Large-scale corporate restructures are a commonly used business strategy performed to streamline structure and systems, and hence, improve efficiency and competitive advantage. Reconfiguring a workforce is not an easy task, however, especially if it involves the amalgamation of previously distinct workgroups. The personal and work-related consequences of merger-related change have been well-res...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To examine sociocultural factors that influence an informed decision about colorectal cancer (CRC) screening among African American men and women. DESIGN Descriptive, cross-sectional. SETTING A medical center, a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center, and various social organizations and barbershops in a midwestern city of the United States. SA...

Food is deeply rooted in cultural traditions and has been a ubiquitous prominent element productions narratives of cultures around the world. In literature, food often employed literally metaphorically to evoke senses or communicate meaning about identity, culture, emotions people. This article examines connection between identity multicultural Malaysia as represented novel, The Sum Our Follies...

In this paper, we argue that the intentionality at play in skilled performance is not only inherently normative but also affective. We take a radically embodied approach to mind which conceive of cognitive agents as sensorimotor systems moved maintain their biological and sociocultural identity, whose perception direct occurs terms affordances. Within framework, define enactment action patterns...

genderism is a segregating ideology that unfairly divides society into two groups of “inferior” and “superior” merely based on one’s sex. sociocultural norms are accordingly assigned and although societies agree on its discrimination, they sometimes diverge in their perspectives when dealing with it; thus, its intercultural transmission can be challenging. the present paper aims to investigate ...

Abstract Starting from the discussion about contributions of anthropological perspectives to study extreme right, article proposes present some initial analysis this political ideology in Brazil. It focuses on construction sociocultural and ideological profile Bolsonaro government. Specifically, goal is analysing form which Brazilian government redefines considers ethnic-racial identities how i...

nowadays democracy is considered to be one of the most important parameters of development in new era. as a result, the trend toward democratization of a society’s culture is an essential step to achieve a stable development. in that case, identifying the relationship between acceptability of democracy and socialcultural factors is very important. in this study, using the method of survey and q...

In his article “Creolized Chinese Societies in Southeast Asia,” the anthropologist William Skinner developed the idea of the overseas Chinese diaspora as “the creation through ‘fusion’ of a new sociocultural system that achieved autonomy and stability despite continued contact with both parent societies.” In an anthropological view, Skinner saw Java as one of the examples in which the Chinese c...

The role of architecture within Britain's National Health Service has received little attention beyond the discussion of technical matters. Yet architectural design is not a neutral, value-free resource from which architects draw as desired. The layout, design and styling of buildings can manifest the geographicallyand temporallylocalized thinking, aspirations and prejudices of their designers ...

In this short report I outline work that makes a case for the abandonment of queries in approaches to information access. I first highlight problems with queries. I then point out the complementary nature of query-based and browse-based approaches. I describe the “Ostensive Model” that forms the core of a new approach combining the two traditional approaches. It replaces the current reliance up...