Dissertation Articles Summary and Gap Presentation : Staff Experience

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Dissertation articles summary and gap presentation
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Article 1
Summary
The purpose of the article by Astala et al., (2017), is to examine the staff experience of the
institution for people with intellectual disabilities, are discussed. The author talks about the
appreciative management process of the staffs in these institutions. Their work process and
the impact of the management leaders over them is analysed in this study. This comprises of
the descriptive study on the experience of the staffs in appreciative management process.
The research has been done using the primary descriptive method. The data collection has
been done from the staffs of the institution for intellectual disabilities through the e-survey.
Total sample number for the study was 87. The Appreciative Management Scale was used for
the data analysis of the study.
The findings of the study is quite interesting. Most of the staffs thinks that the appreciative
management has been implemented well in the organisation. Among the appreciative
management, the best implemented dimension was equality and the worst implemented
dimension was the systematic management. The structural changes are another thing that
influences the appreciative management of the institution.
Research Gap
The study can lead to the further study of the leadership impact on the DSP. This study is
useful for the study of the dissertation as the researcher could get an idea of the appreciative
management and leadership in the case of the intellectually disabled institution staffs. The
study by Astala et al., (2017) is directed for the overall staffs of the institutions. Therefore,
the study could be further developed for the DSPs or the direct support professional of such
institution to get broader and detailed idea. The managers or the leaders of these

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organisations might be utilised by the study results as they would understand the changes
they might do in their transactional leadership styles to get the ultimate results. Thus, this
study is useful for the dissertation to understand the staffs’ requirements and their
management by the leaders.
Article 2
Summary
This article by Friedman (2019) is quite important for the dissertation study as this addresses
several problems in the profession of DSPs. Medicaid Home and Community Based Services
(HCBS) is the United Sates organisation that provides healthcare and other supports to the
people with intellectual and developmental Disabilities. In this particular study, the purpose
of the researcher is to examine how the HCBS treats with the matters like wages of DSPs and
their overall treatment in the IDD care. Total 101 DSP staffs were selected for the study and
the expenses and reimbursement rates were analysed. The cost neutrality information of these
DSPs were collected to get the idea of the service costs. Descriptive statistics were used in
order to analyse the data. This is secondary descriptive study to understand the different
trends of the DSP costs and wages in the States.
The lack of standardisation could be seen in the practice of DSP services. The quality of life
for the IDD are hugely depended on the services by these DSP performance. Yet their
reimbursement rate are quite low in the country and wages are minimum. This is why, there
could be seen a lack in the number of DSPs in the State and their services are lacking in
quality. The improvement in the services of the IDD people, the role of DSPs are huge and
therefore, there are requirement for the HCBS to work on their training and wage
improvement.
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This study reveals that the waivers provided by the HCBS to the DSPs are minimum in
amount. This is why the DSPs are showing less interest in their job and retention of this
professional is becoming a big challenge in the institutions. The dissertation topic is to
understand the transactional leadership traits impression on the DSPs services. Therefore, the
study result of the paper could give an insight of the standardisation that the leaders have to
do in the job profiles of the DSPs. The wages and waivers have a crucial role in managing the
standardisation of the DSP tasks.
Article 3
Summary
The purpose of the study by Morlino (2019), is to analyse the different skills setting training
programs of the DSP workers and how they are being modified for the service of the
intellectually disabled persons in the home and institutional backgrounds. The need of the
qualified workers in the service of intellectually disabled person. The research is done
specifically on the DSP worker and their individual skills attitudes and values. The Direct
Support Professionals provide help and care for the intellectually disabled persons in home or
institutional backgrounds. The study analyses how the institutions work for the betterment of
the skills of DSP staffs and develop the qualified workers. The method of the study is
primary qualitative. The data has been used using the interviews, document analysis and
observations. The study has been designed to identify various strengths and needs of the
workers in this profession.
The results of the study shows that the DSP workers are more directly related to the care of
the patients in both the home and the institutional background. The problems increases when
the quality or skills of these workers are not up to the mark. There need to be some core
competencies of the worker to support the intellectually challenged patients. Also, these