Objective of the study is to identify most relevant heterostereotypes in structure socio-cultural adaptation foreigners studying Russia. The methodological basis research a set theoretical ideas about intercultural communication and as processes which are value judgments other nations. Research results. Russians' intellectual sociable abilities, strong-willed altruistic qualities recognizable t...

Tourism development, Economic sustainability, Environmental sustainability, Socio-cultural sustainability ABSTRACT This research attempts to evaluate local residents’ satisfaction and support to the development of tourism through economic, environmental and socio-cultural sustainability of tourism. The data was collected with a survey of local residents in Tra Vinh province of Vietnam. The empi...

In an attempt to explain the lack of consensus that emerged from a review of the extant literature on the performance implications of cultural differences in mergers and acquisitions [M&A], meta-analyses were conducted for three categories of performance measures: stock market-based measures, accounting-based measures, and socio-cultural integration outcomes. As hypothesized, meta-analytic find...

BACKGROUND Much of the literature on the relationship between conflict-related trauma and high risk sexual behaviour (HRSB) often focuses on refugees and not mass in-country displaced people due to armed conflicts. There is paucity of research about contexts underlying HRSB and HIV/AIDS in conflict and post-conflict communities in Uganda. Understanding factors that underpin vulnerability to HRS...

Purpose: The first aim of this study was to test the acculturative stress hypothesis within the Australian context predicting that immigrant adolescents are more prone to psychological and socio-cultural adaptation problems than their national Australian peers. The second aim of the study was to profile the socio-demographic factors underlying adaptation problems. Methods: The study utilised st...

Midwifery, the first holistic profession in the world in which “care” has always been a women-centered phenomenon. It is a socially constructed practice that has gone through many historical transitions. Many of these have involved social controversies in terms of the meaning of care, the scope of its practice, and its standardized skills. The purpose of this paper is to explore and critically ...