Media reportage of suicide among police officers in Ghana: A mixed method analysis
In: Cogent social sciences, Band 8, Heft 1
ISSN: 2331-1886
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In: Cogent social sciences, Band 8, Heft 1
ISSN: 2331-1886
In this paper, we examine how behavioural differences observed in cross-cultural studies are explained and the accuracy of such explanation. Often researchers fall on culture as an elucidation for the differences observed. However, we demonstrate in this paper how cultural explanation offers arguably a feeble and impractical scientific explanation for behavioural differences in transnational studies. It was shown that when psychologists refer to cultural differences to explain the observed behavioural differences, they are in fact explaining the observed behavioural differences with the expected differences in behaviour associated with societies to which the research participants belong respectively. However, it is concluded that a cultural explanation is an acceptable explanation for incompatibility and lack of fit for the import or export of best practices from one society to another but not an acceptable explanation for differences in the observed behaviours. In its place, politico-economic factors are offered as alternative, viable, and valid scientific explanations.
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In: Business strategy and development, Band 3, Heft 4, S. 640-647
ISSN: 2572-3170
AbstractThere has been a sustained interest in flexible work schedules (FWSs) because of the opportunities they offer in improving organizational efficiency and providing a more work–life balanced role for employees. Yet, less research attention has been focused on FWSs in SMEs in developing countries, which leaves much to be concerned about FWSs, its application and impacts in SMEs in developing countries especially in the context of Africa. Drawing on the theory of work adjustment and job demand‐resource model and using a survey data on SMEs from Ghana, the study theorizes and tests the relationship between FWSs and SMEs perceived profitability, employees' career satisfaction and productivity. The results from the analysis indicate that FWSs in SMEs in developing countries are positively associated with (perceived) profitability, employees' career satisfaction and productivity. The implications of these findings are discussed.
In: Kosakowska-Berezecka , N , Besta , T , Bosson , J K , Jurek , P , Vandello , J A , Best , D L , Wlodarczyk , A , Safdar , S , Zawisza , M , Zadkowska , M , Sobiecki , J , Agyemang , C B , Akbas , G , Ammirati , S , Anderson , J , Anjum , G , Aruta , J J B R , Ashraf , M , Bakaityte , A , Bi , C , Becker , M , Bender , M , Berxulli , D , Bosak , J , Daalmans , S , Dandy , J , de Lemus , S , Dvorianchikov , N , Etchezahar , E , Froehlich , L , Gavreliuc , A , Gavreliuc , D , Gomez , A , Greijdanus , H , Grigoryan , A , Hale , M-L , Hamer , H , Hoorens , V , Hutchings , P B , Jensen , D H , Kelmendi , K , Khachatryan , N , Kinahan , M , Kozlowski , D , Lauri , M A , Li , J , Maitner , A T , Makashvili , A , Mancini , T , Martiny , S E , Dordevic , J M , Moreno-Bella , E , Moscatelli , S , Moynihan , A B , Muller , D , Ochoa , D , Adebayo , S O , Pacilli , M G , Palacio , J , Patnaik , S , Pavlopoulos , V , Piterova , I , Puzio , A , Pyrkosz-Pacyna , J , Renteria-Perez , E , Rousseaux , T , Sainz , M , Salvati , M , Samekin , A , Garcia-Sanchez , E , Schindler , S , Sherbaji , S , Sobhie , R , Sulejmanovic , D , Sullivan , K E , Torre , B , Torres , C , Ungaretti , J , Valshtein , T , Van Laar , C , van der Noll , J , Vasiutynskyi , V , Vohra , N , Zapata-Calvente , A L & Zukauskiene , R 2020 , ' Country-level and individual-level predictors of men's support for gender equality in 42 countries ' , European Journal of Social Psychology , vol. 50 , no. 6 , pp. 1276-1291 . https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2696
Men sometimes withdraw support for gender equality movements when their higher gender status is threatened. Here, we expand the focus of this phenomenon by examining it cross-culturally, to test if both individual- and country-level variables predict men's collective action intentions to support gender equality. We tested a model in which men's zero-sum beliefs about gender predict reduced collective action intentions via an increase in hostile sexism. Because country-level gender equality may threaten men's higher gender status, we also examined whether the path from zero-sum beliefs to collective action intentions was stronger in countries higher in gender equality. Multilevel modeling on 6,734 men from 42 countries supported the individual-level mediation model, but found no evidence of moderation by country-level gender equality. Both country-level gender equality and individual-level zero-sum thinking independently predicted reductions in men's willingness to act collectively for gender equality.
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In: Kosakowska-Berezecka , N , Besta , T , Bosson , J K , Jurek , P , Vandello , J A , Best , D L , Wlodarczyk , A , Safdar , S , Zawisza , M , Zadkowska , M , Sobiecki , J , Agyemang , C B , Akbas , G , Ammirati , S , Anderson , J , Anjum , G , Aruta , J J B R , Ashraf , M , Bakaityte , A , Bi , C , Becker , M , Bender , M , Berxulli , D , Bosak , J , Daalmans , S , Dandy , J , de Lemus , S , Dvorianchikov , N , Etchezahar , E , Froehlich , L , Gavreliuc , A , Gavreliuc , D , Gomez , A , Greijdanus , H , Grigoryan , A , Hale , M-L , Hamer , H , Hoorens , V , Hutchings , P B , Jensen , D H , Kelmendi , K , Khachatryan , N , Kinahan , M , Kozlowski , D , Lauri , M A , Li , J , Maitner , A T , Makashvili , A , Mancini , T , Martiny , S E , Dordevic , J M , Moreno-Bella , E , Moscatelli , S , Moynihan , A B , Muller , D , Ochoa , D , Adebayo , S O , Pacilli , M G , Palacio , J , Patnaik , S , Pavlopoulos , V , Piterova , I , Puzio , A , Pyrkosz-Pacyna , J , Renteria-Perez , E , Rousseaux , T , Sainz , M , Salvati , M , Samekin , A , Garcia-Sanchez , E , Schindler , S , Sherbaji , S , Sobhie , R , Sulejmanovic , D , Sullivan , K E , Torre , B , Torres , C , Ungaretti , J , Valshtein , T , Van Laar , C , van der Noll , J , Vasiutynskyi , V , Vohra , N , Zapata-Calvente , A L & Zukauskiene , R 2020 , ' Country-level and Individual-level Predictors of Men's Support for Gender Equality in 42 Countries ' , European Journal of Social Psychology , vol. 50 , no. 6 , pp. 1276-1291 . https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2696 ; ISSN:0046-2772
Men sometimes withdraw support for gender equality movements when their higher gender status is threatened. Here, we expand the focus of this phenomenon by examining it cross-culturally, to test if both individual- and country-level variables predict men's collective action intentions to support gender equality. We tested a model in which men's zero-sum beliefs about gender predict reduced collective action intentions via an increase in hostile sexism. Because country-level gender equality may threaten men's higher gender status, we also examined whether the path from zero-sum beliefs to collective action intentions was stronger in countries higher in gender equality. Multilevel modeling on 6,734 men from 42 countries supported the individual-level mediation model, but found no evidence of moderation by country-level gender equality. Both country-level gender equality and individual-level zero-sum thinking independently predicted reductions in men's willingness to act collectively for gender equality.
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