This literature review addresses several issues related to the study of aging. Theoretical perspectives‚ research methods‚ and current controversies are reviewed. One issue that has beset the development of research on aging is a definition of old age (Scanzoni & Scanzoni‚ 1988‚ p. 549). Research in the United Kingdom and the United States has found that the older a person is in a chronological sense‚ the later is the chronological age at which that person tends to think old age begins. The concept
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influence on body image across a wide age range is investigated. It is hypothesized that the mass media and peer influence have a negative effect on the way the general population feel about their body in terms to weight‚ and the following five literature reviews make an effort to validate the hypothesis. In a research study by Dohnt & Tiggemann (2006)‚ two questions served as guidance for the study. First‚ would the exposure to television and magazines produce a negative effect on children’s body image
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Literature Review of XBRL Group 14: Literature Review of XBRL Z Abstract XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language) is a standard XML reporting language to enhance the efficiency‚ reliability and accuracy of financial reporting. Since its foundation in 1998‚ XBRL has been developing rapidly in the world. This paper teases out and discusses the literature researches of XBRL from 6 aspects: the production bases of XBRL‚ the effect of XBRL‚ the classification criteria
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and loss. Organisations usually consider enhanced customer relationship management (CRM) as a reputable asset to the core function of their organisation. A considerable discussion on impact of behaviour of customer in performance of business of literature of marketing has been outlined (Heskett et al.‚ 1994; Nelson et al.‚ 1992; Rust and Zahorik‚ 1991; Storbacka et al.‚ 1994). On the contrary‚ much may have not been discussed on work of empirical that has to do with satisfaction of customer‚ loyalty
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Literature Review on Marketing This part of the thesis deals with the research and critical comments on various literatures related with the marketing activities that can be implemented by a firm to improve their business performance. Marketing Strategy: According to Ferrell and Hartline (2010) Marketing Strategy is both art and science where the firm finds or plans ways to deliver their value by fulfilling the needs & wants of their potential customers. This helps in determining the marketing mix
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CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1 Introduction The concept of employee performance In textile industry‚ quality is closely related to employee performance .An essential feature of any successful factory is motivated employee. Therefore the performance of an employee towards his or her place of work and the extent to which an employer‚ owner or manager is able to motivate employees may have a direct effect on the quality of those products. One most important challenge facing managers is the creation
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The rapid increase of prices of first class commodities in the country‚ and the very low income of the Filipinos made major impact in the unstoppable increase of more and more people saying that they are poor. Poverty cannot be ended if the one only increasing is the prices of basic needs of people. All of us are dreaming of a happy and bountiful life in the future‚ but how can you fulfill that dream if you cannot even send your children to school most especially in college. Most of the companies
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The link between population growth and economic development was the subject of intense research from the 1960s to the 1980s. A common view was that rapid population growth – of two percent or higher per year then prevailing in many developing countries – was more likely to hinder than foster economic development. This negative effect operates via reduced child care and human capital investment‚ lower household savings for private and public investments‚ and constraints on allocative efficiency‚ entrepreneurship
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uDoodle is a social networking site that allows users to socialize with friends and meet new people. The website offers features that are common to social networking sites and also introduces new and unique features. One of them is the Doodle Board‚ which lets users draw on a canvas like interface. Users are not limited to drawing on their own Doodle Boards because they may do the same to Doodle Boards of other users as long as they are permitted to do so. This lets people share their creativity
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Literature Review Evolution of theory of CSR1 The 50s The connection between corporations and society has been to industrialists’ mind since the age of Henry Ford‚ if not before but the first effort to theorize this relationship has been made by Howard Bowen’s Social Responsibilities of the Businessman (1953) who tried to give systematic and rationalized arguments in favor of CSR by stating that the big corporations should consider using their power and influence with social consequences and
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