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The purpose of this paper is to describe first-line managers’ (FLMs’) experiences and reflections on structural conditions for management practice within hospital settings using Kanter’s theory of structural empowerment.

A qualitative deductive approach with a descriptive design was used. Interviews were conducted with 11 FLMs in charge of medical or surgical hospital units spread across Sweden. Data were analyzed using a directed content analysis, based on Kanter’s theory of structural empowerment, encompassing such as access to necessary and sufficient resources, information, support and opportunities to learn and develop.

Findings of this study from the FLMs’ descriptions and reflections shed light on the impact of power dynamics on the structural conditions for management practice. The availability of nursing staff was a fundamental resource in the FLMs’ work performance, ensuring delivery of care to patients and a sound work environment for staff. Additionally, the other structural elements outlined in Kanter’s theory were evident in the findings, as the FLMs wished for structured information flow, identified potential and challenged opportunities for development and emphasized the importance of receiving support from people with a genuine understanding of their work situation.

The results of this study contribute to the understanding of FLMs’ structural conditions for management practice in hospital settings. The paper’s originality stems from the use of a deductive approach, providing a structured lens with the potential to inform future research and practice in the field of health-care management.

Sustainable and climate-adapted urban development requires integrative governance approaches and forms of collaboration between different disciplinary actors in urban society. Integrative approaches are a particular challenge for those planning cultures in which they are not yet sufficiently established. This also applies to formal urban land-use planning in Germany, which forms the governance setting of this study. This study aims to examine how interdisciplinary participation in formal urban land-use planning contributes to the consideration of climate adaptation in the planning process.

This paper traces the process of two differently designed interdisciplinary participation formats based on the methodological framework of a gaming simulation, each in the context of a formal urban land-use planning procedure in Bottrop, Germany. The gaming simulations are designed as performance simulations in which we involved several representatives from different public authorities.

The gaming simulations show that interdisciplinary participation can lead to an increased awareness of climate adaptation requirements in particular and a mutual understanding of different logics of action in the context of comprehensive and sustainable urban planning in general. In addition, this paper provides recommendations as to how and under what conditions the benefits of the simulations can be transferred to municipal practice.

While integrative and interdisciplinary formats are increasingly being used in the context of informal urban planning, this does not apply to formal urban land-use planning. Participation in formal urban land-use planning procedures is classically linear and multidisciplinary in Germany. Using two simulated interdisciplinary participation formats, this paper tested to what extent the consideration of climate adaptation requirements as a cross-sectoral task can benefit from interdisciplinarity in the context of two formal urban land-use planning procedures.

This study examines the decision-making processes and coping mechanisms of mumpreneurs (entrepreneurs who are mothers) as they navigate complex environments characterized by uncertainty and competing goals that are heightened by their circumstances and marginalization.

In-depth interviews were conducted with 26 female entrepreneurs in the United Kingdom who are raising young children.

The research develops a new framework based on regulatory focus theory. It uncovers multiple layers of uncertainty facing mumpreneurs, including traditional business-focused uncertainties such as global crises, market volatility and financial risks, but including uncertainties derived from the challenge of balancing business growth with family responsibilities. Despite these complexities, mumpreneurs pursue multiple competing goals related to their businesses, families and societal contributions. The study identifies four key coping and decision-making mechanisms employed by mumpreneurs in complex environments: intuition, adaptability, confidence and a dynamic interplay between promotion and prevention regulatory focus.

This study contributes to entrepreneurship literature by providing a nuanced understanding of how mumpreneurs are required to navigate uncertainty and competing demands and the key coping and decision-making mechanisms they use to achieve this. It challenges the binary view of regulatory focus theory and offers insights into the unique stress dynamics experienced by mother entrepreneurs. The findings underscore the need for tailored support systems, including coaching and mentoring programs for mumpreneurs with young children. Moreover, the research highlights the importance of policy interventions, such as increased childcare subsidies, to support parental entrepreneurship and advance gender equality goals.

Recently, interest and necessity for cloud-based hospital information systems (HISs) have emerged as an appropriate alternative for revitalizing medical information exchange between hospitals, analyzing “big data” medical information and developing the use of new medical technologies. The purpose of this paper is to investigate factors that affect the switching of information systems in existing on-premise environments into cloud-based HISs.

A research model was developed using the push–pull–mooring model based on migration theory. The research model was analyzed using confirmatory factor analysis and path analysis using partial least squares structural equation modeling.

The results of this study showed that low compatibility, perceived value, low cost and inertia influenced the intention to switch to cloud-based HISs; low flexibility and low compatibility influenced dissatisfaction; and low cost, ease of maintenance and ease of managing indicators influenced perceived value.

This study is expected to be used as the basis for developing a research model in subsequent studies to analyze the transition to new innovative technologies. Also, in practice, it is expected to contribute to the activation of cloud computing environments in hospitals.

The purpose of this study was to examine the factors that influence the information seeking behaviors of ChatGPT users. Specifically, we investigated how ChatGPT self-efficacy, ChatGPT characteristics and ChatGPT utility affect the frequency and duration of information seeking via ChatGPT. We also tested the mediating roles of ChatGPT characteristics and utility in the relationship between ChatGPT self-efficacy and information-seeking behaviors.

This study adopts a quantitative approach and collects data from 403 ChatGPT users using an online questionnaire. The data are analyzed using linear regression and structural equation modeling (SEM).

The linear regression analyses revealed that ChatGPT self-efficacy is positively and significantly related to the information seeking behaviors in ChatGPT. Second, mediation analyses also showed that ChatGPT characteristics and utility significantly mediate the relationship between ChatGPT self-efficacy and information-seeking behaviors in ChatGPT independently and sequentially.

This study is the first to investigate the factors and mechanisms that influence information-seeking behaviors in ChatGPT, a new phenomenon in the media landscape. The findings in this study suggest that ChatGPT self-efficacy acts as an important motivator for information-seeking behaviors in ChatGPT and that ChatGPT characteristics and utility provide information regarding potential mechanisms in the relationship between ChatGPT self-efficacy and information-seeking behaviors in ChatGPT. The study contributes to the literature on information seeking, self-efficacy and generative AI.

This study aims to present a comprehensive review of the scientific literature on gig work and the social responsibility towards them; the study highlights the evolving nature of work, career and organisation, focussing on their social responsibility towards gig work.

A systematic review of 186 selected articles published since the beginning of the gig economy research. Quantitative bibliometric and framework-based review techniques were used to analyse theoretical nuances, themes, antecedents and contextual factors.

Factors responsible for the social responsibility towards gig work were identified. The factors were categorised into individual, organisational and social-related attributes. Overall, the contextual factors, top articles, authors and journals suggested that gig work research is increasing exponentially across the globe.

The understanding of the factors influencing the gig work explored, the long-term implications of disruptions or gig workers’ well-being and exploring the impact of social and cultural aspects of the gig work research.

To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is one of the first studies to analyse the factors influencing social responsibility towards gig work in the changing nature of work, career and organisation. The study provides future directions for expanding the scholarship, resulting in the sustainability of this form of employment.

This paper aims to analyze the effects of a fresh start mindset on attitudes toward the banks. Furthermore, we try to predict how optimism judgment bias and arousal can affect the effects of the fresh start mindset through three research questions.

Three experiments explored the effect of the fresh start mindset in the banking sector. Study 1 collects data in a laboratory. Study 2 is an online experiment. Study 3 collects data in a laboratory through facial movements.

Our results clarify research gaps in studies regarding financial decisions by demonstrating that a fresh start mindset increases attitudes toward banks. In this way, a fresh start mindset can influence the optimism judgment bias by promoting underlying mechanisms that highlight the change through new paths regardless of past or present, thus promoting positive attitudes. Our results also confirm a hypothesis that stimulation of a new reality can generate arousal in cognitive processing and consumers’ willingness to interact.

Understand how campaigns and nudges around fresh starts can increase marketing campaigns’ success and help customers improve their financial well-being.

Our paper demonstrates how previous studies in the banking sector have neglected the fresh start mindset and offers mechanisms to understand the effects of optimism judgment bias and phasic arousal expression on attitudes toward the banks.

This chapter situates our study of the organisation and regulation of prison life in Myanmar. With broad brush strokes, we introduce the country context and describe the pre-colonial and colonial history of Myanmar prisons. We unpack and justify the book’s core analytic themes, describing how we will answer questions about how authority is distributed and enacted within prisons; how power is embodied and embedded in mundane social and institutional relations; and how historical relations of penal duress endure (even) under conditions of socio-political transformation. Further, we introduce how our interview-based account of the organisation, regulation and experience of prison life during the (now terminated) transition from overt military rule to disciplined democracy provides crucial insight into the current situation of thousands of people from all walks of life imprisoned since the military coup in February 2021.

This study explores the experiences of care-experienced people living in supported housing provided by the Rees Foundation in England. This study aims to understand the challenges faced by those over 25 who have aged out of statutory support and explores how the Rees Foundation’s services help address these challenges.

This study uses a qualitative approach, using semi-structured interviews with five tenants and five staff members from the housing project. Thematic analysis identified key themes related to homelessness, safety, stability and the importance of relationships with outreach workers.

The findings reveal that care leavers often face a “cliff edge” when statutory support ends, resulting in risks such as homelessness and social isolation. The Rees Foundation’s approach, which includes ongoing emotional and practical support, plays a crucial role in fostering safety, stability and hope among tenants.

This study offers original insights into the effectiveness of sustained support for care-experienced people beyond the age of 25, an age group that has been largely overlooked in existing research. By focusing on a population often neglected in care leaver studies, it highlights the need for extended support services to prevent long-term adverse outcomes, contributing to the broader understanding of post-care transitions.

This case study reports on a university and school district collaboration for the purpose of teacher preparation while also noting the collective benefit for members of the whole community. The study especially examines place-based learning, teacher self-efficacy, third space development, and how to leverage collective resources. The study utilizes a triangulation framework design and has three phases with the purpose of examining the relationship from multiple perspectives and across a span of time. One specific goal is to illuminate the impact of these collaborations upon the school district, community, university and beyond.

This case study employed qualitative methodology utilizing a convergence model of triangulation framework (Creswell & Plano Clark, 2006; Bamberger, 2012), which targeted an analysis of the development of self-efficacy and other related potential outcomes from a collaborative pre-service teacher preparation program pilot between a university and a school district. It includes three phases of students being immersed in a local school district collaboration. Research tools used included a survey provided to all participants, focus group data, and university and course assessment data.

The main study implications for collaborative school and university partnerships were: (1) early and continued field experiences aid in pre-service teachers becoming part of the school community and developing comfort, skills and a sense of belonging, which lead toward greater teacher self-efficacy. (2) A place-based education results as collegiate courses are imbedded within the local school. (3) Such collaboration leads toward a third space, hybrid roles and joint ownership. (4) Additionally, a unique synergized collective impact develops, (5) as collective resources are leveraged, the whole community benefits, (6) and lastly, best practice research-based decision-making springs from ongoing evaluation and reflection.

The initial results of the study were promising in terms of the development of teacher self-efficacy and program retention. However, since the study is in the second phase as a pilot of a new collaborative approach to teacher preparation, the results are of a preliminary nature, not having the longitudinal perspective yet. Retention will be a focus in further studies of this collaboration between a university and a school district. Another aspect of this study that merits further study is the sense of belonging that develops in students who participate in fieldwork and in this particular type of collaboration.

Practical implications, simply put, are that such collaborations serve to strengthen the teacher workforce and instructional quality. The collaborative process of preparing future teachers’ strengthens the collegiate students’ experiences, provides opportunities to enrich school student experiences, especially related to opportunities for individualized attention and strengthens the mentoring teachers leadership skills. All combined, it seems this process is aiding in the creation of future teacher pipeline and raising pre-service teachers’ self-efficacy, thus likely impacting future retention.

Collaborative endeavors such as those described in this study have far-reaching impacts upon the society in which they occur. First, it is a place-based experience. The uniqueness and appreciation of the local community and its inhabitants have a celebrated role. Local school leaders feel valued as they contribute to the development of the next generation of teachers while simultaneously strengthening the instruction and attention to their students. Additionally, collective resources benefit all involved. Within a collaboration of this nature a synergized impact results in which the combined effectiveness reaches beyond the sum of each partner’s separate effect.

Many universities rely on local schools for clinical placements. This study moves beyond surface relationships often found in arranging singular placements to one in which the collaborative, mentoring and resource sharing spans deeply across years and includes shared community investment. Embracing the social cognitive stance of modeling and reinforcing over time is embraced. The fact that university students are immersed in schools for actual collegiate coursework as well as fieldwork and are fostered into a community emphasizing belongingness is significant, resulting in synergized mutual commitment and benefit. As teacher self-efficacy is built through this model, retention is more likely.