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Organic dairy farming in Norway in relation to the ‘conventionalisation’ debate [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
The new organic farmers may differ from their more established colleagues, which may have implications for the development of the organic farming sector and its distinctiveness vis-à-vis conventional production practices.
Flaten, Ola, Lien, Gudbrand
core  

A brief social-belonging intervention in the workplace: evidence from a field experiment [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Brief interventions that strengthen an individual’s sense of social belonging have been shown to improve outcomes for members of underrepresented, marginalized groups in educational settings.
Kray, Laura   +2 more
core   +1 more source

The role of Research‐Practice Ambassadors in strengthening socially just and equitable partnership processes

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Research‐Practice Partnerships seek to close the research‐practice gap through developing collaborative, authentic partnerships between researchers and community members. Our team has leveraged Research‐Practice Ambassadors to support socially just and equitable partnership processes in schools.
Danielle R. Hatchimonji   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Threat Upon Entry: Effect of Coworker Ostracism on Newcomers’ Proactive Behaviors During Organizational Socialization

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2021
Extant literature has underlined the importance of newcomer proactive socialization to the organization. However, the effect of coworker ostracism on newcomers’ proactive behaviors has not been noticed.
Pan Liu, Yihua Zhang, Yan Ji, Shaoxue Wu
doaj   +1 more source

“A lot of it is about feel”: The promise of sensory ethnography for anatomical education research

open access: yesAnatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.
Abstract Ethnographers have constructed rich accounts of cultural settings since the early nineteenth century. A new approach, sensory ethnography, holds great promise for Health Professions Education scholars in its incorporation of the senses, particularly regarding anatomical teaching and learning. In this article, we describe sensory ethnography as
Paula Cameron, Olga Kits, Anna MacLeod
wiley   +1 more source

Does positive feedback support the stronger and weaken the weaker? The effects of supervisors’ positive feedback on newcomers’ task performance in the first 90 days

open access: yesSouth African Journal of Business Management, 2021
Purpose: This study aims to provide empirical evidence of how supervisors’ positive feedback plays a crucial role in newcomers’ task performance in the first 90 days of their employment.
Atnafu A. Wondim   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

“Basic human things”: Investigating vehicle residents' continually fractured (information) landscapes

open access: yesJournal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract This ethnographic study explores vehicle residents' information practices in the United States (US). Vehicle residents are people whose primary means of housing is a vehicle. This work builds on previous research encompassing transitions and fractured (information) landscapes. Using fractured information landscapes as the theoretical framework,
Kaitlin E. Montague
wiley   +1 more source

Immunization and technology among newcomers: A needs assessment survey for a vaccine-tracking app

open access: yesHuman Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2018
Objectives: Newcomers experience unique challenges with respect to vaccination. These challenges are compounded by the need to navigate complex vaccination catch-up schedules upon arrival in their new home countries.
Michelle Paradis   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cooperative Regenerating Codes for Distributed Storage Systems

open access: yes, 2011
When there are multiple node failures in a distributed storage system, regenerating the failed storage nodes individually in a one-by-one manner is suboptimal as far as repair-bandwidth minimization is concerned.
Shum, Kenneth W.
core   +1 more source

‘Where are the adults?’: Troubling child‐activism and children's political participation

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Children's political participation is a well‐established theme in childhood studies. In this article we offer an original account of child activism that takes into account the entangled and emergent aspect of children as activists. We begin with a historical and a conceptual review, noting the importance of mid‐20th century developments such ...
Sharon Hunter, Claire Cassidy
wiley   +1 more source

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