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... find that the underestimation of the impact of cultural factors on household savings is the most likely reason for the same. A comparative analysis of household finances in the USA and India using a survey provides supporting evidence for the above proposition. Originality/value This paper...

... the country-level cultural factors defined by Hofstede are associated with citizens' digital skills and internet usage and how they moderate the effects of age, gender, educational level and income level. Design/methodology/approach This comparative cross-sectional study examines digital inclusion in 22...

...Hamid Yeganeh Purpose This article analyzes the relationships between different conceptions of time, socioeconomic development and cultural values. Design/methodology/approach We focus on three major aspects of time, namely, 1) duration, 2) orientation and 3) tempo. Furthermore, we draw...

...Hamid Yeganeh Purpose This study aims at offering a comprehensive thesis about the relationship between different cultural values and innovativeness. Design/methodology/approach Building on the human emancipation perspective and using data from Hofstede’s, Schwartz’s, and Inglehart’s cultural...

...Hamid Yeganeh Purpose Building on the “Great Divide” thesis (Goody, 1977; Ong, 1982), this study analyzes the conceptual relationships between the two main communication modes (orality/literacy) and cultural values. Design/methodology/approach The study adopts a purely conceptual approach...

... reacts and manages the virus differently. The research studies how culture influences the way nations and society choose different approaches towards the pandemic. Design/methodology/approach The study uses classical cultural dimension by Hofstede and links them with three conflict management styles...

...Anneli Kaasa Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the possible relationship of religion and culture with the social capital in a particular region. Design/methodology/approach – The data of 85 regions from 26 European countries are analysed. Regression analysis is used...

... in the gender culture contribute to the explanation of such differences. Design/methodology/approach The paper outlines the theoretical approach of the “gender arrangement” which conceptualizes the ways in which family policies and culture interact, together with social and economic factors, in their impact...

...Emaj Uddin Purpose Social structural and cultural theories suggest that social stress induced from socio‐cultural status patterns varies across the world's cultures. The purpose of the study is to compare subjective social stress in connection with objective socio‐cultural status patterns among...

...Peter Taylor‐Gooby Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine how factors including class position, education, social network membership and cultural capital contribute to the intergenerational transmission of class advantage for women and men in different European welfare states. Design...

...Dermot Breslin Purpose The purpose of this paper is to critically evaluate the use of the evolutionary approach, and in particular the generalisation of Darwinian principles beyond biology to study socio‐cultural change. Design/methodology/approach The paper presents a review of developments...

...Cliff Oswick; Tom Keenoy; Armin Beverungen; Nick Ellis; Ida Sabelis; Sierk Ybema; Marja Gastelaars; Marleen van der Haar Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore how Dutch social workers make sense of the cultural otherness produced by clients with migrant origins and relates...

... buisnessmen and women, and community activists. Research limitations/implications A partial view of Latino community is provided that stems from the treatment of consumer culture as fragmented, contradictory, and increasingly mediated by marketing activity and social relations. Practical implications...

... by providing evidence of animal intelligence, adaptability, selfawareness, emotionality, communication and culture. This paper examines the human‐animal relationship as presented in Introductory Sociology Textbooks to see if this new research on animals has allowed us to move beyond Mead. We find outdated...

.... Two exemplars are provided, including the trend by police to racially profile urban pit‐bull owners and the growth of uneasiness among veterinary students who resist the traditional use of animals as educational tools. © MCB UP Limited 2003 Sociology Culture USA International Journal...