the same age group (Pellowski et al.‚ 2013). This group faces medical and social problems associated with the disease such as stigma‚ disparities in treatment‚ and socioeconomic issues. These findings are consistent with the risk and protective factors in the
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Research Journals Full Length Research Paper Influence of social-cultural factors on gender imbalance in appointment of head teachers in mixed secondary schools in Vihiga district‚ Kenya Phanice Ingasia Chisikwa St Ann Buyangu Girls High School‚ P.O. BOX 42 Gisambai‚ Kenya. E-mail: pingasia@yahoo.com Accepted 15 November‚ 2010 Women are under-represented in school headship in many parts of the world. Social-cultural reasons have been used to explain this discrepancy‚ particularly in Western
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GLOBALIZATION: A SOCIO-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE INTRODUCTION Globalization is the process which has enabled countries all over the world to come together and trade freely with one another. The countries lower down their trade barriers and the world becomes a global village. It has led to increased interdependence and interconnectivity between the countries. The countries are connected economically and technologically with one another and this provides many opportunities to the less developed countries
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Abstract Recent studies have lent support to the idea that cultural variables such as powerdistance can influence management practices‚ and results found are in accordance withexpectations derived from cultural frameworks such as wasproposed by Hofstede’s (1980) and Kluckhohnand Strodtbeck’s (1961). Building on the concept of power distance as moderator of theparticipation/organizational outcome relationship‚ the current study investigates the impact ofpower distance on the orientation on employee
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Socio-Cultural Factors Explain what is meant by “socio-cultural factors” in the external environment? Socio-cultural factors in the external environment is the factors bases on society and cultures that affecting the business or the markets. Socio-cultural factors such as education‚ lifestyle trends‚ population and so on‚ may influence customers’ behavior or attitude to the product. For example‚ if the population of greybeard is increasing‚ then the demand of rest home will be increase as well.
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the same amount of success that Wal-Mart has had for nearly 30 years. Having to work within the social-cultural environment has been challenging for Wal-Mart domestically and globally. These challenges created only minor set backs for the superstore giant. Learning from its experiences‚ good and bad‚ Wal-Mart continues growing as the largest retailer in the world. Wal-Mart’s social-cultural values have worked well for them. When a company is looking at its beliefs‚ they must consider their employees
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Social‚ Cultural and Economic Impact of Globalization in India 79 rate or flag this page By premsingh glimpses Click thumbnail to view full-size Fatehpur Sikri Socialization of people for improving business and financial activities across the globe can be referred as globalization. It is not a new phenomena as people kept searching new places and avenues to increase their business activities as evident by explorations of Vasco degama‚ Columbus and East India Company. Bitter experiences
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Accepting/understanding the local political system. 36. Understanding the locals’ world view. 37. Taking a local perspective on the culture. 38. Understanding the local value system. 39. Seeing things from the locals’ point of view. 40. Understanding cultural differences. 41. Being able to see two sides of an intercultural issue.
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When examining influences on sexuality one has to look at many different factors. One of those factors that has an influence on sexuality is the culture or society that person is from and their expectations of sexual behavior. Gender identity‚ their roles‚ and stereotypes associated with a person’s gender also play a part. Finally the psychological impacts of these expectations and how commercial sex influences expectations and perceptions of sexuality should be explored. Gender Identity and Gender
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Socio-cultural Impact of Eco-Tourism Dr. Anjani Kumar Abstract Ecotourism is entirely a new approach in tourism. Born in its current form in late 1980s‚ ecotourism came of in age in 2002‚ when the United Nations celebrated the “International year of Ecotourism. Today’s market place is becoming greener and more environmentally sensitive than ever‚ with 85 percent of the industrialized world does citizen believe that the environment is the number one public
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