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Purpose – This paper aims to trace the historical roots of African American management by examining managerial practices and experiences described in the letters of Benjamin Thornton Montgomery, a former slave who eventually became manager and, ultimately, owner of the Hurricane plantation....
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the nexus of “public”, “culture” and “global”, questioning whether the increased interest in a specific understanding of … culture actually contributes to the field’s ability to deal with complex and transforming publics in a meaningful manner … prime importance to the concept of culture and contributes little to the understanding of transforming publics. Few scholars …
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, a new paradigm for heritage sites has emerged whose values no longer rest entirely on material culture, but on …
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Purpose – Culture and cultural heritage are usually included in the general discussions on the construction of social … policy making, not only in the field of culture and monument protection but also in other spheres, taking into account both …
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Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine employee imagination and implications for entrepreneurs of China. In 2015, the European Group of Organization Studies released a call for papers highlighting poor knowledge of employee imagination in organizations. To address this need, the current...
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Purpose – To advance the cultural approach to public relations research and practice through linking societal culture … and occupational culture of public relations to the communication practices of practitioners, in the aim of understanding … relations practitioners as agents, or “intermediaries” in the development of culture. Findings – Rather than focus on developing …
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link between culture and communication is established via research and this relates to the web as the web is an … increasingly important vehicle for communication. A literature review is undertaken into the variables that impact on both culture … firstly assessing the extent to which it is necessary to take culture into account in designing the web site. Then they need …
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Purpose – The aim of this paper is to go beyond the received view, which is solely rational and economic minded, and to introduce the concept of self‐regulation of behavior by salespersons and customers as essential mechanisms for initiating, maintaining, and resolving...
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Purpose – This paper seeks to focus on the key underpinnings of African culture and its implications for business … backdrop, the paper provides a synoptic view and modal focus of African culture. Covered are the culture's implications for … African culture promotes the principle of reciprocity. In buyer‐seller interaction, respect for the elderly is an important …
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conceptual in nature. Perspectives on culture and cultural concepts are discussed and critically reviewed for the question of … application of culture in individual sensemaking of interaction events in a business relationship context, a suitable perspective … on culture is chosen. A conceptual framework consisting of the concepts related to the chosen perspective is developed …
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