, when facing different kinds of audience, how do bloggers make their own audience segregation? As a result, I adopt the qualitative research method to explore the experience of student bloggers by not only the using behavior but also the deeper meaning behind their performance. The data are collected via in-depth interview with over 4 male and 4 female graduate students between 20 to 30 years-old who own at least more than one personal journal blog. Besides, I analyzed the data with the structure of the interpersonal relationship such as love, friendship, family and stranger...etc. I tried to describe when bloggers face different kinds of audience, either close or alienated, how they would perform in their blogs. Let¡¦s wait and see how bloggers perform with their audience wonderfully!

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2005. / Title from first page of PDF file. Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-145).

BEVILAQUA, Aluisio Pampolha. A crise orgânica do capital: o valor, a ciência e a educação. 2015. 426f. – Tese (Doutorado) – Universidade Federal do Ceará, Programa de Pós-graduação em Educação Brasileira, Fortaleza (CE), 2015. / Submitted by Márcia Araújo (marcia_m_bezerra@yahoo.com.br) on 2015-08-28T18:14:42Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2015_tese_apbevilaqua.pdf: 2223608 bytes, checksum: e4992fe9b672bc33d5e281591a0ed662 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Márcia Araújo(marcia_m_bezerra@yahoo.com.br) on 2015-08-28T18:15:17Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 2015_tese_apbevilaqua.pdf: 2223608 bytes, checksum: e4992fe9b672bc33d5e281591a0ed662 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-08-28T18:15:17Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2015_tese_apbevilaqua.pdf: 2223608 bytes, checksum: e4992fe9b672bc33d5e281591a0ed662 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015 / The research, entitled The organic crisis of capital: value, science and education, in theory maintains that the concept of capital is the expression of the social relation that dominates capitalist society and, as such, when its dialectic moment of self-denial is reached - the crisis of capital -, the character of the category crisis is redefined as an organic, structural and historical concept, externalizing itself in the economy, as crisis of the value; in science, as a paradigm crisis; and in education, as a pedagogical crisis. Under the dialectical method of historical materialism, aided by epistemology and applied mathematics, the qualitative research focuses primarily on the work of Marx and secondarily in Marxist and non-Marxist contemporary literature, documents and official statistics. The purpose is to demonstrate that the crisis in the global economy of the last decades of the twentieth century and of the present century, are singular moments and expressions of a general or global crisis, whose causal essence is the erosion of the Law of Value, precisely of the value measurement paradigm - the socially necessary labor time - the structure of the value composition, or organic composition of capital and surplus value over which orbit the relations of production and reproduction of capitalist society. The final crisis or the collapse of capitalism are still problems and puzzles unsolved by Marxist theory whose resolution requires a conceptual reinterpretation of the General Law of Capitalist Accumulation that surpasses the business cycle theory and enter into the theory of the structural, organic and historical crisis of capital. In the Grundrisse, Marx said that the domain of the general intellect and general social knowledge over the production process and social life would result in the narrowness of the socially necessary labour time to measure science and education in the value composition of capital. The research evinces that this is now a fact, thus the decisive character of these categories in the organic crisis of capital aggravation and overcoming. The double character of those activities of the historical subjects leads, on the one hand, the contradiction between the general intellect or knowledge value and the value measurement paradigm to the paroxysm; on the other hand, leads to the logical and historical analysis between the industrial, or scientific, revolution and the development of the capitalist mode of production; this demonstrates the subordination of science and education to the purposes of the political economy of capitalism and, consequently, the crisis of paradigms experienced by both as indicated by documents and statistics of international institutions and scientific papers. Finally, the thesis proposes the construction of strategic and experimental centers of pedagogical based on the free time paradigm in the human formation, as proactive action to the scientific and social revolution. / O trabalho de pesquisa, sob o título A crise orgânica do capital: o valor, a ciência e a educação, sustenta em tese que o conceito de capital é a expressão da relação social dominante na sociedade capitalista e, como tal, ao atingir seu momento dialético de autonegação – a crise do capital – redefine o caráter da categoria crise como conceito orgânico, estrutural e histórico, exteriorizando-se na economia, como crise do valor; na ciência, como crise de paradigma; e, na educação, como crise pedagógica. Sob o método dialético do materialismo histórico, auxiliado pela epistemologia e matemática aplicada, a pesquisa qualitativa foca-se principalmente na obra de Marx e, secundariamente, na literatura contemporânea marxista e não marxista, documentos e estatísticas oficiais. O objetivo é demonstrar que as crises da economia mundial, das últimas décadas do século XX e as do século atual, constituem momentos e expressões singulares de uma crise geral ou global, cuja essência causal é a erosão da Lei do Valor, precisamente, do paradigma de mensuração do valor - o tempo de trabalho socialmente necessário - na estrutura da composição-valor ou orgânica do capital e mais-valia sobre a qual orbitam as relações de produção e reprodução da sociedade capitalista. A crise final ou o colapso do capitalismo continuam sendo problemas e enigmas não resolvidos pela teoria marxista, cuja resolução exige uma reinterpretação conceitual da Lei Geral da Acumulação Capitalista que ultrapasse a teoria do ciclo econômico e chegue à teoria da crise estrutural, orgânica e histórica do capital. Nos Grundrisse, Marx afirmou que o domínio do general intellect e do knowledge social geral sobre o processo de produção e vida social implicaria a estreiteza do tempo de trabalho socialmente necessário para mensurar a ciência e a educação na composição-valor do capital. A pesquisa demonstra que isto hoje é um fato, daí o caráter decisivo destas categorias no agravamento e superação da crise orgânica do capital. O duplo caráter destas atividades dos sujeitos históricos conduz, por um lado, ao paroxismo a contradição entre o valor do conhecimento ou intelecto geral e o paradigma de mensuração de valor; por outro, à análise lógica e histórica entre a revolução industrial, ou científica, e o desenvolvimento do aparelho produtivo capitalista; o que demonstra a subordinação da ciência e da educação aos desígnios da economia política do capital e, em consequência, a crise de paradigmas vividas por ambas como indicam documentos e estatísticas das instituições internacionais e trabalhos científicos. Finalmente, a tese propõe a construção de núcleos estratégicos e experimentais de formulação pedagógica com base no paradigma do tempo livre na formação humana, como ação pró-ativa à revolução científica e social.

This research arose from my experiences as a curate in England’s Northwest seeking to embody God’s love in the pastoral care of men with addiction and mental health issues (dual diagnosis), reflecting a wider societal issue around the care of people with that combination of problems, and the under-recognised role of clergy as unofficial ‘front-line mental health workers’. This is a role that clergy get little training to discharge effectively, and so the research methodology employed was that of a Constructivist Grounded Theory as I’ve attempted to use insights from a variety of disciplines to act as a ‘scaffold’ in order to work out what clergy could meaningfully and consistently offer. Treatment for those with a dual diagnosis is difficult and often unsuccessful because it requires a collaborative relationship between patient and carer where often there may be a lack of acceptance that the issues exist. Insights were sought then from a related, but different field, namely midwifery and obstetrics, engaging with intrauterine death – where the mother may not have completely accepted the realities that they face. Interviews were conducted with clergy in the field, midwives and obstetricians. Accounts of the experiences of dual diagnosed individuals were sought through existing evidence in the public sphere to minimise the risk of harm for research subjects. Analysis of the research data revealed that pastoral care in those situations of complex bereavement are about embracing the tension between absence and presence, and helping people through that liminality, to reappropriate their grief and expectations of what life ‘should be’ to ‘how life is’ and ‘how life might be in the future’. The significance of the role of objects is explored with particular emphasis on ‘memory boxes’, and their nearest equivalents in the field of dual diagnosis. These insights are connected to the academic study of the Doctrine of the Trinity, particularly focussing on the work of Sarah Coakley, with a thorough exploration of the metaphor of dance that has evolved around the concept of ‘perichoresis’ with connections made between doctrine and modern insights from dance studies. The result is a renewed pastoral paradigm that is collaborative, dynamic, liminal, and with an acceptance that care is not simply about ‘being present’, but about resourcing people for ‘absence’ as well through a poiesis that emphasises the freedom of the cared for, whilst encouraging and seeking what will motivate them to enter into the liminal space, a movement through which will enable their greater flourishing. This paradigm has implications beyond those with a dual diagnosis, and can be extended into pastoral care in its widest sense.

The analysis of cultural and value-related differences and the development of a workable and effective leadership culture for business in South Africa takes place against the backdrop of a unique socio-political history. Since 1992 the process of political and social transformation that affects all organisations in South Africa, including the public service, is a process of radical change and involves the unification of individuals from many diverse cultures. The public service, directed by the principles of reconciliation, restructuring and development, finds itself within a process of both structural and cultural transformation. The culture change process of the SA Air Force, one of the Arms of Service and the organisation on which this study focussed, involve the transformation of policies, practices and behaviour (especially leadership practices) towards a culture being much more transformational and participative than what it was in the past. The question under study was whether a transformational leadership approach is suitable for the African social and work environment. South African organisations are still being conceptualised and structured in a largely Western mould. Yet, the appropriateness and application of Western-centric leadership and management theories and philosophies in all other cultures are increasingly being challenged. Through focussing on work-related values and locus of control orientation, the researcher wished to uncover the common ground between eurocentric and indigenous African philosophies, principles and practices (which underlie the SA reality) as part of the challenge to find a workable approach for effective leadership in South Africa. The research investigated the appropriateness of the elements of a transformational leadership approach (as opposed to the task focussed transactional approach) to fit the huge array of cultural identities in the African world of work. Self-administered questionnaires were used to obtain feedback from 509 respondents, all being leaders at different levels in the organisation. The survey data included preferences on work-related values as expressed by both the Survey of Work Values (Wollack, Goodale, Wijting&Smith, 1971) and the Value Survey Module (Hofstede, 1980), locus of control orientation as expressed by the Internal Control Index (Duttweiler, 1984)) and leadership behaviour as expressed by the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (Bass&Avolio, 1997). Statistical methods for data analysis included analysis of variance, discriminant analysis, correlation statistics, non-parametric statistics, multiple regression and descriptive statistics. The research has shown that the answer for developing a workable, practical approach for effective leadership in Africa is neither singular, nor simplistic. The research findings do not support the argument of building a unique African leadership model which is purely based only on indigenous African values, thereby rejecting all tested and proven western principles and philosophies. The search for a suitable leadership model for a transforming South Africa should not run the risk of only focusing on either African- or Western-specific cultural value systems. Instead, the existence of culture-universal values impacting on effective leadership processes were confirmed. Many of the so-called humanistic African values proposed, are reported not to be truly African, but rather universal in nature. It was also found that many of these culture-universal characteristics could be associated with the principles of transformational leadership. The validity of adopting a transformational leadership culture for the military was also confirmed. Respondents have shown an awareness of a large power distance and a tendency towards high uncertainty avoidance as well as a strong collectivistic orientation. Support was also found for the fact that business success is not only achieved through masculine influence. In terms of Upward Striving, Pride in Work and Job Involvement as work value dimensions, employees across all culture groups were found to attach a high value to the intrinsic rewards of work in shaping work-related behaviour. Despite the general tendency towards internality, Africans provided significantly lower scores on internality than all the other population groups. However, the results in this study have firmly rejected the notion that most organisational behaviour theory is limited to only internals. Although internality predicts more natural transformational behaviours, the critical factor remains whether leaders have the ability to ensure the required outcomes of extra effort and follower satisfaction. This can be achieved by both internals and externals. The research established the fact that, also in the African context, leadership styles differ in terms of follower effectiveness and that higher levels of employee participation and involvement, inspirational motivation and individualised consideration (i.e. transformational behaviours) lead to higher levels of follower performance and effectiveness across all four culture groups. Copyright 2005, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. Please cite as follows: Beukman, TL 2005, The effect of selected variables on leadership behaviour within the framework of a transformational organisation paradigm, DComm thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-11082005-083347 / > / Thesis (DCom (Human Resources Management))--University of Pretoria, 2006. / Human Resource Management / unrestricted