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The Outline of Selected Marital Satisfaction Factors in the Intercultural Couples based on the Westerner and non-Westerner relationships

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Skowroński D. P., Othman A. B., Siang D. T. W., Han G. L. W., Yang J. W. J., Waszyńska K.
Polish Psychological Bulletin
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2014
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vol. 45
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issue 3
346-356
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The paper investigates the various factors from a socio-cultural perspective that have a bearing on the intercultural couple’s marital satisfaction in Westerner and non-Westerner relationships, and how cultural differences may potentially amplify the difficulties, which non-intercultural couples themselves are already likely to face. These factors include acculturation, language and communication, attitudes toward marriage, individual traits and behaviours, support of the family, societal views, gender roles, managing of the household finances and child rearing. Certain theories are also highlighted in an attempt to explain why these cultural differences have such a profound effect on the marital satisfaction of intercultural couples.
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Determinants of under-representation of women on Boards of Directors: an exploratory study of African public and private firms

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Ouedraogo A.
Economics and Business Review
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2018
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vol. 4(18)
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issue 2
98-113
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The underlying causes for the low representation of women on board directorships has been the subject of considerable research when viewed in the context of North American, European and Asian economies and markets. In Africa, very few studies exist that examine this reality even if the socio-economic situation increasingly requires it. Indeed, women are a pillar of the social and economic life of African countries, as they constitute the equilibrium point of family stability and contributors to various essential economic activities alongside men in their community and country. This central role of African woman in all civic endeavours stands in stark contradiction to their general absence on the Board of Directors of most African companies. Although a recent ADB study indicates that the percentage of African women on boards is higher than on some other continents’ nonetheless, the fact remains that this low representation is astonishing. This research aims to understand the cause and effect relationship and to identify the determinants of this low representation of women as sitting board members. It is based on semi-structured interviews with women who are voting members on existing Boards of Directors of large firms in the public and private sectors. It shows that the low representation of women in boardrooms is explained more by socio-cultural factors rather than any organizational flaws or personal issues with these women.
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Socio-Cultural Factors Affecting Insurance Patronage in Lagos State, Nigeria: An Exploration Study

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Badru F. A.
Hemispheres. Studies on Cultures and Societies
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2013
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issue 28
43-57
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Risk occurrence is a phenomenon that affects human lives. Risk avoidance helps individuals to cope with the tragedies of life. Insurance patronage in sub-Saharan Africa (with the exception of South Africa) is abysmally poor. Empirical studies on the impact of sociocultural factors on insurance patronage are slim. Besides, meanings attached to modern insurance concepts such as accident and disasters are culturally constructed. This study, as an exploratory work, investigated some of the socio-cultural variables that shape insurance patronage among Nigerians using Lagos State as a focus. Such variables act as agents of socialization through which people receive the norms and values that shape and modify their attitudes and behavior. The research design was a cross-sectional survey, exploratory in nature, using structured questionnaires to collect primary data. Variables were created for both univariate and bivariate data and analyzed with the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). Findings from the survey suggest that many users of insurance in Lagos understood the language of insurance policies, have positive values and norms, and that their religious persuasions do not impact negatively on insurance patronage. It is thus possible to motivate Lagosians in particular and Nigerians in general to patronize insurance services. Other feasible measures to boost patronage were recommended for practitioners and policy-makers. This study is a platform for broader research in future.
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LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE AGED 13-16 FROM KOSOVO, BULGARIA AND POLAND

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Glapa A., Bronikowski M., Górka J., Morina B.
Journal of Physical Education & Health - Social Perspective
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2013
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vol. 2
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issue 4
33-42
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This paper presents the results of the research on the physical activity of school youth in three European countries (Poland, Bulgaria, Kosovo) which are at different stages of socio-economic development and, therefore, of different possibilities and conditions in terms of leisure and mobility. The purpose of this cognitive study was to diagnose certain aspects of the lifestyle of young people aged 13-16 from Kosovo, Bulgaria and Poland, with a particular focus on physical activity. The practical aim, however, was an indication of such actions, arising from past experience that would aim at improving lifestyle, and could lead to the elimination or prevention of certain causes of physical inactivity by the youth of the countries surveyed. The research was conducted by the use of a diagnostic survey of a group of 524 people aged 13-16, among whom there were 88 people from Bulgaria, 136 people from Poland and 300 people from Kosovo. The research material was collected in 2012. The research that was carried out shows that the level of wealth (not so much of the family, but of the specific country) may have an impact on the choice of activities chosen by the youth. Undoubtedly socio-cultural factors and the tradition of social life, which impose certain ways of spending leisure time (as can be seen particularly in the case of the Bulgarian and Kosovar youth) are also of great importance. The above observations, taking into account local conditions, should be the starting point for all those who plan to introduce changes in the physical education systems in each of these countries in the future.
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