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Women in business: Gender and commercial space in nineteenth‐century Glasgow
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract Focusing on women entrepreneurs in a large British city, we examine how women's commercially listed businesses populated that city. Using commercial property rental records, our study allows us to understand sectoral variation and the distribution of businesses across the city and to assess both the absolute and relative contribution of women ...
Graeme Acheson +2 more
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Aristocratic identification in Felix’s Life of Guthlac
Early Medieval Europe, EarlyView.Recent scholarship often sees high‐born monastics and clerics in early Christian England as part of the aristocratic class. Modern identity theories, however, suggest that social identity could be dynamic, situational, processual and discursive. In light of this concept, the present article reads Felix’s Life of Guthlac as a text that constructs an ...
Lek Hang Chan
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Geneticization outside genetics' birthplace: ethical, legal and social implications in the Gulf Cooperation Council region. [PDF]
Front GenetShaheen S, Ghaly M.
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Honouring the Past, Embracing the Future
The Ecumenical Review, EarlyView.Abstract The United Church of Canada, founded in 1925, represents an ambitious experiment in church union that blends Methodist, Presbyterian, and Congregationalist traditions. Over the past century, the church has played a pivotal role in shaping Canadian society by advocating for social justice, Indigenous reconciliation, interreligious dialogue ...
Hyuk Cho
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Can a lizard ride on a housefly?: Navigating uncertainty and moral life in an Accra Zongo, Ghana
Ethos, EarlyView.Abstract How can uncertainty become a resource for ethical life rather than a threat to it? Focusing on a Zongo community in Accra, Ghana—also known as a “traveler's camp” or “stranger's quarters”—this article examines how people use a creative form of communication called the practice of folding to sustain relationships shaped by conditions of ...
Emily A. Williamson
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Leadership and Accountability in Faith‐Based Institutions: Evidence From UK Mosques
Financial Accountability &Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates accountability in religious institutions on the basis of evidence obtained from interviews with relevant parties in UK mosques. We mobilize prior theoretical contention regarding servant leadership and constraints on personal accountability to expose perceptions of seriously deficient discharge outcomes.
Umair Riaz +3 more
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Being there for mom: The strengths of daughtering
Family Relations, EarlyView.Abstract Objective Daughters undertake daughtering, or the everyday role portrayal of contributing to a meaningful family relationship with their mothers, but the labor of it is often invisible. Background Using a strengths‐based approach, we investigated what daughters do well in their relationships with mothers.
Allison M. Alford +4 more
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“Like a roller‐coaster ride”: Fathers' perspectives about their role in childcare
Family Relations, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective This study qualitatively explores fathers' perceptions of their parenting role, as well as the challenges and resources associated with it. Background Societal changes in recent years have led to a transformation in the father's role, with fathers playing an integral role in shaping family dynamics and children's development.
Dora d'Orsi, Eduardo Sardinha, Eva Diniz
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Perceptions of Parenting Beliefs and Practices in Fathers of Adolescents
Family Relations, EarlyView.Abstract Objective We examined how fathers' identity beliefs relate to their parenting behaviors during their children's adolescence. Background Although identity theory has been used to understand parental roles, fathers' identity beliefs and parenting behaviors during adolescence remain understudied.
Marcus Gottlieb, Jessica P. Lougheed
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Gender, Work &Organization, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article investigates the perception of unmet psychological needs on the focal phenomenon of Black women's voluntary turnover in US organizations. It does so through a multifaceted analysis of the needs of Black women in the workplace and proposes actionable ways for employers to reduce turnover amongst their Black female employees.
Tyechia Veronica Paul +2 more
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