Abstract This chapter explores the commonalities and differences in hope between Spanish ( N = 206 ) South African 100) samples based on data collected with Hope Barometer November 2018. Furthermore, we investigate similarities sources of two samples, as reflected activities that people engage to fulfil their hopes attain hoped-for targets (hope activities). Finally, examine these predictors ho...

Cross-cultural research suggests that East Asians display a holistic attentional bias by paying attention to the entire field and to relationships between objects, whereas Westerners pay attention primarily to salient objects, displaying an analytic attentional bias. The assumption of a universal pan-Asian holistic attentional bias has recently been challenged in experimental research involving...

The CAR study was designed to provide empirical data on the concept of disability, the cross-cultural elements of disability terms, and cultural values concerning disabilities. The study also covered within-culture approaches to assistance, the relative stigma associated with different disabilities, and the extent to which there is parity in the ways that cultures approach disabilities associat...

There has recently been a call for more pedagogic comparative research to counter the dominance of structural and policy led studies. At the same time there is also a necessity to provide alternative comparative research to that concerned with global standardising performance and performativity strategies. The research, on which this paper is based, fulfils both these aims by investigating crea...

Background: Current checklists for empirical software engineering cover either experimental research or case study research but ignore the many commonalities that exist across all kinds of empirical research. Identifying these commonalities, and explaining why they exist, would enhance our understanding of empirical research in general and of the differences between experimental and case study ...

Current checklists for empirical software engineering cover either experimental research or case study research but ignore the many commonalities that exist across all kinds of empirical research. Identifying these commonalities, and explaining why they exist, would enhance our understanding of empirical research in general and of the differences between experimental and case study research in ...

A brand is not a logo. A brand is not a tagline. And, in the case of place-brand, a brand is the inherent set of experiences that are understood and lived by the community. Technology has not only changed the way we communicate; it has in many ways destabilized organizational control over brands, making organic brand creation not only important, but also essential. This paper studies how social...

Computer game development is a rapidly growing global business. However, research in the understanding of the global user is lacking. This paper presents a survey of recent research on cross cultural game development. The paper proposes a cross cultural hybrid model to carry out user modeling to assist developers in understanding the cultural nuances of end users.

How can we conceive of global culture as an entity without playing unity and diversity off one another? The diversity of interconnected cultures on a bounded planet requires shared orientations. Thus, the conceptualization of a cosmopolitan humanism is an urgent project for humanity. Particularly, it is of urgent necessity that we determine what a version of cosmopolitan humanism looks like tha...