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Empowerment
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TL;DR: The differences between these two groups of nurses show that empowerment does not generate the same results in all countries, and reflects empirical evidence from most cross cultural studies on empowerment.
Abstract: ahmad n. & oranye n.o. (2010) Journal of Nursing Management18, 582–591
Empowerment, job satisfaction and organizational commitment: a comparative analysis of nurses working in Malaysia and England
Aims To examine the relationships between nurses’ empowerment, job satisfaction and organizational commitment in culturally and developmentally different societies.
Background Employment and retention of sufficient and well-committed nursing staff are essential for providing safe and effective health care. In light of this, nursing leaders have been searching for ways to re-engineer the healthcare system particularly by providing an environment that is conducive to staff empowerment, job satisfaction and commitment.
Methods This is a descriptive correlational survey of 556 registered nurses (RNs) in two teaching hospitals in England and Malaysia.
Results Although the Malaysian nurses felt more empowered and committed to their organization, the English nurses were more satisfied with their job.
Conclusion The differences between these two groups of nurses show that empowerment does not generate the same results in all countries, and reflects empirical evidence from most cross cultural studies on empowerment.
Implications for nursing management Nursing management should always take into consideration cultural differences in empowerment, job satisfaction and commitment of nursing staff while formulating staff policies.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors make a case for the enabling potential of environmental accounting (EA) and investigate three areas to support this case: the manner in which EA actively and critically engages with practice in an attempt to change practice along lines that are more socially and environmentally sound; EA's desire to do this is not without problems.
Abstract: Develops a case for the enabling potential of environmental accounting (EA). Investigates three areas to support this case. The first concerns the manner in which EA actively and critically engages with practice in an attempt to change practice along lines that are more socially and environmentally sound; EA’s desire to do this is not without problems. Examines the critical school’s reservations concerning the ability of EA to engage with practice in a manner which allows the latter to act as an enabling force. The second theme focuses on the extent to which accounting education, and particularly EA education, can be used to empower future generations of accountants. Third, examines a new area of concern to EA, that of sustainable development, and considers the likelihood that EA can contribute in an enabling manner to this debate.
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TL;DR: Goldstein et al. as mentioned in this paper examined the role that professional experiences (practicum) can play in building resilience in pre-service teachers and focused on a learning communities model of professional experience with its emphasis on relationships and its attention to the complex and dynamic interactions between individuals and their student teaching contexts.
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TL;DR: In this paper, it is argued that the modernist concept of power upon which empowerment rests, can have unintended disempowering effects which does not always do justice to diverse experiences.
Abstract: This article is concerned with the implications of the postmodern challenge to critical theory for the practice of empowerment. How do we conceptualize empowerment from a postmodern perspective? It is argued that the modernist concept of power upon which empowerment rests, can have unintended disempowering effects. By conceptualizing power as a commodity, identities are forced into a powerful–powerless dualism which does not always do justice to diverse experiences. Thus we can sometimes contribute to dominance in spite of our liberatory intentions. It is argued that social workers need to become more aware of the self-disciplining and self-regulatory processes involved in professional work to address the social relations of power embedded in professional practices. Foucault's analysis of how marginalized knowledges are affected by dominant cultural practices suggests a redefining of empowerment as the insurrection of subjugated knowledge. The implications of this redefinition for practice is illustrated by reference to work with indigenous people in Australia.
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TL;DR: A review of relevant literature in the empowerment, helpgiving, and family-centered care fields suggests the kinds of beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors that will optimize benefits to families in different domains of functioning.
Abstract: Improving practices with families of pediatric patients is most likely to occur when nurses and other health care professionals more fully understand the characteristics and consequences of different approaches to their work. A review of relevant literature in the empowerment, helpgiving, and family-centered care fields suggests the kinds of beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors that will optimize benefits to families in different domains of functioning. Family-centered care is a special case of effective helpgiving, and effective helpgiving is a special case of an empowerment approach to working with people seeking professional advice and expertise.
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