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The Behavioral Equivalence of Organizational Culture
Rao, Indu - eSocialSciences - 2009
This paper presents findings from an extensive review of literature on organizational cultural (OC) and highlights the …
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Obituary: Leela Dube (1923-2012)
Patel, Vibhuti - eSocialSciences - 2012
Obituary: Leela Dube (1923-2012)
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Ethics in Social Science Research: A Note for Discussion
Iyengar, Sudarshan; Das, Biswaroop - eSocialSciences - 2006
Some questions relevant in the context of ethics in social science research are: Does social science have peculiarities which are masked by discussions on science at large? Given the need for objectivity in scientific inquiry can theory laden-ness be kept sufficiently distinct from value...
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Cultures of Transport: Representation, Practice and Technology
Divall, Colin; Revill, George - eSocialSciences - 2010
It is argue that the so-called cultural‘ (and spatial‘) turn that has remodelled so many other areas of the humanities and social sciences over the last two decades might help answer Armstrong‘s plea for an innovative, even controversial, transport history. Such a strategy...
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Code of Ethics: Issues and Dilemmas
Shah, Ghanshyam - eSocialSciences - 2007
The paper discuses the need and importance of having a ethical code of ethics for research work done in the country.
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Social Science Research Methods and Knowledge-Claims
Judge, Paramjit S - eSocialSciences - 2007
This paper explores three important but interrelated issues: The power of example; the fragment as evidence; and finally, the field experience and the possibility of generalisation. These issues are central in the current discourse of social science practice in which serious doubts are being raised...
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India, Democracy and the Press
Mutti, James - eSocialSciences - 2008
The impressive growth of the Indian media is largely taking place outside of the voting classes, ensuring that the media are not playing a significant public service role. Ultimately, the author suggests that a new media model is needed, one which balances its profit motive with coverage of...
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The Social Significance of Sports
Pike, Elizabeth C.J.; Coakley, Jay - eSocialSciences - 2010
The sociology of sport has a history of academic marginalisation: for being a sociological study of an activity … prioritised for its physical, rather than socio-cultural attributes; and for being a study of an area of life associated with â … sociology of sport slowly emerged as an area deemed worthy of serious scholarly attention. …
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Political Sociology of Poverty In India: Between Politics of Poverty and Poverty of Politics
Kumar, Anand - eSocialSciences - 2009
This paper on political sociology of poverty in India is based upon the assumption that a) the caste system and …
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Ethics in Health Research: A Social Science Perspective
Jaitly, Tejal Barai; Jesani, Amar - eSocialSciences - 2007
Ethical codes of conduct cannot be effectively implemented in isolation and may be enforced in several different ways. One, is to conscientise the members of the profession to observe the rules, second, is to effectively police the system, and a third is to create links with associated...
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