Dissertations / Theses: 'Multi-cultural'

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Curro, Maria. "Seniors' perceptions around driving cessation : a multi-ethnic, multi-cultural perspective." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/43337.

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For the great majority of Canadian seniors the private automobile is the primary form of mobility, providing seniors accessibility, freedom and independence. The aging process often leads to a decline and/or compromises the ability to safely drive, resulting in the cessation of driving and/or need to cease driving. Given the importance of the private automobile and the negative consequences associated with driving cessation, a vast literature base exists examining seniors’ perceptions around driving cessation. Past literature has not examined ethnic seniors’ perceptions around driving cessation in later years. The premise of this thesis is to document ethnic seniors’ perceptions on the subject of driving cessation, drawing out ethnic differences in perceptions and highlighting where the information revealed within this thesis extends the current understanding on the topic of seniors’ perceptions around driving cessation. The researcher worked with seniors from the Asian, South Asian, Caucasian and Caribbean/African communities. A total of 351 seniors participated within the study, and the researcher conducted one-on-one interviews with each senior. Thematic analysis was used to code all interview data and the 6 overarching categories encapsulate ethnic seniors’ perceptions around driving cessation in the following ways: an individual perspective; a social perspective; an instrumental perspective; changing familial interactions post-cessation; public transit, transportation alternatives and transit accessible locations; provincial driving legislation and driving programs. Results demonstrate that seniors’ perceptions differ and/or coincide across ethnic groups, depending upon the category. Results demonstrate that ethnic seniors’ perceptions around driving cessation differ from those expressed in past literature on the topic, thereby adding and expanding the broader understanding regarding seniors’ perceptions around driving cessation. This thesis may be used by academics, health care professionals, government agencies, transit authorities, senior caregivers and seniors themselves to better understand seniors’ perceptions around driving cessation and to better develop strategies to work with seniors from different ethnic backgrounds in order to aid in a safe and supported transition from driver to non-driver.

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Ochieng, Edward G. "Framework for managing multi-cultural project teams." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2008. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/15627.

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The theory and practice of team integration has changed fundamentally over the last five years, driven by the growing demands of multi-cultural team working and greater understanding of cultural issues and diversity in the internationalised construction environment. According to the literature reviewed, the challenge to the construction industry in both developed and developing countries is to address its poor performance on people management by focusing on multicultural team working. Different reports published by governing bodies in developed countries such as the UK continue to highlight that clients need to improve their understanding of how construction can best meet their business needs and help lead the process of creating integrated teams. Consequently, there have been a number of empirical studies on project teams, particularly focussing on measures of team success. However, the consequences of transition from monoculture to multi-cultural project teams remain largely unexplored in construction management research.

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Jiang, Yifan. "Multi-cultural social networking and social capital." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2013. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/multicultural-social-networking-and-social-capital(cd11a4ec-b019-486a-81b2-c68e5cb1c478).html.

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Social Networking Sites allow users to manage their homepages to present themselves, and to interact with friends through networked connections. Some of these sites attract people from different cultural backgrounds (e.g. Facebook), providing an opportunity for online multi-cultural social networking to occur. This project aimed to contribute to cross-cultural Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC) research, by investigating this kind of multi-cultural social networking. It focussed upon: 1) the role of cultural differences on users’ perception of self-presentation of others; 2) the relationship between cross-cultural social capital and cross-cultural social networking on social networking sites; and 3) unveiling factors affecting users’ decisions regarding social networking interactions. The researcher firstly investigated whether cultural differences in online self-presentation through communication styles affect audiences’ perception, and whether audiences from different cultural backgrounds have different ways of perceiving others’ online self-presentation. Secondly, whether cross-cultural social capital was associated with the intensity of cross-cultural social networking, and through which ways users can obtain the benefits of social capital through social networking interactions. Lastly, explored the factors influencing users’ decisions on whether and/or how much effort to place upon each type of social networking.British and Chinese social networking users were chosen as research participants to represent two different cultural groups. By systematically comparing the difference between them, the results suggest: 1) Cultural differences in online self-presentation do influence people’s perception of others, though it is not the only factor that affects this perception. British and Chinese audiences tend to focus on different cues when perceiving online self-presentations. 2) Cross-cultural social capital was positively associated with cross-cultural social networking. Further interview analysis revealed all kinds of social networking interactions (i.e. observing, communicating, grouping) could help users obtain the benefits of bridging social capital (e.g. acquiring new information and diffusing reciprocity); however only communicating and grouping with strong relationships brought different aspects of the benefit of bonding social capital to British and Chinese users. For instance, communicating and grouping helped Chinese users receive substantive support and access to limited resources; whereas grouping with strong relationships helped British users mobilize solidarity. 3) Three main factors may influence users’ decisions regarding multi-cultural social networking interactions: (a) relationship strength - although both British and Chinese users tend to communicate mostly with strong relationships, they have differences in observing and grouping with different relationships. British users tend to observe mostly strong relationships and group with all relationships, whereas Chinese users tend to group mostly with strong relationships and observe all relationships; (b) perceived benefit of social capital - only bridging social capital benefit affected British users’ decision, whereas both bridging and bonding social capital benefits motivated Chinese users; and (c) users’ cultural background.

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Toupal, Rebecca. "Sugarloaf Mountain: A Multi-cultural Puha Complex." Bureau of Applied Research in Applied Anthropology, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/301362.

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This presentation is was given at the Great Basin Conference in 2006 in Las Vegas, Nevada. This talk presents key findings from the report- Ha`tata (The Backbone of the River): American Indian Ethnographic Studies Regarding the Hoover Dam Bypass Project (Stoffle et al. 2000). This talk highlights the pilgrimage trails to Sugarloaf Mountain.

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Bornholt, Marcus, Marianne Elfverson, and Andreas Johnsson. "The Cultural Engina in a Multi-Task Experiment." Thesis, Kristianstad University College, Department of Business Administration, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hkr:diva-3562.

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As the world’s markets are becoming more integrated and companies are outsourcing to other countries to a greater extent it is important for them to take the cultural aspects into consideration. We wanted to study if the different cultures affect the agent’s behaviour in a principal-agent relationship and focus on Sweden and China. When looking for research in this field we found that the cultural aspect of the principal-agent theory had been widely neglected.

We studied both the multi-tasking phenomena which is a theory closely linked to the principal-agent theory, as well as different cultural differences.

We found that there were large cultural differences between China and Sweden, but also similarities. We concluded our hypotheses on the different cultural differences which we then linked to the variation of preferences in contracts. These hypotheses were used to create, the MMA-model.

To test our MMA-model we conducted an experiment which we came to call the MMA-experiment. In order to test if our cultural generalizations based on the theoretical framework were true we let the participants fill out a questionnaire before the experiment. In short, the point of the experiment was to study how the cultural differences affected the choice of contracts in a multi-task environment.

The result of our experiment concluded that the MMA-model was accurate. We also found that the trust contract, in the way it was designed, was best when dealing with a multi-task environment.

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French, Lorie J. Waggoner. "A study on how multi-cultural awareness training changes the cultural sensitivity of teachers /." Electronic version (PDF), 2005. http://dl.uncw.edu/etd/2005/frenchl/loriefrench.pdf.

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Sluka, Mary Rogers. "Planning, implementing and evaluating a multi-parish, multi-cultural liturgical conference for liturgical ministers." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2001. http://www.tren.com.

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Paredes, Daniel M. "Multi/Cross-cultural competence integrating universal and particular perspectives /." Greensboro, N.C. : University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2007. http://libres.uncg.edu/edocs/etd/1485Paredes/umi-uncg-1485.pdf.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2007.
Title from PDF t.p. (viewed Mar. 3, 2008). Directed by Craig S. Cashwell; submitted to the School of Education. Includes bibliographical references (p. 160-194).

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Hitchen, Peter Ronald. "Education and multi-cultural cohesion in Belize, 1931-1981." Thesis, University of Central Lancashire, 2002. http://clok.uclan.ac.uk/7757/.

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This thesis is concerned with the British neglect of education in Belize and the emergence of increased tensions between church and state, from the twin catalysts for social change of the 1931 hurricane and economic depression until independence in 1981. This conflict has revealed a contradictory web of power structures and their influence, through the medium of schools, on multi-cultural development. The fundamental argument is that despite a rhetoric- of-difference, a cohesive society was created in Belize rooted in the cultural values propagated through an often-contradictory church-state education system, and that Jesuit supremacy of Belizean education came too late to unsettle or exploit the grass-root forces of cultural synthesis. Racial conflict in Belize is more a matter of habitual rhetoric and superficial. The historiography of Belize falls broadly into two categories: Diplomatic and labour, nevertheless cultural and educational studies have developed most notably from Social Anthropology. An extensive literature review revealed that notwithstanding the emergence of a substantial historiography of education on the British Caribbean similar research has been neglected on Belize. Therefore, my own thesis fills a significant gap in the historiography of British Caribbean education. The PhD discusses the relationship between conflicting hierarchies within education and multi-cultural cohesion, not yet been fully attempted in any of the secondary literature. This is a proposition argued through substantial and original primary research, employing a mix of comparative empirical research and theoretical Sights influenced by historical sociologist Nigel Bolland to analyse the interactions of people at community level, the ubiquitous presence of the denominations, and political and hierarchical activities. The empirical data was initially collected from HMSO, and Colonial Office files at the Public Record Office. The principal methodological area of research for the PhD resulted from a visit to Belize to procure a quantity of oral testimony providing a 'history from below' as an extra dimension to the British Colonial perspective. The methodology for Part 3 (1964-1981) reveals shifts in the balance of power relying solely on oral evidence and archival/ecclesiastical records from Belize. Church historians have confirmed previous research into the latter to narratives. An important contributiog.to my area of study lies in the use of Belize as a central focus and the historical peculiarity of denominalisation, where, unlike the English system the church rather than the secular lobby won the contest for control in schools.

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Harpoth, Nina 1972. "Effective partnering in an innovative procured, multi-cultural project." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/79984.

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Jooste, David Christiaan. "Motivation of managers to engage multi-culturally." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/30761.

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Background and Aim Cultural Intelligence (CQ) is becoming one of the essential competencies for the modern manager who regularly functions in a multi-cultural environment. CQ in essence refers us to the concept of developing those skills, be it through self-development, knowledge gathering or experience, which allows managers to effectively develop strategies to deal with new environments and multi-cultural settings as well as work groups (Earley & Ng, 2006). The concept of CQ can also be divided into 4 specific dimensions identified by Earley and Ang (2003) as a Meta-Cognitive dimension, a Cognitive dimension, a Motivational dimension and a Behavioural dimension. Specifically when one looks at motivational cultural intelligence one can define it as the extent of an individual’s interest and drive to adapt to new cultural situations (Templer, Tay & Chandrasekar, 2006). This study aims to investigate the concept of motivational cultural intelligence in relation to managerial motivation to engage in multi-cultural situations, and specifically focuses on the South African manager. Method A cross-sectional survey research design was used in this study. The Managerial Cultural Intelligence measure developed (Du Plessis, O’Neil & Vermeulen, 2007) was administered amongst a purposive convenience sample of managers in various industries (N = 550). Results There was no statistically significant result between motivation and managerial engagement, however it was found that the middle management and supervisory level had: The highest overall level of motivation in terms of engaging in multi-cultural activities. The highest level of motivation to change their view points when gaining new information about other cultures. There was, however, not a very high level of motivation to plan in advance for multi-cultural engagements. Those on a senior managerial level on the other hand showed: The highest level of motivation in terms of learning more about people from other cultures. The highest level of motivation to learn more about how to deal with people from other cultures. The lowest level of motivation to change their views of other cultures when gaining new information about other cultures. They also showed the lowest level of motivation in terms of preparing in advance for multi-cultural engagements. Based on an ANOVA analysis of the data it was found that: There was no statistically significant result between the overall motivational levels of the managers and their willingness to engage in multi-cultural environment. There was, however, a statistically significant result in terms of managerial motivation to learn more about other cultures in their work groups. Practical Relevance It was clear from the literature review that there is little information available about managerial CQ and motivation to engage in multi-cultural settings, such as those within the South African environment. It was therefore deemed important to investigate this construct and especially the dimension of motivation in order to better understand the role it plays in the South African managerial environment. With a better understanding of how it impacts South African managers, future researchers can look at identifying the other drivers of multi-cultural engagement, as well as developing training and development programs that will be better suited to the South African manager in terms of developing CQ. Lastly this was also seen as an important study in order to advance and fill the gap in South African literature within this specific field.
Dissertation (MCom)--University of Pretoria, 2012.
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Muhammad, Hourani. "Educating for peace in multi-cultural society (Palestinian Israeli context)." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.398760.

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Chong, Kee Yong. "Multi-layered ethnic and cultural influences in my musical compositions." Thesis, University of Huddersfield, 2016. http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/31091/.

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In this doctoral thesis, I examine the influence of multi-ethnic cultures and heritage of East and Southeast Asia on my compositional development. Although the imitation of the outward features of other cultures is an important part of the attempt to compose cross-cultural pieces, such imitation is only one part of the learning process. The most difficult task is to make a meaningful cultural confluence out of these influences. My original contribution to music lies in the way in which I have activated the legacy of my multicultural Malaysian heritage and combined a strong focus on Chinese cultural traditions with a wider Malaysian context that involves theatre, philosophy, rituals, and spirituality. Over the past few years, I have composed cross-cultural works for traditional East and Southeast Asian and Western instruments, collaborating with multiple musicians in Asia, the United States, and Europe. The compositions discussed in this thesis reveal the various elements of my writing for Chinese instruments that are at once original and eclectic. I am particularly interested in incorporating various East and Southeast Asian musical practices such as Chinese dialect folk songs (especially Hakka storytelling and mountain songs), Gamelan music from South East Asia, Indian ritual and ceremonial music, ancient Chinese court music, and chanting of classical Chinese poetry, Korean Pansori music, and Japanese Gagaku music to create my own compositional techniques and languages. Using my compositions as examples, I illustrate the incorporation of East and Southeast Asian vocal and instrumental techniques into Western musical languages. In the first two chapters, I focus more on the importance of Chinese sources of poetry and philosophical thinking in a number of large-scale works. In the third chapter, I examine the key compositional roles played by elements such as sonic mobility and spatialisation, the interplay and interchange of roles in instrumental writing, and the concept of “living ornamentation” in creating heterophony and vocalisation, and present a detailed analysis of one of my works Yuan-Liu (2009). I explain how sonic mobility and spatialisation, as realised through unique instrumental setups in my compositions, are deeply informed by my childhood experience of listening to the acoustics of nature in the woods. In the concluding chapter, I discuss how I use the concepts of time, narrative, and cultural confluence in my music.

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Clarke, Andy. "Parental health beliefs and respiratory illness consultations at general practitioners in multi-ethnic and multi-cultural areas." Thesis, University of Leeds, 1989. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/1514/.

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This research was concerned with how parents from different ethnic groups manage their children's respiratory and febrile illnesses, and their consultations at the general practitioner (GP). A review of the few British studies looking at parental health behaviour revealed that parents are continually having to make complex decisions, in which the clinical characteristics of the illness and the behaviour of the child are the most important factors in predictions of what the parent will do. Despite the belief among some GPs that their Asian patients consult more often and for trivial illnesses, we predicted that consultations, however many there are, will reflect rational decisions on the part of the parents. What may appear trivial to a doctor may not be for a parent. Including our pilot studies, we interviewed parents of 159 children - aged between two and eleven years - from three general practices in the inner-city area of Leeds. These parents were either white and indigenous, Muslims, Sikhs or Afro-Caribbeans; and approximately half of the children had been taken to see the doctor in the previous fortnight with a respiratory/febrile complaint, whereas the other half had not been to see a doctor for at least four months.

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Kang, Hye-Kyung Stella. "Immigrant cultural citizenship : construction of a multi-ethnic Asian American community /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/11163.

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Boldyrev, Natalia [Verfasser], and Gerhard [Akademischer Betreuer] Weikum. "Alignment of multi-cultural knowledge repositories / Natalia Boldyrev ; Betreuer: Gerhard Weikum." Saarbrücken : Saarländische Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, 2017. http://d-nb.info/1152094785/34.

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Boldyrev, Natalia Verfasser], and Gerhard [Akademischer Betreuer] [Weikum. "Alignment of multi-cultural knowledge repositories / Natalia Boldyrev ; Betreuer: Gerhard Weikum." Saarbrücken : Saarländische Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, 2017. http://d-nb.info/1152094785/34.

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Lesch, Anthea M. "The experience of multi-cultural communication within a South African organization." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002517.

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This research study was conducted in an attempt to explore the experience of multicultural communication within a South African organization. To this end employees, representing both Black and White culture, within a South African organization in the throes of transformation, were accessed. A model of managing diversity, focussing on the personal, interpersonal and organizational levels, was utilized in an attempt to uncover the nature of the experience of multi-cultural communication within Company X. A qualitative research design, and more specifically the case study method was employed in this study. Consistent with the case study approach a number of data sources were accessed. The primary data source consisted of a 3-stage interview process. Other data sources included documentary sources and company publications. By accessing multiple data sources, the researcher attempted to gain a holistic understanding of the experience of multi-cultural communication. It was found that the societal context of our post-Apartheid society exercises a profound influence on multi-cultural communication. Under Apartheid cultural separation was promoted. Diverse peoples thus have little common basis for interaction and view each other with skepticism and distrust. This exercises an effect on the personal and organizational levels of the managing diversity model. Influences at the personal level relate to the cultural paradigms of the individuals which provide the rules governing interactions and affect judgements of acceptable and unacceptable behaviours. Issues at the organizational level relate to its structures and policies which are still based on the “white is right ideology”. These issues, in turn, affect the interpersonal level of managing diversity, i.e., where the interactions occur, causing “communication short circuits” within the process of multi-cultural communication. In order to deal with failed multi-cultural communication, the individuals have developed a number of coping strategies. The results of the study indicate that both the organization and its employees share a responsibility for creating an environment that will facilitate effective multi-cultural communication.

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Titus, Kenneth B. "Divided frontier : the George Rogers Clark expedition and multi-cultural interaction." Thesis, Manhattan, Kan. : Kansas State University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/1466.

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Briggs, Rickard. "Getting results| Leadership and cross-cultural adaptability within a multi-national corporation." Thesis, Mountain State University, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3561928.

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U.S. companies continue to grow and expand overseas. They also outsource business processes. There were approximately 350,000 call center employees in India in 2009 (Lundby, Parthasarthy, & Kowske, 2009) and another 350,000 in the Philippines by 2010 (Manila Bulletin Publishing Corporation, 2010). The success of employees who are not U.S. citizens, yet work for American companies, has become critical. These individuals are, many times, hired by and work for organizations located in the U.S. yet are native to, stationed in, and supervise operations in countries around the world. The leadership and cross-cultural acumen of individuals in these positions can be critical to their success or failure as employees of American organizations as well as to their ability to successfully lead members within their own organizations to achieve successful results.

This research project was conducted by a third party to preclude any bias as the researcher is also the owner of the organization under study. The research examined leadership behaviors as well as cross-cultural sensitivities of individuals in these positions in order to ascertain whether there were differences between these self-reported attributes and the results generated by particular organizational units. Qualitatively, the researcher interviewed senior executives at a number of firms (not associated with his own organization) with respect to leadership and cross-cultural sensitivities of mid-level managers to ascertain if, from the perspective of these senior executives, common threads could be identified that would lead to a greater understanding of the issues of leadership and cross-cultural sensitivities in these mid-level positions as well as efforts that could impact organizational results.

The resulting data indicated that there was not a significant statistical relationship between any of the leadership acumens or cultural identifiers and managerial performance. In the qualitative data, senior leaders overwhelmingly indicated that Focused Drive, Trusted Influence, and Conceptual Thinking were defining leadership behaviors between higher and lower performers.

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Webb, Eric. "Management of multi-cultural teams on international joint venture megaprojects in Asia." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2014. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/14422.

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There have been many megaprojects done by project-based international joint ventures ( PBIJVs ) in Asia with Western expatriate project managers leading the way. However, the management style expected at a local level in Asia on construction projects is unique, and for many observers appeared to be unstructured, un-systemized and autocratic. Moreover, the varying strains of Chinese-based ethics and beliefs, including networking, trust, face and avoidance of confrontation heavily influenced management practices. This research investigated how a PBIJV should approach a complex construction megaproject in Asia and how experienced Western expatriate project managers actually managed and lead these projects to achieve overall project success. The aim of this research was to propose a framework for Western expatriate project managers to be used as a guide in the project management of PBIJVs in complex construction megaprojects in Asia, with East-West multi-cultural dispersed project teams, in a holistic way with a clear focus on good e-teaming communication and flexibility of project manager thought so that the multi-cultural teams can work more effectively and efficiently, better enabling project success. The thesis begins with an extensive review of published literature related to construction, Asia, culture, total quality management ( TQM ), IJVs, project management and megaprojects. A conceptual framework of work practices and styles required of Western expatriate project managers in the management of PBIJVs in construction on complex megaprojects in Asia, with East-West multi-cultural dispersed project teams, was established from this literature review. This conceptual framework was explored and developed based upon questionnaire responses and interviews with Western project managers with related and extensive work experience in Asia. This research followed a qualitative strategy for the research design and methodology, and adopted a multiple-case study approach. This research followed a combination of questionnaires and an exploratory semi-structured face to face interview approach with manual data analysis. The first stage of the research process involved screening interviews of the short-listed project managers, which comprised of questionnaires and semi-structured interviews with an interview guide. The second stage studied three selected cases and comprised of the second stage interviews, direct observations and documentation as the main methods of data collection. The third stage involved the validation of the intermediate framework developed from the multiple-case study conducted during the second stage via a questionnaire with nine people comprising of the project managers of the selected case study projects, screening process project managers and other selected construction industry experts all with extensive working experience in Korea. The findings of this research were presented in the form of a final framework to assist in improving project manager performance and skills on complex PBIJV construction megaprojects in Asia and it was concluded that such a framework would be of benefit to Western project managers as a guideline to manage construction megaprojects in Asia in a more effective and efficient way with the ultimate goal of achieving project success.

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Dobson, Susan Margaret. "Transcultural nursing : the role of the health visitor in multi-cultural situations." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/18148.

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Suarez, Lourdes. "The relationship of childhood worry to information processing : multi-ethnic/cultural comparisons /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 2001. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p3036862.

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Barron, David. "Schizotypy : a multi-country study of psychometrics, socio-cultural influences, cognitive processes, and electrophysiological markers." Thesis, University of Westminster, 2017. https://westminsterresearch.westminster.ac.uk/item/q3832/schizotypy-a-multi-country-study-of-psychometrics-socio-cultural-influences-cognitive-processes-and-electrophysiological-markers.

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Schizotypy represents a latent personality organisation reflecting a putative liability for schizophrenia spectrum disorders. Schizotypic traits include anomalies in cognition (e.g., hallucinations), socio-emotional function (e.g., constricted affect), and behaviour (e.g., odd behaviour and language) that do not meet the clinical threshold for psychotic disorders. This thesis presents a series of studies investigating schizotypal measurement across ethno-cultural settings, examining cognitive antecedents and outcomes of schizotypy, and a schizotypal-continuum exploration into electrophysiological function. Studies 1-3 examined the Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire (SPQ) as a measurement tool for schizotypy. These studies re-evaluated the domain structure of the English SPQ and the German SPQ, and developed and evaluated a Malay translation of the SPQ. Further, through the evaluation and development of these measures, schizotypy was explored within the framework of ethnic and cultural identities. This included evaluations between African Caribbeans in the UK and Trinidad, with White British participants; Malay and Chinese participants in Malaysia, and; central European White participants from Austria and southern Germany, with a similar cultural (migrational) group in the UK. Studies 4a and 4b concerned schizotypy, cognitive processes, and conspiracy ideation. From an initial pilot, associations were established with conspiracy ideation, included as a prima facie outcome of disordered thinking. A follow-up study showed that analytic thinking mediated the relationship between Odd Beliefs or Magical Thinking (but not Ideas of Reference) and belief in conspiracy theories. Study 5 investigated whether a combination of high schizotypal ratings and abnormal electrophysiological function could be established. Second, this study allowed for a unique comparison between culture and ethnicity, within the assessment of electrophysiological function. Finally, this study allowed for an investigation into associations between the domains established in Study 1 (namely, Cognitive-Perceptual, Paranoid, Disorganised, and Negative) and electrophysiological function. Results indicated little evidence of association between the schizotypy and schizophrenia literature; that is, there was no apparent electrophysiological deficits for high schizotypal individuals and no ethno-cultural influence. Further, the results of the regression indicated no support for associations at the higher-order domain level and electrophysiological function. Taken together, these studies informed the schizotypal literature through multiple routes. Indeed, this thesis addressed both the personality (cognitive outcomes) and clinical (electrophysiological) nature of schizotypy with the foundation of a thorough measurement examination.

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Richards, Allan G. Rennels Max R. "Perceptual training in drawing among students from two countries a multi-cultural study /." Normal, Ill. Illinois State University, 1987. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ilstu/fullcit?p8713224.

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Thesis (Ed. D.)--Illinois State University, 1987.
Title from title page screen, viewed August 3, 2005. Dissertation Committee: Max R. Rennels (chair), Susan F. Amster, Ronald S. Halinski, Heather Hanlon, John R. McCarthy. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 65-66) and abstract. Also available in print.

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Altringer, Bethanne. "Team creative problem solving in multi-disciplinary, cross-cultural and inter-organisational contexts." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2011. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.609513.

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Cloete, Annemarie. "Living organisational values in a multi-cultural environment : a South African case study." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/33421.

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Organisational values consist of enduring and indispensable tenets which underpin organisational culture and form the foundation for an organisation’s purpose and goals. It should represent a unique set of collectively shared values, which silently gives direction to the multitude of decisions to be made on a daily basis within the organisational domain. Unfortunately, companies seem to place an overt focus on articulating and promulgating their values as opposed to embedding it in the hearts and minds of their employees, who ultimately have to live the values. The challenge therefore still remains for organisations to not only articulate their values, but rather focus on inculcating and, in actuality, living these values, thereby making them a business ‘weapon’ - a powerful source to be reckoned with. The question arises: Are they getting it right?
Mini Dissertation (MCom)--University of Pretoria, 2013.
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D'Agostino, John Peter. "A multi-cultural perspective: bringing my African experiences home through the artistic process." The Ohio State University, 1990. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1303931836.

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Wong, Gabriel. "A Multi-criteria Framework for Analysing Cross-cultural Differences in Adolescent Drug Policy." Thesis, Griffith University, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/379941.

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Adolescent drug involvement and its associated harms reflect a dynamic and multifaceted phenomenon, which makes holistic policy decisions and trade-offs of intended and unintended policy impact difficult to manage. Drug prevention scientists commonly perceive the involvement of drugs as a continuum with consecutive stages from non-use to dysfunctional use. Each of these stages reflects a unique system of risks and harms (in personal, social and environmental domains) which is specific to the subpopulation within the culture. Hence, for drug intervention to be effective, it is crucial that the design and selection of policies are risk-and-harm-focused and contextually relevant to the problem. In order to address these complex risks and harms in a culturally acceptable and contextually practical manner, policymakers demand empirical evidence and input and contribution from experts with extensive knowledge, expertise and substantial experience in the related area. Not only are experts considered as a source of evidence, but their opinions, if not accommodated adequately, may facilitate public objections that affect the implementation and ultimate success of a policy. In other words, an endpoint of a policy can be directly or indirectly driven/influenced by inputs from a variety of sources, including evidence (scientific studies and economic analyses) and the opinions and preferences of effectiveness of available policy options as judged by experts, coupled with general public opinion, which can also be influenced by expert opinion. A better understanding of how experts perceive the drug problem and prefer alternative drug policy is therefore pivotal. This research aims to solicit key expert and stakeholder attitudes regarding: (1) the dynamic risks and harms of drug involvement at each stage; and (2) the effectiveness of alternative interventions used to respond to illicit drug use and its associated harms among adolescents in two very distinct regions (Hong Kong and Australia). The two regions differ considerably with regard to their drug policies. Australia perceives a general normalisation of consumption and focuses on the goal of overall harm reduction, while Hong Kong maintains a zero tolerance approach, favouring prevention, treatment and prohibition options. Using the Dynamic Hierarchy Process (DHP), which is a method for multi-criteria analysis, regional differences in the epidemiological pattern and potential heterogeneity of key expert preferences for 19 drug interventions were examined. The DHP decomposes the complex multi-attribute drug problem into its constituent parts (i.e. risk factors and policy alternatives) and develops a comprehensible and manageable hierarchy of the decomposed decision problem. As a method commonly used in the field of decision sciences, DHP seeks to capture and synthesise diverse knowledge and opinion from experts that do not necessarily agree on the choice of policy alternatives. In this research, 83 experts (41 from Australia and 42 from Hong Kong) were randomly selected from a list of eligible organisations in three key sectors (research, health and law enforcement) to complete the survey. Experts were asked to: (1) weight multiple risk factors with their relative influence in the accumulation of harms and consequences among adolescents at different stage of drug involvement (non-use, priming, initial use, experimental use, occasional use, regular use and dysfunctional use); and (2) rate the effectiveness of 19 drug interventions in addressing the identified risks and harms. Regional differences among experts were found to be concerned with regard to personal factors (e.g. temperament), social factors (e.g. general social trust and neighbourhood social capital), and environmental factors (e.g. risks and harms associated with party drug subculture and hidden drug use). Hong Kong experts were more likely than Australians to prefer media campaigns, school-based drug education programs, drug testing in schools and the community, crackdowns and raids, and intensive policing, while Australian experts gave higher preference scores to community programs, family-focused interventions, peer-led support programs, needle syringe programs (NSPs), controls on precursor chemicals, and brief interventions. Overall, experts from both regions agreed on the need for outreach programs, family-focused interventions, community programs, peer-led support programs, and drug therapy in interrupting drug involvement and mitigating its associated harms. Collectively, the experts believed that prohibition and drug testing options are not adequate solutions for adolescent drug problems. The findings of this research highlight a challenge for policymakers in accommodating diverse preferences among stakeholders. The results, however, do assist policymakers in understanding the profound knowledge our experts possess. Results assist in building robust policy that is informed by empirical evidence generated by a methodology/tool that is commonly used in the decision-making sciences. Importantly, this study assists in understanding the influence of key factors that are crucial in interrupting the progression of drug involvement and the accumulation of harm. Focusing on the preferences for policy alternatives, the DHP model developed in this study provides an opportunity for experts to reveal the potential intended and unintended consequences of various policies. These preferences were generally consistent with existing evidence, but when they were not, the expert preferences highlighted major cultural or moral barriers to the implementation of certain forms of interventions (e.g. needle syringe programs or decriminalisation of drug use and possession).
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School of Crim & Crim Justice
Arts, Education and Law
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Bekele, Mafkereseb Kassahun. "Collaborative and Multi-Modal Mixed Reality for Enhancing Cultural Learning in Virtual Heritage." Thesis, Curtin University, 2022. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/89298.

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Ryu, Sang. "Multi-culturalism & Alzheimer’s Disease: Patient-centered Design as a New Care Model for Multi-cultural Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease." VCU Scholars Compass, 2013. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/3119.

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The multi-cultural demographics of those who are diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease should be closely examined. From a designer’s standpoint, its cultural traits can foster positive behaviors that lead to better quality of life for patients and caregivers. A patient-centered approach in design was explored in order to shape community-based care that empowers (1) individuality in care services, (2) interpersonal connection in caregiver–patient activities, and (3) a communal culture of being valued via humanitarian approaches.

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Mcloughlin, Michael. "The development and application of computational multi-agent models for investigating the cultural transmission and cultural evolution of humpback whale song." Thesis, University of Plymouth, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/11818.

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Three different multi-agent models are presented in this thesis, each with a different goal. The first model investigates the possible role migratory routes may have on song evolution and revolution. The second model investigates what social networks could theoretically facilitate song sharing in a population of whales. The third model implements a formal grammar algorithm in order to investigate how the hierarchal structure of the song may affect song evolution. Finally, the thesis attempts to reconnect the models with their origins and discusses how these models could potentially be adapted for composing music. Through the development of these different models, a number of findings are highlighted. The first model reveals that feeding ground sizes may be key locations where song learning from other population may be facilitated. The second model shows that small world social networks facilitate a high degree of agents converging on a single song, similar to what is observed in wild populations. The final model shows that the ability to recognise hierarchy in a sequence coupled with simple production errors, can lead to songs gradually changing over the course of time, while still retaining their hierarchal structure.

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Rist, Timothy John. "The development from a Wesleyan perspective of an appropriate model of multi-cultural ministry, from within a traditionally mono-cultural Methodist congregation." Thesis, Rhodes University, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1018218.

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From introduction: The intention of this thesis is to develop a model for multi-cultural ministry, and, in so doing, to enable Trinity Methodist Church, Charles Street, Bloemfontein to provide a comprehensive and meaningful ministry to all people, one that is not limited by the constraints of language and culture but which transcends them. The fact that Trinity is a Methodist Church means that I will be establishing the "Model for Multi-Cultural Ministry" firmly within Wesleyan theology. South Africa has undergone far-reaching political change since the general elections of April 1994. This political transformation has emphasised a need for the bringing together of people across the barriers of race, culture and religion. In this thesis I will be focusing my attention on the latter - the realm of religion - and specifically that of Christianity. Furthermore, I will be restricting my attention to a specific congregation within the denomination of Methodism, within the religion of Christianity, namely Trinity Methodist Church, Charles Street, Bloemfontein'. The "Model for MultiCultural Ministry" developed in this thesis will therefore be 'congregation specific'. The Methodist ChurcQ of Southern Africa2 proclaims itself to be a Church "one and undivided" (Minutes: 1980: 65: para l(a) ), where people from all racial groups can worship God together in a meaningful way. In many respects this is not the case. The years of political pressure that the (MCSA) has endured, in particular the years of legislated Apartheid (1948-1989), ensured that existing divisions between the Methodist congregations became entrenched along racial, cultural and religious lines (Thompson: 1990: 187ff). The Group Areas Act (1950) is but one such example where the National Party Government "divided urban areas into zones where members of one specified race alone could live and work" (Thompson: 1990: 194). The homeland policy (implemented from 1963, but legislated from 1971 in the Bantu Homelands Constitution Act).

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POURYOUSEFZADEH, Sara. "Future Narrative Cultural Landscape (NCL): Acupunctural Strategies in Innovative Multi-Criteria NCL Revitalization Case study: Bisotun Epic- Romantic Cultural Heritage, Kermanshah, Iran." Doctoral thesis, Università degli studi di Ferrara, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/11392/2487996.

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Opportunities in tangible and intangible authentic values in one hand and disruptive threats, on the other, stand on the ultimate level in the Bisotun Cultural Landscape. Research has discoursed that during the last fifty years, the natural-cultural integrity of the site has lost its coherence and connections under the pressing development issues. This study aims to determine how entwined layers of a Narrative Cultural Landscape can be revitalized through comprehensive multi-criteria planning. Three critical questions of this research figure out in Theoretical, Strategical, and Practical Inquiries. Firstly, regarding the different doctrine about the meaning of culture in the Persian language, delving back on several definitions for the cultural landscape term and asks: How can the abstract concept of culture by Persian terminological analysis of this word, define the novel interpretation of the cultural landscape term, which can open new entries in landscape communal values revival? Secondly, to diagnose a holistic, efficient revitalization strategy, it asks How can acupunctural strategy be applied in breathing new life into the Bisotun NCL structures? Finally, based on the innovative technology achievements in the recuperation of the immaterial layers of NCLs, it asks: How can new technologies involve in revitalizing the narrative layers of Bisotun NCL? In this context, what is considered as Cultural Landscape in this research is a hybrid collection of (I) Natural landscapes, (II) Tangible continuous historical remains, and (III) Literary grand narratives interlocked with the context perpetually. The literature genres hidden in Bisotun NCL are a “gold thread” in the creative reading of this landscape. Investigating and understanding the literary narratives on the one hand cause to explore the clues in recovery the physical layers of CL that are disrupted, and on the other hand, in this changing world, the literature layer bound to the landscape should keep alive and valorized as authentic intangible values. The role of technology in revitalizing the intangible values of the cultural landscape has also been studied meticulously in this research. Several good practices analyzed to point out the practical recommendations in applying technologies in virtual refurbishing the ruined architecture structures and revitalize the hidden layers of the landscape. The descriptive-analytic method has applied to codify the principles of revitalization. By collecting data and creating knowledge, quantitative research methods supported and scrupulous literature review followed up. Qualitative method detecting field survey encompasses a detailed description of fieldwork (including the content of opportunities and threats), in-depth field observations, interviews, and filling the questionnaires involving local communities applied to the case study site. The profound research about Bisotun heritage landscape layers has carried out in three zones Natural, Historical, and Narrative. This research applied mixed methodologies as considering the interdisciplinary content of the fields related to the subject.
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Vogel, Sonja. "Introducing a multi-cultural dimension into the study of literature at secondary school level." Thesis, Rhodes University, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1003466.

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The first aim of teaching English literature has always been for the student to gain enjoyment from, and acquire skill in, reading. Further goals point to the affective development of pupils involving such qualities as critical thinking and expressing views, empathetic understanding of other people, moral awareness and increased self-knowledge and self-understanding. These are indeed laudable aims, but examiners have always had difficulties in examining them adequately to satisfy the critics. Teachers often doubt that they achieve such lofty aims. These very aims have the sceptics sneering at the discipline because such qualities cannot be measured and the pupil's worth for the workplace cannot be satisfactorily assessed. This has resulted in the merit of the study of literature being questioned and usually found wanting. Therefore, on the one hand, this research looks for a method of studying literature which will ensure that the study will be neccesary and desirable today and into the foreseeable future. On the other hand, the socio-political changes in South Africa, particularly since 1992, have offered a possible area of research to complement the first. During the past few years, South Africans have been forced to recognise the fact that a multitude of different races and people live and work together more closely in this country and yet they know nothing, or very little, of one another. Thus this research also investigates the addition of a cultural component to literature study to help young people gain empathetic understanding of different cultures and of their own cultures as well, to be able to live together in harmony. With this approach, pupils may conceivably be educated through literature, to become well-adjusted, critical, effective adults so that they may play their role as citizens and shapers of their increasingly complex, multi-cultural society. Because of the context of literature study, in which this personal growth takes place, the aims identified above may be measured and assessed to suit both the sceptics and the devotees of literature study.

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Porbeni, Zibo Sam. "An investigation of the cultural coping concerns of Nigerian graduate students at Clark Atlanta University: a multi-cultural implication for the counseling process." DigitalCommons@Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center, 1998. http://digitalcommons.auctr.edu/dissertations/2486.

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The study investigates the psycho-cultural and social influences on the academic and social coping concerns of Nigerian graduate students studying at Clark Atlanta University. The research collection of data among Nigerian graduate students at Clark Atlanta University highlights the roles played by different variable factors such as educational, social, cultural and economic, which may create stress that may in turn affect the well-being of the student's academic and social life. The stipulated data in this research portrays the importance of establishing a multi-cultural counseling program that will enhance the students; past and present psycho-cultural experiences and offer counseling and psychological support as graduate students encounter the new learning eco-community. This in turn helps in reducing the stress experienced by the students during this period of adjustment and separation anxiety from their traditional support systems.

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Steurenthaler, Jochen, and Lieshout Sjors van. "Effective Multi-Cultural Project Management : Bridging the gap between national cultures and conflict Management styles." Thesis, University of Gävle, Department of Business Administration and Economics, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-131.

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This study identifies the competencies needed by a multi-cultural project manager, and investigates a potential link between conflict management styles and national culture. It takes as its base the assumption that cultural differences are demonstrated during conflict, and may in fact be the cause of the conflict. As a result, the manager of a multi-cultural project team must be able to manage conflict constructively in order to realise the full potential of the team.

The research begins by reviewing literature on project management, national culture, and conflict. A survey was performed on over 60 individuals from various cultural backgrounds, to analyse patterns in their methods of handling conflict. The study shows that there is in fact a link between different cultures and different management styles.

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Dathe, Tracy. "Understanding cultural influence on perceptions of target-based pay : insights from a multi-national SME." Thesis, University of Gloucestershire, 2014. http://eprints.glos.ac.uk/2041/.

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This thesis examines cultural influences on employees’ perceptions of target-based pay. As the positive effect of this instrument can only be expected when the employees perceive individual benefits, this research focuses specifically on cultural influences on employees’ perceptions of target-based pay. Based on the findings of the literature review, the influence factors on employees’ perceptions of target-based pay, as defined by previous researchers, were mapped with Hofstede’s VSM framework. During the verification of the findings of the literature review, through discussions with a practitioner expert panel, a further cultural factor “general pay perception” was added to the original form of Hofstede’s model. A survey was then designed to examine the influence of the cultural factors on the employees’ perceptions of target-based pay in a multi-national manufacturing SME with subsidiaries in Germany, the Czech Republic and China. The data were initially explored by means of a factor analysis, which refined the survey scale into a 6-dimensional structure detailing the cultural factors at play. These 6 dimensions were in line with the extended VSM framework determined previously in this study. This framework, with its underlying attributes, was employed as an assessment instrument of the cultural influence on perceptions of target-based pay in further research round. The reliability and validity of the assessment instrument was successfully tested and subsequently the results were verified and validated through panel discussions. The survey data were also explored in two comparison studies using descriptive statistics: one focusing on cross-country comparison and the other on organisational position comparison. This research makes a contribution to knowledge by developing a methodology for the study of cultural influence on perceptions of target-based pay and by providing valuable real-world data for future research. The theoretical understanding based on the findings of this study also contributes to the effective administration of target-based pay in practice.

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Abraham, Sheela Joycelyn. "Constraints on primary school curriculum reform in a multi-cultural society : the West Malaysian experience." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 1989. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10019713/.

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The aim of this study is to assess the reactions of pupils, teachertrainees, serving teachers and society at large towards the innovatory aspects of the New Primary School Curriculum, which represents an almost revolutionary switch from the formal, didactic, cognitive mode of teaching and learning to a more informal, participating, all-round, affective mode. The two terms underlined, used in the 1979 Cabinet Report itself, are central to the analysis made in this thesis. Commencing with an analysis of the Malaysian problems within its socio-economic, cultural setting and the attendant political and educational policies, the study describes the solutions attempted between 1957 to 1980, before considering the formulation and adoption of the new curriculum in 1980. The psychological concept of affectivity and cognition indicators in education and Holmes' "problem-solving" method and "ideal-typical model" provide the conceptual framework for this study. His theory is that change can only be introduced smoothly if it is "synchronous" and in keeping with the prevalent mental states of a particular society. An "idealtypical model" of Malaysian society has been constructed based on elements common to all communities in West Malaysia, in an attempt to predict the reactions to educational change and innovations. To reinforce the above framework the theories of self-concept and perceptions are used to investigate the pupils' perceptions of their relationship with teachers and parents in respect of their achievements so illustrating their mental states. This investigation validates the "ideal-typical model" of West Malaysian society constructed. The questionnaire method 2 was employed. The Barker Lunn academic self-image scale was adapted to measure self-concept, and pupil perception of parent and teacher regard. The Bledsoe self-concept scale was used to test general self-concept. Pupils achievement scores from school examinations were also used. The second part of the field study deals with an assessment of the views of teachers who had attended in-service courses and teacher-trainees in the new curriculum. Here simple analytical methods such as mean, mode, frequencies, percentages and correlations have been used. The main findings of the thesisc'that the prevalent attitude in West Malaysia, particularly in education, is traditional, therefore curriculum changes introduced should subscribe to existing mental states. Changes introduced by the New Primary School Curriculum do not appear to do so being "asynchronous" to these mental states. Further, teacher education programmes have failed to prepare and equip both teachers and teacher trainees for the challenge. These findings are followed by comments on their relevance elsewhere and by suggestions on further investigations.

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Mossman, Hannah Victoria. "Beyond the sea : narrative and cultural implications of multi-dimensional travel in Greek imperial fiction." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2010. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.522263.

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Dandy, Josephine Elizabeth. "Defiant magic sizzled with religion : the political and religious roots of magical realist fiction in the contemporary multi-cultural and multi-credal world." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.403452.

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Kivunja, Charles. "The structural and cultural dynamics of a multi-campus college : a case study inquiry of four multi-campus colleges in New South Wales." Thesis, View Thesis, 2006. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/26209.

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This case study of four multi-campus colleges in New South Wales combines both qualitative and quantitative research instruments in a multiple-case study methodology to investigate the reasons why the DET restructured 34 of its comprehensive high schools into 11 multi-campus colleges and to study the interplay of the structural and cultural dynamics in those colleges. The study is situated in the literature on organisational behaviour whose perspective recognises the close interconnectedness between structure and culture but emphasises reculturing as the essence of effective organisational dynamism. In particular, special attention is given to Pace’s (2002) dynamics model which was redesigned into the Dynamics Paradigm that underpins the data analysis in this thesis. Using 16 structural-cultural dynamics criteria, themes and patterns were identified in the data and through iterative, inductive analysis, they were categorised into the different elements of the Dynamics Paradigm for analysis. Contextual contingency, curriculum, opportunity, economic rationalisation, politics and policies of the DET, plus demonstration effects from other Australian States and Territories were the reasons for the restructuring of the comprehensive high schools. The study identifies 12 areas for further research, recommends 32 policy options which could lead to improved outcomes for students and teachers in multi-campus colleges, and proposes 11 potential applications of this thesis.

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Kivunja, Charles. "The structural and cultural dynamics of a multi-campus college : a case study inquiry of four multi-campus colleges in New South Wales /." View Thesis, 2006. http://library.uws.edu.au/adt-NUWS/public/adt-NUWS20060629.093746/index.html.

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Du, Preez R. Ronel). "Female apparel shopping behaviour within a multi-cultural consumer society : variables, market segments, profiles and implications." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/52271.

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Dissertation (PhD)--Stellenbosch University, 2001.
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Female apparel shopping behaviour in a multi-cultural consumer society is a complex phenomenon. This study set out to identify the variables that influence female apparel shopping behaviour in a multi-cultural consumer society and to determine whether distinct clusters of female apparel shoppers could be identified. Three theoretical models from the two study disciplines, Consumer Behaviour and Clothing and Textiles, were investigated, i.e. the Sproles Model of Fashion Adoption, the Engel-Blackwell-Miniard Model of Consumer Decision-Process Behaviour and De Klerk's Clothing Consumer Decision-making Model. These models were synthesised and developed further into a new conceptual theoretical model of variables influencing female apparel shopping behaviour in a multi-cultural consumer society. The Macro conceptual theoretical model presented the variables under market dominated variables, market and consumer interaction variables and consumer dominated variables. The scope of the study was delimited by the choice of two primary variables under each classification, for further investigation. The variables investigated were: the place of distribution, the apparel product, shopping orientation, patronage behaviour, socio-cultural influences (family, lifestyle and culture) and demographics. An overview of the South African apparel industry was provided and future trends in retailing were highlighted. Literature on shopping orientation as a variable was extensively studied, resulting in a proposed new classification system. Lifestyle and cultural consciousness, i.e. the individualist and collectivist orientation, and the impact thereof on female apparel shopping behaviour were investigated. Data for this exploratory study were generated by means of a store-intercept research method. A questionnaire was developed and trained fieldworkers undertook in-store interviews with approximately eight hundred female apparel shoppers representative of three population groups, African/black, coloured and white. The data analysis yielded acceptable questionnaire reliability and multivariate statistics showed shopping orientation and lifestyle to be multi-dimensional constructs with three components each. The three shopping orientation components were labelled shopping selfconfidence and enjoyment; credit-prone, brand-conscious and fashion innovator and local store patronage. A Yuppie lifestyle, apparel-orientated lifestyle and a traditional lifestyle were the three labels ascribed to the lifestyle components. Three clusters of female apparel shoppers were formed by means of cluster analysis, according to the three components of lifestyle and shopping orientation respectively, the two cultural consciousness scales and eleven patronage behaviour items. A demographic profile of each cluster completed the typology of the three female apparel shopper groups. Group one was the largest (49%) and was labelled Actualisers. Group two (28%) was labelled Strugglers and group three (22%) Aspirationals. The female apparel shopper could therefore be successfully segmented into distinct market segments with statistically significant differences in profiles. The profiles showed similarities to international and South African typology research. The results are presented in a conceptual model. The following main implications for manufacturers, marketers, retailers, researchers, educators and students can be stated: .:. Knowledge regarding consumers will be of paramount importance for survival in the competitive and more globally orientated 21st century . •:. The female apparel market is not homogeneous. Different groups of consumers require different types of products and will evaluate them differently. Modern technology such as CAD, EDI, QR and CIM should be implemented to assist stakeholders in this regard. Fashion changes rapidly and if the window of opportunity is not seized, it is lost . •:. Different advertising and marketing strategies are necessary to reach the various female apparel shopper groups. Special attention should be given to advertising approaches and media vehicles that will gain the attention of the various groups . •:. Electronic retailing and marketing will form a large part of future retailing and marketing activities. Stakeholders should be geared towards seizing these opportunities for growth. .:. Researchers, educators and students will benefit from the application of the Conceptual Theoretical Model - a Macro perspective. It could provide a conceptual framework for curriculum development, be used as an evaluation tool and assist in the understanding of the complexities of variables impacting on female apparel shopping behaviour in a multi-cultural consumer society. Recommendations for future research were made in order to encourage researchers to research the complex nature of female apparel shopping behaviour in a multi-cultural consumer society scientifically.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Vroueklere aankoopgedrag in 'n multi-kulturele verbruikersgemeenskap is 'n komplekse fenomeen. Hierdie studie poog om die veranderlikes wat vroueklere aankoopgedrag in 'n multi-kulturele verbruikersgemeenskap beïnvloed, te identifiseer en om te bepaal of onderskeibare groepe vroulike verbruikers geïdentifiseer kan word. Drie teoretiese modelle vanuit die twee dissiplines, naamlik Verbruikersgedrag en Kleding en Tekstiele, is ondersoek, naamlik: die Sproles Model van Modeaanvaarding (Sproles Model of Fashion Adoption), die Engel-Blackwell-Miniard model van Verbruikersbesluitnemingsproses-gedrag (Engel-Blackwell-Miniard Model of Consumer Decision-Process Behaviour) asook De Klerk se Kledingverbruikerbesluitnemingsmodel. (De Klerk's Clothing Consumer Decision-making Model). Hierdie modelle is gesintetiseer en verder ontwikkel tot 'n nuwe konseptueie teoretiese model van veranderlikes wat vroueklere-aankoopgedrag in 'n multi-kulturele verbruikersgemeenskap beïnvloed. Die Makro konseptueie teoretiese model orden veranderlikes onder mark-gedomineerde veranderlikes, mark- en verbruiker-interaksie-veranderlikes en verbruiker-gedomineerde veranderlikes. Die omvang van die studie is begrens deur die keuse van twee primêre veranderlikes onder elke groepering vir verdere studie. Die bestudeerde veranderlikes sluit die volgende in: plek van distribusie, die klereproduk, aankooporiëntasie, winkelvoorkeurgedrag, sosio-kulturele invloede (familie, lewenstyl en kultuur) asook demografie. 'n Oorsig van die Suid-Afrikaanse kledingindustrie word gegee en toekomstige tendense in die kleinhandel word uitgelig. Literatuur rakende aankooporiëntasie as veranderlike is breedvoerig bestudeer en resulteer in 'n nuwe klassifikasie stelsel. Lewenstyl en kulturele bewustheid, nl. die individualistiese versus kollektivistiese oriëntasie, en die impak daarvan op vroue se klere-aankoopgedrag is ondersoek. Data vir hierdie verkennende navorsing is verkry deur respondente in winkels te nader (store-intercept research method). Vir hierdie eksploratiewe studie is 'n vraelys ontwikkel en opgeleide veldwerkers het onderhoude (binne winkels) met ongeveer aghonderd vroue klereverbruikers, verteenwoordigend van drie populasie groepe, nl. Swart, Kleurling en Blank gevoer. Die data ontleding dui op aanvaarbare vraelys betroubaarheid. Die meervoudige veranderlike statistiek resultate toon aan dat aankooporiëntasie en lewenstyl multi-dimensionele konstrukte is, met onderskeidelik drie komponente elk. Die drie aankooporiëntasie komponente is benoem as aankoop selfvertroue en genot (shopping self-confidence and enjoyment); krediet geneigdheid, handelsmerk bewustheid sowel as mode innoveerder (credit prone, brand conscious and fashion innovator) en plaaslike winkelvoorkeur (local store patronage). Die Yuppie lewenstyl (Yuppie lifestyle); klere georienteerde lewenstyl (apparel orientated lifestyle) en tradisionele lewenstyl (traditional lifestyle) was die drie name wat aan die lewenstyle komponente toegeskryf is. Drie groepe vroulike klere aankopers is gevorm met behulp van trosanalise. Die trosanalise is gedoen op grond van die drie komponente van lewenstyl en aankooporiëntasie onderskeidelik, die twee kulturele bewustheid skale en die elf winkelvoorkeur gedrag items. Die tipering van die drie groepe is aangevul deur 'n demografiese profiel. Groep een was die grootste (49%) en is genoem Aktualiseerders (Actualisers). Groep twee (28%) is genoem Sukkelaars (StruggIers) en groep drie (22%) Aspireerders (Aspirationals). Die vroulike klere aankoper kon derhalwe suksesvol gesegmenteer word in duidelik onderskeibare segmente met statisties beduidende verskille in die profiele. Die profiele toon ooreenkomste met internasionale en Suid-Afrikaanse tipologie navorsing. konseptueie model. Die resultate word aangetoon in 'n Die volgende hoof implikasies vir vervaardigers, bemarkers, kleinhandelaars, navorsers, opvoedkundiges en studente kan gestel word: .:. Kennis rakende verbruikers sal krities wees vir oorlewing in die kompeterende en globaal georiënteerde 21ste eeu. •:. Die vroue klere mark is nie homogeen nie. Verskillende groepe verbruikers vereis verskillende tipes produkte en sal dit derhalwe verskillende evalueer. Moderne tegnologie soos rekenaar gesteunde ontwerp, elektroniese data interaksie, vinnige respons en rekenaar geintegreerde vervaardiging moet geïmplimenteer word ten einde alle belanghebbendes te ondersteun in hierdie verband. Mode verander vinnig en indien geleenthede nie aangegryp word nie, is dit verlore . •:. Verskillende bemarking en reklame strategieë is nodig ten einde die verskillende groepe vroue klere verbruikers te bereik. Spesifieke aandag moet geskenk word aan die advertensie aanslag en media voertuie wat die aandag van die onderskeie groepe sal trek . •:. Elektroniese kleinhandel en bemarking sal 'n groot komponent van die toekomstige kleinhandel en bemarkingsaktiwiteite beslaan. Belanghebbendes moet ingestel wees om hierdie geleenthede vir groei aan te gryp . •:. Navorsers, opvoeders en studente sal voordeel trek uit die toepassing van die Konseptueie Teoretiese Model - 'n Makro Perspektief. Hierdie model kan dien as 'n konseptueie raamwerk waarbinne kurrikulering kan plaasvind, asook aangewend word as evaluasie instrument. Die model kan ook hulp verleen ten einde die komplekse aard van die veranderlikes wat vroue klere aankoopgedrag beïnvloed in 'n multi-kulturele verbruikergemeenskap, te verstaan. Aanbevelings vir verdere navorsing word gemaak ten einde toekomstige navorsers aan te moedig om op 'n wetenskaplik verantwoordbare wyse die komplekse aard van vroueklere-aankoopgedrag binne 'n multi-kulturele verbruikersgemeenskap, na te vors.

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Koo, Yew Lie. "Submissive and asservative reading : a case study of variable reader roles in a multi-cultural society." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 1998. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10020310/.

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Aykac, Pinar. "Determination Of Presentation Principles For Multi-layered Historical Towns Based On Cultural Significance Case Study: Tarsus." Master's thesis, METU, 2003. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12609314/index.pdf.

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The main subject of the thesis is multi-layered historical towns which are formed as a result of collective creation process and continuous inhabitancy that new buildings, edifices and open areas superimpose in time forming a specific character which can be defined as multi-layeredness. Considering the specific character of multi-layered towns, the principles for the presentation of historical stratification is the foremost objective of the thesis. The thesis focuses on &
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presentation principles based on cultural significance of multi-layered historical towns so as to conserve, sustain and present their specific character as an integral part of the conservation process. Therefore, the aim of this thesis is to determine presentation principles for multilayered historical towns in order to reveal and conserve their historical stratification by assessing the historical continuities, interruptions and transformations based on the cultural significance of multi-layeredness. Focusing on this aim, the thesis is structured in two parts as the identification of presentation principles for multi-layered historical towns, discussing the information groups effecting the determination of cultural significance followed by the implementation of these principles on a concrete example as the case study. Subsequently, a proposal for the presentation principles guiding the design stages together with the identification of information groups for the determination of cultural significance is apprehended for the case study. The case study selected in the thesis for the implementation of the proposed principles is Tarsus which is a multi-layered historical town in Turkey having presentation potential for historical stratification. To conclude, depending on the cultural significance specific to multi-layered historical towns, presentation is a way for the understanding and dissemination of these significances. The presentation principles set in this thesis can be regarded as a part of the conservation planning that has to be integrated to the existing process and it is possible to state that these principles are essential for the conservation and sustainability of multi-layered character of historical towns.

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Szto, Paul C. H. "A model of covenantal church renewal and inter-church relation the development of multi-racial, multi-cultural Reformed urban ministry in New York City /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1987. http://www.tren.com.

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Lotz, Frans Jacobus. "Technological entrepreneurship in an emerging economic region a model developed from a multi-cultural provincial study /." Pretoria : [s.n.], 2006. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-12142006-105856.

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Rodaki, Athanasia. "A cultural international political economy of Rome : an entrepreneural European city in a multi-scalar context." Thesis, Lancaster University, 2012. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.654944.

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Hallenbeck, Susan Leslie. "Cultural knowledge and upward influence: a study of nonacademic middle managers at multi-purpose midwestern university /." The Ohio State University, 1994. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487856906261076.

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