Cross-Cultural Encounter in Ngugi Wa Thiong’o’s The River Between ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- W. Shivnarayan Assistant Professor of English‚ LDM College‚ Parli Vaijnath 431515 India ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ INTRODUCTION In The River Between‚ Ngugi critically examines and evaluates‚ primarily through the aspect of Christianity the cultural clash
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institutions. It is widely the accepted behaviour in a group and likely the most striking or peculiar form of behaviour noted by a foreign member new in the group. Considering this‚ multinational corporations (MNC) must be highly sensitive towards cross cultural management in order for them to expand‚ implement their strategies and achieve their goals in domains outside their home. According to the GLOBE Project (House and Hanges‚ 2004‚ p15)‚ leadership is the ability of an individual to influence‚
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Semiotics‚ Communication‚ and Cultural Theory: Basic Assumptions 1. Cultures are formed through language. Language is public‚ social‚ and communal‚ not private or personal. (If anyone used a private language‚ it would be very uninteresting to the rest of the world.) 2. Users of a common language form what is called a "speech community‚" though we use "speech" in this context to include many kinds of communication communities (subcultures‚ dialects‚ ethnic groups‚ social-class specific communities
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A cross-cultural comparison on work value between US and China When I started to study about the cultural comparison between China and the United States I read different articles and theories by different authors; now I know what differences industrialization is making in societies. Chinese culture is different than American culture which is influenced by the domestic policy‚ for example the one child policy. On the values of young Chinese adults‚ the one child policy has not affected the
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IDENTIFYING CORE COMPETENCIES FOR ELECTRONIC RESOURCES LIBRARIANS IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY LIBRARY A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF THE TEXAS WOMAN‘S UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION BY SARAH W. SUTTON‚ M.L.S. DENTON‚ TEXAS MAY 2011 TEXAS WOMAN‘S UNIVERSITY DENTON‚ TEXAS December 3‚ 2010 To the Dean of the Graduate School: I am submitting herewith a dissertation written
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Journal of Business Research 62 (2009) 947–954 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Journal of Business Research Universal differences in advertising avoidance behavior: A cross-cultural study José I. Rojas-Méndez a‚⁎‚ Gary Davies b‚1‚ Canan Madran c‚2 a b c Sprott School of Business‚ Carleton University‚ 925 Dunton Tower‚ 1125 Colonel By Drive‚ Ottawa‚ Ontario‚ Canada K1S 5B6 Manchester Business School‚ The University of Manchester‚ Booth Street West‚ Manchester‚ M15 6PB‚ United
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Arndt’s study implies‚ even if a membership in a particular group is important‚ if it affects their self-esteem; they are likely to distance themselves from that particular group‚ especially if mortality is induced. This suggests that people are more focused on self-esteem than belonging to a group. It would be interesting to see if the extent of group identification contributes the disengagement of a particular group. For example‚ the difference between people who were raised highly accustomed to
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1. Retail grocery stores ----Specialty retailer Industry 2. Commercial banking ----Commercial banks Industry 3. Pharmaceutical preparations ----Pharmaceuticals Industry 4. Commercial airline ----Aerospace and defense Industry 5. Computer software ----Network & other comm. Equip. Industry 6. IT service provider ----Internet services and retailing Industry 7. Liquor producer and distributor ----Beverages Industry
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• Industries in the case can be organized into five groups consisting of A. Financial industry High receivables (loans) and payables (deposits‚ other loans)‚ little inventory Commercial banking (2) 2 has the highest receivables and payables (both note payable and account payable). It has no raw materials‚ work in progress and finished goods‚ which are characteristics for a bank. B. Retail industry Lots of inventory‚ low gross profit percentage Retail grocery stores(1) 1 has the lowest
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Crossing Cultures 1. What is a cultural incident? According to Storti‚ there are Type I and Type II incidents. Describe each with a specific cross-cultural example. Type 2 are those incidents where the expat’s behavior confuse‚ frustrates‚ or otherwise puts off someone from another culture. In the first instance the expat is the "victim‚" if you perpetrator. In both cases‚ incidentally‚ it is the expat who suffers the most. A cross-cultural encounter‚ by definition‚ is a two-way
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