This qualitative study aimed to understand the meanings attributed to the nursing process by clinical nurses at a Mexican hospital. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews, participant observation and document research. Symbolic Interactionism and Grounded Theory were the theoretical and methodological frameworks for data analysis, which permitted understanding the experience and...

The article addresses the problem of ethnocultural identity in context research by representatives symbolic interactionism. acquires relevance epoch globalisation, when differences between nations and ethno-social groups are erased, ignoring folk traditions, customs, rituals, i.e. historically culturally established values that distinguish one nation from another, on hand, enrich multinational ...

Criminology and Penology Theories Anomie Differential Association Theory Deviance Labeling Theory Psychopathy Rational Choice Theory Social Control Theory Social Disorganization Theory Social Learning Theory Strain Theory Subcultural Theory Symbolic Interactionism · Victimology Types of crimes Blue-collar crime · Corporate crime Juvenile crime Organized crime Political crime · Public order crim...

Control, for a long time, has been an essential part of organisational sociology. The concept has largely been analysed from different epistemological standpoints. These standpoints are informed by the functional and institutional character of control. Using the postulations of symbolic interactionism as espoused by Herbert Blumer via a qualitative case study, this paper considers the view that...