Cultural Harmony Research Articles

Specific Antecedents of Entrepreneurial Intention Among Newly Returned Chinese International Students.

A growing group of Chinese students is returning to China following graduation, especially young returnees. This group is seen as one of the most innovative sectors of Chinese society. Based on the theory of planned behavior (TPB) and three kinds of capital theories, this study explores entrepreneurial intention (EI) and its influencing factors among Newly Returned Chinese International Students (NRCIS). A survey of 211 NRCIS showed a low level of EI and little knowledge of supporting policies about entrepreneurship. Influencing factors included culture harmony as culture capital, overseas social networks as social capital, and foreign entrepreneurship education and foreign language proficiency as human capital. Attitude mediated the effects of foreign language proficiency, culture harmony, and foreign entrepreneurship education on EI. Perceived behavior control mediated the effect of foreign language proficiency, Chinese language proficiency, culture harmony, foreign entrepreneurship education, domestic entrepreneurship education, and overseas social networks on EI, and subjective norms have no significant mediating effect in any mediation path. Based on these findings, policymakers could pay attention to examining whether the current policies are working and accessible for NRCIS, and domestic entrepreneurship education could keep cultivating students' cross-cultural communication and understanding abilities, and society and education sectors could encourage positive cognition of entrepreneurship and guide students to form a positive attitude toward entrepreneurship and enhance their confidence.

Academic Exchange Programs between China and the Arab Region: A Means of Cultural Harmony or Indirect Chinese Influence?

China relies on soft power for its economic and political expansion, and this strategy has proven effective in achieving the goals set by the Chinese administration. China-Arab relations have developed greatly in the past ten years, in parallel with the increase in the number of Arab students in China. This article examines the Chinese soft power strategy towards the Arab region through student exchange programs, and the role of students in the development of Sino-Arab relations. China achieves strategic goals through soft power. A survey was conducted on a group of Arab students in China, specifically in Wuhan, to learn more about the orientations of Arab students towards Chinese policies and to get a clearer idea of life and study in China. The article concludes with new concepts about life in China, and about the Chinese environment, which have proved to be attractive to Arab students.

National and cultural features of praise in Kazakh, French and English

Within the framework of this article, the authors will analyze the national and cultural features of evaluative conversations in Kazakh, French and English, methods of their transmission in these languages, comparative study of structural and semantic differences of these speech actions and determine their national and cultural harmony. Like other speech acts, the assessment reflects the culture, traditions, customs, rules of decency, and rituals of the nation. Each nation has its own assessment system. An object, phenomenon, action, or behavior that has a high, positive rating in one country can be negatively evaluated in another country. If a person's actions and behavior correspond to the rules of decency, Customs and traditions of that country, then a positive assessment is given to him, and a negative assessment is given if the opposite is true. Each nation, when evaluating actions, behavior, objects and phenomena, is based on its own national essence, national worldview. That is why the culture, customs, rules of etiquette, life experience, and worldview of each nation are the basis of national culture of speech assessment. Key words: intercultural communication, praise, national culture, cultural features, linguistic characteristics.

ROLE OF ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION IN CBT PLANNING PROCESS FOR PABUARAN VILLAGE AS RELIGIOUS TOURISM

Communication is very important in human life, especially in organizations. Certainly, organizationl behaviour involves communication. Without communication within the organization, organizing effort may not run smoothly. The researcher will raise how organizational communication occurs between the government and the people of Pabauran Village to improve its the tourism. In this research, a qualitative method which involved an interpretation process on the condition of the natural subject is used. The strategy of this case study leads to derivative social units with steps starting from collecting data with active participant observation and interviews, then analyzing the organizational communication relationship within the organization in its management with the Village Officials, data processing, and analysis that produces conclusions. The results obtained were Community -Based Tourism (CBT) which is a village that has a culture of harmony between religious communities is needed through implementation of downward communication within the managing officials.

Strategic auto-exoticism: Camara Laye’s L’Enfant noir (1953) and Fatima Mernissi’s Dreams of Trespass: Tales of a Harem Girlhood (1994)

ABSTRACT Camara Laye’s L’Enfant noir (1953; The Dark Child) and Fatima Mernissi’s Dreams of Trespass: Tales of a Harem Girlhood (1994) explore coming-of-age stories and postcolonial identity through autobiographical, anthropological accounts of colonial childhoods. Both texts can be read as auto-exotic as they are written in the language of the colonizer (or for an international audience in Mernissi’s case), and portray exotic rites and commonplaces designed to appeal to a western readership. However, these auto-exotic and anthropological elements form part of a complex strategy that aims to undermine them and, instead, convey messages of cultural complexity, dignity, harmony, and intersectional Muslim feminism. The auto-exotic serves as a pretext for the re-appropriation and re-creation of the world colonialism has destroyed in Camara Laye, and for the empowerment of women against all forms of oppression – colonial, cultural, or religious – in Mernissi.

SYARIAH BANK EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE MODEL OF PT. BANK SYARIAH AL SALAAM REGIONAL JAKARTA AND DEPOK

This study aims to examine the prophetic leadership and organizational commitment mediated by the motivation that affects employee performance, namely the employee performance of PT Bank Syariah Al Salaam Jakarta and Depok Regional. The research method uses a quantitative approach, with data collection using primary data, secondary data from Personnel Management and library research, primary data using all employees at PT Bank Syariah Al Salaam as many as 80 respondents, from all Jakarta and Depok Regional Divisions. Data collection techniques using interviews and questionnaire instruments. The questionnaire survey instrument was delivered randomly to employees of PT Bank Syariah Al Salaam. Data were analyzed using structural equation modeling (SEM) with the Smart PLS3.0 software program. to test the significance of prophetic leadership and organizational commitment affecting employee performance and mediated by motivation. The results showed that prophetic leadership, organizational commitment and motivation have a significant positive effect on employee performance, either partially or simultaneously. Prophetic leadership as the most important factor influencing employee performance. The managerial implication is that the organization or leader must develop a harmonious work culture and motivation for employees to achieve their best performance. This study reveals that organizational commitment, Prophet Leadership and motivation have a significant positive effect on performance, both partially and simultaneously. Besides that, the motivation partially mediate variable of the Prophet Leadership variable and organizational commitment on performance and has a significant effect.

Homogeneous or hegemonic? A cultural reading of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue burkini

ABSTRACT Magazines represent a site for cultural contestation, reconciliation, and alienation in visual culture. Adopting social semiotics and cultural discourse perspectives, this study examines the visual representation of two images of the first model to appear in modest swimwear in the 2019 Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue featuring burkini-clad, Halima Aden as a holistic cultural discourse. The findings reveal that the production of these images deploy semiotic affordances to construct cultural harmony, diversity, and co-existence while deconstructing ethnocentrism. This study contributes to the formation and empowerment of cultural voices and identities of marginalized, developing communities to foster cultural homogeneity rather than division.

Сhinese “Harmony Culture” and Russian “Sobornost”

The article analyzes the similarity between the Chinese “Harmony Culture” and the Russian “Sobornost”, which are the core of the national traditional culture and remain active and radiate vitality in the new era. The first part of the article analyzes the origins and content of the concepts of “Harmony Culture” and “Sobornost”. The Chinese “Harmony Culture” dates to the eight trigrams in ancient times, advocates harmony, “All under heaven are of one family”, “Harmonious but different”, “Golden mean”, etc. The notion of “Sobornost” goes back to the cathedral or village community, advocates unity, solidarity, tolerance, cooperation. The second part of the article analyzes the manifestation of the concepts of “Harmony Culture” and “Sobornost” in modern societies. In modern China, “Harmony Culture” is embodied in the goal of building a “Harmonious Socialist Society” and in the diplomatic concept of building a “Community of Human Destiny”. In modern Russia, the “Sobornost” is embodied in Putin’s “idea of new Russia” and various policies to revive “Russian traditional culture”. There is a high coherence and correspondence between the two concepts, which is an important ideological source to deepening mutual understanding between Russia and China, steadily developing Sino-Russian relations in the new era and preserving long-term peace on earth. The Russian and Chinese governments will be able to find common ground and overcome their differences.

Tea Culture and Nature Harmony Translated in Enshi Folk Songs: The Case of “A Young Maiden Sends Tea” and “Ode to the Four Seasons of Tea Mountain”

The inheritance and promotion of Chinese traditional culture have received increasing attention in the past few years, which is a big part of the blueprint of China cultural soft power. And tea culture as one important component is treated as the research focus. Through the translation, and interpretation of two Enshi folk songs: “A Young Maiden Sends Tea” and “Ode to The Four Seasons of Tea Mountain”, two great themes: tea culture and nature harmony are analyzed in connection with the ethnic custom and the ecological environment of the people in Enshi. And the nationality and regionality characteristics of the two folk songs are also stressed. Furthermore, as tea culture and nature harmony are closely related, this paper has explained aspects such as the division of labour between men and women, love relationship between young men and women, the characteristics of the growth of tea trees, the industry of growing tea, and the life of the girls picking tea. After all, the generation of the tea industry in Enshi has everything to do with the ecological environment there, and the way people live both shapes and is shaped by the way people make a living. The folk song in Enshi is the vivid representation of the local residents’ life, and the people there gradually formed their current way of life. As a whole, it is with the help of medio medio-translatology that facilitate the communication and circulation of folk songs, and the precious tea culture as well as culture harmony are better presented to the public.

Linguistic Harmony as a Means of Symbolization in Folklore and Poetic Texts

The article discusses the use of linguistic harmony in traditional culture as a means of symbolisation. In folklore texts, the phonetic similarity of the words heightens the semantic connections between them. This happens when homonyms, paronyms, and other similar-sounding words in the text along with anagrammatic coding of the meaning of the text (for example, riddles) merge, combining two words in one hybrid word paronymous with both of them; by means of phonetic strengthening, complex sound compilation of the text as a whole, as frequently seen in poetry, etc. Symbolic correlations based on verbal consonances usually occur in spells, conjurations, dream interpretations, superstitions, and rituals that have a magical function (prognostic, healing, etc.). In archaic elements of the poetry, the harmony of the words combines an aesthetic function with a magical one (merging more and more with the aesthetic one over time), which allows us to talk about their true syncretism and the magical origins of poetry. Sound and logical-conceptual methods of symbolisation often interact with each other. The symbolism generated by the harmony of words fits into a wide cultural context, revealing deep-semantic cultural parallels from different eras and communities, since the supraindividual memory operating in culture is able to store and bring to life the accumulated connotations. Symbolism arising from the consonances of words has the property of reviving the etymological memory of a word in cultural contexts. In some archaic Slavic zones, symbolism, based on consonant words, still retains its productivity. In the symbolic language of the culture, it also performs a structuring function, takes part in the formation of connections and relationships between the single elements of the traditional picture of the world setting up certain parameters for it, for example, it forms parallels in folk zoology in animal and bird codes, isolating single groups of characters.

Quality Management System of Higher Education: Structural and Functional Analysis

The article defines the essence of the quality management system of higher education, in particular the structure and functions. The author notes that it is the system of higher education that shapes human potential. It is determined that the development of the higher education system and improving its quality is a priority, a strategic goal of each state, as this development is associated with the development of the economy and society as a whole. It is proved that the modernization of the education system is aimed at ensuring its quality in accordance with the latest advances in science, culture and social practice. The quality of education is a national priority and a prerequisite for the national security of the state, compliance with international norms and requirements of the legislation of Ukraine on the implementation of the right of citizens to education. In addition, it is explained that the number of requirements for higher education is growing every year, which leads to the need to create and implement a quality management system that is compatible with the existing ISO standard for free economic zones. The components of the quality assurance system of higher education according to this standard are given and the procedures that are implemented to improve it are indicated. It is noted that the state standard of higher education determines the list of qualifications of the relevant educational and qualification levels, the list of areas and specialties for which specialists are trained in the free educational and qualification levels, as well as requirements for educational levels of higher education. Seven principles of implementation of the Bologna system in Ukraine are given, and it is proved that the means of ensuring the quality of higher education are enshrined in the Bologna Declaration. It is determined that in order to control and improve affairs in the field of higher education, a state body was established — the National Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education, whose goals are to guarantee the quality of services, recognize the quality of scientific results, ensure systemic impact. It is emphasized that quality education should be seen by the state and society as an instrument of social, cultural harmony and economic growth to build a competitive and strong state, and therefore the quality of higher education should be the subject of constant attention of researchers and reformers.

Tingkat Pengetahuan Kesiapsiagaan Resiko Bencana Tsunami disaat Pandemi Covid-19

[Knowledge Level about Tsunami Disaster Preparedness during the Covid-19 Pandemic] Indonesia is an archipelago located among 3 highly active tectonic plates namely Eurasia, Pacific and Indo-Australia. The plate activity resulted in Indonesia being rich in mining materials and minerals. But in addition to being profitable, the activity of the plate is also a potential source of disaster that can occur at any time. The disaster is likely to come without any prior cues, so precautions are needed to prevent or reduce the risk of a natural disaster. Building a culture of harmony coexisting with the risk of disaster, humans can live in accordance with nature. Knowledge of disaster preparedness is very necessary so that disasters can be in risk management so as not to cause harm to people. The research purpose was to find out the level of knowledge of students of SMKN 1 Sragi South Lampung to tsunami risk preparedness during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020. This research is quantitative descriptive which analyzed by univariate. The sample in this study amounted to 114 respondents. This study uses primary data. The data collection technique is the online google form questionnaire which was conducted in November 2020. This data was obtained directly from the respondents of Class X students of SMKN 1 Sragi South Lampung. The results of the research data showed that the class X students of SMKN 1 Sragi South Lampung had a fairly good knowledge of tsunami disaster risk management during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 with an average score of 66.

Cultural Harmony in The Florestycommunity in The Novel Sekaca Cempaka By Nailiya Nikmah JKF

This study aims to determine the cultural harmony in Nailiya Nikmah JKF's novel Sekaca Cempaka. The theory used in this research is literary ecology theory. The method in this research uses descriptive qualitative method with research data in the form of words, phrases, sentences, dialogue of the characters, and paragraphs in Nailiya Nikmah JKF's novel Sekaca Cempaka. The results showed that in the novel Sekaca Cempaka there is a relationship between community and nature, traditions that live in society, values ​​that are believed by community, and myths that develop in community.

Review on Coastal Erosion, Displacement and Resettlement Strategies of South Asian Countries

Coastal areas are subjected to unwelcome circumstances in the shape of sea-level rise and its adverse outcomes like storm surge, flooding and erosion with continuous climate change. In this manuscript, the authors presented the two case studies of erosion, displacement pattern and resettlement examples of climate displaced people of Bangladesh and India. Climate displaced people of Bangladesh and India have been an influx from coastal areas to a disaster-free safe area and also urban slum areas. In these circumstances, displaced people didn’t enjoy their cultural harmony, social status, family bondage in new living places. Resettled climate displaced people in the new habitat of Bangladesh and India are trying to adopting their new living conditions. Facilities of rehabilitation facilities have been evaluated to be insufficient and tiny for their sustenance in the long run. An appropriate development strategy is required by the Government so as to avoid the socio-economic backwardness of the resettlement areas of the South-Eastern coast of Bangladesh and Indian Sundarban inhabitants. The island inhabitants wait with great anxiety for help from the Government and Non-Government authorities to come frontward and support them to pull through their losses.

An Exploration of Ethnic Dynamics in Nepal

This article explores manifold dynamics of demographic presence in Nepal. The polities at large are distinct in terms of culture, class and caste. The study focuses on ethnic differences in the context of the recent political development of Nepal. Demographic changes have profound effects on the society, economy, and people of a political institution. Nepal is a multi-ethnic country with a history of ethnic discrimination over the centuries because of racial differences imbibed in political and social affairs of the Nepalese. Demographic changes in Nepal have occurred under unique circumstances within a both a historical context and a contemporary and comparative perspective against other countries have encountered. The article encompasses the factors such as cultural harmony, integrity, and equity to analyze cultural differences and racial realities in the scenario of the postmodern era. The paper unfolds the pages of underrepresentation of the marginalized communities and overrepresentation of Indo-Aryan groups and Newar in the polity.

Optimisation of knowledge sharing behaviour capability among sales executives: application of SEM and fsQCA

PurposeThis study aims to empirically investigate the effects of supportive, innovative and information technology (IT)-driven organisational culture on the optimisation of knowledge-sharing behaviour capability (KSBC) among sales executives. The authors propose that such effects are mediated by the sense of well-being (SWB) and IT-driven absorptive capacity (ITAC) among sales executives.Design/methodology/approachA conceptual model was developed. Survey data were based on a sample of 323 sales executives of different manufacturing and service-intensive (i.e. business to consumers) firms. The data analyses were conducted by structural equation modelling (SEM) and fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) methods.FindingsResults from SEM support all the direct relationships. Supportive and innovative organisational culture has a significant and positive influence on the optimisation of KSBC among sales executives, and these effects are mediated by their SWB. Moreover, the ITAC of sales executives mediated the relationships between IT-driven organisational culture and optimisation of KSBC among them. Results from fsQCA with the same data show that ITAC and SWB among sales executives are necessary conditions for the optimisation of KSBC. In addition, ten combinations of these variables were explored, where three sufficient conditions significantly influenced the outcome variable.Research limitations/implicationsThis study is cross-sectional in nature and is conducted among sales executives by combining the data from manufacturing and service-intensive firms. To examine the proposed model, this study can be supplemented by future research using a longitudinal data collection method separately.Practical implicationsThis research shows an effective role to optimise KSBC among sales executives in the field of knowledge management practice literature. Supportive, innovative and harmonious culture, IT-driven communication platform and well-established IT learning plans implemented by the firms can sophisticate to optimise KSBC among sales executives.Originality/valueTo the best of the authors’ knowledge, this research is a pioneer study conducted to explain the KSBC among sales executives by using mixed methods research. This research discusses the antecedent of knowledge-sharing capability among sales executives from the viewpoint of sales executive’s psychology and identifies the different roles of SWB and ITAC on individual’s KSBC.

Teachers' multicultural sensitivity predicts developmentally appropriate beliefs and practices in the classroom

PurposeIn the current study, the author tests a conceptual model in which teachers' knowledge and skills of multiculturalism and teaching relationship (cultural harmony) are associated with developmentally appropriate practices (DAPs), developmentally appropriate (DABs), developmentally inappropriate beliefs and developmentally inappropriate practices (DIPs) in the classroom.Design/methodology/approachParticipants were 347 preschool teachers from 12 preschools including 342 women ( 98.6%) and five men (1.4%) aged 24–45 years located across all five districts of Hong Kong. The hypothesized model of multicultural teaching competency as a predictor of DABs and DAPs is confirmed in the present study.FindingsMulticultural teaching knowledge can enhance developmentally appropriate teaching beliefs and practices and reduce DIPs. It is highly recommended that multicultural education can be embedded in early childhood education (ECE) programs for both in-service and preservice teachers.Originality/valueA new conceptual model of teachers' knowledge and skills of multiculturalism and teaching relationship (cultural harmony) associated with DABs, developmentally inappropriate beliefs and DAPs in the classroom was firstly examined.

Promoting a home-grown democracy: Indonesia’s approach of democracy promotion in the Bali democracy Forum (BDF)

ABSTRACT After the demise of Suharto’s New Order dictatorship in 1998, Indonesia has been committed to democratization process. Since then, democracy has become an integral part of Indonesia’s foreign policy. As the world’s third-largest democracy, Indonesia initiated the Bali Democracy Forum (BDF) in 2008 as an instrument of democracy promotion in the region and beyond. However, the nature of the forum is not to promote democracy by force as exemplified by the West. Although Indonesia perceives itself as a role model for democratic transition, it does not equate democracy with the Western-style liberal-democracy but rather with allowing every country to choose a home-grown democracy. This paper argues that the BDF represents an Indonesian approach in democracy promotion that differs from that of Western countries. Promoting a home-grown democracy represents a culture of tolerance and harmony which are inherent features of Asian interstate relations, constrained as they are by regional norms of non-interference that respect the domestic affairs of other countries.

Hubungan Antar Agama pada Masa Kerajaan Usmani

This paper focuses on the concept of religious tolerance in the Ottoman Empire after the conquest of Constantinople by Sultan Muhammad al-Fatih II. This idea had been known as the millet system. The implementation of the millet system under the Ottoman rule was proof that the Ottoman empire had been able to implement religious and cultural harmony. They lived in harmony to make a peace among religions. This paper also attempts to describe a millet system model that had been running for hundreds of years since this concept was created. Co-existence in religious and cultural diversity has been demonstrated by the Ottoman empire in its multicultural and multireligious society. This paper also shows how the millet system can provide benefits if the authorities provide space for recognition to minority groups or people in the territory. Keyword: Non-Muslim, Millet system, Ottoman, communities.

Managing family business tensions: the narrative of family history

PurposeThis study explores the family governance structures that family firms employ to manage family business tensions.Design/methodology/approachBuilding on socioemotional wealth perspective and adopting a narrative methodological approach, the study analyses nine unique narratives of representatives of three Swedish family firms.FindingsThe study illustrates how the hybrid arena created between formal and informal family meetings is used as a governance structure for mitigating tensions by reinforcing family relational ties.Research limitations/implicationsBased on the findings, this study suggests how reliance on hybrid arena informs the field of family business management and governance and suggests future research directions.Practical implicationsThe findings of this study provide opportunities for family business practitioners, including owners, family members, family firm advisers and other stakeholders, to effectively manage family business tensions and foster socioemotional wealth.Originality/valueIn family firms, tensions can arise due to a desire for the preservation of socioemotional wealth. The authors show that these tensions may be managed by using informal and formal family meetings that create a hybrid arena where family members separate family and business issues and emotional and rational reactions, thereby avoiding negative emotions and creating a culture of harmony within the family.