Essays about: "Western and Eastern cultural orientation"

Found 3 essays containing the words Western and Eastern cultural orientation.

  1. 1. Cultural Differences in Optimism, Pessimism and Eudaimonic Well-Being from a Neurobiological Perspective

    University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för biovetenskap

    Author : Alexsandra Plan; [2015]
    Keywords : Well - being; Eudaimonic well - being; Optimism; Pessimism; Cultural differences; Sweden; Japan;

    Abstract : The present thesis provides a theoretical overview, including a neurobiological perspective, of well-being (WB), eudaimonic well-being (EWB), optimism, pessimism and cultural differences between Western and Eastern societies.  In addition, an empirical study investigated these concepts in Japanese and Swedish participants. READ MORE

  2. 2. Influence of cultural dimensions on Agile team behavioral characteristics

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Sektionen för datavetenskap och kommunikation

    Author : Veena Veerla; Maanasa Subrahmanyam; [2011]
    Keywords : Agile software development; agile team; Hofstede cultural dimensions; Power distance; Individualism Collectivism; Masculinity Femininity; Uncertainty avoidance; Autonomy; Shared leadership; Learning; team orientation; Redundancy; Literature review and Survey.;

    Abstract : Context: Agile methodologies are widely recognized in western countries. From past few years, its practices are being successfully adopted in global settings especially in eastern countries. Across the world, teams are following its values and principles. READ MORE

  3. 3. The Impact of Culture on Consumers' Propensity to Innovate and Susceptibility to Interpersonal Influences

    University essay from Handelshögskolan vid Umeå universitet

    Author : Jie Liu; Dongmi Wu; [2007]
    Keywords : culture;

    Abstract : ABSTRACT The increasing globalization of business provides a compelling reason for understanding the cultural context of consumer behaviour. Our thesis investigates the impact of culture on consumers’ propensity to innovate and consumers’ susceptibility to interpersonal influence that is divided into normative interpersonal influences and informational interpersonal influences. READ MORE