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Journal articles on the topic "Taiwanese Australia"
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Stevens, J. D., G. J. West, and K. J. McLoughlin. "Movements, recapture patterns, and factors affecting the return rate of carcharhinid and other sharks tagged off northern Australia." Marine and Freshwater Research 51, no. 2 (2000): 127. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/mf98158.
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Between February 1983 and May 1985, ~10 500 sharks of 23 species were fin-tagged off northern Australia. Tagging concentrated on the commercially important Carcharhinus tilstoni and C. sorrah. Most recaptures were made in 1984 and 1985, but returns continued until May 1997. In all, 579 tags (5.5%) were recovered. Tag shedding was estimated to be low (0.025 year –1 for C. tilstoni) and tagging mortality was significantly lower for sharks caught by hand-line than by gill-net. Australian gill-netters, Taiwanese gill-netters (fishing in the Australian Fishing Zone) and Australian prawn trawlers accounted for most of the returns. The maximum distance between the release and recapture positions was >1100 km, but most returns were made within 50 km of the tagging site. Nearly all the releases were in inshore waters fished by Australian vessels. Although many recaptures were made by the offshore Taiwanese fishery, the Taiwanese fishing effort was much higher than for the inshore Australian fishery, so that relative to fishing effort, relatively few sharks moved from inshore to offshore waters.
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Chu, Jou-juo. "The Settlement Experiences of Taiwanese Immigrants in Brisbane." Queensland Review 7, no. 1 (August 2000): 37–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1321816600002051.
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The objective of this paper is to document and explore the findings of a survey carried out in Brisbane from 16 August to 15 September 1999, on the settlement experiences ofrecent Taiwanese immigrants, their motive for immigration and their perception of Australian society. Ethnic immigrants in advanced industrialized countries have long been depicted as passive and powerless individuals. In the past fifty years, this tendency to portray migrants as disadvantaged victims has remained largely intact. However, the new wave of immigrants that arrived in the late 1980s mostly came from economically affluent north-east Asian countries, particularly from Hong Kong and Taiwan. Many of these people were skilled or professionally qualified independent immigrants, and a large number of them were in fact entrepreneurs who brought capital and other economic resources. Therefore, their settlement experiences may not necessarily involve marginalisation and dependency, nor is it appropriate to argue that they would be potential victims of structural discrimination. This study of the settlement experiences of Taiwanese immigrants in Brisbane aims, firstly, to examine the forces that motivated Taiwanese citizens to immigrate to Australia. Secondly, it explores the social and occupational mobility of Taiwanese immigrants measured by the changes in their self-identified class location between Taiwan and Australia. Finally, it investigates the sense ofbelonging of Taiwanese immigrants, and their interactions with their home country.
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Ip, David, Chung‐tong Wu, and Christine Inglis. "Settlement experiences of Taiwanese immigrants in Australia." Asian Studies Review 22, no. 1 (March 1998): 79–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10357829808713188.
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Krajewski, Sabine, and Sandra Blumberg. "Identity challenged: Taiwanese women migrating to Australia." Gender, Place & Culture 21, no. 6 (June 3, 2013): 701–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0966369x.2013.802671.
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Han (韩逸平), Stone, Artemis Ching-Fang Chang (张静芳), and Hsi-Mei Chung (钟喜梅). "Transgenerational Intent of Taiwanese Business Families in Brisbane, Australia." Journal of Chinese Overseas 17, no. 2 (October 13, 2021): 365–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/17932548-12341449.
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Abstract This study investigates the impact of immigrant context on continuity and success in Chinese family business. We conceptualize the immigrant context as exposure to country differences in family logic, arguing that the immigrant context influences transgenerational intent by affecting family practices and relations. Based on a multiple-case study of Taiwanese business families in Brisbane, Australia, we show that variations in three family practices – parental control, children’s filial piety, and parental role in children’s career development – play an important role in this matter. To explain why, we theorize that the extent to which Taiwanese immigrant business families continue with or depart from traditional Chinese family logic in terms of these three practices enables particular meaning of intrafamily succession to prevail in the family, which ultimately affects their transgenerational intent.
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Yeh, Hsiu-shan, and Wan-I. Lin. "Disability employment services under new public management: A comparison of Australia and Taiwan." International Social Work 61, no. 3 (June 10, 2016): 437–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0020872816648201.
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In the 1990s, both Australia and Taiwan were influenced by new public management (NPM) and subsequently reformed their public employment services. However, the reforms of the two countries have led to divergent results. This study assumes that the essential differences lay in the mobilization capacity of the disabled rights advocacy organizations and the disability employment benefits. Taiwan’s disability employment services (supported employment), though privatized, are limited to nonprofit organizations (NPOs), while for-profit organizations (POs) remain absent in this area. In Australia, the employment services (open employment services for people with disabilities) have been privatized, and for-profit organizations are encouraged to compete with one another to enhance the service quality and to reduce the costs. By providing job-search benefits for disabled people and implementing workfare policy, the Australian government reforms have resulted in the change of the relationship between the government and the citizens. In contrast, since the Taiwanese government never provided sufficient social welfare benefits for disabled people, they have to actively seek employment not after encouragement from the government, but as a result of their desperate need to earn a living. Despite the two countries’ differences, the force of neoliberalism, along with NPM, ostensibly continues to be a part of their employment policies for the socially underprivileged.
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Hsieh, Jasper Kun-Ting. "An Ethnography of Taiwanese International Students’ Identity Movements." Journal of International Students 10, no. 4 (November 15, 2020): 836–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.32674/jis.v10i4.1065.
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Many studies focus on Chinese-speaking international students’ adaptation issues inside and outside educational settings in the West. A strong emphasis has been placed on identifying Chinese-speaking international students’ problems and solving them through educational programs, pedagogies, and curricula. This emphasis categorizes these students as a cohort that have issues learning and living in Western societies, a categorization that ignores identity as complex and context-dependent. Drawing on a Bourdieuian poststructuralist perspective, this 18-month-long study documented the experiences of nine Taiwanese international students at different Australian universities before, during, and after their 1-year postgraduate education in Australia. This study compared their experiences and highlighted the complexity of identity movements. The findings present habitus modification and habitus improvisation, two notions developed from a Bourdieuian perspective. In conclusion, this study encourages reassessment of the standard notions of adaptation and prompts further exploration of how international students use their overseas experiences in the home context.
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Kao, Martin C., Ian Patterson, Noel Scott, and Chung Kai Li. "Motivations and Satisfactions of Taiwanese Tourists Who Visit Australia." Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing 24, no. 1 (February 19, 2008): 17–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/j073v24n01_02.
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Malecka-Massalska, Teresa, Agata Smolen, Elzbieta Madro, and Wojciech Surtel. "Bioimpedance Vector Pattern in Taiwanese and Polish College Students Detected by Bioelectric Impedance Vector Analysis: Preliminary Observations." Scientific World Journal 2012 (2012): 1–5. http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/2012/684865.
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Background and Objectives. The study was conducted to evaluate soft tissue hydration and mass through pattern analysis of vector plots as height, normalized resistance, and reactance measurements by bioelectric impedance vector analysis in Taiwanese and Polish college students.Methods. Whole-body measurements were made with ImpediMed bioimpedance analysis SFB7 BioImp v1.55 (Pinkenba Qld 4008, Australia) in 16 Taiwanese and Polish men and 16 Taiwanese and Polish women.Results. Mean vectors of Taiwanese men and women groups versus the Polish men and women groups were characterized by almost the same normalized resistance component with reactance component (separate 95% confidence limits, ) indicating that there were no differences of soft tissue hydration and mass.Interpretation and Conclusion. The evaluation of soft tissue hydration and mass through pattern analysis of vector plots as height, normalized resistance, and reactance measurements by bioelectric impedance vector analysis in Taiwanese and Polish college students did not differ between these two diverse ethnic groups. Further observational research investigating these properties in larger groups would be welcomed to elucidate and/or confirm these findings.
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Ahyong, Shane T., and Keiji Baba. "Uroptychus michaeli (Decapoda, Chirostylidae), a new species of deep-water squat lobster from north-western Australia and Taiwan." Crustaceana 90, no. 7-10 (2017): 799–806. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15685403-00003617.
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Uroptychus michaelisp. nov. is described from northwestern Australia and Taiwan. The new species closely resemblesU. nigricapillis, to which northwestern Australian and some Taiwanese records had been previously referred.Uroptychus michaelisp. nov. is readily distinguished fromU. nigricapillisby the deeply excavate cervical groove on the carapace (versus shallow, weakly indicated), more elongate pereopods 2-4 in which the pereopod 2 merus is longer than the postorbital carapace length (versus shorter), and the proportionally longer pereopod 2 carpus, which is as long as or longer than half postorbital carapace length (versus less than half) and approximately twice the length of the dactylus (versus 1.2× or less).
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Taiwanese Australia"
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Lo, Shu-Fen (Michelle). "Perceptions of acculturation and social identity construction among three Taiwanese/Chinese migrants in Australia." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2009. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/30418/1/Michelle_Lo_Thesis.pdf.
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In recent years, increasing numbers of Chinese migrants have come to Australia to study or to live. In doing so, they have entered a new cultural space. They are faced with many challenges, not only to do with study experience, workplace experience and life-style practices, but also to do with language, communication, culture and identity. Such new challenges can feel dangerous, unstable and uncomfortable as they require moves out of the safety zone of primary cultural experience. This qualitative research study investigates the perceptions and narratives of three Taiwanese-Australian migrants in terms of their experience of this process of acculturation and social identity construction as migrant tertiary students in the new Australian context and of their subsequent experience professionally. Their accounts of where they see themselves to have 'landed' in terms of their acculturation process and identity construction might provide relevant insights to the experience of hybridity which is intercultural Australia.
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Kao, Chia-li. "Imperialist ambiguity and ambivalence in Japanese and Taiwanese literature, 1895-1945." [Bloomington, Ind.] : Indiana University, 2008. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3345077.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, Dept. of Comparative Literature, 2008.Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on Oct. 5, 2009). Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 70-02, Section: A, page: 0570.
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Dooley, Karen Teresa, and k. dooley@qut edu au. "Adapting to Diversity: Pedagogy for Taiwanese students in mainstream Australian secondary school classes." Griffith University. School of Cognition, Language and Special Education, 2001. http://www4.gu.edu.au:8080/adt-root/public/adt-QGU20030102.105906.
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This study investigated pedagogy for Taiwanese students in mainstream Australian secondary school classes. The aim was to explore the construction of pedagogy for these students within the communicative contingencies of both the classroom and the community of talk around the classroom. Accordingly, the study documented and explicated the ways in which teachers adapted geography lessons for Taiwanese students, and further, the fit of teachers' descriptions and explanations of those adaptations within broader school community debate over provision for ethnic minority students. The significance of the study resides in its contribution to educational research, policy and practice in conditions of cultural diversity and formal cultural inclusion. The study's contributions arise from its attention to the forms of teacher-student interaction that are often considered to be a major point of difference between pedagogy in Australia (and other Western nations) and in Chinese (and other Asian) contexts. The focus is on the degree of teacher-directedness or student-centredness, as demonstrated by such factors as rote learning and participation in whole class spoken activities. Review of the current literature indicated that such dispositions may not only be brought to Australian pedagogic contexts by Chinese students, but may also be constructed within these contexts themselves. Analysis of theoretical perspectives on culture and pedagogy that were of high profile in Australia during the 1990s indicated that the investigation of this possibility requires an approach that makes it possible to attend to the structuring of such contexts. Accordingly, this study was conducted from a perspective that made it possible to document and explicate the construction of socialising conditions within the communicative particularities of lessons for Taiwanese students as pedagogic practice enacted in classrooms, and of debate amongst those interested in the education of the students as pedagogic talk within a school community. The theoretical framework of the study drew primarily on Basil Bernstein's sociology of educational knowledge. This perspective provided the fundamental concepts for describing the categorisation of Taiwanese students in the teacher-student interaction of the classroom and in school community talk about such. Analytic concepts developed by researchers concerned with classroom talk were specified in Bernsteinian terms to facilitate the translation between these theoretical objects and the sets of lesson and interview data examined in the study. These concepts made it possible to describe the pedagogic activities of teachers and students, and their constituent social actions, as enacted in the lessons, and as constructed in the interview talk of school community members. The two data sets were produced and analysed by methods derived from the Bernsteinian perspective. The aim was to: i) test the generic and formal Bernsteinian sociology of educational knowledge; and ii) produce findings generalisable to culturally diverse Australian school settings. One of the main findings of the study was that the adaptation of geography lessons for Taiwanese, Chinese, Asian and other ESL students produced a more constrained and teacher-directed form of pedagogy than that which was provided for other students. The other main finding was that the geography teachers described and explained these adaptations by categorising the students as 'reluctant' in whole class spoken activities and 'dependent' in written seatwork activities. Other school community members interested in the education of Taiwanese students evinced substantial agreement in this regard. However, these interviewees constructed the 'reluctant' speech and 'dependent' seatwork of the students from complex collaborative and competitive positions available in professional-academic talk. This pointed to struggles amongst those who would inform the provision of pedagogy for Taiwanese and other Chinese, Asian and ESL students. The study's theoretical significance resides, in part, in its capacity to describe the moment-by-moment classroom interaction of Taiwanese students without pre-empting the empirical salience of categories of cultural identity. Rather, attention is focused on the ways that students are categorised according to their capacity to undertake particular communicative interactions, categorisations in which cultural identity is not necessarily made overtly salient. In this way the study refined and tested the Bernsteinian model of classroom practice, while also locating analytic tools for describing classroom talk within broader relations of social power and control. Methodologically, the study's significance arises from its capacity to generate descriptions of the particularity of classroom practice, and talk about such, as pedagogic practice and talk. For policymakers the study points to the professional-academic discourses that need to be made available to teachers if they are to engage in the conversations about pedagogy that are central to emergent, second-wave conceptions of cultural equity in the state of Queensland where the study was conducted. For practitioners questions arise from the possibility that the dispositions of Taiwanese and other Chinese, Asian and ESL students to teacher-directed forms of pedagogy may be constructed in Australian contexts. These pertain to the desirability of the outcomes of adaptations undertaken in the name of cultural equity, in addition to the implications of teachers' own professional-academic socialisation for debates over 'who' should get 'what' pedagogic provision. The thesis concludes with a discussion of the utility of the study's perspective and findings given current developments in the racial and cultural politics of Australian educational institutions.
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Chiang, Pei-Shan. "Home literacy education of Taiwanese Australian families : a sociological analysis." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2010. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/43678/1/Pei-Shan_Chiang_Thesis.pdf.
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This research investigates home literacy education practices of Taiwanese families in Australia. As Taiwanese immigrants represent the largest ¡°Chinese Australian¡± subgroup to have settled in the state of Queensland, teachers in this state often face the challenges of cultural differences between Australian schools and Taiwanese homes. Extensive work by previous researchers suggests that understanding the cultural and linguistic differences that influence how an immigrant child views and interacts with his/her environment is a possible way to minimise the challenges. Cultural practices start from infancy and at home. Therefore, this study is focused on young children who are around the age of four to five. It is a study that examines the form of literacy education that is enacted and valued by Taiwanese parents in Australia. Specifically, this study analyses ¡°what literacy knowledge and skill is taught at home?¡±, ¡°how is it taught?¡± and ¡°why is it taught?¡± The study is framed in Pierre Bourdieu.s theory of social practice that defines literacy from a sociological perspective. The aim is to understand the practices through which literacy is taught in the Taiwanese homes. Practices of literacy education are culturally embedded. Accordingly, the study shows the culturally specialised ways of learning and knowing that are enacted in the study homes. The study entailed four case studies that draw on: observations and recording of the interactions between the study parent and child in their literacy events; interviews and dialogues with the parents involved; and a collection of photographs of the children.s linguistic resources and artefacts. The methodological arguments and design addressed the complexity of home literacy education where Taiwanese parents raise children in their own cultural ways while adapting to a new country in an immigrant context. In other words, the methodology not only involves cultural practices, but also involves change and continuity in home literacy practices. Bernstein.s theory of pedagogic discourse was used to undertake a detailed analysis of parents. selection and organisation of content for home literacy education, and the evaluative criteria they established for the selected literacy knowledge and skill. This analysis showed how parents selected and controlled the interactions in their child.s literacy learning. Bernstein.s theory of pedagogic discourse was used also to analyse change and continuity in home literacy practice, specifically, the concepts of ¡°classification¡± and ¡°framing¡±. The design of this study aimed to gain an understanding of parents. literacy teaching in an immigrant context. The study found that parents tended to value and enact traditional practices, yet most of the parents were also searching for innovative ideas for their adult-structured learning. Home literacy education of Taiwanese families in this study was found to be complex, multi-faceted and influenced in an ongoing way by external factors. Implications for educators and recommendations for future study are provided. The findings of this study offer early childhood teachers in Australia understandings that will help them build knowledge about home literacy education of Taiwanese Australian families.
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Ku, Lin-lin. "How do Taiwanese and Australian trading companies develop strategic marketing plans for each other's country." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 1995. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/36268/1/z%2036268_Ku_1995.pdf.
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Although many prior studies have focused on strategic marketing plans, there is no literature addressing the strategic marketing plans for Taiwanese and Australian
trading companies. This thesis concentrates on building a general framework which could help Taiwanese and Australian trading companies to develop strategic
marketing plans to expand their businesses. Thus, this thesis addresses the research problem: How do Taiwanese and Australian trading companies develop strategic
marketing plans for each other's country? This research in reviewing the relevant literature regarding international trade (including gains theory and product life cycle theory), international marketing (the
nature and scope of international marketing), globalization, international strategic marketing plans, export entry strategy, trading companies and culture, formulated three research questions:
RQ 1: How do Taiwanese and Australian trading companies develop strategic marketing plans?
RQ2: How do Taiwanese and Australian trading companies implement strategic marketing plans?
RQ3: How does knowledge of a target country's business culture affect strategic marketing plans?
Data was collected by using the case study methodology, with one pilot case study conducted in Brisbane to refine the research protocol and procedure. In the major
stage of data collection, exporting or marketing managers in four Australia trading companies were interviewed in Brisbane and in four Taiwanese trading companies in
Taipei. Then the data was analyzed by using case descriptions, cross-case analysis and
explanation building methods. This research found both Taiwanese and Australian trading companies have similar
processes on exporting, only with minor variables which were different due to business culture and duration of operation. Taiwanese trading companies tend to have
longer duration of strategic marketing plans than Australian ones. Both Taiwanese and Australian trading companies attempt to focus on establishing relationships with their distributors or importers. However, only found in Taiwanese cases involve in third country trade. On the basis of research findings, a conceptual framework was
built to assist Taiwanese and Australian trading companies to develop strategic marketing plans. This research contributes to knowledge because it is arguably the first to: • compare the current position of some Taiwanese and Australian trading
companies,
• compare their strategic marketing processes,
• compare how their business cultures influence strategic marketing plans, and
• use case study research methodology for this sore of international comparison.
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Fu, Shiu Yun. "The relationship between culture, attitude, social networks and quality of life in midlife Australian and Taiwanese men and women." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2006. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/16408/1/Shiu-Yun_Fu_Thesis.pdf.
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Background of the Study
The aims of this study was to specifically investigate the differences in culture, attitude towards life and social networks between Australian and Taiwanese men and women in addition to determining the factors that predict midlife men and women's quality of life in both countries. Because individualism and collectivism are the two most thoroughly researched constructs in inter-cultural and cross-cultural studies we should look at how these construct affects societies. The theme for individualist cultures (such as Western cultures) is autonomy, while the theme for collectivist cultures (such as Asian cultures) is connection. Most literature available on individualism and collectivism note all cultures have different values that influence their society and ultimately a person's individual health outcome. Very little work has been undertaken in this domain in Australia or Taiwan, particularly in the area of midlife transition and from a cultural perspective.
Methodology
Data was collected from a cross-sectional, supervised self-administered survey using census data and a probability proportional sampling (PPS) strategy on a general population of men and women aged 40-59 years old who live permanently in Brisbane, Australia and Taipei, Taiwan. The study population was divided into 163 Statistical Local Areas (SLAs) in Brisbane, and 449 Local Government Communities (LGCs) in Taipei. Sixty clusters were randomly selected using probability proportional sampling (PPS) to obtain 30 Australian clusters and 30 Taiwanese clusters. In this study, the 30 (areas) by 7(people) method was used with an additional strategy. The variables were measured including: culture (vertical and horizontal individualism and collectivism), attitude towards life (the total score of optimism), social networks (the total score of emotional, informational, affectionate, tangible, and positive social interaction) and quality of life (physical, psychological, social, and environmental health), social demographical factors and religion and spiritualty. The data analysis procedure included descriptive, bivarite and multivariate multiple regressions and classifications and regression trees (CART). A comparison of the linear regression and regression tree results were discussed. All data analysis was performed by SPSS and S-Plus softwares.
Results
The overall response rate for the study was 84.2% for midlife Australian men and women and 88.4% for midlife Taiwanese men and women this resulted in 278 Australians (45.3% men) and 398 Taiwanese (35.4% men) providing data to be analysed. Findings in this study indicated country of residence has an overwhelming impact on quality of life with significant differences seen between midlife Australian and Taiwanese men and women (F4, 666= 59.31, P< .001). Results suggest midlife Australian men and women have a better quality of life than midlife Taiwanese men and women. In addition, a comparison of the linear regression and regression tree results reveals that two models identified the same major affect variable for different countries of residence: which was attitude towards life in midlife Australians and social networks in midlife Taiwanese. However, regression trees were able to capture important nonlinear effects as well as interactions between cultural attribute variables. This study demonstrated culture significantly involves multiple functions and interacts with attitude towards life, social networks and individual factors to influence a person's quality of life. The interaction of cultural circumstances and the internal and external factors involved, show less comparative attributes and increased equality attributes, defining the need for people to have a good social networks and a healthy positive disposition.
Conclusion
Because of the ever increasing flexibility of world travel and a global population, people have much more opportunity to interact with many other cultures which would create improvement in learning opportunities and better health management effectiveness for people the world over. This study has addressed and contributed to the assessment of multi-cultural quality of life research and has important implications for all health professions in addition to government departments and organisational policy makers of both countries. And finally, this study has identified that there needs to be a concerted effort to implement major policy shifts in the near future because of the changing fabric of modern societies. At the same time technology and globalisation have advanced rapidly and point to new opportunities within and across countries for more diverse approaches in research and the implementation of policy initiatives to occur. This study has highlighted that opportunities exist to reflect on current policies for Australian and Taiwanese societies to provide enhanced opportunities to care for the growing midlife populations.
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Fu, Shiu Yun. "The relationship between culture, attitude, social networks and quality of life in midlife Australian and Taiwanese men and women." Queensland University of Technology, 2006. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/16408/.
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Background of the Study The aims of this study was to specifically investigate the differences in culture, attitude towards life and social networks between Australian and Taiwanese men and women in addition to determining the factors that predict midlife men and women's quality of life in both countries. Because individualism and collectivism are the two most thoroughly researched constructs in inter-cultural and cross-cultural studies we should look at how these construct affects societies. The theme for individualist cultures (such as Western cultures) is autonomy, while the theme for collectivist cultures (such as Asian cultures) is connection. Most literature available on individualism and collectivism note all cultures have different values that influence their society and ultimately a person's individual health outcome. Very little work has been undertaken in this domain in Australia or Taiwan, particularly in the area of midlife transition and from a cultural perspective. Methodology Data was collected from a cross-sectional, supervised self-administered survey using census data and a probability proportional sampling (PPS) strategy on a general population of men and women aged 40-59 years old who live permanently in Brisbane, Australia and Taipei, Taiwan. The study population was divided into 163 Statistical Local Areas (SLAs) in Brisbane, and 449 Local Government Communities (LGCs) in Taipei. Sixty clusters were randomly selected using probability proportional sampling (PPS) to obtain 30 Australian clusters and 30 Taiwanese clusters. In this study, the 30 (areas) by 7(people) method was used with an additional strategy. The variables were measured including: culture (vertical and horizontal individualism and collectivism), attitude towards life (the total score of optimism), social networks (the total score of emotional, informational, affectionate, tangible, and positive social interaction) and quality of life (physical, psychological, social, and environmental health), social demographical factors and religion and spiritualty. The data analysis procedure included descriptive, bivarite and multivariate multiple regressions and classifications and regression trees (CART). A comparison of the linear regression and regression tree results were discussed. All data analysis was performed by SPSS and S-Plus softwares. Results The overall response rate for the study was 84.2% for midlife Australian men and women and 88.4% for midlife Taiwanese men and women this resulted in 278 Australians (45.3% men) and 398 Taiwanese (35.4% men) providing data to be analysed. Findings in this study indicated country of residence has an overwhelming impact on quality of life with significant differences seen between midlife Australian and Taiwanese men and women (F4, 666= 59.31, P< .001). Results suggest midlife Australian men and women have a better quality of life than midlife Taiwanese men and women. In addition, a comparison of the linear regression and regression tree results reveals that two models identified the same major affect variable for different countries of residence: which was attitude towards life in midlife Australians and social networks in midlife Taiwanese. However, regression trees were able to capture important nonlinear effects as well as interactions between cultural attribute variables. This study demonstrated culture significantly involves multiple functions and interacts with attitude towards life, social networks and individual factors to influence a person's quality of life. The interaction of cultural circumstances and the internal and external factors involved, show less comparative attributes and increased equality attributes, defining the need for people to have a good social networks and a healthy positive disposition. Conclusion Because of the ever increasing flexibility of world travel and a global population, people have much more opportunity to interact with many other cultures which would create improvement in learning opportunities and better health management effectiveness for people the world over. This study has addressed and contributed to the assessment of multi-cultural quality of life research and has important implications for all health professions in addition to government departments and organisational policy makers of both countries. And finally, this study has identified that there needs to be a concerted effort to implement major policy shifts in the near future because of the changing fabric of modern societies. At the same time technology and globalisation have advanced rapidly and point to new opportunities within and across countries for more diverse approaches in research and the implementation of policy initiatives to occur. This study has highlighted that opportunities exist to reflect on current policies for Australian and Taiwanese societies to provide enhanced opportunities to care for the growing midlife populations.
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Shih, Yang-Chia Angela. "A review of technology transfer environments in the USA, Australia and Taiwan : the feasibility of technoloyg licensing in Taiwan's biotechnology industry /." [St. Lucia, Qld.], 2005. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe19333.pdf.
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Leonard, Brad, and 李納德. "A Study of Migrant Taiwanese Businesspeople in Australia." Thesis, 2000. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/46907764201616453329.
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Chapter 1 is the introduction. This chapter is divided into four sections. Section 1 describes the circumstances of Taiwanese immigration to Australia. Section 2 presents the characteristics of Taiwanese business immigrants and their settlement patterns. The emergence of different Taiwanese businesses is outlined in Section 3. Lastly, section 4 sets out the motivation and objective of this study. Chapter 2 is a literature Review This chapter is divided into three sections. The first section discusses the phenomenon of migrant or ethnic business people. Section 2 outlines the interactive model of business creation for ethnic businesspeople. In Section 3 the conceptual framework for this study is laid out. Chapter 3 is methodology. This chapter is divided into four sections. Section 1 sets out how the research was designed and structured. In Section 2 how the sample was created and its rational explained is described. The data collection process utilized to carry out this study is explained in Section 3. Finally Section 4 describes the method of data analysis. Chapter 4 is research findings and analysis. This chapter is based on the in-depth interviews of the previous chapter. Section 1. explains how migrant Taiwanese business people dealt with the problems they faced when establishing and operating their businesses in Australia. From this section it was evident that Taiwanese migrants are not typical ethnic businesspeople. Consequently the purpose of Section 2 is to clarify this distinction between Taiwanese migrants and the typical ethnic businesspeople described in previous research. Chapter 5 is the conclusion. This chapter first presents the limitations encountered in conducting this study. Secondly conclusions are made comparing Taiwanese migrants with typical ethnic businesspeople. Based on what this research has concluded, implications for how Taiwanese migrants should go about business in Australia are setout in Section 3. Finally, future research suggestions on migrant Taiwanese business in Australia are proposed.
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Chia-FengWang and 王佳鳳. "Impacts and Factors of Young Taiwanese Holiday Working in Australia." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/s3q3gz.
Full textBooks on the topic "Taiwanese Australia"
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Nora, Chiang Lan-hung, and Taibei Shi li shi fan xue yuan, eds. Ao Zhou Taiwan qiao min xian kuang zhi yan jiu: A survey research of contemporary Taiwanese immigrants in Australia. Taibei Shi: Qiao wu wei yuan hui, 2004.
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Beal, Tim. Astronauts from Taiwan: Taiwanese immigration to Australia and New Zealand and the search for a new life. Wellington, N.Z: Steele Roberts, 1999.
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Dawson, R. F. Taiwanese clam boat fishing in Australian waters. Nathan, Australia: Centre for the Study of Australian-Asian Relations, School of Modern Asian Studies, Griffith University, 1985.
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Tull, Malcolm T. Prospects for Australian seafood exports: A case study of the Taiwanese market. [Murdoch]: Asia Research Centre on Social, Political, and Economic Change, Murdoch University, 1993.
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Smart, Don. Enhancing Australia's recruitment of international students: A survey of Taiwan. Western Australia: Asia Research Centre on Social, Political, and Economic Change, Murdoch University, 1995.
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Preston, Matthew, and Kevin Lee. Preston Lee's Conversation English Lesson 1 - 60 for Taiwanese (Australian Version). Independently Published, 2021.
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Cicic, Muris, Jiin-Jang Tsai, and Paul G. Patterson. "Country of Origin Effect for Taiwanese-Made Personal Computer Products in Australia." In Developments in Marketing Science: Proceedings of the Academy of Marketing Science, 413–16. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17323-8_91.
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Tham, Aaron, and Maria M. Raciti. "Visiting Friends and Relatives (VFR) Tourism Decisions Within Collective Cultures: Insights from Taiwanese Hosts Residing in Brisbane, Australia." In Asian Cultures and Contemporary Tourism, 41–59. Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-7980-1_3.
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Aszkielowicz, Dean. "Australia’s Pursuit of the Taiwanese and Korean ‘Japanese’ War Criminals." In War Crimes Trials in the Wake of Decolonization and Cold War in Asia, 1945-1956, 221–38. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42987-8_10.
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Hsieh, Hsiu Ching Laura, Chi-Hsiung Chen, and Sin Dai Hong. "Incorporating Culture in Website Design: A Comparison of Taiwanese and Australian Website Characteristics." In Cross-Cultural Design. Cultural Differences in Everyday Life, 393–403. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39137-8_44.
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Lin, Chad, Geoffrey Jalleh, and Yu-An Huang. "Evaluating and Managing Electronic Commerce and Outsourcing Projects in Hospitals." In Reshaping Medical Practice and Care with Health Information Systems, 132–72. IGI Global, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-9870-3.ch005.
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Despite the huge popularity of outsourcing in electronic commerce/IT in the past two decades, many hospitals have failed to realize the expected benefits from their outsourcing projects. Not surprisingly, the management of electronic commerce/IT outsourcing contracts has become one of the top management issues for hospitals executives in recent years. Hence, the purpose of this study was to provide an overview of outsourcing in electronic commerce/IT investment evaluation and benefits realization processes and practices in Australian and Taiwanese hospitals. Inherent in this study was the opportunity to compare such practices between a developed economy (Australia) and a newly industrialized economy (Taiwan). Several key electronic commerce/IT investment evaluation and outsourcing issues and challenges faced by Australian and Taiwanese hospitals will be presented. The results will assist hospital executives to develop their own approaches and strategies to better manage the opportunities and threats that exist in undertaking electronic commerce/IT outsourcing projects in Australian and Taiwanese hospitals.
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Lin, Chad, Geoffrey Jalleh, and Yu-An Huang. "Evaluating and Managing Electronic Commerce and Outsourcing Projects in Hospitals." In Healthcare Policy and Reform, 1044–75. IGI Global, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-6915-2.ch048.
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Despite the huge popularity of outsourcing in electronic commerce/IT in the past two decades, many hospitals have failed to realize the expected benefits from their outsourcing projects. Not surprisingly, the management of electronic commerce/IT outsourcing contracts has become one of the top management issues for hospitals executives in recent years. Hence, the purpose of this study was to provide an overview of outsourcing in electronic commerce/IT investment evaluation and benefits realization processes and practices in Australian and Taiwanese hospitals. Inherent in this study was the opportunity to compare such practices between a developed economy (Australia) and a newly industrialized economy (Taiwan). Several key electronic commerce/IT investment evaluation and outsourcing issues and challenges faced by Australian and Taiwanese hospitals will be presented. The results will assist hospital executives to develop their own approaches and strategies to better manage the opportunities and threats that exist in undertaking electronic commerce/IT outsourcing projects in Australian and Taiwanese hospitals.
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Lin, Chad, and Koong Lin. "IT Outsourcing Practices in Australia and Taiwan." In IT Outsourcing, 1324–32. IGI Global, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-770-6.ch081.
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Globally, information technology (IT) outsourcing has spread quickly in many countries and spending by organizations in IT outsourcing is increasing rapidly each year. According to Gartner (Blackmore, De Souza, Young, Goodness, and Silliman, 2005), total spending on IT outsourcing worldwide is likely to rise from US $184 billion in 2003 to US $256 billion in 2008. However, defining IT outsourcing is not an easy task as it can mean different things to different organizations. Hirschheim and Lacity (2000) define IT outsourcing as the “practice of transferring IT assets, leases, staff, and management responsibility for delivery of services from internal IT functions to third-party vendors.” Willcocks and Lester (1997) define outsourcing as the “commissioning of third-party management of IT assets or activities to deliver required results.” The scope and range of outsourcing services have also increased as well, as evidenced by the promotion of BPO (business process outsourcing), ASP (applications service providers), global outsourcing, R&D (research and development) outsourcing, and web and e-business outsourcing (Gonzales Gascon and Llopis, 2005; Huang, Lin, and Lin, 2005). While there is already much research on the economics of IT outsourcing, critical success factors for IT outsourcing decision-making and for outsourcing vendor management (Barthelemy and Geyer, 2004; Hirschheim and Lacity, 2000), there is very little literature on the actual linkage between IT outsourcing and the use of evaluation methodologies in organizations, especially in how these organizations evaluate their IT outsourcing contracts and ensure that the benefits expected from these contracts are delivered eventually. The aim of this paper is to examine issues surrounding the evaluation and benefits realization processes in Australian and Taiwanese organizations undertaking IT outsourcing. The paper first reviews relevant literature with respect to IT outsourcing, the evaluation of IT outsourcing, and IT benefits realization. Key findings from a survey of the top 2000 Australian organizations, as well as a survey to top 3000 Taiwanese organizations, will then be presented. The paper examines these findings and issues in light of these large organizations’ evaluation practices.
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Hee, Wenqi Jacintha, Geoffrey Jalleh, Hung-Chih Lai, and Chad Lin. "E-Commerce and IT Projects." In Hospital Management and Emergency Medicine, 454–80. IGI Global, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-2451-0.ch023.
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Hospitals and healthcare organizations are facing an increasingly competitive business environment which demands the efficient use and appropriate evaluation of their tangible and intangible resources and competencies in order to continuously improve their organizational performance. The management of e-commerce/IT outsourcing is a crucial management issue for hospitals and healthcare organizations in recent years since only a small proportion of these organizations have reaped the expected benefits from their outsourcing projects. Therefore, the main objective of this article is to better understand the investment evaluation and benefits realization practices and processes of Australian and Taiwanese hospitals that have outsourced their e-commerce/IT systems. This article provides the opportunity to examine outsourcing practices of a highly developed economy (Australia) and a newly industrialized economy (Taiwan). Some e-commerce/IT outsourcing issues and challenges confronted by hospitals in Australia and Taiwan will be identified, discussed and presented. The findings of this study will assist hospitals and other healthcare organizations to formulate appropriate strategies to better handle the potential issues and challenges in undertaking e-commerce/IT outsourcing projects.
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Leicester, Jon. "Some Strange Shared Beliefs." In What Beliefs Are Made From, 5–13. BENTHAM SCIENCE PUBLISHERS, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/9781681082639116010004.
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This chapter describes and comments on mistaken beliefs that are or have been orthodox or at least common in whole communities. So-called culture-bound psychoses are illustrated by shen-k'uei in Taiwanese culture and malgri among natives of Mornington Island. So-called epidemic hysteria is illustrated by an outbreak of witchcraft in Christian Europe, the epidemic of shell shock among allied soldiers in the First World War, and the epidemic of RSI in Australia from 1980 to 1986. Brief notes on myths, legends, rumours, and conspiracy theories complete the chapter
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Nora Chiang, Lan-Hung, and Elsie Seckyee Ho. "Parent care in transnational families: Experiences of Taiwanese-Chinese families in Australia and New Zealand." In Handbook on Gender in Asia, 128–45. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781788112918.00015.
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Lee, Chao-Lung, Yun-Maw Cheng, Da Lee, Ming-Wei Lin, Li-Chieh Chen, and Frode E. Sandnes. "The exploration of non-visual interaction for social proximity applications in a Taiwanese night market." In the 21st Annual Conference of the Australian Computer-Human Interaction Special Interest Group. New York, New York, USA: ACM Press, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1738826.1738905.
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