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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"unwritten rules"”.
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The unwritten rules of the game : a case study of European funding distribution in Wales
This thesis examines the process of European Union funding programme and its implementation within a network context, and asks how institutional and network factors influence which organisations acquire funding. It is a case study which focuses on one European programme and one project partnership …
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An Examination of Unwritten Rule Development in Men’s Ice Hockey
… learn of, as well as consent to, ice hockey’s unwritten rules. How this process occurred was also under examination. While some research had been conducted relative to the development of unwritten rules within sport, little research to date had focused on ice hockey’s unwritten rules and none …
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Love at First Like: A Case Study of New Media Activities Toward the Opposite Sex at an All Girl High School
… for this research include recognition of unwritten rules among females, that females are more apt to break the unwritten rules when communicating with males, and texting serves as tool for nurturing relationships with significant others. The results encompass females using social media …
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Irgendwo muss man doch einmal hingehoeren': Irmgard Keun as Heiress to the Flaneur."
… interactions with the city. During these times, unwritten rules have often excluded the female from participating in parts of the urban society. Today, these unwritten rules are still apparent as many park signs warn us to stay out of secluded areas after dark—implying the possibility of danger …
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Aspects of a Localized Ocean: A Cultural Ethnography of Surfing
… the actions of blocking out and enforces the unwritten rules. As a communicative act, localism performs a function in the surfing community, resulting in the potential to control the space associated with surfing and keeping the population size at a lower level. This thesis includes a thorough …
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An Interpretive Ethnography: Nursing Culture for People with Dementia and Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia in the Acute Care Environment
… by formal protocols, informal protocols or unwritten rules, and beliefs about PWD and the nurses’ role in acute care. Nurses’ ability to provide PCC is limited by the incompatibility between the needs of the PWD and the acute care environment, and risk-averse safety culture that promotes …
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Consuming democracy : local agencies and liberal peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo
… which local agencies also renegotiate the unwritten rules of the moral matrix of the father-family.
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Patch Life: Army Wives Behind the Wire
… Wire accompanies them as they learn the complex unwritten rules of the overseas garrison, becoming physically and ontologically bounded into the hierarchical and patriarchal system of their husbands’ employer. It explores how women become incorporated and institutionalised, investigating how they …
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A Comparative Case Study Exploring the Experiences of Women Leaders in Academic Affairs and Administration in Higher Education Through the Lens of Intersectionality
… education, employee relations, family, and unwritten rules. Additionally, researchers have evaluated policies and procedures to work on increasing the number of women in educational leadership (Bonawitz, 2009) Historically women have been a part of higher education, yet it’s not until …
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Power and Property Relations in Rus and Latin Europe: A Comparative Analysis
… as well as significant parallels between the unwritten "rules of play" (Gerd Althoff) that guided behavior of lay elites. The parallels with Rus are most pronounced in the Western sources written in the vernacular (Jordan Fantosme's Chronicle) or semi-vernacular (Conventum Hugonis); the …
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Audience at the gates: how the BBC is using social media to identify talent and involve audiences in programme production.
… indicates that a prior knowledge of the BBC ‘rules of the game’ and participants’ location within the BBC habitus (Bourdieu 1984) could be considered to be determining factors in their success at the BBC. Succinctly, I have been able to show that social media can provide effective ways for BBC …
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Learning and teaching in the context of clinical practice: the midwife as role model.
… of theoretical ideas. Central to these are the rules of practice. When midwives rigidly follow written and unwritten rules they prescribe midwifery care which corresponds to the medical model. In doing so they act as obstetric nurses or handmaidens to the doctor. When everything is interpreted …
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Tracing hydrosocial change: the social constellations of water access and allocation for oil and gas development in Colorado
… are nuanced norms, decision-making structures, unwritten rules and activities that shape and are shaped by agent's lived experiences. These informal dealings are consistently negotiated day-by-day, are not defined in formal laws, policies or organizational documents but help explain formal …