Subjective Elements Research Articles

Job Evaluation Factors and Employees’ Performance in 4 And 5 Star-Rated Hospitality Facilities in Nakuru County, Kenya

Hospitality related jobs are prone to biasness and inequities especially in reward and compensation structures vis-à-vis job grades and responsibilities. One of the major contributory factors of such biasness and inequities is lack of a systematic basis of evaluating jobs. Such biasness and inequities if not checked, may generate dissatisfaction and grievances among employees which may eventually lead to low employee morale and poor performance. The purpose of the research was to ascertain how front-line employees' performance is impacted by job evaluation factors in 4 and 5 star rated lodges, resorts, hotels and camps located in Nakuru County. Specifically, the study tested the influence of interpersonal skills, job responsibility, decision making and job expertise on employee performance. Besides, the moderating role of gender was tested. The study was underpinned by the Equity Theory of Motivation. It utilized both descriptive and co-relational research designs. This study's population consisted of all 4 to 5 star rated hospitality establishments located in Nakuru County. The sample size comprised 403 front-line employees and 8 supervisors. Besides, 8 HRMs were included in the study, therefore, a total of 419 respondents were sampled. Questionnaires were administered to the frontline employees and interviews were conducted with the HRMs and supervisors. The study revealed that interpersonal skills (B=.227, p=.000); job responsibility (B=.234, p=.000); decision making (B= .290, P=.000); and job expertise (B= .238, P=.000) significantly influence the performance of employees. However, employees’ gender (ΔR2= .001, P=.382) does not influence the relationship between job evaluation factors and employee performance. The content analysis results supported these findings. This study concluded that job evaluation factors enhance employee’s performance, gender does not. The study recommends that the HR departments should observe fairness and equity in all HR processes especially recruitment and selection, training, promotion and compensation. All these functions should be driven by skills, job responsibility, and expertise of the employee and not subjective elements such as gender. Keywords: Job Evaluation, Employee Performance, Hospitality Industry, 4 and 5-Star Hotels, Nakuru County, Kenya

Conceptual framework for data harmonisation in mental health using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health: an example with the R2D2-MH consortium

IntroductionAdvancing research and support for neurologically diverse populations requires novel data harmonisation methods that are capable of aligning with contemporary approaches to understanding health and disability.ObjectivesWe present the International Classification...

The phenomenology of aging

AbstractWhat does it mean to become older? This question cannot be answered by biology or sociology alone but must be addressed by studying how aging appears to aging persons and to others who encounter them. The paper presents the outline of such a phenomenological analysis of aging. In contrast to a problematic tendency to reduce phenomenology to the study of first-person experience, it is suggested that aging should be understood as a complex process comprising of both subjective and objective (mental, social and biological) elements, and as partly transcendent to experience, that is, not completely transparent to the aging person. In this it resembles physical and other “transcendent” objects as described by early phenomenologists like Husserl. It is further shown how Marcel Proust’s elaborate description of aging in the last volume of his Remembrance of Time Past can support and contribute to such an analysis, and how it is supported or at least compatible with findings from contemporary gerontology and cognitive psychology.

Becoming impactful: Humanities doctoral researchers navigating a lively zone of entanglement

This article explores societal impact of humanities doctoral research. Through an empirical inquiry based in Denmark, we analyse how current doctoral researchers conceptualize societal impact and how they articulate potential contributions to society. For theoretical framing, we employ a double-winged perspective combining concepts from the work of Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard with others from French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu, namely concepts of subjective thinking, necessity-freedom; and the concepts of field, capital and habitus. Such a combination allows taking into consideration both the structural, social factors and the individual and subjective elements shaping doctoral researchers’ perspectives. Our findings offer both shared concerns and anxieties across several humanities doctoral contexts in Denmark with regards to the impact agenda and the more subjective aspirations of researchers for producing impactful research, as articulated in idiosyncratic ways. We offer the term of ‘zone of entanglement’ to describe the landscape of humanities doctoral researchers navigate.

Indicators of clinical deterioration in adult general ward patients from nurses' perspectives: a mixed-methods systematic review.

Early recognition and response to deteriorating patients in general wards are core competencies for nurses. Clinical deterioration is a worsening condition that increases the risk of morbidity and mortality. Although objective measures are commonly used, recent research suggests that subjective data and nurses' intuitions can serve as valuable indicators for early detection of deterioration in patients. This study aims to comprehensively identify and classify the indicators used to detect clinical deterioration in patients hospitalized in general wards from nurses' perspectives. This is a mixed-methods systematic review followed a Joanna Briggs Institute Methodology convergent integrated approach. Four electronic databases (PubMed, CINAHL, Embase, and Scopus) were searched. Studies were screened based on the population of interest (nurses), the phenomenon of interest (patient deterioration), the context (adult care in acute hospital settings), the study type (original studies), and publication in English peer-reviewed journals from January 2014 to December 2023. Two authors independently conducted all screening steps and assessed the methodological quality of the included studies. Any disagreements were resolved through discussion. This review was reported according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis. Twenty-one studies met the eligibility criteria. Key indicators included vital signs, intake and output, laboratory data, and observational data. Nurses also relied on subjective data from patients' complaints and their own intuition to predict patient deterioration. The frequency and pattern of specific nursing interventions also play an important role. This review identified vital indicators from nurses' perspectives, underscoring the value of subjective observations, intuition, and specific nursing interventions in predicting patient deterioration. Integrating subjective factors with objective data can improve early recognition of and response to clinical deterioration, thereby enhancing patient safety and outcomes. This review provides a foundation for future research aimed at quantifying subjective elements, such as patient complaints and nurses' intuitions, to be included in nursing records as key indicators for predicting patient deterioration. This study was registered with PROSPERO under the registration number CRD42024552344.

IMPROBIDADE ADMINISTRATIVA:ESTRATÉGIAS EFICAZES PARA PREVENÇÃO E COMBATE À IMPROBIDADE ADMINISTRATIVA

This work aims to analyze New Law No. 14,230/2021 Administrative Improbity Law, in light of Sanctioning Administrative Law, in order to bring ways of preventing and combating administrative improbity in Brazil, focusing on the most effective strategies to mitigate this problem that affects public finances and administrative morality. The research was carried out based on the analysis of Law No. 14.230/2021 (The Administrative Impropriety Law), and was divided into three aspects: general considerations on the Improbity Law, conceptual and theoretical basis of the subjective elements of the LIA as well as the precept of Sanctioning Administrative Law, examining both the legal aspect examining both the legal aspects and its practical implications in the daily lives of public servants. The research used the inductive method, of a qualitative nature, with bibliographical review and analysis of judgments. The study revealed that, although there are robust legal mechanisms, their implementation faces challenges, such as judicial slowness and the lack of training for civil servants. It is concluded that it is essential to strengthen continuing education in the public service and improve inspection and control mechanisms to prevent administrative impropriety.

The Quality of Life of Residents Migrating from The Mainland to The Islands: Case Study of Bach Long VI Island, Vietnam

The purpose of this article was to identify the factors that influenced the quality of residents’ life in Bach Long Vi island, Vietnam. Survey data were collected from 63 households per total 150 household on Bach Long Vi Island, Vietnam. The research model was proposed from the studies of Quality of life (QOL). QOL is proposed as a multi-scale, multi-dimensional concept that contains interacting objective and subjective elements. The article relates QOL to the opportunities that are provided to meet human need in form of material well-being, community well-being, emotional well-being and health and safety well-being. Issues related to defining, measuring, and scaling those concepts are discussed. Policy implication will be showed to give conditions for maximizing QOL at individual and community in that island and all similar islands in Vietnam.

Toward a conceptualization of the musical self: A theoretical-methodological approach to subjectivity in independent musicians

The objective of this study is to advance a theoretical and methodological proposal for the analysis of subjectivity construction in independent musicians. Existing social and cultural theories of subjectivity have not satisfactorily addressed the artistic experience of musicians. We present an analytic model that highlights the place of language from a perspective informed by dialogical theories and which also incorporates the aesthetic dimension of subjectivity in the occupational field. By analyzing six narrative interviews, we offer a qualitative insight into how independent musicians subjectively experience their musical activity. We constructed dialogical dimensions associated with four subjective movements in the interviewees’ discourse: aesthetic, activity, authorship, and reflectivity. Our findings about the configuration of musical subjectivity yielded three core points of articulation: musical self, existential self, and musical-occupational self. The musical self emerges as a particular subjective configuration, since creative activity represents a point of vital and occupational grounding where the boundaries between work and subjective experience appear to fade. Employing the aesthetic dimension of subjectivity made it possible to add complexity to the articulation and integration of various subjective elements of a psychological and social nature that have traditionally been studied in isolation.

Decoding episodic autobiographical memory in naturalistic virtual reality

Episodic autobiographical memory (EAM) is a long-term memory system of personally experienced events with their context – what, where, when – and subjective elements, e.g., emotions, thoughts, or self-reference. EAM formation has rarely been studied in a controlled, real-life-like paradigm, and there is no predictive model of long-term retrieval from self-rated subjective experience at encoding. The present longitudinal study, with three surprise free recall memory tests immediately, one-week and one-month after encoding, investigated incidental encoding of EAM in an immersive virtual environment where 30 participants either interacted with or observed specific events of varying emotional valences with simultaneous physiological recordings. The predictive analyses highlight the temporal dynamics of the predictors of EAM from subjective ratings at encoding: common characteristics related to sense of remembering and infrequency of real-life encounter of the event were identified over time, but different variables become relevant at different time points, such as the emotion and mental imagery or prospective aspects. This dynamic and time-dependent role of memory predictors challenges traditional views of a uniform influence of encoding factors over time. Current evidence for the multiphasic nature of memory formation points to the role of different mechanisms at play during encoding but also consolidation and subsequent retrieval.

PSICOLOGIA DA RELIGIÃO: VERTENTES DA ESPIRITUALIDADE INTEGRADAS À PSICOLOGIA

The presence of spirituality in the daily life of society is indisputable, even those who say they have no religious affiliation believe in the existence of a God or a superior force that helps to deal with traumas, conflicts and/or decision-making. Psychology comprises a branch of fundamental questions with in-depth discussions about the integrative aspects of the human being. Spiritual questions aim to establish answers to the invisible, in the belief and faith of the community, presenting themselves as a tool for integration in therapeutic management. The study is highly necessary, as it addresses the bio-psycho-social-spiritual being that resides in each man and woman. On the other hand, reaffirm that spirituality cannot be ignored when it is manifested in the therapeutic environment, as the aforementioned manifestation comes from the subjective element of that being.

Dualistic View in the Formulation of Criminal Offenses in the National Criminal Code

This article discusses the shift in criminal law perspectives in Indonesia from monist to dualist within the National Criminal Code (Kitab Undang-Undang Hukum Pidana or KUHP). The term "pidana," originating from the Dutch word "straf," is defined as the punishment imposed by the state for criminal law violations. Since the colonial era, Indonesia inherited Dutch criminal law, which underwent reforms starting in 1958. These reforms were driven by the need for a better criminal legal framework in line with societal developments. The aim of criminal law reform is to achieve legal certainty, justice, and utility. The reasons for reform are influenced by political, sociological, psychological, and practical aspects. Reform efforts include legal discoveries through interpretation, analogy, and legal refinement, covering substantive, structural, and cultural aspects of the law. The National Criminal Code of Indonesia has shifted its perspective from monist to dualist. Monist theory unifies the wrongful nature and culpability as elements of a criminal act, while dualist theory separates them. The National Criminal Code affirms this separation but still formulates the subjective element of negligence in specific criminal acts. This shift in perspective has implications for law enforcement processes in courts. Prosecutors are not required to prove intent, and courts must balance criminal acts and criminal liability. However, there is a need for the development and understanding of these concepts by law enforcement, legal advisors, and judges to maintain a balance between legal certainty and justice. In conclusion, the National Criminal Code adopts a dualist perspective to strengthen the role of criminal law. The separation of criminal acts and criminal liability is expected to enhance the balance between legal certainty and justice in criminal court decisions in Indonesia.

Mapping interpretations of the law in online content moderation in Germany

Content moderation is a vital condition that online platforms must facilitate, according to the law, to create suitable online environments for their users. By the law, we mean national or European laws that require the removal of content by online platforms, such as EU Regulation 2021/784, which addresses the dissemination of terrorist content online. Content moderation required by these national or European laws, summarised here as ‘the law’, is different from the moderation of pieces of content that is not directly required by law but instead is conducted voluntarily by the platforms. New regulatory requests create an additional layer of complexity of legal grounds for the moderation of content and are relevant to platforms’ daily decisions. The decisions made are either grounded in reasons stemming from different sources of law, such as international or national provisions, or can be based on contractual grounds, such as the platform's Terms of Service and Community Standards. However, how to empirically measure these essential aspects of content moderation remains unclear. Therefore, we ask the following research question: How do online platforms interpret the law when they moderate online content?To understand this complex interplay and empirically test the quality of a platform's content moderation claims, this article develops a methodology that facilitates empirical evidence of the individual decisions taken per piece of content while highlighting the subjective element of content classification by human moderators. We then apply this methodology to a single empirical case, an anonymous medium-sized German platform that provided us access to their content moderation decisions. With more knowledge of how platforms interpret the law, we can better understand the complex nature of content moderation, its regulation and compliance practices, and to what degree legal moderation might differ from moderation due to contractual reasons in dimensions such as the need for context, information, and time.Our results show considerable divergence between the platform's interpretation of the law and ours. We believe that a significant number of platform legal interpretations are incorrect due to divergent interpretations of the law and that platforms are removing legal content that they falsely believe to be illegal (‘overblocking’) while simultaneously not moderating illegal content (‘underblocking’). In conclusion, we provide recommendations for content moderation system design that takes (legal) human content moderation into account and creates new methodological ways to test its quality and effect on speech in online platforms.

A Computer Vision System for an Automated Scoring of a Hand-drawn Geometric Figure

Visual Reproduction is a condition to measure Visual Spatial Memory as one of the cognitive domains commonly used to measure visuo-spatial memory. Geometric figures serve as stimulus material, and probands have to reproduce the figures from memory through a hand drawing. The scoring of the drawing has subjective elements. This study aims to evaluate the scoring criteria for the Figural Reproduction Test (FRT), part of the Indonesian Neuropsychological Test Battery, and to develop and evaluate an automated scoring system based on computer vision technology (FRT-CVAS). Scoring evaluation conducted by Cohen Kappa analysis, accuracy, sensitivity, and specificity. The analyzes of the three criteria of the manual confirmed a subjective element in the scoring of the shape of triangles by a moderate (0.74) inter-rater agreement; this agreement could be improved to 0.84 by a slight modification of its criteria. FRT-CVAS, based on computer vision’s identification of the different elements of the hand drawing, was developed and trained using 290 drawings. The system was additionally tested by comparing its scoring with the scoring of two independent raters on 120 drawings from a second data set. FRT-CVAS recognized all elements, and its comparison between human raters showed a high accuracy and sensitivity (minimally 0.91), while the specificity was 0.80 for one of the three criteria. FRT-CVAS offers a highly standardized, consistent, precise, and objective output from the first card in the FRT. This approach is advantageous to data-hungry alternatives such as deep learning when applied to the automated scoring of hand drawings with relatively little data available for training.

Development and internal validation of a simple clinical score for the estimation of the probability of deep vein thrombosis in outpatient emergency department patients

BackgroundWells score comprises subjective elements, making physicians reluctant to use Wells score or cause them to use it incorrectly. ObjectivesTo develop and internally validate a prediction score that is objective and simple for evaluating suspected deep vein thrombosis (DVT), with a safety comparable with that of Wells score. MethodsWe performed a post hoc analysis using data from the Ri-Schedule study (NCT02486445) involving suspected DVT patients at Østfold Hospital’s Emergency Department, Norway (2015-2018). Candidate variables were identified through bootstrapping technique, with a confirmed DVT diagnosis as the outcome variable. Sensitivity, specificity, negative predictive value (NPV), and positive predictive values (PPV) were estimated and compared with the 2-tier Wells score. ResultsAmong 1312 patients (median age, 64 years [IQR, 52-73]; 55% women), 19.9% were diagnosed with DVT. Exploration of 30 variables identified tenderness along deep veins and previous venous thromboembolism as significant predictors (selection frequency >60% in 1000 bootstrapping samples). The derived score categorized 450 patients with 0 items as unlikely to have DVT, of whom 8.0% were diagnosed with DVT, compared with 8.2% in DVT unlikely category according to Wells score. Compared with Wells score, the derived score demonstrated sensitivity of 86.2 (95% CI, 81.4-90.2) vs 80.1 (95% CI, 74.7-84.8), specificity of 39.4 (95% CI, 36.4-42.4) vs 55.3 (95% CI, 52.2-58.3), NPV of 92.0 (95% CI, 89.4-94.0) vs 91.8 (95% CI, 89.7-93.5), and PPV of 26.1 (95% CI, 24.8-27.5) vs 30.8 (95% CI, 28.9-32.8). When incorporating D-dimer cutoff of <0.5, the derived score had sensitivity of 99.6 (95% CI, 97.9-99.9), specificity of 16.1 (95% CI, 13.1-18.4), NPV of 99.4 (95% CI, 96.0-99.9), and PPV of 22.8 (95% CI, 22.3-23.3). ConclusionThe derived DVT score, with 2 objective variables, had a comparable safety with that of the Wells score. However, an external validation is mandated prior to clinical use.

Analysis of the Subjective Elements of Tax Violations from Distribution of the Burden of Proof

Analysis of the Subjective Elements of Tax Violations from Distribution of the Burden of Proof

User experience testing methods: Conclusions from the literature

Industry 4.0 focuses on the digitalization of production processes and technological innovation. The concept of Industry 5.0 puts the focus on human-centricity, sustainability, and resilience at the heart of research and development and innovation (R&amp;D&amp;I) processes to allow industry to serve humanity with a long-term vision that considers planetary boundaries. Replacing the technology-driven approach with a fundamentally human-centric approach requires a deep understanding of the working environment and workers interacting with machines to optimize worker well-being, working conditions, and job outcomes. Analyzing computer work User eXperience (UX) in industrial environments is vital. However, user perceptions are usually hidden and a challenge to detect. Therefore, measuring and monitoring perceptions, emotional reactions, subjective elements, preferences, and attitudes in the relationships between usability, work performance, and workload is crucial. This study provides conclusions of a literature review on user experience studies focusing on UX testing methods and the disciplines linked to industrial diversification. Based on literature analysis, it identifies UX testing methods and create own grouping to analyze them. It also examines the disciplinary context of user experience testing.

Trade Facilitation as a Catalyst for Government Revenue Enhancement: Exploring the Synergies Between Trade Efficiency and Tax Collection

Customs administrators worldwide are mandated to mobilize national revenue collections through the assessment and collection of applicable duties and taxes on all imports and exports. One of their primary concerns following the ratification of the Trade Facilitation Agreement is the need to optimise revenue collections while simultaneously upholding trade facilitation. This research assesses trade facilitation implications on government revenue mobilization in developing countries with a particular emphasis on Zimbabwe. The paper adopts a qualitative approach, capturing several subjective elements including the examination of the Critical Success Factors for enhanced revenue collection as well as the evaluation of trade facilitation as a solution to customs revenue leakages. Purposive sampling was employed to collect data from employees working in the Customs Division at the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority. Eighty questionnaires were distributed to participants working in Beitbridge, Chirundu, Forbes border posts and the Robert Mugabe International Airport targeting Customs Senior Managers, Customs Middle Managers, Revenue Supervisors and Revenue Officers as key respondents. Data was analysed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 29. This analysis focused on four dimensions of trade facilitation, which includes port efficiency, customs environment, regulatory environment, and electronic-business. The findings indicate that trade facilitation reforms, when executed appropriately in conjunction with enhancements in electronic-business, port efficiency, customs environment and the regulatory framework, can effectively augment revenue collection. Regulatory environment improvements are key in influencing increasing revenue collection and should be prioritised in resource allocation for the achievement of best possible outcomes. We recommend ‘continuous refresher training’ on trade facilitation awareness targeting all stakeholders in ports of entry, accompanied by the implementation of robust risk management strategies as well as intensified implementation of integrity management tools.

Audiogram Estimation Performance Using Auditory Evoked Potentials and Gaussian Processes.

Auditory evoked potentials (AEPs) play an important role in evaluating hearing in infants and others who are unable to participate reliably in behavioral testing. Discriminating the AEP from the much larger background activity, however, can be challenging and time-consuming, especially when several AEP measurements are needed, as is the case for audiogram estimation. This task is usually entrusted to clinicians, who visually inspect the AEP waveforms to determine if a response is present or absent. The drawback is that this introduces a subjective element to the test, compromising quality control of the examination. Various objective methods have therefore been developed to aid clinicians with response detection. In recent work, the authors introduced Gaussian processes (GPs) with active learning for hearing threshold estimation using auditory brainstem responses (ABRs). The GP is attractive for this task, as it can exploit the correlation structure underlying AEP waveforms across different stimulus levels and frequencies, which is often overlooked by conventional detection methods. GPs with active learning previously proved effective for ABR hearing threshold estimation in simulations, but have not yet been evaluated for audiogram estimation in subject data. The present work evaluates GPs with active learning for ABR audiogram estimation in a sample of normal-hearing and hearing-impaired adults. This involves introducing an additional dimension to the GP (i.e., stimulus frequency) along with real-time implementations and active learning rules for automated stimulus selection. The GP's accuracy was evaluated using the "hearing threshold estimation error," defined as the difference between the GP-estimated hearing threshold and the behavioral hearing threshold to the same stimuli. Test time was evaluated using the number of preprocessed and artifact-free epochs (i.e., the sample size) required for locating hearing threshold at each frequency. Comparisons were drawn with visual inspection by examiners who followed strict guidelines provided by the British Society of Audiology. Twenty-two normal hearing and nine hearing-impaired adults were tested (one ear per subject). For each subject, the audiogram was estimated three times: once using the GP approach, once using visual inspection by examiners, and once using a standard behavioral hearing test. The GP's median estimation error was approximately 0 dB hearing level (dB HL), demonstrating an unbiased test performance relative to the behavioral hearing thresholds. The GP additionally reduced test time by approximately 50% relative to the examiners. The hearing thresholds estimated by the examiners were 5 to 15 dB HL higher than the behavioral thresholds, which was consistent with the literature. Further testing is still needed to determine the extent to which these results generalize to the clinic. GPs with active learning enable automatic, real-time ABR audiogram estimation with relatively low test time and high accuracy. The GP could be used to automate ABR audiogram estimation or to guide clinicians with this task, who may choose to override the GP's decisions if deemed necessary. Results suggest that GPs hold potential for next-generation ABR hearing threshold and audiogram-seeking devices.

Research on the Game Strategy of Mutual Safety Risk Prevention and Control of Industrial Park Enterprises under Blockchain Technology

Systematic management of corporate safety risks in industrial parks has become a hot topic. And risk prevention and control mutual aid is a brand-new model in the risk and emergency management of the park. In the context of blockchain, how to incentivize enterprises to actively invest in safety risk prevention and control mutual aid has become a series of key issues facing government regulators. This paper innovatively combines Prospect Theory, Mental Accounting, and Evolutionary Game Theory to create a hypothetical model of limited rationality for the behavior of key stakeholders (core enterprises, supporting enterprises, and government regulatory departments) in mutual aid for safety risk prevention and control. Under the static prize punishment mechanism and dynamic punishment mechanism, the evolutionary stabilization strategy of stakeholders was analyzed, and numerical simulation analysis was performed through examples. The results show: (1) Mutual aid for risk prevention and control among park enterprises is influenced by various factors, including external and subjective elements, and evolves through complex evolutionary paths (e.g., reference points, value perception). (2) Government departments are increasingly implementing dynamic reward and punishment measures to address the shortcomings of static mechanisms. Government departments should dynamically adjust reward and punishment strategies, determine clearly the highest standards for rewards and punishments, and the combination of various incentives and penalties can significantly improve the effectiveness of investment decisions in mutual aid for safety risk prevention and control. (3) Continuously optimizing the design of reward and punishment mechanisms, integrating blockchain technology with management strategies to motivate enterprise participation, and leveraging participant feedback are strategies and recommendations that provide new insights for promoting active enterprise investment in mutual aid for safety risk prevention and control. The marginal contribution of this paper is to reveal the evolutionary pattern of mutual safety risk prevention and control behaviors of enterprises in chemical parks in the context of blockchain.

Healthcare Professionals’ Perspectives on Dignity in Dementia: A Qualitative Analysis

In dementia care, the concept of dignity has garnered substantial attention from both researchers and policymakers. However, the concept often remains vague and open to interpretation, potentially leading to misunderstandings and suboptimal care for people with dementia. As healthcare professionals occupy a critical role in upholding dignity, exploring their viewpoints on this complex concept is paramount. In this study, we explore Danish healthcare professionals’ views on the dignity of people with dementia and discuss these perspectives against existing theoretical accounts. We employed thematic analysis of data collected during facilitated discussions with a total of 99 healthcare professionals, including nurses and healthcare workers, during which we posed the question, “What is dignity to you?” and documented their perspectives. Through a systematic process of data coding and interpretation, we identified recurring patterns in their responses. This approach allowed us to uncover the depth and complexity of their viewpoints, providing valuable insights into the multifaceted nature of dignity as perceived by healthcare professionals. Our findings revealed that healthcare professionals possessed a nuanced understanding of dignity, recognizing both a subjective element and a universal aspect applicable to all individuals, aligning with theoretical interpretations. However, conceptual ambiguity remained a challenge.