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The influence of societal individualism on a century of tobacco use: modelling the prevalence of smoking [PDF]
, 2014 Smoking of tobacco is predicted to cause approximately six million deaths worldwide in 2014. Responding effectively to this epidemic requires a thorough understanding of how smoking behaviour is transmitted and modified.
Abrams, Daniel M. +2 more
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The penetration of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in farming communities is increasing the use of smartphone‐based instant messaging apps. Despite this, the reasons behind participation and the impact on farm productivity in developing countries remain unexplored.
Zafar Kurbanov +4 more
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2020 This study contributes to our understanding of organizational identity through dichotomous motivations of altruism and egoism in non-profit organizations (NPO). By applying an empirical analysis of NPO members, organizational identity is found to be well
Yong Li, Yuting Zhang
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Collectivism and the Costs of High Leverage [PDF]
, 2019 Prior literature shows that high leverage is associated with losses in market share due to unfavorable actions by customers and competitors. Building on this literature, we investigate the effect of collectivism on the product market performance of ...
El Ghoul, Sadok +3 more
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, 2017 The description of plasma using fluid model is mostly insufficient and requires the consideration of velocity distribution which leads to kinetic theory.
Ali, Jalil +3 more
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American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Large‐scale land reforms constitute a substantial redistribution of wealth and reallocation of agricultural land, which is a major form of asset and production input in developing countries. While land redistribution (from the rich to the poor) remains a highly controversial issue, extensive evidence on its effect is limited.
Devashish Mitra +3 more
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On the Criticism of Takano Yotaro's 'Japanese Collectivism' as an illusion [PDF]
پژوهشنامۀ انتقادی متون و برنامههای علوم انسانی, 2018 It has been long believed that the Japanese are typical collectivists whereas Americans are typical individualists. To examine the validity of this common view, Takano reviewed empirical studies that compared Japanese and Americans and found that the ...
Alireza Rezaee
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Current Issues in Personality Psychology, 2016 Background The aim of the research is to analyse pleasant (subjective well-being – SWB) and meaningful life (Citizenship dimensions) in the context of Horizontal and Vertical Individualism (HI, VI) or Collectivism (HC, VC) values (individual beliefs ...
Anna M. Zalewska, Agnieszka Zawadzka
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Disparities in Assistive Technology (AT) access exist for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples despite recent policy reforms. This paper brings together First Nations and Western academic ways of being, knowing and doing to deliver an AT practice analysis based upon primary data from two research reports into the cultural safety of AT
Shane Hearn +6 more
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Analysis of Collectivism and Egoism Phenomena within the Context of Social Welfare
, 2010 Comparative benefits provided by the basic social strategies including collectivism and egoism are investigated within the framework of democratic decision-making.
A. K. Loginov +17 more
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