Essays about: "western culture individualism"
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1. Can Art in Sustainability Education Challenge Marginalisation? Conversations with Youths and Practitioners in a European Context.
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/HumanekologiAbstract : Marginalisation is present in youth education for sustainability. Reducing marginalisation in youth education for sustainability is crucial in the field of human ecology since it strives to understand environmental and social justice. READ MORE
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2. The influence of executive board national culture and board nationality diversity on corporate social performance in Western European non-financial firms
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionenAbstract : This paper examines the effect of executive board-level national culture and board nationality diversity on corporate social performance (CSP). The sample constitutes of 130 executive boards of non-financial firms from Germany, France, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK over the time period 2010-2014. READ MORE
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3. Necessary skills for leaders to build effective teams in China : A difference comparison between China and the West
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för organisation och entreprenörskap (OE)Abstract : Past scholars tended to focus on the leadership techniques of success managers, but the current trend is to focus on the basic principles of management, which is often referred to as team-building. In this research, I compared the differences in traditional culture, social structure, education system and politics framework between China and West in order to discuss the necessary technique for doing team-building in Chinese companies and how those techniques are different from team building techniques used in Western management. READ MORE
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4. Possible correlation between sustainability, wellbeing and traditional African values : Wellbeing factors among citizens in Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
University essay from Fakulteten för samhälls- och livsvetenskaperAbstract : Present development path is based on the Western ideas, with focus on market, competition, capitalism and individualism. It has shown to create unsustainable patterns in terms of a growing ecological footprint, decreased wellbeing and growing inequities. This calls for new, alternative development paths. READ MORE
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5. Aspirations, possibilities and limitations–Indian middleclass students' view on future career and related values
University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS)Abstract : The aim of this study is to investigate how middle class, secondary school students in Bangalore view their future in the background context of individualist and collectivist influences, traditionally related to Western respectively Eastern culture. The objectives are as follows:How do secondary school students view their future in terms of further studies and work opportunities and what possibilities and/or limitations do they identify? What in relation to this are some of the underlying, deciding factors?What values do secondary school students take into account while considering a future career? To what extent can these values be related to the general distinctions between collectivism and individualism, traditionally related to Eastern and Western culture?Theoretical terms used in the thesis are the sociological concepts of individualism and collectivism and Krumboltz’s social learning theory, a constructivist career theory. READ MORE
