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An Examination of the Mediating Effect of Acculturation on the Relationship between Parenting Style, Academic Experience, and Resilience among Second and Third Generations West Indian College Students and Their Families
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Greene, Makeda Jacqueline – ProQuest LLC, 2017
With the increase of West Indian families of African descent acculturating into new communities and cultivating spaces for their cultures and customs to flourish, there is an increased significance for continued quantitative analyses to examine the cultural patterns, values and practices that take place within the West Indian familial structures…
Descriptors: Parenting Styles, Academic Achievement, Predictor Variables, Resilience (Psychology)
Stories of Cuban-Americans Living and Learning Bilingually
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Perez, Natasha – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This study explores the interplay of bilingualism, identity, literacy and culture for CubanAmerican students in the Cuban diaspora. I contextualize their experiences within the social, historical, and political background of Cuban immigration, situating their stories within the conflicting narratives of Cuban-American imagination in the U.S., to…
Descriptors: Cubans, Bilingualism, Spanish, English (Second Language)
Latin American Youth Entrepreneurs: Differences between Coached and Laissez-Faire Entrepreneurial Experiences in Their Employability Skills and Their Entrepreneurial Innovative Attitude
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Roman Maqueira, Juana – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between the development of employability skills and entrepreneurial innovative attitude in Latin American youth entrepreneurs 18-29 years of age after participating in at least 1 year of an entrepreneurship experience. The design involved analyzing two groups. The first was a coached group…
Descriptors: Employment Potential, Income, Work Experience, Information Networks