This study explored the relationship between intellectual ability, socioeconomic status (SES), academic achievement and self-efficacy in a cross-cultural sample. Data from 90 students (63 students from Central America and 27 from the US) showed that regardless of culture or IQ, students from low SES families had significantly lower grade point averages than students from medium- or high-SES fam...

PURPOSE The impact of medical school culture on medical students has been well studied, but little documentation exists regarding how medical faculty experience the culture in which they work. In an ongoing project, the National Initiative on Gender, Culture and Leadership in Medicine, the authors are investigating how the existing culture of academic medical institutions supports all faculty m...

Students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds have historically experienced poor outcomes related to academic achievement, special education, school discipline and climate, and juvenile justice. Differences between home and school cultures likely contribute to these outcomes. Evidence-based practices in schools are promoted to improve the academic and social outcomes for all s...

− The fuzzy weighted average (FWA) is used in many engineering problems where aggregation of fuzzy information is dealt with. In this framework, many algorithms have been proposed to compute efficiently the FWA according to Zadeh's extension principle. However, due to fuzzy interval calculus, the exact solution presents a characteristic that may be viewed as an important drawback. Indeed, repla...

Culture has an essential role in organization, where culture will reflect behavioral processes that have values, beliefs and habits influence individual attitudes the organization. This study aims to explore of transformational leadership, organizational culture, employee engagement on performance. The research was conducted 2022 involving 192 flight school employees Indonesia. quantitative usi...

We examine how a manager’s ethnic cultural background affects managers’ communication with investors. Using a sample of earnings conference calls transcripts with 26,430 executives from 42 countries, we find that managers from ethnic groups that have a more individualistic culture (i) use a more optimistic tone, (ii) exhibit greater self-reference, and (iii) make fewer apologies in their disclo...