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Cultural resistance to globalization and Americanization

Despite the prevailing popular press that globalization and the "flattening" of entire countries and cultures is now in full force, there is still a high degree of variation, in fact heterogeneity, between and within cultures.

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Online recruitment websites: security, legal compliance, and trust

Recruitment is a continual concern for companies in both periods of strong economic growth and weak economic cycles.

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The adoption shortage: commercialization and market solutions

The need to procreate has been on several occasions debated upon and it is best described by the desire to leave a legacy in this world, to have a part of you go on living when we are gone and to have a person to love and love us back unconditionally.

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Common vocational stereotypes and their social consequences

Stereotyping is the foundation of behavioral expectations about people and occurs most typically in relation to perceived categories of individuals, such as race, gender, nationality, religion, and any other group (Macionis 2003) wherein a particular person is expected to behave in a specific way…

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School shooting incidents and security responses in American education

High School/College Shootings in U.S. In response to the shocking series of highly publicized multiple victim shootings at high schools and colleges across the country in recent years the nation's schools have begun to resemble armed fortresses trying to keep the bad guys out.

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Florence Nightingale's contributions to infection control in nursing

Describe how the issues that Florence Nightingale encountered in the 1800s were a major source and/or vehicle for the spread of infection and how her contributions continue to be important today.

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Garrett Hardin's tragedy of the commons and resource depletion

Down through the ages, societies have made use of common goods and resources for the benefit of all.

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Leadership models and their effectiveness in different organizational contexts

Man, like all other primates, evolved as a social creature for whom communal living and mutual cooperation within the human community is more natural, and preferable for the individual, than solitary existence.

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Google's rise to dominance as a search engine brand

Taylor, Neil. Search Me: The Surprise Success of Google. Cyan Books, 2006. I'll have a Coke, please,' people say when they really mean a soda -- even if the store's sign only reads 'Pepsi.' People talk about Hoovering up a living room, or a family dinner, rather than vacuuming up a rug or eating…

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Company reinvention at Toyota, Home Depot, and Delta Airlines

Continuous Improvement, the Quest for Number One, and Coming Back from the (Bankrupt) Dead -- Company and Product Reinvention at Toyota, Home Depot, and Delta Airlines

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