Community Expectations Research Articles

Being someone or doing something: How students in municipal adult education view their future vocation

Being an adult, deciding what to do with your life, and trying to understand the consequences of educational choices can be difficult. Vocational education and training (VET) programmes within the Swedish municipal adult education (MAE) offer an opportunity to learn a vocation, and last 6–18 months. This study aims to explore how adult VET students perceive desirable vocational habitus and is based on 18 interviews comparing students from two vocational MAE programmes in assistant nursing and floor laying. Semi-structured interviews were conducted at the beginning of the students’ training and data were analysed using inductive thematic analysis. The results show that choosing a VET programme is a process of choosing what you want to do for work but also who you want to be. However, whether or not students see themselves as suitable is contrasted between how they perceive their future vocation and what the vocational community expects from them, which in turn affects their learning process and development of a vocational identity. Noticing the discrepancies between students’ perceptions and vocational expectations can both reduce the risk of losing students during training and reduces the risk of reproducing unequal ideals.

Analisis Kepuasan Masyarakat Pada Layanan SKTM di Kantor Desa Bangunrejo Kecamatan Semaka Kabupaten Tanggamus

The purpose of this study was to determine the level of community satisfaction on the quality of services carried out by the village apparatus of Bangunrejo sub-district, Semaka district, Tanggamus district in providing services for making SKTM (Certificate of Disability). The research method used in this research is descriptive qualitative. Qualitative descriptive research is research that aims to describe and describe the conditions that occur in the field. The research technique uses primary data obtained from distributing questionnaires to the people of Bangunrejo village who have taken care of the SKTM for the last 2 years (2020-2021), as many as 369 residents. The theory used is Hardiansyah (2011) which states that community satisfaction is formed because of good service quality where the service is in accordance with community expectations. Good service quality consists of 5 dimensions, namely: responsiveness, reliability, attention, assurance, and physical ability. The results of the respondents' responses to the highest community satisfaction came from the dimensions of reliability and attention. While the dimension that has the lowest level of satisfaction comes from the dimension of physical ability.

Portraying Animal Cruelty: A Thematic Analysis of Australian News Media Reports on Penalties for Animal Cruelty.

Media portrayals of animal cruelty can shape public understanding and perception of animal welfare law. Given that animal welfare law in Australia is guided partially by 'community expectations', the media might indirectly be influencing recent reform efforts to amend maximum penalties in Australia, through guiding and shaping public opinion. This paper reports on Australian news articles which refer to penalties for animal cruelty published between 1 June 2019 and 1 December 2019. Using the electronic database Newsbank, a total of 71 news articles were included for thematic analysis. Three contrasting themes were identified: (1) laws are not good enough; (2) laws are improving; and (3) reforms are unnecessary. We propose a penalty reform cycle to represent the relationship between themes one and two, and 'community expectations'. The cycle is as follows: media reports on recent amendments imply that 'laws are improving' (theme two). Due to a range of inherent factors in the criminal justice system, harsher sentences are not handed down by the courts, resulting in media report of 'lenient sentencing' (theme one). Hence, the public become displeased with the penal system, forming the 'community expectations', which then fuel future reform efforts. Thus, the cycle continues.

Estetyczne fałsze i moralne emocje w "Sanatorium pod Klepsydrą" Brunona Schulza i w filmie Wojciecha Hasa

This article explores how artists deploy time in their work and, in so doing, compel us to reconsider the way we think about morality and politics. My study focuses on works by the Polish-Jewish fiction writer Bruno Schulz and the Polish filmmaker Wojciech Has. In particular, I examine Has’s The Hourglass Sanatorium, in which he reimagines the cycle of stories collected in Schulz’s Sanatorium under the Sign of the Hourglass. By juxtaposing Schulz’s unorthodox treatment of his familial heritage against Has’s reshuffling of the terms of their relationship, I offer one compelling example of how moral commitments are articulated in the aftermath of the Holocaust. Sanatorium under the Sign of the Hourglass paves the way for the philosophical thinking of Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari, who associate multiplicity with a loss of presence and of structural authority over the determination of the temporal relation between cause and effect, the spatial relation between center and periphery, the relation of superiority and inferiority among species. Schulz presents time in jumbled form in order to upend the notion that the past must determine the future. In this way he means to subvert the symbolic, patriarchal, hierarchical order of individuation, nationality, and the Law. Schulz’s extraordinary treatment of time encourages a new, shifting relation between man and nature, as well as a radical transformation that leads to the embrace of difference, rather than conforming to the expectations of family, community, or history. Has’s film, The Hourglass Sanatorium, is an adaptation of Schulz’s cycle. It similarly weaves together a tapestry of fragments, stories, and images, which emerge from jumbled time-sequences to present assemblages that accentuate difference through juxtaposition. The central difference between Has’s adaptation and the original text is that his sequences are peppered with traditional, stereotypical images of Polish Jews. Has chooses his different framing images because by 1973 when the film was released, there was a renewed interest in reviving Polish-Jewish culture and making it part of the modern historical memory of the nation. Has’s target audience is a younger generation of viewers, and he speaks to them by expressing their resentment toward Poland for its role in the annihilation of Polish Jewry.

Ethical Principles, Social Harm and the Economic Relations of Research: Negotiating Ethics Committee Requirements and Community Expectations in Ethnographic Research in Rural Malawi

Conventional research ethics focus on avoidance of harm to individual participants through measures to ensure informed consent. In long-term ethnographic research projects involving multiple actors, however, a wider concept of harm is needed. We apply the criminological concept of social harm, which focuses on harm produced through and affecting wider social relations, to a research project that we undertook in Malawi. Through this, we show how structural economic inequalities shape the consequences of research for the differently positioned parties involved. Specifically, we focus on dilemmas around transferring resources within three social fields: our relations with a Malawian ethics committee; our interventions in a rural community; and our efforts to engage the policy community. Each of these involved multiple and differently placed individuals within broader, multi-scalar structural relations and reveals the inadequacies of conventional codes of ethics.

How does the research community contribute to corporate climate‐related risk disclosures? The gap between ideals and reality

AbstractSince the inception of the Task Force on Climate Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) and its publication of a series of guidelines to instruct companies how to respond to climate change, physical and transition risks have become must‐know terms for businesses around the world. The development of various physical and transition risk assessment tools has become an urgent task for not only climate service companies but also for the scientific research community. Nevertheless, there is still an obvious gap between the contribution of the scientific research community and enterprise needs for clarification of the TCFD requirements. This article draws on interviews from representatives of more than a dozen related corporations and institutions in Taiwan, including private firms, research units, and industry associations, to understand and summarize their experience and expectations for the research community's contributions to TCFD alignment. The interview findings point out that physical risk assessment, transition risk assessment, data/information disclosure and integration, and policies and systems are the most concerned aspects of the interviewees. Based on these findings, the paper then provides suggestions for improvement by the research community, policy makers, and decision makers, including appropriate policies and systems, localized high‐quality climate services, and international competition, helping to effectively bridge the gap between daily research work and external expectations for the research results.

Rehabilitation and mine closure policies creating a pathway to relinquishment: an Australian perspective

Mine closure practices have continued to improve over the last few decades; however, across the industry rehabilitation outcomes continue to fall short of community expectations. While examples of successful rehabilitation exist, there are still limited examples of mines closing, relinquishing, and transitioning to another land use. Barriers to relinquishment such as residual risk, land transfer liability, and limited next land use options are compounded by the lack of legislated mine relinquishment policy. Broader mine closure policy has evolved significantly over the last few decades in Australia, with recent changes in some states enhancing mandates requiring progressive rehabilitation and financial assurance mechanisms in an effort to continue to improve mine closure outcomes. Government authorities with legislative powers to report and influence rehabilitation activities in Queensland and Victoria are also considered a positive mine closure policy direction. Despite these recent legislative developments there is still no multi‐agency regulatory policy framework integrating mine closure and relinquishment in any Australian jurisdiction. This article explores how recent mine closure policy changes in Australia could be used by policy makers to enable relinquishment in the future and provides recommendations for an integrated multi‐agency relinquishment policy framework.

A First Step towards Zero Nuclear Waste—Advanced Strategic Thinking in Light of iMAGINE

Traditionally, there has been a gap between reactor operation and the consideration of nuclear waste in the final disposal. Fuel is produced, and fuel must be disposed. In the view of the reactor operator, fuel has to be cleaned in the reprocessing, and new solid fuel has to be produced in the view of the chemist. iMAGINE is designed to overcome this separation through a breakthrough development applying an optimized, integrative approach from cradle to grave of nuclear energy production as a first step to come as close as possible to the vision of zero waste nuclear power. It is described here for the first time in three steps: reactor, fuel cycle, and waste, providing the rationality behind each of the choices made to come to the overall solution to open the discussion and thinking process on what could be achieved by a very innovative approach to integrated nuclear energy production. The opportunities regarding the handling of the remaining waste are discussed with a view on the expectation of the final disposal community, the study “Nuclear waste from small modular reactors”, and the IAEA report “waste from innovative types of reactors and fuel cycles—a preliminary study”. The aim of this work is not to find answers to each of the raised points, but to identify potential approaches and promising ways to go, as well as to stimulate a discussion among experts. In the best case, this could lead to a change of track for nuclear power to become even more sustainable and an important, trusted technology to help solve the net-zero challenge.

Methodological Paper What counts as “good” qualitative accounting research? Researchers' perspectives on assessing and proving research quality

PurposeThis study explores the everyday experiences of researchers in assessing their own and others' research, highlighting what “good” qualitative accounting research is from their perspectives.Design/methodology/approachThe analysis is based on interviews with accounting scholars from the UK, Germany, Italy, Spain and Australia, with diverse ethnic background and methodological preferences.FindingsInterviewees pointed to a plurality of practical, and to some extent tacit, ways in which they demonstrate and assess the quality of research, concerning “contribution”, “consistency” and “confidence”, with generalizability being seen as more controversial and difficult to attain. In general, interviewees highlighted the underlying ambiguity on what constitutes good research in the qualitative accounting community, contrasting it to the perceived stronger clarity to be found in the quantitative accounting community. This was seen as potentially strengthening the positions of “gatekeepers” in the accounting communities, and encouraging conformance and “signaling” behaviors, at the risk of hampering innovation.Originality/valueThe main critical issues affecting qualitative research quality highlighted by interviewees concern the engagement with the world of practice, and with theory and literature, the importance of accounting for the analysis of qualitative data and for the messiness of the underlying process, and the implicit search for compliance with editors' and community's expectations and conventions. These findings suggest the need to continue debating how to assess the quality of qualitative research in everyday activities, and reflect on how to promote acceptance and openness to pluralism, in scientific communities, as well as in data collection, analysis, in the theorizing, and in connecting epistemology and methodology.

Community expectations of a village for people living with dementia.

Small-scale models of dementia care are a progressive approach to improve care for people living with dementia. These models intend to provide a home-like environment with a small number of residents in each living unit, easy access to services and facilities, a dedicated team of staff and flexible routines. This study was undertaken during the construction phase of a new village and provided a unique opportunity to explore expectations of the village among the local community. Twelve community members participated in two sequential online focus groups over a 2-month period. Focus group discussions were recorded, transcribed and analysed using a reflexive thematic analysis approach. Knowledge of the village varied and was informed by familiarity with other village developments and local marketing about the new village. The findings indicate that the community expect the village to provide residents with optimum dementia care, a safe and enabling physical environment and a vibrant daily life where they are engaged in 'normal' activities. While participants expected the village to be self-contained, they also anticipated strong connections with the wider community. Participants acknowledged that the community need dementia education to ensure these interactions are positive. Community expectations of a new village development for people living with dementia are largely positive and often idealistic. Organisations need to consider these expectations when developing new small-scale facilities and be mindful of how they market these developments to foster realistic expectations. While community enthusiasm about dementia care is encouraging, education is needed to ensure the success of the model.

Community values on governing urban water nature-based solutions in Sydney, Australia

Since the needs and expectations of communities towards their urban environments often vary, landscape management strategies can often be prone to fail in the absence of social considerations. It is therefore incumbent on policy-makers to investigate and attempt to reconcile diverse community perceptions toward the natural and built environment for more equitable governance. This is of particular interest when planning and managing nature-based solutions (NBS) for river protection. We considered this challenge in understanding human values, perceptions and behaviour in a multilayered ecosystem that includes waterways, NBS, green open spaces, and a built environment. This paper analyses perceptions and behaviour around a public urban park next to the Georges River in Sydney Australia, utilizing a proxy-based approach and a mixed-method comprising community surveys and behavioural mapping. The results showed that while users perceive the significance of the urban river environment differently, naturalistic (ecological), humanistic (recreational) and utilitarian (well-being) values are dominant. Urban river catchments are highly valued for recreational purposes, with a strong perception of potential flooding hazards. Through exploring the literature, we recognized that the dominancy of leisure-related values around urban river catchments can be generalized to similar cases worldwide. While NBS, as an urban stormwater management solution, address some user values (e.g., naturalistic) around urban river catchments, they may lack further delivery of humanistic and utilitarian values due to the poor integration with recreational and cultural spaces. It was also the case around the Georges River, where low prominence of cultural features was observed. We concluded that NBS development around Georges River and other urban river catchments should incorporate socio-cultural considerations and community values, in particular the ones related to leisure. The gaps between users’ beliefs and behaviour do not greatly challenge governance, provided that the decision-makers utilise these gaps for optimising management actions.

US Accreditation as a World-Class Education Quality Indicator

On the turning point of European and world history, it is extremely important to unveil and effectively utilize the potential of effective high-quality education to make the future better for generations to come. Higher education quality management through accreditation has a long history of development in the United States, and time-proven standards, stimulating accredited institutions to continually improve academic quality. 
 The concepts, systems, principles and practices of accreditation arouse in the United States out of the need to meet the demands for quality, and evolved over decades, to form a coherent set of standards and frameworks of continuous improvement in all meaningful directions of the educational institutions’ life, striving for teaching excellence and high learning outcomes. At present, accreditation principles and processes, as exemplified by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP) programmatic accreditation, are implemented in the US and numerous countries of the world, to ensure high standard and continuous improvement of business education quality, to raise the competitiveness of educational institutions in response to the expectations of public (primarily, students and their families), governments, employers, universities/colleges, academics, and broader communities. 
 This study establishes the correlation of the quality management system via ACBSP accreditation with the continuous improvement of business education quality. This study also provides statistical evidence that the application of quality management principles at institutions of higher education with accredited business programs did result in the association with enhanced student learning outcomes.
 Higher education quality management leads to higher employability of the institution’s graduates. Since the quality of education is crucial for the country’s economic growth and prosperity, the business education institutions and programs in Ukraine and other Central and Eastern European and Eurasian countries may benefit from implementing quality management through ACBSP accreditation for their undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate (doctoral) business programs, to satisfy ever-rising expectations of candidates for top managerial and leadership positions. 
 The research suggests that 51% of the institutions of higher education with business programs in the United States, and 93% of the institutions of higher education worldwide could benefit from implementing accreditation principles and processes to maintain and enhance their education quality and competitiveness in the world business education market, for the sake of highest recognition of their graduates’ diploma on the global job markets and significant increase of their employability.

REVIEW OF ISLAMIC LAW ON LULONGGANDA RITUAL CUSTOMS IN POST-HARVEST PROCESSION IN BENUA SUBDISTRICT OF SOUTH KONAWE REGENCY

The lulongganda ritual is usually carried out by the people of Benua Village, this custom is an event that is carried out when the community has carried out the harvest and is about to open new land, then the community performs this ritual as a form of expression of prayer requests as well as their form of gratitude regarding the abundant harvest and without any disturbance, thanks to the implementation of the lulongganda ritual activity. In the implementation of the traditional lulongganda ritual, there are still many implementations that must be studied in Islamic law, therefore if we do something, it cannot be separated from the guidance and instructions that exist and are justified according to Islam, because religion is not a tool, but completely Religion does not oppose custom, as long as it does not conflict with the principles that have been justified by religion. The method used in this research is qualitative research using data collection methods, namely the observation method, interview method, and documentation method, then the type of research is field research. The results of this research reveal two things in the implementation process which are divided into two types, the implementation is by Islamic law and which is not by Islamic law, while the implementation is by Islamic law, namely: efforts to preserve the traditional lulongganda ritual, the lulo movement which has philosophical meaning in farming, preserving traditional arts and sports. While the implementation is not by Islamic law, namely: community expectations for the implementation of the lulongganda ritual, the implementation of mombaka okanda, the implementation of mosehe ndiolu.

Universities Need a Social License to Operate and Grow: Reflecting on the University-Community Engagement of two Transnational Universities

Transnational higher education is big business. However, it is unclear what transnational universities must do to behave in a responsible way or to gain a social licence to operate. Examining the University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC) and Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU), we discuss what universities could do to gain approval from host communities. They have to meet home and host country regulations, and the expectations of local communities and other stakeholders. Consideration of their social licence and of the negative and positive social impacts they create will contribute to their reputation and ability to access local knowledge. To earn a social licence to operate and grow, universities must understand and respond to their local context, share benefits with local communities, and have effective community engagement practices. In the universities we studied, there was limited information provided to community stakeholders and poor stakeholder engagement. However, high levels of trust from residents existed, partly because of the good reputation of universities generally.

Excellent Service in The Perspective of Social Reconstruction: Public Perception and Expectation

This study aims to identify and analyze excellent service in Madrasahs based on the perspective of social reconstruction by examining public perceptions and expectations of the quality of Madrasah services. This phenomenological research uses a qualitative descriptive approach. To meet the needs of this study, researchers collected data by using observation, interview, and documentation techniques. The informants in this study included the head of the madrasa, integrated service staff, students, alums, and the madrasah committee. The results of the study indicate that there is urgency in implementing excellent services in madrasas, perceptions of community satisfaction with madrasa services, and the suitability of community expectations with the implementation of madrasa services. This study implies the importance of service in madrasa development activities that focus on customer satisfaction to survive and win the competition amid competition between educational institutions.

Analysis of Factors Affecting Community Participation Expectations on Sustainability Urban Farming in Jakarta City

To meet the nutritional needs of the people of Jakarta, urban agriculture is one of the food supply solutions. This study analyzes community expectations for participation in sustainable urban agriculture in Jakarta. The latest developments of this study provide results on the impact of economic, health and environmental variables on people's expectations for the sustainability of urban agriculture in Jakarta. The novelty of this study is that it considers the theme of the study, namely the inhabitants of the city of Jakarta, engaged in urban agriculture, a total of 112 respondents. The results of this study indicate that economic, health and environmental variables, simultaneously or in part, positively influence the expectations of community involvement in the sustainability of urban agricultural activities in the city of Jakarta. Based on these findings, it can be said that the expectation of community engagement in sustainable urban agriculture in Jakarta translates into greater productivity, knowledge, skills, awareness and understanding of the existence of clear regulations. The corrected R-square value is 0.704 based on the results of the coefficients that determine the impact of economic, health and environmental factors on community participation expectations in the sustainability of urban agriculture in Jakarta. In other words, 70.4% of community participation expectations in urban agriculture depend on economic factors, while health and other environmental factors depend on other factors. Expectations for community involvement in sustainable urban agriculture are already high and Jakarta's food security can be ensured later.

THE ROLE OF LOCAL WISDOM IN SUPPORTING POLICIES DEFORESTATION SUPERVISION IN LANGKAT REGENCY, NORTH SUMATRA

The purpose of this study was to find out how the role of local wisdom in supporting deforestation monitoring policies in Langkat Regency, North Sumatra. This research method is qualitative with purposive sampling and the informants are the Technical Implementation Unit of the Forest Management Unit (KPH) Region I Stabat and the people who live and live around the forest in Langkat Regency. Data collection techniques are interviews, observation, and documentation. The data was processed and analyzed as a whole and systematically. The results of this study indicate that the implementation of the the Undang-Undang Republik Indonesia Nomor 18 Tahun 2013 concerning Prevention and Eradication of Forest Destruction in the implementation of monitoring of deforestation in the Forestry Service of KPH Region I Stabat is still not in accordance with community expectations such as legal certainty, sustainable forest existence, management and utilization of forest products, capacity and coordination of law enforcement officers. The role of local wisdom in supporting deforestation policies in Langkat Regency is that the forest management carried out by the government has not fully accommodated the community based forest management pattern. Forestry policy is still oriented towards state-dominated forest management system. The state-based forest management pattern relies on the government as the main actor in forest management, which is then supported by large capital owners, while the position of the community (customary community) is in a determining position. Legally political; this policy is inseparable from the need for natural resources, especially in the forestry sector.

Analisis Kinerja Pegawai Pada Badan Penyelesaian Sengketa Konsumen (BPSK) Kota Medan

The purpose of this study was to analyze and describe the performance of employees and their obstacles at the Medan City Consumer Dispute Resolution Agency (BPSK). The research method used is descriptive using a qualitative method that focuses on the process, description of the analysis. To determine the current performance of the Medan City Consumer Dispute Resolution Agency (BPSK), the researcher chose to use the 5 dimensions of employee performance proposed by Anwar Prabu Mangkunegara, namely work quality, work quantity, work discipline, initiative and responsibility. The quality of work is still low in terms of receiving complaints and consulting. The work quantity has not been maximized. The work discipline of employees has not gone according to what the community expects. Employees have good initiative in carrying out their duties. The responsibility of employees for all aspects related to the tasks carried out is quite good although there are still various improvements that must be made.

Layanan Publik Bidang Penyelenggara Haji dan Umrah Kantor Wilayah Kementerian Agama Provinsi Sumatera Utara

Today's public services provided by government personnel are frequently found to have flaws, resulting in them failing to fulfill the community's expectations for quality. This is evidenced by the prevalence of different public criticism complaints, which can contribute to a negative image of government employees. Public service, often known as community service, is an important component that can be used to measure a government's success. The purpose of this research is to describe the challenges that the Hajj and Umrah Organizing Sector at the Regional Office of the Ministry of Religion of North Sumatra Province in Medan City, North Sumatra Province faces in providing services to the community, as well as the efforts and strategies that have been implemented. The research was descriptive qualitative in nature, with the goal of obtaining an adequate description or description of the research issue problem. According to the findings of the study, the best way to deal with the obstacles faced by the Hajj and Umrah Organizers at the Regional Office of the Ministry of Religion of North Sumatra Province is to provide services to the community that are easy/simple, short/fast, and satisfying in the implementation of licensing services, giving advice planning, and other services. It is envisaged that by putting forth these efforts, community services will be able to meet community needs while also increasing regional revenue (PAD).
 Keyword : Regional Office of the Ministry of Religion of North Sumatra, Public Services, Quality of Public Services

COMMUNITY RESPONSE TO DISASTER MITIGATION IN THE IMPACTED AREA OF MUDFLOW DISASTER

The impact of the mudflow disaster in Sidoarjo, Indonesia, which is still being felt by the community since 2006 until now, sets a background against which this review of disaster mitigation efforts that have been carried out so far is conducted. This study aims to find out the community response to disaster mitigation efforts that have been carried out in the hope that the programs remain evaluable, more targeted and more relevant to community needs. This research was conducted by a survey method using questionnaire and interviews and by quantitative-descriptive research data analysis. The results showed that the level of community understanding of disaster mitigation was very good, and the community participation was quite good, but the relevance of the mitigation activities conducted was felt to be still not meeting the community expectations and they have to achieve a desirable level of sustainability. Therefore, a greater level of community involvement in mitigation activities is required to create disaster preparedness and resilient villages.