title: Outsourcing as symptomatic: class visibility and ethnic scapegoating in the US IT sector

authors: Ganesh, Shiv

subjects: globalization

abstract: Purpose – This paper aims to analyze recent debates about outsourcing in the USA, using examples from IT sector, especially in the context of India. 
Design/methodology/approach – The paper is a critical commentary and uses methods based in rhetorical criticism. 
Findings – The author argues that to fully understand the outsourcing issue, it has to be considered a symptomatic discourse rather than a causative one. Specifically, it is argued that the outsourcing debate in the context of IT work evidences class issues in as much as it involves white collar visibility. Moreover, the debate is also symptomatic of ethnic tensions in the form of ethnic scapegoating. Some implications of the debate are discussed. 
Originality/value – The paper is of value to those interested in debates about outsourcing, and highlights the importance of a communication-oriented perspective.

text: Outsourcing as symptomatic: class visibility and ethnic scapegoating in the US IT sector Purpose – This paper aims to analyze recent debates about outsourcing in the USA, using examples from IT sector, especially in the context of India. 
Design/methodology/approach – The paper is a critical commentary and uses methods based in rhetorical criticism. 
Findings – The author argues that to fully understand the outsourcing issue, it has to be considered a symptomatic discourse rather than a causative one. Specifically, it is argued that the outsourcing debate in the context of IT work evidences class issues in as much as it involves white collar visibility. Moreover, the debate is also symptomatic of ethnic tensions in the form of ethnic scapegoating. Some implications of the debate are discussed. 
Originality/value – The paper is of value to those interested in debates about outsourcing, and highlights the importance of a communication-oriented perspective.

year: 2007

title: Mechanism for grain refinement of magnesium alloys by superheating

authors: Cao, Peng

subjects: Magnesium alloys

abstract: The mechanisms for grain refinement of magnesium alloys by superheating have remained ambiguous since 1931. A model has been proposed on the basis of the recent understanding of the grain refinement of both high purity and commercial purity Mg–Al alloys. The model explains most of the experimental observations about superheating. Analysis of the grain size data obtained from different Mg–Al alloys as a function of the growth restriction factor with and without superheating provides good support to the model.

text: Mechanism for grain refinement of magnesium alloys by superheating The mechanisms for grain refinement of magnesium alloys by superheating have remained ambiguous since 1931. A model has been proposed on the basis of the recent understanding of the grain refinement of both high purity and commercial purity Mg–Al alloys. The model explains most of the experimental observations about superheating. Analysis of the grain size data obtained from different Mg–Al alloys as a function of the growth restriction factor with and without superheating provides good support to the model.

year: 2007-04

title: Keynote address: Is there a distinctive Māori psychology?

authors: Durie, Mason

subjects: Maori

abstract: Many of the theoretical paradigms that underpin the study of psychology pay marginal attention to culture as a determinant of psychology.
While there are some aspects of human experience that are universal, patterns of thinking, feeling and behaving are by no means divorced from specific cultural influence. A challenge for Māori psychologists is to re-examine psychological theory from a Māori perspective. In attempting to identify the psychological distinctiveness underlying a Māori perspective, this paper has introduced marae encounters as a rich source of information within which distinctive psychological characteristics can be identified.

text: Keynote address: Is there a distinctive Māori psychology? Many of the theoretical paradigms that underpin the study of psychology pay marginal attention to culture as a determinant of psychology.
While there are some aspects of human experience that are universal, patterns of thinking, feeling and behaving are by no means divorced from specific cultural influence. A challenge for Māori psychologists is to re-examine psychological theory from a Māori perspective. In attempting to identify the psychological distinctiveness underlying a Māori perspective, this paper has introduced marae encounters as a rich source of information within which distinctive psychological characteristics can be identified.

year: 2003