Introduction: Shifting perspectives from universalism to cross-culturalism

Shifting Perspectives on Organizational Memory: From Storage to Active Remembering

Thispaperprovides a critique of current conceptions of “organizational memory” as presented in a number of recent studies. It briefly reviews some of the rich and varied contributions from both administrative studies and information systems concerning this topic, while aC the same time noting the vagueness of the term as it is commonly used. What is of interest is the pervasiveness and persever...

Introduction [to Cultivating Virtue: Perspectives from Philosophy, Theology, and Psychology]

Cross-linguistic perspectives on morphological processing: An introduction

The appreciation that morphological factors are essential building blocks in anymodel of lexical organisation is nowwidely accepted.Morphological structure is a necessary component in natural languages. It introduces into a language, elements of complexity as well as factors of redundancy. From an historical perspective, the classical models of visual word recognition that were laid out two or ...

an introduction to cross cultural psychology

in this article an attempt has been made to observe and highlight the cultural differences that exist between developing countries and the more technologically advanced countries of the world. the paper attempts to delineate the impact of these differences on the believes, attitudes, emotional patterns, and their relevance for the planning and deliver of mental health services. it draws attenti...

Shifting Perspectives on Comparative Research: a view from the USA

The evolution of scholarship in comparative education in the USA has reached a point where several observations are possible. While there is variation in methodology and theory, three principal perspectives tend to be represented in most contemporary articles published in the top journals in the Ž eld. These might be referred to as being area studies based, social science disciplinary based, or...