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A Trajectory towards a Culture of Quality: A Phenomenological Study of an Open Distance Learning University in South Africa and in China
Published 2022-10-01“…Through an international staff exchange program that was attended over a period of two weeks, this paper compares two distance education universities from two culturally diverse continents; Africa and Asia, more specifically, a distance university in China and an open distance and e-Learning university in South Africa. …”
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Multilingual Education From Students: Case Study in Israel and Moldova
Published 2024-04-01“…The study centers on a diverse group of 200 secondary school students from the culturally diverse landscapes of Israel and Moldova. …”
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Perceived Influence of Social Media on Multiculturalism in Southern States, Nigeria
Published 2023-06-01“…Findings also show that social media promote cultural inclusion in the southern states of Nigeria by way of enhancing communication competence amongst people from different cultures; it strengthens ties with people from other cultures; and it gives a sense of belonging in a culturally diverse group on social media. It was concluded that social media have a positive influence on multiculturalism in the southern states of Nigeria. …”
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Health workers’ attitudes toward immigrant patients: a cross-sectional survey in primary health care services
Published 2012-07-01“…Efforts should be made to improve workers’ competencies to deal with culturally diverse populations, in order to promote quality of health care and obtain positive health outcomes among immigrant populations.…”
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Examining Singapore’s intercultural business communication using intercultural communication competency framework.
Published 2013“…ICC refers to ability to execute communication behaviors effectively and appropriately by the negotiation of their own cultural identities in a culturally diverse environment Singapore is a melting pot, which houses a plethora of diverse cultural groups. …”
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Emojions of Singapore
Published 2018“…While emotions are universal, the experience of emotions is culturally diverse and differs between countries. Is the experience of living in Singapore really emotionless and unfeeling? …”
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The impact of Istanbul on the construction of Albania’s religious and cultural coexistence
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An IPA: orthodox Jewish women, adherence to the laws of family purity and the marital relationship
Published 2012“…Counselling psychology promotes the importance of developing multicultural counselling competencies in order that treatment interventions meet the needs of culturally diverse clients, acknowledging their unique experiences. …”
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Sociocultural practices in maternal health among women in a less developed economy: An overview of Sokoto State, Nigeria
Published 2014“…Past researches show that Nigeria is culturally diverse with over 300 different ethnic or linguistic groups and dialects. …”
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Foreign workers in Middle East construction industry
Published 2013“…Problems related to migrant workers are; Willing to work overtime, Unsatisfied with wages, Not getting wages regularly, Low income versus locals, unsatisfied to basic needs, unsatisfied to medical treatment, Competition for job, Crime rate, Low skill and risk, Cooperation with locals, Local workers problems, Social problems, Culture diversity problems, Cheap foreign workers, Insurance increasing price. the result driven to the levels of skill of migrant workers according to priority are as follows; Bricklayer, General labor, Painter, Mason, Plaster, Tiler, Barbender, Plumber, Drainage, Slate and tile installer, Machinery operators, Glazier, Carpenter, Joiner, Hammersmith.…”
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Exploring the state of discipline on the formation of swift trust within global virtual teams
Published 2012“…The study of global virtual teams (GVTs) is important in the Information System (IS) field because GVTs employ a work structure that is heavily dependent on information communication technology.Besides the use of technology, GVTs are also composed of people from different cultural backgrounds.As such, GVTs are challenged not only to collaborate and coordinate projects in a virtual environment, but also to promote a trusting working relationship among culturally diverse members. In this meta-synthesis research, we sampled 3239 documents spanning fifteen (15) years, from 1995-2010 in seven (N=7) top IS journals.Trained coders read through all the articles systematically and coded the contents manually; only 55 useable articles were found that matched three or four of the codes (i.e., GVTs, virtual teams, trust, and swift trust).In the 15-year period, we found a startling result: less than 2% of articles published in the selected top IS journals have discussed this crucial topic. …”
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The educated environmental issues: A case study of ethnic groups in Tha Madue Village, Kanchanaburi province, Thailand
Published 2007“…They lived with the variety of ethnic groups, so there were cultural diversities for living together. The sub-groups were Tai Lue, Tai-Yuan, Karen, Mon and people from other provinces. …”
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Revisiting The Geographical Indication Regime in Bangladesh: Trips Compatibility and Prospective Challenges
Published 2023“…Bangladesh, being rich in cultural diversities and traditions, has a number of world-famous foodstuffs, handicrafts, agricultural products and cultural heritage that could qualify as geographical indications. …”
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Development of an instrument to measure the cultural competence of health care workers
Published 2020-03-01“…RESULTS The final scale include 14 items that are grouped into three dimensions concordant with the theoretical model: sensitivity to own prejudices, cultural knowledge, and skills to work in culturally diverse environments. This scale showed good fit in factor models, adequate reliability and lack of evidence of measurement bias. …”
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Creativity and (global, ethnic, host) cultural identifications: An examination in migrant and host national samples
Published 2022-11-01“…We examine the association between global culture identification and creativity in the Alternate Uses Test, across two different samples residing in Spain: a host national and majorly student sample (N = 326) and a culturally diverse immigrant sample (N = 122). Additionally, we test the predictive value of ethnic identification (in both samples) and host culture identification (in the immigrant sample). …”
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British Columbia’s Index of Multiple Deprivation for Community Health Service Areas
Published 2022-02-01“…BCIMD indexes are reported by quintiles, where quintile 1 represents the least deprived (or ethno-culturally diverse), and quintile 5 is the most deprived (or diverse). …”
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Whānau Āwhina Plunket nurses’ views on the use of the PHQ-3 postnatal depression screening tool: a survey
Published 2023-01-01“…However, less confidence in its use across cultures implies the PHQ-3 does not translate to evidence-based, cross-cultural care. To serve culturally diverse populations, consultation is needed on both languages used and cultural practices so that tools are appropriate, otherwise they cannot be validated for use cross-culturally. …”
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Barriers to colorectal cancer screening in community health centers: A qualitative study
Published 2008-02-01“…Conversely, physicians identified competing priorities, such as psychosocial stressors or comorbid medical illness, as barriers to screening. In this culturally diverse group of patients seen at community health centers, similar barriers to screening were reported by patients of different backgrounds, but physicians perceived other factors as more important.…”
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Verso una società dell’inter-scambio generazionale
Published 2017-08-01“… Non esiste un periodo della vita che più di altri merita l’attenzione educativa poiché è la totalità dell’essere umano e del suo tempo ad entrare nell’orizzonte educativo; in ogni momento della sua vita, la persona può essere ‘formata’, può essere, dunque, messa nella condizione di raggiungere la propria pienezza di essere umano attraverso esperienze plurali e culture diverse attinte dal mondo sociale dall’infanzia sino alla vecchiaia. …”
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The management of the international student experience in the South African context: The role of sociocultural adaptation and cultural intelligence
Published 2018-01-01“…Orientation: Sociocultural adaptation and cultural intelligence theory predicts certain relationships between these two orientations and performance in culturally diverse contexts. Research purpose: The aim of the research was to investigate the contribution of cultural intelligence to sociocultural adaptation and the role of cultural intelligence as a mediator of the relationship between sociocultural adaptation and academic performance of international students in the context of a large South African university. …”
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