The thesis examines the living conditions of low-income households in Hanoi during aperiod of economic, social and political change. The aims are viewed in the context ofrapid urbanisation. The study further considers how factors associated with low-incomehave affected the perce…
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Cornwall is a peripheral rural location in the South West of the UK, and has experienced almost continual socio-economic decline for more than a century. It has a nationalist heritage and is a popular tourist resort. It is also one of the poorest parts of the UK. Academic work h…
The aim of this thesis is to provide insights into what the concept of audit quality means for a number of parties who have responsibilities for delivering, commissioning or evaluating audit quality in practice - auditors, AC members and quality inspectors concerning. It explore…
The need for a more sustainable approach to water consumption has increasingly gained attention in the last decade. The domestic sector accounts for over half of abstracted water in the UK and, as such, has become a major target for water efficiency interventions. Current resear…
Prior research has shown that differences in human resource management (HRM) perception/practices do exist between nations. These differences have been attributed to variations in culture. The fundamental purpose of this study was to determine whether subcultures differing in lo…
The purpose of this study was to conduct a cross-cultural investigation of the concept of trustworthiness. This research followed a dominant-less dominant mixed method design with the quantitative component being the dominant method. Six national cultures were compared on the cr…
In this study I examined the differences in the relative importance of (1) Brand Name of Laptop Computers; (2) Brand Name of Micro Processor; (3) Brand Name of Operating System and (4) Country of Origin of Laptop Computers (5) in determining the perceived quality of Laptop Compu…
In the years following the September 11th attacks, Americans increasingly pondered why an ill-defined "they" harbor hostility towards an allegedly cohesive "us." Simply stated, asking the question "why do they hate us?" became cliche. Yet anti-Americanism as a concept remains am…
The current study aimed to assess religious clients' evaluation of therapists' helpfulness in psychotherapy. Participants (N = 35) were undergraduate and graduate students from 11 public institutions of higher learning within the United States of America. Participants were actua…
This study used two surveys to explore the gap in service quality between recently established hospital accreditation standards and the perceptions of healthcare providers as well as customer groups of a premier nonprofit teaching hospital in Beirut, Lebanon. The SERVQUAL survey…
In Lebanon cardiovascular diseases are the leading causes of mortality and morbidity. Assisting people to live with cardiac illness is a problem needing attention. Literature demonstrated significant association between effective self-care practices and secondary prevention of c…
Scope and method of study. The objectives of this study were to (1) assess hotel managers' perception towards relationship marketing (RM) in Turkey's lodging industry; (2) assess if there is a GAP between hotel managers' perception towards importance and performance of RM applic…
In Saudi Arabia, genetic practice is growing due to high consanguinity and incidence of genetic diseases in the Saudi population. Nurses and physicians must be competent in providing genetic services and aware of their implications in clinical practice. The purpose of this study…
This study attempts to investigate the views of three groups of Saudi ESL and EFL learners (total = 100) toward some pedagogical issues related to native and nonnative English-speaking teachers. Specifically, it seeks to focus on participants' perceptions and beliefs regarding t…
In terms of Nigerian students taking mathematics courses in high school, there are a number of factors that determine how they are perceived and how they perceive mathematics. This study was designed to investigate how variables, such as parental influence, teacher influence, re…
This study examined the relationship between psychotherapy patients' initial perceptions of their therapist as dominant or affiliative and both the process and outcome of time-limited therapy. It was completed through the Brief Psychotherapy Research Program at Beth Israel Medic…
The presence of an autistic child in a family has adverse effects on many parts of family life. Parents of autistic children are known to experience disbelief, sadness, depression, self-blame, and anger. Autism is also commonplace in African countries, but little empirical resea…
Using a nationwide household sample, this study examined public perception of and experience with white collar crime in Turkey. The study also looked into demographic characteristics that influence individuals' likelihood of being victimized by white collar crime and the reporti…
The purpose of this research was to examine the influence of police organizational culture on officers' perception of integrity in the Turkish National Police (TNP). Adopting an organizational rather than an individualistic perspective, this study focused on police organizationa…