Browsing by Subject "Gender"
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Gender and Hedging: Translatability of Difference in Agatha Christie's Third Girl
(2015-02)As a linguistic tool, hedging has been examined by logicians and scholars to explore the vagueness and imprecision it creates in discourse. Generally, men are said to be more accurate, precise, assertive and confident in ... -
Intergenerational and Intercultural Differences in Work Values in Quebec and the United Arab Emirates
(Université Laval, 2011)The purpose of this research is to examine whether differences exist in the work values of several generations among 186 respondents in Quebec and 252 Arab respondents in the United Arab Emirates. We used an abridged version ... -
Japanese Millennials and Intersex Awareness
(Springer, 2017)This paper investigates the awareness, attitudes, and opinions of Japanese millennials about intersex people. This research attempts to fill a gap in extant literature concerning the intersex in Asia via an exploratory ... -
Structural Hole Theory, Audit Committee Member Gender, and Financial Restatements
(2022-08)Audit committees ensure the independence of auditors from a firm’s management in order to minimize principal-agent conflict. The strength and independence of an audit committee is important for the effectiveness of corporate ... -
Towards a Performative Understanding of Deservingness: Merit, Gender and the BBC Pay Dispute
(Wiley Online Library, 2020)Drawing largely on a high-profile case of unequal pay at the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) as an illustrative example, this conceptual paper considers differences and interrelationships between merit and deservingness, ... -
Women's Role in Economic Development in Predominantly Muslim Countries
(2012-09)We discuss the role of women in the development of predominantly Muslim countries, with reference to economics from several perspectives: First, we study the interrelations between certain characteristics of a society ...