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Showing 1 to 20 of 63 for “"animosity"”.
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Consumer Animosity in Cross Cultural Context
… who, in response, might react with Consumer Animosity toward Native American products. This would undermine the long-term success of the SE. The study indicated that consumers are sympathetic of the plight of the Native American population, but they do not perceive themselves responsible for …
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Buy or boycott?: an examination of mediated consumer animosity effects on purchase intentions
… of this research was to investigate how consumer animosity directly and indirectly affects buying intentions of foreign brands in the context of the 2008 Beijing Olympic torch relay crisis. Theories of social identity and realistic group conflicts served as a theoretical framework to model the …
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A study of the influence of religiosity, materialism and animosity on consumer ethnocentric behaviour
… constructs namely religiosity, materialism andanimosity on consumer ethnocentrism in two different cultural perspectives. This researchextends ethnocentric studies to the level that has not been carried out this far and constructs ofthis thesis are uniquely brought together for the first time …
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The impact of animosity, ethnocentrism, religiosity and service performance on Saudis’ attitude towards airline services
This thesis examined the impact of animosity, ethnocentrism, religiosity and service performance (moderator variable) on the attitudes of Saudi consumers towards airline services (dependent variable). This was noteworthy and timely, given the context of Vision 2030 and its National Transformation …
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The role of occupation in an integrated boycott model : a cross-regional study in China
… the relationships among six constructs: consumer animosity, efficacy, ethnocentrism (CETSCALE), prior purchase, product judgment, and boycott participation, in a boycotting issue context. The study then examines the role of occupancy status in an integrated boycott model, which embraces the above …
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Feeling Polarized? An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of Central Albertans Feelings in Response to Polarizing Content on Facebook
… the roles of echo chambers, out-group animosity, fundamental attribution errors, and algorithms in affective polarization. The findings show that when users see toxic, algorithmically generated content, users then interpret such content and make negative assumptions about those who are …
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Between Passive and Active: The Saudi Arabian Foreign Policy Towards Israel
… relations have either emphasised the strong animosity between them, or, have suggested a kind of ‘alliance’ resulting from Saudi-Israeli shared animosity towards Iran. This project argues against both accounts. Instead, it will argue that Saudi foreign policy towards Israel balances between …
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"And Gladly Wolde He Teche": Chaucer's Use of Source Materials in the "Clerk's Tale."
<p>Few of Chaucer’s works provoke such animosity as does his “Clerk’s Tale.” Modern critics are divided by the social and gender issues that to which the tale lends itself. However, the tale was immensely popular to Middle Age audiences and was one of the best loved of the Canterbury Tales. …
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Cross-Cultural Study of Procedural Fairness and Disputing Behavior (Collectivism, Justice)
… two procedures as more capable of reducing the animosity between the disputants. Procedural preference was found to be influenced by the extent to which the procedures were perceived as: (1) granting the disputants process control, (2) capable of animosity reduction, (3) fair, and (4) favorable. …
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Beyond Tolerations and Accomodation: Amicable Religious Coexistence in the Late Medieval Balkans
… religious piety, which also fueled religious animosity, most notably in the bloodshed and brutality of the Crusades. This overwhelming conflict makes it hard for anyone to imagine the Middle Ages as an ear in which there could have been cordial or harmonious religious coexistence of any kind. …
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Religion as a factor in the defeat of Alfred E. Smith in the election of 1928
… the Democratic presidential candidate in 1928, animosity towards the Catholic Church, which hitherto had been submerged, came to the surface during the campaign.</p><p>Some people, especially Catholics, went so far as to maintain that it was religious prejudice that cost Smith the election. The …
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Rogier van der Weyden: A Netherlandish Artist and the Ferrarese Court
… demonstrates that the traditionally constructed animosity between Northern and Southern Renaissance art is a common misperception and a oversight in art history.
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Abrogated identity : Muslim representation in Hindi popular cinema 1947-2000
… history. The thesis considers the impact of the animosity between Hindus and Muslims concurrent with the rise of Hindu nationalism on Hindi cinema's representations of Muslims. These cumulative representations and absences result in the abrogation of identity for them as citizens through public …
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Houses undergoing psychoanalysis :
… of the house-self relationship is of tension and animosity and that architectural design, following a psychoanalytical tendency to reduce tension, is used to improve this condition. When great amounts of energy and care are invested in this process, the narrative of tension and its resolution is …
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The authenticity of the middlebrow : Warwick Deeping and cultural legitimacy, 1903-1940.
… loyal readers. My final chapter deals with the animosity to which Sorrell's success exposed the culturally beleaguered Deeping and with how consciousness of this animosity shaped his later novels. My thesis seeks to demonstrate that the way cultural hierarchies are established shapes the nature …
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Sokeright
… a cause of dispute that involves war or personal animosity, socn could be a seeking of the fyrd, a seeking for information, a seeking of a lord for commendation or protection, a seeking of a church for sanctuary or for ordinary reasons of piety. Both words, however, are especially applicable to …
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The rhetoric of protest in the Supreme Court case of Hansberry v. Lee and Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun
… experiences moving into the subdivision and the animosity she was exposed to as her family lived in the neighborhood. This study examines her play and other selected public statements in terms of the rhetoric of protest contained in them.
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Falling in Love, or Falling in Line? Trump, Clinton, and Mobilization in the 2016 Election in Florida
… propensity for idealism or pragmatism, and their animosity toward the other side. By contrast, the two major parties’ campaigns differed in strategy to a dramatic degree, employing different tactics, running campaign events differently, and approaching persuasion in distinct ways. To add context …
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B'Seder : the design of a social medium for Polish and Jewish communities
… histories are the source of tension and animosity between Poles and Jews to this day. Unlike the German-Jewish relationship, where "the moral rights and wrongs were starkly clear," Poland's past is far more complex. This thesis describes the design of a storage and retransmission medium …
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