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Gender Reversal in Indigenous Culture

American Native groups as well. For many indigenous cultutes, in fact, gender-reversed individuals have played important ...

Linguistics and Culture

cultures differ in both their material and their philosophical experiences. Languages evolve in accordance with those differences...

Diversity and Corporate Culture

of any kind (McGraw Hill, 2002, p. 229). These laws also cover the types of questions that may and may not be asked in the intervi...

Italians, Immigrants, and Culture

p. 187). There are, in fact, several authors including Mead who see the ongoing development of identity as an issue of constructi...

Egypt Invasion by Napoleon and Culture Clashes

that in Egypt, he would not be able to simply occupy and conquer as he had previously. For, here was a firmly entrenched religion...

China (Country Culture)

Hence, they may react by rejecting a partner in such a way that appears unreasonable. Zinzius (2004) writes: "Chinese place great...

The Importance of National Culture in Human Resource Management Practice

development (Theories of national culture). Nationalism and the rise of nation-states owes a lot to the invention of the printing ...

IKEA and the Creation and Maintenance of a Healthy Organizational Culture

well being of employees might fall under that camp. Attention to employee development and allowing personal aspects to merge with ...

Data Warehouse Architecture Model For The NHS

This 92 page paper examines the potential of peer to peer (P2P) as an efficient architecture for the UK National Health Service (N...

Food and Culture

even in Trinidad. Rather, they are necessities (Miller, 2005). In both pieces, authors look at the idea of globalization, and how ...

Ace Hardware Stores and Corporate Culture

and they do differ of course from company from company. Similarly, in the advertising or insurance industries, each company cultur...

Bechtel Corporation Change and Culture

difficult to isolate. Just as when travelling the world cultural differences can be seen between the diverse countries characteris...

Credit Suisse First Boston and Corporate Culture

as CEO; and the installation of Brady Dougal as the most recent CEO. Without direct experience in the industry or in the organiza...

Theoretical Perspectives on Work Culture and Sociology

suggested also is that the new type of corporation, while more flexible is nothing like what work once was. In other words, the go...

Middle Aged Male and Culture Shock

is it? 2004). The list of new challenges that confront the outsider can be simply overwhelming, which is exactly what occurred a...

Russia and Germany Business Etiquette and Culture

German engineering remains a marvel of the Western world, however. Business travelers would do well to equate the precision of Ge...

U.S. Culture and Society as Determined by Women's Economic Role

of the novel, traces the life and times of a midwife during the late 1700s to the early 1800s. Through her diary entries one can s...

Popular Culture, Gender Constructs, and 'New Femininities'

and behaviours, and seen as being in direct opposition to "femininity", which is equally constrained in its parameters, and define...

Culture of China and Corruption

last indefinitely (Ettorre, 1994). The reassurances were of little comfort to expatriate managers who were in the position of hav...

Sherpa People and High Altitude Cultures and Physiological Responses

Acute mountain sickness (AMS)is one of the more common illnesses that inflict travelers to high altitudes (Jansen, Krins, and Basn...

Communication as Culture by James Carey

in all industrial cultures-and dominates contemporary dictionary entries under the term. It is defined by terms such as imparting,...

Chicago's Mexican Culture

the construction of a vast network of railroads (Robinson, 1998). Even more arrived after World War II to work in Chicagos many s...

English Culture Considered During a Visit to England

In nineteen pages this paper discusses the tradition and history of the English culture when on a trip to England, landmarks, Brix...

Eastern Europe's Musical Cultures and the Effects of Modern Technology

Europe prior to the end of communism. In what was once Yugoslavia, for example, Belgrade was a center for rock and roll and popul...

Historical Influences Upon the Culture of Iran

In ten pages the cultural development of Iran is examined in a historical overview that includes Western, Islamic, and Persian inf...

Analysis Culture and Teen Pregnancy

Teen pregnancy is a problem with rising rates in most industrial countries. The incidence differs greatly by race/ethnicity. This ...

A Personal View of The End of Victory Culture

In this five page paper the writer explores the book by Tom Engelhardt from a personal perspective. Insight is provided as to how...

Character, Setting, and Culture in 'A Pair of Tickets' by Amy Tan

In five pages this story featured in The Joy Luck Club is analyzed in terms of the connection that exists between characters and c...

U.S. and Mexico Cultures Contrasted

In four pages the cultural differences that exist between the U.S. and Mexico are considered with an emphasis upon intercultural e...

Martinique's Culture

In ten pages this paper discusses the Caribbean country of Martinique in a consideration of its culture. Six sources are cited in...