Role Of Institutional Support Research Articles

Home-Based Medical Care Service Motivation Among Medical Staff in Beijing, China: the Role of Institutional Support.

Home-based medical care services (HMCS) play a crucial role in China's response to an aging population. Given the scarcity of quantitative research on motivating medical staff in relevant institutions, this study aimed to explore the impact of institutional support on motivating the provision of HMCS. The medical staff involved in this study originated from seven community health service centers in Beijing. We utilized a self-designed questionnaire to conduct the survey, gathering socioeconomic information, institutional support for service delivery, as well as the frequency and types of services the respondents provided. Statistical analysis involved the one-way tests and multivariate regressions, and structural equation modeling (SEM) was employed to enhance the results obtained from the regression analysis. A total of 673 valid questionnaires were considered, with 66.12% of respondents indicating their involvement in offering HMCS services and 51.86% reporting the provision of home-based treatment and care services. Upon adjusting for all covariates, multiple regression results highlighted that the establishment of a clear service pathway significantly influenced the motivation to provide services. Furthermore, the results obtained from SEM validated the findings derived from the regression analysis. Standardized institutional support is an essential means of bolstering the motivation of medical staff to provide HMCS and deserves heightened attention from health administrators.

Internationalization and corporate sustainability expenditure: The role of institutional support and foreign knowledge acquisition

AbstractThis study extends the literature on international business and sustainability by examining the impact of internationalization on corporate sustainability expenditures, and the conditions under which this relationship is enhanced or attenuated. Based on insights from institutional and firm resource theories, we examine the moderating effects of institutional support and foreign knowledge acquisition capability on the hypothesized relationship. Survey data were collected from 260 small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) in Ghana, a developing sub‐Saharan African country, and analyzed using ordinary least squares (OLS) regression. The results indicate that increased internationalization levels are positively and significantly linked to corporate sustainability expenditure. In addition, the results of the moderation analyses reveal that the positive effect of internationalization on sustainability expenditure is stronger at high levels of institutional support for firms with high foreign knowledge acquisition capability. This study offers new perspectives and directions for improving SMEs' internationalization and sustainability practices through an integrated strategy that enhances the quality of domestic institutional environments by policymakers, augmented by managers' proactive efforts to develop their firms' foreign market learning capabilities. The limitations of this study and their implications for further research are discussed.

An Interpretative Synthesis of Coparenting Among New Parents in Diverse Sociocultural Contexts

Although primarily a practical matter in a family, coparenting is strongly modified by the existing culture and surrounding society. The development of coparenting, especially in its early stages is highly affected by existing gender ideologies, work cultures and family policies. Despite the widely agreed importance of socio-cultural embeddedness of coparenting, less is known about the interplay between coparenting systems and wider social and policy contexts. This study analyzed how existing work and family policies and underlying sets of values and beliefs frame the meaning, form, and construction of coparenting during early parenthood. To better understand how the sociocultural context frames the construction of coparenting, a critical interpretive synthesis (CIS) method was applied for searching, sampling, analyzing, and synthesizing the coparenting literature. The interpretative review process included the following phases: a broadly defined search strategy, applying systematic inclusion and exclusion criteria, and conducting a descriptive mapping and an in-depth process analysis and synthesis of all the selected articles ( N = 24). The review yielded three frameworks, in which new parents construct their coparenting in diverse socio-cultural contexts: gender equality, family solidarity, and social support. The studies falling into these frameworks see the effects of the form of the coparenting relationship (parents only/parents plus) and the role of institutional support (high/low) and cultural and religious beliefs (high/low) on coparenting differently. The literature synthesis indicated that coparenting is a dynamic system in which parents and other parental figures adopt culturally appropriate practices and roles when taking care of children. These findings, which broaden the dominant western-centered perspective on coparenting, can be used in the development of family policies, services, and coparenting programs for today’s diverse, global multicultural families.

Overcoming mental health stigma through student's awareness and project-based inclusive pedagogy in English teaching colleges: Moderating role of institutional support in China.

Mental health stigma undermines collaborative work and creates communication breakdowns for students to face real-world challenges. Moreover, project-based English learning in East-Asian nations is a significant challenge for advancing students' effective learning, while students lack mental health self-awareness. Unawareness causes distractions and results in learning inefficiencies. Furthermore, without institutional support (IS) achieving effective learning could never be possible. Therefore, this study investigates the relationships between project-based learning (PBL) and mental health awareness (MHA) with effective English language teaching among university students in China. We also tested the moderation effect of IS in the relationships between PBL and MHA with effective English language learning (EEL). Using the purposive sampling technique, we collected valid responses from 713 students studying English as a foreign language in universities and colleges in Harbin, China. The findings interestingly supported the direct hypotheses between PBL and EEL, as well as MHA and EEL. Moreover, the moderating role of IS established a significant effect on both PBL and EEL, as well as MHA and EEL, respectively. Policymakers, practitioners, and academicians should understand that integrating PBL as an inclusive pedagogy method with proper IS may enhance effective learning; however, it will consume more time.

Glocalisation and Readiness for Open Innovation: The Role of Institutional Support in Transitional Economies

Studies on institutional support for the internationalisation of firms from transitional economies are inconclusive. This research contributes to the studies of institutional support in cases of firms with complementary innovation – internationalisation strategies. Mixed method research is used to support quantitative structural modelling. It uses qualitative interview data in combination with quantitative data gathered by a survey questionnaire on a sample of 88 telecommunications firms from the Croatia economy the year after it joined the European Union (2014). SmartPLS model is used to analyse data obtained through a questionnaire survey. The results show that institutions can assist firms in recombining their processes when they offer concrete product development support and, to a lesser extent, marketing support. The recombination of firms’ processes, i.e. its ability to openly innovate, leads to significantly better globalised-localised (glocal) financial and marketing performance, which results are robust. The results are inconclusive in the case of glocal growth performance. The structural model assessed the effect of readiness for open innovation on glocal growth as positive and insignificant, while the robustness check found it to be positive and significant. Implications for Central European audience: The value of this study is twofold. Firstly, it provides support and direction according to which institutional support could be directed to strengthen the internationalisation effort of the incumbent industry from transitional Central European economy that has transformed from the socialist to a market economy and undergone a process of joining the European Union. Secondly, it shows managers weak spots in institutional support and enables them to mitigate them quicker by finding similar support either outside of the firm on international markets or by employing highly qualified individuals.

The role of technology in creating community participation in soundscape projects

For those who seek to engage diverse, multi-generational communities in urban soundscape awareness, this paper examines the social and creative roles of technology and collaborators in fostering networks and participation in public projects. The author— an experimental improvised music performer, sound artist/designer, and educator—explores models for social practice and public engagement in acoustic ecology as introduced through soundwalks, handmade electronic instruments, and field recording. The importance of inclusive approaches to programming, access to recording and other technologies, attraction through thematically focused events, listening as somatic process, and the role of institutional support, are described. Underlying these topics is a “do it yourself” (DIY) ethic of equity and collaboration with neighborhood community leaders as catalysts for using the power of narrative to build and influence soundscape awareness, thereby creating agency for local residents in shaping their own acoustic environments. Informed by Leonardson's extensive firsthand experience, the importance of art and science collaboration, balanced and informed use of new mobile technologies, the challenges of grassroots volunteer organizing, teaching in higher education and designing youth workshops, are among other ear-minded points and pursuits to be discussed.

Impact of Climatic Variables on Major Field Crops in Char Areas of Mymensingh District

An agro-climatic study was conducted at different areas (Bhatiapara, Kashiar Char and Morichar Char) of Mymensingh district with 25 years of climatic data (i.e., temperature, humidity and rainfall) to observe the climatic variability and their impact on the productivity of three types of crops such as Boro, Jute and Wheat. Production of all the three crops were found as increasing. In Boro season, the production increased by 0.057 ton per hectare per year. Jute production increased by 0.029 ton per hectare and Wheat production increased by 0.067 ton per hectare in each year, respectively. Humidity has influence on seasonal Boro production whereas temperature and rainfall didn’t influence the production. Temperature has influences on both Jute and Wheat production. From correlation analysis, it was revealed that average humidity has considerable influence on seasonal Boro production than all other crops. However, most of the time the production showed increasing trend with some exceptions. The study recommends that local adaptation practices should be scrutinized, the role of institutional support should be highlighted and national adaptation strategies and resilience should be strengthened.
 Environ. Sci. & Natural Resources, 12(1&2): 51-55, 2019

Ways of attracting investment in the territory and objects of the nature reserve fund of Ukraine

The article, based on the analysis of scientific literature and the current legal framework, reveals the main ways and directions of attracting investment in the territory and objects of nature reserves of Ukraine in today’s conditions, a detailed description of the main investment entities in this area. The only acceptable tools for investing in nature reserves are public-private partnership mechanisms. The use of tools of private-public partnership and involvement of business in the management of nature reserves can increase the level of integration of natural resources into economic circulation through the construction of chains, schemes, value added production networks on the basis of both individual and especially — corporate governance within the business ecosystem of the territorial entity to which these resources and assets should be involved. It should be noted that at different stages of the implementation of the European integration algorithm for the development of public-private partnership will prevail different tools of this mechanism. Thus, in the first, deconcentration stage — budget decentralization, unification of communities and delegation of powers in the management of natural resources, including nature reserve facilities, united territorial communities from state to local authorities, deconcentration of resources will prevail. In the second stage, devolution with the end of delimitation and delegation of extended powers to the territories with the simultaneous introduction of a project approach to the management of natural assets and the beginning of the creation of territorial corporations for the management of nature reserves. At the third, divestiture stage, the formation of profitable territorial corporate entities of the cluster type, operating in the use of natural assets, ie individual territorial corporations of sustainable development with a diversified financial and investment component. The article also reveals in detail the role of institutional support for the process of investing in domestic nature reserves, and on this basis identifies a key range of existing issues.

Capacity Level of Extension Worker and Institutional Support in Developing the Cap ability of Extension Worker to u se Information Technology

The extension is an essential part of fishery sector services. Hence, efficient service of extension is necessary to support fishery activities to contribute to the increasing socio-economic level of fishery business players. These business actors, namely fish processors, fish farmers, and smallholder fishermen in Lampung Province, generally obtain such a little information as they are considered to be the passive group in seeking for information. Their primary concern is still to meet their daily needs, and this information is not yet a priority. In fact, a technological limitation also does not facilitate farmers to obtain information which results in a situation where extension worker is forced to be the main source of information for fishery business players. Therefore, it is essential to investigate how extension workers’ capacity in using non-cyber and cyber information technology also the role of institutional support in the utilization of information technology to increase extension workers’ capacity. This study was descriptive analysis research consisted of primary and secondary data. The method of data analysis used to answer the objective of this study was descriptive statistical analysis. The result of the analysis showed that extension workers’ capacity level in using non-cyber information technology to perform their task was considered excellent, and extension workers did not only depend on the information provided by the related institution in using cyber information technology. Extension workers were found to use a smartphone and other media to obtain information. Institutional support, such as higher educational institutions, NGOs, Fishery Agency, and BPTP, was still low. Therefore, institutions should increase the use of information technology, assist in using cyber information technology, provide information of using cyber information technology, provide a specific location for conducting training of cyber information technology, and provide regular training schedule for extension workers to increase the capacity of fishery extension workers.

How politicians use performance information in a budgetary context: New insights from the central government level

This article looks at performance information use by legislators at the central level in a budgetary context. The multi‐method approach (interviews, quantitative and qualitative analysis of plenary speeches given during budget readings) allows us to draw a broader picture of the use of performance information. The findings provide new insights into different purposes of performance information use. We identify four general use types, that is, de‐legitimizing, legitimizing, improving and understanding, and deflecting, which together with the subjects addressed blend into different use purposes. Second, the study sheds light onto different factors affecting performance information use, that is, the attributes of users of performance information, the properties of performance, and the role of institutional support.

The academic exodus: the role of institutional support in academics leaving universities and the academy

ABSTRACT Recent studies argue that in the next 5 years, the higher education sector will see half to two-thirds of its academic workforce leave the academy due to retirement, career burnout, or job dissatisfaction. This study surveyed over 100 working academics in Australia, North America, and the United Kingdom to determine their aspirations for remaining within, or leaving, the academy. The study found that the professional development and career support available to academics played major roles in their career satisfaction. The study’s significance lies in highlighting the types of support academics most value. The paper also explores what motivates participants’ intentions to remain in, or leave, their current positions, or the academy entirely. This assessment occurs at a time when the literature indicates that a significant period of staff turnover is imminent.

Institutional Care and Response to Victims of Child Sexual Abuse in India: The Role of Non-governmental Organizations & Public Hospitals

Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) is a violation perpetuated in secrecy and shrouded in silence. In India, a 2007 report revealed that over half the children reported having faced sexual abuse, the abusers were known to the child and the cases were mostly unreported. This prevalence is accentuated by patriarchal norms that persist in India wherein upholding familial honour trumps providing support to a CSA victim. For those who seek support, institutional care namely non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and public hospitals often become the first point of contact for most victims and their families. Therefore the qualitative study located in Mumbai, India was motivated from the perspective of understanding the role of institutional support with regards to prevention and intervention in CSA. Findings highlight that most NGOs adopt a holistic strategic plan while dealing with CSA cases in terms of case-management and prevention efforts, whereas public hospitals mostly focus on the medico-legal elements of the case for evidentiary purposes. Early and timely intervention is critical for arresting future CSA symptoms from arising. Study findings have implications for more strategic reform and collaborative engagement across various institutions of care and support for CSA whilst breaking the silence on CSA in India.

How mature-age students succeed in higher education: implications for institutional support

ABSTRACTThis article draws on stories of success in higher education by mature-age students of diverse backgrounds to highlight some key implications for institutional support. We begin by reviewing the post-World War II background of mature-age study in Australian higher education to provide a context for presenting some major findings from a small, in-depth research project. We examine these findings to focus on the role of institutional support in the success of mature-age students, particularly given recent sectoral factors affecting their access and support. The study findings show students’ primary supports were families and friends. Participants all belonged to equity categories as designated by the Australian government, but many did not use institutional supports. Some lacked the confidence to approach staff; others were unaware support services existed or lacked the time to access them. The participants’ stories demonstrate the complex disadvantages experienced by mature-age students. They highlight universities’ need to ensure support services are ‘student-centred’ in order to ensure improved educational and equity outcomes for their mature-age student populations.

Sustaining careers of physician-scientists in neonatology and pediatric critical care medicine: formulating supportive departmental policies.

Understanding mechanisms of childhood disease and development of rational therapeutics are fundamental to progress in pediatric intensive care specialties. However, Division Chiefs and Department Chairs face unique challenges when building effective laboratory-based research programs in Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care, owing to high clinical demands necessary to maintain competence as well as financial pressures arising from fund flow models and the current extramural funding climate. Given these factors, the role of institutional support that could facilitate successful transition of promising junior faculty to independent research careers is ever more important. Would standardized guidelines of such support provide greater consistency among institutions? We addressed preliminary questions during a national focus group, a workshop and a survey of junior and senior academicians to solicit recommendations for optimal levels of protected time and resources when starting an independent laboratory. The consensus was that junior faculty should be assigned no more than 8 wk clinical service and should obtain start-up funds of $500K-1M exclusive of a 5-y committed salary support. Senior respondents placed a higher premium on protected time than junior faculty.

Democratic management and institutional support in primary care in the Federal District, Brazil

The study was performed within the framework of the Brazilian Unified National Health System (SUS) in the Federal District, Brazil, focusing on the role of institutional support in reframing work and management practices in primary care. The study aimed to map practices for supporting primary care in the Recanto das Emas Regional Administration, correlated with the Federal District's health priorities. The study design included qualitative intervention research with participant methods and production of collective narratives. Testing the support provided qualification and alignment of institutional measures with management priorities, qualification, humanization, and improvement of work and management processes, collegiate decision-making, and intervention in daily practices in primary care services. The study concludes that support practices can enhance democratic management processes and contribute to improving care.

Fostering cultural inclusiveness and learning in culturally mixed business classes.

BackgroundBusiness educators have advocated that in order to build faculty’s intercultural capability, it is vital to provide them with professional development in using intercultural training resources and with “community of practice” support in adapting such resources for enhancing their students’ intercultural learning. This approach has been adopted in an Australian action research project titled “Internationalisation at Home” (IaH), which involved providing faculty with professional development adapted from an established intercultural training resource - the EXCELL (Excellence in Cultural Experiential Learning and Leadership) Program.Case descriptionIn this paper, we present two case studies of the implementation of the IaH Project in business schools at the University of Canberra and at Griffith University. Lessons learned from the first study were incorporated in the design and evaluation of the second one. Faculty leaders will describe how they engage and support colleagues in adapting components of EXCELL to foster cultural inclusiveness and facilitate students’ intercultural competence development. As part of project evaluation, we hypothesised that students who participated in IaH courses would report greater levels of (1) cultural inclusiveness in their educational environment, and (2) cultural learning development, compared with students who were not enrolled in IaH courses. Research participants in the Canberra case study comprised an intervention group of 140 business undergraduates enrolled in an IaH course, and a control group of 59 non-IaH undergraduates. At Griffith, participants were 211 first year management students in the intervention group and 84 students enrolled in a non-IaH first year course.Discussion and evaluationIn each case study, an end-of-semester survey showed that students who had completed courses with the IaH project intervention reported significantly greater levels of perceived cultural inclusiveness in multicultural classes, and of cultural learning development, than students in the control group. Faculty’s reflections on project processes and outcomes further suggest that implementing strategic, structured active learning interventions such as in the IaH Project, could bring about more productive social interactions in multicultural classes and benefit domestic and especially international students. We will discuss implications of the findings for students’ intercultural learning, faculty’s needs for continual professional development, and the role of institutional support in intercultural competence development.

The role of institutional support in protecting human research subjects.

Institutional review boards (IRBs) and the federal "assurance" procedures play critical roles in the current research and regulatory environments for clinical research in academic medical centers and other institutions. The author focuses on what institutions can and ought to do to create an infrastructure that assures the protection of human subjects. Specifically, an institution should (1) create an ethics infrastructure in which both IRBs and the function of protecting human subjects are respected; (2) assure that adequate resources (space, staff, equipment) are available; (3) support IRB members with appropriate recognition and time, since their IRB workloads can be heavy; and (4) provide adequate and appropriate education for IRB administrators, members, and staff, and for investigators and research staff. Academic medical centers should also use their expertise in analyzing the current system and developing means of improving it. Nevertheless, providing adequate resources for proper research conduct will be challenging, given the current financial limitations within academic medical centers.

The Role of Government in Promoting Exports During an Economic Recession

ABSTRACT Since 1920 there have been 15 notable economic recessions and expansions, each lasting on average just over a year. This paper considers the contingent effect of economic recession on export performance and the consequent role of institutional support. The research investigates perceived changes among export firms in these variables, both before and during a recession. It considers whether recession in the domestic market acts as a motivator for firms to enter export markets. It also investigates the effect of the government support on export levels and on each of the competitive offering variables. Data on the perceptions of managers about these variables both before and during the recession is collected from a survey of 1,000 Australian export firms. Findings are presented and implications for theory development and management are discussed. Limitations are noted and directions for future research are offered.

The role of institutional support in Asian entrepreneurial expansion in Britain

This paper examines the role of formal and informal institutional support in the expansion of Asian‐owned businesses in Britain, based on a large survey of Asian entrepreneurs based in Britain. More specifically, it investigates the significance of formal (bank) sources of finance relative to that of informal (family or personal) sources of finance at start‐up and the implications of that reliance on subsequent business expansion. The paper also examines the wider role of informal family and community networks in providing access to information and labour, in addition to capital, and the impact of these support networks on business expansion. The methodology used is that of quantitative, statistical analysis supplemented by qualitative survey data. The evidence suggests that both formal and informal institutional support have played a limited role in fostering Asian entrepreneurial expansion in Britain. Although bank finance was valuable in preventing undercapitalised ventures, rapidly growing Asian businesses did not rely on bank finance either at start‐up or for expansion. This may be attributed to the short‐term perspective of banks. Rapidly growing Asian businesses did not rely on formal sources of advice. Nor did they rely on family or community networks for finance or labour. The Asian entrepreneurs who rapidly expanded their businesses invested their personal savings at start‐up, relied on their family and friends for advice, employed non‐Asian labour and invested in employee training. These results imply that Asian entrepreneurs aspiring to grow need to advance beyond the traditional reliance on informal support networks for finance and labour. Formal institutions could offer long‐term debt or equity finance, encourage investment in employee training, and provide appropriate training schemes.

Empowering the Patron

Redesigning the interlibrary loan process by empowering the patron at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale's Library Affairs has involved a number of projects. These include patron initiated interlibrary loan for items held by members of the Illinois Library Computer Systems Organization (ILCSO); introduction of the interlibrary loan link on FirstSearch, and implementation of web-based interlibrary loan request forms. This article will explore the Access Services Department's success in meeting three of the objectives outlined by the Association of Research Library's North American Interlibrary Loan & Document Delivery (NAILDD) Project. It will provide descriptions of three projects designed to empower patrons, explain the role of institutional support and interdepartmental collaboration in these efforts, and discuss the impact on services.