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SUSTAINABLY RESPONSIBLE LEADERSHIP AND INNOVATION

SUSTAINABLY RESPONSIBLE LEADERSHIP AND INNOVATION

Author(s): Mathias Schüz / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: leadership

Innovation is more than invention and creativity. Most importantly, it should refer to responsible leadership since it creates wealth that might serve parts but not the whole economic, social and ecological environments. Moreover, responsible leadership is linked to the dimensions of sustainable corporate responsibility. It manifests itself in the three main types of leaders: the doer, the coordinator, and the visionary. Each type has different capabilities such as “managerial skills” of the “Knowing-How”, “interpersonal skills” of the “Knowing-Whom”, and the “reflective skills” of the “Knowing-Why”. Ideally, a responsible leader expresses all types, but can also cooperate with others complementing his/ her deficiencies in the one or the other capabilities. Thus, responsible leadership comprises technical skills (cognitive intelligence: IQ); ethical competencies (emotional intelligence: EQ); and esthetical insights (spiritual intelligence: SQ). An empirical pre-study underscores the importance of all the three aspects of responsible leadership. However, it verified them only by surveying 41 leaders and their importance for successfully taking steps of their career ladder. Other empirical studies should verify the importance of the complementing capabilities of sustainably responsible leadership.

Covered, absent, ambiguous: remarks on the corporeality of singing and instrumental treatment of the body in vocal traditions

Zakryte, nieobecne, niejednoznaczne: uwagi na temat cielesności śpiewu i instrumentalnego rozumienia ciała w tradycjach wokalnych

Author(s): Małgorzata A. Szyszkowska / Language(s): Polish / Publication Year: 0

Author begins by asserting that there a dynamic and difficult to outline relation between the vocalist and his body. She suggests that the differences between treating (naming, describing and showing) the role of the body came from cultural habit but also the very conceptual grasping of the body. Referring to three different vocal traditions (operatic singing, vocal games and improvisation), author points towards difficult or easy way of showing the significant bodily aspect of expression, production and grounding of vocal artistic experience. From treating body as an instrument, bodily grounding of the emission of sound in body posture, to hand gestures and more in operatic singing it is clear that body is the nexus of the vocal experience. What makes the difference is the visibility imparted to the body.

Liber amicorum: A Philosophical Conversation among Friends

Liber amicorum: A Philosophical Conversation among Friends

Author(s): Michael A. Peters / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: scientific life; academic friendship; Michael A. Peters; book of friends; philosophical conversation;

This festschrift is a “liber amicorum” (“book of friends”) and as a philosopher of sorts I am interested in the genre and in its cultural invention as a means of understanding how I might proceed. I am greatly honored that my friends and colleagues should take the time to respond to the themes in my work and I am particularly grateful that such a group of international and able scholars have contributed. So let me express my deep appreciation and respond in the only manner I know how. After years of university life it is difficult to invent new forms or to experiment when the rituals and habits of critical thought anchor me in a series of set plays.

THE FRAGILITY OF PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE. A Preliminary Account of Child Protection Practice with Romani and Traveller Children in England

THE FRAGILITY OF PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE. A Preliminary Account of Child Protection Practice with Romani and Traveller Children in England

Author(s): Author Not Specified / Language(s): English

Keywords: Roma and Traveller children in England;

To examine the concerns that have been listed more fully, the authors of this report have been commissioned by the European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC) to carry out a preliminary study into the scale and nature of child protection practice with Romani and Traveller children in England. Specifically, the study aimed to: 1. Highlight the principal reasons for child protection involvement with Romani and Traveller children; 2. Map the placement type and legal status of Romani and Traveller children involved in child protection systems; 3. Examine the reasons for the placement of Romani and Traveller children in state care; 4. Explore how child protection professionals describe their work with Roma children; and, 5. Shed some light on the experiences of families who have experienced child protection involvement.The findings presented in this report reflect data that has been gathered in four separate ways. First, data was gathered through a series of Freedom of Information Requests to the Department of Education. Second, data was gathered from 137 questionnaires completed by child protection professionals working in England. Third, data was gathered from focus group interviews with 155 child protection professionals working in England. Finally, data was also gathered from two families who have experienced child protection involvement in family life.

What is scientific evidence-based therapy?

Co to jest terapia oparta na dowodach naukowych?

Author(s): James L. Sorensen,Jennifer E. Hettema,Sandra Larios / Language(s): Polish / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: therapy; addictions; addiction psychotherapy

A review of modern methods of treating addictions, the effectiveness of which had been confirmed in rigorous scientific studies. The publication is aimed at people providing treatment for addicted individuals and also for those preparing to obtain appropriate certifications (specialists in addiction psychotherapy and addiction therapy instructors, clinical psychologists, psychiatrists, family doctors and clinicians whose patients can be people with addictions), scientists studying the mechanisms and efficiency of addiction therapy, as well as addicted individuals and their loved ones.

Planning addiction therapy based on scientific evidence

Planowanie terapii uzależnień opartej na dowodach naukowych

Author(s): Nora E. Noel / Language(s): Polish / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: therapy; addictions; addiction psychotherapy

A review of modern methods of treating addictions, the effectiveness of which had been confirmed in rigorous scientific studies. The publication is aimed at people providing treatment for addicted individuals and also for those preparing to obtain appropriate certifications (specialists in addiction psychotherapy and addiction therapy instructors, clinical psychologists, psychiatrists, family doctors and clinicians whose patients can be people with addictions), scientists studying the mechanisms and efficiency of addiction therapy, as well as addicted individuals and their loved ones.

Ethical Leadership and Work Engagement of Mobile Telecommunication Firms in Port Harcourt

Ethical Leadership and Work Engagement of Mobile Telecommunication Firms in Port Harcourt

Author(s): Justin M.O. Gabriel,Linda Otonye Gabriel / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: ethical; leadership; employee; engagement; mobile; telecommunication;

This paper empirically examined the association of ethical leadership and work engagement of Mobile Telecommunication Firms in Port Harcourt. From a population of six hundred employees, a sample size of two hundred and forty was drawn based on which questionnaire were distributed and retrieved. The demographic and univariate data were presented with descriptive statistics and hypotheses were tested using the t-test and multiple regression analysis. The result showed a positive relationship between dimensions of ethical leadership and measures of work engagement. The study concluded that ethical leadership is not only good for the leaders’ reputation, but is also a contagious practice that is capable of stimulating positive workplace value and practices among workers. The study however recommended among others that: (1) leaders should endeavor to treat their followers with fairness and justice (2) leaders should be responsible enough to recognize that their actions or inactions have effect for the future of the organization and that (3) leaders should carry themselves in a transparent manner as against having their actions shrouded in secrecy

Mental and physical health in relation to health promoting behavior and social support

Duševní a tělesné zdraví ve vztahu ke zdraví podporujícímu chování a sociální opoře

Author(s): Alena Slezáčková,Alena Pučelíková / Language(s): Czech / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: Mental health; physical health; health-related behaviour; psychology; positive thinking; personality;

Psychologie, která se donedávna zaměřovala spíše na studium problémových oblastí, porozumění rizikovým faktorům a omezení negativních jevů, začíná věnovat cílenou pozornost příznivým aspektům života: významu kladného emocionálního naladění a pozitivního způsobu myšlení, rozvoji pozitivních vlastností osobnosti a podpoře protektivních faktorů duševního zdraví, pohody a životní spokojenosti. Novější trendy v současné psychologii, především pozitivní psychologie, tedy přesouvají ohnisko svého zájmu od otázky, co nás tíží, oslabuje a znevýhodňuje, k porozumění tomu, co nás posiluje, chrání před stresem a prospívá našemu duševnímu a tělesnému zdraví.

Developing the therapeutic relationship during treatment of stuttering – competences and skills of the Speech Language-Therapist – fluency specialist

Budowanie relacji terapeutycznej w terapii jąkania – kompetencje i umiejętności balbutologopedy

Author(s): Justyna Solecka-Głodek / Language(s): Polish / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: Stuttering; coaching; person who stutters; motivation;therapy;

Coaching is a method of working with a clients by supporting them in realizing and achieving set goals. It allows the client to find his or her strengths and working with those strenghts. The client in coaching, unlike in the therapeutic process, takes full responsibility for the coaching process, his or her actions and tasks carried out between sessions, which bring him or her closer to achieving the goal. It allows to support the client in improving communication and self-esteem. The paper will present the principles of introducing coaching work in the stuttering patient’s therapy and tools that can be used at individual and group meetings, which will improve the quality of communication and support self-esteem, self-confidence and finding resources for an adult who stutters. The following coaching tools will be discussed in detail: life cycle, value table, Walt Disney strategy and coaching questions and their application in the context of working with a patient who stutters.

Antinomies of Masculinity and an Erotic Gaze on the Male Body in Agnieszka, córka Kolumba by Wilhelm Mach

Antynomie męskości i erotyczne spojrzenie na męskie ciało w Agnieszce, córce Kolumba Wilhelma Macha

Author(s): Wojciech Śmieja / Language(s): Polish / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: Masculinity; male body;homosexuality;

Although Wilhelm Mach’s novel Agnieszka, córka Kolumna (1964) was considered avant-garde, controversial, and provoking in the sixties, it remains today – as Mach’s whole output – forgotten. This article is an attempt at “close reading” of this problematic and partially incoherent novel by Mach: the writer’s ambition was to write a “gendered” avant-garde novel, where the “masculine” and “wide” epic dimension is balanced by the “feminine” dimension (focus on emotions and details, mindfulness, erotisation of the masculine body in a female’s gaze). I argue that Mach’s project failed, but I also highlight its unique and still underestimated position in the history of Polish literature.

Aesthetic experience of shock in the context of the late modernity

Estetyczne doświadczenie szoku w kontekście późnej nowoczesności

Author(s): Maja Piotrowska / Language(s): Polish / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: aesthetic experience; late modernity; shock

The texts attempts to present shortly the assumptions of the wider philosophical project where the main role is played by the peculiar way of “atomised” aesthetic sensual experience (e.g. of sound, colour, corporeality). The experience is seen as a repeatable, reflective exercise that gets the chance to teach how to adapt the “shock of the late modernity” i.e. the shock caused by the conditions of life in the present which is poorly integrated, highly changeable and deprived of the stable ontological basis.

Transcultural Convergence? Polish Poets and Artists and the Oriental Verbo-visuality

Transcultural Convergence? Polish Poets and Artists and the Oriental Verbo-visuality

Author(s): Beata Śniecikowska / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: verbo-visuality;transculturality;convergence;haiku;haiga;haibun

The article concerns different aspects of convergence processes of the traditional Orientalgenres in the Polish culture, focusing on haiku, haiga and haibun. It examines artists’ books,visual arts and the artistic websites. The theoretical frame of the research is rooted in theconcept of transculturality introduced by Wolfgang Welsch.The author analyses Polish works of art employing different strategies of combiningwords and images, thereby showing unexpected similarities between cultures and revealingthe artistic changes caused by the choice of different media. The investigation provesthat the most interesting compositions uncover unexpected common elements betweenapparently contradictory traditions, the necessary condition is, however, at least the basic knowledge about the Other.

10+1 Good Practices in Preventing Intolerance, Discrimination, and Group Hatred in Central and Eastern Europe

10+1 Good Practices in Preventing Intolerance, Discrimination, and Group Hatred in Central and Eastern Europe

Author(s): Gergana Tzvetkova / Language(s): English

This compendium was created by the consortium members of the CEE Prevent Net initiative. Its development is the result of a robust exchange of good practice methods among various organizations and civil society actors in the areas of youth work and (non-formal) education aimed at preventing intolerance, discrimination, and right-wing populism and extremism in the region of Central and Eastern Europe. Initially, this volume was supposed to present 10 good practices for working with young people directly; however, the CEE Prevent Net network decided to expand this initial enterprise gratuitously. This additional section provides youth workers, educators, and other civic actors with recommendations and advocacy strategies for youth work that fosters tolerance, facilitates dialogue, and prevents discrimination and far right ideologies.

Habits of Mind for Entrepreneurship Education

Habits of Mind for Entrepreneurship Education

Author(s): Deon Van Tonder,Adri Du Toit / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: 21st century skills; entrepreneurial mindset; entrepreneurship education;

Entrepreneurship education is vital to ameliorate the high youth unemployment rate in South Africa. As part of efforts to augment entrepreneurship education, purposeful teacher training is needed. Integral in this pursuit is the amendment and development of teachers’ entrepreneurial mindset. The concept of ‘mindset’ is, however, ambiguous, as literature uses this term interchangeably with concepts such as 21st century skills, soft skills, non-cognitive skills, or character strengths. When a new teacher training program for entrepreneurship education was being developed, it was necessary to investigate and analyze all these skills or characteristics, to ascertain which aspects should be included in the program to contribute to the entrepreneurial mindset that was envisioned for these teachers. An exploratory qualitative literature review was conducted from a constructivist point of view. Accessible literature on ‘entrepreneurship education’ and ‘entrepreneurial mindset’ was systematically and thematically analyzed to explore the contribution of various types of skills and characteristics to the construction of an entrepreneurial mindset, in preparation for entrepreneurship education. The findings revealed that several skills, characteristics and habits contribute to the development of positive entrepreneurial mindsets. These included several references to the ‘Habits of Mind’ proposed by Costa and Kallick (2008). Subsequent comprehensive analysis was conducted to explore the pertinence of the Habits of Mind for developing teachers’ entrepreneurial mindsets as part of their preparation to facilitate entrepreneurship education. A recommendation was made for the inclusion of all the Habits of Mind to contribute to fostering positive entrepreneurial mindsets as part of teacher training for entrepreneurship education.

THE CONSTRUCT OF CULTURAL INTELLIGENCE

КОНЦЕПЦИЯТА „КУЛТУРНА ИНТЕЛИГЕНТНОСТ“

Author(s): Silviya Dimitrova / Language(s): Bulgarian / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: cultural intelligence; expatriates; measurement of cultural intelligence; cross-cultural study

The paper presents the construct of cultural intelligence as a new field in crosscultural studies. It considers the dimensions of the concept directly related to global business and its effectiveness, as well as international assignments (expatriates). In accordance with the first presented scale for its individual measurement in literature, meta-cognitive, cognitive, motivational and behavioral dimensions are explained. Consequently, fundamental scales for its measurement on different levels, besides individual, are briefly stated - those to be organizational and business quotient. Finally, their main advantages and benefits, as well as some comments are pointed out in the paper.

Historytelling: Designing Validated Heritage Narratives for Non-captive Audiences. Evidence from EU Funded Projects in the Programming Period 2014-2020

Historytelling: Designing Validated Heritage Narratives for Non-captive Audiences. Evidence from EU Funded Projects in the Programming Period 2014-2020

Author(s): Dorothea Papathanasiou-Zuhrt / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: cultural heritage;AV narrative (AV);human cognitive architecture;hermeneutics;cultural experience;

Much too often a temporospatial gap arises between monuments and non-captive audiences at places of cultural significance. It emerges as the missing link between the tangible and the intangible form of cultural heritage. While material substance or architecture of a monument are perceived by the eye, values and inherent meanings remain inaccessible. This particular condition is further modified for the better or worse by the skills of the audience, which has different origins, mentalities and cultural backgrounds that hinder or enhance the perception and appreciation of cultural heritage. Following the philosophy of hermeneutics, this paper suggests that the temporo-spatial gap between monuments and audiences is principally of cognitive nature: to understand and embrace heritage values and effectively bridge the gap, we need to connect the tangible form of the object to its intangible dimensions, symbols, meanings and values. As much of the supply side offers remain codified in the language of experts, while the public, especially the youth, is looking for compelling stories and multisensory experiences, we need to look for a new narrative discourse. This paper examines evidence from 260 heritage narratives produced through EU funded projects in the Programming Period 2014-2020, in an attempt to evaluate the knowledge acquisition pattern developed and the role of AV technology plays in the development of a validated heritage narrative.

GIVE US YOUR EVERYDAY HACKS TODAY!

MINDENNAPI HACKJEINKET ADD MEG NEKÜNK MA!

Author(s): Imre Mátyus / Language(s): Hungarian / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: life hacks; self-development; self-help; ICT tools;

One of the most interesting features of late modernity in cultural studies is the identity project of the individual. As the role of grand identity-affirming narratives and institutions diminishes and disintegrates, the individual is increasingly left to his or her own devices to construct his or her own identity. This active process takes place largely through the consumption, use, and transformation of various material and immaterial goods. At the same time, it is not only the outside world but the individual him-/herself that has become the object of everyday consumption and transformation – the body, the shaping of habits, the planning of lifestyle have all become importantin contemporary Western societies. The most active period in the long history of self-development, with self-help (personal development, personal growth) literature, began in the first half of the 1900s, but its real golden age began in the second half of the 20th century. Self-development, which is a kind of self-differentiation, turns to the individual with the concepts and ideas of traditional industrial production (e.g. productivity, efficiency, measurability) and tries to make the complexity of everyday life manageable for him/her. And in addressing the social and professional challenges of everyday life, innovations that provided information, tools (and, of course, commodities) to the individual in the hope of achieving abetter life, have played an increasing role. In my presentation, I will explore the phenomenon of the “life hack”. I want to show how self-improvement has changed with the wider diffusion and social embedding of computing and networked communication technologies. The focus of the presentation will be on the turn that can be linked to the paradigm shift of web 2.0, which started in the first half of the 2000s, which has given ICT tools an increasingly wide scope in self-improvement practices. I aim to present the practice of life hack as a social practice that has emerged with the commodification of ICTs and the domestication of tools.

Interrogating Modernity

Interrogating Modernity

Author(s): Galin Tihanov / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: literary studies; post-romanticism; Hermann Broch; ; modern literature

Zhorzheta Cholakova has written extensively on Czech Romanticism; I thus thought that perhaps an article in her honour that focuses on post-Romanticism would not be entirely amiss, all the more so since in Broch’s trilogy one finds an important character from Bohemia.

IMPROVING WRITING AND CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS THROUGH BLOGGING IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

IMPROVING WRITING AND CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS THROUGH BLOGGING IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Author(s): Izela Habul-Šabanović / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: pandemic COVID-19; English language teaching; blog; writing skills; critical thinking skills;

The COVID-19 pandemic has greatly changed the way of life of millions of people around the world, but in addition to numerous bad consequences and limitations in everyday life, it has brought more opportunities to stay at home and more time for reflection and personal upgrading. Great changes have also taken place in education, so in the transition from traditional classroom to online teaching, students are faced with the challenge of being expected to be more independent and responsible for their own learning. This paper aims to examine students' perceptions and attitudes about the possibilities of improving their writing and critical thinking skills by writing comments on the blog based on the professional topics covered in teaching ESP at the university level. The target group are second, third and fourth year students who attend the elective English course at the Faculty of Educational Sciences, University of Sarajevo. This is an action research and the key instrument for data collection is a questionnaire for students planned at the end of the semester. The analytical-descriptive method will be applied for the analysis and the obtained data will be processed quantitatively and qualitatively.