He says cultural differences — whether good, bad or neutral — may be less important than most scholars believe.
Choonsung Shin, a Korean technology researcher who has examined problematic smartphone usage in both Korea and the U.S.,
says cultural differences could affect smartphone addiction rates, but he notes that factors such as a person's age, gender and occupation are also likely to play a role.
Not exact matches
Latshaw
says that what keeps her going is the fact that «we are seeing the same troops returning after multiple deployments [and] it is extremely rewarding for our role players, managers, and
cultural experts who conduct the training to receive positive feedback and know that they've made a
difference.»
If Target failed to cater to regional and
cultural differences, it's also done a poor job of distinguishing itself in the marketplace,
says Mario Pilozzi, former CEO of Walmart Canada and the man who presided over the chain's entry into Canada in the mid-1990s.
When the seven - year - old company began to look at expanding beyond North America, Biderman
says, it quickly realized that
cultural differences have a massive impact on the shape of the online dating industry.
Then, JFK acknowledged the historical and
cultural differences that Puerto Rico has with the 50 states but
said he still felt he was in his country, «like I did this morning when in Washington.»
But, she
says, the big
difference is if a student can demonstrate that they've grasped the geopolitical environment of a particular country, or successfully navigated the
cultural differences.
Maybe it's a
cultural difference in expression, I think it's definitely a gender
difference, but I would only
say «If you want to play it that way» if I thought someone was being devious.
the problem is that ppl read the bible thats been translated, if you realy want to know what was
said youll need to study hebrew... every letter has a meaning... every word isnt a perfect fit for english,, theres nuances and
cultural differences that youll find,,, its a whole new thing to go back and look at the bible through hebrew eyes,,, they arent required to look like us,,, were supposed to look more like them,,, yashua was a jew,,,, all the apostles were jews, yashua was sent to the lost sheep of the house of israel, not the gentiles, paul took it to the gentiles, and he never stopped being and living as a jew, the laws are very viable today, but they do nt give salvation, thats what yashua did...
Neither bothers to
say where and why they disagree with Krein and Pappin on economics, something that might help clarify the
cultural differences as well.
This is the kind of multiculturalism where it
says, «you can't
say» whatever is to be
said regarding
cultural differences, and that if one already know where....
This is not to
say that finding ways effective to communicate across
cultural differences is not worthwhile.
«Domino's has previously indicated it prefers not to retrain competitors» franchisees due to
cultural differences,» he
said.
I think that this question is really too broad and opinion based to effectively answer on Stack Exchange (see my comment), so I will just
say in passing that there are deep
cultural, ideological, religious and political
differences between the two that lead to these extreme actions
When I
say, «we,» I mean that all of us — men, women, children — to honor the
cultural differences between various peoples in various countries,» Mr. Gershman
said.
I can not
say for certain that it is because of race, religion, sex or
cultural differences.
In addition to training in end - of - life conversations and being aware of
cultural differences, physicians need to be honest with their patients, Periyakoil
said.
Cox
says there can be
cultural differences between mathematics - education researchers and their research mathematician colleagues.
«Our results show that there is a profound
cultural difference» in the way people respond to consonant and dissonant sounds,
says Josh McDermott, a cognitive scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge and lead author of the paper.
The information that seems to indicate sex
differences, Spelke
says, comes from problematic studies whose results are colored by
cultural influences — everything from parents responding differently to girls and boys to university faculties viewing identical job applications more skeptically when the applicant's name is female.
The human species is essentially homogeneous from a genetic perspective, however, the various groups have some subtle but significant
differences at statistical and scientific level that have developed over time due to the effect of geographical, demographic and
cultural factors»
says Valentina Coia.
«To maximize the productivity of their international teams, global firms need to understand important
cultural differences between Western and Eastern mindsets,» Saad
says.
«Building on the empirical analysis of ego level and language will provide us with a deeper understanding of ego development, its relationship with other models of personality and individual
differences, and its utility in characterizing people, texts and the
cultural contexts that produce them,»
said Lanning.
After practicing research in Egypt and the United States, I can
say that different countries manage collaboration differently due to many factors, including
cultural variations and
differences in working environment.
Though they are «just hitting the tip of the iceberg in understanding
cultural and ethnic
differences,»
said Schneider, the team is one of the few in the field diving deep to help answer some of these questions, with the ultimate goal of providing more targeted counseling and clinical support to families with children with ASD.
«Obviously, there were huge
cultural differences, too,» she
says.
Having
said that, there are too many circumstances to consider and too many
cultural differences among disciplines to specify a «reasonable» time for all cases.
Sailing He
says it boils down to
cultural differences: «In China, you have to be flexible,» he
says.
The discovery could help scientists understand how social,
cultural, and environmental factors interact with genetics to create
differences in health outcomes between different ethnic populations, the authors
say, and provides a counterpoint to long - standing efforts in the biomedical research community to replace imprecise racial and ethnic categorization with genetic tests to determine ancestry.
For instance, the
difference in intelligence between an individual with,
say, a brain that's 1,100 grams and one that's 1,400 grams (which could be found in humans) is confounded by other variables, including
differences in density of neurons, other structural brain
differences and socio -
cultural factors.
«I think, by nature, groups of people are more likely to mix and interact than not, regardless of
cultural differences,» Lipson
said.
They could stem from
differences in blood alcohol levels after the same amount of beer;
differences in tolerance due to previous alcohol use; or socio -
cultural factors, he
said.
Having
said that, there are obvious
differences in buying patterns as dictated by
cultural and other factors and these become parameters to guide our buys.
«There are all of these subtle
cultural differences in how people perceive beauty, which is why if you're being voted on by your countrymen, those votes count so much more,» Greg
said.
Despite the
cultural differences between Japan and the West, Koinuma
says a Mario game developed in a similar way could be a great way to introduce children to the action game genre.
Ultimately, Wax
says, «proponents of income integration must deal with the cognitive dissonance created by the model's foundational premise, which is that disadvantaged students» habits and attitudes are deficient and will be improved by immersion in a superior environment, [versus] discomfort with the idea of class - based
cultural differences.»
Salon, 4/4/15» «One thing that's important to clarify is that there are big race, class, and
cultural differences in this,»
says [Senior Lecturer] Richard Weissbourd.»
Speaking to Schools Week after the conference today, Gibb
said teachers in England could not share the luxury of low lesson loads and long planning time because it was one of the many «
cultural differences» compared with south Asia.
Seems like he and I approach living abroad in similar ways, trying to see as much as possible and
saying «yes» to stuff we normally wouldn't, so I really enjoyed hearing about his experiences and his thoughts about some of the
cultural differences and nuances between his American life and what he experienced in Costa Rica.
«Because of
cultural differences, it is sometimes difficult to know whether an artist is going to be important, but Zhang Enli painted his surroundings in almost a conceptual way,» he
said.
«I can't imagine going there without this person bridging all these
cultural differences,» he
said of Li, who was no doubt eager to put Colen, a Gagosian artist, on her clients» radar.
(Locke's use of these techniques speaks to a different
cultural context than Rauschenberg's; however, their shared interests and their
differences lead one to speculate what they might have
said to one another had they met.)
«Los Angeles is still a developing
cultural centre and that's why one can make a
difference there,» he
says.
Rather than reflecting a negative stereotypical «Orientalism» with its links to
cultural colonialism, as discussed by Edward
Said in his 1978 seminal book on the subject, Esser's depictions of the Near East aim to convey a sense of reconciliation amidst regional
differences and historical issues.
I'm fed up (obviously), and I don't care about «what Japanese officials
said were deep
cultural differences between West and East».