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Nordic Humour

open access: yesNordlit: Tidsskrift i litteratur og kultur, 2023
Starting from my former empirical studies but supplemented with fresh fictional “data” from Lars von Trier’s latest TV series Riget Exodus (2022), I first describe how Danes use humour in very characteristic ways, also in cross-cultural professional ...
Lita Lundquist
doaj   +1 more source

Parenting practices as risk or preventive factors for adolescent involvement in cyberbullying: Contribution of children and parent gender [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Literature points out the role of parenting on adolescent cyberbullying involvement. However, it is necessary to clarify how gender affects this relationship.
Gómez Ortiz, Olga   +3 more
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Cultural Knowledge as A Resource in BELF Interactions: A Longitudinal Ethnographic Study of Two Managers in Global Business

open access: yesIperstoria, 2019
This paper contributes to the growing field of research on English as a business lingua franca (BELF) and extends discussion on the role of culture and cultural knowledge in business interactions. It aims to provide insights into the relationship between
Tiina Räisänen
doaj   +1 more source

'White knuckle care work' : violence, gender and new public management in the voluntary sector [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Drawing on comparative data from Canada and Scotland, this article explores reasons why violence is tolerated in non-profit care settings. This article will provide insights into how workers' orientations to work, the desire to care and the intrinsic ...
Baines C   +19 more
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The Divisive Power of Humour: Comedy, Taste and Symbolic Boundaries [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Using British and Dutch interview data, this article demonstrates how people from different social classes draw strong symbolic boundaries on the basis of comedy taste.
Bellevance G   +10 more
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Controlling service work: An ambiguous accomplishment between employees, management and customers [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
In order to understand the control of service work, most service literature has focused on its production while treating the customer as secondary. The consumption literature emphasizes the customer’s role but lacks empirical evidence for its claims ...
Grilo, Isabel   +2 more
core   +5 more sources

Critique sociale, humour et Valence

open access: yesCahiers d'études romanes, 2015
Le but de cet article est de montrer que les œuvres de Ferran Torrent publiees dans ces quinze dernieres annees (a partir de 1999) s’inscrivent integralement dans le genre du roman noir, bien qu’avec des modifications, pour constituer, d’une part, un portrait acere des changements sociaux, politiques et urbanistiques de la ville de Valence gouvernee ...
openaire   +4 more sources

Can higher education reduce the negative consequences of police occupational culture amongst new recruits? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Purpose There is considerable evidence to illustrate police occupational culture can negatively influence service delivery and organizational reform. To counteract this, and to improve professionalism, the Police services of England & Wales will become ...
Cox, Carol, Kirby, Stuart
core   +1 more source

Editorial: Humour and social media [PDF]

open access: yesThe European Journal of Humour Research, 2017
Editorial: Humour and social ...
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The social construction of humour

open access: yesPacific Journalism Review, 2001
Fiji journalistic cartoons, especially when making political critiques, tend to be too shallow with an irritating tendency to state and show the obvious, a cardinal sin in cartooning.
openaire   +4 more sources

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