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Reading Postmodern, Reading Images:A Visual Analysis of Postmodern Wordless Picture Books

open access: yes
This dissertation delves into postmodern wordless picture books, employing a multimodal content analysis across twenty-eight titles. It stands on a theoretical framework amalgamating concepts from multimodality grounded in social semiotics, critical ...
Mengying Xue (18396882)
core   +1 more source

The commercialization of labour markets: Evidence from wage inequality in the Middle Ages

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper moves beyond the focus on ‘average’ wage trends in pre‐industrial economies by examining the broad diversity of pay rates and forms of remuneration across occupations and regions in medieval England. We find that whilst some workers enjoyed substantial growth in wage rates after the Black Death, there was a large group who ...
Jordan Claridge   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The depth and breadth of capitalism at the Cape

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Limited liability company legislation was introduced to the Cape Colony in 1861. An amendment in 1892 led to wider adoption, expanding and diversifying the capital market. Using novel data from the Cape Joint Stock Archive between 1892 and 1902, this paper examines who invested, where capital flowed, and how these patterns shaped firm outcomes
Edward Kerby, Lloyd Melusi Maphosa
wiley   +1 more source

Local Search and the Evolution of World Models

open access: yesTopics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract An open question regarding how people develop their models of the world is how new candidates are generated for consideration out of infinitely many possibilities. We discuss the role that evolutionary mechanisms play in this process. Specifically, we argue that when it comes to developing a global world model, innovation is necessarily ...
Neil R. Bramley   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

When Leadership Is Denied: A Phenomenological Study of Women's Lived Experiences of Promotion Rejection in the Pakistani Fashion Industry

open access: yesGender, Work &Organization, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite the growing presence of women in creative and leadership roles within the fashion industry, many continue to face barriers to leadership progression. Leadership rejection remains a critical yet underexplored experience that can significantly affect women's professional identity and aspirations.
Atif Bilal   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Home Literacy Experiences and Shared Reading Practices: Preschoolers With Hearing Loss. [PDF]

open access: yesJ Deaf Stud Deaf Educ, 2023
DesJardin JL   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Gender Tokenism in Corporate Boardrooms in Europe

open access: yesGender, Work &Organization, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We examine the tension between the diversity spillover and tokenism hypotheses using a novel and extensive dataset of nearly 6 million private corporations across 29 European countries from 1986 to 2020. The diversity spillover hypothesis suggests that appointing women to supervisory roles facilitates greater female representation in executive
Hubert Drążkowski, Joanna Tyrowicz
wiley   +1 more source

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