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Cultural Implications of Bullying

are doing is wrong and how it makes their victims feel" (Anonymous, 2002). For example, Jerry decides he does not like the way To...

Madame Butterfly and Cultural Context

while, the duplicity of each of these dichotomies becomes apparent. In fact the first direct comparison would be that of Gallimard...

Grades Seventh through Twelfth and Dropout Rates

and test performance, inasmuch as stereotype vulnerability has proven to predispose ethnic populations to related test anxiety. "...

West Indian and Italian Immigration to the U.S.

cities could eventually be found in New York, Chicago, Boston and other metropolitan areas (Hutchmacher, 1967). It was these Littl...

Judith Ortiz Cofer's Silent Dancing

two worlds, the tropical island and the cold city, and which would later surface in my dreams and in my poetry" (Cofer 1990, 15). ...

Portugal, the United States, and Business Law

similar in many ways, but there are also differences. It should also be noted that the UCC is not valid in the state of Louisiana....

Global Media, Culture, and Language

million people in the world who live outside their countries of birth or citizenship (Kent, 2002; U.S. Newswire, 2002). In 1990, t...

Immigrant Cultural Identity in Jose Antonio Villarreal's Pocho

home from school one day, looks at his house, and notes the following: "On the floor of the living room, where two of the girls sl...

'Amerka, Amerka' by Anton Shammas

(ICA), Shammas was literally forced to view some "nature" while in the Southwest, which resulted in what sounds like a miserable t...

Culture and Science Conflict

formed a Native American Heritage Commission to attempt to police the digs (Sacred Burial Grounds: The Controversy Continues, 1992...

Body Image Perceptions and Western Society

is essentially a rejection of the traditional values and argues for an "authority of our own experiences" (Bordo, 1993, 283). In p...

The Urban Evolution of Paris

the Right Bank, this traditional barrier had to be extended by another structural wall in the fourteenth century (Diefendorf, 1991...

Culture and Social Change in China

introduced many economic reforms which took into account global markets and the output of China increased nearly four times. Overa...

Pyramide du Louvre by I.M. Pei

controversial as the actual building. (An adjective often preceding his name is "iconic.") For one thing, the idea that an America...

A Case Study of Diversity and Awareness Among Didco Management

be an agreement that only English is spoken on the job. Another possibility is to change job roles so that different cultures are ...

EXTERNAL INFLUENCES ON CONSUMER BEHAVIOR AND MARKETING

a powerful tool for any marketing plan, whether it involve movies, clothes or new gadgets. Meanwhile, as the United States...

Leadership in Entrepreneurial Cognition

provides guidance in decision making as well, ensuring that the organization stays on the track that its leaders have predetermine...

"Marketing, the ethic of consumption, and less-developed counties"

identification is (more or less) closely bound up with what one owns or consumes" (Brenkert, 1998; p. 93). These are the people t...

The Importance of Managerial Understanding of a Culturally Diverse Workforce

are apparently immersed in the American technological culture, that in other cultures hospitals are seen as places where people lo...

Counseling, Psychology And Cultural Concerns

basis upon which positive psychology operates. Indeed, there will always be a place for the type of therapy that purges psycholog...

The Television as a Cultural Artifact

Modern culture is replete with a diversity of what could be described as cultural artifacts. Consider, for example, the telephone...

Strategic Engagement in China: PACOM's Role

role as a single player upon the global stage in the 21st century, certain questions must be asked, especially in regards to areas...

To Your Health

of wine-making," though finds in Turkey indicate wine was made there as early as the "late third millennium B.C." (Berkowitz). Ho...

High School Graduation Rates and Implications for Cultural Concerns in the United States, China, and South Africa

Abstract: High school dropout rates remain a vital concern in many parts of the world. This is by no means a problem confined to...

Nursing Cultural Competence

and Cultural Competency in Health Care: An Australian Study by Megan-Jane Johnstone and Olga Kanitsaki. * Abstract; The authors p...

Bio-Psycho-Socio-Cultural-Spiritual Assessment

refers to the persons culture and how that may affect their responses to life events, illness, etc. (University of Pittsburg, 2010...

Abuse of Women in Muslim Societies: The Cultural Contributors

society, women are often subjected to a variety of abuses, both physical and psychological. Sadly, nowhere is this form of abuse m...

The Development of the British Film Industry: Cultural Influences

here is that the film industry, even in its earliest days was driven by economic concerns and considerations. Throughout the 192...

Applying The Vroom-Yetton Contingency Model for Decision Making In Developing Countries

making model. It is a model that is deductive in nature with seven rules to be applied. The model takes the form of a decision tre...

Myth: A Cultural Assessment

Us Myths are often called a cultural phenomenon, because they impact all levels of culture. While different myths may be popula...