Performance has received much attention in accounting studies. Accounting academics are interested in explaining and predicting performance at the industry, organization, and individual levels. This three-paper dissertation attempts to explain three aspects of accountants’ job p…
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In this dissertation, I examine the effect of forms of historical narratives on citizenship policies, paying special attention to the degree and the terms of inclusion of ethnic minorities. I focus on two post-imperial core countries, Turkey and Austria. I develop a framework of…
This study explores the impact of racism on the identity construction of Black Nigerian youth in Montréal. Several themes, related to socialization, family, education, integration, employment, racism, marginalization and social exclusion emerged from phenomenological interviews …
The oracles of Isa. 30:1--5, Jer. 2:14--19, 13:20--22, and Ezek. 17:1--10 evoke an identity construction process in response to perceived socio-political and cultural changes of their periods. Previous studies have analyzed contending social groups through the use of social move…
This dissertation uses a dialogic sociolinguistic theory (Johnson, 2004) interwoven with the author's personal perspective to explore the relationship between language and ethnic identity in an advanced university Hebrew language classroom in Canada. The study examines three key…
The basic principle of this project is that the young adults are absent from churches today, especially in the Syriac Orthodox Church (SOC). The church is made of people of every age, and without the young adults the church cannot be whole. This project provides a young adult mi…
This dissertation investigates identity, art, and architecture in twentieth-century Iran. Through case studies of two museums and a mosque in the capital city, Tehran, the project aims to elucidate the interdisciplinarity of identity formation and its relationship to nation buil…
In Jordan, top-down calls for education reform increasingly intersect with national and transnational discourses and debates on enhancing economic growth, national unity, gender equality, and civic participation in Jordan and the broader Middle East. Such initiatives have increa…
While there is an emerging body of literature on teen programs in museums, research has not addressed how these programs affect adolescents' racial, cultural, or ethnic identities. This qualitative study explores how teen programs in museums attempt to impact and are impacting p…
This thesis argues that Anwar al Awlaki created Inspire magazine in an effort to promote and justify violent jihad. Based on a thorough review of ten issues of the magazine, research provides evidence that Awlaki and Samir Khan sought to shape the identity of young male Muslims …
This thesis aimed to report on the qualitative research conducted which identified the role played by international television soap operas in identity formation and cultural change in relation to Kurdish women. Currently, Kurdish women live in a cultural context where traditiona…
This dissertation links theories of classroom pedagogy, sociocultural learning and racial identity formation, and racial literacy to analyze how a history teacher engaged students with issues of race and racism, and how students constructed meaning about historical and contempor…
Among mixed-status siblings (i.e., an undocumented sibling and a U.S. born citizen), the difference in immigration status may serve to strengthen or diminish the quality of their relationship. This qualitative study utilized a narrative inquiry framework to explore the stories o…
This thesis will examine Jung’s concept of the Archetypal Shadow and its role in evil. Most Jungian work on evil has revolved around the Personal Shadow, those elements of the personality that are rejected for personal, familial, or cultural reasons. Those researchers who have d…
"Space Cadet" investigates black and Asian women's slippery presence in performance through collaboratively devised solos. I am interested in the (in)visibility of lived experience and am curious about the residues of subjugation and erasure in the body. Through this process, I …
Up until now Marsian cultural identity has been approached from an old-fashioned theoretical angle of autoromanizazzione (“self-Romanization” or “emulation”). This perspective was one response to the unsatisfactory explanation of the previous paradigm (“Romanization”) to assess …
This study focuses on a religious group in America and how it has managed to engage the third and fourth generations who have assimilated into the American cultural milieu while maintaining allegiance to the Church of Lebanon-the Maronite Catholic church. Understanding the histo…
This study argues that the hajj, the annual pilgrimage to Mecca, served as a key connective node in the early modern world which served as a site of encounter between both pilgrims and empires constructing new and contested notions of imperial power and crafting both communities…
The American sublime aesthetic, discussed frequently in literature and art of the United States, is equally manifest in the nation’s symphonic music as a concurrent and complementary aesthetic. The musical application of the American sublime supports and enriches current scholar…