Tribalism Among African Nations: Does Tribalism Cause Oppression?

Brand Tribalism

The article comes to the conclusion that brands can benefit from having a presence in Facebook and other Social Network Sites (SNS) if the objectives and the nature of the brand suit the environment. This study identifies the relations between tribalism and tribal marketing by analysing consumer behaviour and the formation of the tribes within a Facebook and blog environment. Studying one natio...

Tribalism & Racism among the Ancient Greeks A Weberian Perspective

Were the ancients Greeks “racists” in the modern sense of the term “racist”? The terms ancient Greek “proto-racism”, tribalism (and/or racism) are used here to denote the abstract, narcissistic notion that not only the non-Greek barbarians, but also certain ancient Greek tribes (like the Macedonians, the Boeoteans etc.) should be excluded from the Hellenic community, for they were considered to...

The Influence of Neo-Tribalism on Participatory Design

In the course of conceptual analysis, this paper recognises the contemporary information systems (IS) stakeholder as an integral part of a tribal setting. The paper argues the importance of neo-tribal notions in managing and understanding the stakeholders’ identity, their individual perspectives, their group allegiances, and the impact of tribal behavior on the IS development process. The paper...

The basis of clinical tribalism, hierarchy and stereotyping: a laboratory-controlled teamwork experiment

OBJECTIVES To examine the basis of multidisciplinary teamwork. In real-world healthcare settings, clinicians often cluster in profession-based tribal silos, form hierarchies and exhibit stereotypical behaviours. It is not clear whether these social structures are more a product of inherent characteristics of the individuals or groups comprising the professions, or attributable to a greater exte...

Building Bridges and Solving Rubiks Cubes: Tribalism in Engineering and Technical Environments