... music is ubiquitous; from shopping malls and advertising to gymnasiums/fitness classes and political campaigns, popular music is a common feature of people's everyday lives and a significant aspect of consumer culture. For fans and enthusiasts, popular music can be a leisure-time pursuit occurring on evenings or weekends; alternatively, it can constitute a lifestyle, or way of life (e.g., Deadheads-a group ... of popular music have made several attempts to theorize the production of popular music and the organization of the music industry. Richard Peterson (1976) proposes a production of...

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... will clearly be behind the curve in Internet commerce adoption. The competitive structure that has evolve in an industry, perhaps because of government roles, may also influence the Internet culture, sometimes in unexpected or inconsistent ways. Industries with a history of firm collaboration and strategic alliances among them would seem more inclined to work together in e-commerce initiatives. ... other hand, commodity-like products, even of high cost, can be successfully sold over the Internet. Even within an industry, Firm Level Cultural Issues, as well as the collective organizationa...

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... the patterns that became the backbone for our contemporary mass entertainment such as television and radio. Stemming from the ever-evolving American lifestyle, vaudeville was a reflection of American culture and mass entertainment at the turn of the 20th century and had a considerable impact on the development and progression of motion pictures. Throughout history, variety acts such as storytelling ... success was because it responded to the demands of the American people and appealed to a broad cross-spectrum of people. Vaudeville's origins, format, and impact reflected the American cul...

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Culture and the Development of Everyday Social Explanation For many years, social psychologists who studied attribution theory assumed that people all over the world perceive each other through the same processes ... differences in reference to general dispositions, comparison was undertaken of references to general dispositions by Indian adult subgroups, contrasting in their sub cultural orientation. Contrasting multiple subgroups within the same culture, the present analysis is valuable in providing a controlled test of the research hypotheses. If references to general dispositions reflect...

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... áticas dos servizos e instituizÕes locais, no sentido de uma maior transparencia e da abertura às outras entidades e às populazÕes; 5. ConsiderazÕes Finais A Rede Social é um projecto ainda a dar os seus primeiros passos visto que está neste momento a iniciar-se o seu processo de generalizazao que deverá decorrer até 2006. No entanto, fazendo um pequeno balanzo ... ...

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... folk psychotherapy." Psychotherapy can be defined as any psychological procedure that aims at relieving a person's psychological suffering. This definition of psychotherapy can become problematic when referring to culture and indigenous folk psychotherapy practices. "The emphasis on 'talk' and the gaining of 'intellectual insight' or the establishment a 'personal relationship' between ... this is neglected, Western cultural criteria for the definition of mental health will undoubtedly interfere. The knowledge and experience a Western trained psychologist can obtain about a...

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... 'home' reflects on their identity in the novel, The Namesake. This bildungsroman novel, set in both India and America and which follows a Bengali family's attempts at assimilating within American culture, portrays this theme throughout. Lahiri conveys this theme through her effective use of the characterisation of all of the characters, Ashima, Ashoke, and then the children Gogol and Sonia, helping ... influence of the American world in their life they now inhabit becomes increasingly significant as the story continues, and illustrates Lahiri's effective characterisation of Ashima as...

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... ). As such, the transformational leadership dimension of individualized consideration may be an appropriate precursor to effective team communication. Virgin trains in 2002 launched Virgin Vision, an organization-wide culture-change program Five years into the program, all employees were invited to attend a three-day Vision Awareness workshop. This sought to help them to become more comfortable to ... exchange tacit and explicit knowledge in order to create new knowledge (Van den Hooff & De Ridder, 2004). Several studies thus far have linked organizational structure (i.e. the hierarchica...

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... language Chinese education has done some study of theory and practice, including the implementation of language teaching in primary and secondary education to strengthen the necessity of Chinese culture, and language teaching in primary and secondary education system to achieve Sinology oriented recommendations. Primary and secondary schools lasted long, including elementary, middle and high school in ... is now the Sinology education, although in kindergarten and university level has been quietly rising, but very weak system of primary and secondary education leading to the Chinese cu...

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... to those core values that drive the organization and its actions. In reality, what management pays attention to and rewards is often the strongest indicator of the organization's culture. Corporate culture comprises the deeply rooted beliefs, values and norms shared by the members of the organization. The behavior that is modeled by the leader and the management team profoundly ... mix of these characteristics - the operation's organizational framework - which helps an organization distinguish its operations from the operations of its competitors. At the very core of any organization cu...

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... than the ruling classes, for Marxists. Thus, the modernist theory claims that one can explain nationalism with relative ease as a consequence of high divisions of labour and a common culture through globalisation and constant cultural connections. However, if Gellner had been correct, we would surely be witnessing a tendency towards a single uniform world nationalism in the present day, when ... but also economic, territorial, religious, linguistic and cultural connections. However, this theory does not account for "peripheral nationalism" and the fact that when a state attempts to impo...

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... changes that occurred during this often-overlooked period. Through detailed analyses of changes in demographics, the economy, politics, and religion, Butler explains the origins of American culture. From its inception, American culture was tempered and enriched by ethnic pluralism. The first English colonists "homogeneous as they were "still had to learn to coexist with the Indians in ... faiths, these three groups shared enough in common with the English colonists (Protestantism, the English language, similar geographic origins) to effectively fuse with the English, forming a new, plu...

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... ;wrong' in the sense with which that term is usually used. The term 'wrong' cannot be applied universally, because it is argued that because morality is relative to ones culture, there are no objective moral standards. Consequently, if the actions of those responsible were culturally approved, then it may even be the case such an act was morally right. Not ... we are often unable to accurately establish the correct course of moral action5. Whilst Benedict may argue that we are not justified in dismissing the ethical principles of an opposing culture, objective moral realists would a...

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... ramifies geographic diversity that favors necessary social solidification for the United States to become a superpower. This is an important point because it indirectly suggests that culture diversity is powerful enough to overcome the religious difference between different immigrants groups of varied ethnicity. Additionally, it suggests that a well established cultural diversity among ... 1998). Scott Page (2007) has powerfully summarized evidence that diversity (especially intellectual diversity) produces much better, faster problem-solving. (Putnam140) Robert points out that the cultu...

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... travels through rural Ginborak and witnesses the tragic journey of rape victim Lizzie Curtis. This representation of society exposes the detrimental effects of a male hegemony, and the subsequent rape culture that flourishes, effectively working to expand the viewer's social awareness of the issues surrounding gender, allowing them to identify and reject misogyny around them. Shame aptly demonstrates the ... of the film techniques, most predominantly through the use of dialogue, misè en scene, and characterization. Audio is used within "Shame" as a way to manifest how rape culture is a ...

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... sustainability (Gelfand, Leslie, Keller, and de Dreu, 2012). Educational Enterprises (a pseudonym) is one organization that must assess its effectiveness for sustainability. To gain insight into the culture and climate of the organization, the author interviewed three employees at different stages of employment within the organization. This paper will reveal the summaries of the interviews, share the findings ... the staff. One Year Veteran Employee The third respondent, a one year veteran of the organization had mixed reviews about the organization. The respondent indicated that the org...

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... matriarchal issues and Leon's patriarchal issues. Ng also represents Leila, as an individual who has is seemingly able to assimilate into American Culture and capitalist system but comes with the struggle of bearing her family's burdens, their incapability of leaving their Chinese heritage behind in order ... the old blue sign, Salmon Alley, Mah and Leon-everything-backdaire." Essentially Leila establishes that the estrangement and inability to assimilate into American culture was due to her Chinese identity and the family roles it comes with. Fae Myenne Ng's novel "Bone" depicts the id...

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... not left in a stable state, which could lead to unemployment and potentially be a threat to the overall locality of society and culture. The fact that McDonalds operates in developing countries such as Guatemala would also be an adverse effect in the view of the radical ... than 9% of the world's total. Globalization and the introduction of westernized fast food chains in China has evidently affected aspects of China's economy, culture and social tendencies as we can see by these results, a clear shift in eating habits (Wang, 2015). Given that McDonalds is so prevalent ... has had a stro...

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... a combination of the two was employed. The policy of segregation has impacted upon Aboriginal family life, for through this policy, Aboriginals were restricted and prohibited to practice their traditional culture, hence, resulting in the loss of their Indigenous identity and limiting the cultural knowledge for future Aboriginal generations. The segregation policy also achieved in disfiguring the roles of family members ... was through the policy of segregation. This policy included the establishment of a reserve system. The government reserves were set up to take aboriginals out of thei...

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... in the situation. Attention to context involves being attentive to the factors that may play a role in the situation, namely the team, institutional policy, society, and culture. Counselors maintain balance by weighing each of the issues and perspectives presented by all individuals involved. Collaboration means that counselors must maintain the attitude of inviting all parties ... a woman, a feminist counselor and a nonfeminist counselor may view the dilemma differently, depending on the extent to which they consider the client's gender role socialization. The client's culture may elici...

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... in the situation. Attention to context involves being attentive to the factors that may play a role in the situation, namely the team, institutional policy, society, and culture. Counselors maintain balance by weighing each of the issues and perspectives presented by all individuals involved. Collaboration means that counselors must maintain the attitude of inviting all parties ... a woman, a feminist counselor and a nonfeminist counselor may view the dilemma differently, depending on the extent to which they consider the client's gender role socialization. The client's culture may elici...

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... counterparts to be aggressive, impersonal, and insincere. The way to decipher the Chinese negotiating style and bring about mutually beneficial results is to better understand the key elements of Chinese culture to which Chinese negotiators attune their business mentality and manners (James K, 2008). Chinese people usually acknowledge two types of relationships, warm friendship, and impersonal, "arms-length" ... to observe a clear dichotomy between professional and personal relationships, whereas the Chinese make no such distinction and rely on interpersonal contact to resolve business ...

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... us to interpret the play and characters within it in an entirely different light. It is this difference in interpretation that highlights the significance of having an understanding of the culture in which a performance takes place. The final act of Nora leaving her family and home in Ibsen's "A Doll's House", when viewed by a modern, Western audience - whilst being seen ... historical period the play was originally performed in, audience reactions ranged from vehement outrage to simple disbelief. Yet, not all modern society would take such a lax view as popular Western culture on the co...

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... acceptance and identity. Paul Keating's "Redfern Speech" reflects on the impact of the exclusion of Indigenous Australians, thus stressing the need for the acceptance and recognition of their culture. Keating promotes the need for self-reflection in the personification," Australia once reached out for us "demonstrates that one's perception of acceptance and inclusion is linked intrinsically to a ... provide...for the dispossessed Irish?...refugees from Europe and Asia?", which parallels the experiences of white Australians to that of the Indigenous. Keating urges society to acknowledge t...

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... the area, emphasizing relations rather than the logics of development, and building upon the economic interdependence of individuals and groups. They particularly point out the success stories of the cooperative culture in Spain and the social/solidarity economy movements in Quebec to highlight post-development theory in action. The success of the Mondragon cooperative in Spain has been based upon the ... African development, Matthews provides compelling evidence for post-development theorists to focus their attention on the failure of pWWII projects on the continent. As these projects s...

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