MA (Youth in Development) / Institute for Gender and Youth Studies / Conflicts in intimate relationships causes enormous problems for the well-being of individuals. Young people are particularly vulnerable as they may make bad choices or decisions that may breed conflict in their relationships. This may have far-reaching implications on their well-being. Such conflicts may lead to stress, isolation, violence and suicide among other things. The rate of conflict in intimate relationships has greatly increased among youths. The aim of this study was to explore the contributory factors to conflict in intimate relationships among students at the University of Venda. This study used a qualitative research approach and was exploratory in nature. The study was conducted at the University of Venda, Thohoyandou in Limpopo province, South Africa. The population of the study comprised of University of Venda’s students. Non-probability purposive technique was used for the selection of the study sample. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews. The interview guide was pre-tested in a pilot study involving the research participants to identify errors in the research questions and to ensure that the data collected would be relevant and as precise as possible. Findings from this study revealed how conflicts are bred in intimate relationships and the ways in which students react and deal with the conflict in intimate relationships. The research recommended that there should be laws enforced to protect the people in intimate relationships.

MA (Tshivenda) / M.E.R. Mathivha Centre for African Languages, Arts and Culture / See the attached abstract below

Magister Artium (Child and Family Studies) - MA(CFS) / Parents become the first teachers of the child and therefore the parent-child relationship is important for the development of a child. Parents who have a child with a disability are often more challenged than parents who do not. In South Africa, there are programmes and policies which are implemented to support parents or primary caregivers who have children with disabilities; however, there is no data or reviews available that provide information regarding the capability of parental strategies to ensure the health and well-being of their children with disabilities.

archives@tulane.edu / Background Few studies have examined the association between parenting quality and behavioral adjustment in children and asthma incidence. Medication non-adherence is a proposed mechanism for the association between caregiver stress and asthma morbidity, but research on the association is limited. Aims To examine the association between parent-child relationship and child’s behavioral adjustment and asthma incidence, and to explore the association between caregiver stress and medication non-adherence in children with asthma. Methods Secondary analyses were conducted in two study populations: a birth cohort study in the United Kingdom and an intervention trial of children with asthma in inner-city New Orleans. The first two analyses defined asthma by parent report and current asthma medication use at five or seven years. Mother-child relationship and child’s behavioral adjustment were measured with the Child-Parent Relationship Scale (CPRS) and the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ), respectively, at three years. Caregiver stress and medication non-adherence were measured using Cohen’s Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-4) and caregiver self-report, respectively, at baseline and twelve months. Results Among families with the most major life events, children with mothers reporting poorest compared to best CPRS had an adjusted OR=2.8 (95% CI: 2.3-3.6) for asthma. Adjusted odds ratios for the association between abnormal versus normal SDQ at 3 years and asthma at 5 or 7 years was 1.2 (95% CI: 1.0-1.5). Adjusted odds ratios for non-adherence due to running out of medications were 6.8 (95% CI: 1.0-47.6) in high versus normal stress caregivers. Conclusions Increased risk of asthma was observed among those with the poorest mother-child relationships and the most major life events, and in children with abnormal behavioral adjustment. A statistically significant adjusted association between caregiver stress and overall medication non-adherence was not observed, but an association between increased caregiver stress and non-adherence due to running out of medications was suggested. / 1 / Fritha Morrison

Thesis advisor: Jean M. Bartunek / This dissertation examines the knowledge translation from one professional community to another that has distinct priorities, values, and commutation styles: management academia to practice. More specifically, I examined knowledge translation in the form of converting peer-reviewed management research papers into practitioner-oriented research highlights. Drawing from archival and interview data, I conducted three interrelated empirical studies to investigate this phenomenon. In the first study, using the framework of Gatekeeping Theory (Lewin, 1947; Shoemaker, 1991), I examine the process and norms of how knowledge translators select from the vast amount of management research and decide which ones deserve to be translated toward practitioners. In the second study, I build on Communication Accommodation Theory (Giles, Coupland, & Coupland, 1991) to examine the processes, underlying motivations, and translation strategies of how knowledge translators conduct the knowledge conversion, especially how they manage the often conflicting demands between source knowledge producers and recipients of translated knowledge. In the third study, drawing on insights from the cross-cultural psychology literature, I examine how knowledge translators’ strategies may differ systematically when they write in two different languages toward audiences in two different cultures. This dissertation contributes to the knowledge translation literature, the academic-practitioner knowledge transfer literature, and the communication literature with insights on the micro-processes and strategies underlying knowledge translation, the generative tensions in this multi-party process, and the perceptions of and relationships between the academic and practitioner communities. / Thesis (PhD) — Boston College, 2019. / Submitted to: Boston College. Carroll School of Management. / Discipline: Management and Organization.

Avanta Network, Boca Raton, Florida, presented with Margarita Suarez, February, 1997; St. Louis, Missouri, presented with Judith Wagner, March, 1997; Iowa, April, 1997.

Date: 1st of June 2022 Level: Master’s thesis in Business Administration, 15 cr  Institution: School of Business, Society and Engineering, Mälardalens University  Authors: Filip Nilsson & Andrej Matic (92/08/25) (95/08/10) Title: Managing reputational damage with relationship marketing - A qualitative study on how relationship marketing can help organizations with reputational repair   Supervisor: Stylianos Papaioannou Keywords: Reputational damage, reputational management, reputational repair, reputational adversity, relationship marketing.  Research question: How can relationship marketing repair a company's reputation after a reputational damage incident? Purpose: The purpose of this study is to analyze and gain knowledge on the effects that reputational damage has on a company and the different internal organizational changes that occur. Followed by the different learning outcomes to restore their corporate reputation after experiencing reputational damage. Furthermore, this study aims to assess and contribute to the existing academic knowledge on reputational management.  Method: A qualitative research method was chosen for this paper where the empirical gathering had its starting point in interviews with three companies that have experienced reputational damage. An analysis model was created to bring light on different key factors and this was then used to analyze the gathered empirical information with the chosen theories. Conclusion: The result of the study shows clear correlations between the research question, the gathered data and the chosen theories. After analyzing the different theoretical concepts and conducting three interviews with three different companies the authors could see clear connections and draw the conclusion that all three companies showed great benefits from the use of relationship marketing in their general strategies. This helped them build strong and solid relationships that showed to be tested when the actual reputational damage occurred.

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This thesis analyzes Canadian NGOs’ relationship with the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) in the context of the competitive funding mechanism. It captures NGOs’ perspectives on the changing CIDA-NGO relationship, noting the range of NGO responses regarding advocacy efforts, public engagement, organizational priorities and overseas partnerships. The findings indicate that the relationship between CIDA and NGOs cannot be defined as partnership, but rather as one that spans the categories of “contracting” and “extension” in the Brinkerhoff (2002) partnership model. Additionally, employing Elbers and Arts’ (2011) typology, the thesis concludes that NGOs seek to “influence” CIDA through meetings with officers and politicians, “buffer” their partners from negative CIDA impacts, “shield” themselves by limiting their level of CIDA support and “compensate” by funding advocacy and public engagement from internal sources. Moreover, I include “innovation” as an additional strategy that NGOs can employ as a response to donor conditions.

It is impossible to teach students all characteristics of the myriad cultures present in the United States. Providing students with a framework to assess the cultural traits of any client and to understand how those traits may influence the helping relationship gives them a tool to use in any clinical setting. This article presents a systematic process for considering the ways in which cultural values may differ between worker and client. This involves identifying areas of human functioning relevant to the helping relationship which need to be assessed or considered with all clients. This systematic process also prevents the worker from assuming cultural congruence when the client and worker are from the same cultural group.