The effect of anonymity on electronic meetings

The use of anonymity has been attributed to be a major factor in the success of electronic meetings, contributing to greater participation, more and better comments, and higher satisfaction. Several studies have attempted to measure its affect on meetings, but none has investigated non-anonymous, pseudo-anonymous, and anonymous treatments in the same experiment. A study using these three types of groups in electronic meetings to discuss a relatively noncontroversial topic revealed no statistically significant difference in the number of comments generated per person, level of process satisfaction, and other self-perceived measures

Who, Why, and How?: Creating a Political Leader in China

China holds a complex system of rules, regulations and policies that dictate how and who is eligible for leadership roles or government office. In reading the explicit policies that dictate the political system, there are examples of both direct election and promotions from within. The election rules show the principles of organization that have developed to organize the world\u27s largest country into local and administrative areas. Looking at specific examples of individual politicians demonstrates a trend towards appointing wealthy economic players to positions reserved previously for Communist Party bureaucrats. Amidst a larger backdrop of cultural beliefs and social practices, the role of the people remains nuanced but still important. This paper examines how the ways in which individuals become political officials has affected and changed both the political climate inside China as well as the political relations that guide U.S.-China relations. The interactions and policies of engagement between China and the United States are guided by the political system in practice in China today

The Creation of the Hombre Nuevo: How do Men in Nicaragua Confront their Privilege and the Inequality of Gender?

Historically speaking, it is difficult to deny that women have had less opportunities and have often been disadvantaged in comparison to men. This trend has been found in many societies, at many times, and in many different areas. For example, women have often been denied the right to vote, own property, and have had less access to jobs. These opportunities and rights were denied to women through the act of men who sought to keep the power they had accumulated in their own hands. As a response to these differences in treatment, women have become active and started many social movements to demand their rights. They have won the right to vote and to own property in many countries across the world. Indeed, the goal of equal rights for women is now a widely accepted ideal, as evidence by its presence in international documents and treaties, state constitutions, and equal rights laws. Yet even today, 65 years after the United Nations right declared equal rights for all person regardless of sex in their Universal Declaration of Human rights, there still exists much inequality between men and women. Men still have better access to jobs and often receive higher pay than women in the same field. Men still often have disproportionately high percentages of power jobs such in politics, in religion, and as corporate executives. Many women still face physical, sexual, and psychological violence at the hand of men. Despite the widespread acceptance of the idea of equal rights for women, men still receive a lot of privilege simply as a result of their gender