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Gift Giving in Homer's Odyssey

he will gild her horns as part of the sacrifice (Homer). Such sacrifices were meant as "gifts" to the gods, which were designed to...

Examining the Personal and Cultural Background of an African-American

source suggests that while the decision to marry a white person must of necessity be a personal one, there are things that should ...

Cultural Issues: 9 Article Overviews

process, the twins ultimately grow up to be two very dissimilar individuals due to their respective upbringing. II. CULTURE AND N...

The Influence of Culture of Origin on Pay Preferences

to first examine the use of different payment methods and what it means. For example, one study shows a significant increase in th...

Nimpkish, Yanomamö And Han: Foraging, Pastoral And Horticulture

without challenge - has indeed proven to be one of the most powerful standards of all cultures and one that has long been an integ...

Self-Realization And The Liberal Arts: Assessing The Link

perceptional or inferential in nature (Studley 17). Contrarily, scientific approaches employ a very finite and empirical applicat...

The Importance Of Critical Thinking, Articulation And Self-Reflection In A "Still-Myopic National Culture"

of decision-making or to experience the decision-making process without the inclusion of critical thinking. Indeed, the two seemi...

Afghanistan and Iraq: Military and Culture

different culture and a different military entity. An important element to note in the nature or culture of the Afghanista...

Societal Causes of Divorce.

caught in the middle, though the authors point out that there are many tensions in Western marriages as well (Kung, Hung and Chan)...

Elephants, Rhinos, Kobs, Leopards And Buffalo: Communication In African Culture

of every family. For the most part the only way to relate this history from one generation to the next was through storytelling; ...

3M Case Study

and the increasing economic pressures meant a series of reorganisation were needed to bring costs back under control. The strategy...

Teamwork: Looking Back While Looking Ahead At Management Teamwork

ongoing quest to make the workplace a more effective environment, it has also become an ever-changing one in relation to its modif...

Religion and the Role of Women in the Middle East

gender equality is seen throughout the world and not limited to the Middle East (Kandiyoti, 1991). To assess the link between wo...

A New FDI Case Study

the US. However holiday patterns where changing, and while a decade ago the focus was on the US and Europe, this market was now ma...

Japanese Values and Business Culture

means that the Japanese revere them greatly, and that they are important parts of current Japanese culture. Their cultural values...

Gender in Beowulf

readers know that despite her monstrousness, Grendels mother is considered to be human (Porter). When Grendel enters the mead-ha...

Religious And Racial Stereotyping: Causes Many Problems In Today's Culture

categorization. Inasmuch as racial and religious stereotypes are both unreasonable and erroneous, such predisposed opinions about...

Blacks' Relationship to Whites/Sociological Analysis

this was the stance of antebellum Southerners who saw slavery as a functional and crucial part of their economic system. Propon...

Organizational Communication and Personal Power

have to know whos in charge. Max Weber, the German sociologist, "defined power as the ability to get things done your way in spite...

Tattoos in America

in prison, and that marks them as a particular type of person, connecting them with gangs and criminal activity. Or a young person...

Odysseus’ Revenge: Justified

story of Odysseus sets him up as a noble man, regardless of what someone may know about Greek codes of conduct. He was a noble man...

Police Culture

often are treating negatively. The infamous Serpico did blow the whistle and he paid dearly for it. First, what is police culture...

Organizational Behavior: Southwest Airlines

policy to be honest with its employees, that "through effective people management, the company had created the right type of cultu...

Spain: “The Sun Also Rises” by Ernest Hemingway

people. In the United States there is no such thing as a real bullfight, or the bull runs that take place in Spain. It seems, when...

Tannen on Discourse

Lakoff looks at Luntz Republican discourse and describes Luntz as the "premier conservative linguist who helps the Republicans fra...

Organizational Misbehaviour

profile employees, but this is not the case, some employers are able to motivate employees gaining high levels of loyalty and comm...

The Role of a Primary School Teacher

intends" (Kyriacou, 1998). The curriculum for the main part of determined by the government, with targets such the literacy and a ...

Matrix Structures for Business

how to structure the company depends on many factors including the value and culture of the firm and the attitude of the senior ma...

Arguing against Klein's No Logo

factory workers at the "Kaho Indah Citra garment factory on the outskirts of Jakarta" (Klein xvii), where the workers make the equ...

Shanghai and the Jazz Age

p. 6). This community was comprised of "a number of musicians, singers, stage and taxi dancers, and cabaret and dance hall proprie...