Saint Anselm College

About: Saint Anselm College is a education organization based out in Manchester, New Hampshire, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Politics & Nurse education. The organization has 255 authors who have published 522 publications receiving 7222 citations.

Siyamfenguza: The Creation of Fingo-ness in South Africa's Eastern Cape, 1800–1835

Abstract: This article explores the origins of Fingo (Mfengu) identity in South Africa's Eastern Cape. While observers have generally understood the Fingo as an ethnic group, this article argues that Fingo-ness developed out of a lifestyle and worldview that emphasised agriculture and trade, and rejected established systems of Xhosa authority. The participation of men in farming activities, as well as attempts to engage in trade outside the control of chiefs, constituted a significant break with social practice by those who identified as Fingo, who, in challenging widely accepted standards of Xhosa-ness, were perceived by many Xhosa (and especially Xhosa chiefs) as anti-social and supernaturally dangerous. The idiom of witchcraft therefore became essential in marking out the distinctions between Fingo and Xhosa identities. While the 1835 frontier war saw the movement of the Fingo into the Cape Colony, the contours of Fingo-ness had already been established in the context of Xhosaland.

Giving Back and Growing in Service: Investigating Spirituality, Religiosity, and Generativity in Young Adults

Abstract: Generativity investigations have explored the manner by which adults derive meaning and fulfillment from their life activities (e.g., Erikson in Identity, youth, and crisis W.W. Norton & Company Inc.,NY, 1968; McAdams and Logan in American Psychological Association, 15–31, 2004). Faith and religious practice have often been central features of adult meaning making, yet the relationship between one’s spiritual identity and one’s generative concern or activities has received only limited investigation. Lesser still has been investigated examining the degree to which young adults demonstrate generative concern. The current study examined the relationship between aspects of faith (religiosity and spirituality) and generativity (concern and action). A sample of 94 undergraduates from a religiously affiliated college were recruited through door-to-door invitation and were surveyed using a new measure of religiosity (Steger and Frazier in Journal of Counseling Psychology 52(4):574–582, 2005) and two measures of generativity (Loyola Generativity Scale and Generative Behavior Checklist, McAdams et al. 1992). Support was found for a relationship between spirituality and generative concern. These findings are discussed in relation to recent demographic shifts and are compared with earlier work investigating secular spiritual trends on generativity (e.g., Dillon and Wink in The generative society American Psychological Association Press, Washington, DC, 153–174, 2004).

Structure‐Conduct‐Performance Paradigm

Abstract: This article provides a description of the basic model of industry analysis that is used in the field of industrial organization economics. The article focuses on the two competing views of industry behavior and public policy toward business which have evolved from the paradigm. The traditional Structuralist School view of the causal flow of the paradigm's elements is examined and empirical research supporting this view is presented. The article then presents some of the consequences of this view in terms of the antitrust policy prescriptions which it supports. Some theoretical and empirical shortcomings of this view, and competing evidence supporting the alternative Chicago School view, are then examined. Keywords: market structure; market performance; antitrust policy; market power; efficiency

Consumer Responses to Legal Music Download Services that Compete with Illegal Alternatives

Abstract: Several legal music download services, including some that are free (e.g., Spotify), are now available to consumers. These services may be viewed as “new service interventions” that could potentially change the mental models of consumers toward illegal file sharing and result in fewer downloads of illegal music files. We apply the theories of planned behavior and cognitive dissonance to articulate hypotheses regarding how such new services would change mental models of consumers for illegal music downloading. We test our hypotheses using data from two natural field experiments at a U.S. university and apply partial least squares estimation with difference-in-differences measures to test our hypotheses. We find that the introduction of legal music downloading services reduces the extent of favorable attitudes toward illegal file sharing and weakens the relationship between attitude and intent, because of which favorable attitudes toward illegal file sharing do not necessarily translate into a stronger intent to engage in illegal file sharing. However, these new services also strengthen the relationship between the perceived benefits of file sharing and reinforce their positive impact on intent to file share for those who engage in higher levels of illegal file sharing before using the new service. Our results suggest that it is important to introduce legal alternatives that are at least on par with the illegal alternatives in terms of their features and benefits, and to do so before too many consumers become used to the illegal alternatives.