This dissertation focuses on the specific strategies by which authors of the travel writing genre seize narrative agency. Throughout its centuries-long history, the genre of travel writing has offered multiple generations of authors a means by which to convey observations…

Objetivo: Analizar el proceso social implícito entre el
malestar y el acudir a los servicios de salud de las
mujeres de cinco regiones del país de México.
Material y Métodos: Se realizó un análisis cualitativo de 40 entrevistas
a profundidad…

Knowledge has become one of the most important intangible assets for the company in the current competitive environment (Nonaka, 1994; Hunt, 1995; Grant, 1996; Hunt & Morgan, 1996; Teece, 1998; Lee & Sukoco, 2007; Li et al., 2009), being of…

There have been books both erudite and popular on knowledge economy and learning challenges. About two decades ago, The Fifth Discipline by Peter Senge (1990, 1994) popularised the concept of learning organisations and brought his seeming idealisms into the realm…

En la era del conocimiento los docentes deben tener múltiples competencias para responder a la misión de la universidad, que contempla tres funciones sustantivas: la docencia, la investigación y la extensión. A la segunda se quiere responder con este artículo,…

Following the deaths of Victoria Climbié and of Peter Connelly (Baby P) the media has raged about social work competence, the public have expressed dismay and the government has responded with proposals designed to alter practice procedures. Altering procedures gives…

The Musée du Quai Branly features ethnological findings from four continents: Africa, Asia, Oceania and the Americas. Today scholars and experts are still debating whether in this particular museum/institution the aesthetic concern should prevail - allowing visitors to relate to…

O aleitamento materno é uma prática fundamental para a saúde do binômio mãe-filho e o conhecimento de nutrizes sobre o tema é um importante indutor à sua prática. O presente estudo é descritivo com abordagem quantitativa e teve como objetivo…

Palestra proferida na Sociedade Cultural "Joaquim Nabuco", em sessão de 6 de junho de 1956, em Florianópolis.

Faced with a shortage of skilled labour, more and more companies invest in training and education of their personnel. Organizational managers are confronted with the problem how to assess and compare employee’s advantages and disadvantages with its competitors, which criteria…