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Showing 1 to 20 of 34 for “"Cultural Lens"”.
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Culturally Responsive Coaching: Supervision with a Cultural Lens
<p>Culturally Responsive Practices (CRP) are a focal point for many districts across the country. The emphasis of CRP is on how the institution enacts policies and practices for the benefit of the students they serve. This study views CRP from a different lens. The focus of this study is to 1.) …
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Outness Through a Cultural Lens: Self-Construal Impacts Disclosure Among Diverse Sexual Minority Individuals
… et al, 2007; Ragins, 2008). Recognizing cultural worldviews (e.g., collectivism and individualism) as deeply embedded within the self-concept, the present research considered cultural constructions of the self-concept to be at the crux of SMIs’ tendencies to disclose or conceal their …
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Marketing communications practices in SMES through a cultural lens : a one nation perspective : Icealnd [i.e. Iceland]
The marketing environment has in the past two decades changed dramatically. The Internet has given businesses of all sizes the opportunity to compete throughout the world with brands of seemingly similar quality, and to promote their wares in ways previously unimagined. Simultaneously, media …
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Fish cannot See Water: Rethinking China's Quest for Great Power Status through a Cultural Lens (1992-2021)
This study aims to investigate the cultural impacts on Chinese diplomacy —concentrating on mianzi, which translates literally as ‘face’ and signifies a cultural understanding of respect, honor and social standing. Under the assumption that nations, akin to individuals, possess face-related needs, …
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A cross-discipline study in the school of health and education: examining interpersonal conflict in college life through collective cultural lens
… by college students through the integrative lens of health and education, with a particular focus on students’ perceptions of conflict in their college life. As an insider-researcher, my deep involvement with the students’ college life experiences has enabled me to form a unique …
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"Live as Worthy Citizens": The πολιτεύομαι Metaphor in Philippians
… metaphor in Philippians supplies a familiar cultural lens through which Paul exhorts the Philippians.
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The moderating role of cultural orientation on emotional and behavioral outcomes of helping others
… feel good after helping others. Using a cross-cultural lens, it refines our understanding of previously documented emotional boost after helping. Helping others in individualistic cultures has been conceptualized more as a choice (vs. obligation), whereas in collectivistic cultures it is …
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I Cut Off My... Voice: An Autoethnography of an Artist and Art Educator with a BRCA Genetic Mutation
… for writing about personal experiences through a cultural lens. I used my personal experiences within a BRCA positive community to understand shared experiences among artists and art educators with this genetic mutation. This study aimed to explore the commonalities that are occurring within this …
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Cultural implications of organizational change in dining services
… education institutional goals. Understanding the cultural implications of organizational change is important for institutions developing strategies for change in higher education. A case study design using interviews was employed at a single institution. Kezar and Eckel's (2002) Five Core Change …
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PARENTING AND STUDENTS' GPA IN THE LATINO POPULATION: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY
… about parenting in the Latino population from a cultural lens and understanding the relationship between parenting and GPA in these diverse communities.</p>
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People Like Me : Analyzing Universal Themes of the Holocaust Through a Culture-Specific Lens
… they filter each message through a unique cultural lens. This unavoidable human tendency raises questions concerning the degree to which culture shapes Holocaust narratives. Given that Holocaust memorials may offer pivot insights into modern and future genocides, cultural influences on …
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Race, the Internet, and the Hurricane: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Black Identity Online During the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina
… the World Wide Web, is a network of social and cultural sites. Black Americans (""Blacks"") lag behind other ethnic groups in their adoption of the Internet. Previous research speculated that this was due to the Black communities' difficulty in obtaining equipment or training to use the Web's …
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The Art of Disability and Identity: Using Arts-Based Methods to Examine the Relationships between Disability, Identity, and Identity Development for Young, Disabled, Women in Higher Education
… higher education is often thought of through the lens of “service” and support for students with disabilities in higher education often takes a medical model approach of “curing” the student and “treating” their disability with accommodations (e.g., additional testing time), instead of …
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Impoliteness in British and Lebanese comic anthologies
… interest are highlighted and examined through a cultural lens. A number of non-verbal features accompanying impoliteness behaviours are shown to occur with a frequency that suggests that they have become conventionalised for impoliteness and are an important part of the contexts that constitute …
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Intercultural Competence Development: Exploring International Graduate Student Leaders' Journeys through Contemplation and Mindfulness-Based Inquiry
Given the globalization of education, intercultural competence (IC) is a pivotal learning outcome in student mobility and internationalization. While scholars conceptualize IC as the ability to communicate effectively and appropriately in cross-cultural contexts, few studies have explored …
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WELL-BEING AND NEGATIVE MOOD OF SOUTH ASIAN AMERICAN COLLEGE STUDENTS: CONTRIBUTIONS OF ADULT ATTACHMENT, ACCULTURATION, AND RACIAL IDENTITY
… of developmental theories and salient sociocultural variables in predicting the well-being of Asian Americans has not been well elucidated, as little research has been conducted in this area. Yet, the need for understanding the mechanisms underlying the well-being of Asian Americans has been …
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Using the Theory of Reasoned Action and Planned Behavior to Create a Point-of-Use Water Treatment Behavior-Change Campaign Within the Safe Water System
… in Western cultures, if assessed through a cultural lens the theory shows efficacy in other cultures.</p>
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On Healing HeARTs: A Saudi Woman Perspective on the Experience of Baby Loss, Art, and Compassion
… Looking at the experience from a unique cultural lens enables the readers and health providers to comprehend how certain cultural factors contribute to both the suffering and healing process. The study expands previous research and contributes to the body of knowledge of communication …
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Brand Community: Expertise heterogeneity and behavioural intentions
… from Organizational Behavior literature, and cultural lens from Consumer Culture Theory, this dissertation considers both individual and collective interaction in order to demonstrate the relation between community of consumption and behavioral intentions generated within these specific brand …
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On the(re)emergence of cultural revolution imagery in China, Hong Kong and Singapore in the 21st century
This thesis interrogates the (re)emergence of Cultural Revolution imagery in the 21st century as a cultural lens through which contemporary contradictory relations between China, Hong Kong and Singapore are revealed. Between the late 1990s and throughout the 2000s, a number of images originating …
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