Fast-changing Context Research Articles

Mapping the terrain of global research trajectory of international doctoral students: a bibliometric review

ABSTRACT Significant changes in global doctoral education have occurred in recent decades. Many countries have adopted strategies to intensify and expand their doctoral education. Meanwhile, the number of doctoral students globally has increased, with a notable surge in the enrollment of international doctoral students (IDS). Previous studies have investigated IDS-related issues such as students’ motivations, learning experiences, and post-graduate development; yet a comprehensive review of the existing literature on IDS is lacking. This study reviews the IDS literature since the year 2000, aiming to unveil the landscape of contemporary IDS research within a fast-changing context of global doctoral education. Using bibliometric analysis and data retrieved from Web of Science, we examine trends in IDS publications, key authors, influential journals, geographic distribution by countries and institutions, and significant research themes within IDS studies. The concept of asymmetry is used to interpret the findings, which contribute to a critical understanding of the current landscape of IDS research. The findings serve as valuable references for examining the dynamic and changing context of IDS research, providing valuable insights for future studies.

How Collective Efficacy Mediates the Association between Principal Instructional Leadership and Teacher Self-Efficacy: Findings from a Meta-Analytic Structural Equation Modeling (MASEM) Study.

Principal instructional leadership (PIL) is significant for school effectiveness due to its direct and indirect influences on school-, teacher-, and student-level variables. A considerable number of studies have provided persuasive evidence that PIL is associated with both collective efficacy (CEF) and teacher self-efficacy (TSEF), two significant variables to sustain the quality of instruction. These studies were conducted with a variety of participants from various contexts. The current study aims to investigate the association between PIL and TSEF, and the mediating role of CEF in this association using meta-analytical structural equation modeling (MASEM). This analysis was conducted using the correlation values obtained from 26 studies focusing on their relationship and included data from a population of 19.584 participants from around the world, thus providing a more generalizable perspective on these variables. The results indicated that PIL was correlated with both CEF and TSEF, and the combined influence of PIL and CEF on TSEF was 31%. The study findings also showed that the scales used to measure PIL could produce different results regarding these relationships, while gender did not have a significant effect. These results suggest significant implications for researchers, policymakers, and practitioners to sustain school effectiveness in the fast-changing context of schools in the twenty-first century.

Healthcare innovation and leadership in non-profit organisations: past, present and future trends

Non-profit healthcare organisations (NPHO's) serve a heterogeneous population, from the elderly in nursing homes to people with mental disorders or children and young people with chronic illnesses. Given the fast changing context in which they operate, their innovative capacity becomes a key element of their intervention. Thus, the way in which leadership is exercised has a major influence on the innovation results. Given the fragmentation on this topic, this study aimed at conducting a Systematic Literature Review (SLR). This SLR identified a total of 243 original articles published between 1985 and 2023, and, through a bibliometric analysis using the RStudio's Bibliometrix software, identified the different aspects between innovation and leadership in NPHO's present in the literature. Four main clusters were identified: innovation management in NPHO's – facilitators and obstacles; innovation and organisational performance – the centrality of the user and the quality of services; leadership as a vector of innovation; affective aspects and the performance of NPHO's. A conceptual model is proposed, the gaps are identified, such as future lines of research emerge from the results obtained. This SLR is intended to be a document that may support practical changes in the context that promote innovation in NPHO's.

Thinking, fast and slow on the autism spectrum.

What is already known about the topicDaniel Kahneman wrote a highly influential book titled 'thinking, fast and slow'. He proposes that people usually think in a rapid, automatic, intuitive style. When people realise their intuitive thinking may be wrong, a slower, effortful, deliberative style of thinking takes over. It has recently been proposed that thinking in autistic individuals can be characterised as usually thinking in the deliberative style (rather than the intuitive style that non-autistic people usually think in).What this paper addsAs intuitive thinking is fast and deliberative thinking is slow, this research manipulated the time available to complete a series of reasoning questions. These questions have been developed to have intuitive answers (which are incorrect) and deliberative answers (which are correct). For the first time, a fast time manipulation (you must answer quickly) and slow (you must think about your answer before responding) was undertaken with autistic individuals. Autistic participants did produce more deliberative answers than the non-autistic participants. However, both groups produced comparably more intuitive answers and less deliberative answers in the fast condition. This shows that while autistic people tend not to use their intuition, autistic people can be encouraged to use their intuition.Implications for practice, research or policyUsing rapid intuition can be useful in fast-changing contexts, such as some social situations. Future research can explore how to support autistic individuals to use their intuition when the need arises. In addition, the propensity for deliberation resulting in unbiased, correct responses reflects a strengths-based account of autism. This requires more mental effort and is less susceptible to bias and errors. This is called 'Dual Process Theory'.

The interplay between digital manufacturing and dynamic capabilities: an empirical examination of direct and indirect effects on firm performance

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to identify and empirically examine the dynamic capabilities (DC) that drive the development of digital manufacturing capabilities (DMC) and the role of DMC in mediating their influence on firm performance.Design/methodology/approachBased on the dynamic capabilities view (DCV) of the firm, the authors develop a set of hypotheses that are tested through a survey of 110 managers in the manufacturing sector. The hypothesized model is tested through structural equation modeling.FindingsThe results indicate that although higher-order DC (HODC) have a strong influence on firm performance, their effects are partially mediated by the DMC that they generate, by positively affecting the extended production process.Practical implicationsThe analysis contributes to a better understanding of the interplay between levels of the DC hierarchy by finding that DMC play an important role in translating HODC into enhanced firm performance.Originality/valueBy complementing the DCV with the disruptive innovation theory in a specific fast changing context, this study introduces a new construct (DMC) providing an original and considerable contribution to the literature. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, it is the first empirical study that includes and assesses all these elements together in the context of the manufacturing industry.

Bridge over Troubled Water: Induction pointers for Teacher leadership

The first years of teaching are decisive to shape teachers’ motivation and attitudes, as adaptive professionals that respond to fast changing contexts. This career stage should provide acculturation in collaborative professional communities that discuss and tackle growing challenges for learners’ improvement. Induction support can be key for the personal, social, and professional development of beginning teachers, fostering their leadership to influence and initiate practice change. It needs to be flexible and sensitive to specific education contexts, but it benefits from transversal principles grounded on common European policies. Induction should be embedded in a continuum approach that links it to other career stages - relying on broad, common teacher requirements. The COVID 19 crisis has foregrounded the competences teachers require to ensure equitable learning. Among European Key Competences, the Personal, Social and Learning to Learn Competence and the Digital Competence can play a crucial role for teachers grappling with distance teaching and unpredictable professional conditions. While Digital competence is fully acknowledged to be key for teacher professionalism, Personal, Social and Learning to Learn is now becoming crucial for teachers’ motivation, innovation, and distributed leadership, to face problematic scenarios.

Managing events to improve situation awareness and resilience in a supply chain

This paper aims at improving supply chain resilience by applying a model- and event-driven architecture from the crisis management field: the AIC information system which Acquires, Interprets and Contextualizes events. It begins with a literature review on information systems able to process events in order to improve situational awareness within supply chains. It concludes that supply chain managers still lack a decision support system able to access new information in near real time. The paper describes the components of the AIC information system, and the implications for a supply chain use case. By testing the architecture on a pharmaceutical supply chain, we assess the accuracy, cost and speed of the detection of new risks. These works are made possible by the use of several data streams aggregated into a single decision-making platform. This supports the claim for a more connected supply chain. Our contributions make crisis management knowledge available to supply chain management and help improving resilient decision-making in a fast changing context.

Port Said historic markets: a tool for urban revitalization

PurposeThis paper investigates urban potentials of historic covered market buildings. Generally, these structures witnessed the apex of construction during the turn of the 20th century in Europe and beyond. They thrived until the second half of the 20th century when they started to decline and their existence became threatened due to several factors. This research focuses on recent regeneration attempts that consider the qualities of these structures, not only as individual buildings but also as an important tool for the revitalization of their surrounding contexts.Design/methodology/approachThis paper focuses mainly on the Egyptian network of historic indoor markets with special reference to Port Said markets which are currently in decay and in urgent need for intervention. Through the consultation of the Barcelona Model for Markets, Spain and the survey of Port Said historic markets; the present study suggests a framework through which the network of local markets can regain their positive role and contribute to the revitalization of their surrounding context.FindingsFindings reveal that historic indoor markets are complex structures that cannot be regenerated in isolation from their usually fast changing contexts. Intervention in this prototype needs to balance between traditional imaginary of these buildings, including the protection of their historic features and the protection of vulnerable local trades; and at the same time, the adaptation of market buildings to contemporary needs to improve their competitiveness on the commercial level.Originality/valueThe present study suggests a two-level framework and approach through which the network of local markets in Egyptian cities can regain their positive role and hence contribute to the revitalization of their surroundings.

One step ahead? The use of foresight by Czech and Slovak non-governmental organizations

Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are generally recognized as important actors in societies, fulfilling diverse sets of roles. Given the nature of their work and the complexity of the fast-changing contexts in which they operate, foresight techniques can potentially be useful in helping them prepare for future disruptions and maximize the positive influence of their work over future developments. The possibilities for and benefits of the application of foresight approaches and techniques are increasingly being discussed in various private and public organizations, especially with the aim to innovate and grow. However, little attention has been given to the question of how NGOs use foresight and whether their work benefits from it. The paper presents results of a survey conducted among Czech and Slovak NGOs active in development cooperation, humanitarian assistance, and environmental protection fields, filling the existing research gap by analyzing their application of foresight processes and the benefits foresight brings to them. The paper concludes that future-oriented processes in Czech and Slovak NGOs are of a rather informal and non-institutionalized nature, given the insufficient knowledge of foresight concepts and limited human capacities of NGOs. Nevertheless, they positively influence their creativity and growth.

A case of urban integration: Vienna's port area and the Ottoman merchants in the eighteenth century

AbstractStudying the Ottoman subjects in eighteenth-century Vienna helps to understand better the process of integration of the different districts of the city in a fast-changing context, especially around its Danube port area. Despite the withdrawal of the Ottoman empire from central Europe after 1683, Ottomans were fully a part of the history of Vienna and their presence has to be explored within the specific urban dynamics of a city: the reconfiguration of its economic sectors and social places, the tensions at play between the socio-economic groups by which a city was made and the evolution of its urban planning. Focusing on the Ottoman merchants operating in Vienna allows us to identify and to analyse the workings of the port area of the fourth largest city in Europe and to explore the social spaces of Viennese markets, streets, courtyards and coffeehouses.

Interactive research in production start-up—application and outcomes

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to reflect on interactive research as a means to create relevant knowledge in the domain of operations management in general and specifically in the context of production start-up.Design/methodology/approachThe reflection on the use of interactive research in production start-ups was based on a study of two completed interactive research projects. The lens for reflection was a framework including context, quality of relationship, quality of the research process itself and outcomes.FindingsThe context was industrial manufacturing companies in Sweden, with different kind of challenges related to production start-ups, such as collaboration between involved functions and suppliers, competence development and work routines. Indicators of the quality of relationship between researchers and practitioners were initiated development activities and new collaboration between functions, within the company, between companies and in supply chains. The reflection of the quality of the research process itself was based on an interactive research process including four iterative steps with regular follow-ups allowing joint practitioner and researcher reflection on the progress. Identified outcomes included increased awareness and competence on how to deal with production start-ups, improvements of communication, work procedures and structures, better use of competences, increased cross-functional dialogue and cultural understanding.Practical implicationsImplications for practitioners are the possibilities for knowledge creation through interactive collaboration in research projects enabling exchange between researchers from complementary fields and other companies dealing with production start-ups.Originality/valueThe interactive research approach enables joint knowledge creation in a fast-changing context such as production start-ups as well as value-adding results both for practitioners in industry and for academia.

A Social History of Trans-Imperial Diplomacy in a Crisis Context: Herbert von Rathkeal's Circles of Belonging in Pera, 1779–1802

ABSTRACTThis article explores the multiple circles of diplomatic agents and their social belonging in the context of the international crisis in late eighteenth-century Istanbul, drawing upon the private papers of the imperial internuncio at Pera between 1779 and 1802. The son of an Irish Jacobite supporter who became a Jesuit and then a radical reformer in Vienna, Peter Herbert von Rathkeal was also a member of the Pera society in which he was born and raised. An agent of one of the most influential trans-imperial households established in Friuli, and a member of the Austrian and British nobilities, Herbert sought to become an eminent actor of the Ottoman diplomatic scene while remaining the patron of a cosmopolitan commercial-cum-political clientele. To study Herbert's actions is to question the model of diplomatie de type ancien in a cross-cultural and fast-changing context of crisis. Despite the collapse of the old diplomatic order with the breakdown of the French Revolution, and despite rising tensions generated by the increasingly sensitive ‘Eastern Question’, this article reveals how Herbert von Rathkeal managed to maintain a certain stability in Istanbul due to the economic and social resources, which his different circles of belonging opened up for him.

Session 3: Maneuver your lenses! What are new practices under today's fast changing contexts?

The third session examines new practices in ethnography – from blogging communities to mediation between digital and analog interviews – it questions what works and what doesn't, and how retrospective, introspective and prospective insights conjoin in this new ‘fast subject’ world.We are in the midst of a social, technical, educational and industrial upheaval. Many public and private sectors are in transition. As ethnographic researchers adapt to and move between and within temporary, digital, quick field studies, and yet bridge rural migrations in modern urban contexts, they, too, are in the process of mediating practices and theories. This session explores the ways in which ethnography today relates to blogging communities and new users, how mediation between digital and analog interviews can develop insights, what works and what doesn't for online education, and how retrospective, introspective and prospective insights conjoin in this ‘fast subject’ world. To discuss, six authors in this session will present their views by developing theoretical frameworks, unique research processes, and an artful prescription of research field.

Workload Management in Social Work Services: What, Why and How?

This article offers an overview of workload management in social work within an overall context of fast changes to professional activities. Three factors are identified as creating a current need to manage workload effectively and transparently. First, high levels of workload have been connected with negative impacts on practice and outcomes (although the precise impact is not clear). Second, high workload levels have been associated with increased stress in a profession that already suffers higher than average levels. Finally, high workload carries implications for the workforce in terms of the interaction between stress, burnout and turnover. Implications for implementing workload management systems are drawn from a number of workload measurement and management studies. Three issues are identified. First, workload management systems need to be informed by good quality, up-to-date workload measurement. Second, involving practitioners and other stakeholders in the whole process will be key to its success. Finally, changing patterns of demand and different models of practice carry implications for workload management systems, suggesting the importance of their regular review. In conclusion, the article argues for a sharper focus on this topic, and suggests the value of exploring links with other areas of practice, particularly in terms of outcomes for service users.