Multiple literatures suggest that the following factors may figure prominently in explanations of women's increasing empowerment: (1) socioeconomic development; (2) rising gender-egalitarian attitudes that transform economic development into a cultural process of human development; (3) historical legacies stemming from a society's cultural and political traditions; and (4) institutional design ...

To reduce energy consumption in buildings, researchers have in the recent decade explored the potential of changing occupants’ energy consumption behaviors using eco-feedback technologies. Energy consumption behavior is a type of consumer behavior, which has been proven cultural-specific in prior research. This paper aims to examine the impact of cultural differences on the effectiveness of eco...

The socioeconomic and cultural changes that result from an increasingly interconnected world have been speculated to have important implications for the nature of adolescent development. Unfortunately, the historical time necessary for these changes to take place means that definitive research on the impact of globalization necessarily will be slow in forthcoming. Adolescents from immigrant fam...

Abstract How local cultural activities influence development and human behaviour is gaining popularity. Experimental evidence shows that consumption effective in countering hate. This crucial, as hate, turn, has a negative on the socioeconomic performance of places. Still, little known this, outside few more qualitative case studies. paper provides quantitative analysis impact hate events Itali...

this exploratory study attempts to shed some light on the ethnocentric behaviours of young iranians in relation to the global consumer culture. it demonstrates why and how these individuals adhere to their own cultural resources and refrain from consuming the products or daily life practices of other cultures. the analysis of interpretive interviews with twelve participants in tehran and karaj ...

In the so-called New World of Wine, wine industry, particularly in American continent, has increased its presence various socioeconomic areas through strategies adapted to market conditions. This literature review aims identify research on viticulture and tourism Wine categorize them indicate new lines knowledge gaps. Given that consumption production continent were generated European migration...