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Publication date: 8 January 2018

Charlotte Laura Clarke, Mike Titterton, Jane Wilcockson, Jane Reed, Wendy Moyle, Barbara Klein, Sandra Marais and Glenda Cook

The purpose of this paper is to explore the experience of older people and their sense of developing wellbeing, including consideration of the strategies they employ to respond to…

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Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to explore the experience of older people and their sense of developing wellbeing, including consideration of the strategies they employ to respond to perceived risk.

Design/methodology/approach

An Appreciative Inquiry study was used, which collected data with 58 participants in focus group and individual interviews. Interviews focussed on ways in which older people in South Africa, Australia, Germany and the UK understand and seek to maintain wellbeing.

Findings

The changing time horizons of older people lead to perceptions of risk and concerns that embrace societal as well as individual concerns. Often, this leads to a sense of societal responsibility and desire for social change, which is frustrated by a perceived exclusion from participation in society.

Social implications

In mental health practice and education, it is imperative to embrace the shift from ageist concerns (with later life viewed as risky and tragic in itself) towards a greater sensitivity for older people’s resilience, the strategies they deploy to maintain this, and their desire for more control and respect for their potential to contribute to society.

Originality/value

Variation in time horizons leads to changes in temporal accounting, which may be under-utilised by society. Consequently, societies may not recognise and support the resilience of older people to the detriment of older people as individuals and to the wider society.

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The Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice, vol. 13 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1755-6228

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Publication date: 17 February 2025

Christian Pieter Hoffmann, Sandra Binder-Tietz and Daniel Bendahan Bitton

Members of the corporate C-suite are powerful and widely perceived communicators. Communication management research examines the role of the corporate communication function in…

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Purpose

Members of the corporate C-suite are powerful and widely perceived communicators. Communication management research examines the role of the corporate communication function in facilitating the positioning of chief executive officers (CEO). The present study contributes to this research by extending the focus to another executive board member, the chief financial officer (CFO) and the domain of financial communication. It examines the role of the CFO in addressing financial audiences – compared to that of the CEO. It also analyzes the roles of the public relations (PR) and investor relations (IR) departments in facilitating CFO positioning.

Design/methodology/approach

This study is based on an interview study of eight IR and PR professionals and a survey of 106 heads of investor relations and financial communication experts from listed companies in Germany, Switzerland and Austria.

Findings

Findings show that CFOs are similarly visible in capital markets as CEOs. Their communicator roles differ according to task responsibilities, with CEOs focusing on strategy and CFOs conveying financial performance. While CEOs are more involved in press relations, CFOs focus on investor dialog. CFOs are less proactively positioned than CEOs. Also, CFOs are mostly positioned in the context of mandatory disclosure. PR departments influence CEO positioning more, while IR departments commonly report to the CFO. Communicator roles are rarely formally defined and are subject to the executives’ preferences, which encumbers strategic communication management.

Research limitations/implications

This study is based on cross-sectional survey data, which are subject to self-selection. The examined markets represent advanced capital markets with strict disclosure requirements. Findings indicate a lack of formalization in CFO positioning in the context of financial communication. This study also highlights the need to examine C-suite positioning beyond the CEO and the PR department.

Originality/value

This study contributes to research on C-suite communication by extending the perspective beyond the CEO and public relations. It also contributes to communication management research by highlighting how resource allocation and establishing rules shape the management practices applied to C-suite positioning. Finally, it contributes to financial communication research by empirically exploring the CFO’s communicator role.

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Corporate Communications: An International Journal, vol. ahead-of-print no. ahead-of-print
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1356-3289

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Publication date: 1 February 1994

Hannelore B. Rader

The following is an annotated list of materials dealing with information literacy including instruction in the use of information resources, research, and computer skills related…

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The following is an annotated list of materials dealing with information literacy including instruction in the use of information resources, research, and computer skills related to retrieving, using, and evaluating information. This review, the nineteenth to be published in Reference Services Review, includes items in English published in 1992. A few are not annotated because the compiler could not obtain copies of them for this review.

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Reference Services Review, vol. 22 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0090-7324

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Publication date: 1 June 2021

Delly Mahachi Chatibura

The purpose of this study is to review the critical success factors (CSFs) of street food destinations, given the limited attention awarded to such research in the food and…

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Purpose

The purpose of this study is to review the critical success factors (CSFs) of street food destinations, given the limited attention awarded to such research in the food and beverage sector.

Design/methodology/approach

An interpretivist approach was used to merge CSFs from street vending and culinary tourism perspectives, to develop a draft framework for analysing CSFs for street food destinations. In total, 64 cities that appeared in the first 20 webpage results of a Google search, using 4 keywords, formed the population. A purposive sample of seven destinations (Bangkok, Marrakesh, Mexico City, Istanbul, Hong Kong, Portland and Singapore City) was used. A content analysis method was used to review webpages, journal articles and government reports of the destinations, based on the modified list of CSFs.

Findings

The availability of diverse street food resources and cultures, coupled with rich historic city cores that sustain street food vending, in some destinations, are very important CSFs. The presence and extent of regulatory enforcement were also key in others. Empirical research is, however, required to corroborate the draft framework to create a body of knowledge for further research in the field.

Originality/value

The study examines how leading street food destinations have instituted the CSFs required for street food provision.

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International Journal of Tourism Cities, vol. 7 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 2056-5607

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