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Showing 1 to 20 of 533 for “"Cultural values"”.
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Changing media, changing cultural values - Chinese young adults' micro-blog usage and cultural values
… young adults' usage of micro-blog and their cultural values. Data was collected from a group-administered survey, which was constituted by 484 students aged from 17 to 30 in variety majors in five colleges in Beijing. Results answered two research questions, indicating that there is a strong …
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Cultural Values in Context: Implications for Behavioral Intentions
Based on the first study, a standardized and contextualized Conservatism Behavioral Intention Survey (CoBIS) was constructed using 245 participants. Internal consistency, test-retest reliability, construct validity, and convergent and discriminant validity were examined.
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The Effect of Ethnicity and Generation on Cultural Values
Using an existential perspective, the researcher investigated the world views of 155 people divided first by ethnic group and then (n = 144) by generation. African Americans and White Americans, Baby Boomers and Generation Xers completed the Scale to Assess World Views (Ibrahim & Owen, 1994) at a …
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The teaching of Appalachian cultural values in Appalachian Bible colleges
… perceptions of their inclusion of Appalachian cultural awareness in the curriculum they teach. A 1995 study by Roland Smith spawned the question of the extent to which Bible colleges are addressing the Appalachian culture in the process of training ministers for service in the Appalachian area. …
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Motivation, cultural values, learning processes, and learning in Chinese students
… (b) attitudes towards the specified CHC values, (c) SAL constructs, and (d) two variables widely used in research in this field—metacognitive strategy and school well-being. Exploratory factor analyses were conducted to examine the consistency of the extracted factor solutions with the …
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Text messaging: a catalyst for change in socio-cultural values
… of all reality, especially the representation of cultural values. The research findings move the text messaging discussion away from its impact in education and toward a solution to the problem of isolated socializing (networked individualism). This study is important for a number of reasons: a) …
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Cultural values and parental socialization of coping in Latine families
… their well-being. Latine parents often pass on cultural messages such as familismo (loyalty to family) and respeto (obedience, deference to authority), which have been associated with better mental health. Further, parents’ socialization of coping (SOC) messages about how to manage or think …
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The Impact of Westernization on Tongan Cultural Values Related to Business
… examined the impact of Westernization on Tongan cultural values (Collectivism I, Collectivism II, Power Distance, Future Orientation, and Uncertainty Avoidance) related to business. A Tongan version of the Project GLOBE Beta Questionnaire measuring cultural dimensions at the societal level was …
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Cultural values change in the rehabilitation of historic schools in Portugal
… of architectural rehabilitation decisions on the cultural significance of historic buildings. Architectural heritage conservation literature has focused almost exclusively on providing principles and guidelines, describing intervention methodologies, and discussing predicted impacts of design on …
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Integrating Indigenous Cultural Values and Sustainable Architecture for Healing and Empowerment.
This study delves into integrating Indigenous cultural values, traditional healing practices, and sustainable architecture to create a comprehensive framework for fostering healing, reconciliation, and empowerment among homeless and vulnerable Indigenous populations in Calgary, Canada. The study …
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Cultural Values Reflected in Chinese Advertisements: Self -Construal and Persuasion Implications
… the role of advertising in reshaping Chinese cultural values. First, the content of advertising promotes individualism and modernity values. Second, individualistic advertisements shift individuals' cultural orientations (self-construals). And third, such value-shifting influences individuals' …
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The Relations Among Cultural Values, Ethnicity, And Job Choice Trade-off Preferences
… 2000), the need to consider how issues of cultural diversity are related to the recruitment process has become increasingly important. For example, although past research has investigated relations among individuals' values, personality, and job choice preferences, no research has examined …
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Water laws and the cultural values associated with rivers: Current frameworks and future directions.
… and indigenous ways of living and being. These ‘cultural’ values associated with rivers are the focus of this study. Laws which govern the use and conservation of rivers are generally concerned with safeguarding the socio-economic benefits generated by their utilization. Heritage, aesthetic and …
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A Survey of Cultural Values among Graduating Indian Sudents from White Swan High School
… are turning away from the old customs and values; and (2) to determine Native American student attitudes toward Native American customs and values and toward the continuation of the reservation program.</p>
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Historicizing and Engaging Lindy Hop: The Development, Presence, and Absence of Black Cultural Values and Aesthetics
… New York during the 1920s and 30s from a sociocultural perspective, applying the findings to an instance of contemporary Lindy Hop practice at Jazz Attack, a Lindy Hop venue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in order to ascertain where elements of Black culture are present or absent. As Lindy Hop …
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The roles of cultural values in landscape management: valuing the 'more-than-visual' in Highland Scotland
… policy for the greater incorporation of cultural values and stakeholder participation. This, however, has often been critiqued within the academic literature as being difficult to achieve in practice. Concurrently, academic research around ‘landscape’ has seen an emergence of exploring …
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Understanding the Role of Cultural Values in the Experience of Work-Family Conflict Among Professional Latinas
… of professional Latinas, for whom the dominant cultural values may not be salient, remains largely unexplored. The influence of cultural context variables on experiences of work-family conflict has yet to be understood. The present study surveyed 203 professional Latinas with children. It was …
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