Appreciative Inquiry (AI) is an innovative methodology and a process for facilitating positive change in organizations, groups, communities (Cooperrider, Srivastva, 1987). This approach has been successfully implemented worldwide management, the non-profit sector, health care, education, community development other fields. Problem- solving gets replaced with innovation by identifying core that ...

The conventional model of nurse research education and support has shown itself to be deficient in the face of the rapidly changing health care and educational environments. This is more so in the open distance learning (ODL) context where institutions embark on cross border initiatives to build the capacity of novice nurse researchers. The purpose of this study was to develop a virtual appreci...

Participatory action research and evaluation methods (PAR) have been used to help individuals to address a variety of challenges and improve the responsiveness of service systems to these challenges. To the present, however, few studies have examined applications of PAR in systems change advocacy for youth with mental health needs in the transition to adulthood (transitionage youth [TAY]). PAR ...

OBJECTIVE—: To understand high-performing frontline employees' values as reflected in their narratives of day-to-day interactions in a large health care organization. METHODS—: A total of 150 employees representing various roles within the organization were interviewed and asked to share work-life narratives (WLNs) about value-affirming situations (i.e. situations in which they believed their a...