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Methodology and research paradigms in studies of Muslim women who veil

The purpose of research is to gather new information that adds to a body of understanding about a particular topic or theory. Educational research often examines the beliefs of educators; results can inform teaching practice (Panjares, 1992, p. 307).

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Career-related continuous learning and employee job performance

Rowold, Jens; Hochholdinger, Sabine; and Schilling, Jan (2008) "Effects of career-related continuous learning: a case study," Learning Organization, the, Vol. 15 No. 1, pp.45 -- 57.

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Al Gore's 2007 Nobel Prize and global warming controversy

In October, 2007, former Vice President of the United States, Al Gore, was awarded a shared Nobel Peace Prize for his work on global warming. In a New American article by William P. Hoar, the question of why Gore was awarded such a distinguished prize was examined.

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Business ethics training and ethical judgment in Taiwanese trade personnel

The survey data that is analyzed in this chapter relied on the Likert scaling methodology for defining forced choice to attitudinal questions. A total of 28 variables are included in the analysis, with two being demographic, the age and gender of the respondent.

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Comparing the research experience of traditional and professional doctoral programs in Australia

Educational institutions around the world have undertaken various benchmarking initiatives in recent years in which they compare themselves to other universities on various metrics in an effort to document their current levels of performance and to identify opportunities for continuous…

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Building educational resilience through classroom-based teaching strategies

Education is a basic right of every child in the world and it is the responsibility of the government and academic policy makers to ensure that every child is entitled to quality education.

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Banking customer service practices in the United States and China compared

And China. It has 5 sources. In layman's terminology customer service could be defined as the way an organization keeps its customers happy. However, in reality, this is different and more complex as one go into the depth of the definition of customer service.

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Japan's cultural collectivism and AIDS policy non-acknowledgement

Change will not come overnight given that the non-acknowledgement of the disease has roots in Japan's culture that are very deep -- roots that reach back before the beginning of AIDS in regards to Japan's sense of exceptionalism and sense of remove from what are seen as Western problems.

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Coordinated community response to domestic violence and child protection

The objective of this work is to identify at least one professional or societal problem or issue that concerns you and that would benefit from social change, leadership, and advocacy and explain why it is worthy of such efforts.

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Polish tourists and tourism trends in globalization

The forces of globalization have changed the way we now see and live life. The fact that social, political, technological, cultural and economic features have transcended boundaries materialized in new features, to which the contemporaneous society has quickly adapted.

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