There is some evidence to suggest that properly designed recreation facilities may provide the means to perpetuate important cultural traits for subcultural groups in American society.doi:10.1080/01490409009513113Irwin, Patricia NoonanGartner, William C....
Key to telling true group-level adaptations from cross-level byproducts is to determine whether fitness has truly been “exported” from the lower level to the group level, or if the fitness of the group is simply an aggregative property of lower-level traits (Michod and Herron2006; Michod200...
In Latin American markets (primarily Brazil and Mexico), respondents are likely to adopt an Extreme Response style, with high acquiescence towards the survey sponsor or interviewer. In most global satisfaction, loyalty and branding studies, these are the countries which score highest. This very much...
Mobility in the Urban Labor Market: A Panel Data Analysis for Mexico We analyze mobility in urban Mexico between three labor market states: working in the formal sector, working in the informal sector, and not working. We us... X Gong,A Van Soest,E Villagomez - Institute for the Study ...
Substantial research on the topic of cultural heritage has been conducted over the past two decades. At the same time, the overall output volume of journals and citation metrics have become important parameters in assessing and ranking researchers’ perf
The border is an "open wound" (as Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes said) that was opened after the War of 1847 that resulted in Mexico losing half of its territory. Now the wall functions as a political membrane to keep out the "expelled citizens" of the Global South from the economic ...
When the Tzotzil Maya of Zinacantan, Chiapas, Mexico constructed a house, they gave it life—ensouled it—by establishing a hearth and lighting it in a “Fire Entering” ceremony. The first fire affirmed the cosmological symbolism of the house and vitalized it with fire, light and heat. Es...
role of the individual,his personality and personal traits of behavior in establishing and maintaining mutual understanding.The concept of culture in corporate or business ethics is proven to be an inseparable factor of communication which should guide the communicators in treating contracts and employees...
2003. Cognitive Skills and Noncognitive Traits and Behaviors in Stratification Processes. Annual Review of Sociology 29: 541–562. Article Google Scholar Giroux, Henry A. 1983. Theories of Reproduction and Resistance in the New Sociology of Education: A Critical Analysis. Harvard Educational Review ...
Likewise, high school performance and test scores did not predict persistence for Native American students (Benjamin, Chambers, and Reiterman 2010), while the “ability to adopt new traits while maintaining a traditional perspective may be a characteristic of persisters” (p. 37). This may be ...