In conducting management research, the researcher’s stance of ontology and epistemology in the contribution of knowledge is paramount. The acknowledgement of such stance is imperative as it may have inherent effects from how a research is conducted to how findings are reported and evaluated....

Gender and grief are two topics quite recently included in the area of scientific research. Even more actual is the approach of grieving from the gender point of view. Do men and women react in the same way when confronted with the loss of a loved one? Do men and women follow the same patterns...

The item insistently evoked each time it has been needed to show the common background of the communities which populate the European geographic area has always been culture. Although history has proven that this part of the world is the most affected by conflict and that the technical progress...

Appreciative socialization group represents an innovative way of personal development. Through this presentation, we whant to highlight the importance of both positive thinking and positive acting, as two of the most important steps necessary in the process of personal development. This model...

The innovation processes and especially the evolution of information and communication technology in the corporation environment from the service field have radically transformed the service production and delivery processes. These transformations add value for the customer and offer important...

Why do ECE teachers need to be mentored by ECE administrators? At the data site, the research problem was that students are not meeting the required standards of proficiency in state testing and schools are failing to make adequate yearly progress (AYP) as mandated by the No Child Left Behind of...

From its very beginnings, philosophy has emphasized the relevance of finitude and mortality for human life and the consequences of this ontological given. Reflection on life has appeared, for a great part of ancient and classical philosophers, but not so much for the contemporary ones,...

The language of the law has long exerted its spell on most people who enter into contact with it, be that lawyers, legislators, magistrates, linguists, translators or just the “laypeople”, as the professionals in the legal field prefer to call the uninitiated. As the result of the...

Rationality reveals aspects related to the creativity of scientific interpretations. Although discursive-argumentative evaluations attempt to express the possibilities of expression characteristic to a new form of knowledge, rationality realization reveals a new perspective in the communication...