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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"cultural similarity"”.
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The desire for socio-cultural similarity in a mate
Various socio-cultural domains were investigated for the influence they may have on mating decisions. 102 male and 114 female university students were presented "potential dates" from a mock Internet dating service. Potential dates were described in terms of their ethnicity, music interest, …
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Effects of a Riverine Dispersal Barrier on Cultural Similarity in Wild Bornean Orangutans (Pongo Pygmaeus Wurmbii)
… the majority of previous studies of animal cultural behavior have focused on demonstrating the existence of behavioral variants across study sites, armed only with an assumption that ecological and genetic alternatives are unlikely to sufficiently explain observed geographic variation in …
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Old Europe versus New Europe: cultural similarity tolerance, religion and anti-Americanism in a divided European Union
… New Europe, and one key answer that emerged was “cultural similarity.” There are, of course, other factors that impact attitudes towards the United States and Americans, such as the frequent travels to and from the U.S., a country’s trade ties with the American government, and people’s views on …
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Classification of Style in Paintings: A Developmental Study Using American and Chinese Subjects
The purpose of this research was to study cross-cultural similarity judgments in the classification of style in paintings. Various developmental groups have been evaluated based on the prediction that there is cross-cultural similarity of responses towards discrimination of artistic style in …
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Measurement equivalence of extraversion and conscientiousness items and scale across four countries
… were consistent with previous findings based on cultural similarity. The study showed the feasibility of administering a personality inventory in English to non-native speakers with English proficiency as an alternative to translation.
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A semantic and pragmatic analysis of the Spanish word 'lie' : implications and applications for the second language learner.
… and analyzed whether or not there is a cross cultural similarity in the interpretation of lie. The following paper examines whether or not the Spanish word mentira or 'lie' in Madrid, Spain includes the same elements from Coleman and Kay's prototype, and also offers a pragmatic explanation for …
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Influence of trust on sharing of knowledge in a cross-cultural working environment
… of trust on knowledge sharing in a cross-cultural working environment, with the objectives to investigate: the influence of trust on knowledge sharing (KS) and the relative influence of trust on KS compared to other factors; the antecedents to trust development; the influence of culture on …
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The impact of cultural distance on the management style and performance of Japanese and Taiwanese joint ventures with local partners in China
This study aims to examine the impact of cultural distance on the management issues of international joint ventures QJVs). Previous IJV research, which used Hofstede's five dimensions or Kogut and Singh's (1980) formula to examine the impact of cultural distance on IJVs, tendered mixed and …
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A cooperação educacional na política externa brasileira para o continente africano: o Programa Estudante - Convênio de Graduação
… debt, solidarity, and mutual development and cultural similarity. Understood and used by Brazil as an instrument of its foreign policy to promote relations with the countries and regions of priority interest, South-South Cooperation gained prominence in the twenty-first century as an effective …
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The Characteristics of Sino-Taiwanese Joint Ventures in the People's Republic of China
… investors. Taiwanese investors share similar cultural identity and speak the same dialect as much of Mainland China. The literature on international joint venture formation is reviewed and compared business made between western style networking and guanxi relationships in Chinese business …
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International Investments Flows: The Role of Cultural Preferences and Migrants Networks
… lines. The first line of research focuses on cultural factors promoting bilateral investments flows. In chapter 1 and chapter 3, I propose a novel definition of Cultural Proximity wich separates the effect of cultural similarity from the role of perceptions and cultural affiity. I am able to …
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The relationship between community and family factors and expatriate adjustment
… key findings of the current study indicated that cultural similarity had a significant positive relationship with overall adjustment, as well as all the subsidiary variables of expatriate adjustment. In other words, the less expatriates perceived cultural differences the more they felt adjusted. …
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Botanical Resource Use in the Bronze and Iron Age of the Central Eurasian Mountain/Steppe Interface: Decision Making in Multiresource Pastoral Economies
… furthermore, they show a great deal of material cultural similarity and are placed into the same culture groups by researchers. The introduction of macrobotanical studies to Central Asian archaeology allows for a critique of former models of economy. This dissertation is divided into three …