journal of accounting advances (j.a.a) vol. 2, no. 2, fall & winter 2010, ser. 59/3     extended abstract   an investigation of agency theory and signaling theory in dividend policies: the role of institutional investors   dr. g. r. karami         dr. s. mehrani               h. eskandar tehran university   introduction        dividend has a special position among decision makers. dividend poli...

This study investigates instruction librarians’ potential teacher identity and the factors that may contribute to it. Responses a survey of librarians in United States suggest respondents see themselves as teachers devote significant portion their time teaching, though they received little pedagogy training library school. In addition, relationship was found between knowledge identity. However,...

In this paper I am going to explore how ideas of Europe and European identity are used to articulate popular discourses on immigration and immigrants. In contrast with the literature on European identity and immigration which has mostly looked at institutions, adopting a top-down approach, I will look at popular discourses, adopting an approach from the bottom-up. I will base my analysis on eth...

This study examines the Gezi Park protests in Turkey by corroborating idea that process of social identity leadership through media contributes to formation protestor identity, which, turn, allows people participate collective action. Specifically, we argued evaluations posts terms three dimensions Identity-Leadership Model (ILM)—identity prototypicality, advancement and entrepreneurship leader...

Over the past two decades, research and popular discourse have taken up the question of whether strong racial group identification inhibits or promotes achievement motivation among African American students. However, scant attention has been paid to contextual variation in roles and functions of racial identity. In this chapter, we considered how the congruence between students’ racial identity...

sociology is a multi-paradigm science. the main components of the paradigm include epistemic system, theoretical schools, raised patterns, research strategies, research methods and techniques, and facts under investigation. to be able to reach a satisfactory achievement, sociology has to obtain two main components, i.e. to be part of a paradigm and institutional autonomy. iranian sociology of t...

This article strives to use the institutional and discursive strategies employed by the Islamic Movement in Israel in the soccer sphere to illustrate wider theoretical arguments about setting boundaries of inclusion and exclusion in the public sphere. The Islamic Movement uses an isolationist strategy, by creating the independent Islamic Soccer League. In contrast, social agents who strive to p...

This article analyses Europe Day celebration practices and explores the role of ritual its utility in eliciting affective dimension European identity construction crisis. The reflects on considerable variation practices, proposes a typology events their merit reason- affect-driven institutional approaches strategic promotion to public. employs affect theory reflect relationship between emotions...