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Showing 1 to 20 of 58 for “"Intergroup relations"”.
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Effects of Identity, Uncertainty, and Language Contact on Intergroup Relations
… of contact with an outgroup language to shape intergroup relations. To address this lacuna in the research, the two current studies examined two potential contextual factors that may impact whether outgroup language contact worsens or improves attitudes and action tendencies toward Latinos in …
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Multi-Family Businesses — An Exploratory Study of Trust and Intergroup Relations
… With limited research to draw upon and intergroup theory suggesting multiple families that are in business together should be in constant conflict, this dissertation sets out to examine why some multi-family businesses are able to avoid or manage intergroup conflicts, and how …
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Ingroup bias : the effect of status, legitimacy and cooperation on intergroup relations
Research on the effect of intergroup cooperation on intergroup relations has produced contradictory results. The functionalist proposition that cooperation leads to the reduction of intergroup discrimination has not been widely supported by empirical evidence. An emerging trend indicates that …
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The Moral Side of Dehumanization: From Harm to Reparation across Interpersonal and Intergroup Relations
… deeper into the moral mechanisms underlying this relationship, seeking to clarify the conditions under which self-dehumanization may indirectly foster different forms of moral repair – such as financial compensation or apology – and the willingness to reconcile with the harmed counterpart. …
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Dealing with cultural diversity: An empirical test of a causal model of intergroup relations
Issues of intergroup relations were addressed through an empirical integration of some variables related to the contact hypothesis (Amir, 1969; Miller & Brewer, 1984). A subset of the variables and their inter-relations described by Triandis (1992) was tested using a structural equation modelling …
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The international student experience: a qualitative study of intergroup relations in an Irish Institute of Technology
… to be realised, the formation of positive intergroup relations is a prerequisite; yet much of the existing research into intergroup relations tends to take a quantitative perspective and accordingly has been widely critiqued for failing to elucidate the true nature of the relationships …
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Violence In The Wake Of Civil War: Investigating The Transformation Of Intergroup Relations In Nepal And Mozambique
… or, as culturally embedded within interpersonal relations. This thesis draws on the group nature of civil war to offer a different perspective on this problem. It considers post-civil war violence as a product of continuing hostile relations between previous warring groups and examines the …
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Applying the contact hypothesis to a study of intergroup relations in a postgraduate class at a South African university
Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 53-61).
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Perceived intentionality of societal discrimination as a moderator of preference for and effectiveness of approaches to difference
… of different approaches to improving intergroup relations. Study 1 creates and validates a measure of perceived intentionality of societal discrimination, the extent to which an individual believes discrimination in society as a whole is generally caused by intentional actions. …
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Problems of assimilation and cultural pluralism among Chinese-Americans in San Francisco : an exploratory study
… of opinion has existed regarding inter-ethnic relations dealing specifically with the Chinese-Americans. This is all part of the process of social change which is currently taking place in the United States. Not only the Chinese-Americans, but other minorities as well, are attempting to find …
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Intergroup Encounters in Grey-Cheeked Mangabeys (Lophocebus albigena) and Redtail Monkeys (Cercopithecus ascanius): Form and Function
… groups take a variety of forms. In particular, intergroup encounters (IGEs) may or may not be aggressive and may include the participation of males and/or females. The proximate causes of aggressive participation by each sex, particularly among primates, is generally thought to be the …
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Developing an Intergroup Anxiety toward Muslims Scale
Understanding intergroup relations and the anxiety that can result has become increasingly relevant to interactions between Muslim and non-Muslim individuals due to current tensions between Islamic groups and many Western nations (e.g., acts of terrorism in Madrid and London, the U.S. War on …
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Trust, fairness and cooperation in times of conflict : a behavioral economics approach to measuring intergroup norms of behavior in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict
… seeks to deepen our understanding of intergroup relations by employing a behavioral experimental method to empirically measure intergroup norms of behavior and the motivations that drive them, within a real-world active and extremely charged conflict, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. …
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Applying theory-based interventions to encourage successful intergroup contact through shared education programme in Northern Ireland
… now in a period of peace after years of violent intergroup conflict, known as ‘the Troubles’, Northern Ireland continues to experience difficult intergroup relations and societal segregation between the Catholic and Protestant communities (Jarman, 2005; Balcells, Daniels & Escribà-Folch, 2016). …
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The social psychology of self-segregation the case of university student friendship groups
… heterogeneous and racially homogeneous social relations. The study uses first year students naturally forming friendship groups as ‘case studies’. The study is both empirical and theoretical. The empirical component is furnished by qualitative interviews conducted over an academic year in 2011. …
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Income Inequality and Prejudice in the US
How does income inequality impact intergroup relations in the US? I used a multilevel modeling approach to test the effects of income inequality on attitudes toward US minority groups from the American Election Studies, from 1970-2008. Rising income inequality as measured by Gini predicted …
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Bridging the divide : the role of sport events in contributing to social development between disparate communities
… for sustaining and leveraging positive intergroup relations beyond events. The thesis draws on literature from three distinct but interrelated areas: Community Participation and Social Capital, Intergroup Relations and Social Identities, and Event Management and Impacts. The sociological …
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