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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"social construction of reality"”.
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Management accounting and the social construction of reality
One of the major problems of researching management accounting practice has been that of research practice. Traditional methods have not been able to yield insights into the richness and diversity of accounting practices in organisational processes. The perspective adopted in this thesis is that …
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New Reality Resembles Old: An Examination of the American Public's Social Construction of Reality Following September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks
… lasting change in the American public's social construction of reality. A framework of everyday reality was created which focused on beliefs, behaviors, and cultural institutions in the United States. Data regarding specific beliefs and behaviors was collected from numerous survey …
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The social construction of reality : an interactionist study of the role of accounts in influencing the decision-making of the simulated jurors.
Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology. Paper copy at Leddy Library: Theses & Major Papers - Basement, West Bldg. / Call Number: Thesis1978 .H653. Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 40-07, page: . Thesis (M.A.)--University of Windsor (Canada), 1978.
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Whitewashing or amnesia: a study of the construction of race in two Midwestern counties
… methods for a critical comparative analysis of the material culture as reproduced through murals and monuments located in two counties in Missouri, Bates County and Cass County. Employing Critical Race Theory as the theoretical framework, each counties’ analysis results are examined. The …
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"This Beautiful Evil": The Connection between Women, the Natural World, Female Sexuality, and Evil in Western Tradition
Female archetypes reflect a social construction of reality, expressing expected modes of behavior, beliefs, and assumptions about women and are reinforced by repetition of common patterns and themes. Often female archetypes take on the physical characteristics of animals, commune with nature, …
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Using religious discourse to construct reality: President George W Bush and Osama Bin Laden
… September 20, 2001, address to a join session of Congress and by Osama bin Laden in his taped statement that aired on Al Jazeera television on October 7, 2001. As leaders of societies who both believe they are God's chosen people with a mission, both men relied on the religions of their …
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Constraints of Language, Creative Communication, and Perceptions of Creativity
By utilizing the fundamental ideas of transmission theory and the social construction of reality the researcher examined the methods used by thirteen undergraduate students as they created speeches using one of four different constraints of language. Two research questions were explored in this …
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The language of community psychology : South African Terminology
… theme, it [study] advocates the cen-trality of language in psychology in general and particularly in community psychology. The study seeks to demonstrate that language is not only a tool for social construction of reality and social communication, but also a powerful influence on human …
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Negotiating identities in post-apartheid South Africa : black African managers' experiences in an English-speaking university
This is a study about the subjective experiences of black African managers working in an English-speaking university in post-apartheid South Africa We investigated the adaptation strategies they employ as they navigate borders and boundaries between their home and work worlds, and how they …
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A rhetorical analysis of ideographs in a community relations campaign: the symbolic construction of eight mile road
Eight Mile Road is a twenty-seven mile stretch of road in southeast Michigan that joins 4.6 million people. To metropolitan Detroiters, however, Eight Mile Road is more than just a roadway or street: it is a racially symbolic marker. Eight Mile Road symbolizes more than two decades of hostility …
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HIV & AIDS stigma, Namibian newspapers and health policies, 2000 - 2012: An investigation of framing, priming and agenda-setting effects
Media representation of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) disease has greatly influenced how the disease and those who are affected by it are perceived in the society, thus often causing stigma towards those infected and affected. This dissertation …
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An entrepreneurial theorising of the recycling industry.
… for this study began with a general observation of the lack of theory-practice integration between the academic context of recycling and entrepreneurship set against the growth in the recycling industry. The research thus began by asking, how well does entrepreneurship explain the recycling …
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Reframing Strategic Inertia: The Politics of Innovation and the Case of GM Biotechnology
… this thesis concerns the politics (and ethics) of strategic management, organisational psychology, organisational narratives, knowledge management and conditions of innovation. More specifically, this is research into the dimension of politics and the legitimacy of power relations within the …
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The impact of corporatisation on access and equity at the University of Dar es Salaam
The purpose of this study was to examine and analyse how the transformation taking place at the University of Dar es Salaam in the context of corporatisation addressed the challenges of access and equity as central features of national development. The study was based on the premise that widening …
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The legal fact as a work of art : artificial intelligence and the pragmatics of legal interpretation
… in revealing a legal concept we are revealing reality. This traditional (Kantian) approach is reflected most acutely in legal positivism. The position of the legal positivist is that of law as constitutive of facts. The fact is our description of relations in the world. We should see …
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Genderová proměna časopisu Vlasta v roce 1991 a 2010
In my work I map the transformation of gender through media editorial in the journal Vlasta topics in 1991 and 2010 and how tthe communist regime influenced the thematic transformation of magazine in Czechoslovakia. In my work I also examine whether Vlasta magazine in 1991, presents a feminist …
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Residents’ Perceptions of Dark Tourism Development: The Case of L’Aquila, Italy
Over the last two decades, the concept of dark tourism has attracted ever-increasing attention in both academic and media circles. At the same time, not only has there been an apparent growth in the supply of ‘dark’ tourism sites and attractions, but also such demand for dark tourism experiences is …
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An outsider's take: A case study of the New Zealand Qualifications Authority to theorize the need for change towards a qualifications framework for the organization of the Eastern Caribbean States
… a qualifications framework for the Organization of the Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) based on a qualitative case study of the unique experience of the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA). The main role of the qualifications systems of the OECS is that of sifting, sorting and selecting …
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ANTROPOLOGIE DEI DIRITTI UMANI. PERCORSI AFRICANI.
… topic is increasing its relevance in the field of legal studies and in the agenda of inter/transnational actors. The Sociology of Law is deeply engaged in this dialogue, but some of its contributions seem to share a common lack of concern about the dimensions of cultural legitimacy and politics …