bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Desempenho econômico-financeiro versus conteúdo emocional do relatório da administração: uma estratégia de persuasão
Authors: Raifur Kos Sonia , Scarpin Jorge Eduardo
Published: March 2021

A literatura apresenta evidências de que a emoção está presente em todas as ações humanas, tanto no plano psíquico quanto no plano sensorial sendo, portanto, essencial para o modelo de tomada de decisões (FERREIRA, 2008); que o desempenho econômico-financeiro é fundamental para sobrevivência das empresas e que influencia a qualidade do discurso da gestão no disclosure (BUSE; ŞTEFAN, 2014; LI, 2008) e que as empresas possuem um perfil emocional (BUECHEL; HAHN e WALGENBACH, 2016) e tendem a gerenciar a impressão dos leitores com linguagem específica, especialmente diante de desempenho ruim (CLATWORTHY; JONES, 2003), o presente estudo tem como objetivo verificar quais efeitos o desempenho econômico-financeiro produz no conteúdo emocional do Relatório da Administração. Para tanto, utilizando empresas listadas na BMF&FBOVESPA, quantificou-se inicialmente as emoções básicas (EKMAN; SORENSON e FRIESEN, 1969) Alegria, Medo, Raiva, Repugnância, Surpresa e Tristeza presentes nos Relatórios da Administração, coletados da Bolsa de Valores B3, por meio do Dicionário de Termos de Emoção em Contabilidade e Finanças (KOS; SCARPIN E PINTO, 2019). Em seguida, computou-se a regressão linear com dados em painel, onde cada uma das emoções representou a variável dependente, cuja variável explicativa foi o desempenho econômico-financeiro, representado por Rentabilidade, Lucratividade, Liquidez e Endividamento, coletados na base de dados Bloomberg. Os resultados mostram que o desempenho econômico-financeiro influência de forma significativa o conteúdo emocional presente no Relatório da Administração, demonstrando que os textos financeiros das empresas exibem mais termos de Medo, Repugnância e Tristeza à medida que o desempenho piora. Por outro lado, os achados indicam que empresas com desempenho melhor tendem a inserir mais termos de Alegria nos textos financeiros. Dessa forma, percebe-se que as narrativas contábeis, ainda que pautadas em princípios e normas, não são neutras.
Determinantes da estrutura de capital de empresas industriais brasileiras nos períodos de prosperidade e crise econômica
Authors: Pamplona Edgar , Silva Tarcísio Pedro da , Nakamura Wilson Toshiro
Published: March 2021

A compreensão de como as organizações se adaptam a períodos de crise tem sido pouco explorada no tema estrutura de capital, abrindo oportunidades de pesquisa, sobretudo no cenário brasileiro que perpassou recentemente por uma de suas maiores recessões econômicas. Logo, este estudo tem por objetivo verificar os determinantes da estrutura de capital de empresas industriais brasileiras nos períodos de prosperidade e crise econômica. A amostra abrange 92 empresas industriais brasileiras de capital aberto, sendo os dados extraídos da base Economática® e analisados por técnicas estatísticas, como a regressão com dados em painel. Quanto aos resultados, tem-se inicialmente que as organizações têm se endividado mais no período de crise (2014 a 2016) comparativamente ao anterior de prosperidade econômica (2010 a 2013). Ademais, vinculado ao objetivo principal da pesquisa, tem-se que às variáveis rentabilidade, tamanho, liquidez corrente, tangibilidade e market to book value se demonstraram significativas em ao menos um dos modelos operacionalizados. Dentre estas, destaque para a rentabilidade, que além de apresentar maior influência na forma como as organizações estruturam seu capital, é o determinante que sofre mais oscilação na comparação entre os períodos, perdendo impacto quando da recessão, visto que a capacidade das empresas em gerar recursos internamente é reduzida em períodos negativos, tornando o endividamento uma alternativa necessária para um grande número de corporações. Estes achados auxiliam gestores e a comunidade acadêmica, visto que a forma como as empresas captam recursos tende a impactar no valor e na manutenção no mercado das empresas sob uma perspectiva de longo prazo.
Clear-cell renal cell carcinoma single thyroid metastasis: A single-center retrospective analysis and review of the literature
Authors: Ricci Isabella , Barillaro Francesco , Conti Enrico , Intersimone Donatella , Dessanti Paolo , Aschele Carlo
Published: March 2021

Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is known to cause metastasis to unusual sites, which can be both synchronous or metachronous. Thyroid gland is a rare site for metastasis. However, RCC is the most common primary neoplasm to metastasize to the Thyroid gland. Report of three cases and review of the literature.
A retrospective evaluation after insertion of the MicroGYNious single incision sling in cases of stress urinary incontinence
Authors: Schütze Sabine , Göretzlehner Ulf , Mian Elisabeth , Schochter Fabienne , Janni Wolfgang , Deniz Miriam
Published: March 2021

In the literature the rate of stress incontinence is reported between 29-75%. Compared to the established tension free vaginal tapes, the question arises, whether stabilization of the urethra can also be achieved by minimally invasive single incision slings. The aim of this retrospective analysis is to evaluate the cure rate after insertion of MicroGYNious sling. The study was carried out on 115 patients, who received a MicroGYNious sling. It was used both as a single operation for stress urinary incontinence and as a combined procedure. The degree of incontinence preoperatively and continence rate postoperatively with follow-ups (6 weeks, 6 months, one year, two years and three years) were recorded. Due to a high number of lost to follow-up after one year, only the data up to one year postoperative were included in the analysis. Preoperatively, grade I incontinence was found in 6.1%, grade II 35.7%, grade III 58.3% of the operated women. The continence rate was 96.7% postoperatively, 90 % after 6 weeks, 87.2 % after 6 months, 86.7% after one year. In terms of continence rates, the MicroGYNious sling shows similar results compared to the established procedures. Therefore, this sling provides a good treatment option for the stress urinary incontinence. These good results must be confirmed in prospective randomized trials.
Pituitary tuberculoma masquerading as a pituitary adenoma: Interesting case report and review of literature
Authors: Prabha Blessy , Rangachari Vijay , Subramaniam Venugopal , Gopan Thottatil , Baliga Vidya
Published: March 2021

We present a rare case of a pituitary tuberculoma masquerading as pituitary adenoma with pituitary apoplexy-like presentation in a 31-year-old female, who had symptoms suggestive of acute secondary adrenal insufficiency with secondary amenorrhea. After initial evaluation which was suggestive of pituitary adenoma, she underwent endoscopic transnasal pituitary tumor excision. Histopathology revealed features of pituitary tuberculoma. She was subsequently started on four drug anti-tubercular therapy and is on follow-up. Although uncommon, tuberculomas, especially in the pituitary gland, are known for behaving like pituitary adenomas, by impairment of pituitary hormonal function and by exerting pressure effects on surrounding vital intracranial structures. Diagnostic challenges, treatment modality, and literature review are presented in this case report. Pituitary tuberculoma even though a rare entity should be borne in mind as a differential diagnosis in a patient manifesting with pituitary apoplexy-like syndrome.
Monoxyl z doby laténskej zo Šamorína
Authors: Barta Peter , Sládek Ján , Hajnalová Mária , Nagy Ivan
Published: March 2021

In the article we present preliminary results of research of a logboat housed in the Žitný Ostrov Museum in Dunajská Streda. According to our research the boat comes from the 3rd century or later part of the last third of 1st millennium cal BCE. It is the earliest chronometrically dated vessel countrywide and the second specimen of Late Iron Age logboats known from Slovak and Czech Republics.
Identifikácia poľných opevnení z druhej svetovej vojny na juhozápadnom Slovensku a náčrt ich typológie
Authors: Šteiner Pavol
Published: March 2021

Heavy fighting in southwestern Slovakia between December 1944 and the end of March 1945 had left many traces in the landscape. Many of them still can be observed in forrest terrain, thanks to LIDAR technology. So far we have proven a presence of a unique 11 km long continuous trech system east of Šahy. Another type of fortification is a complete trench enclosure for infantry company up to battalion as seen near village Ľubá. Most of preserved trenches were quite small, dug for infantry squads up to platoons, as example from Malé Kozmálovce shows. Researching these trench-systems is required mostly by uninvasive methods in order to record them as archaeological sites and thus to contribute to their legislative protection from illegal excavations or destruction.
Черта идентичности: становление города
Authors: Nikolaeva Zhanna V.
Published: March 2021

В статье рассматривается двойное понятие «городская черта»: территориальные границы и воображаемое городское, то есть признаки, характеризующие город и маркирующие принадлежность к нему. Поскольку во многом понятия город и «городское» остаются размытыми, мы попытались в качестве отправного критерия взять понятие границы и внешнего, чтобы описать то, что находится внутри этих границ, дабы обнаружить диалектические трансформации в динамике пересечения материальных и нематериальных границ т.н. «урбанизированной среды». В качестве методологии (за исключением описания истории городских границ) используется «археология» М. Фуко. Предложенный как определяющий аналитический инструмент пространственный концепт раскрывает дополнительные возможности для исследования социальной реальности в контексте философии города. Городская черта — это контур абстрактного пространства, миметического места, произведенного и производящего. Лишившись четких границ в наше время, городское пространство, однако, продолжает обеспечивать согласование потоков и сетей.

Исследование может быть использовано для прояснения границ идентичности и пространственных границ города, уточнения определения понятия «городской» среды, а также в междисциплинарных исследованиях флюидности границ.
Введение: между памятью и фронтиром
Authors: Troitskiy Sergey A.
Published: March 2021

Данный текст является вступительной статьей к специальному номеру «Журнала фронтирных исследований».
Конструируя (пост)память о травматическом прошлом: представления подростков об эпохе политических репрессий 1930-1950-х гг.
Authors: Zevako Yulia V.
Published: March 2021

В 2019 году Музей истории Екатеринбурга при поддержке Фонда Президентских грантов запустил просветительский проект «Молчать нельзя рассказывать: практики памяти об эпохе политических репрессий». Его цель состояла в поиске способов формирования взвешенного восприятия темы политических репрессий у современных школьников и студентов первых курсов (14 – 19 лет).

Замысел авторов проекта заключался в том, чтобы найти способы перевести сухие цифры и факты документов в «человеческое» измерение, эмоционально вовлечь участников и побудить их не просто узнать о теме больше, но прочувствовать её, сместить восприятие темы с «отстранённого» к личностному и «неравнодушному».

Для достижения такого результата участникам проекта предлагалось пройти через ряд этапов. Измерение эффективности выбранных практик памяти и в целом работы проекта проводилось с помощью специально разработанной программы мониторинга, которая включала в себя заполнение «входных» и «выходных» анкет в начале и в конце проекта, а также опросных листов и коротких групповых интервью после участия в иммерсивном спектакле и знакомства с настоящим архивно-следственным делом.

По итогам реализации проекта можно отметить, что работа подростков в проекте способствовала более глубокому усвоению гуманистических ценностей. Это привело к переосмыслению отношений государства, власти и гражданина, усилению растождествления государства и власти и формированию рефлективного патриотизма как важнейших условий успешной работы с травматическим, неудобным прошлым нашей страны.
Водно-болотные угодья как природный Фронтир
Authors: Apkin Renat N.
Published: March 2021

Ровно 50 лет назад, в феврале 1971 года, в иранском городе Рамсар была подписана Конвенция о водно-болотных угодьях международного значения. Конвенция закрепляет обязательство защищать наиболее ценные в этом отношении территории: морские заливы, озера, дельты рек, болота и места проживания их обитателей по всему миру. Страны договорились защищать водные территории, включенные в международный список, от негативных воздействий и разумно использовать водно-болотные угодья. Сегодня в этом договоре участвуют 60 стран, в том числе Россия.

Советский Союз присоединился к Рамсарской конвенции в 1977 году; Россия официально взяла на себя ответственность за сохранение водно-болотных угодий в стране в 1994 году; 35 ценных природных объектов были включены в список Рамсарской конвенции; к сожалению, на этом дело остановилось.

Между тем, водно-болотные угодья – это объект первостепенной важности, играющий свою несравненную роль среди всех других природно-территориальных комплексов в сохранении экосистем планеты. Они настолько своеобразны, что по праву могут считаться пограничной территорией, фронтиром, местом встречи и столкновения различных миров, как во временном, так и в пространственном отношении.
Life History of Women with Fibromyalgia: Beyond the Illness
Authors: Gonzalez Barbara , Baptista Telmo , Branco Jaime
Published: March 2021

Fibromyalgia is a chronic pain syndrome, which mostly affects middle age women and whose etiological factors remain unclear. Psychosocial aspects may have a relevant role as predisposing, triggering, and/or perpetuating factors for this syndrome, raising the interest about life history of patients with fibromyalgia. In this study, we interviewed 10 women with a diagnosis of fibromyalgia, who had identified a critical or very stressful life event before the onset of the syndrome. The interview about the life history comprises the whole life, before and after the onset of the syndrome, and the narratives were analyzed with interpretative phenomenological analysis. Nine themes emerged: struggle, focus on adversities, positive overlaps the negative, scars of unhappy childhood, help others, perfectionism and desire to achieve, unsatisfactory present, perception of injustice, and keep feelings inside. A difficult life history is prevalent in these women and the themes identified are discussed in their relation with other qualitative studies and their possible role as predisposing and perpetuating factors for fibromyalgia. The ability to value the positive side of things, despite the adversities these women emphasized, is highlighted as an aspect to explore in psychological intervention, to enable a better management of this syndrome.
Making a Case for New Directions in English Language Teaching Research at an Omani University: A Critical Qualitative Content Analysis Report
Authors: Al-Issa Ali
Published: March 2021

Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) has been the sole English Language Teaching (ELT) research enterprise in the Sultanate of Oman through the Master of Education (M.Ed.) in Curriculum and Methods of Teaching English degree program it launched in the early 1990s. Eighty-two theses have been completed so far about topics pertinent to ELT in the Sultanate of Oman. However, a review of those theses has shown that the discussion of these topics lacks a critical dimension that can advance Omani ELT at the micro and macro levels. This critical qualitative study, therefore, sets out to make a case for new directions in ELT research at the M.Ed. in ELT program at SQU. The discussion should lead to better understanding of the multiple ELT problems in the Sultanate of Oman and have implications for other similar contexts.
Efficacy of Social Skills Training for the Persons with Chronic Schizophrenia
Authors: Kumar Binod , Singh Amool
Published: March 2021

There are various quantitative studies have been conducted both nationally as well as internationally that revealed the effectiveness of social skills training in schizophrenia. However, very few qualitative studies have been conducted to measure the relevance of social skills training in schizophrenia. The present study investigated the effectiveness of six months social skills training program with 5 inpatients chronic schizophrenia, conducted for one and half an hour in a week. Employing phenomenological approach, psychosocial assessment was done on the basis of interviews, observations, role-plays, and work assignments, which was analyzed using Stevick-Colaizzi-Keen Method of phenomenology. The social skills training resulted in decreasing social anxiety and enhancing social functioning as maintaining personal hygiene, significant gain in adherence to medications, making request, expressing feeling, and sorting out problematic issues that sustained up to 18 months following intervention. It has been effective in changing the patient’s behaviors and boosted their capacity to confront problematic situations, but weaker effects were found for auditory hallucination in one of the patients.
Reflecting on Novice Qualitative Interviewer Mistakes
Authors: Gesch-Karamanlidis Eleni
Published: March 2021

This article illustrates a reflective exercise undertaken by a novice researcher who committed numerous “interview don’ts” during her first attempt at qualitative interviewing as part of a study. These mistakes occurred despite her attempts to learn qualitative interviewing best practices and develop her craft of interviewing beforehand. To identify and explore these mistakes, unstructured interviews were reflexively analyzed for emerging themes. The analysis found that communicative barriers were constructed between the novice researcher and her participants as a result of her (1) losing track, (2) steering and (3) lack of clarity. These barriers thwarted the researcher’s efforts to capture her participants’ voice because they were drowned out by her own. To minimize and overcome the inevitable mistakes novice researchers will make, this article recommends they are deliberately reflexive in order to further develop their qualitative interviewing skills.
The Ideological Dilemmas Inherent in Informal Learning Spaces: A Discourse Analysis of Preservice Teacher Talk
Authors: Lester Jessica , Scherff Lisa , Paulus Trena
Published: March 2021

Informal learning spaces, such as summer reading programs, have the potential to both motivate children and provide opportunities for preservice teachers to try out new practices. However, there is little research on the talk that occurs in these informal learning spaces, particularly those intended to function as third spaces. Audio recordings of meetings between preservice teachers and high school students talking together about young adult literature in a space intended to function as a third space were analyzed to explore how discourse choices shaped the participants' practices. We found that the participants both resisted and reproduced the traditional classroom in their talk, suggesting that the successful design of third spaces is a complex endeavor.
A Phenomenological Multi-Case Study About Social Success Skills, Aspirations, and Related Media Experiences
Authors: Degand Darnel
Published: March 2021

The social success skills valued and ultimately acquired by youth during their formative years can be better understood by examining the social spaces, processes, and interactions that are related to their personal aspirations and related media experiences. Using a phenomenological approach, I conducted a year-long multi-case study about two Black male high school students’ thoughts on social success, their aspirations, their social experiences, and their experiences with media. The participants were selected using purposeful sampling. I collected data through semi-structured interviews, focus groups, and observations. I performed analyses by using the hermeneutic cycle which requires one to repeatedly read text, write reflections, and interpret data (Kafle, 2011; Laverty, 2008). Findings suggest that my participants’ aspirations held influence over the type of media content with which they chose to engage. Additionally, their thoughts about social success were influenced by their family members’ personal life experiences and the skills their family members valued. Moreover, their sociocultural contexts influenced their evolving thoughts on social success while their media served as resources to help them process their thoughts about social success and help them pursue their goals.
Trying Not to Lie...and Failing: Autoethnography, Memory, Malleability
Authors: Freeman John
Published: March 2021

All research is experiential, whether this is the experience of reading in the library or observing in the field. Autoethnographers take experience into narratives and are themselves key participants in their research, and often also its subject. For autoethnographers the idea of research as a neutral process is abandoned in favour of a self-reflective form that explores the researcher's perspective on the subject in question. Autoethnography inevitably negotiates the relationship between the stories we want to tell and the histories we have lived through; between the necessary fictions of publication/presentation and the real world experiences we draw upon. This article questions whether we can ever tell our experiences truthfully. This article questions what it might mean to write oneself into research findings and narrative reports, and it asks what happens when one's self goes further and becomes the research. It offers perspectives and provocations which are informed but not bound by autoethnography's extant body of thought and readers are invited on a brief journey through self-writing as it relates to the vagaries of memory and the illusion of truth.
Youth with Disabilities Talk About Spirituality: A Qualitative Descriptive Study
Authors: Baldwin Patricia , Evans Jan , Etherington Nicole , Nichols Megan , Wright Virginia , McDougall Janette
Published: March 2021

There is little known about what spirituality means for youth with disability or about the potential relevance of youths’ spirituality in pediatric rehabilitation. This study explored perceptions of spirituality for youth with disabilities. Using a qualitative descriptive methodology, we examined the lived experiences of eighteen youth ages 11-20 years with disabilities including cerebral palsy, central nervous system disorder or autism spectrum disorder. In individual interviews, followed by a focus group, youth identified key spiritual themes – the importance of their beliefs, personal sources of comfort and strength, finding purpose in helping others, significance of personal connections, and strengths-based perspectives on disability. This study makes a unique contribution by informing health care professionals about the relevance of youths’ spirituality in service delivery.
“Plugging In” Epistemology: A Theoretical and Methodological Manoeuvre in Qualitative Research
Authors: Hook Genine
Published: March 2021

In this paper I aim to illustrate how an epistemological three-way manoeuvre I propose may work in qualitative academic research. Epistemology is critical to my research because I live the topic that I research and in this paper I chart a three-way manoeuvre between and through an articulation of my researcher self, theoretical framing and the intent of the research project. This paper is my response to Jackson and Mazzei’s (2013) work “Plugging One Text into Another: Thinking with Theory in Qualitative Research.” I have included the paper title here to introduce the reader to Jackson & Mazzei’s work earlier in my paper in which they advocate a “plugging in” of ceaseless variations of ideas and theories. I suggest that a “plugging in” of forthright epistemology in academic research is an important text that can “plug into” theory and data for rich explorations in qualitative research. Articulations of epistemological foundations of research allow researchers to be explicit about their worldview and acknowledge that it is integral to their researcher self and therefore impossible to separate from research practice. In this paper I demonstrate a methodological move through epistemology, drawing on the epistemology section in my own research work which details my researcher positioning and is able to examine how my experiences of sole parenting in higher education has influenced and informed this study. I consider three critical incidents; my initial assumptions and judgement about sole parents, regulatory exchanges I experienced as un-helpful as I transitioned into postgraduate education and the institutional structures of postgraduate timetabling as regulatory and potentially exclusionary. Articulating one’s research positionality infuses research with context and embeds a “thinking with theory” which can open up new meanings in research by foregrounding the epistemological pathway that is fundamental to the research process.
A Phenomenological Exploration of Beginning Counselor Educators’ Experiences Developing a Research Agenda
Authors: Wilde Brandon , Feit Stephen , Harrawood Laura , Kleist David
Published: March 2021

Hermeneutic, phenomenological methodology was used to explore experiences developing a research agenda for five beginning counselor educators. Through in-depth, open-ended interviews, experiences included (a) balance, (b) isolation, and (c) evaluation while references to trusting relationships were manifest across all themes. Recommendations for counselor educators spanning the profession are provided.
Intersubjective Sensibilities: Memory, Experience, and Meaning in Natural History Interpretation
Authors: Hunter Joshua
Published: March 2021

This ethnographic account examines the perceptions of a group of outdoor educators or naturalists in a mid-western state park in regards to memory construction and how early memories impact their practice of interpretation. Findings show that early personal memories are not only fundamental to their eventual life as a naturalist but further; these memories motivate their work within the park. Of primary focus is highlighting the intersubjective continuity between the memories of naturalists and what they hope for others and the eventual goal of meaning making by way of affective memories. By describing and interpreting their perceptions of experience and memory we can examine how these processes are invested with significance and what role this plays in their subsequent practice. Since there is little ethnographic research concerning naturalists, this form of cultural analysis provides an important lens that permits an intimate account of naturalists’ own awareness as a way to understand their unique contributions as educators.
Past, Present, and Future of Assessment in Schools: A Thematic Narrative Analysis
Authors: Green Stephanie , Kearbey Jessica , Wolgemuth Jennifer , Agosto Vonzell , Romano Jeanine , Riley Mike , Frier Aimee
Published: March 2021

As a diverse group of educationalists, we worry about the role of assessment in K-12 schools and current neoliberal education policies. In this paper, we aim to highlight some of the unintended or often overlooked consequences of these policies by taking an arts-based approach to our research. We interviewed various educational stakeholders about their past and present experiences with assessment, as well as their imagined futures. By creating poetic representations to present the results, we aim to shed a new light on the otherwise familiar contexts of assessment in the schools. Many are afraid of a future where neoliberal policies continue to determine the nature and role of assessment in schools, but want to believe that things will get better.
Investigating Food Development in an Area of Norway: An Explorative Study Using a Grounded Theory Approach
Authors: Hansen Kai
Published: March 2021

This paper investigated food development in the southern part of Rogaland County in south-western Norway. Food is considered a local development part in many municipalities in Norway in terms of new business, employment, etc. This region includes some of the more spectacular geographical structures openly visible in nature. The aim of the study was to investigate the development of food based on a broad understanding in this region. The method used was CurroCus® group interviews, or fast focus groups. Six CurroCus® groups were used, and they completed their participation in six hours. Altogether, 39 persons participated from different age groups consisting of both genders. They were asked to discuss different conditions concerning local food, food festivals, food offers, food producers, and different sales outlets in the region. All interviews were recorded, and two observers took notes during each interview. The empirical data were analysed using a grounded theory approach. According to the findings, some important areas indicate the need for an increased focus for development in the region. Six main categories represented the interpretation from the CurroCus® groups on local food. The main conclusions drawn highlight the region’s several possibilities and challenges for food development as well as several areas that need further research in the future.
Teaching Qualitative Research: Fostering Student Curiosity through an Arts-Informed Pedagogy
Authors: Lapum Jennifer , Hume Sarah
Published: March 2021

Creative pedagogical approaches in higher education can facilitate students’ journey in thinking like and becoming a qualitative researcher. Pedagogical approaches tend to focus on procedural steps of qualitative research neglecting students’ development of cognitive skills and reflective capacity. Arts-informed teaching methods for qualitative research show promise as an educational development in stimulating student interest and expanding their understanding of qualitative research through an experiential approach to learning. In this article, the use of an arts-informed pedagogy to structure a graduate level qualitative research course is discussed. This pedagogy, grounded in experiential teaching-learning theories, was developed to foster students’ curiosity as well as their capacity to think like a qualitative researcher through arts media including poetry, dance, film and story. If space is created in the classroom for curiosity to become a disposition and habit of mind, students may be inspired to be perpetually inquisitive and as such, think like a qualitative researcher.
Understanding African American Males’ Schooling Experiences: A Qualitative Inquiry
Authors: Bell Edward
Published: March 2021

The purpose of this qualitative study was to understand how African American males feel about their schooling experiences. Eighteen participants were selected for this inquiry. This study took place in eastern North Carolina. Many African American males lack early learning experiences to adequately prepare for a positive schooling experience. The findings from this study might prove helpful for working with African American males in an educational setting.
The Alternate Assessment Based on Alternate Achievement Standards Eligibility Decision-Making Process
Authors: Streagle Karren , Scott Karen
Published: March 2021

Under No Child Left Behind (NCLB), students with significant intellectual disabilities (ID) are allowed to take alternate assessments based on alternate achievement standards (AA-AAS) in lieu of the standardized assessments taken by their peers, however evidence suggests that IEP teams inconsistently and sometimes inaccurately apply established participation criteria in finding students eligible to participate in AA-AAS. The purpose of this generic qualitative study was to describe the decision-making process used by Individual Education Program (IEP) teams to identify students eligible to participate in AA-AAS. Thirteen case managers of students taking the Virginia Alternate Assessment Program (VAAP) from central Virginia participated in in-depth interviews. The findings resulted in the Influences on the Process of AA-AAS Eligibility Decisions (IPAED) Model describing a three-phased eligibility decision-making process. Implications suggest the need for training for all IEP team members, with a particular focus on parent education and involvement.
Teachers’ Perceptions and Conceptualizations of Low Educational Achievers: A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy of Disengagement for Future NEETs
Authors: Agrusti Gabriella , Corradi Francesca
Published: March 2021

The NEETs phenomenon in Italy is not a recent one, but it increased dramatically after the Global Financial Crisis. As in France many different factors influence it, but the prevailing two are the skills mismatch and the youth generations’ discouragement. Whereas in France the role of the school is crucial into tackling NEETs, in Italy the initiatives are mainly carried out by local authorities and small and medium enterprises. Therefore, more research is needed that sheds lights on teachers’ role in dealing with low educational achievers. This exploratory study investigates teachers’ perceptions and conceptualizations of low educational achievers in upper secondary schools, analysing their response to the issues connected to low attainment in terms of teaching strategies. From the study emerged strong communicative barriers between teachers and students that could lead teachers to stigmatize low achievers in their academic failure, ingenerating lack of self-esteem and disengagement in young people.
Published: A Grounded Theory of Successful Publication for Midcareer Scholars
Authors: Karraa Walker , McCaslin Mark
Published: March 2021

How do some scholars publish successfully while others perish from professional pressure? Literature has demonstrated the challenges of professional advancement through scholarship, yet has yet to explore how scholars manage these challenges successfully. The problem to be addressed in this grounded study was the lack of knowledge regarding the nature of success in peer-reviewed publication for midcareer scholars. Midcareer was defined as (a) employed professors with 5-15 years of doctoral level teaching experience, (b) having mentored at least one doctoral student to completion, and (c) successfully published in a peer-reviewed journal within the last academic year. A purposive sample of 16 midcareer scholars participated in one, 60-90 minute semi-structured interviews. 278 pages of transcript were coded open, axial and selective sequence using constant comparison. Analysis revealed that midcareer scholars who self-identify as lifelong learners with an intrinsic sense of responsibility to advancing scholarship engaged in problem solving strategies that facilitated successful peer-reviewed publication.
The Whiteness of Silence: A Critical Autoethnographic Tale of a Strategic Rhetoric
Authors: Potter Jennifer
Published: March 2021

Nakayama and Krizeck’s essay, “A Strategic Rhetoric of Whiteness” offers an understanding of Whiteness as cultural praxis operating beyond the narrow understanding of mere skin color. While scholars have added valuable contributions to the study of Whiteness, the discussion of the “strategic rhetoric” still lacks examples of embodiment. This essay seeks to demonstrate the deployment of Whiteness by describing a specific moment in which I was complicit in the deployment of Whiteness using the strategy of silence. This essay enumerates the machinations of Whiteness hidden in a seemingly mundane performance and contributes to an ongoing conversation about problematizing Whiteness.
Qualitative Researcher Reflexivity: A Follow-Up Study with Female Sexual Assault Survivors
Authors: Hoover Stephanie , Morrow Susan
Published: March 2021

Motivated by researcher reflexivity, the author sought to learn from participants about the sensitive, ethical issues of the qualitative research process. The current study followed up with eight women who had previously participated in an interview-based study about sexual assault disclosure. Multiple sources of qualitative data were triangulated, including interviews, follow-up interviews, interviews from the original study, and participant checks. Phenomenological analysis yielded five themes: (a) Meaning of Participation, (b) Trust in the Researcher, (c) Connection with the Other Participants, (d) Changing Comfort, and (e) Recommendations to Increase Participants’ Comfort. Based on these results, recommendations are provided for researchers conducting reflexive qualitative research practices.
Pathways into Political Party Membership: Case Studies of Hong Kong Youth
Authors: Ng Hoi-Yu
Published: March 2021

This article explores and conceptualizes the individual mobilization processes into political party membership of a sample of young people in Hong Kong, a semi-autonomous and semi-democratic region under Chinese sovereignty where political parties are relatively underdeveloped. Based on life history interviews with 23 young party members, I found that the mobilization of young people into party membership comprises three different steps. I also found that not all young party members went through the same order of steps. In total, three orders of steps are identified, which create three different paths into party membership. Lastly, this article found that each mobilization path is shaped by a specific set of macro-, meso-, and individual level influences.
Situating Vulnerability in Research: Implications for Researcher Transformation and Methodological Innovation
Authors: Arditti Joyce
Published: March 2021

In this paper, I broaden definitions pertaining to vulnerable participants and elaborate on issues in conducting research with justice-involved individuals and their families. I explore how special human subjects protections may inadvertently silence participants and further marginalize them, along with the social inequality that characterizes “at risk” research populations. Finally, I discuss how vulnerability can invite researcher transformation and methodological innovation and highlight the value of researcher reflexivity, community based participatory research and mixed methods approaches.
From Isolation to Collaboration: An Autoethnographic Account
Authors: Sutherland Andrew
Published: March 2021

In this paper I explore my personal experiences with collaborative music performance projects. Collaborations between different groups of musicians can be a transformative moment in the lives of students and music educators. The process of collaboration provides opportunities that cannot always be achieved when an ensemble performs alone. Many of these projects were undertaken in my role as a music educator responsible for school music ensembles but in one case, as a conductor of a community band. This idiographic auto-ethnographical study is based on my own reflective journal, which was analysed using Autoethnography and Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis. The themes identified include: Isolation versus Collaboration, Social Interaction, and Music on a Grand Scale. The findings support the idea that there are considerable advantages for engaging in collaborative performance projects, which cannot only be musically enriching but provide unexpected social and cognitive benefits.
Fostering Hope for a More Socially Just World: A Review of Corey Johnson and Diana Parry’s Fostering Social Justice Through Qualitative Inquiry: A Methodological Guide
Authors: Rogers Richard
Published: March 2021

Social justice is about hope and transforming society where resources, rights, and power are equitable without signs of oppression. Qualitative researchers escape the boundaries of the positivism and develop understanding in context. When a researcher combines a qualitative methodological approach with a social justice paradigm, he or she brings a sense of hope for a more just society. The book Fostering Social Justice Through Qualitative Inquiry: A Methodological Guide by Corey Johnson and Diana Parry provides readers and researchers the theory and practice to make a positive, transformational difference in our world.
Scholarly Writing and Collaboration: A Book Review on Writing Groups for Doctoral Education and Beyond
Authors: Bronson Carroll
Published: March 2021

Writing Groups for Doctoral Education and Beyond is a detailed text outlining collaborative writing pedagogies suitable for academics, doctoral students, and doctoral advisors. The text is broken into 3 sections with a total of 15 chapters. A variety of different paradigms are critically interpreted within the writing group setting, which offers the reader a look inside the pedagogy and practice of writing. In particular, the text supports qualitative thesis or dissertation writing and offers guidelines to help increase writing productivity.
Finding a Place to Belong: The Role of Social Inclusion in the Lives of Homeless Men
Authors: Bell Meaghan , Walsh Christine
Published: March 2021

This study explores the role of informal social support networks of male homeless shelter residents. Authors utilized ethnographic methods, relationality and reflexive research approaches and key informant interviews with 10 shelter residents to investigate perceptions of belonging in overcoming social exclusion and countering the stigmatization cast onto as a result of their condition of homelessness. Study findings challenge our normative conceptions of homelessness by discerning between “rooflessness” and “rootlessness” suggesting that homelessness is more than the absence of shelter, but rather denotes the absence of support and inclusion in one’s community. This research highlights a community within the shelter characterized by notions of acceptance and companionship. The associations shelter residents developed are creative and collaborative survival strategies allowing residents to negotiate their conditions of homelessness. As a result, some residents expressed reluctance to leave the shelter and (re)integrate into the community that had cast them off.
Exploring the Professional Beliefs of an EFL Teacher: A Narrative Inquiry
Authors: Ostovar-Namaghi Seyyed , Norouzi Shabnam , Hosseini Mobina
Published: March 2021

The applied science model of teacher education implies that the relationship between theory and practice is unidirectional. In this study, however, the researchers make a case in the opposite direction, i.e., they believe that professional practice can also shed some light on theories of language teaching. Since narrative inquiry is best for capturing the detailed stories or life experiences of a single life, the researchers took it as a legitimate mode of research to uncover and make sense of the professional experience of an experienced and professionally popular language teacher. Analysis revealed six themes, which reflect the participant’s professional beliefs. Among other things, she believes that optimizing teaching practice depends on maximizing learner involvement, focusing on responsive teaching, leaving room for practice, and personalizing practice. The study has clear implications for practitioners and teacher educators.
A Review of Critical Quality Inquiry: Foundations and Futures
Authors: Allen Daniel
Published: March 2021

In an age of growing concern over issues of social justice, Gaile S. Canella, Michelle Salazar Perez, and Penny A. Pasque offer a refreshing examination of the process and purpose of conducting Critical Qualitative inquiry. A series of essays from noted scholars examine the researcher paradigm in a novel paradigm: globalization and social justice. The reviewer examined the collection of essays as someone who has had little experience with this form of academic inquiry.
Data Collection Challenges and Recommendations for Early Career Researchers
Authors: Rimando Marylen , Brace Andrea , Namageyo-Funa Apophia , Parr Tiffany , Sealy Diadrey-Anne , Davis Teaniese , Martinez Lourdes , Christiana Richard
Published: March 2021

Data collection is critical to the social research process. When implemented correctly, data collection enhances the quality of a social research study. However, doctoral students and early career researchers may encounter challenges with data collection. This article reports on the data collection challenges in dissertation research encountered by doctoral students enrolled in a public health program at a southeastern United States urban university. Each doctoral student shared at least one challenge and how it affected the data collection process. Additionally, the doctoral students shared how the identified challenges were addressed or suggested recommendations. Understanding these experiences of doctoral students is helpful for doctoral students and early career researchers conducting social research. The lessons learned may guide faculty in research mentoring and structuring research seminars for doctoral students.
A Review of Ethnotheatre: Research from Page to Stage
Authors: Lypka Andrea
Published: March 2021

In Ethnotheatre: Research from Page to Stage (2011), Johnny Saldaña establishes ethnotheatre as a research method and art form in qualitative inquiry. Envisioned as an ethnotheatre book, various aspects of arts-based inquiry are intertwined in the six chapters, including ethical issues, artistic performance, adaptations of empirical materials in theatrical plays, monologue and dialogue construction, scriptwriting, theatrical design, production rights, copyright registration, and aesthetic language. Drawing on theatre-based studies, each chapter is grounded in literature and provides step-by-step guidelines to how traditional research and data can be reinterpreted, staged, performed, produced, and disseminated as theatrical play. Both the structure of the book as well as the variety of activities and recommended readings make this book suitable for both teaching and research.
A POSSÍVEL CONVERGÊNCIA ENTRE BRASIL E OCDE NOS PREÇOS DE TRANSFERÊNCIA – UMA VIA DE MÃO DUPLA
Authors: Dias Junior Antonio Augusto Souza
Published: March 2021

A abordagem de preços de transferência, na maior parte dos países, é guiada pelo princípio arm’s length, que se funda na ideia de comparar as transações comerciais entre pessoas associadas com as transações entre partes independentes. Essa perspectiva é defendida pela OCDE, que em suas diretrizes sobre preços de transferência sempre partiu do arm’s length e da noção de comparabilidade para elaborar recomendações a respeito do tema. Os crescentes desafios impostos pela economia digital às concepções tributárias sedimentadas, contudo, levantam dúvidas também sobre a adequação do princípio arm’s length em um cenário no qual a comparação entre pessoas associadas e independentes tem se tornado cada vez mais difícil. Apesar de a OCDE demonstrar uma tendência a manter o princípio arm’s length em evidência, é possível encontrar sinais de flexibilização. Considerando que o Brasil possui uma legislação que não adota expressamente o arm’s length e que possui metodologias de controle diferentes das defendidas pela OCDE, esse artigo propõe que o momento atual é propício para uma troca de experiências entre as duas abordagens de preços de transferência.
PLANEJAMENTO TRIBUTÁRIO INTERNACIONAL APLICÁVEL À EXPLORAÇÃO COMERCIAL DE BITCOIN NO BRASIL
Authors: Almeida Carlos Otávio Ferreira de , Pinto Rodrigo A. Lazaro
Published: March 2021

O presente artigo aborda a tributação de um caso hipotético relacionado à exploração comercial de bitcoins no Brasil, tendo por objetivo analisar os impactos da constituição de empresas em duas jurisdições no exterior para exploração, no mercado nacional, da comercialização de bitcoins, assim como as respectivas aplicações das regras de estabelecimento permanente.
MAPS E APAS NA RESOLUÇÃO E PREVENÇÃO DE CONFLITOS COM A AUTORIDADE TRIBUTÁRIA NO CONTEXTO DE PREÇOS DE TRANSFERÊNCIA
Authors: Ballardini Marcelo C.
Published: March 2021

O crescente contexto contencioso em relação às questões tributárias no âmbito internacional, e principalmente no que se refere às questões de Preços de Transferência, tem trazido o foco sobre a utilização de instrumentos de resolução e prevenção desses conflitos, tanto no âmbito internacional quanto no Brasil. Este artigo faz uma revisão da utilização dos instrumentos mais populares para a obtenção desses objetivos tanto globalmente quanto no Brasil e, por fim, faz um planteamento sobre o maior desafio percebido neste contexto para o Brasil.