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The Johari Awareness Model of interpersonal processes was explored as a paradigm for research into interpersonal style and communication practices in organizations. Data from 1,000 managers and 115 MBA graduate students regarding their use of Exposure and Feedback processes in relationships with subordinates, colleagues, and superiors were obtained via the Personnel Relations Survey. In addition, data regarding personality traits were gathered using the MMPI, CPI, and Famous Sayings tests; and information about managerial style preferences was gained from the Styles of Management Inventory. Investigations of the effects of role relationships, managerial orientation, and personality traits on interpersonal processes were made. A number of significant multivariate effects were found suggesting that the Johari model may be a viable tool for dealing with personalistic aspects of the communication dilemma in human systems.

This research was conducted from 2005 to 2009 based on a study of the 222 disciplinary proceedings recorded at the registry of the Vesoul remand centre as well as on interviews with the convicts who were punished for transgressing the prison's bylaw. It aims at measuring the social effects of carceral discipline. As a number of researches are already devoted to the practical aspect of the carceral issue (such as penal policies or institutional organisation), it has seemed relevant to complete these approaches by looking into how the various actors in the carceral field (inmates, guardians, heads of staff) view the power relations as established in prison and how they view the shoe in particular, wich is seen here as the keystone of the carceral structure. A rhetorical analysis of the interviews of the inmates puts into light how the shoe is either tactically used or avoided. It highlights the inmates' ability to remain active in a context in wich the main stake is to keep and to broaden one's space of freedom. The contrast between the words of the inmates and the philosophy of the institution questions the ability of prison to deliver on the mission imparted to it by the legislator, i.e. to assist with the social rehabilitation of the incarcerated population. One can even wonder whether carceral discipline does not contribute to the consolidation of the criminal role of inmates through a system of labelling and stigmatization. The conclusions of this analysis grounded in decision theory lead the author to suggest new professional practices, made possible by the implementation of the European Prison Rules, to better match the security imperative and the necessary rehabilitation of convicts ; Conduite, de 2005 à 2009, à partir d'une étude des 222 procédures disciplinaires enregistrées au greffe de la maison d'arrêt de Vesoul et d'entretiens avec les détenus sanctionnés pour avoir transgressé le règlement intérieur de l'établissement, cette recherche a pour but de mesurer les effets sociaux de la discipline ...

Inhaltsverzeichnis: Material religion and Islamic reform in northern Nigeria -- Islamic dress, textile production, and trade in the time of the Sokoto Caliphate -- Muslim identity, Islamic scholarship, and cloth connections in Ilorin -- The Sardauna's turbans -- Veiling, gender, and fashion -- Performing pilgrimage : worship and travel, textiles and trade -- Marks of progress : Islamic reform and industrial textile production in Kaduna -- Failures of modernity and Islamic reform : dress and deception in northern Nigeria in the 21st century -- Epilogue. Moral imagination, material things, and Islamic reform.

Between the 1963 'White Revolution' and the 1979 Iranian Revolution, the position of women in Iran experienced a number of fundamental shifts. Policies and reforms were introduced, including land, suffrage, education and dress reforms which the Pahlavi regime claimed would advance the position of women and would lead to a swift modernisation of the country. In this book, Liora Hendelman-Baavur examines these changes, looking at the interactions between global aspects of modernity and notions of identity in Iranian popular culture. By focusing on the history of Iran's popular print media, with emphasis on women's commercial magazines, Hendelman-Baavur challenges familiar western assumptions about the complexities of Iranian popular culture. Her analysis situates Iranian women's magazines within their broader economic, social, political and cultural context, demonstrating how representations of the modern woman in Iranian popular culture were influenced by the intricate nature of cultural contact and exchange between Iran and the West.

This paper explores how automation efforts with the intent to control work in modern work places can unfold. Building on a longitudinal study of a governmental agency's efforts to implement automated work delivery technology to enforce work guidelines, I show how aspects of work might become more automated but the rationale of automation might fail to manifest as originally intended. Technology and the formal structure inscribed into it to control work might conflict with the demands of work practice. Moreover, the findings show how automated control can be resisted by workers through subversive organizing in teams to reacquire work discretion. Through an analysis of automated control in practice, this paper contributes to discussions of technologies of control and how pragmatic resistance can emerge to counteract such technology.

Objective: To verify aspects related to the perception of healthcare workers regarding hand hygiene. Methods:
Cross-sectional study in a emergency care unit at a university hospital in Belo Horizonte. A structured
questionnaire was applied to nursing and medical staff. The statistic program SPSS was used, descriptive and
univariate analysis were made. Results: Healthcare workers attributed as high the impact of infections on
clinical evolution of patients and the effectiveness of hand hygiene in controlling those infections. The rate for
self-reported compliance to hand hygiene was 76.0% for the nursing staff and 72.5% for medical staff, but lower
than 60.0% for coworkers. Conclusions: Healthcare workers perceive hand hygiene as an effective measure to
control infection and recognize that compliance rates of hand hygiene among health teams in general are low.

The aim of this study is to examine the development process of education management in Turkey in the context of the teaching profession. The word meaning of education is the development of a person's physical and mental abilities, learning social rules and adapting to society. Education is the process of adults purposefully and consciously transferring the current culture to the younger generations. According to the social scientist Durkheim, education is an action that adults apply to younger generations who are not ready for social life. The fact that the field of education is very wide has prepared the environment for the definitions to be very diverse. When looking at these definitions, it is usually seen that two approaches get there by taking into account the similarities. The first of these approaches is the sociological approach and the other is the psychological approach. According to the sociological approach, education is the adaptation of an individual to society through the transfer of culture and experiences of adults to young people and children. According to the psychological approach, education is the maximum development of each individual's abilities. The purpose of this development should be to ensure that the individual is successful in later life. Teaching as a profession is a profession that has a very important function and responsibility if it is evaluated from social, economic, social and political aspects at all levels of the population. Since education is interactive with many areas, the qualities and values of teachers, who are one of the most important stakeholders of education, will also indirectly and directly affect developments in other areas. If the study in question is evaluated from this point of view, it is possible to mention teaching among professions that are professional, require expertise, have qualifications, qualifications, from special professions. Dec. As in many professions, there is an obligation to pass through the formal education method in terms of teaching and to have a qualified diploma. For this reason, teaching has started to gain a professional status that requires expertise, professional competence and faculty diploma and professionalism in its field. Approaching teaching with a different perspective, such as its functions, importance, duties and position in society, causes the resulting concepts to differ. Key Words: Education System, Education Management, Teaching Profession

"Economic Methodology, History and Pluralism: Expanding Economic Thought to Meet Contemporary Challenges pays tribute to Emeritus professor Sheila Dow (University of Stirling, Scotland). This volume focuses on the contributions of Dow to economic methodology, pluralism and the history of economic thought. These explorations serve to underpin her ideas and theories on macroeconomics, banking, and money. Bringing together an impressive panel of contributors, the chapters in this work examine Dow's writings on structured pluralism and schools of thought, meanings of open and closed systems, reflections on the relationship between economics and other sciences (both social and natural), the methodology of behavioral economics, as well as the political economy of the Scottish school of thought. The book challenges the foundations of the mainstream economics paradigm in a novel and holistic manner, seeking to advance thinking across Dow's favoured discipline. The essays in this collection provide thought-provoking reading for advanced students and scholars of economic methodology, the history of economic thought, heterodox economics and political economy. The book will also be valued by the economics profession at large, as it contains important elements and ideas concerning ethics, methodology and tolerance within economics as a discipline and as a profession. Ioana Negru is Reader in Economics at the 'Lucian Blaga' University of Sibiu, Romania. She has been a practicing lecturer for 24 years and has been a member of the Skidelski Committee for improving the economics curriculum worldwide. Penelope Hawkins is Senior Economist at the Debt and Development Finance Branch of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). Her research focusses on public and private debt, development finance, illicit financial flows and financial inclusion"--

Meditation / Nicole Mirra -- Access, Readiness, and the Ethical Imperative of Advocacy / Lauren King and Kristen Hawley Turner -- Seeing Each Other Ethically Online / Derek Burtch and Amanda Gordon -- Section Reflection / Kristen Hawley Turner -- Meditation / Sara B. Kajder -- The Ethical Mandate for Shaping Digital Footprints: Reflections from Teachers / Susan Luft and Paul Tomizawa -- The Ethics of Composing: Identity Performances in Digital Spaces / Brandon Sams and Mike P. Cook -- Creatures of Habit: Self Reflexive Practices as an Ethical Pathway to Digital Literacy / Andrea L. Zellner and Leigh Graves Wolf -- Section Reflection / Kristen Hawley Turner -- Meditation / W. Ian O'Byrne -- Creating Online Communities: Fostering Understanding of Ethics and Digital Citizenship / Jade Feliciano -- Moving Beyond Troll Rhetoric and Facilitating Productive Online Discourse / Priscilla Thomas and Alex Corbitt -- Fostering Cosmopolitan Dispositions through Collaborative Classroom Activities: Ethical Digital Engagement of K-12 Learners / Aaron R. Gierhart, Sarah Bonner, Anna Smith, and Robyn Seglem -- Online with Intention: Promoting Digital Health and Wellness in the Classroom / Lauren Zucker and Nicole Damico -- Section Reflection / Kristen Hawley Turner -- Meditation / Troy Hicks -- Designing for Power, Agency, and Equity in Digital Literacies: New Tools, Same Problems / Katie Henry and Bud Hunt -- Educators discussing ethics, equity, and literacy through collaborative annotation / Jeremiah H. Kalir and Joe Dillon -- "It's Whatever": Students' Digital Literacy Experiences in a Title 1 High School / Lisa Scherff -- Section Reflection / Kristen Hawley Turner -- Meditation / Renee Hobbs -- "Where did I find that?" Helping Students Develop Ethical Practices in Digital Writing / Kristen Hawley Turner -- Beyond quotations: Fostering Original Thinking during Research in the Digital Era / Michelle C. Walker, Monica Sheehan, and Ramona Biondi -- The Ethical Dilemma of Satire in an Era of Fake News and the Brave New World of Social Media / P. L. Thomas -- Section Reflection / Kristen Hawley Turner.

It would be difficult to find a more interesting topic than the relationship between the news media and politics, especially given that Americans are now living in the "Twitter presidency" of Donald Trump. Academic research in the area of media and politics is rapidly breaking new ground to keep pace with prolific media developments and societal changes. This innovative, up-to-date text moves beyond rudimentary concepts and definitions to consider exciting research as well as practical applications that address monumental changes in media systems in the US and the world. This carefully crafted volume explores key questions posed by academics and practitioners alike, exposing students to rigorous scholarship as well as everyday challenges confronted by politicians, journalists, and media consumers. Each chapter opens with a "big question" about the impact of the news media, provides an overview of the more general topic, and then answers that question by appealing to the best, most-up-to-date research in the field. The volume as a whole is held together by an exploration of the rapidly changing media environment and the influence these changes have on individual political behavior and governments as a whole. New Directions in Media and Politics makes an ideal anchor for courses as it digs deeper into the questions that standard textbooks only hint at--and presents scholarly evidence to support the arguments made. New to the Second Edition Fully updated through the 2016 elections and the early Trump presidency with a special focus on the role of social media. Adds three new chapters: The Move to Mobile; Media and Public Policy; and Fake News. Adds Discussion Questions to the end of each chapter.

Preface: common ground, common good / Amy Gutmann -- Introduction: urban greening and the green city ideal / Eugenie L. Birch and Susan M. Wachter -- Greening at every scale: nation to roof tops -- Taking the initiative: why cities are greening now / Tom Daniels -- Growing greener regions / Robert D. Yaro and David M. Kooris -- The inter-regional dimension: the greening of London and the wider South East / Robin Thompson -- Greening cities: a public realm approach / Alexander Garvin -- Growing greener, New York style / Rachel Weinberger -- Greener homes, greener cities: expanding affordable housing and strengthening cities through sustainable residential development / Stockton Williams and Dana L. Bourland -- Getting greening done -- Urban stream restoration: recovering ecological services in degraded watersheds / Rutherford H. Platt, Timothy Beatley, Sarah Michaels, Nancy Goucher, and Beth Fenstermacher -- The role of citizen activists in urban infrastructure development / Paul R. Brown -- Blue-green practices: why they work and why they have been so difficult to implement through public policy / Charlie Miller -- The roots of the urban greening movement / Victor Rubin -- Leveraging media for social change / Harry Wiland and Dale Bell -- Transformation through greening / J. Blaine Bonham, Jr., and Patricia L. Smith -- Community development finance and the green city / Jeremy Nowak -- Growing edible cities / Domenic Vitiello -- Measuring urban greening -- Ecosystem services and the green city / Dennis D. Hirsch -- Metro nature: its functions, benefits, and values / Kathleen L. Wolf -- Green investment strategies: how they matter for urban neighborhoods / Susan M. Wachter, Kevin C. Gillen, and Carolyn R. Brown -- Measuring the economic impacts of greening: the center for neighborhood technology green values calculator / Julia Kennedy, Peter Haas, and Bill Eyring -- What makes today's green city? / Warren Karlenzig -- Afterword / Neal Peirce -- List of contributors

In this article the author tries to show the direct relationships that are established between the possibilities offered by the Internet and a participatory improvement. Citizen participation is a basic element in anydemocratic construction, so using the tools available with the growth of the Internet is a crucial issue for democratic progress. Obviously the relationship with social networks is also widely discussed and studied, reflecting on whether the political advances involved are sufficient for better collective coexistence or if, on the contrary, it is a projection of apparent progress. Finally, the issue related to electronic voting is analyzed as a paradigm of online participatory process highlighting its positive aspects and, especially, the democratic damage it entails.Summary:1. Internet and citizen participation. 2. Social networks and citizen participation. 3. E-democracy, democratic progress? 4. Reflections on electronic voting. ; En este articulo el autor trata de mostrar las relaciones directas que se establecen entre las posibilidades que ofrece Internet y una mejora participativa. La participación ciudadana es un elemento básico en toda construcción democrática, por lo que utilizar las herramientas disponibles con el crecimiento de Internet resulta una cuestión crucial para el progreso democrático. Obviamente la relación con las redes sociales también es ampliamente comentada y estudiada, reflexionando sobre si los avances políticos que conllevan son suficientes para la mejor convivencia colectiva o si, por el contrario, se trata de una proyección de avances aparentes. Finalmente se analiza la cuestión relativa al voto electrónico como paradigma de proceso participativo online destacando sus aspectos positivos y, especialmente, los perjuicios democráticos que conlleva.

RÉSUMÉL'expansion de la démocratie dans la plupart des sphères privées nous permet d'évaluer la société civile comme le modèle social adéquat applicable dans l'ordre démocratique. Le but de cet essai est de présenter une théorie de la société civile, comme un idéal utopique de la démocratie moderne structurée sur l'idée d'un modèle d'institutionnalisation et d'orientation du conflit, plutôt qu'un modèle du contrat social; une nouvelle définition de la société civile basée sur les perspectives d'une interprétation multidimensionnelle de la totalité d'interactions sociales; une condition de la reproduction de la démocratie, plutôt qu'une alternative aux institutions démocratiques de l'État. L'évolution historique des aspects essentiels, les conceptualisations classiques de la société civile et de la démocratie, leur autonomie théorique face à l'État, leurs dimensions institutionnelles, et leurs interdépendances au niveau du discours social sont abordés en profondeur: les égalités et libertés politiques et sociales, la pluralité sociale, les fonctions intégrateurs des sphères autonomes de l'action sociale, l'utilisation de la "publicité" comme un moyen de communication social. La possibilité de conceptualiser et d'institutionnaliser la société civile comme le procès normatif davantage de démocratisation, et les formulations théoriques pour appuyer le cadre de l'interdépendance des concepts forment l'objectif général de l'étude. L'interprétation moderne de la société civile est reconstruite comme une formulation forte, démocratique, et progressive de la pluralité sociale; un consensus normatif basé sur des principes éthiques et moraux de l'autonomie individuelle et de la subjectivité. Le but de ce travail est de fournir une analyse normative et structurale, qui sera admise valide pour la plupart des interactions générales entre la société civile et la démocratie et sera basé sur une analyse théorique et conceptuelle liée à ces concepts, au lieu de faire une étude de cas pratique et factuelle.