A new normal? Competing national cultural discourses and workers’ constructions of identity and meaningful work in Norway     

Ashley K. Barrett  Stephanie Dailey 《Communication monographs》2018,85(2):284-307

We examine how conceptions of identity and meaningful work are influenced by a nation's changing economic and political environment. We collected research in Norway – a country with a rich economy that has heavily relied upon oil production since the 1980s. Yet depleting oil resources are prompting an economic transformation. Twenty-seven interviews and a thematic analysis revealed how Norwegian workers safeguarded their traditional, collective workplace values, yet were simultaneously confronted with modern – more masculinized – workplace performances ushered in with the oil era. We contribute to theory by suggesting that work's meaningfulness is constructed by competing national cultural discourses that evolve over time. These discourses become narratives that citizens draw upon to evaluate work and to negotiate their personal and professional identities.  相似文献   

Student-Staffed Virtual Reference Services: How to Meet the Training Challenge     

Kathryn Barrett  Amy Greenberg 《Journal of Library & Information Services in Distance Learning》2018,12(3-4):101-119

Student workers are a well-established component of academic library operations. Recently, their traditional role has expanded to include responsibilities that were previously assigned to librarians, including in-person and virtual reference support. This trend has raised concerns about service quality and highlighted the importance of adequate training and evaluation for student employees. This case study outlines the training and assessment program for student employees working on Ask a Librarian, an academic consortial chat reference service in Ontario, Canada. Evaluations indicate that student assistants are less formal in their communication style, do not consistently perform a thorough reference interview, and deviate from some Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) best practices. However, students are consistently rated very highly by users in exit surveys. With a training program that addresses communication, in-depth reference interview techniques, and consistent follow-up and assessment, students are a viable option for staffing chat and can meet high service quality standards for reference service.  相似文献   

The impact of a chief planning officer on the administrative environment for planning     

Peter J. Hurst  Marvin W. Peterson 《Research in higher education》1992,33(1):1-17

Institution-wide planning, to be effective, must have the support of key administrators. Presidents, vice-presidents, deans, and directors must feel that sufficient consensus can be reached on explicit goals to make comprehensive planning possible and worthwhile. While much has been written about the importance of CEO leadership in gaining broad support for planning, little has been said about the role of the chief planning officer in this regard. This paper, based on a national survey of administrators' views of planning, studies the relationship between having a chief planning officer and administrators' perceptions of campus planning. Its intended audience includes all those interested in institutional planning.Presented at the Thirty-first Annual Forum of the Association for Institutional Research, San Francisco, May 26–29, 1991.  相似文献   

Online MBA Program at the H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship of Nova Southeastern University     

Karri A. Holley  Barrett J. Taylor 《TechTrends》2007,51(6):46-51

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Comment     

Roger Barrett 《Education 3-13》2013,41(3):64-66

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Emergence and maintenance of leadership among gifted students in group problem solving     

Marvin R. Myers  Michael J. Slavin  W. Thomas Southern 《Roeper Review》2013,35(4):256-261

This paper reports results of a study of the emergence and maintenance of leadership in groups of gifed students engaged in unstructured, creative production. The study used Fiedler's dimensional analysis of task structures. Information is presented concerning the relationship between group perceptions of leadership effectiveness, group product creativity, and the style of leadership adopted. Instructional implications for teachers of the gifted are presented.  相似文献   

What works in values education     

Marvin W. Berkowitz 《International Journal of Educational Research》2011,50(3):153-158

Values education (alternatively, moral education, character education) is the attempt, within schools, to craft pedagogies and supportive structures to foster the development of positive, ethical, pro-social inclinations and competencies in youth, including around strengthening their academic focus and achievement. Recent research has uncovered evidence of effective practices that apply broadly to schools at different levels and varied contents. Reviews of the empirical research have allowed for the identification of effective practices, including interactional practices, professional development, parental involvement, role modeling, and service opportunities. This article reviews the existing research and presents such a set of research-based effective practices.  相似文献   

Practical Experience Before Graduation     

L. A. Barrett 《Clearing house (Menasha, Wis.)》2013,86(9)

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The Virtual Reference Handbook: Interview and Information Delivery Techniques for the Chat and E-Mail Environments     

Felicia A. Barrett 《Journal of Interlibrary Loan, Document Delivery & Electronic Reserve》2013,23(4):478-480

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Persuasive methods in the Lincoln‐Douglas debates     

Marvin G. Bauer 《Quarterly Journal of Speech》2013,99(1):29-39

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