Search for dissertations about: "Cross-cultural"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 83 swedish dissertations containing the word Cross-cultural.
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6. Cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric properties of two questionnaires for the assessment of occupational performance in children with disability : Children's Hand-use Experience Questionnaire (CHEQ) and Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory (PEDI)
Abstract : Globally, 93–150 million children live with some form of disability, most of them live in developing countries. Occupational performance describes a person’s ability to execute tasks that are meaningful, in the context in which the person lives. READ MORE
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7. A Cross-Cultural Approach to Psychological Mechanisms Underlying Emotional Reactions to Music
Abstract : Music plays a crucial role in everyday life by enabling listeners to seek individual emotional experiences. To explain why such emotions occur, we must understand the underlying process that mediates between surface-level features of the music and aroused emotions. READ MORE
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8. Cross-Cultural Challenges in Product Realization Process
Abstract : With increased global competition, companies need to diversify their product realization process to gain advantages offered by different geographical areas. However, different cultural backgrounds of people and companies situated around the world can lead to challenges in crosscultural collaboration. READ MORE
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9. Challenges when Generalizing Psychological Measurements across Populations : Applications in Machine Learning and Cross-Cultural Comparisons
Abstract : In order to ascertain the validity and applicability of psychological theories, models, and measurements, it is important to examine their generalizability across different assessment situations. In this thesis, I examine how the application of measures outside of their initial domain may cause complications. READ MORE
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10. The discursive construction, reproduction and continuance of national cultures: A critical study of the cross-cultural management discourse
Abstract : Considering that businesses, whether they operate on a global or a domestic market, are affected by globalization, cross-cultural management is without doubt an urgent topic in current management and education. However, despite this urgency and the commendable intention behind the endeavour to enhance people’s cultural knowledge, current models on national cultures are problematic since they rely on simplistic ideas and crude stereotypes which perpetrate prejudice representations of self and others. READ MORE