Causes for professionalization in national sport federations in Switzerland [PDF]
Aim and design: This study explores causes for professionalization in Swiss national sport federations (NSFs). We conducted a multiple-case study employing a qualitative approach with interviews and documents from seven NSFs.
Kaisa Ruoranen +7 more
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Combining professionalization and personalization in English long-term care: analyzing stakeholder views through a workforce lens [PDF]
IntroductionProfessionalizing the long-term care workforce, defined as improving the quality of care jobs, has been proposed as part of a solution to workforce challenges in long-term care.
Erika Kispeter, Shereen Hussein
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Education Professionalization Measurement [PDF]
Debates on classifying work into professions, semi-professions and vocations have stimulatedsociologists to define the conditions of professionalization and the characteristics of the typical profession.This study aims at developing a standard ...
Mostafa M. Metwally
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"I am a professional dancer" The case of professionalization in disability arts [PDF]
The demand for professional recognition for artists with disability is growing. There is little research, however, on the ways in which disability arts are associated with professionalism.
Yoon, J. +3 more
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The Workforce Strategy for Further Education: The Professionalization Agenda and the Inclusion of Support Staff [PDF]
This thesis explores the positioning of FE support staff within the professionalization agenda, through a Critical Discourse Analysis of a key text: The Workforce Strategy for the Further Education Sector in England, 2007-2012, Lifelong Learning UK ...
Arkinstall, Kirsty
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Horticulture is a vast scientific discipline ranging from ornamentals to consumable food, which is constantly evolving. One of primary goals of horticultural innovation is to improve consistency, and predictability, among products.
Kevan W. Lamm +5 more
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Waves of Professionalization Before, During and After Management Buyouts and Buy-ins of Private Family Firms [PDF]
YesWe explore the process of professionalization pre- and post- buyout (MBO) or buyin (MBI) of former private family firms using longitudinal evidence from six UK family firms undergoing an MBO/I in 1998. Professionalization behaviour was monitored up
Wright, M. +3 more
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Professionalization and organizational problems of sports clubs: Is there a relationship?
Sports clubs have been reporting several organizational problems in recent decades (e.g., recruitment and retention of members and volunteers). At the same time, certain sports clubs have professionalized their strategies, structures, processes, and ...
Grazia Lang +4 more
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Specifying and identifying signs of ‘resonance’ in teachers’ professionalization processes as a condition for teacher change [PDF]
Many studies on professionalization research deal with the question of how teachers actually learn or how teacher change occurs. In this context, Clarke and Hollingsworth (2002) describe a model for capturing teacher change in different domains (external,
Andresen, Mette Susanne +1 more
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PROFESSIONALISM, PROFESSIONALITY AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATION PROFESSIONALS [PDF]
ABSTRACT: What purpose is served by renovation or redesign of professionalism, and how successful a process is it likely to be? This article addresses these questions by examining the effectiveness as a professional development mechanism of the imposition of changes to policy and/or practice that require modification or renovation of professionalism ...
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