scholarly journals New Female Role Models from Around the World: Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. BB135-BB154
Author(s):  
Marleen Rensen
Keyword(s):  
Role Models ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
First Century ◽  
Narrative Strategies ◽  
Short Life ◽  
Positive Role ◽  
Young Readers ◽  
Cross Cultural Differences ◽  
Diverse Backgrounds ◽  
The World

Biographies for children have always been popular among young readers, but they are becoming an increasingly important part of children’s literature in the twenty-first century. Most prominent are the collections offering short life-sketches of historical and contemporary figures who can serve as positive role models for young readers from diverse backgrounds. This article discusses the international bestseller Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Tales of Extraordinary Women (2016) from a feminist, transnational perspective. Focusing on the authors’ narrative strategies, it investigates how tropes of agency are used to make aware of women’s struggles and successes across time and space. Further, it examines how girls are actively encouraged to continue these legacies. Ultimately, the analysis shows that Goodnight Stories establishes connections between women from diverse countries and continents, and at the same time reveals cross-cultural differences in how the book has been received in different corners of the world.

scholarly journals Factors driving employee participation in corporate BYOD programs: A cross-national comparison from the perspective of future employees

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xuequn Wang ◽  
Andy Weeger ◽  
Heiko Gewald
Keyword(s):  
Recent Literature ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Bring Your Own Device ◽  
National Cultures ◽  
Cross Cultural Differences ◽  
The World ◽  
Intention To Participate ◽  
National Comparison ◽  
Global Operations ◽  
Cross National

As individuals all around the world increasingly use mobile devices in their daily life, their desire to use the same devices in the workplace continuously grows. In response, organizations are more and more allowing their employees to use their own devices for both business and private purposes and offer so called ‘Bring-your-own-Device’ (BYOD) programs. For organizations with global operations there is a need to examine the drivers of BYOD demand across different national cultures to assess how to develop a successful BYOD program. Based on recent literature on BYOD, we examine how different factors contribute to employees’ behavioural intention to participate in a BYOD program across different national cultures. The model was examined by surveying students from China, Germany and U.S. in their final term. The results show significant cross-cultural differences, particularly regarding the 'Perceived Threats'. Overall this study offers novel insights for cross cultural BYOD implementations.

scholarly journals MANAGING CROSS-CULTURAL DIFFERENCES IN MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS OF THAILAND

2018 ◽  
pp. 61-72
Author(s):  
Shiva Rajpal ◽  
Irina Onyusheva
Keyword(s):  
Multinational Corporations ◽  
Geographic Region ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Management ◽  
Cross Cultural Communication ◽  
Cross Cultural Differences ◽  
Political Ideologies ◽  
The World ◽  
Cross Cultural Management ◽  
Global Project

As corporations expand and their business activities increase, their focus is not limited only to the local geographic region but to the world. This, in turn, has led to the emergence of multinational corporations, sometimes called transnational corporations or even global firms. With the advent of new political ideologies, multinational corporations have found their firm footing all around the world. Having a cross-cultural team can help in providing a varied experience and advanced thinking in the establishment of competitive position among organizations. Definitely, there could be some interference in completing projects due to this diversity but the manager should be better equipped to face this challenge so that to avoid and prevent cultural misunderstandings. In this paper we will try to look at some of the theories related to cross-cultural management and some methods such as motivational training of employees dealing with the related issues. The paper shows that global project management can succeed through culturally aware leadership, cross-cultural communication, and mutual respect.

Cross-Cultural Communication Differences in Online Learning

2019 ◽  
pp. 159-171
Author(s):  
Tasha Peart
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Online Education ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Cultural Communication ◽  
Cross Cultural Communication ◽  
Cross Cultural Differences ◽  
The World ◽  
Communication Differences

This chapter discusses and evaluates research on cross-cultural communication differences in online learning at the university level. It starts out by discussing the growth of online education in recent years and the historical context of online education. The chapter then evaluates research on differences in cross-cultural online learning primarily between university students from the Western part of the world compared to students from the East. Barriers in cross-cultural online education cited in the literature include language, technology, and instructional design. Future research on Western-based online education should assess cross-cultural differences for students from other parts of the world including Africa, the Caribbean, and Latin America.

Detecting semiotically-expressed humor in diasporic TV productions

2008 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Giuseppe Balirano ◽  
Marcella Corduas
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Model ◽  
Ethnic Group ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Narrative Strategies ◽  
Script Analysis ◽  
Semiotic Approach ◽  
The World ◽  
Different Levels

AbstractIn this article, we suggest a semiotic approach to the study of visual humorous texts. Our method is based on the multimodal script analysis, which is a useful tool for examining not only verbal texts but also more complex texts, which combine the presence of images and sounds with verbally expressed humor. The resulting framework highlights how some visual comic mechanisms may enhance a different perception of semiotically expressed humor. Moreover, we present a statistical model in order to detect and measure how the resolution of some incongruities may also be determined by specific variables, which help to establish the existence and the strength with which the appreciation of humor varies according to the ethnic group of origin. In particular, the study analyzes the clip ‘Jodhpur Station, 1947’ from a very popular British Asian sketch-show, Goodness Gracious Me (GGM). The sketch shares some similar features with the narrative strategies typical of joke-tellers and is characterized by a complex humorous apparatus depending on different levels of understanding relating to encyclopedic, cross-cultural, and even diasporic knowledge of the world.

The Content and Correlates of Belief in Karma Across Cultures

2018 ◽  
Vol 45 (8) ◽  
pp. 1184-1201 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cindel J. M. White ◽  
Ara Norenzayan ◽  
Mark Schaller
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Context ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Psychological Predictors ◽  
Just World ◽  
World Religions ◽  
Total N ◽  
Just World Belief ◽  
Diverse Backgrounds ◽  
The World

Karmic beliefs, centered on the expectation of ethical causation within and across lifetimes, appear in major world religions as well as spiritual movements around the world, yet they remain an underexplored topic in psychology. In three studies, we assessed the psychological predictors of Karmic beliefs among participants from culturally and religiously diverse backgrounds, including ethnically and religiously diverse students in Canada, and broad national samples of adults from Canada, India, and the United States (total N = 8,996). Belief in Karma is associated with, but not reducible to, theoretically related constructs including belief in a just world, belief in a moralizing God, religious participation, and cultural context. Belief in Karma also uniquely predicts causal attributions for misfortune. Together, these results show the value of measuring explicit belief in Karma in cross-cultural studies of justice, religion, and social cognition.

Postmillennial cancer narratives: feminism and postfeminism in Eve Ensler’s In the Body of the World

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 235-252
Author(s):  
Marta Fernández-Morales
Keyword(s):  
Meaning Making ◽  
Uterine Cancer ◽  
The Body ◽  
First Century ◽  
Narrative Strategies ◽  
The World ◽  
Health And Illness ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
Vagina Monologues

In the context of a new wave of women’s activism for equality, the body is once again at the centre of the discussion today, in the USA and globally. Analysing American discourses about health and illness at the turn of the twenty-first century, Tasha Dubriwny has argued that the current narratives are dominated by neoliberal and postfeminist philosophies that have thrived in a framework of biomedicalisation and self-surveillance. What happens, then, when a successful feminist artist is diagnosed with uterine cancer? How does Eve Ensler, author of The Vagina Monologues and founder of V-Day, face the fact that her life may have a painful ending? How does a woman so aware of her physical and psychological self come to terms with illness? Is she willing to put her political project aside to become a patient? Through a close reading of Ensler’s uterine cancer memoir In the Body of the World, and focusing particularly on its structure and narrative strategies, this article situates her work within the corpus of female literature about health and illness in the twenty-first century, exploring her meaning-making process in the light of the current tensions between feminism and postfeminism.

scholarly journals Lessons Learned in Afghanistan: A Multi-national Military Mental Health Perspective

10.18060/1880 ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 98-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Randall C. Nedegaard ◽  
Rachel E. Foster ◽  
Mercy Yeboah-Ampadu ◽  
Andrew J. Stubbs
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Great Britain ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
North Atlantic ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Cross Cultural Differences ◽  
Military Mental Health ◽  
The World

America has been at war for almost 10 years. Because of this, continuing missions in the Middle East require the support and cooperation of our allied North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) forces from around the world. In this paper we provide an overview of the mission at Kandahar Air Field (KAF) and the Multi-National Role 3 hospital located at KAF. Next, we explain the mental health capabilities and unique perspectives among our teammates from Canada, Great Britain, and the United States to include a discussion of the relevant cross-cultural differences between us. Within this framework we also provide an overview of the mental health clientele seen at KAF during the period of April 2009 through September 2009. Finally, we discuss the successes, limitations, and lessons learned during our deployment to Kandahar, Afghanistan.

Gender and cross-cultural differences in somatic symptoms associated with emotional distress. An international study in primary care

1997 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 433-444 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARCO PICCINELLI ◽  
GREGORY SIMON
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Emotional Distress ◽  
General Health ◽  
Somatic Symptoms ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
World Health ◽  
Cross Cultural Differences ◽  
The World

Background. Gender and cross-cultural differences in the association between somatic symptoms and emotional distress were investigated, using data from the World Health Organization Collaborative Project on Psychological Problems in General Health Care.Methods. Data were collected at 15 centres in 14 countries around the world. At each centre, a stratified random sample of primary care attenders aged 15–65 years was assessed using, among other instruments, the 28-item General Health Questionnaire and the Composite International Diagnostic Interview-Primary Health Care Version.Results. Females reported higher levels of somatic symptoms and emotional distress than males. A strong correlation between somatic symptoms and emotional distress was found in both sexes, with females reporting more somatic symptoms at each level of emotional distress. However, linear regression analysis showed that gender had no significant effect on level of somatic symptoms, when the effects of centre and emotional distress were controlled for. In both sexes, no specific pattern of association emerged between somatic symptom clusters and either anxiety or depression. Primary care attenders from less developed centres reported more somatic symptoms and showed greater gender differences than individuals from more developed centres, but inter-centre differences were small. Finally, gender was not a significant predictor of reason for consultation (somatic versus mental/behavioural symptoms), after controlling for levels of somatic symptoms and emotional distress as well as for centre effect.Conclusions. These data do not support the common belief that females somatize more than males or the traditional view that somatization is a basic orientation prevailing in developing countries. Instead, somatic symptoms and emotional distress are strongly associated in primary care attenders, with few differences between the two sexes and across cultures.

scholarly journals Digital educational environment in the context of preparing students-linguists for intercultural communication

2020 ◽  
pp. 173-179
Author(s):  
Olga A. Chekun
Keyword(s):  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
World Economy ◽  
International School ◽  
Educational Environment ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Digital Tools ◽  
Cross Cultural Differences ◽  
The World ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
The Impact

The article explores the issues of preparing students-linguists for intercultural communication using a digital educational environment and various digital tools and the impact of the digital educational environment on students’ motivation. The author considers the pedagogical potential of the digital educational environment and digital tools in preparing students for intercultural communication. The author conducted a survey for students-linguists of “International School of Business and the World Economy” of Plekhanov Russian University of Economics within the course “Introduction to the Theory of Intercultural Communication” in the context of this methodology. The survey results showed positive changes in motivation and understanding of cross-cultural differences.

scholarly journals Cross-cultural differences in visual perception

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 187-206 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiří Čeněk ◽  
Šašinka Čeněk
Keyword(s):  
Visual Perception ◽  
Cognitive Processes ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Perceptual Field ◽  
East Asians ◽  
Object A ◽  
Cross Cultural Differences ◽  
Culturally Based ◽  
The World

According to recent cross-cultural studies there exist culturally based differences between visual perception and the related cognitive processes (attention, memory). According to current research, East Asians and Westerners percieve and think about the world in very different ways. Westerners are inclined to attend to some focal object (a salient object within a perception field that is relatively big in size, fast moving, colourful) focusing on and analyzing its attributes. East Asians on the other hand are more likely to attend to a broad perceptual field, noticing relationships and changes. In this paper we want to describe the recent findings in the field and propose some directions for future research.

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