A guideline to improve qualitative social science publishing in ecology and conservation journals

Moon, Katie; Brewer, Tom; Januchowski‐Hartley, Stephanie R.; Adams, Vanessa M.; Blackman, Deborah

doi:10.5751/es-08663-210317

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“…These surveys consisted of a questionnaire made up of a combination of closed and open‐ended questions (Appendix S1; Moon et al, ), and lasted 10–25 min. For the purpose of the analyses presented in this study, we focused on the answers given for the questions outlined in Table .…”

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“…Accordingly, in this case study, our aim was to explore the relationship between visitors of sacred groves and snakes in Southwestern India within the context of a prevalent snake deity worshipping tradition, and its potential implications for current conservation strategies. For this inquiry, we visited sacred groves which did or did not host snake deities and conducted surveys using questionnaires (Moon, Brewer, Januchowski‐Hartley, Adams, & Blackman, ). Our main objectives were (a) to determine if attitudes and reactions towards snakes depended on the presence of a snake deity in the sacred grove, and (b) whether snake deity worshipping was associated with more pacifistic reactions to snake encounters inside or outside sacred groves.…”

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Sacred groves and serpent‐gods moderate human–snake relations

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Serpent‐god worship is an ancient tradition still practiced in many sacred groves across the Western Ghats of India. Although sacred groves there hold ecological conservation value, few studies have focused on arguably the most iconic taxon in the region, snakes. We thus investigated the impact of sacred groves and snake deity worshipping on attitudes towards snakes by conducting surveys with people who had entered sacred groves in the past. We found that very few participants who had encountered snakes inside sacred groves in the past harmed them during these encounters. However, nearly a quarter of all participants do harm snakes if encountered outside sacred groves. We also found that a larger proportion of participants who do not harm snakes outside sacred groves worship snake deities, relative to those that do harm them. Our work thus highlights the influence of sacred groves and snake deity worshipping on pacifistic human–snake relations in Southwestern India. A free Plain Language Summary can be found within the Supporting Information of this article.

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Sacred groves and serpent‐gods moderate human–snake relations

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“…89). This lack of reporting, according to Andrew and Jonathan (2006) and Moon, Brewer, Januchowski-Hartley, Adams, and Blackman (2016), is a key weakness in the ability of the focus group technique to generate powerful findings that reveal something about social processes, rather than simply reporting a discussion of individual circumstance.…”

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The use of focus group discussion methodology: Insights from two decades of application in conservation

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Abstract1. Focus group discussion is frequently used as a qualitative approach to gain an in-depth understanding of social issues. The method aims to obtain data from a purposely selected group of individuals rather than from a statistically representative sample of a broader population. Even though the application of this method in conservation research has been extensive, there are no critical assessment of the application of the technique.In addition, there are no readily available guidelines for conservation researchers.2. Here, we reviewed the applications of focus group discussion within biodiversity and conservation research between 1996 and April 2017. We begin with a brief explanation of the technique for first-time users. We then discuss in detail the empirical applications of this technique in conservation based on a structured literature review (using Scopus).3. The screening process resulted in 170 articles, the majority of which (67%, n = 114,) were published between 2011 and 2017. Rarely was the method used as a standalone technique. The number of participants per focus group (where reported) ranged from 3 to 21 participants with a median of 10 participants. There were seven (median) focus group meetings per study. Focus group discussion sessions lasted for 90 (median) minutes. Four main themes emerged from the review: understanding of people's perspectives regarding conservation (32%), followed by the assessment of conservation and livelihoods practices (21%), examination of challenges and impacts of resource management interventions (19%) and documenting the value of indigenous knowledge systems (16%). Most of the studies were in Africa (n = 76), followed by Asia (n = 44), and Europe (n = 30).4. We noted serious gaps in the reporting of the methodological details in the reviewed papers. More than half of the studies (n = 101) did not report the sample size and group size (n = 93), whereas 54 studies did not mention the number of focus group discussion sessions while reporting results. Rarely have the studies provided any information on the rationale for choosing the technique. We have provided guidelines to improve the standard of reporting and future application of the technique for conservation. © 2018 The Authors. Methods in Ecology and Evolution published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of British Ecological SocietyThis is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.[The copyright line for this article was changed on 22 January 2018 after original online publication] | 21Methods in Ecology and Evoluঞon NYUMBA et Al. | INTRODUCTIONConservation social science has come of age (Bennett et al., 2017).From being an outlier and on the sidelines of the discourse on conservation, the importance of understanding human perspectives is now centre stage in conservation decision making (Bennett et al., 2017;Khadka, Hujala, Wolfslehner, & Vacik, 2013;Pal...

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“…The fully anonymized, qualitative research design enabled the collection of rich, descriptive data (Corbin & Strauss, ) concerning managers' development experiences in organizations that had adopted the 70:20:10 framework. To establish qualitative research rigor (Anderson, ; Moon, Brewer, Januchowski‐Hartley, Adams, & Blackman, ), we have ensured that our methods, sampling strategy, interview protocol, methods to compare across collection methods, deidentification of participants, and the sequencing of analysis, are all clearly set out.…”

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The 70:20:10 framework and the transfer of learning

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2018

Human Resource Dev Quarterly

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The capacity of an organization to innovate, change, and be effective depends on the skills and abilities of employees, highlighting the importance of developing individual capabilities. The 70:20:10 framework is used by practitioners to guide them when developing effective learning and development programs. Although the framework has been adopted globally in both private and public sectors, its effectiveness has not been assessed in relation to the transfer of learning. Using qualitative data from the Australian public sector, this study explores how the framework is being implemented and whether it facilitates the transfer of learning to build middle management capability. Results showed that despite middle managers' awareness of, and willingness to take part in, ongoing skill development, attempts to develop capability through learning transfer by implementing the 70:20:10 framework were not achieving the desired outcomes. The research suggests that learning transfer and managerial capability development was hindered through four misconceptions regarding the framework's implementation. These are: an overconfident assumption that unstructured experiential learning automatically results in capability development; a narrow interpretation of social learning; the expectation that managerial behavior would automatically change following formal training and development activities without the need to actively support the process; and a lack of recognition of the requirement of a planned and integrated relationship of all three aspects of the framework. We suggest future research seeks to explicate the role of social learning in supporting the efficacy of both formal and experiential learning.

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A guideline to improve qualitative social science publishing in ecology and conservation journals

Cited by 134 publications

References 54 publications

Sacred groves and serpent‐gods moderate human–snake relations

Sacred groves and serpent‐gods moderate human–snake relations

The use of focus group discussion methodology: Insights from two decades of application in conservation

The 70:20:10 framework and the transfer of learning

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