PURPOSE To verify the average time of silent pauses in narratives and the influence of story's complexity in the occurrence of these pauses in narratives of children with typical language development and children with specific language impairment (SLI), and further to compare these aspects between groups. METHODS Sixty children aged between seven to ten years took part in this research, being...

European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology Publication details, including instructions for authors and subscription information: http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=t713684945 Does high quality leader-member exchange accentuate the effects of organizational justice? Ronald F. Piccolo a; Mary Bardes a; David M. Mayer a; Timothy A. Judge b a University of Central Florida, O...

Psychiatrists function, in part, as historians who rely on patient narratives to help them understand presenting mental disorders and explain their causes. Forensic psychiatrists have been skeptical of using narratives, raising concerns about their lack of objectivity and potential for bias. They also have criticized narratives as being more performative than scientific. Recent authors, however...

BACKGROUND There are strong theoretical arguments for using narratives in teaching and learning within medicine, but little is known about how they are used in medical lectures. This study explores the types of narratives lecturers use, the attitudes of lecturers and students to the use of narratives in teaching, and the aspects of learning that narratives may facilitate. METHODS Observation ...

Organizational mistakes and accidents have a long history in practice been studied extensively the engineering organizational literature. One of primary causes persistent error is existence deviance; i.e., behavior violating norms. We examined behaviors motivations project team members situations where deviant had accepted normalized as part operations. used NVivo content analysis to classify n...

We trace the legacies of filmed patient narratives that were edited and screened to encourage engagement with a participatory quality improvement project in an acute hospital setting in England. Using Gabriel’s theory of “narrative contract,” we examine the initial success of the films in establishing common grounds for participatory project and later, and more varied, interpretations of the fi...

This paper explores the patterns of technology use in a global enterprise. We use the concept of narrative networks to understand interactions between technology and organizations and the emergent implications. The paper is based on empirical work undertaken in the context of offshoring electronic medical records and billing systems from a group of US physician practices to service providers in...

This paper analyzes one of the first ERP implementation projects within a prestigious US university, an initiative that opened organizational ‘doors’ to multiple narratives of the unknown whose presence challenged system localization efforts. We use an interpretive, case-study-based narrative methodology adopting a time sensitive, actor -network perspective, to highlight the University’s choice...

This article applies sociological action theory to model collective accomplishment of novel outcomes through coordinated and planned processes. The theoretical model provides a collaborative social perspective on the emergence of novelty and innovation in organizations. According to the model, individuals form projections of the future by recombining and adjusting existing institutionalized hab...