This study examines the influence of Corporate Social Responsibility on the financial distress risk of a company. The Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) factors are employed as a proxy for CSR, while three different measures are applied to assess financial distress level…
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This thesis sheds light on two of the most heavily contested concepts in social sciences and sociolinguistics: ‘community’, in its inter-relation with ‘language’. I draw on the example of Arabic in Manchester, UK, to develop a comprehensive ethnographic approach to studying ‘lan…
The impact of social networks and relationships on health outcomes has been acknowledged and studied within the concept of “social capital” in the field of public health for over two decades. To date, however, few research studies have included Indigenous peoples, and even fewer…
O paradigma atual da biologia da conservação reconhece a importância da inclusão da vertente das ciências sociais no planeamento, gestão e avaliação de medidas de conservação. A sua integração deixou de ser apenas um complemento e tornou-se numa componente vital de intervenções …
A redevelopment strategy that has long been overlooked is the military’s contribution to the development of America’s cities. The military has a place in history with America’s city building. Historically, defense-related development was in the interest of national defense and w…
On May 18, 2018, a shooter entered Santa Fe High School, killing eight students and two teachers. Using ethnographic methods, this research examines the role of faith, rituals, language, and symbols in the trauma-affected community during the response, recovery, and resiliency e…
In the late 18 th century, the abolition of slavery through manumission initiated a period of enormous change in the lives of people of African descent living on Nantucket, MA. Newly free, people of color living on the island immediately began to establish families and purchase …
The Iraq and Afghanistan wars tremendously increased the demand among veterans for mental health services. About two in every five veterans returning from Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom will have mental health challenges -- resulting in 500,000 to 800,000…
Background: Road Traffic Injuries (RTIs) are a major public health problem, especially in developing countries. Iran has the highest mortality rates from RTIs in the world. Community-based participatory program development is a promising approach in the developed world for reduc…
Members of ethnic- and nationality-based community organizations in the United States support their communities with their membership fees and donations, but they often show little interest in participating in volunteer activities. The purpose of this case study was to examine w…
This study considers the work of three francophone writers working in the cultural space between France and Algeria. Authors Assia Djebar, Leila Sebbar and Feriel Assima each explore what it means to belong to a particular community and how one defines identity in such a group a…
Background. The United Nations' Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 4 aims for a two-thirds reduction in death rates for children under the age of five by 2015. The greatest risk of death is in the first week of life, yet most of these deaths can be prevented by such simple interv…
This thesis provides the first empirical explanatory theory for community authorization for Genetically Modified Mosquito (GMM) trials. Although this theory was developed in the context of GMM trials, it can apply to other endeavors, research or not, where whole communities migh…
The U.S. Virgin Islands is experiencing an economic recession, manifested through social disorders such as abandoned and vandalized houses. Research points to social disorders and lack of community engagement as key factors inhibiting community development efforts. In order to s…
Rapid and radical socioeconomic transformations have accompanied the development of the hydrocarbon-exporting economies of the Arab Gulf states. The six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states are some of the largest recipients of labor migrants in the world, and the region has th…
This dissertation studies the conquered Muslim, or Mudejar, community of Xàtiva, in eastern Spain. It analyzes the organization of the community after the Christian conquest and its evolution until 1327. Following Xàtiva's surrender to the Christians, its Muslim population was a…
This dissertation entitled, “In the Spirit of Community: African Dance in Transmission at the KanKouran,” focuses on Assane Konte and his development of the KanKouran West African Dance Company (KWADC or KanKouran) as a transmitter of West African culture, through traditional We…
This dissertation studies specific features of the Ottoman administration of justice in Anatolia during the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. In particular, it examines the functions and responsibilities of Islamic courts within the framework of the Ottoman provin…
In this dissertation, I examine how different visions of ethnic community and nation have developed and been manipulated politically in one particular Malaysian city, Georgetown, Penang. My main argument, developed in chapter one, is that it is useful to think of ethnicity, like…