This thesis studies the relations between media image, online news design, and the framing of identity. It scrutinizes current images of Arab identity and their representation in Aljazeera Net in order to examine how Aljazeera Net constructs the 'reality' of Arabs. The dissertation begins by defining Arabness in terms of ethnic, cultural and postcolonial identities. It proposes and assesses the sources of Arab identity and examines Arab identity as a source of meanings for Arabs. Likewise, it evaluates the sources of Arab identity in the Arab diaspora. Through the lens of a remediation approach, the study explores newly emerging practices in the representation of news, and investigates how the design of Aljazeera Net alters the construction of meaning in news representation. The frames that govern the representation of Arab identity determine the complexity of the image of Arabness, and reveal the differences between the acknowledged perspectives and evolving identity of Aljazeera. The study conceives Aljazeera Net as a space for the reciprocal relationship between Aljazeera and Arabs in diaspora, and as a site for the overlapping between the local and the global in media representations. Finally, it considers how Arabs in the North American diaspora, particularly Arab media experts, academics and community leaders, perceive their identity, and how they evaluate Aljazeera as a Pan Arab media.

Research paper one: To minimize adverse impact on expatriation, multinational corporations (MNCs) need to recognize the elements that facilitate expatriate managers and their spouses' smooth adjustment to a new work environment and everyday living. This paper presents a model of expatriation to review the expatriate context and details a variety of factors that could affect an expatriate manager's survival in a foreign environment. The model is a life cycle approach with five phases: selection of expatriates, cross-cultural training, international adjustment, performance appraisal, and repatriation. The use of such a model has the potential to greatly help MNCs understand and manage the complex and problematic expatriation process especially in terms of international human resource management and concern for expatriate spouses and families. / Research paper two: Taiwanese companies have invested in China's rapid growth over the past decade. In this regard, a large number of Taiwanese expatriate managers are assigned to China to manage foreign subsidiaries. The paper provides data on how the expatriate process is working in terms of career and family issues for Taiwanese expatriates in China. It does this through consideration of the different stages of the expatriate cycle (selection of expatriates, cross-cultural training, international adjustment, performance appraisal, and repatriation) described in the previous paper. The results show that Taiwanese organizations need to take a more systemic and less ad hoc approach to the expatriation process. Family issues need to be given more recognition, particularly as they relate to health, education and careers. Recommendations for effective policies in expatriate management practices by Taiwanese firms are developed and suggestions for future research are proposed. / Research paper three: Expatriate managers are likely to be differently motivated than local managers. This paper reports on the motivations of Taiwanese expatriate managers and Chinese managers within the context of Taiwanese firms operating in the People's Republic of China. Data were collected from 120 Taiwanese expatriate managers and 103 Chinese managers in the PRC in regards to work values, internal motivation, external motivation, non-monetary reward, rule enforcement and family ties. Chinese managers showed significantly higher scores than Taiwanese expatriate managers on the dimensions of work value whereas Taiwanese expatriate managers presented significantly higher scores on both external motivation and family ties. The results suggest that there is more emphasis on a closer link between individual performance and reward than the egalitarianism of socialistic ideology in the new market-oriented Chinese economy. Discussion of the results for the motivational differences is provided in detail and future research is also recommended. / Thesis (DBA(DoctorateofBusinessAdministration))--University of South Australia, 2004.

Thesis (PhD (Organizational Behaviour)) -- University of Pretoria, 2008. / Abstract in English. Includes bibliographical references. Available on the Internet via the World Wide Web.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1971. / eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin, 1970. / Extension Repository Collection. Typescript (photocopy). eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 140-145).

Thesis (M.S.)--Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1993. / Vita. Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 82-86). Also available via the Internet.

Han, Le. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 121-123). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Chapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter Chapter 2 --- Literature Review --- p.9 / Chapter Chapter 3 --- Methodology --- p.32 / Chapter Chapter 4 --- Themes of Being Chinese in Documentary Texts --- p.41 / Chapter Chapter 5 --- The Construction of Home and Nation in Transnational Settings --- p.69 / Chapter Chapter 6 --- Constructing an Imagined Global Chinese Community --- p.82 / Chapter Chapter 7 --- Concluding Remarks --- p.101 / References --- p.121

African international students continue to remain one of the least represented and studied groups of international students. In addition to the acculturative stress typically experienced by international students, African students inherit the marginalization of their racial/ethnic group in the United States. As such, scholars acknowledge the need for continued research into the experiences of African international students. Utilizing the Integrative Theory of Communication and Cross- Cultural Adaptation and elements of postcolonialism, this thesis explored the experiences of 10 African students in the United States. A qualitative analysis revealed that host receptivity, perceived cultural differences, expectations, and language/accents influenced intercultural communication. The challenges experienced in intercultural interactions allowed for the emergence of an intercultural identity such that the participants existed in a third space as intercultural Africans. This thesis adds to existing research on cross-cultural adaptation and negotiated identity, while also providing practical implications for schools. / Includes bibliography. / Thesis (MA)--Florida Atlantic University, 2021. / FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection

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