Recent graduates and the labour market : a study of graduate expectations and experiences in New Zealand : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Business Studies in Human Resource Management, Massey University

This research examined graduate transitions from study to work in New Zealand by investigating the expectations, experiences, and satisfaction with early career for three consecutive graduate cohorts. It was timely, in light of increasing participation in tertiary education; a national emphasis on the development of a learning society and lifelong learning; and the unpredictable and highly competitive labour market in New Zealand. Several key findings emerged from this study, notably: graduates encountered significant turbulence in the first eighteen months of their career; and whilst most graduates had entered stable employment, in many instances they were underemployed. The findings challenge the limited nature of current data collection processes for the annual New Zealand Vice Chancellors Committee graduate destinations report. Given the importance, both politically and socially, of the need for accurate reporting, it is essential for the current data collection techniques to be revisited

African American Parents\u27 Socialization Around Racism in the Education System

African American youth experience individual and institutional level discrimination (e.g., Berkel et al., 2009; Jones, 1997). These experiences negatively impact their overall well-being (e.g., Harris-Britt et al., 2007; Wang & Huguley, 2012). African American parents use racial socialization to teach their children strategies to cope with racial discrimination (e.g., McAdoo, 2002; Peters, 1997). Given the positive impact of racial socialization on the negative outcomes associated with discrimination (e.g., Bynum et al., 2007), more work is needed to understand how contextual factors influence this process. The current study used qualitative methods to examine racial socialization in response to two levels of school-based discrimination. Directed content analysis was used on transcripts from ten focus groups of African American parents (N= 73). Results indicated that parents provided similar cultural socialization messages in response to both levels of discrimination whereas preparation for bias messages differed. Implications for preparing youth for school-based discrimination are discussed

Adaptive Strategies in a Slow-Motion Apocalypse

Nature is a construct inherited from Enlightenment thought. Our culture of nature—the way we construct, teach, communicate and perpetuate our concept of nature—has furthered the false dichotomy of an untamed nature versus a resource-consuming culture. This dualistic thinking has facilitated the current environmental crisis. We thus need a new culture of nature and a system of re-education that enables a symbiotic relationship between ourselves and our environment. A re-negotiation of this relationship is imperative to our continued survival on this planet; thus a reformation of the culture of nature can be viewed as an adaptive strategy. Systems-focused ecological art practice provides a platform for the process of re-education. A hyper-local focus integrating didactic display and community engagement is an effective strategy to re-cast environmental issues as social issues

Campus Racial Climate and Academic Outcomes: Examining the Moderating Role of Racial Identity for African American College Students

Campus racial climate, including individual perceptions of interracial interactions between students and with faculty (Hurtado, Griffin, Arellano & Cuellar, 2008). African American students often report more discriminatory perceptions of campus racial climate than White, Latino and Asian American students (e.g., Reid & Radhakrishnan, 2003). Campus racial climate has implications for a range of academic outcomes during college (e.g., Fischer, 2010; Torregosa, Ynalvez, & Morin, 2015). Specifically, Black students report experiencing hostile racial climates on their college campuses from both peers and professors and this can influence academic outcomes such as student motivation (e.g., Byrd, 2015), GPA (Torregosa et al., 2015) and whether they graduate on time (Fischer, 2010). While much of the work on campus racial climate has examined racial differences, more work examining within group variation is needed to further explore the role of campus climate on academic outcomes for Black students. The current study seeks to examine whether individual perceptions of campus racial climate in college impacts academic self-concept and if racial identity moderates this relationship for Black college students. The current study seeks to add to a smaller body of work that has provided an exploration of multiple dimensions of individual perceptions of campus racial climate understanding of students’ perception of campus racial climate (e.g., Byrd & Chavous, 2011; Byrd & Chavous, 2012). The sample for the current study was collected as part of a larger longitudinal in the Eastern part of the United States. Inclusion criteria for the current study included 1) identifying as African American/Black (Black for at least one racial group), 2) being a college student 1 year after high school. The final sample for the current included 144 participants, 65% of who identified as female. While campus racial climate was not a significant predictor of academic self-concept, students who attended HBCUs reported higher academic self-concept than students who attended PWIs. Private regard also positively predicted academic self-concept in the current sample. These findings have implications for the positive impact racial identity has on academic outcomes for African American youth. Implications and future directions will be discussed

In the Family Way: The Politicization of Motherhood in Merrill Denison’s Marsh Hay (1923)

Merrill Denison’s 1923 play Marsh Hay explores how the pregnancy of an unwed teenager affects her destitute family in rural Ontario. This article offers a new reading of Marsh Hay, arguing that the play critiques and revises normative views about maternity from a liberal feminist perspective. Many of the ideas presented in Marsh Hay can be traced to the playwright’s suffragist mother, Flora MacDonald Denison. There are also several moments in the play that address issues related to motherhood that were particularly topical in the early 1920s. Finally, this article examines the critical responses to the play’s publication as well as to its three known productions to determine how Marsh Hay can provide access to evolving attitudes toward maternity in Canada. Résumé La pièce Marsh Hay de Merrill Denison (1923) explore comment la grossesse d’une adolescente célibataire affecte sa famille défavorisée en milieu rural en Ontario. Cet article propose une nouvelle interprétation de Marsh Hay fondée sur l’idée que la pièce critique et revoit le point de vue normatif sur la maternité à partir d’une perspective libérale et féministe. Un grand nombre des idées présentées dans Marsh Hay peuvent être attribuées à la mère suffragiste du drama-turge, Flora MacDonald Denison. De plus, quelques-uns des moments de la pièce abordent des enjeux liés à la maternité qui étaient tout à fait d’actualité au début des années 1920. Enfin, l’article examine l’accueil qu’a réservé la critique à la pièce publiée ainsi qu’à ses trois productions connues afin de voir comment Marsh Hay nous permet de comprendre l’évolution des attitudes à l’égard de la maternité au Canada

Pharmacologic labour analgesia and its relationship to postpartum psychiatric disorders: a scoping review.

PurposeThis scoping review aimed to summarize the current literature on postpartum psychiatric disorders (e.g., postpartum depression, postpartum anxiety, postpartum post-traumatic stress disorder) and the possible relationship of these disorders to the use of pharmacologic labour analgesia (e.g., epidural analgesia, nitrous oxide, parenteral opioids) to identify knowledge gaps that may aid in the planning of future research.SourcesPubMed, PsycINFO, CINAHL, and EMBASE were searched from inception to November 9, 2018 for studies that included both labour analgesia and the postpartum psychiatric disorders specified above.Principal findingsTwo reviewers assessed the studies and extracted the data. Of the 990 identified citations, 17 studies were included for analysis. Existing studies have small sample sizes and are observational cohorts in design. Patient psychiatric risk factors, method of delivery, and type of labour analgesia received were inconsistent among studies. Most studies relied on screening tests for diagnosing postpartum psychiatric illness and did not assess the impact of labour analgesia on postpartum psychiatric illness as the primary study objective.ConclusionsFuture studies should correlate screen-positive findings with clinical diagnosis; consider adjusting the timing of screening to include the antepartum period, early postpartum, and late postpartum periods; and consider the degree of labour pain relief and the specific pharmacologic labour analgesia used when evaluating postpartum psychiatric disorders

STRATEGI KOMUNIKASI PIMPINAN WANITA DALAM MANAJEMEN KONFLIK DI PERUSAHAAN : Studi Kasus pada Manajer Perusahaan CV. Menara Inti Nusantara

Penelitian ini dilatarbelakangi dengan adanya gap yang terdapat pada komunikasi pimpinan wanita dengan bawahannya terutama bawahan yang berlawanan jenis. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendapatkan gambaran mengenai gaya komunikasi dan strategi komunikasi manajer wanita di perusahaan. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode pengumpulan data berupa wawancara mendalam, studi lapangan, observasi partisipasi, studi dokumentasi dan studi literatur. Responden penelitian ini berjumlah 4 orang manajer dengan komposisi 1 orang manajer wanita, 1 orang team leader wanita, dan 2 orang team leader pria di perusahaan CV. Menara Inti Nusantara Bandung. Hasil yang ditemukan di lapangan mengindikasikan bahwa komunikasi pro-sosial dilakukan pimpinan wanita dalam mengelola bawahannya di lapangan. Keterlibatan pemilihan gender dalam menerapkan strategi komunikasi masih berkaitan dengan berdasarkan konsep diri (field of experience) dan pengelolaan bawahannya (frame of reference). The research is backgrounded by the existing gaps in communication that regulate women and their subordinates, most of them are of the opposite sex. The aim of this study is to get an overview of the communication styles and communication strategies of female manager in the company. The method of this research uses data collection that consist of in-depth interviews, field studies, participation observation, documentation studies and literature studies. The response of this study were 4 managers with composition of 1 female manager, 1 female team leader, and 2 male team leaders in the company of CV. Menara Inti Nusantara Bandung. The results found that woman leader uses pro-social communication in managing their subordinates in the field. The involvement of gender selection in communication strategy appliance still related to woman leaders self-concept (field of experience) and management of subordinates (frame of reference)

Everyone has a view of literacy : learners' perceptions of literacy and their practices at home and at school

Includes bibliographical references (leaves 90-93).This is an ethnographic study of how learners write about, speak about, depict and value their literacy activities at home and how this links with their performance at school. It also examines the shift in learners' perceptions of literacy through their involvement in the research project. The theoretical framework for the research is drawn from the New Literacy Studies with its emphasis on the autonomous and ideological models ofliteracy (as formulated by Street) and on literacy as situated practice. The data is a series of literacy activities, of seven learner profiles made up of their writing, literacy inventories, photographic depictions, focus group discussions, semi structured interviews, and tasks assessed in the formal academic domain. Critical Discourse Analysis is used as a tool for the analysis of some of the data and traces the similarities and differences in the kinds of literacy activities that learners engage in, ranging from homework to hobbies, cell phones, conversations, computer games and so forth. Interpretation of the data also draws on Gee's theory of primary and secondary Discourses