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Showing 1 to 20 of 1192 for “"Cross-Cultural"”.
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Cross cultural computer-supported collaboration
Thesis (M.Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1999.
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Cross cultural understanding and volunteer tourism : the role of sending organisations in fostering cross-cultural understanding
… Scholars have debated the possibility of a cross-cultural ‘misunderstanding’ developing between international volunteers and local community members. This research is based on the idea that there can be a possibility for cross-cultural understanding to take place. This thesis aims to gain …
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Cross-Cultural issues at Icelandic workplaces
This study investigates current situation of multiculturalism at workplaces in Iceland. 46 foreign workers and 36 Icelandic workers at various organizations answered the online questionnaire. The result shows that about half of workplaces of participants noticed increase in number of foreign …
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A cross-cultural study of coping
… present study was to examine the influence of cultural factors, such as self-construal, and social beliefs, on coping for U.S. and Chinese college students. Data from 325 U.S. and 321 Chinese college students were used for the analyses. It was found that independent self-construal, beliefs in …
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Consumer Animosity in Cross Cultural Context
<p>Social Entrepreneurship (SE) has shown to have substantial potential to address social concerns and it prompted the question if an SE might be a viable option for Native American groups in South Dakota. This unique situation could pose an additional challenge for marketers because of the common …
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Cross-Cultural Leadership Development in China
This dissertation focuses on Western cross-cultural leadership development initiatives in China. The aim of the study is to understand and improve the practice of Western enterprises conducting business in the Chinese market. The research approach adopted included a qualitative exploratory …
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Melodic variations : toward cross-cultural transformation
We all share similar innate emotions, but our cultural experiences nurture us to express them differently. The musical form "theme and variations" offer us a unique lens to uncover in each culture the relationships between the musical surface that touches us most directly, and the underlying …
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Public relations ethics: a cross-cultural analysis
… the five-factor TARES test to complete the first cross-cultural analysis of the ethical decision-making patterns of public relations practitioners. The DIT is an instrument based on Kohlberg’s (1969) moral development theory, the TARES test composed of 14 self-enforced, ethical consideration …
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Cross-cultural recommender system use and design
… systems are employed on e-commerce sites across the world. However, despite their pervasive presence, the user interface design, and the way in which products are recommended, these systems are relatively similar across cultures. Across three studies, I explored how culturally informed …
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The cross-cultural camera of Akira Kurosawa
… minor dissertation is undertaken to examine the cross-cultural similarities that are revealed by motion pictures through analyzing the work of Akira Kurosawa and contrasting it with selective mainstream cinema texts. Kurosawa is a critical case in point due to his welding of Occidental and …
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Cross-Cultural Exchange and The Infinite Place
… When they share these experiences, an important cross-fertilization occurs in which people learn not only about other possible existences, but also more about their own. Even more importantly, they gain new vantage points from which to examine universal truths and to know a poetic existence. This …
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A cross-cultural design pattern: Chinese modern design
… These successes are based on their special cross-cultural design principle, which combines Chinese traditional culture with the imported Western modern design theory. In this paper, Modern Chinese design history, development and characteristics are reviewed. Meanwhile, some existing …
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Cross-Cultural Filmmaking in New Zealand National Cinema
… that the processes and resulting products of cross-cultural creative collaboration and financial partnerships in fiction filmmaking affect both the output and the very notion of New Zealand national cinema. Although the culture of commercialism in transnational financial partnerships is …
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Consumers' Perceptions Towards Sustainability: A Cross-Cultural Analysis
… effects on consumer perceptions in different cultural contexts and price levels. Two scenario based experiments are utilized. Experiment One examines the effect of environmental sustainability practices on consumer behavior. Experiment Two examines the effect of social sustainability practices …
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Gender and homosexual sterotypes: A cross-cultural study
Sexual stereotyping -- United States and Spain -- Attitudes toward homosexuality and gender.
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Gender and homosexual sterotypes: A cross-cultural study
Sexual stereotyping -- United States and Spain -- Attitudes toward homosexuality and gender.
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Beliefs about aggression from a cross-cultural perspective
… present research endeavour was to investigate cultural differences on beliefs about aggression by comparing two distinct cultures, British and Indian. These two cultures were chosen as they represent countries that are referred to as individualistic and collectivistic cultures - the two most …
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Confronting death: cultivating courage for cross-cultural understanding
… have proffered a wide range of theories of multicultural education and of dialogue about the good. However, these theories have been premised on the idea of equal worth, i.e., all visions of the good and all cultural practices are deemed a priori equally valuable. This levels all cultures to …
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