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The purpose of this study is to understand how the managers of the Associação Kalunga Comunitária do Engenho II (AKCE) used the assumptions of organizational ambidexterity during the pandemic period in their communities to mitigate the impacts of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), as well as to report the main innovative practices adopted by the AKCE.

The study is classified as exploratory, with a qualitative approach, and the research procedure chosen was semi-structured interviews. The data obtained came from the transcription of the interviews and field observation, using the content analysis method.

The community used constructs of contextual ambidexterity during the COVID-19 pandemic. Video conferences, online management and mechanized farming are characteristics of alignment, and the creation of websites, online sales, medicinal plant project and community farming refer to adaptability.

This study demonstrates how innovation was fostered in the Kalunga community, highlighting how the pandemic moment was overcome.

The study makes it possible to broaden society’s knowledge about centennial communities; besides divulging more about quilombola communities, in a scenario of historical reparation in which the communities were mapped for the first time by the 2022 Census.

It is possible to find characteristics related to ambidexterity in organizations that do not aim for profit.

Compreender como os gestores da Associação Kalunga Comunitária do Engenho II (AKCE) utilizaram os pressupostos da ambidestralidade organizacional durante o período pandêmico em suas comunidades para mitigar os impactos da Covid-19, bem como relatar as principais práticas inovadoras adotadas pela AKCE.

O estudo é classificado como exploratório, com abordagem qualitativa, e o procedimento de pesquisa escolhido foram entrevistas semiestruturadas. Os dados obtidos foram provenientes da transcrição das entrevistas e da observação de campo, utilizando o método de análise de conteúdo.

A comunidade utilizou construtos de ambidestralidade contextual durante a pandemia de Covid-19. Videoconferências, gestão online e agricultura mecanizada são características do alinhamento, e a criação de sites, vendas online, projeto de plantas medicinais e agricultura comunitária referem-se à adaptabilidade.

Demonstrar como a inovação foi fomentada na comunidade Kalunga, destacando como o momento pandêmico foi superado.

o estudo permite ampliar o conhecimento da sociedade sobre as comunidades centenárias; além de divulgar mais sobre as comunidades quilombolas, num cenário de reparação histórica em que as comunidades foram mapeadas pela primeira vez pelo Censo 2022.

É possível encontrar características relacionadas à ambidestralidade em organizações que não visam o lucro.

This paper aims to highlight the factors affecting health and safety (H&S) and the SMART Technologies (ST) used to mitigate them in the construction industry through a range of selected papers to encourage readers and potential audiences to consider the need for intelligent technologies to minimize the risks of injuries, illnesses and severe harm in the construction industry.

This paper adopts a double systematic literature review (SLR) to analyse studies investigating the factors affecting H&S and the ST in the construction industry using databases such as Google Scholar, Scopus, Science Direct and Emerald Insight publication.

The SLR identified “fatal or focus five factors” that include objects Fall from heights (FFH) and trapped between objects; Falls, Trips and slips (FTS); Machinery/Equipment Malfunction and Moving Equipment; Pollutants: Chemicals, Airborne Dust, Asbestos; and Electrocution. The ST includes Safety Boots/SMART Glasses/SMART Helmet/SMART Vests/SMART PPE/SMART Watch, Mobile Apps, Building Information Modelling (BIM), Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality (VR/AR), Drones/Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Wearable Technology/Mobile Sensors help mitigate the risk posed by “Fatal five”. However, other factors within the scope of ST, such as Weather Conditions, Vibrations, Violence, Disease and illness, Fire and Explosion and Over Exertion, are yet to be adopted in the field.

SLR methodology limitations of not obtaining the most updated field knowledge are critical and are offset by choosing 72% of H&S and 92% of SM review literature post-2017. Limitations to capturing articles because of the restriction of database access: only English language search and journals that are not a part of the databases selected are acknowledged. However, key database search that recognizes rigorous peer-reviewed articles offset these limitations. The researcher’s Bias is acknowledged.

This paper unravels the construction H&S factors and their interlinks with ST, which would aid industry understanding and focus on mitigating associated risks. The paper highlights the Fatal five and trivial 15, which would help better understand the causes of the H&S risks. Further, the paper discusses ST’s connectivity, which would aid the organization’s overall H&S management. The practical and theoretical implications include a better understanding of all factors that affect H&S and ST available to help mitigate concerns. The operating managers could use the ST to reduce H&S risks at every construction process stage. This paper on H&S and ST and relationships can theorize that the construction industry is more likely to identify clear root causes of H&S and ST usage than previously. The theoretical implications include enhanced understanding for academics on H&S factors, ST and gaps in ST concerning H&S, which can be expanded to provide new insights into existing knowledge.

This paper highlights all factors affecting H&S and ST that help mitigate associated risks and identifies the “Fatal five” factors. The paper is the first to highlight the factors affecting H&S combined with ST in use and their interactions. The paper also identified factors within the ST scope that are yet to be explored.

The purpose of this study is to explore the concept “the social creation of mental illness”, consider whether there is enough research evidence to support the thesis that mental illness can be socially caused, compare the social model to the medical model of the creation of mental illness and explore what may be necessary for the social causation model of mental health to be widely adopted and acted upon.

This study conducts a literature review seeking to identify the likely candidates for socially caused mental illness and explores whether there was research or other evidence for “the social creation of mental illness”.

Each area that was examined, from the literature, supported the notion of social factors being linked to, and predictive of, the social creation of mental illness; there appears to be a prima facie case for mental illness being predominantly socially created.

It is one thing to identify risk factors, links with and predictors of mental ill health. It is quite another to prove the chain of causality between particular types of social trauma and the emergence specific mental dysfunctions. In the same way that tobacco was widely known to be dangerous to physical health, yet it took decades to collate enough evidence to persuade physicians and politicians to act, it is likely that it will be some time before the causal link between social factors and emerging mental dysfunction can be demonstrated with enough rigour to encourage politicians and mental health professionals to act. This paper seeks to make a contribution to that process.

If social factors are found to be the primary creators of mental illness, then more appropriate methods of helping those afflicted can be developed.

Currently, the mental health system is based on the medical model. Vast and increasing resources are being allocated to mental health, yet the numbers of people disabled by mental health problems continues to increase. It appears that the medical model is false and failing. If the most common causes of mental ill health are social, then more appropriate help can be provided, and preventative measures can be developed.

By laying out some of the evidence that social factors are a primary predictor or cause of mental illness, it is hoped that future researchers can devise mechanisms to identify the causal route between various forms of social harm and the development of mental illness.