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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"family capital"”.
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Creation of family capital through life stages for middle income families in the context of the Irish holiday.
… holiday motivation and decision-making. Social capital within the family is a theoretical construct developed within the discipline of sociology, and using this lens, the role of the family holiday in the creation of family capital through life stages for middle income families, in the context …
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Mature Women and Higher Education: Reconstructing Identity and Family Relationships
… identity transformation on mature women and the family unit as a whole, through a consideration of the impact of HE on family life. Qualitative methods were adopted using a narrative inquiry methodology of focused interviews, mind mapping and a student led mosaic approach to gather the data. …
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Strategic responses of family firms to external disruption: Examining the role of family and dynamic capabilities with evidence from China
This research examines the strategic responses of family firms to external disruptions, focusing on the role of family and dynamic capabilities (DCs) with evidence from Chinese family firms during the COVID-19 pandemic. By combining the theoretical framework of DCs in strategic management and …
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ELITES AND POLITICS: WHO GOVERNS US? Measuring and comparing species of capital in the Chilean political elite, 1990-2010
… study, the Bourdieusian concepts of species of capital and habitus are applied to the field of elites. Although sociological research has examined the reproduction of Chile’s elites, there is little empirical evidence as to how different forms of capital operate within them. Based on a survey of …
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Religion and Academic Achievement Among Adolescents
… However, some studies show that this is due to family and community factors; for example, variation in levels of family capital among religious affiliates may explain this association. Yet, whether religious factors affect academic achievement among adolescents may also be due to the concordance …
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The Predictive Accuracy of Family and Community Demographic Factors on the 2011, 2012, and 2013, Grade 6 Connecticut Mastery Test
… out-of-school demographic variables, grouped by family human capital and community social capital, to predict the percentage of students in Grade 6 who scored at or above Goal, the district level, on the CMT. The study examined 130 school districts in Connecticut who took the CMT in Grades 6 …
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The motivation, process and strategy of internationalisation by Malaysian firms into the United Kingdom
… fall into three types: conglomerates, Chinese family firms and govemment-linked companies (GLCs). A total of 19 companies in Malaysia and 8 companies in the U. K. finally agreed to participate in the research. Interviews in Malaysia took place in July to October 2003 and those in the U. K. were …
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Relationships Among Student Demographics and Community and School Context Factors and Value-Added Gain Scores in Ohio
… Further, the study tested the effects of family and school capital on value-added gain scores and Ohio's other accountability measures. The study found that these factors had statistically significant effects that explained less than ten percent of the variance in value-added gain scores …