Price Clustering of Chinese IPOs: The Impact of Regulation, Cultural Factors, and Negotiation

In this article I examine aspects of the relationship between mothers and sons from an attachment perspective in an Irish context. Through the works of Irish writers such as Seamus Heaney, John McGahern, and Colm Tóibín, I focus on particular aspects of this relationship, which fails to support the developmental processes of separation and individuation in the many men who come to me for psychotherapy. I illustrate key points concerning this attachment dynamic through the use of clinical examples of my work with two men from my practice. While acknowledging that many other cultural factors play a significant role in the emotional development of children, integrating the work of our poets, novelists, and scholars with an attachment perspective

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Cultural influence on brand loyalty of rural consumers in the Indian context

Journal of Asia Business Studies ◽

10.1108/jabs-08-2015-0137 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

pp. 60-72 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Rashmi Ranjan Parida ◽

Sangeeta Sahney

Keyword(s):

Brand Loyalty ◽

Influencing Factor ◽

Cultural Factors ◽

Business Organizations ◽

Market Strategy ◽

Content Type ◽

Four Dimensions ◽

Rural Market ◽

Rural Consumers ◽

The Impact

Purpose The purpose of the study is to develop a scale to identify and measure cultural factors and brand loyalty among rural consumers. The study also seeks to analyze the impact of identified cultural factors on the overall brand loyalty of rural consumers. Design/methodology/approach A questionnaire was developed to measure cultural factors and brand loyalty of rural consumers. Exploratory factor analysis was carried out to identify cultural factors, and a regression analysis was carried out to study the impact of the identified factors on brand loyalty. Findings Four dimensions of culture were identified from the study, i.e. virtuousness, religion, sociability and ethnocentrism. The analysis reveals that virtuousness is the most influencing factor on brand loyalty of rural consumers, followed by sociability and religion. Ethnocentrism was found to have insignificant influence on brand loyalty. Research limitations/implications The Indian rural market is a market of opportunity and unlimited business potential. An understanding of the cultural factors of rural markets and their influence on brand loyalty would help marketers and business organizations build an appropriate market strategy to explore benefits. Originality/value The paper attempts to explore the influence of certain cultural factors on the brand loyalty of Indian rural consumers, which has not been researched extensively. This provides a good insight for all marketers who want to succeed in this market.

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Sociocultural Influences on an Important Example of Iranian Urban Form

Open House International ◽

10.1108/ohi-01-2008-b0007 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 33 (1) ◽

pp. 72-85

Author(s):

Fereshteh Habib ◽

Ibrahim Numan ◽

Hifsiye Pulhan

Keyword(s):

Field Study ◽

Urban Form ◽

Human Perception ◽

Cultural Factors ◽

Dimensional Approach ◽

Sociocultural Influences ◽

Deductive Method ◽

The Subject ◽

The Impact ◽

The City

In casting a new look at city; this study interprets the urban form in respect of the role played by human perception of space. The main aim of this research at a macro level is to attain a strong theorical basis through a multi-dimensional approach to the city. The method of analyzing and carrying out a critique of it at an applied level will clarify the impact, which cultural factors have in the formation of urban form. This preliminary recognition and idealism is based on a hermeneutic and deductive method that is particular to the intellectual sciences In the process of devising theories, studying the urban planning texts related to the subject of study and the conclusion from the field study which is carried out in the Isfahan Naghshe Jahan square in the Safavy period played a key role in the research in addition to the goals and questions.

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Determinants of non-cash payments in the Eurozone: Culture matters

Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung ◽

10.3790/vjh.89.4.29 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 89 (4) ◽

pp. 29-38

Author(s):

Mechthild Schrooten ◽

Armin Varmaz

Keyword(s):

Central Bank ◽

European Central Bank ◽

Cultural Factors ◽

Uncertainty Avoidance ◽

Cultural Issues ◽

European Central ◽

Cash Payment ◽

The Difference ◽

Basic Hypothesis ◽

The Impact

Summary: Retail shops incentive contactless transactions during the current COVID-19 pandemic. Customers are asked to pay cashless to prevent contagion. Traditionally, there are large differences in the extent and acceptance of non-cash payments among nations. This paper analyzes empirically the determinants of the payment behavior in the member states of the Eurozone asking how to explain these traditional differences in non-cash payment preferences. Our basic hypothesis is that culture makes the difference across nations matter. The paper adds to the existing literature not only by focusing on the determinants of preferences for non-cash payments from a macroeconomic perspective but also by analyzing cultural factors. The payment data is gathered with the European Central Bank (ECB) and Eurostat. We examine the impact of culture on payment preferences by the means of the Hofstede indicators. Our empirical results show the importance of cultural issues to understand the acceptance of non-cash payments. In particular, the results suggest that a higher degree of uncertainty avoidance goes in line with more non-cash payments. Zusammenfassung: Im Zuge der Corona-Pandemie hat der Einzelhandel den Einsatz von non-cash Einzelhandel vorangetrieben. Um eine Covid-Ansteckung zu verhindern, werden Kund*innen gebeten bargeldlos zu zahlen. Tatsächlich es gibt zwischen einzelnen Volkswirtschaften große Unterschiede in der Verwendung von Bargeld und bargeldlosen Zahlungen. Im Beitrag wird empirisch der Frage nachgegangen, welche Faktoren hinter diesen Unterschieden stehen. Die zentrale Hypothese ist, dass Kultur eine große Rolle spielt. Dieses Paper analysiert auf der Grundlage der vorhandenen empirischen Literatur den Einfluss kultureller Faktoren auf den Einsatz von bargeldlosen Zahlungen. Dazu werden nicht nur makroökonomische Daten von der Europäischen Zentralbank und Eurostat, sondern auch die Hofstede Indikatoren herangezogen. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass insbesondere die kulturelle Dimension „Uncertainty Avoidance“ die nationalen Differenzen der gesellschaftlichen Akzeptanz erklären kann. Volkswirtschaften mit einer höheren „Uncertainty Avoidance“ setzen stärker auf non-cash.

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Self-Stigma and Veteran Culture

Journal of Transcultural Nursing ◽

10.1177/1043659616676319 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 28 (5) ◽

pp. 438-444 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Shari Harding

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Cultural Values ◽

Nursing Care ◽

Operation Iraqi Freedom ◽

Cultural Factors ◽

Operation Enduring Freedom ◽

Assessment Model ◽

Community Settings ◽

The Impact ◽

Iraqi Freedom

Self-stigma is a salient concept in mental health care. Consequences of self-stigma include increased morbidity and decreased engagement with the health care system. Cultural factors may affect self-stigma and its consequences. This article utilizes the Giger and Davidhizar transcultural assessment model to explore veteran culture and self-stigma. Veterans have their own cultural values that can affect nursing care. Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom veterans are seeking care in community settings more often than within the VA system; therefore, all nurses should be aware of the cultural needs of veterans including the impact of self-stigma.

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The Impact of Privacy on the Forms of Elevations in Traditional Vernacular Houses in Erbil City

Applied Mechanics and Materials ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.409-410.381 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 409-410 ◽

pp. 381-387

Author(s):

Binyad Maruf Abdulkadir Khaznadar

Keyword(s):

Formal Language ◽

Cultural Factors ◽

Public And Private ◽

Effective Factor ◽

Private Spaces ◽

Space Organization ◽

Geographic Regions ◽

The Impact

Privacy is one of the socio-cultural factors that affect on the formation of vernacular houses forms as a space organization and forms of elevations. Dealing with privacy varies from one culture to another, and this explains the diversity of houses forms in detached geographic regions. Privacy affects on the vernacular forms through a set of sub-factors. The most effective sub-factor on the elevations of traditional houses forms in Erbil city is the privacy of view between public and private spaces. In the selected samples this relationship is a direct one. The sub-factor of view privacy affects on the elevation form through form of the element and the position of the element regarding the whole elevation. Privacy is an effective factor that affects on the formal language of elevations in the traditional vernacular houses within the culture of Erbil city.

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SOCIO-CULTURAL FACTORS AND INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS

Business Management and Education ◽

10.3846/bme.2015.302 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 13 (2) ◽

pp. 276-291 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Madara Apsalone ◽

Ērika Šumilo

Keyword(s):

Economic Development ◽

External Environment ◽

International Competitiveness ◽

Cultural Factors ◽

The Other ◽

Small Open Economies ◽

Performance Orientation ◽

Innovation Capacity ◽

And Performance ◽

The Impact

Socio-cultural factors – shared values, norms and attitudes are significant, but less acknowledged sources of international competitiveness. Previous studies have found socio-cultural factors positively affecting various aspects of international competitiveness – entrepreneurship, innovation, productivity and international cooperation. These factors are more sustainable and less affected by external environment changes in comparison with the traditional factors. Socio-cultural factors provide an opportunity to develop competitiveness strategies based on unique advantages. This research aims to explore the impact of socio-cultural factors on international competiveness in small, open economies. Analysing relationship between 400 socio-cultural indicators and competitiveness indicators such as productivity, economic development, business and government efficiency, innovation capacity and infrastructure in 37 countries, six socio-cultural factors have emerged: Collectivism and Hierarchy; Future, Cooperation and Performance Orientation, Self-expression, Monochronism and Rationality, Economic Orientation and Social structure. The first factor – Collectivism and Hierarchy – tends to reduce the international competitiveness; the other five affect it positively.

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The impact of socio-cultural factors on blended learning in the development of academic literacy in a tertiary vocational context

10.51415/10321/496 ◽

2009 ◽

Author(s):

◽

Robert Geoffrey Gutteridge

Keyword(s):

Blended Learning ◽

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

Delivery System ◽

Social Power ◽

Critical Realism ◽

Cultural Factors ◽

Delivery Mode ◽

Key Factors ◽

Advantages And Disadvantages ◽

The Impact

This study investigated key factors impacting on blended learning delivery with particular focus on socio-cultural and human-computer-interface issues, in the hope that the outcome of this enquiry might contribute positively towards the empowerment of learners and facilitators alike. The study involved a group of first year students enrolled in a Communications Skills Course offered by the (then) Department of English and Communication at the Durban University of Technology. The PRINTS Project, a webquest around which the course activities were based, provided an example of a blended delivery course in practice. While the teaching paradigm used in the course was constructivist, the research orientation employed in this project was critical realist. Critical realism focuses on transformation through praxis and also lends itself to modelling, which provides a way to understand the factors at play within a social system. In the preliminary stages of the research, an exploratory empirical (i.e. applied) model of blended learning delivery was formulated from a theoretical model of course delivery in order to assess which factors in blended learning were systemic and which were variables. The investigation then sought to uncover key factors impacting on the blended delivery system, utilising both quantitative and qualitative methodologies. The findings were analysed in terms of the empirical model to gain an understanding of any factors that might be seen to either enhance or inhibit learning in blended delivery mode. The result was that certain core issues in blended learning and teaching could be clarified, including the use, advantages and disadvantages of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in a learning environment. The notion of the digital divide could also be reconceptualised, and the relationship between literacy (be it academic, professional or social), power and culture could be further elucidated, drawing specific attention to the South African educational environment. The notion of iv culture and its relevance in a blended delivery environment was also further clarified, since the findings of this research project suggested how and why certain key socio-cultural factors might impact, as both enhancers and inhibitors, on the blended learning delivery system.

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Expressionism in European and Chinese painting (late XIX – early XXI centuries)

Культура и искусство ◽

10.7256/2454-0625.2020.5.32729 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 27-46

Author(s):

Jitai Wang

Keyword(s):

Comparative Analysis ◽

Mutual Influence ◽

Cultural Factors ◽

Chinese Painting ◽

Oil Painting ◽

New Concepts ◽

Similarities And Differences ◽

The Individual ◽

The Impact

This article examines the impact of Chinese traditional painting upon the formation of Western expressionism, as well as interprets the influence of Western expressionism upon Chinese painting in expressionist manner of different periods. The author reveals the mutual influence, similarities and differences between Western expressionism and Chinese painting in expressionist manner, Chinese imagery oil painting, Chinese colored ink painting, and Chinese imagery painting in Western style. Based on correlation between the spiritual ideology of painting and artistic form, the author carries out a comparative analysis of spiritual and formal factors of Chinese and Western painting systems for the purpose of determination of their mutual influence, and how it affects the emergence of new concepts in painting. The structure of brush stroke of the artist defines his aesthetic spirit. The article determines the “cyclic” nature of interinfluence processes between Chinese and Western painting systems that stimulate the development of human civilization. The analysis of corresponding cultural factors allows assessing the individual artistic characteristics of painting. Both, Chinese and Western painting systems entered the period when spiritual ideology of painting interacts with the artistic forms, opening the era of “globalization” of the language of painting.

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