Africana studies

Introduction Hofstede's cultural dimensions theory talks about how organizations can achieve high levels of communication in multi-cultural situations. His concept narrows mainly on the interrelation existing between personal relationships, culture, and values. Hofstede approach used the factor analysis approach which looked into organizational culture and then placed it in culture and relationships and human values at the center. There are six key parts in the six dimension approach; cross…

CHANGE MANAGEMENT: Change must always be embraced by the top brass, in order to be wholeheartedly accepted and adopted by the lower echelon of the company. Moving forward, we believe that Kurt Lewin’s model of change management may be very relevant in addressing the cultural and leadership challenges at Ford, Toyota, and VW: In our analysis, this model is best exemplified by the following observations from the three manufacturers: • Employees at Ford were not ready for the changes proposed…

faced by a baby is their home and the people in the home. Parents are often the most significate one that affect the children as children learn sex-typed behaviors by recognizing with the parents of the same sex (Suar and Gochhayat, 2014). In many studies, we found that parents always have different attitude towards sons and daughters (Howell-Martinez, 1982). As mentioned before, parents will provide different toys, clothes and cartoons to boys and girls. More than that, parents may give…

It provides accounts of a family that was determined to defy societal construction of gender. It can, therefore, be argued to be an important complement to studies on gender and how issues such as gender inequalities and sexism can be eliminated from society. Sandra believes that children need to be taught about culture’s sex and gender system while still young. That way, the will grow with “gender-liberated…

the appearance of displaying strength. For example, the media tends to portray men as strong and silent. Men in films typically use violence to achieve their goals. The media teaches boys that this is the type of masculinity they must adhere to. Studies have found that violent video games do have an impact on boys and have shown to increase aggression in…

To say that gender is performative is to argue that gender is “real only to the extent that it is performed” - Judith Butler, Gender Trouble To what extent do the characters in Glengarry Glen Ross and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, conform to or challenge their socially constructed gender roles? In her seminal work of cultural theory Gender Trouble, Judith Butler regards gender identity as a social and cultural construction, ‘supported by a masculine heterosexual hierarchy within society’…

The Do right is a novel written by Lisa Sandlin who enhances the societal depiction of gender roles. Sandlin allows room for those same characters to challenge the stereotypes within their singular character arcs. Sandlin provides examples of women siphoning the power from the male-dominated culture of the time and setting. The feminist theory was created to shed light on the oppressive state of women in society. Theorist based their claims on the overt power of men and their domination of…

Gender inequalities is nothing new to the world and has been around for as long as society has existed. Inequalities, because of gender, can be found in various aspects of life. Gender and Economic Inequality. By: Wienclaw, Ruth A states that “despite the progress being made to improve the economic equality between the sexes around the world, economic inequality still exists.” Gender inequalities exist in various ways in society that originate from this traditional ideology of gender roles and…

Understanding of Gender Construction in Kaffir Boy: What is it like to live in a ghetto but trying to outlive poverty? The narrator Mark tells about his true story in the book Kaffir Boy. Born and raised in South Africa, Mark was a young and innocent boy when he first encountered severe racial conflicts between white and black. As a child, he had to watch white police took away his father along with many other black men and beat them up in the street and put them into jail. Seeing this chaotic…

Gendered violence affects everyone, because even if one person doesn’t experience it in their life they more than likely know someone who has. More than 1 in 3 women and 1 and 4 men have experienced some form of gendered violence at the hand of an intimate partner (Black, et al., 2011, p. 12). I myself am a victim and so are many other people I know. Therefore it is important we know how to react, protect, and more importantly how to prevent gendered violence from occurring in our communities.…