Meenaz Kassam
Biographic Data
| ID | 803164 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Meenaz Kassam |
| GIVEN NAMES | Meenaz |
| FAMILY NAME | Kassam |
| SIGNATURE | KASSAM M |
| AFFILIATIONS | American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 34 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Indicators of Social Change in the UAE: College Students’ Attitudes Toward Love, Marriage and Family
Rapid economic development in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has triggered innumerable changes in Emirati society. Changes occurring in the social institutions of marriage and family, which are central to Emirati society, reflect shifting attitudes toward traditional gender roles and gender relations that inform some of the essential norms and values in Emirati society. This paper draws on data from a survey of college students enrolled in the Am…
Religious Discourse in Nineteenth-century Ontario: Work, Workers and the Work Ethos
Max Weber's ethos of work was not an integral part of the pre-industrial culture of Ontario. It had to be inculcated to encourage the formation of a culture conducive to the industrial era. This article examines the formative role of religious discourse in fostering just such a work ethic by considering sermons, diaries, manuscripts, and other publications preserved in the archives of Anglican, Presbyterian, and United (Methodist) churches. It al…
Grassroots NGOs by Women for Women: The Driving Force of Development in India
Preface Introduction I: WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS: WHO ARE THEY? Narratives The Lesson of the Cow: Sindhutai - Saptasindhu A Woman for all Women: Medha Samant - Annapurna II: ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES: DOES A FEMINIST IDEOLOGY MATTER? Narratives From Protests to Empowerment: The Nari Samata Manch Transitions: Swadhar Pune III: SOCIAL IMPACT: WHAT MAKES FOR SUCCESS? Narratives Off the Beaten Path: Chaitanya Harmonious Communication: Susamvad Microfinanc…
Motivations to Volunteer Among College Students in India
India’s cultural context suggests that student volunteering may be influenced by a constellation of factors. However, scholars have not examined student volunteering in India. Addressing this, we examine motivations to volunteer in a sample of 596 Indian college students. A majority of students volunteered. Three types of volunteering emerged: formal volunteering in non-profit agencies, informal volunteering outside these agencies, and hybrid vol…
Cultural Values and Volunteering: A Cross-cultural Comparison of Students’ Motivation to Volunteer in 13 Countries
Students’ Vocational Choices and Voluntary Action: A 12-Nation Study
Previous research on student involvement suggested that business and engineering students manifest lowest rates of voluntary action. Similarly, it was thought that social science students are the most involved in voluntary action, with students of natural sciences and humanities in the middle. However, there were very few studies that empirically compared these assertions. Furthermore, these assertions were not investigated from cross-cultural pe…
Practice What You Preach? The Role of Rural NGOs in Women's Empowerment
If NGO employees are facilitating change for self-empowerment, such behavior must be modeled for successful transmission, as suggested in self-efficacy models of behavior change. Rural NGOs in India often depend on employees from the local population who are as likely to be marginalized as their clients. This may cause a gap between what the employees may be trained to “preach” and what they “practice,” thereby diminishing their effectiveness. We…
Make Me Truthful, Good, and Mild: Values in Nineteenth-Century Ontario Schoolbooks
This paper examines values in textbooks used in Upper Canada/Ontario primary schools between 1846 and 1910. Value-oriented content was prominent in these books. Their focus on social class, work motivations, and general personal morality reflected closely political apprehensions of province's upper class. At same time, these fears were often based on erroneous assessments of Ontario society and led to values in schoolbooks which veered away from …
Students’ Vocational Choices and Voluntary Action: A 12-Nation Study
Previous research on student involvement suggested that business and engineering students manifest lowest rates of voluntary action. Similarly, it was thought that social science students are the most involved in voluntary action, with students of natural sciences and humanities in the middle. However, there were very few studies that empirically compared these assertions. Furthermore, these assertions were not investigated from cross-cultural pe…
Motivations to Volunteer Among College Students in India
India’s cultural context suggests that student volunteering may be influenced by a constellation of factors. However, scholars have not examined student volunteering in India. Addressing this, we examine motivations to volunteer in a sample of 596 Indian college students. A majority of students volunteered. Three types of volunteering emerged: formal volunteering in non-profit agencies, informal volunteering outside these agencies, and hybrid vol…
Cultural Values and Volunteering: A Cross-cultural Comparison of Students’ Motivation to Volunteer in 13 Countries
Practice What You Preach? The Role of Rural NGOs in Women's Empowerment
If NGO employees are facilitating change for self-empowerment, such behavior must be modeled for successful transmission, as suggested in self-efficacy models of behavior change. Rural NGOs in India often depend on employees from the local population who are as likely to be marginalized as their clients. This may cause a gap between what the employees may be trained to “preach” and what they “practice,” thereby diminishing their effectiveness. We…
Make Me Truthful, Good, and Mild: Values in Nineteenth-Century Ontario Schoolbooks
This paper examines values in textbooks used in Upper Canada/Ontario primary schools between 1846 and 1910. Value-oriented content was prominent in these books. Their focus on social class, work motivations, and general personal morality reflected closely political apprehensions of province's upper class. At same time, these fears were often based on erroneous assessments of Ontario society and led to values in schoolbooks which veered away from …
Make Me Truthful, Good, and Mild: Values in Nineteenth-Century Ontario Schoolbooks
This paper examines values in textbooks used in Upper Canada/Ontario primary schools between 1846 and 1910. Value-oriented content was prominent in these books. Their focus on social class, work motivations, and general personal morality reflected closely political apprehensions of province's upper class. At same time, these fears were often based on erroneous assessments of Ontario society and led to values in schoolbooks which veered away from …
Practice What You Preach? The Role of Rural NGOs in Women's Empowerment
If NGO employees are facilitating change for self-empowerment, such behavior must be modeled for successful transmission, as suggested in self-efficacy models of behavior change. Rural NGOs in India often depend on employees from the local population who are as likely to be marginalized as their clients. This may cause a gap between what the employees may be trained to “preach” and what they “practice,” thereby diminishing their effectiveness. We…
Students’ Vocational Choices and Voluntary Action: A 12-Nation Study
Previous research on student involvement suggested that business and engineering students manifest lowest rates of voluntary action. Similarly, it was thought that social science students are the most involved in voluntary action, with students of natural sciences and humanities in the middle. However, there were very few studies that empirically compared these assertions. Furthermore, these assertions were not investigated from cross-cultural pe…
Cultural Values and Volunteering: A Cross-cultural Comparison of Students’ Motivation to Volunteer in 13 Countries
Motivations to Volunteer Among College Students in India
India’s cultural context suggests that student volunteering may be influenced by a constellation of factors. However, scholars have not examined student volunteering in India. Addressing this, we examine motivations to volunteer in a sample of 596 Indian college students. A majority of students volunteered. Three types of volunteering emerged: formal volunteering in non-profit agencies, informal volunteering outside these agencies, and hybrid vol…
Grassroots NGOs by Women for Women: The Driving Force of Development in India
Preface Introduction I: WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS: WHO ARE THEY? Narratives The Lesson of the Cow: Sindhutai - Saptasindhu A Woman for all Women: Medha Samant - Annapurna II: ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES: DOES A FEMINIST IDEOLOGY MATTER? Narratives From Protests to Empowerment: The Nari Samata Manch Transitions: Swadhar Pune III: SOCIAL IMPACT: WHAT MAKES FOR SUCCESS? Narratives Off the Beaten Path: Chaitanya Harmonious Communication: Susamvad Microfinanc…
Religious Discourse in Nineteenth-century Ontario: Work, Workers and the Work Ethos
Max Weber's ethos of work was not an integral part of the pre-industrial culture of Ontario. It had to be inculcated to encourage the formation of a culture conducive to the industrial era. This article examines the formative role of religious discourse in fostering just such a work ethic by considering sermons, diaries, manuscripts, and other publications preserved in the archives of Anglican, Presbyterian, and United (Methodist) churches. It al…
Indicators of Social Change in the UAE: College Students’ Attitudes Toward Love, Marriage and Family
Rapid economic development in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has triggered innumerable changes in Emirati society. Changes occurring in the social institutions of marriage and family, which are central to Emirati society, reflect shifting attitudes toward traditional gender roles and gender relations that inform some of the essential norms and values in Emirati society. This paper draws on data from a survey of college students enrolled in the Am…
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