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Showing 1 to 20 of 161 for “"Cultural issues"”.
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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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Classroom Activities: Bilingual and Cultural Issues in Teaching Two -Digit Numbers
… other hand, it is a domestic issue because of cultural differences in the numbers' names and bilingual situations. Teachers' creativities in terms of teaching techniques were major findings when teachers faced serious problems such as bilingualism in the classroom. For instance, teaching …
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Raising Immigrant Kenyan Children in America: How Families Negotiate Academic and Cultural Issues
… how the findings interacted with the sociocultural framework. In general, the goals and experiences of my participating families appeared to resemble those of many other immigrants from other parts of the world living in the U.S. Theoretically, the findings seemed to fit in quite well with …
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Cultural issues in pre-registered mental health student nurses’ clinical placements: an anthropologically informed critical incident study
… qualitative study was to explore the primary cultural issues in mental health student nurses’ clinical placements and to explore how these issues in placements were dealt with, from the perspectives of years two and three mental health student nurses and their undergraduate university nursing …
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The Influence of Socio-Cultural Issues in Limiting Girls Primary Education in Makonde Societies-Newala District, Tanzania
The study is about the influence of socio-cultural issues in limiting girls’ primary education in makonde societies. A case of Newala Districts in Tanzania. This study focused on the following objectives; (1) To examine the views of education stakeholders on the influence of rites of passage in …
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An exploration of cultural issues affecting staff compliance with recommended infection prevention and control practices in a ‘ring-fenced’ acute hospital elective surgical ward
… for this is the failure to take into account the cultural context in which the non-compliant behaviours take place. This qualitative study, guided by ethnographic principles, uses a combination of focus groups and individual interviews with frontline staff and organisational leaders to explore …
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Cultural issues in the treatment of hospitalised, malnourished children : an exploratory-descriptive study of the attitudes of health professionals and mothers in a rural hospital setting
… due to lack of their sensitivity towards cultural issues. It is true that most Africans are faced with a dilemma of choosing between Western treatment approaches and their own traditional healing. Therefore some may need still to adopt both Western and African approaches. The study …
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Impacts of cultural differences on international arbitration based on the example of Iran.
… aims to ascertain whether and to what extent cultural issues impact the accessibility and effectiveness of international arbitration, and to provide recommendations which will contribute to the improvement of international arbitration. It examines the origin of arbitration as a means of …
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Mexican American cultural sensitivity among family planning clinical staff
… (a) ethnicity, (b) length of employment, (c) cultural issues experience, (d) clinic site, and (e) clinic type. Thirty-two clinical staff members of a large family planning organization located in Ft. Worth, Texas participated. The Mexican American Attitude and Knowledge Scale (Doyle & Chng, …
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Cultural Nationalism in the Age of Mass Media: Television and the Struggle Over Meaning in Wales
… the late 1960s until 1982, a revitalized Welsh cultural nationalism mobilized over the issue of Welsh-language television. This study of that mobilization uses theories of culture and politics from the cultural studies literature to examine transformations in the discourses on culture during the …
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New numeracies: the social practice of functional skills and social justice
… their digital understanding of social justice issues, such that they begin to connect their numeracy to socio-cultural issues in both local and global communities.
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The effective use of three dimensional visualisation modelling in the routine development control of urban environments : a thesis submitted to Adelaide University in candidacy for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy / by Susan Mary Pietsch.
Investigates technical and cultural issues in using three dimensional computer visualisation modelling in a busy Australian city planning office, the local Council of the City of Adelaide, taking two directions: a modelling approach that emphasizes abstract, quick to create 3D models; and, by …
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Edge as place : building a community link in Boston's Chinatown
… attention paid to the roles urban context and cultural issues play on architecture.
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Religion in the Doctor-Patient Relationship: Cultural Competence and Cultural Humility
… the medical system. I examine how religious and cultural issues are currently dealt with, through cultural competence. I identify several problems with this approach and suggest an alternative: cultural humility. Through acceptance of the practice of cultural humility, medical providers could …
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Measuring state-owned health care organisations board performance, accounting for national culture: the case of Greece
… study is to investigate board performance and cultural issues. The ultimate aim is to develop board performance models considering public hospitals, taking into account cultural differences, suitable for improving governance. Methodology: A questionnaire survey was conducted to gather data …
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The U.S. Coast Guard sector construct : A study of organizational culture
… the Sector construct. This thesis examines the cultural issues associated with this reorganization and poses three questions: 1. What are the cultural challenges associated with the Sector organization? 2. To what extent is cultural management relevant to the Coast Guard's strategic planning …
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"Time for Teletubbies": Childhood, Child Participation, and the Struggle for Meaning
… The context is also analyzed, using a cultural studies and historical reception approach, in order to chronicle and analyze the show's controversies and elucidate how these arguments have affected reception and interpretation of the show. Following textual and contextual analysis, a …
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Hostile Takeover: The New Right Insurgent Movement, Ronald Reagan, and the Republican Party, 1977-1984
… a divided Democratic party, demographics, and cultural issues as a way to explain the success of conservatism in the latter half of the twentieth century. Some historians credit grassroots movements for their impact on conservatism, while others believe that influential intellectuals and …
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Unsustainable and Uncontrolled: Framing Immigration During the Brexit Campaign
… that while British voters had concerns about cultural issues, such as identity and immigration, they would ultimately decide based on economic considerations. However, post-referendum voter surveys and scholarship showed that immigration was a key issue for many Leave and Undecided voters. …
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