Cooperative Style Research Articles

The Effectiveness of a Narrative Program Using Plotagon Studio Application in Improving Life Styles of First Year Intermediate Students

The study aimed to construct a narrative program using the Plotagon Studio application to improve life styles and determine its effectiveness on first year intermediate students. Life styles are defined as the individual's pattern or unique personal style in thinking, emotion, and behavior, which revolves around their life goal. Adler divided them into three abnormal styles (dependent style, dominant style, avoidant style) and one normal style (cooperative style) (R. B. Adler, Rodman, & Sévigny, 2006). The researcher adopted a quasi-experimental approach and depended on ADDIE model in constructing the program, where its validity and reliability were ensured. Moreover, the researcher constructed the study tool, which is a life styles scale of (60) items. The study results confirmed the effectiveness of the narrative program in improving life styles among first year intermediate students. The researcher introduced a number of recommendations and suggestions.

PARENTING STYLES AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

This research aimed to analyze the relationship between parenting styles and academic achievement in high school students, at the same time determining the predictive value of parenting styles and sociodemographic variables in academic achievement. In this research 159 participants took part; 88(55.3%) of them were women, and 71(44.7%) of them were men, between the ages of 15 and 18. The Mensa questionnaire was used as a measuring instrument for parenting styles, while academic achievement was measured with the average grade. Through the SPSS statistical package, the data were analyzed, and through Pearson's correlation, it was proven that the democratic style has a significant negative correlation with academic achievements (r = -.182*; p = 0.021), and the authoritarian style has a significant negative correlation (r = -.265**; p = 0.001), while the neglectful and cooperative styles did not show a significant correlation in terms of academic achievement. Predictors: parenting styles and socio-demographic characteristics, turn out to explain the important criterion variable of academic achievements. The results obtained show that 22% of the variation in academic achievement is explained by the group of predictors together (R2 = 0.220; p <.000). A special focus on parenting styles and their promotion would be necessary for interventions aimed at improving academic performance.

Evolutionary Digital Twin-Oriented Complex Networked Systems driven by node features and the mutation of feature preferences.

Accurate modelling of complex social systems, where people interact with each other and those interactions change over time, has been a research challenge for many years. This study proposes an evolutionary Digital Twin-Oriented Complex Networked System (DT-CNS) framework that considers heterogeneous node features and changeable connection preferences. We create heterogeneous preference mutation mechanisms to characterise nodes' adaptive decisions on preference mutation in response to interaction patterns and epidemic risks. In this space, we use nodes' interaction utilities to characterise the positive feedback from interactions and negative impact of epidemic risks. We also introduce social capital constraint to harness the density of social connections better. The nodes' heterogeneous preference mutation styles include the (i)inactive style that keeps initial social preferences, (ii) ignorant style that randomly mutates preferences, (iii) egocentric style that optimises individual interaction utility, (iv) cooperative style that optimises the total interaction utilities by group decisions and (v) collaborative style that further allows the cooperative nodes to transfer social capital. Our simulation experiments on evolutionary DT-CNSs reveal that heterogeneous preference mutation styles lead to various interaction and infection patterns. The results also show that (i) increasing social capital enables higher interactions but higher infection risks and uncertainty in decision-making; (ii) group decisions outperform individual decisions by eliminating the unawareness of the decisions of other nodes; (iii) the collaborative nodes under a strict social capital limit can promote interactions, reduce infection risks and achieve higher overall interaction utilities.

Research on Teaching Mode of Cross-Border E-Commerce Courses in the Style of Cooperation Between School and Enterprise Based on OBE Concept

Research on Teaching Mode of Cross-Border E-Commerce Courses in the Style of Cooperation Between School and Enterprise Based on OBE Concept

Estilo cooperativo ou competitivo de gerenciamento de conflitos? Efeitos no compartilhamento de informações e no desempenho de cooperativas agropecuárias

Abstract This study examines the influence of conflict management styles, both cooperative and competitive, on information sharing and, in turn, on organizational performance. The mediation of information sharing in the relationship between conflict management styles and organizational performance is also examined. The effects of conflict management styles were analyzed at the intragroup level in a field that presupposes cooperation through a survey carried out with professionals who work in agricultural cooperatives. For the analysis of the 91 valid answers, partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) was used. The results indicate a relationship between conflict management styles and information sharing, which is positive for the cooperative style and negative for the competitive style. Furthermore, a positive relationship was observed between information sharing and organizational performance. However, no mediating effect of information sharing on the relationship between cooperative and competitive conflict management styles and organizational performance was found. Based on the results, it is concluded that the cooperative style of conflict management promotes the sharing of information and improves organizational performance. The same was not found for the competitive style of conflict management in the researched cooperatives. This broadens discussions about the possible benefits of conflicts in organizations, contrasting with the approaches about their harmful effects on organizational performance.

Two-stage network data envelopment analysis production games

<abstract> <p>DEA (Data Envelopment Analysis) production games combine DEA theory with cooperation games and assess the benefits to production organizations with single-stage structure. However, in practical production problems, the production organizations are always with network structures. The structure of the production organization not only affects its own benefits, but also relates to the cooperation among organizations. Therefore, it is necessary to study DEA production games with network structures. In this paper, we consider the production organizations with two-stage processes, wherein the organizations are assumed to possess available resources and own technologies. The technology level of each organization is reflected by the observed units based on the network DEA (NDEA) production possibility set. Suppose that the organizations can cooperate through the ways of pooling the initial resources and (or) sharing the technology in each production process. According to the different cooperation styles of each stage in the alliance, seven types of cooperation among organizations are considered. The models of maximizing the revenues of coalitions, namely the NDEA production games, are established corresponding to the seven types, by which the maximal revenue for each coalition can be calculated. We prove that two-stage DEA production games have the super-additive property, and can be expressed as linear programming games. Hence, they are equivalent to the linear production games, and they are totally balanced. Therefore, the proposed cooperative games have a non-empty core, and hence have nucleolus, and the Owen set belongs to the core. In addition, based on the basic conceptions of the nucleolus and the Owen set, the revenue can be allocated among organizations in the alliance. Finally, a numerical example and an empirical application to 17 bank branches of the China Construction Bank in the Anhui Province are presented to illustrate the applicability of the proposed approach, and the relationship between the cooperative manners and the revenue allocation is reflected in analytical results.</p> </abstract>

Поливариантность факторов личностной резильентности и ее влияние на академическую успешность школьников

<p>There recently started researches of the personal and organizational resilience in the sphere of education that significantly enriched studies of the school successes/ failures and consequently actualized the big range of issues related to the subject of studied phenomenon. They included the questions that had key importance from the pedagogical point of view that covered the major factors of students’ personal resilience development, its correlation with traditions and peculiarities of the school, interdependence of resilience and academic performance of the students. The overall research of the outlined interdependences assumed that the students characterized by the higher personal resilience possessed higher study motivation and actively utilized support of the society while solving the problems and more inclined to the democratic style of the study cooperation, actively attended optional classes. Response analyses of the 722 questioned students of the 5-9 grades of 8 schools of 2 municipal regions of Republic of Tatarstan gave the unexpected results. The students referred to the resilient category demonstrated different personal characteristics. Among those there were academically successful students and the middle range ones, that ones who refused support of the society and actively accepted that, the ones who normally demonstrate study independence and those who prefer external control. The identified diversity of the resilient students allowed to assume existence of different styles of resilience and defined the necessity to consider those styles when performing deeper analysis of the studied phenomenon. Results of the research of correlation of the personal resilience of the students and the set of internally aligned characteristics of the educational process given in this article allowed to look at the studied phenomenon from a different angle. It became almost imperative to perform deeper analysis of dependance of personal resilience upon the external conditions and also upon the inner personal characteristics of the individual and relation of the resilience with independence and emotionality of the student in regards to the study process.</p>

العلاقة بين المناخ التنظيمي والصراع التنظيمي دراسة على عيّنة من الموظّفين في المعهد التقني والكلّية التقنية الصحّية \ شيخان

This study aimed to measure the relationship between organizational conflict and the prevailing organizational climate in the organization. The study relied on the descriptive analytical method for dealing with data, analyzing and describing it. The study tried to detect and define the relationship between the prevailing organizational climate in the organization and the methods used in managing organizational conflict. A number of hypotheses have been developed for the purpose of testing them and make sure of the relationship between these variables. For data collection, a questionnaire was prepared and distributed to the members of the research sample at both Shekhan Medical and Health Technical College and Shekhan Technical Institute. After receiving the forms, the data was analyzed by using a number of statistical methods represented by the arithmetic mean, standard deviation, Kay-square, regression coefficient and multiple correlation coefficient. The study found tha the use of statistical methods, which has a significant relationship between the organizational climate dimensions represented by (organizational structure, work systems and procedures, administrative communications, and organizational justice) and conflict management methods represented by (power and authority, cooperation style, avoidance style, concession style, and settlement style) with varying degrees in terms of correlation and strength of relationship between these variables. The study recommended the need to improve the organizational climate of the organization through its dimensions and basic elements in order to reduce conflict to the lowest possible extent. The administration should also deal transparently in resolving conflicts and not delay or procrastinate resolving conflicts and expedite their processing to create a positive organizational climate in the organization

Factors associated with conflict and styles of conflict management among health professionals

<p><strong>Introduction.</strong> Conflict is a process during which one person consciously and intentionally makes an effort to prevent the other person’s efforts, some kind of blockade that will lead to interruption in achieving the goals and interests of the other person. Conflicts in the healthcare team are common and can lead to reduced productivity in the work of healthcare professionals, which can have a negative impact on the care and treatment of patients. <strong>Methods. </strong>This cross-sectional study involved 100 health professionals, nurses and doctors employed in the primary, secondary and tertiary levels of health care. The research was conducted from March to August 2020. A questionnaire on socio-demographic characteristics of respondents, a questionnaire on conflicts of health professionals, and a standardized scale of depression, anxiety and stress with 21 questions (DASS-21) were used to measure the level of subjective depression, anxiety and stress <strong>Results.</strong> Seventy-four health workers (74%) had experience of conflict in the workplace, doctors (95%) significantly more often than nurses (58%) (p=0.001). Forty percent of health workers stated that communication problems were the most common cause of conflict. Seventy-nine respondents (79%) chose cooperation and compromise as a style in conflict resolution. Doctors chose cooperation more often (84%) than nurses (74%) and the difference was statistically significant (p=0.048). Subjects who had experience of conflict had significantly higher average values of anxiety (8.01±2.12) (p=0.026) and stress (10.32±2.91) (p=0.008) compared to subjects who had no experience of conflict (6.13±1.91; 6.12±2.03). <strong>Conclusion.</strong> Doctors were significantly more likely to have conflict situations in the workplace. For conflict resolution doctors were more likely to choose a style of cooperation and compromise than nurses who were more likely to choose a style of conflict avoidance.</p>

Coordination mechanism of the three-echelon supply chain of fresh agriproduct with joint efforts

Nowadays, the freshness level of agriproducts has become one of the major concerns for consumers. The demand for fresh agriproducts in the market has been increasing more than ever. However, the circulation losses of fresh agriproducts is significant during logistic processes, such as long-distance transportation. Statistics show that 20–25% of perishable agriproducts deteriorate in the circulation loop in developing countries, whereas in developed countries, this can be controlled at <5%. Developing countries must improve their cold-chain logistics and reduce post-production losses of this kind of agriproduct. The freshness-keeping effort for fresh agriproducts and the coordination mechanism of the supply chain have become two of the hot topics in this field. Based on the existing research, this study describes the freshness-keeping effort as a joint effort function of the supplier and the manufacturer, and studies the optimization and coordination of a three-echelon fresh agriproduct supply chain. In this research, four decision-making scenarios are modeled and analyzed, including decentralized decision-making, centralized decision-making, and two kinds of collaborative decision-making. Then, the profit distributions of two collaborative decision-making scenarios and centralized decision-making scenarios are calculated using the average tree solution. The study suggests that different cooperation styles of enterprises in the agriproduct supply chain have a different impact on the freshness level of the final product received by consumers. Both the final freshness level and the price of the product depend on the joint freshness-keeping efforts of the supplier and the manufacturer. The cooperation of enterprises in the three-echelon fresh agriproduct supply chain is conducive to the improvement of the final freshness level of agriproducts and the maximization of the supply chain's total profit. In such a three-echelon fresh agriproduct supply chain, the use of average tree solution can effectively distribute the profit and promote cooperation among different parties.

The New Parochialism? Polish Migrant Catholic Parishes on the Path of Change

The text engages with the ongoing discussion about the role played by religion in social life, with attention paid to transnational dynamics of religiosity in migrants’ individual experiences, expectations and modes of involvement. We concentrate on the research problem: how does the Roman Catholic Church, through the networks of the faithful, facilitate, challenge, and intersect with the adaptation or integration of migrants in their new settings? The study draws on a survey conducted with a sample ( n = 620) Polish Catholics in Great Britain in 2019. With the cluster analysis, we distinguished five categories of participants in parish life. The results of the study concern the declared expectations of the respondents in the confessional and non-confessional (charity, leisure, tourist, or cultural) activities. It shows two paths of respondents’ religious experience: the old parochialism and the new one. The first attitude, represents a general religious-community context, while the second one emphasizes socio-cultural background and cooperative style of work based on associations and goals-achievement. Our findings concern the socio-cultural specificity of migrants resulting from belonging to migrant parishes outside Poland and how this specificity can be juxtaposed with information concerning mainstream Catholic parishes in Great Britain.

The effect of using the competitive method in the cooperative learning method in acquiring the skill of spiking in volleyball

The effect of using the competitive method in the cooperative learning method in acquiring the skill of spiking in volleyball. The aim of the research is to identify the impact of the effect of using the competitive method on the cooperative method in learning some basic skills in volleyball, comparing the results of learning some basic skills in volleyball between the two methods (competitive and traditional). Real, tangible information about the impact of educational methods. The research sample was selected from students of Jaafar Al-Tayyar High School for outstanding students for the academic year 2022-2023. The number of students in the literary fifth was (28) students, students who had previous experience in volleyball from clubs and national teams players were excluded. For the experiment (18) students. They were divided into two groups, the experimental group consisted of 9 students and the control group consisted of 9 students. Where the skill tests were conducted, including testing the accuracy of spiking diagonally and straight: Where the researchers reached the following results: the improvement of the skill of spiking in volleyball for the experimental group that was subjected to the educational method in the cooperative style, the performance of the skill of spiking in volleyball for the experimental group that was subjected to the educational curriculum in the competitive style in the performance improvement of the skill of spiking in volleyball of the control group that underwent the educational curriculum in the traditional style.

Satisfaction of university students in academic teamwork: evidence of a situational leadership approach

Leadership capacity and leadership style are among the factors that affect job satisfaction. This study aims to survey and measure the impact of the situational leadership approach on student satisfaction in the relationship between team members and team leaders. Quantitative research was conducted through an online survey of 207 students from study groups, messenger and emails of students majoring in Business Administration. The data were analyzed through Cronbach's Alpha test, exploratory factor analysis (EFA), Pearson correlation analysis, and multivariate regression analysis to test the research hypothesis. The research results have shown that there are only three situational leadership styles that have a significant impact on student satisfaction with team leaders: Directive leadership styles have a negative impact on member satisfaction with team leaders. Coaching and supportive styles positively affect team member satisfaction with team leaders, while delegating leadership style has no significant impact on member satisfaction with team leaders. The research results suggest that to improve the effectiveness of teamwork in the process of studying at university, the team leader needs to focus on the style of coaching, cooperation, and discussion.

Exploring the relationships between team leader's conflict management styles and team passion: From the emotional perspective.

From the emotional perspective, this study explores how team leader's conflict management styles affect team passion. A theoretical model is constructed which describes the mediating role of positive team emotional climate and the moderating impact of team emotional intelligence. We collect 101 teams paired data including 101 team leaders and 383 team members to test theoretical model. It is shown that leader's cooperative conflict management style has a significant positive effect on both positive team emotional climate and team passion. Meanwhile, positive team emotional climate plays a mediating role between leader's cooperative conflict management style and team passion. In addition, team emotional intelligence has a moderating effect between leader's cooperative style and positive team emotional climate. This study not only provides a new perspective for follow-up research but also expands the research scope of impacts of conflict management styles. In addition, this study forms the underlying mechanism of team leader's conflict management styles on team passion from the emotional perspective and investigates the mediating effect and moderating effect of emotional variable, which broadens the research on the mechanisms of conflict management styles on team outcomes to a certain extent.

PSYCHOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES OF BULLYING

The article highlights the issue of bullying in an educational institution. The difference between bullying and a quarrel or conflict is revealed. The main manifestations of teenager's bullying in are analyzed, such as mocking, kicking, beating, pushing, cyberbullying, etc. The main causes of bullying in an educational institution are revealed. The psychological consequences of bullying for all participants of bullying were analyzed. These include physical injuries, fears, manifestations of anger, low self-esteem, a sense of one's own inferiority, defenselessness, loss of self-respect, lack of social values, tendency to loneliness, deviant behavior, formation of destructive and antisocial personality traits, deterioration of academic performance, etc. A study of the manifestation of different response styles in a conflict situation among teenagers is presented. It was determined that teenagers are characterized by the use of all five response styles in conflict. But the studied sample is characterized by the predominance of such response styles in conflict situations as Rivalry and Avoidance. Which speaks of the desire or to satisfy one's interests, regardless of the needs and desires of others. Or avoidance of conflict and reluctance to make efforts to realize one's interests. The least developed style of cooperation in a conflict situation, which indicates insufficient skills of mutual satisfaction of the needs of participants in conflict interaction.

Styles of inter-municipal cooperation and the multiple principal problem: a comparative analysis of European economic area countries

ABSTRACT Cooperation in the delivery of public services is generally framed as desirable, but it is often hindered by serious collective action problems. The article compares inter-municipal cooperation in seven countries with different institutional settings. It investigates the rules of governance characterising these diverse institutional settings and assesses how they deal with the multiple principal problem. The authors find that in almost all cases, all participating municipalities are represented on the supervisory board of the cooperative entity. In contrast, in other less frequent case cooperation is frequently managed through a different tier of local government, thus circumventing the multiple principal problem affecting inter-municipal arrangements in the other countries.

Strengthening Foreign Policy through Subnational Diplomacy

Summary National foreign policy actors traditionally neglect the opportunities and challenges that local actors active on the global stage create. Cities and regional authorities have become important international players, engaging in bilateral and multilateral relations outside national borders. They exemplify a style of global co-operation perceived as pragmatic and effective. Subnational diplomacy does not undercut national diplomacy; instead, it can extend it. National governments need their cities and local governments to achieve certain domestic and foreign policy goals related to national security, competitiveness and international development. National governments also need local actors to solve 21st-century challenges linked to promoting democracy and addressing climate change, violent extremism and global migration. National governments should adapt their diplomatic tools and cultivate partnerships with their local governments to leverage their international strength, support their global reach and, where useful, amplify it.

The main methodologic notions: subjective and objective factors

In this article, various teaching methods are analyzed. Extensive use of various methodologies will help to achieve widespread success in training. For this reason, this article presents the main methodological aspects, such as general style, flexible or student center and cooperative style.

Elevating natural science learning achievement: Cooperative learning and learning interest

Natural science learning achievement is an essential factor in learning outcomes. This research investigated an experimental study that aimed to improve concept science test result in online learning through Jigsaw cooperative learning model and learning style. The research involved the sample of 80 students from junior high school in South Jakarta, Indonesia divided into two groups: the experimental class and the class control. Raw data were statistically analyzed using the two-way variance technique at the .05 significance level. The findings revealed an effect between cooperative learning on natural science learning achievement, learning interest in natural science learning achievement, and interaction between cooperative learning and learning interest in natural science learning achievement. As a result, cooperative learning type Jigsaw shows a significant impact and had a good test result on natural science learning achievement. Therefore, the research suggests that Jigsaw cooperative learning is well suited to use as a learning model among junior high school students based on effect size test results.

Assessment of Management Competencies According to Coherence with Managers’ Personalities

The objective of our investigation was to verify a questionnaire’s suitability in identifying managerial competencies concerning managers’ personality characteristics. Methods: For the content validity of the questionnaire assessment of managerial competencies (AMC23), we investigated its coherence with the appraisal of the management style methodology, i.e., managerial grid (MG), with correlation analysis. The existence of statistically significant relationships between the assessment of managerial competencies and managers’ personality characteristics was determined using Pearson’s correlation coefficient concerning the BIG-5 model. Results: In total, 573 managers participated in this study. Our examination concludes that motivational competencies correlated positively with the compromise and cooperative style; performance competencies with the competitive and cooperative style; and social competencies with the cooperative, adaptive, and compromise style. Not least, target competencies positively correlated with the competitive and cooperative style. Further, neuroticism negatively correlated with social managerial competence, extraversion, and openness to experience, which positively correlated with motivational and target competence. Friendliness was positively associated with social competence, and diligentness positively correlated with motivational, performance, and target competence. Conclusion: We determined significant correlations between managerial competencies (AMC23) and managerial style (MG). Our findings might have implications for further investigation and the development of more comprehensive instruments to assess managerial competencies in connection with managers’ personalities. We point out the need for further research to verify, improve, and constitute a model that further elucidates and explains managerial competencies.