The 3PA system is an Intriguiging study in implementation failure and success. The Production Planning and Profit Analysis system was introduced into two manufacturing plants in the same division of a company. It was readily accepted in one plant and staunchly resisted in the other, in spite of repeated managerial interventions. Eventually, however, the resisting plant gave in and began using t...

By analyzing data from a national panel survey of adolescents (ages 12-17) and their parents conducted around the 2008 general election, this study explores the varied roles communication plays in socializing youth into democratic citizenship. In particular, we propose and test a communication mediation model of youth socialization, in which interdependent communication processes located in the...

globalization is a multi-dimensional process of economic, political, cultural, and ideological change. it has had a mixed impact on women’s rights. on the one hand, it has led to increasing violations of women’s economic, political, and cultural rights in large measure due to the withering away of the welfare-developmental state, the feminization of poverty, the expansion of religious fundament...

Abstract We theoretically investigate how political abstention among certain social groups encourages populist parties to enter the stage, trying absorb inactive voters. design a two-stage game with two established and n voters who jointly determine taxation policy. The electorate is divided into groups, advantaged disadvantaged. Voters’ decisions on whether participate depend party’s tax rate ...

Societies build their interpretation and representation on the different phenomena in social, historical political processes, so also culture contains a set of beliefs, ideas, myths, norms, which give it identity, values, ends. Consequently, from democratic culture, citizen is encouraged to move public space, determined by actions, practices. As result these relationships, participation mechani...

Student organizations have a role in the political process, guarding government policies with their movements and contributing intelligence as students to achieve renewal of Indonesian nation. This study examines relationship between efficacy participation student organization cadres. The research method used this is quantitative Likert scale. subjects amounted 92 Islamic Association cadres cha...

The role of social media in influencing political thinking, perception, and participation is becoming increasingly important, as evident the volume research topic has attracted. This article presents findings on media, efficacy, Nigeria. objective to evaluate relationship between efficacy; participation; efficacy To this end, study adopted a web survey design for sample participants across coun...

Usingdata fromthe2000NationalAnnenbergElectionSurvey, this study looksat the relationshipsbetween Internet access andonlineexposure to information about the presidential campaign and political efficacy, knowledge, and participation. Results show that Internet access and online exposure to information about the presidential campaign are significantly associated with these important political var...