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Code Switching And Social Prestige: Code Switching Among Iranian University Learners, S. Sadighian, Ali Rahimi
Code Switching And Social Prestige: Code Switching Among Iranian University Learners, S. Sadighian, Ali Rahimi
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal
“Two or more phonemic systems may coexist in the speech of a monolingual.” This was what initially called “switching code” by Fries and Pike (1949). People change codes or use words other than their native ones while speaking in their native language. Codes are thus defined as a verbal component that can be as small as a morpheme or as comprehensive and complex as the entire system of language. (Ayemoni, 2006) code-switching is related to and indicative of group membership in particular types of bilingual speech communities, such that the regularities of the alternating use of two or more languages …
A Content Analysis Of The Mission Statements Of Iranian Joint Stock Firms In Four Industries: A Further Research To Explore The Implications Of Peyrefitte & David (2006) Findings, Gholamreza Jandaghi
A Content Analysis Of The Mission Statements Of Iranian Joint Stock Firms In Four Industries: A Further Research To Explore The Implications Of Peyrefitte & David (2006) Findings, Gholamreza Jandaghi
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal
The actual purpose of mission statements has been subject to much debate in the academic literature. Some authors (e.g. Wright, 2002) argue that the mission statement is primarily used as a ‘public relations statement,’ and therefore mission statements do not reflect reality. However, authors with a less cynical view to mission statements claim that mission statements are useful tools for internal purposes, such as the development of company strategy, providing leadership, and performance evaluation (e.g. Drucker, 1977; Klemm et al., 1991). For example, Drucker stressed the strategic importance of the company mission (Drucker, 1977, p. 66): “Only a clear definition …
A Study On The Consequences Of Workplace Romance In Iranian Organizations, Davood Salmani, Ali Taatian, Masoud Hakiminia
A Study On The Consequences Of Workplace Romance In Iranian Organizations, Davood Salmani, Ali Taatian, Masoud Hakiminia
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal
The Central Educational Center is a product of multiple visions, desires, and hopes. The ideal vision is outlined in a book entitled “The Eden Conspiracy” (Harless, 1997). Other perspectives include a requirement from local business that basic skills of high school graduates need to be rapidly improved, the desire of a growing local school system to provide costly industry-standard career-technical education to all high school students, the vision of a regional technical college to “dual enroll” high school students and make technical college a viable post-secondary option, and the hopes of a Governor looking for a viable model to support …