From setting goals and putting together a team, to observing, sharing and collaborating on a finished product, Doing Team Ethnography provides clear and practical advice to researchers at any level, or in any discipline.
A pragmatic approach to business ethics is argued for in this volume, which demonstrates the usefulness of the approach by applying it to a variety of issues. These issues are broad and far-reaching and include the relations between rational and moral/ethical decision-making, the limits of loyalty to employers, the impact of trust on business and the role of commercial public opinion polling during elections. The author also covers advertising, tobacco promotion, manufacture and marketing of armaments, concentration and taxation of wealth, and the North American Free Trade Agreement.
This effective guide has been used to train not only aides and volunteers but also teachers and administrators throughout the world. Madeline Hunter describes a number of staff meeting plans for using the principles of learning in daily classroom planning and teaching.
In this interdisciplinary analysis of the la rgest Asian American ethnic group, the contributors address such issues as ethnic identity, the impact of different colo nisations on ethnic identity, mental health, race and racism . '
Bradley and Schaefer avoid a radically subje ctive approach to the use of data and models in the analysis of information in the human sciences. They show how norms, values and purpose can and should be part of the discourse o f all researchers in the field. '
The difficult decisions that face dying individuals, their families and the professionals that help them at the end of their life are impacted by cultural background, religious upbringing, education and experience.'
An Integrative Theory of Communication and Cross-Cultural Adaptation
This book looks at the movements of immigrants and refugees and the challenges they face as they cross cultural boundaries and strive to build a new life in an unfamiliar place. It focuses on the psychological dynamic underpinning their adaptation process; how their internal conditions change over time; the role of their ethnic and personal backgrounds and of the conditions of the host environment affecting the process. Addressing these and related issues, the author presents a comprehensive theory, or a `big picture', of the cross cultural adaptation phenomenon.
From bombing raids in the flak-filled skies over Germany and Japan to cargo runs above the snowy Himalayas and wheeling dogfights in nimble fighters, American aircraft contributed to victory in all theaters of World War II.
