scholarly journals Decision-making process used by middle-middle class families to access homeownership in Greater Jakarta, Indonesia

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
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Temi Indriati Miranda
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Middle Class ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Middle Class Families

Sex-Role Specialization in a Transforming Market: Empirical Evidence from Vietnamese Middle-Class Households

2011 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elfriede Penz ◽  
Erich Kirchler
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Middle Class ◽  
Sex Role ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Household Consumption ◽  
Household Decision ◽  
Role Changes ◽  
Consumption Decisions ◽  
Middle Class Families ◽  
Role Specialization

Vietnam is undergoing a rapid transformation to a more prosperous society. This article analyzes household decision making in a transforming economy that has undergone modification of the traditional view of the family, from being an autonomous unit to an object of state policy. This is relevant because policy interventions shape household consumption through gender equality programs and thus have an impact on sex-role specialization. The aim of this study is to advance understanding of Vietnamese household consumption decisions and spouses’ current influence patterns by investigating sex-role specialization in Vietnamese middle-class families’ decision making. Overall, no significant sex-role changes were observed. It seems that traditional Vietnamese sex-role specialization does not (yet) differ among age groups. Instead, traditional sex-role segmentation remains predominant across all investigated age groups. While economic and consumption habits change rapidly, middle-class families appear to preserve their traditional influence patterns in purchase decisions.

scholarly journals Emerging values and implications for consumer decision-making: China’s study abroad students

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
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Robert Hayward
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Middle Class ◽  
Study Abroad ◽  
Curriculum Design ◽  
Cultural Awareness ◽  
Chinese Culture ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Cultural Shift ◽  
Research Instrument

From the initial catalyst of the cultural awareness trip the researcher was a part of and the subsequent observations made during further business trips to China questions arose around the validity of the established culture literature in contemporary China and how Chinese culture impacts on the decision of where to study abroad. The overarching aim of this research programme is to develop and test a conceptual framework that could help better understand the decision making process of Chinese students applying to study at a university in the United Kingdom. The intension is to identify differences and similarities in decision making in relation to the established cultural norms and if there are significant subcultures geographically across China. A digital card sort was deployed that consisted of 75 variables, from which participants were asked to firstly identify which variables were part of their decision making process. Those that were part of the process were then ordered into three levels of significance – contributed to, were important and were essential. The results having a confidence level of 95%, the following variables are considered as essential:  I wanted to study overseas.  I want an international career.  I wanted to study in English (language).  I wanted to advance / boost my career prospects.  I can achieve a world-recognised qualification.  By studying overseas, I will be able to make my own decisions. Further analysis and discussion determined that:  A middle class exists in China, but is based on social capital.  A cultural shift has been detected in the younger generation moving towards a more individualistic view of life.  There are differences between genders in the decision making process.  There are differences in exposure to international trade and global brands across China and this influences which variables are considered to be more significant within the decision making process.  There is a need for a differentiated marketing message to be developed by organisations for optimal market penetration. The thesis therefore makes several contributions to both knowledge and to practice. Contributions to knowledge include:  Recognising the premise on which the Chinese middle class is formed.  Demonstrating a cultural shift in the millennial generation, moving towards a more individualist view of life.  Identifying gender differences in the decision making process.  Identifying how geographic location influences the significance of different decision making variables.  Creation of a research instrument that enables cultural values to recognised in the decision making process. Contributions to practice include:  The deeper understanding of the concept of middle class in China will assist organisations in their strategic marketing planning activities, as well as informing them on the focus of targeting communication processes.  By having a new understanding of how millennial Chinese are moving towards a more individualistic life style, when compared to previous Chinese generations organisations will be able to develop products and services that are more aligned to this market segment.  Higher education institutions will be better informed regarding curriculum design and the importance of including cultural experience within the overall student experience package. Further research projects have been identified that will enhance the findings from this thesis and make further contributions to knowledge and practice:  To extend the data collection from a mainly business base to encompass more subject disciplines such as computing, engineering, medicine.  To adapt the context of the decision from higher education to other major purchases such as housing and travel.  The research instrument can be repeated to establish a multi-generational perspective of Chinese decision making, degrees of power within the family context and further explore differences in gender.  A more complete geographical picture could be developed, not just of China, but to include more collectivist societies around the world including Japan and India.

“The Unsung Heroes of Ireland”: Masculinity, Gender, and Breadwinning among Ireland’s “Euro-Commuters”

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 702-724
Author(s):  
David Ralph
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
European Union ◽  
Middle Class ◽  
Social Mobility ◽  
White Collar ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Gendered Identities ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
Downward Social Mobility

Here I examine the masculinity/breadwinning nexus among a group of intra-European migrants, namely, those who commute for work between European states—or Euro-commuters. I focus specifically on professional male Euro-commuters, who live in the Republic of Ireland but work in another European Union (EU)-28 country. Examining their mobility decision-making process, I argue that the impetus behind Euro-commuting is strongly influenced by normative gender-based expectations around masculinity and breadwinning. Threatened with socioeconomic insecurity in austerity-hit Ireland, respondents struggled to sustain strongly gendered identities as their families’ primary breadwinners. Consequently, by securing professional white-collar work in another EU-28 country, not only is downward social mobility from the Irish middle-class offset but also equally so is the threat to their firmly held masculine breadwinner identities. In securing this employment, then, my respondents were compensating for what they felt to be their “failed” masculinity during bouts of underemployment or unemployment; they were now performing masculinity “successfully” by working overseas. Effectively, Euro-commuting is a further means of reasserting hegemonic gender-based identities as middle-class male breadwinners. This mobility thereby contributes to novel patterns of reproducing privileged gender subjectivities.

AAC Decision-Making and Mobile Technology: Points to Ponder

2014 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 104-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Ann Abbott ◽  
Debby McBride
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Mobile Technology ◽  
Communication System ◽  
Augmentative And Alternative Communication ◽  
Evaluation Process ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Alternative Communication ◽  
Ipod Touch ◽  
Feature Match

The purpose of this article is to outline a decision-making process and highlight which portions of the augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) evaluation process deserve special attention when deciding which features are required for a communication system in order to provide optimal benefit for the user. The clinician then will be able to use a feature-match approach as part of the decision-making process to determine whether mobile technology or a dedicated device is the best choice for communication. The term mobile technology will be used to describe off-the-shelf, commercially available, tablet-style devices like an iPhone®, iPod Touch®, iPad®, and Android® or Windows® tablet.

Women in Power and Decision making Positions : Conditions and Restraints

1970 ◽  
pp. 53-57
Author(s):  
Azza Charara Baydoun
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Political Participation ◽  
Political Life ◽  
The Political ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Power Structures ◽  
Policies And Procedures ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Status ◽  
Slow Progress

Women today are considered to be outside the political and administrative power structures and their participation in the decision-making process is non-existent. As far as their participation in the political life is concerned they are still on the margins. The existence of patriarchal society in Lebanon as well as the absence of governmental policies and procedures that aim at helping women and enhancing their political participation has made it very difficult for women to be accepted as leaders and to be granted votes in elections (UNIFEM, 2002).This above quote is taken from a report that was prepared to assess the progress made regarding the status of Lebanese women both on the social and governmental levels in light of the Beijing Platform for Action – the name given to the provisions of the Fourth Conference on Women held in Beijing in 1995. The above quote describes the slow progress achieved by Lebanese women in view of the ambitious goal that requires that the proportion of women occupying administrative or political positions in Lebanon should reach 30 percent of thetotal by the year 2005!

Implementation System of Business Intelligence System In The Company

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdul Hamid Arribathi ◽  
Maimunah Maimunah ◽  
Devi Nurfitriani
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Business Intelligence ◽  
Research Library ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Intelligence System ◽  
Business Intelligence Systems

This study aims to determine the stages that must be implemented in building a Business Intelligence System structured and appropriate in building Business Intelligence Systems in an organization, and understand the important aspects that must be considered for investment development Business Intelligence System is increasing. Business must be based on the conditions and needs of the organization in achieving the desired goals. If these conditions occur, then the decision-making process will be better and more accurate. The purpose of this study is to determine the important aspects that must be understood and prepared in using the Business Intelligence System in an organization. The method used is the explanation as well as the research library of several books, articles and other literature.

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