title: The relatives are fine: use of qualitative firm data in economic analysis

authors: Fabling, Richard

subjects: qualitative data

abstract: We use qualitative and quantitative data for the same firms to examine the robustness of firms' qualitative responses regarding their performance. In contrast to some prior studies, firms accurately respond to qualitative questions regarding productivity and profitability relative to other firms. One reason for this accuracy is that the qualitative response options specifically include a don't know category that reduces misreporting and bias.

text: The relatives are fine: use of qualitative firm data in economic analysis We use qualitative and quantitative data for the same firms to examine the robustness of firms' qualitative responses regarding their performance. In contrast to some prior studies, firms accurately respond to qualitative questions regarding productivity and profitability relative to other firms. One reason for this accuracy is that the qualitative response options specifically include a don't know category that reduces misreporting and bias.

year: 2012

title: ‘Is it ever enough?’ Exploring academic language and learning advisory identities through small stories

authors: Grossi, Vittoria

abstract: Contemporarily, higher education workplaces are characterised by collaboration, transitions, fluidity and the crossing of boundaries, where individuals are involved in ongoing negotiation of multilayered identities and simultaneous membership to various groups. These conditions impact the negotiation of professional identities, work and work relationships. One group of professionals affected by the impetus to fluidly operate within institutions are academic language and learning (ALL) advisors. In this article, we explore the identity negotiation of a novice ALL advisor through a positioning lens, focusing on small stories conveyed during an interview. We highlight the ways in which she constructs identities vis-à-vis interactions with students and within the ideological and institutional structures of the contemporary university. This article contributes an important new perspective to existing depictions of ALL advisors as a marginalised group of professionals, making space for the study of advisory agency alongside structural analyses. While continuing to negotiate structural challenges, we argue that the participant’s sense of agency needs to be garnered to strengthen group identity and allow for professionals to transition to the role.

text: ‘Is it ever enough?’ Exploring academic language and learning advisory identities through small stories Contemporarily, higher education workplaces are characterised by collaboration, transitions, fluidity and the crossing of boundaries, where individuals are involved in ongoing negotiation of multilayered identities and simultaneous membership to various groups. These conditions impact the negotiation of professional identities, work and work relationships. One group of professionals affected by the impetus to fluidly operate within institutions are academic language and learning (ALL) advisors. In this article, we explore the identity negotiation of a novice ALL advisor through a positioning lens, focusing on small stories conveyed during an interview. We highlight the ways in which she constructs identities vis-à-vis interactions with students and within the ideological and institutional structures of the contemporary university. This article contributes an important new perspective to existing depictions of ALL advisors as a marginalised group of professionals, making space for the study of advisory agency alongside structural analyses. While continuing to negotiate structural challenges, we argue that the participant’s sense of agency needs to be garnered to strengthen group identity and allow for professionals to transition to the role.

year: 2019

title: Taupiri rau kotahi - Taupiri rau manomano

authors: Sam-Turner, Hiko Akuhata Te Ngoungou Raniera

subjects: Taupiri marae

abstract: Kua roa nei te paepae o Taupiri marae e noho mokemoke ana, i te nuinga o te waa kaaore he tangata hei kawe i ngaa tikanga, aa, kua waiho maa te tokoiti e moohio ana me peewhea te whakahaere tika i ngaa tikanga o te marae. I te nuinga o te waa e waimarie ana maatou mehemea ka tae atu ngaa taangata e rua ki te manaaki i te mauri o te paepae moo te roanga ake o te kaupapa, ahakoa tangihanga mai, huritau mai, aha atu raanei.
I ngaa tau kua kaha kitea ahau te toimaha o teeraa o ngaa haepapa ka taka ki runga i te tokoiti. Naa teenaa, ka hua ake te uho o teenei o ngaa kaupapa rangahau, he waihanga i teetehi rautaki whaikoorero e piki ake ai ngaa nama o te hunga kawe i teenei aahuatanga. Ko taa te tuhingaroa nei he waiho i eetehi moohiotanga hei aawhina, hei whakapakari, hei whakamaamaa i ngaa aahuatanga ka tau ki runga i ngaa taangata whaikoorero. Kua waihotia e au eetehi kura hei aarahi, hei aawhina i ngaa whaanau o te marae, heoti, te hunga e piikoko ana ki te kawe i ngaa taonga o too taatou ahurea.
Ko te tino take kua ahu peenei taku rangahau kia moohio pai ngaa whakatupuranga ki eenei maatauranga, heoti, kia moohio pai ngaa whakatupuranga me peewhea te whakahaere i eenei aahuatanga. I runga anoo i te tuupono ka tae mai ki te waa me manaaki te reanga rangatahi i te paepae, ka taka raanei te haepapa whakahaere paepae ki a maatou te hunga rangatahi, ko te wawata ia ka aawhina teenei tuhingaroa i a taatou. Kaaore e kore hei ngaa tau e heke mai nei ka kii pohapoha te paepae o Taupiri marae i te hunga e moohio ana ki te whakatakoto i aana kupu, ki te whaikoorero. Koia te take i hua mai te ingoa o teenei o ngaa tuhingaroa, maa te whaangai i te rau kotahi ko te whaainga ia aa toona waa ka hora katoa eeraa maatauranga ki ngaa rau manomano.
“Hei aha te pae nekeneke, waiho mai raa ki ahau he pae kounga, he pae motuhake”

text: Taupiri rau kotahi - Taupiri rau manomano Kua roa nei te paepae o Taupiri marae e noho mokemoke ana, i te nuinga o te waa kaaore he tangata hei kawe i ngaa tikanga, aa, kua waiho maa te tokoiti e moohio ana me peewhea te whakahaere tika i ngaa tikanga o te marae. I te nuinga o te waa e waimarie ana maatou mehemea ka tae atu ngaa taangata e rua ki te manaaki i te mauri o te paepae moo te roanga ake o te kaupapa, ahakoa tangihanga mai, huritau mai, aha atu raanei.
I ngaa tau kua kaha kitea ahau te toimaha o teeraa o ngaa haepapa ka taka ki runga i te tokoiti. Naa teenaa, ka hua ake te uho o teenei o ngaa kaupapa rangahau, he waihanga i teetehi rautaki whaikoorero e piki ake ai ngaa nama o te hunga kawe i teenei aahuatanga. Ko taa te tuhingaroa nei he waiho i eetehi moohiotanga hei aawhina, hei whakapakari, hei whakamaamaa i ngaa aahuatanga ka tau ki runga i ngaa taangata whaikoorero. Kua waihotia e au eetehi kura hei aarahi, hei aawhina i ngaa whaanau o te marae, heoti, te hunga e piikoko ana ki te kawe i ngaa taonga o too taatou ahurea.
Ko te tino take kua ahu peenei taku rangahau kia moohio pai ngaa whakatupuranga ki eenei maatauranga, heoti, kia moohio pai ngaa whakatupuranga me peewhea te whakahaere i eenei aahuatanga. I runga anoo i te tuupono ka tae mai ki te waa me manaaki te reanga rangatahi i te paepae, ka taka raanei te haepapa whakahaere paepae ki a maatou te hunga rangatahi, ko te wawata ia ka aawhina teenei tuhingaroa i a taatou. Kaaore e kore hei ngaa tau e heke mai nei ka kii pohapoha te paepae o Taupiri marae i te hunga e moohio ana ki te whakatakoto i aana kupu, ki te whaikoorero. Koia te take i hua mai te ingoa o teenei o ngaa tuhingaroa, maa te whaangai i te rau kotahi ko te whaainga ia aa toona waa ka hora katoa eeraa maatauranga ki ngaa rau manomano.
“Hei aha te pae nekeneke, waiho mai raa ki ahau he pae kounga, he pae motuhake”

year: 2022