scholarly journals Causes, Effects and Consequences of Cultural Differences: Reading Nepali Migrants' Literature in West Asia

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 142-154
Author(s):  
Ramji Timalsina
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Social Background ◽  
Open Society ◽  
Traditional Concept ◽  
The Social ◽  
Transnational Migrants ◽  
Social Management ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Islamic Society

This exploratory study deals with the depiction of causes, effects and consequences of cultural differences between the Nepali transnational migrants in West Asia and the citizens of the nations in this locale as seen in the literary creations of Nepali migrant writers. About a million Nepali migrants work in the Middle East. In the three decades of this migration, they have undergone many experiences of awe and shock caused by their cultural differences with the host land societies. Mainly caused by the differences in terms of religion, social management and law, the Nepali migrants feel difficult to adjust in the respective societies and they bear the consequent discomforts. These experiences have been the base of the Nepali literary creations in that transnational locale. The authors have expressed these realities in their poems, novels, stories, essays and memoirs. This article shows how these writings have portrayed the impact of closed Islamic society unlike the open society in Nepal; occupation based social hierarchy unlike the caste based one in Nepal; differences in culinary items and chance of personal freedom; distance between male and female; the traditional concept about the housemaids and workers; and other socio-cultural discriminations on the migrants in West Asia. The texts under analysis show that whatever is the social background back in Nepal, all Nepali migrants have the same culture, i.e. Nepali; and so they try to save it for their solace in the hostland.

Marital Satisfaction of Portuguese Families in Times of Social Lockdown

2021 ◽  
pp. 106648072110098
Author(s):  
Carla Sílvia Fernandes ◽  
Bruno Magalhães ◽  
Sílvia Silva ◽  
Beatriz Edra
Keyword(s):  
Marital Satisfaction ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Marital Relations ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Family ◽  
Convenience Sampling ◽  
Global Threat ◽  
The Impact

The COVID-19 pandemic represents a global threat and crisis situation, and its wide-reaching impact has also affected marital satisfaction. Dysfunction of the marital system puts the survival of the family unit at risk. This research aimed to determine the level of marital satisfaction of Portuguese families during the social lockdown and the association between the variables under study. A descriptive, exploratory study was conducted. During the social lockdown, 276 people of Portuguese nationality and residing in Portugal were recruited using nonprobabilistic convenience sampling. Marital satisfaction in the pandemic phase showed low values that may be associated with the social, economic, and political context experienced by the pandemic situation. Future research must be carried out in order to identify, prevent, and intervene in situations of violence. In addition, future research should explore not only marital satisfaction during the current pandemic but a more systemic assessment of marital relations during crises, expanding the impact of marital satisfaction in family functioning.

scholarly journals Impact of Product Modularity on Mass Customization Capability: An Exploratory Study of Contextual Factors

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (04) ◽  
pp. 939-959 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mincong Tang ◽  
Yinan Qi ◽  
Min Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Mass Customization ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Regression Models ◽  
Contextual Factors ◽  
Organizational Structures ◽  
System Capacity ◽  
Moderating Effects ◽  
The Social ◽  
Product Modularity ◽  
The Impact

This study examines how the impact of product modularity (PM) on the mass customization capability (MCC) is moderated by several contextual factors, such as the firms’ information system capacity (ISC), teamwork (TW), multifunctional employees (MFE), and organizational structure (flat or hierarchical) (OSF). Data from 238 firms located in multiple countries across three different industry groups were analyzed to test the moderated regression models and the hypotheses. The results showed that the product modularity strongly impacts the MCC. Compared to ISC, the social contextual variables, such as TW, MFE, and OSF, have stronger moderating effects on the impact of the product modularity on the mass customization capability. In addition, ISC helps MCC solely for firms with flat organizational structures. Overall, our study suggests that manufacturers who desire to become mass customizers should create flat, nimble organizations with employees who are trained in several different tasks and are adept at teamwork.

scholarly journals Socialization Skills & Family Types: A Report in Three Jamaican Communities Among Young Adults

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
S M Nazmuz Sakib
Keyword(s):  
Social Development ◽  
Home Environment ◽  
Social Background ◽  
The People ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Family ◽  
Family Types ◽  
Stable Family ◽  
Socialization Skills ◽  
The Impact

A child's learning and socialization are most influenced by their family since the family is the child's primary social group. Ultimately, the family will be responsible for shaping a child and developing their values, skills, socialization, and security. This research paper sheds light on the problem in the society that socialization among adults become difficult based on their social background. The research was conducted on two types of families nuclear and single-parent and the impact of these families on the social development of children. The families were selected from three local communities in the parish of Clarendon and Manchester (Rocky Point, Chantilly, and Palmers Cross). The people taken in consideration for this research are of age group 18-35 years old. The basic aim of this research was a statistical analysis on how the economic conditions and home environment contributes to the participant’s socialization behaviors. The research shows how socialization and challenges varies among the families, and how a stable family where both parents are present and resources are readily available, plays a vital in a child’s social development.

The Ethnic Chinese in Korea and in the Philippines: An Exploratory Study (韓國及菲律賓華人:探索性比較研究)

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Teresita Ang See (洪玉華)
Keyword(s):  
Exploratory Study ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Historical Narratives ◽  
Cultural Interaction ◽  
Economic Success ◽  
Korean Society ◽  
Ethnic Chinese ◽  
The Social ◽  
Mainstream Society ◽  
The Impact

The paper compares the impact of the social and historical experiences of the Chinese in the Philippines with those of the Chinese in Korea. Both went through periods of social, political, and economic discrimination. It explores possible explanation on why the Chinese-Filipino community has prominent business magnates among them not found among Chinese Koreans. The parallels in their historical narratives had disparate impact: the Chinese in Korea lived an isolated life apart from the mainstream Korean society while the Chinese in the Philippines became well integrated into Philippine society.While there are other important factors that helped spawn economic success of Chinese Filipinos, the paper posits that the successful integration of the Chinese Filipinos into mainstream society is the most significant factor. In contrast, the lack of opportunities for socio-cultural interaction, the isolation and lack of integration hindered the economic success of the Chinese Koreans. (This article is in English.)本篇論文對菲律賓華人及韓國華人的社會及歷史經驗所受到的衝擊進行比較。兩者都經歷了被社會、政治及經濟歧視的時代。本篇論文也探索了為何菲律賓華人社區出現許多著名商業巨賈，但韓國華人卻沒有。雖然兩國的歷史極其相似，但有著截然不同的影響：在韓國的華人，遠離韓國主流社會，過著孤立的生活，而菲律賓華人非常順利地融入菲律賓社會。雖然菲律賓華人取得經濟上的成功，還有其他重要因素，本篇論文斷定，菲律賓華人成功融入主流社會，是最主要的關鍵。相反的，缺乏社會文化交流，孤立及未能融入社會，給韓國華人的經濟成功帶來阻礙。

scholarly journals Dampak Interaksi Sosial Masyarakat Transmigran Sasak di Manggelewa Dompu NTB

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-39
Author(s):  
Syarifuddin Syarifuddin ◽  
Dwi Setiawan Chaniago ◽  
Arif Nasrullah ◽  
Khalifatul Syuhada
Keyword(s):  
Social Interactions ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Social Background ◽  
Local People ◽  
Depth Data ◽  
Political Opportunities ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
The Social ◽  
Long Time ◽  
The Impact

This study examines the impact of social interactions of the Sasak transmigrants community in Dompu County Manggelewa. The release of transmigrants in this transmigration areacertainly has the process of adaptation and assimilation of both communities, both migrants and local communities. The method of research used is to use a qualitative approach. Datacollection is done through observation, in-depth interview (Indept interview) and FGD. FGD is used to complement the results of observation and interviews in depth. Data analysis is conducted through three phases of data reduction, classification and draw conclusions based on the overall data. The results of the research of local people and Sasak transmigrants have an equivalent interaction pattern, which tends to be associative. This can be seen from the social relations between Sasak migrant citizens with local people in various social activities that take place. Although between these two groups of people has a different social background that includes language, customs and political opportunities, they remain equal interactions. Assimilation and Acculturas are indicated by the habit of the two groups because it is vulnerable to a long time. The existence of Sasak migrant citizens in Manggelewa for a long time has made the two communities to adapt to each other. As in the event of a resident of Sasak migrant citizen with local people who choose to define newhabits. The habit formed is the unification of two or more assimilated cultures. 

scholarly journals Conscious shopping of middle-class consumers during the pandemic: Exploratory study in Mexico, Nigeria, Poland, and Sri Lanka

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Maria Nikodemska-Wołowik ◽  
Dagmara Wach ◽  
Katarzyna Andruszkiewicz ◽  
Ade Otukoya
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Middle Class ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Culturally Diverse ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Consumer Behaviors ◽  
The Impact

Abstract This study aims to identify middle-class consumers’ habits in four countries during the pandemic of 2020, with special attention to analogous consumers’ reactions to extraordinary circumstances during the recession of 2008. Furthermore, this study tried to detect the impact of the pandemic on conscious shopping. Although the consequences of the ongoing pandemic were unforeseeable, the paper opened new avenues for further research on factors responsible for conscious consumption during the unprecedented externality and its significance on the middle-class consumers in culturally diverse markets. To achieve the aforementioned goals, between June and December 2020, computer-assisted web interviews (CAWI) based on pilot stage research were conducted to answer the following questions: How did the pandemic influence the buyers’ shopping habits in terms of conscious consumption? What were the reasons for the changes in shopping habits? What kind of consumer behaviors would middle-class buyers recommend to others? One general conclusion, inter alia, should be stressed remarkably: during the pandemic, irrespective of the cultural differences, the middle-class consumers’ behaviors did not vary significantly with regards to most of the investigated variables.

scholarly journals Impact of Economic Accessibility on Realized Utilization of Home-Based Healthcare Services for the Older Adults in China

Healthcare ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 218
Author(s):  
Xiaodong Di ◽  
Lijian Wang ◽  
Liu Yang ◽  
Xiuliang Dai
Keyword(s):  
Family Support ◽  
Social Background ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Home Based ◽  
The Social ◽  
Utilization Of Healthcare ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Positive Effect

Home-based healthcare service has gradually become the most important model to cope with aging in China. However, the contradiction between oversupply and insufficient demand of healthcare services is becoming increasingly serious. How to effectively improve the realized utilization of healthcare resources has become a key issue in the development of healthcare services. Based on the social background of “getting old before getting rich”, this article explores the relationship between economic accessibility and realized utilization, and finds that the impact of economic accessibility on realized utilization is inverted U-shaped, not a linear positive effect. In addition, considering the moderating role of family support, it is found that family support can strengthen the inverted U-shaped effect of economic accessibility on realized utilization. Therefore, exerting the role of family and improving economic accessibility can effectively solve the dilemma of low utilization of healthcare services.

scholarly journals Inter-firm Relationship Quality vs. Perceived Cultural Differences

2015 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-31
Author(s):  
Lidia Danik
Keyword(s):  
Relationship Quality ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
International Business ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Regression Models ◽  
Linear Regression Models ◽  
International Business Theory ◽  
Managerial Implications ◽  
Quality Dimensions ◽  
The Impact

AbstractThe objective of this exploratory study is to determine whether and (if so) how perceived cultural differences influence relationship quality.To make this determination this study analyzed the cooperation of 278 Polish exporters and importers with their German and Chinese partners. Indicators of perceived cultural differences by cooperating companies were created, and then linear regression models were derived, showing the dependence of relationship quality dimensions on the perceived cultural differences. The findings confirmed the impact of the cultural differences perceived by Polish partners on all dimensions of inter-firm relationship quality. However, not all the perceived differences influenced the relationships. The perception of the differences did not depend strongly on the partner’s country of origin.This study identifies new antecedents of relationship quality, which not only contribute to the international business theory but also suggests practical managerial implications. On the whole, managers can improve relationship quality if they behave similarly to their partners.

scholarly journals Social background and its impact on the freedom of women within the Palestinian family: A field study applied to the residents of Qalqilya at the end of the second decade of the twentieth century: الخلفية الاجتماعية وانعكاسها على حرية المرأة داخل الأسرة الفلسطينية: دراسة ميدانية على سكان مدينة قلقيلية في نهاية العقد الثاني من القرن العشرين

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdelmajid Nayif Alawneh
Keyword(s):  
Economic Status ◽  
Strong Relationship ◽  
Social Background ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
New Family ◽  
A Value ◽  
The Social ◽  
Palestinian Society ◽  
In The Beginning ◽  
The Impact

The aim of this research is to know the extent of the impact of social background variables on the freedom of women within the Palestinian family from the viewpoint of all members of Palestinian society. The researcher used the descriptive analytical method and the questionnaire tool, and the research community is a resident of one of the Palestinian cities, which is the city of Qalqilya in the northern West Bank, A sample was taken of them amounting to (548) individuals from different groups, and it was found with regard to the private living areas that there is freedom for Palestinian women in them, as the total score for all of these areas came between the high and medium percentage, which reached a combined value of (73.7%) Distributed over The entire various fields in its existence ranged between (83.8%) for the existence of women's freedom in the social field, followed by a value (5. 78%) for the existence of that freedom within the psychological field and (70.7%) came to the freedom of women within the democratic field The three domains represented the highest existence of women's freedom in them, followed by the noticeable decrease in the existence of this freedom, which came with a value (9.67%) for the freedom of women in the practical behavioral field, followed by a percentage (4. 66%) of the existence of women's freedom in the material field, and this means The practical, real presence of women's freedom came in an average way compared to the theoretical existence, and it was found at the end of this research There is a strong relationship between the various variables of the social background and between the existence of women's freedom within the Palestinian society, such as the existence of a relationship between gender, age, economic status, number of family members, the nature of work and the educational level and the existence of women's freedom, and this means that there is a strong and significant impact of the changes in the social environment as a driver of existence Freedom of women in its apparent form between high and medium as it came in the areas mentioned in this research, and at the end of this research the researcher made a number of recommendations at the public and private levels, one of the most important of which was the need to give guidance courses for those coming to marriage to improve from a For the relations between the spouses and the creation of a kind of freedom in the beginning of the formation of any new family considering that this contributes to a decrease in some other social problems, in addition to the need to improve the treatment of women within every Palestinian family.

L'ORGANISATION SOCIALE DE L'AGRICULTURE DANS L'EGYPTE PHARAONIQUE PENDANT L'ANCIEN EMPIRE (2650-2150 AVANT J.-C.)

2001 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 411-450 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Carlos Moreno García
Keyword(s):  
Social Inequalities ◽  
Social Background ◽  
The State ◽  
Old Kingdom ◽  
Peasant Communities ◽  
State Administration ◽  
The Social ◽  
Local Representative ◽  
The Impact

AbstractThe author analyses the social background of agriculture in Old Kingdom Egypt as well as the interaction of its main constituents : institutions, peasants and the royal taxes. The impact of the foundation of royal farms and temples on peasant communities enhanced the position of the local elite, which became gradually incorporated into the State administration as the local representative of the Pharaoh. Social inequalities also increased on the long term, as some peasants became heavily indebted whereas rural potentates acquired land, serfs and flocks. The final result was the weakening of the State and the struggle for power by the members of the rural elite enriched during this process. L'auteur analyse l'organisation sociale de l'agriculture égyptienne pendant l'Ancien Empire, ainsi que les rapports existant entre ses éléments les plus importants : d'une part les institutions, d'autre part les paysans et, finalement, les impôts et les taxes prélevés par l'Etat. La fondation de temples et d'exploitations agricoles de la couronne contribua à renforcer la condition sociale des élites locales, de plus en plus intégrées dans l'appareil de l'Etat en tant que représentantes locales du Pharaon. Des inégalités sociales apparurent aussi au cours du temps, puisque certains secteurs de la paysannerie devinrent endettés en même temps que les potentats ruraux cumulaient des terres, des serfs et des troupeaux. Ce processus aboutit à l'affaiblissement du pouvoir de l'Etat et à des luttes pour le pouvoir entre les membres des élites rurales, enrichies grâce à ce processus.

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