Conserving and Sustaining Culture through Traditional Dress [PDF]
, 2011 The government of Botswana through its National Policy on Culture (2001) and the National Ecotourism Strategy (2002) is committed to preserving national culture and historical heritage.
Power, EJ +8 more
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Introduction. Language, culture and identity [PDF]
, 2022 The interrelationships between language, culture and identity are a major focus for many linguists, cognitive and cultural researchers. Language has an inextricable connection with cultural identity and cultural practices, which in turn shapes personal ...
Tian, Zhen +2 more
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Exploring cultural influences on employee interpretations of universal values messages in multinational organisations: a business discourse approach [PDF]
, 2010 This thesis focuses on an increasingly popular, but little studied organisational communication practice, the deployment of corporate values messages as a means of ‘framing’ reality, and of achieving ‘shared meaning’ in multicultural workplaces, and ...
Lazidou, Domna
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Adapting ‘The Normal’ – Examining Relations between Youth, Risk and Accidents at Work
Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2012 People between 18 and 24 years of age are more exposed to accidents at work than anyone else. This article examines how safety is experienced and practiced among young employees.
Mette Lykke Nielsen
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Meaningfulness in the Work of Language Professionals
Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2022 This qualitative study explores the changes that a specific group of knowledge workers – language professionals in Finland – have undergone in their work and how they perceive the meaningfulness of their work as a result.
Jenni Virtaluoto, Satu Selkälä
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Welfare Technologies in Care Work
Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2019 Welfare technologies have within the last few years become a new mantra for reforming the Nordic public health and social care, and are increasingly making their impact on working life of care professionals. Welfare technologies – a term exclusively used
Annette Kamp +2 more
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Consuming identity : the case of Scotland [PDF]
, 2001 The paper examines national identity in Scotland. The research explores how consumers perceive the symbols used to represent Scotland, how these symbols relate to their perceptions of contemporary Scottish identity and their responses to the use of these
Varey, Richard +3 more
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The Performance Appraisal Interview – An Arena for the Reinforcement of Norms for Employeeship
Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2011 In the present paper, we report findings from a study of performance appraisal interviews between middle managers and employees. The study is based on analysis of video uptake of authentic performance appraisal interviews, and through detailed ...
Erica Sandlund +4 more
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A Cultural Perspective on Intergroup Relations and Social Identity [PDF]
, 2012 Violent instances of intergroup conflict in recent memory have usually involved cultural groups, but theory and research on the psychology of intergroup relations is largely culture free.
James H Liu, Liu, James H
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Work Organization and Professionalization in New Media Industry – The Case of a Finnish Company
Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2012 The article explores work organization in one new media company in a turning point of the business, in the 2000s. The company had changed from a small workshop to a medium-sized company in a few years.
Arja Haapakorpi
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