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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"businesspeople"”.
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Flexible Acculturation: On Taiwanese Relocations to China
… and 2005, I conducted fifty-one interviews of businesspeople and their family members in Taiwan and in China. Since 2002, I have also collected documents of many social institutions, including governments, political parties, media, social movement organizations, and online forums for the …
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What are the cosmological beliefs of successful entrepreneurs, and how do external influences inform their mindset?
… feasible to examine the thinking of successful businesspeople to learn whether their cosmological beliefs have an influence on their outcomes and how. Spirituality is seen to be a catalyst and motivator for a positive mentality amid a crisis, and this mindset is claimed to make or break …
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The domestic travel sector in China
… growth in China. Both sections are targeted at businesspeople and governments thinking about tourism-related business ventures, and at policymakers considering how best to stimulate tourism, consumption and economic gain. The Chinese people are eager to explore China - they will travel at home …
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Indian streets outside India : the construction of identity in Southall and Jackson Heights
… of earning a livelihood, immigrant Indian businesspeople construct identities and aesthetics that primarily further economic self-interests, and that these are often then mistakenly believed to be their attempts at 'establishing culture'. When the unit of analysis is the individual …
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Discerning a Pattern in Chinese Espionage: An Analysis of Chinese Espionage Methodology Contrasted Against Cases of Chinese Espionage
… MSS often co-opts Chinese travelers, especially businesspeople, scientists and academics, to gather intelligence or purchase technology while they're in America.
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Virginia Tech Business College Alumni Reflect on Literature in their Lives
… to take literature classes; others do not. Some businesspeople, as well as many educators such as Donna M. Kish-Goodling (1999), William McCarron (1980), and Philip Vassallo (1991), support the need for business students to study literature in order to improve their communication skills and …
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The Motivation Beliefs Inventory: Measuring Motivation Beliefs Using Four Motivation Theories
… in two tests involving large samples of businesspeople. Validity and reliability analyses revealed the instrument demonstrates acceptable psychometric properties. Four subscales, each representing a single theory, were confirmed and demonstrated alpha coefficients as follows: …
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An attempt to develop a laboratory model of superstitious learning of threat
… individuals as well as successful sportspeople, businesspeople, and politicians. The history of superstition research is traced from the Skinner's seminal (1948) explanation of superstitious learning as the result of accidental pairings of events, or adventitious conditioning. Contemporary human …
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The influence of culture on Malay business practice: a case study of Malaysia with special reference to the State of Kelantan Darul Naim
… carried out. As expected, the behaviour of the businesspeople in the market was dominantly influenced by Islam, both in belief and practices. Other cultural influences, however, never ceased to exist and still remained despite somewhat being slowly eroded. In conclusion, the adherence of …
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Understanding philanthrocapitalism and its impact on private nature reserves: A case study of Gorongosa, Mozambique
… body of literature reveals that powerful businesspeople have a long history of using their wealth for the benefit of the greater common good. With philanthrocapitalism, a new generation of hands-on donors that have made incredible fortunes within business sectors like information …
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Business leadership in the classroom
… business students are encouraged to act as real businesspeople, managing their own learning, the results are effective in preparing them for the business world. All participants expressed their leadership in different ways based on personality and individual strengths. There was an overwhelming …
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Chinese typewriters speak: the political power of writing machines in 20th-century China
… writers, philosophers, linguists, statesmen, businesspeople, and international figures. This dissertation asks: Why, during this period, did such a wide range of Chinese typewriter mechanisms emerge? And why, during this period, did such a diverse array of individuals become involved in their …
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Beyond Western fashion sustainability: A case study of the Bahraini, Arab Gulf context
… methods: (1) a Delphi study with 16 researchers, businesspeople, civil servants and activists (2) a series of 19 qualitative semi-structured interviews with local designers, tailors, social and environmental activists, weavers and my grandmothers and (3) participant observation, which included …
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'You are all my people': building disabled community in Uganda's microentrepreneur economy
… that exceed the model of self-sufficient businesspeople. Even the most financially successful members rely on long-term relationships providing care and (for deaf members) communication assistance based on linguistic community, repurposing disability movement-derived resources to foster …
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Exploring the impact of South Africa's immigration policy (2000-to 2006) on the medical doctors' shortage—a critical realist perspective
… of people including academics, politicians and businesspeople. The DHA itself has in its white papers of 1999 and of 2017 admitted that its inflexible approach to immigration has resulted in the country's failure to attract skilled foreign workers. In this study, I use archived parliamentary …
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Essays on infrastructure, trade, and politics in Developing Countries
… When governments pass laws to prevent their businesspeople from bribing foreign officials, how does this affect patterns of trade and foreign investment? A literature focusing on the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention claims that these laws direct international business toward less corrupt …
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Daughters of Ruth : enterprising black women in insurance in the New South, 1890s to 1930s
The dissertation explores the imbricated nature of race, gender, and class in the field of insurance within the political economy of the New South. It considers how enterprising black women navigated tensions between New South rhetoric and Jim Crow reality as well as sexism and racism within the …
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