scholarly journals Organisational-based self-esteem: A within country comparison of outcomes between Māori and New Zealand Europeans

2016 ◽  
Vol 22 (5) ◽  
pp. 720-735 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jarrod M. Haar ◽  
David Brougham
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Positive And Negative Affect ◽  
Organisational Commitment ◽  
Job Outcomes ◽  
Diverse Workforce ◽  
Country Comparison ◽  
Management Policies

AbstractThe present study investigates the influence of cultural differences on organisational-based self-esteem within New Zealand. A sample of 211 New Zealand European employees and 291 Māori (indigenous people of New Zealand) employees answered a range of questions on organisational-based self-esteem, job, and mood outcomes. Findings suggest that organisational-based self-esteem was directly associated with job satisfaction, organisational commitment, and organisational citizenship behaviours, as well as positive and negative affect. Relationships between variables were tested for each sample separately and for a combined sample. A comparison between the separate and combined samples was also investigated. The findings from this study suggest that organisational-based self-esteem has a greater influence on job outcomes and mood outcomes for Māori when compared with New Zealand Europeans. This could be because employment fulfils a basic need for self-determination. The present study suggests the implementation of tailored management policies to support cultural differences within New Zealand’s vibrant and diverse workforce.

scholarly journals Disputes over Interment and Cremation: The Mediation Option

2014 ◽  
Vol 45 (4) ◽  
pp. 613 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yvonne Oldfield
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Cultural Issues ◽  
Emotional Needs ◽  
Family Conflicts ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Characteristic Features ◽  
Transformative Approach ◽  
Mediation Practice

Mediation is generally perceived as comparing well to litigation in terms of cost, privacy and speed. Such practical considerations are of as much value to the parties to burial and cremation disputes as they are to the parties in many different types of dispute. Burial and cremation disputes are however particularly difficult and sensitive in nature, often involving complex cultural issues and family conflicts. These characteristic features pose challenges in the mediation context just as they do in litigation. It is argued here that mediation is well suited to addressing these challenges provided mediation style, process and delivery mechanisms are tailored appropriately. The predominant problem-solving model has limitations in meeting cultural and emotional needs, making it essential that a transformative approach informs mediation practice and procedure in relation to burial and cremation disputes. It is also argued that without their agreement to all aspects of the process, mediation of such disputes may be unsafe for the parties. In addition, where cultural differences or questions of tikanga are at issue, mandatory mediation is of questionable legitimacy. Mediation of burial and cremation disputes, particularly in the New Zealand context, can therefore occur only within a framework that upholds principles of self-determination at every level.

Scham und Autonomie

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 (1) ◽  
pp. 163-192
Author(s):  
Sonja Rinofner-Kreidl
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Social Dynamics ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Intentional Content ◽  
Conceptual Clarification ◽  
The Social ◽  
Conventional Behavior ◽  
And Control

Autonomy is associated with intellectual self-preservation and self-determination. Shame, on the contrary, bears a loss of approval, self-esteem and control. Being afflicted with shame, we suffer from social dependencies that by no means have been freely chosen. Moreover, undergoing various experiences of shame, our power of reflection turns out to be severly limited owing to emotional embarrassment. In both ways, shame seems to be bound to heteronomy. This situation strongly calls for conceptual clarification. For this purpose, we introduce a threestage model of self-determination which comprises i) autonomy as capability of decision-making relating to given sets of choices, ii) self-commitment in terms of setting and harmonizing goals, and iii) self-realization in compliance with some range of persistently approved goals. Accordingly, the presuppositions and distinctive marks of shame-experiences are made explicit. Within this framework, we explore the intricate relation between autonomy and shame by focusing on two questions: on what conditions could conventional behavior be considered as self-determined? How should one characterize the varying roles of actors that are involved in typical cases of shame-experiences? In this connection, we advance the thesis that the social dynamics of shame turns into ambiguous positions relating to motivation, intentional content,and actors’ roles.

Contributions to urban Indigenous self-determination: the story of Neeginan and Kaupapa Māori

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Darwin Horning ◽  
Beth Baumbrough
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Indigenous Knowledge ◽  
Affordable Housing ◽  
Sense Of Community ◽  
School System ◽  
Social Assistance ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Government School ◽  
Kaupapa Māori

Abstract This paper considers two different Indigenous-led initiatives, the Neeginan initiative (Winnipeg, Canada) and the Kaupapa Māori movement (New Zealand), within the context of urban Indigenous self-determination, examining the role, or contributions of, each towards the realisation of Indigenous self-determination. Neeginan originates from, and focuses on, building a sense of community, through education programs, social assistance and affordable housing, with local Indigenous knowledge providing the foundational guiding principles. This is compared to the Kaupapa Māori movement's role in the revival of traditional cultural and language practices in education, which has resulted in the development of an overwhelmingly successful parallel non-government school system based on Māori culture, language and philosophy.

Doing listenership

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janet Holmes ◽  
Sharon Marsden ◽  
Meredith Marra
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Social Group ◽  
Analyse Data ◽  
Workplace Interaction

The skills involved in contributing competently in workplace interaction include enacting attentive listenership and providing appropriate feedback to the talk of others. These sociopragmatic skills are often overlooked, and when non-native-like listener feedback does attract attention, cultural differences are commonly cited to account for differences observed. In this paper, we analyse data from recordings made by Chinese skilled migrants in New Zealand workplaces, focussing on their interactions with New Zealand mentors in authentic workplace encounters. We examine the range, frequency and placement of minimal audible feedback in their workplace talk, including a discussion of repetition and collaborative completions. The analysis provides evidence that overall, these learners have acquired appropriate norms for listenership in the New Zealand workplace contexts in which they have been placed, and supports an explanation which focuses on the negotiation and development of interactional norms in the process of joining a new social group.

Economic Development through Treaty Reparations in New Zealand and Canada

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (01) ◽  
pp. 61-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Myra J. Tait ◽  
Kiera L. Ladner
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
First Nations ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
The State ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Legal Analysis ◽  
Treaty Of Waitangi ◽  
Socio Economic Development ◽  
Law Making

AbstractIn Canada, Treaty 1 First Nations brought a claim against the Crown for land debt owed to them since 1871. In 2004, Crown land in Winnipeg became available that, according to the terms of the settlement, should have been offered for purchase to Treaty 1 Nations. Similarly, in New Zealand, the Waikato-Tainui claim arose from historical Crown breaches of the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi. In 1995, a settlement was reached to address the unjust Crown confiscation of Tainui lands. Despite being intended to facilitate the return of traditional territory, compensate for Crown breaches of historic treaties, and indirectly provide opportunity for economic development, in both cases, settlement was met with legal and political challenges. Using a comparative legal analysis, this paper examines how the state continues to use its law-making power to undermine socio-economic development of Indigenous communities in Canada and New Zealand, thereby thwarting opportunity for Indigenous self-determination.

CULTURE AND GENDER DIFFERENCES IN THE SELF-ESTEEM OF COLLEGE STUDENTS: A FOUR-COUNTRY COMPARISON

1996 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 321-327 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Watkins ◽  
Adebowale Akande ◽  
Christopher Cheng ◽  
Murari Regmi
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
School Students ◽  
Country Comparison ◽  
Undergraduate University Students ◽  
Second Year ◽  
And Gender

The responses of 268 Hong Kong and 399 Nigerian first- or second-year social science undergraduate university students to the Personal and Academic Self-Concept Inventory (PASCI; Fleming & Whalen, 1990) were compared to previously reported findings with similar groups of American and Nepalese students. Country × Gender analyses indicated clear, statistically significant mnain and interaction effects which varied according to the area of self-esteem under investigation. Support was found for the tendency found in research with secondary school students for subjects from non-Western cultures to report higher academic but lower nonacademic self-esteem than their Western peers. However, the gender differences did not generalize across cultures.

scholarly journals Quality Expectations of Social Networking Sites: A Comparative Study Between New Zealand and Vietnam

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Anh Thu Le
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
User Satisfaction ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Cultural Dimensions ◽  
Online Social Networking ◽  
Social Networking Websites

<p>Online Social Networking (OSN) websites have been growing fast and their success is decided by customers’ satisfaction. User satisfaction can be measured using a number of popular frameworks such as SERVQUAL, SERVPERF, SiteQual, and WebQual. These frameworks are often used as guidelines when designing, implementing, and assessing quality of websites in general and can also be used to measure the quality of online social networking websites. Besides, there are additional factors that should be taken into consideration when assessing user satisfaction such as demographic differences and cultural differences. The present research project aims to investigate and test the linkage between culture and user satisfaction on the online social networking websites. This is achieved by conducting an analysis on the basis of a survey in two different countries – New Zealand and Vietnam. The research project’s principal component analysis follows Hofstede’s six cultural dimensions and the modified framework of assessing online social networking sites quality conducted by Rizavi, Ali, and Rizavi in 2011. The results suggest that users’ quality expectation of Social Networking Sites (SNS) in New Zealand and in Vietnam may be influenced by cultural differences.</p>

scholarly journals Indigenous Lessons about Sustainability Are Not Just for “All Humanity”

2018 ◽  
pp. 149-179 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyle Whyte ◽  
Chris Caldwell ◽  
Marie Schaefer
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Indigenous Planning ◽  
The Face ◽  
Colonial Oppression ◽  
Planning Concepts ◽  
The U.S

Indigenous peoples are widely recognized as holding insights or lessons about how the rest of humanity can live sustainably or resiliently. Yet it is rarely acknowledged in many literatures that for Indigenous peoples living in the context of settler states such as the U.S. or New Zealand, our own efforts to sustain our peoples rest heavily on our capacities to resist settler colonial oppression. Indigenous planning refers to a set of concepts and practices through which many Indigenous peoples reflect critically on sustainability to derive lessons about what actions reinforce Indigenous self-determination and resist settler colonial oppression. The work of the Sustainable Development Institute of the College of Menominee Nation (SDI) is one case of Indigenous planning. In the context of SDI, we discuss Indigenous planning as a process of interpreting lessons from our own pasts and making practical plans for staging our own futures. If there are such things as Indigenous sustainability lessons for Indigenous peoples, they must be reliable planning concepts and processes we can use to support our continuance in the face of ongoing settler colonial oppression.

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