Proposed a research framework (the "cube" model) in which community psychologists working in ethnic-cultural communities can make appropriate decisions on conceptual and methodological issues from a culturally anchored, ecological-contextualist perspective. The intent of the model is to articulate ethnic-cultural heterogeneity in community research by elucidating three metamethodological issues...

As cultural diversity gains global prominence, healthcare professional educators (HPEs) are expected to exhibit a high level of competence in education. Responding this necessity requires the establishment education that is oriented toward sustainability. This study aimed investigate HPEs’ perceptions at Qatar University-Health Cluster (QU-HC). A convergent mixed-methods design was applied. The...

In spite of the variety of existing methods relatively for usability evaluation, a surprisingly limited amount of research has investigated their “quality” from a conceptual and empirical perspective Our work investigates the concept of quality for usability evaluation methods in the specific domain of web applications for cultural heritage. We define a conceptual framework for quality measurem...

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The organizational cultures of two small manufacturers were analyzed using qualitative and quantitative assessment methods. This article describes not only how qualitative and quantitative data contributed to the validity of the results through triangulation but also how the qualitative and quantitative research paradigms were used in a complementary fashion to produce a more complete understan...

Joan Y. Chiao, Ahmad R. Hariri, Tokiko Harada, Yoko Mano, Norihiro Sadato, Todd B. Parrish, and Tetsuya Iidaka Department of Psychology and Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program, Northwestern University, IL, USA, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA, Department of Psychiatry, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Department ...

Traditional techniques used to produce relaxation can promote and maintain wellbeing in healthy individuals too. They can prevent illnesses including minor mental health disorders from developing in those faced with psychosocial problems by countering stress, states of tension and improving coping capacities. Further, they can cure a variety of minor mental health disorders that have already de...

Agile methods emerge as an alternative to improve quality and performance in software development processes. However, as agile methods are essentially focused on human aspects, their application in companies depends mostly on their adequacy to the current organizational culture. This study explores the view of the organizational culture in three levels as a theoretical framework to allow early ...