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The Non‐Professional Virtues of the Hospice Volunteer
Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Volunteers have long played a significant role in hospice care. Much of the care volunteers provide consists of weekly hour‐long in‐home visits. Home‐visiting hospice volunteers are not professionals, nor are they strangers or intimates. Hospice volunteers will not typically face moral dilemmas, nor be called upon to make dramatic decisions ...
Michael B. Gill
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The effect of advertising on brand attitudes and perceived brand value: the case of South African township youth luxury brand choices. [PDF]
African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 2017 The purpose of the study was to investigate the effect of advertising on brand attitudes and perceived brand value. A field study was conducted in four South African townships namely, Alexandra, Soweto, Kagiso and Vosloorus in the Gauteng Province, where
Khensane Nkomo +2 more
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Tales From Within: Dental Students’ Reflective Activities Involving Equity‐Deserving Communities
Journal of Dental Education, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective Undergraduate dental training benefits from community service‐learning (CSL) placements, in which equity‐deserving groups receive oral health care and students can critically reflect on their experiences. This study aimed to thematically explore the moments of revelation and struggle that senior dental students reflected on while ...
Mario Brondani +2 more
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The Communication of Luxury: A Semiotic Analysis of a Luxury Brand’s Perfume Commercial [PDF]
Polish Journal of English Studies, 2018 This study explores the mode of communication of luxury in the case of Chanel. It includes a review of theories regarding the cultural concept of luxury.
Brygida Hurek
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Profit and purpose: the case for sustainable luxury fashion [PDF]
, 2018 The development of the fashion industry into a large-scale multinational operation and the resulting potential for damage to planet and people has attracted the attention of environmental and social activists since at least the 1960s, but consumers on ...
Radclyffe-Thomas, Natascha
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Luxury of Traditional Architecture: Emergence of Hanoks as Luxury Housing
BuildingsThis study explores the recent emergence of traditional Korean houses and hanoks as markers of cultural capital in Seoul, South Korea. While the ownership of detached houses itself can be a symbol of wealth in Seoul, traditional-style houses have become ...
Jieheerah Yun
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Boron availability and fertilizer response of maize in soils from sub‐Saharan Africa
Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, EarlyView.Abstract Background and aims Low boron (B) availability is associated with strongly weathered, coarse‐textured, and low organic matter soils, widespread in sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA). It is unknown to what extent B fertilization can increase maize yields in SSA.
Mirjam S. Breure +5 more
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Impact of Psychological Needs on Luxury Consumption [PDF]
, 2017 This paper examines the impact of psychological needs on luxury consumption. Veblen’s Theory of the Leisure Class (1899) invented the term “conspicuous consumption” to describe luxury goods and services, in which Veblen indicated the purpose of luxury ...
Mao, Ning, McAleer, Michael
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Strategic Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Digital platform (DP) enterprises have risen to the top of the global economy by inverting traditional business models. They earn money through matchmaking, transaction facilitation, and efficient orchestration of other stakeholders' resources.
Lukas R. G. Fitz, Jochen Scheeg
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Inappropriate Technology [PDF]
In this paper, we investigate incentives other than altruism that developed countries have in improving technologies specific to developing countries.
Ana Fernandes, Krishna B. Kumar
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