this paper reports on the findings of a study designed to investigate the cultural and social complexities governing the compliment responses among the persian native speakers. 200 persian respondents took a 24-item discourse completion task (dct) while 15 native field workers were also set responsible for collecting the examples of complimenting exchanges they either observed or participated i...

this article tries to study the relationship between “quality of work life” and “job satisfaction” among the employees of the area 3 local branches of bank melat in tehran. as far as the purpose is concerned, this study is an applicable research while from the research methodology point of view, it is descriptive survey. statistical population of the research covers of all the 670 employees of ...

This article presents a case study of the solidarity economy in Italy: the Italian G.A.S. – Gruppi di Acquisto Solidale, which I translate as Solidarity Purchase Groups. GAS are often conceptualized as "alternative food networks". Beyond this categorization, I highlight their novelty in relational, political, and ecological terms, with respect to their capacity to forge new partnerships between...

Aging populations now exert influence on all aspects of social life. This article examines changes to major social and economic institutions linked with old age, taking the period from the mid-20th century to the opening decades of the 21st century. These developments are set within the context of the influence of globalization as well as the impact of the 2008 financial crisis, these restructu...

Given relatively high levels of adherence to HIV treatment in Africa, we explore factors facilitating children's adherence, despite poverty, social disruption and limited health infrastructure. Using interviews with 25 nurses and 40 guardians in Zimbabwe, we develop our conceptualisation of an 'adherence competent community', showing how members of five networks (children, guardians, community ...

Article points 1. The authors of this article completed an ethnographic study of the significance of a social support group for parents who have children with type 1 diabetes. 2. Through participant observation of the group meetings, semi-structured interviews and field notes, prominent themes emerged relating to the issues encountered by the parents and how they view the social support. 3. The...