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Showing 1 to 20 of 28 for “"Sub- cultures"”.
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The management of sub-cultures in a multicultural organisation.
… research into the management and control of subcultures in a multicultural and geographically dispersed organisation. Primarily the thesis focuses on the Distribution function in Bass Brewers North where there is much cultural diversity and a high resistance to change in areas where regional …
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Women’s embodied experiences of exercise (sub)cultures: communities of practice in the CrossFit box
CrossFit is a popular leisure activity for women, which is unusual given its similarities to predominantly male dominated strength and resistance-based activities. Traditionally women have been drawn more towards cardiovascular activity, shying away from resistance and weight-bearing activities …
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Centering Stonehenge: Aspects of modern social history, 1900 – 2020.
… how events at the monument, bring together sub-cultures of society. The work will also evaluate the extent to which Stonehenge’s social history can tell us about the contemporary use of ancient monuments. The research draws on three main sources. An examination of the literature, …
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The impact of educational policy changes upon elementary school teachers' instructional practices
… new ones brought about by change. Educators are subjected to work environments that are in a state of constant change brought about by continuous series of new educational policies that teachers are tasked to implement within their classrooms. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to …
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An investigation of building information modelling implementation in KSA
… expect some change in its existing culture and sub-cultures. Therefore, having a better understanding of the effects change has on the sub-cultures of an organisation, group or team, will in turn help leaders of a change process better understand the resistance towards the change itself, and …
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St. Colman's: a Case Study in Teachers' Perspectives: History Teachers in Context
… It investigates History teachers as a group of subject teachers within this context. ‘Perspectives’ are located within the interpretive sociology of symbolic interactionism. The study integrates historical, micropolitical, biographical and epistemological contexts, in a way which constructs the …
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Opening German Minds: Drug Users, Social Tolerance, and the Making of West Germany, 1967--1983
"This dissertation examines relations between sub-cultures and mainstream West German society, tracking the shift from confrontational to therapeutic modes of engagement. In the early seventies, West German drug users, alongside student activists and terrorists, appeared as profound threats to …
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The mobile telephone: The transportation of social relationships
… of the mobile telephone. I have selected this subject for my thesis, as I can find no previous significant scholarship relating to this particular field, and my research will redress this imbalance. In my thesis I present a contextual overview of the mobile telephone dealing with its historical …
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The twilight of romanticism: a thematic content analysis of the French romantic movement and the beat generation
… possibility of vanishing alternative Bohemian sub-cultures in modern society and the advent of the twilight of romanticism.
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The cultural-distance perspective: an exploratory analysis of its effect on learning and intelligence
… Approach</i>, briefly stated is that a sub-culture's distance from the major culture, on which test questions of a test are based and validated, will determine that sub-culture’s group sub-score pattern in relation to the sub-score pattern of the norming population. Therefore minority …
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Social skin : initiation through the bodily transformation of four South African women : an exploration using documentary photography
… of female experience is said, it is seen as subversive. By focusing on four female initiations, my intention is to develop a specific yet complex comparison of different types of initiations. Embedded within the communities I have photographed are unique perceptions of beauty, each of which …
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Impact of Administrative Burdens on Undocumented Youth Access to Higher Education and Benefits from In-State Resident Tuition
… of immigration, demographics, political (sub) cultures, narratives about the deservingness, organizational factors as well as the discretion that college personnel has in applying the requirements. Findings suggest that factors associated with residency, notarized affidavits, tax forms, …
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John Smith: A charismatic and transformational religious leader
… Christian gospel in Australian outlaw motorcycle subculture. Smith is in fact an evangelist and public figure in his own right. As well he is a teacher and social commentator whose prophetic statements and interpretation of events had an impact in his own culture and abroad. He is also a media …
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SOCIAL IDENTITY, SOCIAL CHANGE AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF SYMBOLIC BOUNDARIES IN A WEST HIGHLAND SETTLEMENT
… Newby, 1972) As a result our knowledge of local sub-cultures is seriously outdated (E. S. R. C., 1982,13) and we are not maintaining an up to date social history of our own times. However, Bulmer, in an article entitled "The Rejuvenation of Community Studies? " (1985) and Willmott (1986) have …
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The Everyday Lives of Men: An Ethnographic Investigation of Young Adult Male Identity
… through an ethnographic exploration of two small sub-cultures of young adults. Utilising participant observation the researcher described in detail the ways in which masculinities were constructed in everyday life. The researcher spent over 2 years as a participant observer of a small group of men …
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The management of stringency and the nature of organisational sub-culture.
… itself were found to be inadequate.Additionally sub-cultures and contextual features were identified as significant determinants of responses to stringency. Subculture is defined as collective, taken for granted, values and behaviours of a management team. These included management style and role …
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Energy Cultures: An Approach to Explore Workplace Energy Use at Multiple Scales
… environment, wider organisational culture, sub-cultures and methods of communication. This thesis details how interventions seeking to improve energy efficiency – such as ISO 50001 – can target determinants of the framework, which can lead to improvements in energy efficiency and change the …
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Political Identities: The Miners of the Ruhr and South Wales, 1890-1926
… of the Ruhr miners into several milieux or sub-cultures, however, contributed to the development of more particularist discourses and sectionalist identities. These differences were encouraged by the nature of civil society in the two regions. German civil society was comparatively more …
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Perceptions of Organisational Culture: A Case Study Set Within the Context of Recent Developments in Higher Education
… the organisational culture (and particularly its subcultures) at a time of planned change. These data supported the view expressed in the literature review that the nature of organisational culture in this setting is also complex, both overt and opaque and similarly dynamic to that found in any …
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Conversations with Farmers: Agri-cultural practice change and the 'eco-innovator'
… farmer emerged from within the farming sub-culture. This thesis documents the ‘eco-innovator's’ change journey into regenerative farming practice, and ultimately, a new story for agriculture. The future of farming in Australia requires the integration of production and conservation, via …
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