This study examined how meritocracy beliefs may buffer women from the negative psychological effects of an acute situation of gender discrimination. Although some research indirectly suggests that believing that meritocracy exists may increase wellbeing, group consciousness theories suggest that disbelieving that meritocracy exists will enhance psychological adjustment to gender discrimination....

Statistical evidence shows that the sex ratio of India's total population is unnaturally male biased (Jha et al. (2011)). There is however disagreement on whether sex selective abortions are practiced for the first birth (Jha et al. (2006), Retherford and Roy (2003)). Using data from the NFHS-3 this paper first finds out that sex ratios for firstborns in Delhi, Punjab and Rajasthan do have sign...

“Down with meritocracy” is a frequent sentence in posters displaying demands from different professional categories on strike and other union demands in Brazil. So, it is far from being new. What is interesting, in the present moment, is that this demand – “down with meritocracy” – is reproduced simultaneously with a Brazilian party-political, administrative and institutional discourse change, ...

this paper aimed to identify and explain ethical components of agri-business based on perception cluster analysis of agri-business’ managers and owners. mixed method approach was employed. target population contains all the entrepreneurs, owners and mangers of agri-business in golestan province. in first phase, using qualitative semi-structured interview, the respondents’ perception about ethic...