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Кучерява, Д. В. "Legal culture in the conditions of globalization." Thesis, Київський національний університет технологій та дизайну, 2018. https://er.knutd.edu.ua/handle/123456789/10711.
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Collins, Hannah Lee. "Chilean Youth Culture in the Age of Globalization." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/612552.
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Drawing from a cultural studies perspective, this dissertation examines digital, visual, and idiomatic expressions and platforms that both create and inform youth culture in Chile. In what ways have globalized media trends influenced cultural production, class-consciousness, and identity formation in Chilean youth culture, and how do these expressions mirror a global neoliberal agenda and shed light on a history of economic, political, and religious globalization in Chile? In order to answer these questions, this dissertation provides an interdisciplinary approach to evaluate changing media trends in Latin American youth culture. I argue that cultural influence of the United States and the rise of global neoliberalism have informed the production, reception, dissemination, and identity formation of this segment of Chilean society. This dissertation is organized into four chapters. Chapter 1 provides a historical contextualization of political and economic changes in Chile as well as the literature review and theoretical foundation for my analysis. Chapter 2 contends that the class-consciousness spectrum in Chilean television and film works as a reflection of consumption behavior and identity formation in youth that has been informed by a U.S. neoliberal agenda. Chapter 3 studies one particular young Chilean, Germán Garmendia, and his popular YouTube channel, "Hola Soy German," to argue that the spreadable and invisible factors that inform his global success as a grassroots, "latino" vlogger can be traced to U.S. digital commercialism. And lastly, Chapter 4 highlights digital texts of the student organization, "Chile Siempre," and their stylized performance of moral values through mediatized and digitalized spaces in order to reveal U.S. religious and cultural interventionism through evangelical missionaries in Chile. The triangulation and interdisciplinary approach of these texts expose a consistent history of political, economic, and religious transculturation and calls into question U.S. cultural influence in Chile that continues, while not overtly, to manifest in new media forms.
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Al-Khazraji, Nathan. "The culture of commercialism globalization in the UAE /." Connect to Electronic Thesis (ProQuest) Connect to Electronic Thesis (CONTENTdm), 2009. http://worldcat.org/oclc/457179451/viewonline.
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Reyes, Eric Estuar. "The politics of globalization in Filipino American culture /." View online version; access limited to Brown University users, 2004. http://wwwlib.umi.com/dissertations/fullcit/3134344.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Brown University, 2004.<br>Available in film copy fromProQuestDissertation Publishing. Vita. Thesis advisor: Neil Lazarus. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 207-235). Also available online.
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Cheeseman, Colin. "Globalization, postmodernity, culture shift and the Church of England." Thesis, University of Kent, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.327441.
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Byrd, Kaitland Marie. "Culture on a Plate: The Social Construction of Authenticity in Food Culture." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/77437.
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This study uses three case studies to show how authenticity is fabricated in food culture. Conceptualizing food as a cultural product makes possible the analysis of social processes through food. In doing so, food becomes a mirror reflecting the happenings within the broader social world. This study examines three empirical cases to sociologically understand food culture: southern barbeque, Top Chef, and ramps and quinoa. Southern barbeque allows the examination of the role of fabricated authenticity within food culture. Top Chef is evidence of how chefs actively produce distinction to legitimate their position and status within the field. Ramps and quinoa are examples of two ingredients that have been exploited from their original context to become elite and mainstream ingredients without concern for the consequences to the people who relied on them in the quest for the exotic. Together these cases provide examples of how research on the fabrication of authenticity and impression management can be expanded to include food.<br>Ph. D.
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Paquin, James R. "Globalization, culture, and the city, a case study of Seoul." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp03/MQ59192.pdf.
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Small-Clouden, Lystra. "Globalization, assimilation, culture erasure| A review of Trinidad and Tobago." Thesis, Capella University, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3723119.
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<p> The objective of this study was to examine the relationship between globalization and assimilation (dependent variables), and four contributing factors of culture, value, norms, and identity (independent variables) to determine whether managers in Trinidad and Tobago devalue their own culture to assimilate into a global culture. A researcher-constructed survey questionnaire was used to collect data from a random sample of respondents. The survey was analyzed utilizing both parametric and nonparametric statistical tools to answer five Research Subquestions. The one-sample t test was an appropriate tool to establish construct reliability and validity of assumptions for this quantitative study. Values were established to support the level of statistical significance for (p < 0.05) effect as follows: a medium effect size (f2 = .15), alpha = .0.05, power = .80, yielding an acceptable sample size of 85 participants. Based on the evaluation of the statistical data, it was concluded (a) there was an impact of demographic factors on culture, values, norms, and identity; (b) global factors had no impact on culture, values, norms and identity; (c) the Trinidad and Tobago manager assimilated during international business meetings; (d) there was an impact of assimilation on culture, values, norms and identity in Trinidad and Tobago; and (e) there was no change in management behavior during international business meetings. Three implications resulted from the findings. First, from a theoretical perspective, based on the analysis of culture, managers were unaware of culture erasure. Second, from a scientific merit perspective, the ANOVA method optimized and validated causal-comparative effect of both measurement and structural models with the inclusion of interrelationships effects between variables. Finally, from a practical perspective, respondents perceived global factors had no impact on culture, but assimilation had a negative impact on culture. Based on the results, it was assumed the unique and distinguishable aspects of culture are disappearing, and the effects of globalization and assimilation have caused an unconscious reprogramming of collective behaviors, which resulted in culture erasure.</p>
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Nestingen, Andrew K. "Why nation? : globalization and national culture in Finland, 1980-2001 /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/6585.
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Flynn, Colleen Evadne. "THE IMPACT OF CULTURE IN AN ERA OF PARTIAL GLOBALIZATION ON STANDARD BUSINESS PRACTICES." NSUWorks, 2009. http://nsuworks.nova.edu/hsbe_etd/34.
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In this age of globalization, or more specifically, partial globalization, the significance of cultural shifts in various parts of the world, is considerable. In consideration of cultural convergence and divergence, it must be investigated whether or not cultures are gaining more similarities and less differences (convergence) due to globalization and whether or not standard business practices will emerge as a result.
An adaptation of the Dorfman and Howell (1988) survey was used to provide a better understanding and comparison of the special conditions that characterize business practices of Jamaicans living in Jamaica, and Jamaicans living in the U.S.A. or whose behavior have been impacted by the U.S. culture.
The results indicate that there are no significant differences in the areas of power distance, uncertainty avoidance, masculinity and paternalism which suggest strength of the Jamaican culture. However there was some evidence of crossvergence or possibly divergence as there was a significant difference in individualism between the native Jamaican and the global Jamaican. The apparent shift in individualism, which is in alignment with Hofstede's (1986) belief that as a result of westernization and teaching in a multinational classroom a shift in individualism is possible, needs to be further investigated in light of the relatively small sample size used in the study. There was no difference between the native male Jamaican and the global male Jamaican in all the five cultural dimensions.
This research provides students, managers, business leaders and entrepreneurs with information that can help business practices, through the better understanding of cultural orientation of the NATIVE Jamaican (Jamaicans living in Jamaica) and the GLOBAL Jamaican (Jamaicans living in the U.S.A. for an extended period or who have been exposed to the U.S. culture for an extended period of time, leading to improved business and economic performance.
The researcher suggests further research utilizing a larger sample size to investigate not only how demographic factors such as gender, age, and educational level affect cultural orientation but also to explore the effects of economic ties, family ties, cable television and internet usage on the cultural orientation among the native and global Jamaican and whether convergence, crossvergence and divergence occurs. Also, it is worth undertaking a study of the observed shift in greater individualism for the global Jamaican to discover whether the change is of any permanence and the contributing factors to the differences to these values.
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Kennelly, Jacqueline Joan. "Citizen youth : culture, activism, and agency in an era of globalization." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/769.
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This thesis seeks to uncover some of the cultural practices central to youth activist subcultures across three urban centres in Canada: Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. I undertake this work within the context of rising moral and state claims about the apparent need for ‘good citizenship’ to be exercised by young people, alongside a late modern relationship between liberalism, neoliberalism, and Canada’s history of class- and race-based exclusions. The theoretical framework bridges cultural and political sociology with youth cultural theory. It also draws heavily upon the work of feminist philosophers of agency and the state. The main methodology is ethnographic, and was carried out within a phenomenological and hermeneutic framework. In total, 41 young people, ages 13-29, were involved in this research. Participants self-identified as being involved in activist work addressing issues such as globalization, war, poverty and/or colonialism.
The findings of this study suggest that the effects of the historical and contemporary symbol of the ‘good citizen’ are experienced within youth activist subcultures through a variety of cultural means, including: expectations from self and schooling to be ‘responsible,’ with its associated burdens of guilt; policing practices that appear to rely on cultural ideas about the ‘good citizen’ and the ‘bad activist’; and representations of youth activism (e.g. within media) as replete with out-of-control young people being punished for their wrong-doings. Wider effects include the entrenched impacts of class- and race-based exclusions, which manifest within youth activist subcultures through stylistic regimes of ‘symbolic authorization’ that incorporate attire, beliefs, and practices. Although findings suggest that many young people come to activism via a predisposition created within an activist or Left-leaning family, this research also highlights the relational means by which people from outside of this familial habitus can come to activist practices. Taken together, findings suggest that youth activism must be understood as a cultural and social phenomenon, with requisite preconditions, influences, and effects; that such practices cannot be disassociated from wider social inequalities; and that such effects and influences demand scrutiny if we are to reconsider the role of activism and its part in expanding the political boundaries of the nation-state.
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Lu, Rugang. "Chinese culture in globalization : a multimodal case study on visual discourse." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2006. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.427703.
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Zhang, Limei. "Political culture and democracy : a study of the Irish case." Master's thesis, FEUC, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10316/26609.
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Cohen, Wendy L. "Negotiating culture in an era of globalization, the potential for multilateral cooperation." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp03/MQ48421.pdf.
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Cohen, Wendy L. (Wendy Lee) Carleton University Dissertation Law. "Negotiating culture in an era of globalization; the potential for multilateral cooperation." Ottawa, 1999.
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SUTCU, ROBIN GOZDE. "Rethinking Istanbul Biennial In The Process of Globalization." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Teologiska institutionen, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-243505.
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During the 1980s and 1990s, the world witnessed a radical change in which globalization diminished the power of the nation-state and shifted that impetus to a certain number of “Global Cities.” London, New York and Tokyo appeared to be the first of these cities and they acted as the heart of the new commercial and financial geography. In order to further strengthen their status, these cities organized transnational cultural events such as fairs, festivals and biennials. Those events have been assumed as a driving force behind other political, economic and financial activities in the era of globalization. Since the 1980s, Istanbul has emerged as a candidate for a new global city at the eastern frontier of Europe. Thus, with the encouragement of the government, the private sector has begun to organize several large-scale cultural events in order to reshape the city as a global city and re-present the nation with a more European outlook. This is in keeping with the desire to facilitate Turkey’s EU accession process and attract global commercial activities. The Istanbul Biennial is one of the most important of these cultural initiatives. Thus, this research will scrutinize the Istanbul Biennial within this framework. The main premise will be: “The organization of the Istanbul Biennial aims to attract global financial activities, enable the political aspirations of the city and therefore transform the city into a global one.”
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Norberg, Magnus, and Mikael Jomer. "The Absence of Culture?" Thesis, Uppsala University, Department of Business Studies, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-7866.
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<p>This thesis attempts to investigate if national culture still is a factor to consider for large multinational organizations when choosing a supplier, or if the global business environment due to globalization has become so standardized and homogenous that the influence of national culture differences has diminished. Existing academic literature is divided regarding this matter; some studies indicate that the influence of national culture on business relations is subtle while other argues that national culture differences may be a source for potential barriers and problems and therefore still an important factor to consider. The issue of globalization has also divided researchers, some argue that globalization has made it possible for a homogenous business culture to emerge while other argue that globalization is a myth and ‘global companies’ are in reality regional. Empirical information was collected through interviews at head offices from four large Swedish multinational companies and questions were asked to determine the importance of national culture when choosing a supplier, the influence national culture has on organizational culture and to what extent a homogenous business culture has emerged. The study’s findings identified little evidence to support the idea that cultural difference is a significant factor to consider when conducting business relations. None or very little consideration to national cultural differences was paid when choosing a supplier. However, consideration was sometimes taken to organizational culture, which findings indicate is partly influenced by national culture. The interviewed organizations were of the opinion that at high management level a ‘global culture’ has emerged, and therefore the ‘way of doing business’ has become more uniform. The conclusion, which turned into more of a tendency indication, made from this thesis were that although national cultural differences still exist and probably will do so for some time, the influence it has on ‘business-to-business’ relations between multinational organizations at high management levels has diminished due to the emergence of a more homogenous global business culture.</p>
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Pereira, Artur Ferreira Conrado Torres. "The compliance function in banking: perspective and future in the age of globalization." Master's thesis, NSBE - UNL, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/9579.
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A Work Project, presented as part of the requirements for the Award of a Masters Degree in Management from the NOVA – School of Business and Economics<br>Ethically correct business decisions and the respect for applicable laws and regulations
have become in demand for regulators and supervisors, but especially for the general
public. For those behaviors to happen, compliance culture is an essential requirement.
Through survey research, we prove the existence of a relationship between the workers’ level of compliance culture and their hierarchical position, which may indicate communication problems between hierarchies. This area is also given a comprehensive outlook, as the globalization process combined with financial regulatory reforms lead multinational corporations to a more challenging equilibrium between their compliance departments’ actions and budgets.
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Ingvoldstad, Bjorn Paul. "Post-socialism, globalization, and popular culture 21st century Lithuanian media and media audiences /." [Bloomington, Ind.] : Indiana University, 2006. 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:3219906.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, Dept. of Communication and Culture, 2006.<br>Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 67-06, Section: A, page: 1962. Adviser: Barbara Klinger. "Title from dissertation home page (viewed June 21, 2007)."
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SOBRINHO, SERGIO FRANCISCO CARLOS GRAZIANO. "GLOBALIZATION AND SOCIAL CONTROL: THE CULTURE OF FEAR AND THE MARKET OF VIOLENCE." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2007. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=12315@1.
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Diante do contexto globalizado da sociedade e da
necessidade do controle social, o sistema penal exerce
papel preponderante. A partir dos referenciais
teóricos da economia política e da criminologia crítica à
definição de categorias como criminalidade, exclusão
social, violência, direitos humanos e acumulação de
capital, objetiva-se compreender as implicações do fenômeno
da violência, do ponto de vista do controle social e
conflitos sociais, diante da lógica mercadológica
propugnada pelo neoliberalismo. A hipótese central é no
sentido de que as estratégias de poder tendem a implementar
rigorosas políticas de segurança pública de perfil cada vez
mais autoritário, tipicamente de combate e de
exclusão, privatizando o controle social, explorando
economicamente a violência. Utilizando-se da cultura do
medo e contando com mecanismos de intervenção estatal, que
não refletem ou não significam melhoria na garantia dos
direitos fundamentais, mas atentam contra os mesmos,
provocando efeitos em sentido inverso - mais violência e
exclusão social, o controle social serve à reprodução e
acumulação do capital através de conexões entre o fomento
aos mecanismos de regulação, resolução dos conflitos
sociais e às democracias de mercado.<br>According to globalized context of the society and by the
necessity of the social control, the penal system exercises
the preponderant character. From he theoretical references
of the economy policy and critical criminology in relation
to the definition of categories such as criminality, social
exclusion, violence, human rights and accumulation of
capital, the aim is to understand the implications of the
violence phenomenon from the point of view of social
control and conflicts, and through the marketing logic
advocated by the neoliberalism. The centra hypothesis is in
the sense that the strategies of power tend to implement
rigorous policies of public security with an increasing
authoritarian profile, typically of combat and exclusion,
privatizing the social control, exploring the economy of
violence. It makes use of the culture of fear and counts on
mechanisms of state intervention which do not reflect or do
not mean improvements in the guarantee of the fundamental
rights, but attempt against them, causing effects in the
inverse direction - more violence and social exclusion, the
social control serves to reproduction and accumulation of
the capital through connections between the promotion to
the regulation mechanisms, resolution of the social
conflicts and the market democracies.
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Wintter, Sanne. "Children of the Nation : A Theoretical Study of the (Im)migrant Child’s Cultural Position." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Barn- och ungdomsvetenskapliga institutionen, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-137082.
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Pacciardi, Agnese. "Globalization in the middle east: regression in progress." Bachelor's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2018. http://amslaurea.unibo.it/16018/.
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The MENA region has been for centuries one of the most vibrant and cosmopolitan areas in the world. Due to its geographical position, it was a gateway between the East and the West, an area that merged people from different cultures, religions and civilizations. It was the birthplace of the three major monotheistic religions of the world and it was for centuries an area where science, economy and art flourished unquestioned. While the great majority of the areas in the world present a progressive tendency to go from a closed and self-centered society to an open, cosmopolitan one, sacrificing regional specificities in favor of an international integration and interaction, the MENA region surprisingly presents a counter trend. That same region that used to be the center of intercultural, scientific and commercial exchanges is almost reversing. As a fact, during the last decades, the process of globalization brought Western countries to a gradual opening to each other, while the Middle East seems not to fit in this process. Although with some exceptions, little progress has been done and this area seems to be determined to resist. The paradox of globalization in the MENA region is that, instead of smoothing the differences, as it is doing elsewhere, it is fueling parochialism, thus strengthening the cultural identity and exacerbating the decade-long opposition between the East and the West. Not only governments and radical movements, but also intellectuals and a great part of the population dread it and perceive it as a threat. Where the Arab world has been forced to let globalization in, it has also made sure to preserve and stress the role of tradition and religion both in the public and private sphere. This research intends to investigate the uniqueness of globalization in the Arab world, analyzing the process from different perspectives. The core of the dissertation will analyze globalization from three main aspects: economic, political and cultural.
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Simon, Cheryl Inez. "Gender, genre and globalization, discourses of femininity in the popular culture of the 1990s." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp02/NQ39033.pdf.
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Goris, Michelle. "Adidas, the All Blacks, and Maori Culture: Globalization and the Reformation of Local Identities." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/13308.
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As corporations transcend international borders new questions arise concerning the formation of identities. This study looks at adidas advertising campaigns "Bonded by Blood" and "Of This Earth" and how they represent and commodify Māori culture. "The Making" of "Bonded by Blood" is the video component for that campaign. The "Of This Earth" file is the TV commercial from 2007. Furthermore, this study looked at whether or not these advertisements are in fact reaffirming already established stereotypes about indigeneity and "Otherness." This thesis is informed by Stuart Hall's article "The Spectacle of the Other" as well as works by other scholars who discuss ideologies of Otherness, globalization, glocalization, mobility, and corporate sports sponsorship. The posters of each campaign as well as the video components were analyzed through textual analysis. The results show that patterns of cultural appropriation and reaffirmation of stereotypes do occur in the posters and videos of those campaigns.
The two video components are included as supplementary files for this thesis.<br>10000-01-01
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Faitaihi, Mohammed Ahmed. "Factors That Influence a Jewelry Brand's Globalization Process." ScholarWorks, 2014. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/56.
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Local retail jewelry leaders of Saudi Arabian (S.A.) small to medium enterprises (SMEs) have struggled to survive through declining profits and increasing business foreclosures, thus threatening the sustainability of the Saudi retail sector and the Saudi economy. A globalization strategy to enhance profitability for jewelry retail SMEs in S.A. is needed, given the limited options for improving profitability. Despite this acknowledged need, leaders in S.A. have refrained from such a strategy because they lack knowledge of economic attraction features to target in the globalization process. The purpose of this quantitative correlational study using discriminant analysis was to examine specific countries' economic attraction features in the historical globalization strategy of a leading U.S. global jewelry company that could facilitate the implementation of a successful globalization strategy for a local Saudi jewelry SME retail company. The study addressed the effects of 6 independent predictor variables of 25 target countries' economic attractions on the dependent grouping variable, which distinguished among 3 order-of-entry groups according to the U.S. company's date of entry in each country between 1972 and 2009. Results indicated that except for the Hofstede index, no other variable had a significant role in the classification of the target countries. Because there was a scarcity of research on this topic, the study is beneficial for its theoretical and academic value, and may be practical for the derivative benefits of catalyzing business growth by empowering leaders of local, successful luxury brands in S.A. to implement their own globalization expansion process and increase employment in the Middle East.
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Rich, Danielle Leigh. "Global Fandom: The Circulation of Japanese Popular Culture in the U.S." Diss., University of Iowa, 2011. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/4905.
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This dissertation is a case study of the dissemination and circulation of Japanese popular cultures in the U.S., specifically focusing on the collective reception practices of individuals who identify as fans of Japanese animation, comic books, and video games. The key questions driving this project are: what difference does it make that young Americans are consuming popular cultures that are 1) international in origin and 2) specifically Japanese in origin? To answer these questions I carried out ethnographic research - such as subject interviews, questionnaires, and participant observation - to understand the significance of young adults' interest in Japanese animation and comic book works (usually referred to as "anime" and "manga," respectively). In response to my ethnographic investigation of U.S. fans' practices and experiences, I argue that many young Americans use their practices of consuming and circulating these international popular cultures to transform their immediate social landscapes, and therefore, their social and national identities as well. I also draw on methodologies from a variety of disciplines, pairing ethnographic fieldwork practices with audience reception and fandom studies, transnational media studies, and book studies approaches in order make connections between the social, cultural, performative, and national dimensions of Japanese popular culture fandom in the U.S.
In addition to exploring subjects' relationship to the texts they consume, I also target the embodied spaces and processes by which Japanese popular culture is actually circulated and experienced by local U.S. audience groups. In doing so, I strive to follow the "digital life" Japanese popular culture has taken in its jump to English-language translation world-wide and the significant role fans have played in facilitating unofficial flows of Japanese popular culture through specific translation practices. I examine the scholarly and fandom struggle over ideological questions of the "authenticity" and "Americanization" of adaptations of Japanese media in the North American marketplace, as well as the struggle between fans and official adapters to assert forms of ownership over these representations. Such struggles involve these groups' often conflicting practices of adaptation, translation, and circulation of these cultures.
This research adds an important dimension to current scholarship on cultural manifestations of globalization and so-called "Americanization" processes as I show how commodities from outside the U.S. are first received by U.S. audiences and then transformed through this audience's participatory engagement with the production and circulation of these works in the English language. As such, this research engages with key issues of cultural transmission, translation, practices of media localization, transnational flows, and identity formation and fandom.
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Shi, Anbin. "Redefining Chinese-ness in the era of globalization a comparative approach /." online access from Digital dissertation consortium, 2001. http://libweb.cityu.edu.hk/cgi-bin/er/db/ddcdiss.pl?3020533.
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Scherer, Brooke Nichole. "Globalization, culture, and communication proposal for cultural studies integration within higher education graphic design curriculum /." [Ames, Iowa : Iowa State University], 2010. 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:1476367.
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Oates, Lori Lee. "Secrecy redefined : print culture and the globalization of occult philosophies in the long nineteenth century." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10871/22039.
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This thesis seeks to examine the relationship between occult religion and the global circulation of texts. For some time now, scholars have rejected the secularism thesis or the idea that there has been a decline of religion in the post-Enlightenment period. Today, we largely accept that religion did not actually decline or disappear but, rather, it has changed form. Religion shifted from traditional religious institutions to become an aspect of aesthetic culture, available through the commercial economy. My work explores how the relationship between the book and commercial religion emerged and evolved during the long nineteenth century. Occultism has long been viewed as an aspect of the rise of secular society following the Enlightenment. This thesis proposes a new lens through which we can view the evolution of occultism, seeing it as a response to growth in global networks of empire and the commercialization of religion through the printed word. It explores how the nature of the transmission of occultism shifted, particularly during the final decades of the nineteenth century. Antoine Faivre’s foundational text Access to Western Esotericism (1994) put forward the concept of the transmission of occultism as something that occurs between a disciple and an initiate. My thesis, however, argues that the widening of print activity and literacy expanded the opportunities for initiation into magic to occur more broadly, changing the nature of who could become an initiate. As such, secrecy around magic became redefined. It shifted from being a pursuit of the literate elite to something that was widely available. This analysis is delivered in four chapters. The introduction examines the relationship between literature and nineteenth-century occultism. It also discusses the influence of globalization. Chapter one discusses the occult in post-revolutionary France and the influence of Egyptian orientalism on French occultism. Chapter two addresses Victorian occultism and discusses the context of a growing Victorian literary industry. Chapter three addresses the Theosophical Society as an agent of globalized and commercialized religion. It also addresses the importance of British imperialism in India. Finally, chapter four discusses the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn and the resurgence of Egyptian orientalism and elitism in British occultism.
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Atikomtrirat, Woraphan, and Tanavut Pongpayaklert. "Managing Diversity in Multinational Organization : Swedish and Thai culture." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Ekonomihögskolan, ELNU, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-12520.
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This project proposes is focus on having diversity in workforces of different cultures within theglobalized world that we live in. It is not enough to be perceived as effective in a singleorganization or by one nation. Leaders must look to understand how this can create acompetitive advantage and really should have skills that are perceived as effective by manydifferent people, despite cultural differences.The aim of this research is to have a better knowledge of how a leader can be perceived aseffective in a diverse workforce in Swedish and Thai context. And we also would like to knowthe employees’ expectation toward their future manager.To figure out the employees’ expectation, we conduct a questionnaire which was send to ourrespondents in both Thailand and Sweden. We are choosing currently workforce and futureworkforce of both countries to be our respondents. We also interview manager who have beenworked in multinational company about their experience of working in internationalenvironment.
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Ta, Lynn M. "Citizens without borders American identity and the cultural politics of globalization /." Diss., Connect to a 24 p. preview or request complete full text in PDF format. Access restricted to UC campuses, 2007. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p3259361.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, San Diego, 2007.<br>Title from first page of PDF file (viewed June 26, 2007). Available via ProQuest Digital Dissertations. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-181).
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Pauw, J. C. (Jacobus Christoff). "Two essays on the universal and particular dimensions of culture." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/53202.
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The first of the two essays was presented at the conference 'Ethnicity in an Age of Globalisation', held at Uganda Martyrs University, Kampala, Uganda, from 3-6 September 2001.<br>Thesis (MA)--University of Stellenbosch, 2002.<br>Babel or Piraeus? : globalisation, culture and tradition -- Between freedom and culture : Alain Finkielkraut's critique of multiculturalism.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The conception of globalisation as a "programme" or "project" driven by a group of people or
companies with a set agenda underlies much of the antagonistic discussion of globalisation.
Protagonists of globalisation, in turn, often describe the process as inevitable progress. This paper
analyses the process of globalisation and argues that it should not be understood as such a singular
process. Rather, the concept "complex connectivity" - where the local and the global come' into
closer contact and influence, or interpenetrate, one another more directly - facilitates a more nuanced
analysis of globalisation -.This understanding of globalisation will be tested against the phenomenon
of culture by posing two questions: Does globalisation lead to the destruction of local culture( s) by an
encroaching singular global culture (i.e. is globalisation cultural imperialism)? Or alternatively: Does
globalisation represent an opening .up and exchange between previously isolated cultures and
societies? This paper argues in favour of the second position by employing John Tomlinson's
existential definition of culture and his understanding of the dialectic that exists between the local and
the global in complex connectivity. Instead of global culture, we can more properly speak of
. "globalized" culture, which looks different in every local situation. This is a more optimistic answer
to the cultural' effects of globalisation, and although some concerns remain, it seems clear that to
understand globalisation as complex connectivity rules out many of the charges of cultural
imperialism lodged against globalisation.<br>AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Baie van die hedendaagse antagonistiese diskussie oor globalisasie gaan uit van die veronderstelling
dat globalisasie 'n 'program' of 'n 'projek' is wat deur 'n groep individue of maatskappye gedryf
word. Voorstanders van globalisasie, daarenteen, beskou die proses dikwels as 'onafwendbare
vooruitgang.' Hierdie opstel analiseer die proses van globalisasie en argumenteer dat globalisasie nie
as so 'n eenduidige process verstaan moet word nie. Die konsep "complex connectivity" word
ingespan om 'n meer genuanseerde analise van globalisasie te bied aangesien dit dui op die
komplekse interaksie, of selfs interpenetrasie, tussen plaaslike en globale prosesse. Hierdie opvatting
oor globalisasie word getoets aan die hand van kultuur deur twee teenstellende vrae te stel: Is
globalisasie 'n enkelvoudige globale kultuur wat dreig om plaaslike kulture oor te neem en
uiteindelik te vernietig (ook genoem kultuurimperialisme)? Of eerder: Is globalisasie 'n geleentheid
tot groter openheid en interaksie tussen kulture en gemeenskappe wat voorheen van mekaar geïsoleer
was? Die opstel argumenteer ten gunste van die tweede posisie deur gebruik te maak van John
Tomlinson se eksistensiële definisie van kultuur en sy opvatting oor die interaksie tussen die
plaaslike en die globale. Instede van globale kultuur kan ons eerder praat van 'geglobaliseerde'
kultuur, wat telkens anders lyk in elke plaaslike opset. Hierdie posisie bied 'n versigtige, maar meer
optimistiese antwoord op die kulturele impak van globalisasie deurdat veel van die aanklagte van
kultuurimperialsime teen globalisasie afgewys word.
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Lizardo, Omar. "Globalization, World Culture And The Sociology Of Taste: Patterns Of Cultural Choice In Cross-National Perspective." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/193871.
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In this dissertation, I examine the link between culture consumption and globalization. The first two chapters outline the contemporary state of the theoretical field, showing it to be primarily dominated by a macrolevel perspective--the media imperialism thesis--which has recently come under increasing empirical challenge and a theoretical stance at the micro level--the cultural capital paradigm--that does not have the explanatory resources to account for transnational trends towards convergence in the cultural stratification systems of Western societies. Chapter 2 begins the task of theoretical reconstruction by proposing a synthetic "sociostructural" account as an alternative to the media imperialism thesis and an extension of the cultural capital paradigm that incorporates an institutionalist emphasis on how global cultural templates affect individual consumption patterns. In the empirical component of the dissertation I examine the implications of taking institutional theory and the sociostructural approach seriously for the study of culture consumption and taste in contemporary societies. In Chapter 3 I demonstrate, using recently compiled data on cross-national patterns of culture consumption and trade, that in comparison to the media imperialism paradigm, the sociostructural model is best able to account for most of the empirical patterns observed. In chapter 4 I apply the institutionalist framework developed in chapter 2 to examine the connection between patterns of cultural taste and certain forms of subjective geographic identification consonant with a growing "world culture". In chapter 5 I evaluate several claims regarding determinants of "broadening tastes" in modern polities using data from 15 European Union countries, extending the agenda developed in chapters 2 and 4 to a cross-national context. Finally, in chapter 6 I expand the scope of the cross-national analysis by examining the global and institutional correlates of aggregate musical consumption and demand for cultural goods in 72 countries. These empirical chapters serve to advance theory and research on the behavioral and ideational consequences of cultural globalization, using new cross-national data sources and innovative statistical methods. They highlight the connection between local forms of cultural practice, transnational networks of cultural exchange and patterns of connectivity into the networks and flows of the global system.
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Beijerstam, Emma, and Johanna Berglund. "A Global Working Place : a case study of IKEA." Thesis, Linnaeus University, Linnaeus School of Business and Economics, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-6670.
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<p>It is difficult to generalize the interconnection of the three themes when using a qualitative method. But the analysis made for each theme and conclusion is both interesting and informative. Throughout the thesis focus will be on the three cross-cutting themes that constitute our purpose. These themes are: Globalization, Expansion and Corporate Culture, and we will look into their interconnection. Focus will be on how IKEA handles external changes, changes due to globalization and expansion, and how these issues affect the corporate culture of IKEA. Everything will then be compiled in chapter six, where we also created a model to demonstrate our own conclusions.</p>
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Small, Audrey Holdhus. "Publishing and cultural identity in francophone West Africa." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 2005. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=167833.
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This thesis examines the problems engendered by ongoing Western dominance in the field of francophone African publishing, with specific reference to Guinea and Senegal. This dominance raises complex issues of power, authority and voice that are familiar tropes in postcolonial analyses, but this thesis seeks to re-place such questions in a wider context, looking at the current material circumstances of the publishing industry and “socially contaminated” instances such as international donor funding and national language policy as a perspective. This allows the links between the two rather distinct fields of the cultural and the commercial to be explored. The guiding theme is a critique of the argument for full indigenisation or africanisation of African publishing, a debate which is based on questions of language, critical authority and identity. The thesis seeks to cut through the inevitable polemics raised by the dominance of Western publishers in African publishing, to clearly identify the problems thrown up by this imbalance, and to explore the ramifications for ‘African literature’.
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Bitar, Samir Ibrahim. "Palestinian-Levantine dialect diaspora exploring its role in maintaining Palestinian cultural heritage & identity /." Diss., [Missoula, Mont.] : The University of Montana, 2009. http://etd.lib.umt.edu/theses/available/etd-06222009-140427.
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Talukdar, Jaita. "A Sociological Study of the Culture of Fasting and Dieting of Women in Urban India." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1226946524.
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Harrison, Jill Ann. "Buoyancy on the Bayou: Economic Globalization and Occupational Outcomes for Louisiana Shrimp Fishers." The Ohio State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1250191774.
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Kim, Phillip H. "Responding to cultural identity in the age of globalization a look at the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) /." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2000. http://www.tren.com.
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Yang, Hsin-Yen. "Re-interpreting Japanomania: transnational media, national identity and the restyling of politics in Taiwan." Diss., University of Iowa, 2010. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/765.
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This dissertation offers a historical and cultural analysis of the highly controversial Japanomania (ha-ri) phenomenon in East Asia with a special focus on post-authoritarian Taiwan. Despite its colonial relations with Japan and its relatively small population of twenty-three million, Taiwan has become the largest market for Japanese trendy dramas outside Japan in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Attracted by these Japanese idol dramas, pop music and fashion, many Taiwanese youths became loyal to anything Japanese. The Japanomania phenomenon in Taiwan aroused stringent public condemnation for being detrimental to national pride and was commonly regarded as a social pathology. I offer my intervention into this debate by arguing that Japanomania consumption has little to do with nostalgia towards Japanese colonization. Rather, Japanomania is best understood as a response to the particular, lived conditions of the generation of Taiwanese who came of age in the 1990s. Given the prevalence of Japanomania among this generation, and given the fact that this was the same generation of young voters who were key to the election of the first opposition party President in 2000, it is remarkable that the connections between these two significant youth movements have been overlooked in existing scholarship. Based on my research and on my own lived experience and participation in both of these movements, I argue that Japanomania discourse in fact played a crucial role in Taiwan's democratization and nation-building in the 1990s.
To de-mystify the intensive consumption of Japanese popular culture in Taiwan, I critically analyze interviews, online Bulletin Board Systems (BBS), historical archives, Japanese TV dramas, and political campaign materials. Such mediated forms give us access to the fluid and mobile field of subject formation in a transitional society. I conclude that transnational culture serves as a medium for Taiwanese politics, and for the current fourth generation in particular. In addition, I suggest that transcultural consumption has political potential not only in Taiwan but also in other contexts such as the United States, Latin America, Europe, and Southeast Asia. This dissertation tackles some of the most fundamental questions in communication studies: the influence of media on politics and the role that people play in making meaning in the context of democratization and globalization. By creating a dialog between this East Asian cultural phenomenon and Western critical theories of culture and globalization, my research also contributes to the development of a multilevel and multicultural approach to discourse, audience studies and globalization studies.
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Heyer, Klaus. "The Food Court in the Magic Kingdom: Globalization, Cuisine and Attitudes in Saudi Arabia." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2012. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/1442.
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In the last twenty years, Saudi Arabia has been modernizing much faster and in a shorter period than in the majority of the world’s countries. This study seeks to examine factors that influence the diet of Saudi Arabians. Aside from language, one of the principal manifestations of culture is a country’s cuisine.
I sought to determine whether factors, such as exposure to other countries, an income increase, or simply the desire to diversify the palette have led to a change in diet.
This mixed-methods study employed 148 surveys looking at attitudes towards the United States and other countries, travel abroad, age, religiousness, and the influence of television and the Internet. These variables were correlated against where food is bought and dining preference. Fifteen in-depth interviews looked at longitudinal changes in traditional vegetable and meat markets since the arrival of the hypermarket.
Findings indicated that the recent introduction of a multitude of foreign restaurants and foods into Saudi Arabia is not a new story, but only a new chapter in a book written by Saudi merchants. The Gulf Arabs are known, and have been known for millennia, as traders. I put forward that Saudi businessmen are the agents of change not multinational corporations. The presence of these restaurants and hypermarkets is due largely to pull, not push factors. If their culture is dramatically changing, then it is at the behest of Saudi Arabians themselves.
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Lindell, Johan. "Japanization? - Japanese Popular Culture among Swedish Youth." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, Fakulteten för ekonomi, kommunikation och IT, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-3861.
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<p><!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:70.85pt 70.85pt 70.85pt 70.85pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --></p><p>Japanese presence on the global cultural market has steadily been increasing throughout the last decades. Fan-communities all over the world are celebrating the Japanese culture and cultural identity no longer seems bound to the local. This thesis is an empirical study which aims to examine the transnational flow of Japanese popular culture into Sweden. The author addresses the issue with three research questions; what unique dimensions could be ascribed to Swedish anime-fandom, what is appealing about Japanese popular culture and how is it influencing fan-audiences? To enable deeper understanding of the phenomenon, a qualitative research consisting of semi-structured telephone-interviews and questionnaires, was conducted with Swedish fans of Japanese popular culture. The results presented in this thesis indicate that the anime-community in Sweden possesses several unique dimensions, both in activities surrounding Japanese popular culture and consumption and habits. Japanese popular culture fills a void that seems to exist in domestic culture. It is different, and that is what is appealing to most fans. Anime and manga have inspired fans to learn about the Japanese culture, in some cases, Japanese popular culture has in a way “japanized” fans – making them wish they were born in Japan.</p><p> </p>
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Imrie, Brian C., and n/a. "Culture�s influence upon service quality evaluation : a Taiwan perspective." University of Otago. Department of Marketing, 2009. http://adt.otago.ac.nz./public/adt-NZDU20090506.154534.
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In order to successfully implement service internationalisation, a detailed knowledge of the target foreign culture is required (e.g., beliefs, values, lifestyles, symbols, psycholinguistics, and attitudes). This information may be used to manage the alignment of service offerings with local tastes, and create perceptual stimuli to foster trust and encourage consumption (Fugate 1996). Credible tools are therefore required to provide the market intelligence required to understand the cultural context and inform adaptation to local preferences. Service quality modelling and measurement perform such a role in reporting customer perceptions of the effectiveness of service marketing effort. However consideration of culture�s influence upon service quality evaluation has hitherto received only periphery attention within the literature. While numerous researchers have examined the role that values play as an antecedent of the service quality construct (e.g., Donthu and Yoo 1998; Furrer et al. 2000; Mattila 1999; Winsted 1997) there are no published studies adopting a more comprehensive view of culture�s role.
The widespread adoption of values as a proxy for understanding culture�s influence upon the service quality construct appears flawed as there is no theoretical justification to isolate values from the rest of the cultural field (Bourdieu 1990; Radcliffe-Brown 1949). Values alone, such as Hofstede (1984a) and Schwartz and Bilsky�s (1987) schemas, cannot fully explain how individual consumers reconcile their individual preferences with broader cultural influences (e.g., institutions, beliefs, regulations, and artefacts). In this study Bourdieu�s (1986) structuralist perspective of culture is utilised as a framework to explore how culture influences service quality. In this perspective the social world is viewed as being comprised of rules and systems that guide/inform an individual�s behaviour. Values are only one element of this social system.
In this study a case approach is adopted to map the role of culture in constructing service quality preferences. While the breadth of the research agenda means there is a large population of possible cases, Taiwan is selected as the case boundary principally due its logistical accessibility. Case selection in this study can therefore be classified as a convenience sample. However, to facilitate intensive study (Stake 2005) complexity is added to the case design through purposeful sampling (Patton 1990). In addition to seeking the perspectives of local Taiwanese outside perspectives are sought from expatriate New Zealanders and Taiwanese who have lived in New Zealand. Through purposive triangulation (Patton 1990) of both the sample underpinning the case and an interpretive multi-discipline analysis the researcher constructs a model of culture�s influence upon service quality evaluation within this case boundary. No evidence is found within either the primary data or critical literature review that Taiwanese culture has any impact upon the evaluation of service quality at the primary dimensional level (i.e., �Process/Outcome Quality�, and the �Personal Interaction Quality�). Indeed apriori modelling of the construct has similarly modelled how consumers separately evaluate interpersonal aspects from other key evaluative criteria (e.g., Dabholkar et al. 1996; Gronroos 1984). This level of the dimensional hierarchy is therefore tentatively determined to be etic (Pike 1967), subject to further cross-cultural studies. A moderate level of cultural influence was however noted amongst the second-order dimensions. Finally, the third and subsequent level indicators were widely found to display extensive cultural influence and require significant adaptation efforts for local cultural preferences.
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Mert, Ceren. "The Vigorous Local: Culture Industry, Hip-hop And The Politics Of Resistance In The Age Of Globalization." Master's thesis, METU, 2003. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/1137694/index.pdf.
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The aim of this thesis is to demonstrate how music has become a significant means of communication in the process of globalization, and how it integrates the &lsquo<br>global&rsquo<br>and the &lsquo<br>local&rsquo<br>while enabling the aggrieved populations to speak through and to express their antagonistic stances. In addition to the discussions of globalization, this study analyzes the medium of music along the areas of media and identity politics. In this respect, it deliberates on the global and local features of hip-hop. Although born in the ghettos of Bronx, New York, this global youth culture has been adopted by other minority youths in order to voice their anger and frustration towards the exclusionist practices of the state, as well as racism and discrimination they face in their host countries. Accordingly, the second and third generation Turkish youths in Germany and South Asian youths in Britain have revealed their rage through the subversive lyrics they employed. Therefore, these lyrics can also be regarded as narratives that indicate these immigrant youths as representatives of resistance and defiance. Despite the fact that the musical works of these minority youths may be considered a product of the &lsquo<br>culture industry&rsquo<br>, this does not eliminate their resistive and subversive characteristics.
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Omar, Hadeer. "Egyptianization: Culture hacking as a method." VCU Scholars Compass, 2016. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/4114.
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In a broad sense, cultures undergo a metamorphoses due to the external influences and systems impacting the evolution of internal identities. Conversely, Individuals within cultures react to those external influences and systems.The act of hacking a culture is an opportunity to challenge an existing or imported system in order to bring about change and improvement. An aspect of culture hacking is to create messages of satire or irony in order to criticize, or completely reject established systems within cultures.
Post Arab spring, Egyptians practiced culture hacking by applying their cultural tools to external systems and influences, producing a process of ‘Egyptianization’. This investigation examines the MFA program’s culture at Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar as a case study, and adapts those Egyptianized tools to hack the culture. The program has its own values, rituals, traditions, imported systems, influences and dominant symbols. The aim of this thesis is to generate customized hacking methodologies that identify cracks within this culture and develop an innovative framework to critically analyze them through visual representation.
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Naputano, Marcelo [UNESP]. "Identidades culturais em imigrantes de segunda geração: Os filhos de Pedrinhas." Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/97593.
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naputano_m_me_assis.pdf: 725966 bytes, checksum: 8038d0f892b4dfe7808fbcfcbf277c06 (MD5)<br>Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)<br>Nel mondo contemporaneo la discussione delle identità culturali è una questione non solo per gli specialisti. Noi tutti viviamo nella cosiddetta era della 'globalizzazione' e del ravvicinamento delle culture diverse che a volte sembra arricchire, e talvolta minaccioso, riguardo alle identità individuali o collettive, in precedenza considerati immutabili. Dibattiti teorici sulla questione si polarizzano a favore o contro il processo di collegamento dei popoli, delle nazioni e degli Stati nazionali e collocano in evidenza la discussione sui possibili significati e limiti dell’identità e della cultura che, nel passato, erano considerati argomenti consolidati, sicuri e impermeabili. Partendo dai teorici che affrontano la questione dell'identità nelle presenti condizioni di mobilità geografiche, sociali, culturali e psicologiche, la presente investigazione si concentra sul processo di formazione dell'identità culturale nei figli – la chiamata seconda generazione – d’immigrati italiani in Brasile, attraverso una ricerca sul campo condotta nella città di Pedrinhas Paulista (SP). Metodologicamente questa ricerca è guidata da emergenti paradigmi contemporanei nel campo delle scienze, essendo la ricerca qualitativa e il costruzionismo sociale, i riferimenti principali. Il locus della ricerca sul campo, la cittadina di Pedrinhas Paulista, fondato da immigrati italiani e ora abitata per lo più dai loro figli - i figli di Pedrinhas - offre un'opportunità davvero speciale per lo studio e la comprensione delle identità ibride che sono una delle costruzioni più impegnative della soggettività nel mondo di oggi, profondamente segnati da continui flussi migratori<br>No mundo contemporâneo, a discussão a respeito das identidades culturais é assunto não somente para os acadêmicos. Todos nós vivemos na chamada época da ‘globalização’ e da aproximação das diversas culturas que, por vezes, parece enriquecedora e, outras vezes, ameaçadora em relação às identidades individuais ou coletivas, anteriormente entendidas como imutáveis. Os debates teóricos sobre o tema se polarizam a favor ou contra o processo de interligação de povos, nações e Estados Nacionais e colocam em evidência a discussão sobre os possíveis significados e limites da identidade e da cultura que, no passado, eram tomadas como objetos consolidados, seguros e impermeáveis. A partir de teóricos que tratam da identidade nas atuais condições de mobilidade geográfica, social, cultural e psicológica, a presente investigação focaliza o processo de formação de identidades culturais nos filhos – a chamada segunda geração – de imigrantes italianos para o Brasil, por meio de uma pesquisa de campo realizada na cidade de Pedrinhas Paulista (SP). Metodologicamente, esta pesquisa se orienta pelos paradigmas contemporâneos emergentes nas ciências, tendo a pesquisa qualitativa e a psicologia social construcionista como principais referências. O locus da pesquisa de campo, a pequena cidade de Pedrinhas Paulista, fundada por imigrantes italianos e, hoje, habitada majoritariamente por seus filhos – os “filhos de Pedrinhas” – oferece uma oportunidade muito especial para o estudo e a compreensão de identidades híbridas que se colocam como uma das mais desafiadoras construções de subjetividade no mundo atual, profundamente marcado por fluxos ininterruptos de migrações<br>In the contemporary world, the discussion of cultural identity is a matter not only for experts. We are living in the so-called era of 'globalization' and of approach of the different cultures that sometimes seem to enrich people, but other times they appear threatening, regarding the individual or collective identities, previously considered immutable. With regards to this issue, theoretical debates are polarized for or against the process of connecting people, nations and national states. They highlight the discussion on the possible meanings and limits of identity and culture that, in the past, were considered strengthened, safe and impermeable arguments. Starting from the point of view of the experts who handle the issue of identity in the current condition of geographical, social, cultural and psychological mobility, my research, conducted in the city of Pedrinhas Paulista (SP), focuses on the process of cultural identity construction – called the second generation – in sons of Italian immigrants to Brazil. Considering that the qualitative research and social constructionism are the main references, from a methodological point of view, this research is led by emerging paradigms contemporaneous in the science field. The town of Pedrinhas Paulista, locus of my fieldwork, was founded by Italian immigrants and now is inhabited mostly by their sons - the sons of Pedrinhas. It offers a very special opportunity for the study and understanding of hybrid identities that are one of the most challenging constructions of subjectivity in today's world, deeply marked by continuous migration
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Naputano, Marcelo. "Identidades culturais em imigrantes de segunda geração : "Os filhos de Pedrinhas"/." Assis : [s.n.], 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/97593.
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Orientador: José Sterza Justo<br>Banca: Eduardo Augusto Tomanik<br>Banca: Mary Yoko Okamoto<br>Resumo: No mundo contemporâneo, a discussão a respeito das identidades culturais é assunto não somente para os acadêmicos. Todos nós vivemos na chamada época da 'globalização' e da aproximação das diversas culturas que, por vezes, parece enriquecedora e, outras vezes, ameaçadora em relação às identidades individuais ou coletivas, anteriormente entendidas como imutáveis. Os debates teóricos sobre o tema se polarizam a favor ou contra o processo de interligação de povos, nações e Estados Nacionais e colocam em evidência a discussão sobre os possíveis significados e limites da identidade e da cultura que, no passado, eram tomadas como objetos consolidados, seguros e impermeáveis. A partir de teóricos que tratam da identidade nas atuais condições de mobilidade geográfica, social, cultural e psicológica, a presente investigação focaliza o processo de formação de identidades culturais nos filhos - a chamada segunda geração - de imigrantes italianos para o Brasil, por meio de uma pesquisa de campo realizada na cidade de Pedrinhas Paulista (SP). Metodologicamente, esta pesquisa se orienta pelos paradigmas contemporâneos emergentes nas ciências, tendo a pesquisa qualitativa e a psicologia social construcionista como principais referências. O locus da pesquisa de campo, a pequena cidade de Pedrinhas Paulista, fundada por imigrantes italianos e, hoje, habitada majoritariamente por seus filhos - os "filhos de Pedrinhas" - oferece uma oportunidade muito especial para o estudo e a compreensão de identidades híbridas que se colocam como uma das mais desafiadoras construções de subjetividade no mundo atual, profundamente marcado por fluxos ininterruptos de migrações<br>Abstract: In the contemporary world, the discussion of cultural identity is a matter not only for experts. We are living in the so-called era of 'globalization' and of approach of the different cultures that sometimes seem to enrich people, but other times they appear threatening, regarding the individual or collective identities, previously considered immutable. With regards to this issue, theoretical debates are polarized for or against the process of connecting people, nations and national states. They highlight the discussion on the possible meanings and limits of identity and culture that, in the past, were considered strengthened, safe and impermeable arguments. Starting from the point of view of the experts who handle the issue of identity in the current condition of geographical, social, cultural and psychological mobility, my research, conducted in the city of Pedrinhas Paulista (SP), focuses on the process of cultural identity construction - called the second generation - in sons of Italian immigrants to Brazil. Considering that the qualitative research and social constructionism are the main references, from a methodological point of view, this research is led by emerging paradigms contemporaneous in the science field. The town of Pedrinhas Paulista, locus of my fieldwork, was founded by Italian immigrants and now is inhabited mostly by their sons - the "sons of Pedrinhas". It offers a very special opportunity for the study and understanding of hybrid identities that are one of the most challenging constructions of subjectivity in today's world, deeply marked by continuous migration<br>Riassunto: Nel mondo contemporaneo la discussione delle identità culturali è una questione non solo per gli specialisti. Noi tutti viviamo nella cosiddetta era della 'globalizzazione' e del ravvicinamento delle culture diverse che a volte sembra arricchire, e talvolta minaccioso, riguardo alle identità individuali o collettive, in precedenza considerati immutabili. Dibattiti teorici sulla questione si polarizzano a favore o contro il processo di collegamento dei popoli, delle nazioni e degli Stati nazionali e collocano in evidenza la discussione sui possibili significati e limiti dell'identità e della cultura che, nel passato, erano considerati argomenti consolidati, sicuri e impermeabili. Partendo dai teorici che affrontano la questione dell'identità nelle presenti condizioni di mobilità geografiche, sociali, culturali e psicologiche, la presente investigazione si concentra sul processo di formazione dell'identità culturale nei figli - la chiamata seconda generazione - d'immigrati italiani in Brasile, attraverso una ricerca sul campo condotta nella città di Pedrinhas Paulista (SP). Metodologicamente questa ricerca è guidata da emergenti paradigmi contemporanei nel campo delle scienze, essendo la ricerca qualitativa e il costruzionismo sociale, i riferimenti principali. Il locus della ricerca sul campo, la cittadina di Pedrinhas Paulista, fondato da immigrati italiani e ora abitata per lo più dai loro figli - "i figli di Pedrinhas" - offre un'opportunità davvero speciale per lo studio e la comprensione delle identità ibride che sono una delle costruzioni più impegnative della soggettività nel mondo di oggi, profondamente segnati da continui flussi migratori<br>Mestre
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Bartlett, Ryan Scott. "Virtual Escapes and Intercultural Explorations: How Members of Interpals Are Using Their Online Community as a Window to the World." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2014. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/4387.
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This study utilized in-depth, one-on-one interviews to examine the experiences, attitudes, and opinions, with regard to their use of the Internet for online intercultural communication (OIC), of a culturally diverse sample of 17 members of the global online social community, Interpals. The purpose of this study was threefold: first, the study sought to determine how OIC is shaping the intercultural perceptions of English-speaking Interpals members; second, the study sought to determine how OIC shapes and/or reinforces the cultural identities of English-speaking Interpals members; and finally, the study set out to examine the various ways that English-speaking Interpals members are using their community to engage with people from a variety of different geographical locations and cultural backgrounds. The themes and subthemes that emerged during analysis of the interview data led to the discovery of a typology of three distinct uses, each of which provided valuable information about how members are coming to feel more interconnected with—and understanding of—cultures that differ from their own. Through the first use, Interpals as a Place to Connect, participants demonstrated that the online community puts them in contact not only with people from countries and cultures that they originally intended to interact with when they joined the community, but also with people from countries and cultures that they knew nothing about. Participants claimed that these unanticipated interactions often caused them to become more knowledgeable and understanding of cultures that differ from their own. As to the second use, Interpals as an Escape, a number of participants claimed that the community gives them a way to escape the tedium, monotony, and poor living conditions of everyday life in their own villages, towns, and cities, by providing them with a way to virtually explore alternative and unfamiliar people, places, and lifestyles. Through the final use, Interpals as a Classroom, participants demonstrated that the community is a place where they can teach and learn foreign languages, which helps them to feel more connected to people from around the world. Several participants also claimed to use Interpals as a tool for teaching and showing other members what life is really like where they live. The study also found that OIC, at least in the context of the global online social community, can facilitate the shaping of a global village where the villagers maintain their own unique cultural identities and come together to form a cultural mosaic, as opposed to being shaped and transformed by the dominant global cultures.
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Shaw, William H. "The trinitarian theology of Colin Gunton a contribution to the development of an interpretive tool and model for the theological engagement of culture /." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2000. http://www.tren.com.
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Degirmenci, Koray. "Turkish World Music: Multiple Fusions And Authenticities." Phd thesis, METU, 2008. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/3/12610077/index.pdf.
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This dissertation investigates the case of world music in Turkey as an illustration of the discursive mechanisms involved in the production of a global cultural form from what the globality has defined as the &lsquo<br>local&rsquo<br>. The study attempts to show the complicated nature of the process by examining how the musical forms and themes supposedly belonging to the &lsquo<br>local&rsquo<br>are incorporated into and appropriated in the discourses associated with world music and into the corresponding strategies of the actors. The discursive compilations, articulations and dislocations taking place in the subspecies of the commercial category of world music in a particular locality are investigated by mapping the discursive topographies on the imaginary continuum from the global to the local. This study views locality as a space where a repertoire of discourses are contested and articulated in the production and consumption of global cultural commodities. In line with this understanding, this dissertation also investigates what is the local as it is produced through the particular brand of world music in Turkey. The study also aims to contribute to the theoretical discussions in the literature on the interaction between the global and the local by looking at the production of a global cultural form in a particular locality.