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Showing 1 to 20 of 112 for “"benevolence"”.
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The economics of benevolence : an Islamic paradigm
… propose an Islamic paradigm of the economics of benevolence. It attempts to elicit the behavioural significance of the ubiquity of benevolence as an essential, jure divino, motive force, and the relaxation of the utilitarian assumption of egoistic human motivation. Benevolence has been epitomized …
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Expedient benevolence : international development and the United Kingdom
This thesis examines the role of International Development in the United Kingdom during its transition from a colonial ruler to a neo-liberal capitalist state. Starting with the inter-war period, it looks at the changing position adopted by the British state vis-a-vis development aid to its …
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The investment in white benevolence in a small Karoo town
… The focus is on the investment in 'white benevolence' in a small Karoo (Northern Cape) town and in ways that white residents present themselves, and position themselves discursively, as benevolent whites. Loosely located in social constructionist and postmodernist paradigms, this piece of …
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The Specter of Liberal Benevolence: Power, Podcasts, and Perpetual Peace
This thesis attempts to understand how American hegemony is reproduced. Despite heavily criticizing American military expansion, the foreign policy elite still abet the expansion of the American military apparatus. I argue that international liberalism is used to capture the hearts and minds of the …
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Misguided Benevolence: How ‘moments Of Need’ Came To Motivate American Journalism
This dissertation is about the role of nonprofit funding in U.S. journalism, one of the most popular solutions to the tricky reality that many Americans want a model of news that is free of government and commercial control, but seem unwilling to pay for it. From deciding what stories get covered, …
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Henry Fielding's use of the benevolence ethic in Joseph Andrews, Tom Jones and Amelia
The benevolence ethic, a moral formula for successful living which began in the 1660's with a group of low church divines, gained in popularity until it reached its peak of influence in the first half of the eighteenth century. That Henry Fielding, one of the century's most successful novelists, …
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“An Unquiet Soul”: Despair and Doubt of God’s Benevolence in the Novels of Charlotte Brontë
… lens, connecting the despair and doubt of God’s benevolence that Brontë herself experienced to similar elements in her books. Methods include close readings and analyses of texts, historical analysis of archival and published materials, an examination of Brontë’s unpublished final manuscript, …
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Decolonizing Benevolence: Can Faith Leaders Move the Mark Toward Equity to Create an Alternative to the White Savior Complex?
… dismantle systems of oppression by decolonizing benevolence assistance to individuals and communities seeking philanthropic support. Faith leaders were interviewed from two separate case study sites, both located in a midwestern city. This dissertation examines some of the language, themes, and …
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A Gentlemen's Benevolence: Symptoms of Class, Gender, and Social Change in Emma, Nicholas Nickleby, and The Mill on the Floss
… the problems facing their culture, was through benevolence. Knightley, in Emma, uses benevolence as a means of mediating self-interest and sympathy. By acting out of sympathy, through benevolence, he achieves the self-interested benefits of reinforcing the class system and achieving his romantic …
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The Morality fo Materiastic Self-Interest, The Corporation of the State
… he juxtaposed the conflicting morality of benevolence experienced in a community of familiar individuals, with the morality of self-interest when unfamiliar individuals engage in economic transactions under capitalism. When Smith wrote, corporations were legally required by the state to …
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The Funny Thing About Leadership
… each of the trustworthiness factors (ability, benevolence, and integrity) are also analyzed. Furthermore, this study explores how the intentions behind a leader’s behavior via authentic leadership can influence follower’s perceptions of trustworthiness. The hypotheses are analyzed using both …
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Asmeninių savybių, dėkingumo ir pasitenkinimo įtaka vartotojų ketinimui skleisti teigiamus atsiliepimus socialinėse medijose /
… factors were evaluated as stimulants: empathy, benevolence, reciprocity. Gender, age, religiosity and a sense of gratitude were examined as personal characteristics. Gratitude, satisfaction, and commitment were chosen as moderating factors. eWOM was explored as a form of loyalty. The …
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Ethical climates in lodging operations: An exploratory study of management perceptions
… separate dimensions: ethical criteria (egoism, benevolence and principle) and loci of analysis (individual, local, and cosmopolitan). Each category comprises a separate ethical climate. Results from the ECQ were compared to various demographic variables such as gender, age, years of management …
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Value education of youth
… Wert an. In den religiösen Schulen waren Benevolence und Self-Direction die meist geschätzten Werte, während Power die niedrigste Priorität besaß. Die Veränderung der Werte Conformity, Hedonism und Universalism ließ sich sowohl durch die Religiosität der Schüler/innen wie auch durch deren …
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Paauglių asmenybės būdvardžių sąrašo (PABs) validumo tyrimas /
… exist between evaluations of Extraversion and Benevolence scales. Meanwhile, scales of Openness to Experience do not correlate between evaluations by children and those by their parents. Extraversion features in the evaluations by children and those by their parents show positive correlation …
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'As Dry Leaves That Before The Wild Hurricane Fly': Negotiating Risk And Reality In The South Carolina Hurricanes Of 1752, 1893, And 1989
… in a common understanding and practice of benevolence toward those in need. Communities operated on a national level, arriving at a common understanding among Americans over time of what constituted a disaster, and how those crisis situations would be met through either individual …
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Network Organization Paradigm
… multiple forms of serendipitous agent chosen benevolence among them. The approach is to measure four types of benevolence and the pursuant synergies stemming from agent interactions. Social capital is another effect of networking that describes the accumulation of positive values of social …
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Diversity Team Building: Impact on Virtual Team Performance
… conditional process modeling results show that benevolence trust mediate the positive impact of the team building on objective team performance. In addition, propensity to trust, attitude toward diversity and perceived diversity moderated the indirect impact of the team building on team …
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Influência da liderança transformacional e da cultura organizacional na confiança organizacional
… al., (1995) studies: competence; integrity; and benevolence. Structural Equation Model (SEM) and multiple regression, using PLS (Partial Least Squares) program have allowed us to graphically and statistically analyse constructs and correlations between dimensions, and the influence of …
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