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Showing 1 to 20 of 56 for “"ethnocentrism"”.
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The importance of intercultural willingness-to-communicate in reducing ethnocentrism and behaviors associated with ethnocentrism
… intercultural willingness-to-communicate with ethnocentrism and intended behaviors associated with ethnocentrism. Data collected from a group administered survey of 497 undergraduates at a small private university and junior college in the western United States was used to test two proposed …
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Consumer Ethnocentrism in Product Evaluation: The case of Iceland
… it was apparent that COO, Country´s image and ethnocentrism does influence consumers evaluation of products and it varies between low and high involvement products. This study aims to explore if there is a significant effectt of consumer ethnocentrism in product evalation in Iceland.
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Extending consumer ethnocentrism: development and validation of the CEESCALE
The concept of consumer ethnocentrism has been in the centre of scholarly inquiry for more than twenty years. The original dimensionalisation and operationalisation of the construct has been introduced in the marketing literature back in 1987. Since then the relevant literature unquestionably …
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Consumer ethnocentrism and conspicuousness of South African imports in Mozambique
… examines the nature and effects of consumer ethnocentrism and conspicuousness of imports on consumer reactions toward South African products in Mozambique. Purpose The purpose of the study is threefold: (1) to indicate those groups of Mozambican consumers who are more ethnocentric and who see …
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A Multidimensional Analysis of Social Attitude With Special Reference to Ethnocentrism
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-03T23:50:19Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 0004015.pdf: 4611628 bytes, checksum: a9e8f540506755a7aee75f721a0d4e55 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1952
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Sojourner consumer behaviour : the influence of nostalgia, ethnocentrism, cosmopolitanism and place attachment
… country investigation shows that nostalgia and ethnocentrism are two influential drivers of sojourners’ buying intention towards products from home. Importantly, it is also found that the length of stay in the host country and the product category determine the extent to which the two values …
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Ethnocentrism in Adolescents: A Study of Certain Aspects of Cognitive and Affective Characteristics
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-04T17:33:23Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 0019826.pdf: 4544019 bytes, checksum: a7a79bcd8da55e6290fe9d5553543d14 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1956
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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 relationship between ethnocentrism and achievement in beginning learners of French as a foreign language
Ethnocentrism, the perception of one's ingroup as superior to outgroups, visibly increased in the United States recently as evidenced by a rise in both expressions of patriotism toward the U.S. and negative attitudes toward arabs during and following the Gulf War. Given this rise in ethnocentrism, …
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Changes in the Ethnocentrism of a Select Group of College Students as a Function of Bibliotherapy
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The effects of managers' cultural distance, ethnocentrism, and quality-of-life (QOL) orientation on program standardization
… decisions: managers’ cultural distance, ethnocentrism, and quality-of-life (QOL) orientation. This dissertation empirically examines the effects of these managerial attitude variables on program standardization. It is hypothesized that managers’ ethnocentrism is directly related to …
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A sociolinguistic study of the effects of ethnocentrism and cultural traits on proficiency of Japanese speakers of English
… Attitudinal and affective factors such as ethnocentrism, Japanese cultural traits, and values and beliefs expressed through modern myths were conjectured by several linguists and researchers as a cause for this phenomenon. Many attitude studies in the past have investigated the …
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The Role of Racial Socialization and Ethnocentrism in the Racial Identity Development of Second-Generation Black West Indian Americans
Scholars suggest Black West Indian Americans' ethnocentric attitudes toward Black Americans have notable effects on the racial socialization and identity of American-born West Indian children. This study explored the associations between racial socialization, ethnocentric attitudes, and racial …
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A study of the influence of religiosity, materialism and animosity on consumer ethnocentric behaviour
… 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 in an academic …
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An examination of two methods of teaching culture and a comparison of their effects on ethnocentrism among college students of German
Second language teaching has long been recognized as offering several benefits to second language learners. Some of the more recently claimed benefits have emphasized cross-cultural awareness, open mindedness to promote understanding, a liberation of the mind, the end of the melting pot mentality, …
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The role of intercultural communication sensitivity in overcoming cultural barriers
… developed variables of emotional intelligence, ethnocentrism. multicultural ideology, patriotism and cultural identity. Correlation analysis was used to investigate the retationship between each unique variable and intercultural communication sensitivity. The survey instrument developed to …
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One of Us or One of Them: A Generic Qualitative Study on the Efficacy of the Funds of Knowledge Strategy to Reduce Teacher Ethnocentrism
… English a Second Language (ESL) instructors’ ethnocentrism could be reduced using multicultural education (MCE) principles. There were three focus group discussions and a Likert scale questionnaire. The findings demonstrated that while ESL instructors were conscious of systemic barriers, media …
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A Media Analysis of Racism and Ethnocentrism Issues Framed in US and European Mass Media within the Setting of the 2006 FIFA World Cup Competition.
… way European and US newspapers frame racism and ethnocentrism issues, on the background of the 2006 FIFA World Cup. By combining quantitative and qualitative methods, 2 research hypotheses and 9 research questions were explored. The results showed the distribution of articles that used a positive …
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Pengaruh etnosentrisme organisasi mahasiswa ekstra kampus, moral religius, latar belakang pendidikan terhadap toleransi mahasiswa Universitas Islam Negeri (UIN) Maulana Malik Ibrahim Malang
… memberikan skala Moral Religius, Generalized Ethnocentrism Scale dan Tolerance For Disagreement yang diadopsi dari Neulip & McCroskey (1997) dan Jason Teven (1998) yang telah disesuaikan untuk mahasiswa UIN Maliki Malang dengan jumlah 22 Item Moral Religius dengan reliabilitas σ = 0.858 dan 24 …
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