An Uncompleted Fortification on Sejerø

An Uncompleted Fortification on Sejer

A challenging responsibility - care for older parents in Turkish immigrant families

Objective: This article explores care for older immigrants from Turkey, particularly with regard to receiving support from their family in a welfare state such as Denmark. Background: The first labour migrants to Europe are currently entering old age in growing numbers. While research on the intersection between immigration and aging is expanding, knowledge about how older immigrants receive care is still limited, making this a timely study. Method: The article draws on interviews with 30 individuals - older parents, children and grandchildren - from 22 families both with and without pressing care needs. Two of the families utilized a Danish care policy where a family member is remunerated by the municipality for carrying out specified care tasks. Results: The data show that, in many families, both older and younger family members consider providing family care very important. The needs for such provisions are deepened due to the older immigrants’ often limited command of the Danish language, which makes them unable to communicate with Danish care workers. In some families, older members refuse to receive public help, increasing the need for support from their next of kin. Conclusion: While the existence of large family networks can facilitate provisions of family care through sharing, family responsibilities can also be stressful in a dual-earner society such as Denmark. Primary caretakers are often female, and such women's engagement in providing family care may lead already vulnerable individuals to become further marginalized in society

An Early Neolitic Ritual Structure on Sejerø

An Early Neolitic Ritual Structure on Sejer

Bronze Age Settlements and Land Use in the South Thy Sandhills

Bronze Age Settlements and Land Use in the South Thy Sandhill

Working memory and multiple language proficiency

Submitted in partial fulfilment of the degree of Masters in Community-Based Counselling by coursework and research report. University of Witwatersrand, 2013The aim of the proposed study was to investigate the relationship between proficiency in multiple languages and working memory and was guided by the questions of whether the degree of proficiency in multiple languages is positively and significantly related to working memory and is there a significant difference between monolingual and multilingual participants; working memory functioning? Two groups (one monolingual and one multilingual) of undergraduate university students were compared on their performance on the Automated Working Memory Assessment (Alloway, 2007) and subtests from the Weschler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS-III). The results indicate that proficiency in multiple African languages may have positive effects on working memory. In general, the multilingual group significantly outperformed the monolingual group on the subtests that evaluated all aspects of short term and working memory, with the exception of one test of verbal short term memory. As such, the hypotheses of this research were confirmed, in that the multilingual students showed generally superior working memory to their monolingual peers

A Comparison of two Neolithic Flint Industries

A Comparison of two Neolithic Flint Industrie

E-Leadership in small and medium-sized enterprises in the developing world

Small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play an important role in the economies of many developing countries. A critical challenge faced by SME leaders, as digitization continues, is how to adopt digital technologies to create value and enable faster product commercialization. There is a paucity of empirical research examining how e-leadership in SMEs drives technology and new product commercialization processes in the developing world. In this study, we have broadened the notion of what constitutes e-leadership, from the perspective of how advanced information technologies affect the leadership dynamic and the appropriation of advanced information technologies. Although there have been several studies on leading technologies in developed countries, we focus on developing an e-leadership framework for SMEs in developing economies. Using this framework and five selection criteria, we conducted 11 interviews with a sample of successful SMEs selected from a pool of 2,240 firms in the city of Johannesburg, South Africa. We conclude by highlighting the five key findings of this study, which explain how SMEs can develop effective e-leadership to foster commercialization and improve firm performance

Prehistoric Settlement and Landscape Development in the Sandhill Belt of Southern Thy

Prehistoric Settlement and Landscape Development in the Sandhill Belt of Southern Th