Interdisciplinary Studies Journal

Interdisciplinary Studies Journal, vol. 1, no 4. 2012. This journal, the Interdisciplinary Studies Journal (ISJ), is an international forum exploring the frontiers of innovation, creativity and development. This journal does not limit itself to traditions specifically associated with one discipline or school of thought per se but embraces consideration of emerging issues assessing novel terrains and encouraging change. ISJ serves to both industry and academic communities by advancing the premises for implementing research into practice. These quarterly journal issues are published under a distinguished list of editors, including special issues, comprising an expected annual volume of over 700 pages. ISJ is listed in the Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory. All the ISJ papers are expected to contribute to raising awareness and rethinking the concept of interdisciplinarity. The readership of this journal consists of academics and (post) graduate students togetherwith executives and managers, policy makers and administrators from both public and private sector. ISJ aims to publish papers on diverse subjects related but not limited to service innovation and design, nursing and coping home, security and social responsibility, and student entrepreneurship. ISJ welcomes contributions from both academics and practitioners in the form of original papers and case studies in the subject areas indicated, and on similar topics. The research articles submitted to ISJ are subject to a double-blind peer review. ISJ may also publish book reviews and commentaries on developments in interdisciplinarity as well as notes on research work in progress and reports of relevant conferences. The articles in this journal stem from Africa to Asia, from Northern America to Europe. We are delighted to present to you a variety of research articles and practical papers representing the chosen subject fields of ISJ. Watt and Chamberlain examine the outcomes of an educational programme in relation to recruiting, training, and retaining a cadre of safe motherhood advocates. Their article presents the very first programme of its kind with a potential to be replicated in other high-need countries with major challenges to achieving safe motherhood, or to function as a training center for all of East Africa. Agundu et al. argue that the strategic holistic innovation (SHI) necessarily sensitizes corporate executives and operatives to not only accept radical systemic change but also function efficiently in the context of the challenge to drive higher business investment performance. Zolait and Mattila examine in the article the behaviour of potential adopters of Internet Banking (IB) in regards to their preferences, IB services, and uses of related technologies, IB promptness and banking difficulties among potential and actual adopters. Pesut finds in his paper relating to interdisciplinary health professions education that the integral theory is useful and provides direction for health professions educators who are invested in creating interdisciplinary models of practice, education and research. The article by Hyökki describes how eye tracking data could play an important role in the user research when aiming at understanding the users and the user experience. In the LbD in Practice section of this issue we are proud to bring to you two great examples of implementing the Learning by Developing –model in practice. Vilkki and Halme go on describing in their individual papers the workplace-oriented pedagogical solutions integrated in the RDI activities as well as the outcomes of project learning