RESEARCH NOTE CULTURAL ADAPTATION: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF TERTIARY STUDENTS' INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION EXPERIENCE

AbstractThis study is an empirical approach to answering the question: are there any universal factors that account for the origin, diffusion and persistence of corruption in human societies? The paper enquires whether the perception of corruption in politics and economics can be tackled as a form of cultural adaptation, driven by exogenous and endogenous forces. These are respectively: freedom of access and management of economic resources, and the pressures towards human grouping. Following the analytical insights of cultural theory, developed by Mary Douglas and later Aaron Wildavsky, variation is introduced through the ways in which corruption is perceived through the different behavioral and cultural biases that prevail in societies. This research introduces a cross-country comparative analysis of 57 countries attempting to test quantitatively whether institutional pressure and emphasis towards social grouping are correlated with corruption perception at country levels.

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Cultural Adaptation on the Web

Advances in Global Information Management - Advanced Topics in Global Information Management, Volume 4 ◽

10.4018/978-1-59140-468-2.ch012 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 203-220 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Nitish Singh ◽

Hongxin Zhao ◽

Xiaorui Hu

Keyword(s):

Comparative Analysis ◽

Cultural Adaptation ◽

Cultural Models ◽

Fortune 500 ◽

Neutral Medium ◽

Business Press ◽

Fortune 500 Companies ◽

Web Designers ◽

The U.S ◽

The Web

In the academic literature and the business press, there seems to be a lack of guidance and lack of cross-cultural models to support companies localization strategies on the Web. To address this deficit in literature and to provide marketers and Web designers with insights into website localization, this paper conducted a comparative analysis of the U.S. based international companies’ domestic websites and their Chinese websites. A framework to measure cultural adaptation on the Web is presented. Forty U.S.-based Fortune 500 companies are surveyed to investigate the cultural adaptation of their Chinese websites. Content analysis of the 80 U.S. domestic and Chinese websites reveals that the web is not a culturally neutral medium, but it is full of cultural markers that give country-specific websites a look and feel unique to the local culture.

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Turbulence, Empowerment, and Marginalised Groups: A comparative analysis of five International Education Governance Systems

Turbulence, Empowerment and Marginalisation in International Education Governance Systems ◽

10.1108/978-1-78754-675-220181012 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 237-274

Author(s):

Alison Taysum ◽

Khalid Arar

Keyword(s):

Comparative Analysis ◽

International Education ◽

Education Governance ◽

Governance Systems ◽

Marginalised Groups

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Strategi Pendidikan Islam Menghadapi Kemajuan Iptek

INSANIA Jurnal Pemikiran Alternatif Kependidikan ◽

10.24090/insania.v11i1.99 ◽

1970 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

pp. 63-75

Author(s):

M Slamet Yahya

Keyword(s):

Comparative Analysis ◽

Long Range ◽

Short Range ◽

Technology Development ◽

Science And Technology ◽

Practical Aspect ◽

Islamic Education ◽

Education Experience ◽

Moral Aspect ◽

Islamic Values

Nowadays, Islamic education experience functional degradation because unable to show itsreal spirit. Islamic education just only can adapt to the education orienting at materialistic (pragmatic and practical) aspect, so that unable to determine its step independently. In order to follow science and technology development, there’s three aspects, namely knowledge oriented, skill oriented, and values oriented. Thereby the target of short-range (world bliss) and long-range target (akherat bliss) of Islamic education can be reached. Here also conducted comparative analysis to thought of education figures (especially Islamic education) so that we can found concept or theory of Islamic education which not only orienting at cognitive aspect, but also orienting at student moral aspect, and also can keep abreast of the science and technology, and keep stand on Islamic values.

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