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Purpose: The purpose of this thesis was to gain a better understanding of the factors for retaining nursing assistants in Beijing. This increased understanding, if addressed, should lead to higher staff retention and improved working (living) conditions for employees. A theoretical model to capture these factors was proposed. Method: A qualitative and exploratory approach was applied in this stu
Drawing from ethnographic data from 48 households in four villages in rural Anhui, this study explores how two practices known for upholding son preference are affected by rural–urban out-migration, with a particular focus on the division of labour in agricultural work and patrilocality. The study deploys the concepts of an intergenerational contract and the “unsubstitutability” of sons and finds
What is the relationship between trust and the quality of political institutions in a society? According to an influential cultural perspective, social trust—the belief that most people can be trusted—is a value inculcated during individuals’ formative years, and remains fixed afterward. A second perspective holds that social trust reflects experiences throughout the life course, particularly inte
This paper first measures the energy efficiency of 28 provinces from 2001-2009 with DEA model. Different from previous studies that include labor, capital and energy consumption as input indicators, GDP as the only desirable output, this paper also models the undesirable output by introducing environmental pollution index. The result shows that eastern area has highest energy efficiency while the
Abstract in UndeterminedThis paper addresses the use of ethnographic methods in the field known as family studies. While ethnographic methods are fundamental in the anthropological study of kinship and family, quantitative methods have long dominated family studies. To grasp the ideas and actions of human beings, however, we must pay attention to their intentions and recognize that intentions are
The study found that during the period prior to the release of the two-child policy, the decision of whether to have a second child or not had become less affected by the family planning policy. Some wealthy people, or those who were eager to have a second child had already had a second child despite the policy, even at the expense of risking a fine. This ‘rigid birth will’ greatly reduced the eff
In this chapter i start for this idea of an inner void thar can be filled out by faith in God. I explore what is at stake for young well-educated urbanites, such as Tingting who convert to Christianity and become part of uinregistred house-churches tha operate in the shadow of state control.
This study aimed to explore how women, as the dominated, evaluate an institution (the court) that is under the control of the dominant from a gender perspective. To fulfill the research aims and provide empirical evidence to the field, this thesis has conducted a quantitative and qualitative analysis to explore the observed phenomena and understand them within the socio-legal theoretical framework
Popular Abstract in Swedish Den fysiska grunden för fysiska aktionsverbThis work is a study of verbal semantics with a focus on the discussion and illustration of the role of body parts and the semantic incorporation into verbal roots of the actions that involve various body parts. Following a general discussion of the basic issues of language construction and human body actions with the image schemas of force-dynamics presented in line with the framework of cognitiv
