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Showing 1 to 20 of 406 for “"cultural contexts"”.
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A Psychometric Examination of Prosocial Behavior Across Cultural Contexts
… in this area has supported the notion that cultural and contextual influences play an important role in one's proclivity to act prosocially (e.g., Ellis & Boyce, 2008; Snarey, 1985). It is therefore imperative that culture and context be considered when designing interventions and …
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Corporate Legitimacy Across Cultural Contexts: Mapping the Cultural Schemata of Religio-Institutional Actors
<p>The broad and complex relationship between religion and global businesses is investigated using the theoretical lens of institutional theory and methodological techniques of discourse analysis. Specifically, I examine the relationship between the corporation and the religio-institutional …
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Navigating cultural contexts: exploring the experience of cultural difference for South Asian women in psychological therapy
This study aimed to explore the experience of cultural difference for South Asian women in psychological therapy. Specifically, it was to explore the contextual experience of having therapy derived from a western, individualistic discipline and navigating this with the interplay of South Asian …
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Marian Apparitions in Cultural Contexts: applying Jungian depth psychological concepts to mass visions of the Virgin Mary.
This thesis explores collective phenomena, specifically mass visions of the Virgin Mary and examines the case of Marian apparitions in Zeitoun, Egypt. A review of the literature points to a prevailing socio-political approach to examining visions of the Virgin Mary while a psychoanalytical approach …
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Structural and functional differences in support in close relationships between the East Asian and the Western cultural contexts
… help individuals to function in a way that is culturally valued in Western societies; the function of the social support has been linked to facets of individuation from others, such as self-efficacy, exploration, and autonomy. In this study, I investigated how the structure and function of …
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Socio-cultural contexts in trauma recovery and post trauma growth in women who experienced intimate partner violence: A social constructivist lens
… in our lives however, are governed by socio-cultural contexts. Social constructivism emphasizes that the way in which individuals think, feel, and act are engrained in her being early on by the social and cultural networks that surround her. Therefore, even though an individual may think that …
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A Portrait of the Leadership of Women in Early Christianity: an Archaeological Study in Light of the Historical and Socio-Cultural Contexts
… background and at the historical, socio-cultural contexts. This contextualization can be quite fruitful and should be informed by recent archaeological discoveries of the first centuries of Christianity. Thus, this dissertation first analyzes the archaeological remains that inform the …
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Destroying the wall : in search of "unity in difference" in 'Onjeong' biblical hermeneutics on the basis of Korean and South African political and cultural contexts
… basis of Korean and South African political and cultural contexts. The theme of difference was, explicitly and implicitly, directed into the stream of discrimination in the dimension of "questing for sameness." Under the motto of "becoming metaphoric Israelites," each group of Korean and South …
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Communicating psychologically safe workplaces in Nova Scotia : the effect of Nova Scotian cultures on the prevention of mental health disability
… safe workplaces has been under-explored within cultural contexts to determine in what ways those contexts could affect communication. This research explores particular ways that Nova Scotian cultures affect communicating psychologically safe workplaces. Five Nova Scotian disability managers were …
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A contextual analysis of compound nouns in Shona lexicography
… make use of their knowledge about Shona cultural contexts in the creation of compound nouns. Thus, this research foregrounds Shona socio-cultural contexts and meaning generation in terminology development. This study employs a quadruple conceptual framework. The four components of the …
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A comparative study of business ethics and entrepreneurship in the UK and China
… this thesis was executed in two different cultural contexts, namely Nottingham in the UK and Shenyang City in China. This comparative approach was employed to enhance the theoretical contribution by taking into account the influence of institutional environments when considering business …
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Culture and personal preferences: Implications for decision making, information processing, and brand equity
… supporting both assumptions were conducted in cultural contexts that emphasize an independent self-construal. In these contexts, people are socialized to form preferences that express their individuality and act in a way that fulfills their personal goals. In cultural contexts where an …
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Dynamic Parenting: A Study of Mothers' and Fathers' Changing Beliefs About Childrearing
… potential of interactions with dynamic cultural contexts and the developing child on parental beliefs. Findings also point to the importance of considering both mothers and fathers' beliefs, particularly the utility of giving each voice to their affective parenting experiences.
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About Time... (Some Patterns of Time -Reckoning)
… By contrast, temporal rhythms occur in different contexts and may have universal features that may allow for an anthropological discussion of time that is primarily a discussion of time as opposed to specific socio-cultural contexts.
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The Use of Graphic Conceptual Models in Theory-Driven Evaluation
… such as the need to adapt them in different cultural contexts and more complex environments, and the possible benefits of identifying program archetypes. The study involved two parts: a content analysis of 116 published evaluations in peer-reviewed journals focused on public health, …
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The Effects of Social Power Bases Within Varying Organizational Cultures
… than the others in different organizational cultural contexts. This study examined the effectiveness of four types of social power in varying organizational cultural contexts for eliciting follower compliance and trust (Tharp, 2009). The methodology employed videos which manipulated the types …
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A phenomenological qualitative study on kindergarten teacher perspectives of parental involvement in urban kindergarten classrooms
… transcriptions. Findings showed there were cultural contexts, access, and barriers that influenced parental involvement. Cultural contexts were (a) sibling involvement, (b) home culture, and (c) engagement of mothers. Access were (a) high parental involvement, (b) professional development, …
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