Previous studies related to manager effectiveness and organizational culture have determined that emotional intelligence (EI) is a critical predictor of intercultural adjustment and business success. However, few investigators have examined the relationship between EI and nation…
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This dissertation argues that contact with foreign peers substantially challenged and often changed the attitudes of American students. The dissertation traces the history of organizations that put American students in contact with students from other continents, especially outs…
This study examined the effects of country and two levels of religious observance on anger experience and expression in American and Israeli Jews. The sample included Orthodox and Non-Orthodox Jews in the United States and in Israel. Four hundred and six participants were includ…
Previous research conducted in the United States and selected countries revealed that students' learning-style preferences were significantly discriminated by age, achievement, gender, and cultural differences. This researcher further investigated the learning-style characterist…
In the Interwar period, the Jewish population of east central Europe experienced its first and last opportunity to engage in modern political life as a nationality among the nationalities. This study of nationality politics is organized around "Jewish nationality," a new categor…
This dissertation focuses on the Danish news media's images of visible minorities from the early 1970 to the early 2000s. Through analyses of television primetime news clips and national newspaper articles, the dissertation throws light on how the news media have represented vis…
In this dissertation, I analyze the discourse and practice of immigration regulation in the Malaysian State of Sabah. Immigration problematizes the conventional conception of belonging to a national population, as it introduces the possibility of becoming through the process of …
This dissertation situates the study of formal political institutions in the context of communal diversity and dual citizenship in sub-Saharan Africa through an examination of ethnic federalism in Ethiopia. The focus of analysis is the use of socio-political institutions for the…
Anorexia nervosa (AN) presenting with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) or obsessive compulsive personality disorder (OCPD) has resulted in poor treatment outcomes. This study compared AN, OCD, and OCPD traits in relation to gender, as little research has been conducted on mal…
Over the last three decades, Oman has emerged as a center of political and economic stability in the Arab world, a stability which is an essential ingredient for any country to develop and flourish. Whereas democracy and public freedoms are at the core of stability in other part…
This dissertation examines the function of national identity and the degree to which it is a recent development, particularly in the region of the Balkan Peninsula populated by the South Slav (Serbian, Croatian, Slovenian) peoples. The study examines the question of whether in t…
This study investigates the construction of national and gendered identities of Armenian women living in the Samtskhe-Javakheti region in Georgia, a region with a highly complex socio-political history. Based on conducted interviews with Armenian women living in this region, and…
This dissertation tracks the use of maternal rhetoric in the literature and culture of early modern England and reveals how maternity intervenes in complex cultural and political conversations throughout the period. It shows how maternity impacts (and is impacted by) English att…
This dissertation focuses on the intersection of global and indigenous advocacy strategies in feminist women's movements in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). I explore strategies of resistance and innovation in three contexts: (1) Globally, I analyze a sample of MENA NGOs…
This paper explores the contentious ethno-historical process of identity formation among the Hui national minority. For complex historical and practical reasons, the Chinese government defined the Hui as a minority nationality despite the fact that they lack the traditional Stal…