engaged in a process of “territorial competition” inan integrated world economy. The identity of the region can be used as a …

treats home culture and host culture as existing entities, and it provides further support for viewing cultural identity as …

knowledge worker is centrally adopted and, using this approach, the identity of knowledge workers and their interpretation of …

construction used in IOR managers’ identity discourse. Our analysis of these repertoires suggests that, although the development of … expertise. In this tensile positioning, they forestall closure on their identity by constantly shifting identifications …

another as part of identity construction. This dissertation attempts to answer the following research questions: 1. Do self …-concept and identity motivate consumers to engage in electronic word-of-mouth (eWOM)? 2. Is there a conceptual model to represent …, hypotheses were tested using structural equation modeling (SEM). The results suggest that self-concept and identity indeed …

corporate sponsors of NPOs. Drawing on social identity theory, the authors propose that willingness to purchase sponsoring firms …

in-depth interviews and participatory observation we provide an insight into the identity-constituting meanings … commodified cultural symbolic mediators to construct and reaffirm a sense of self and identity and also to covertly resist the …