Fitting‐In: The Redefinition of Success in the 1930s

Recken, Stephen L.

doi:10.1111/j.0022-3840.1993.00205.x

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“…Llorénce and García-Quijano's (2012) definition of success also highlights the important role of the social context; success in one context may not necessarily be considered as such in another context. Further, since social contexts are dynamic and opportunities vary across time, we expect meanings of success to change over time and across settings ( Recken, 1993 ). Recent studies in Ghanaian settings reveal that traditional meanings of success are changing in response to socio-economic developments.…”

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‘My Own House, Car, My Husband, and Children’: meanings of success among Ghanaians

Osei‐Tutu

Dzokoto

Adams

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The purpose of the study was to explore the extent to which contemporary social, economic, and religious developments inform social constructions of success in Ghana. Participants, consisting of 21 females and 39 males, aged between 20 and 70, from different educational and occupational backgrounds were interviewed about what they consider as success. Participants belonged to either Traditionally Western Mission Churches or Charismatic Christian denominations and were selected from three regions of Ghana. Thematic analysis revealed four dimensions of success: (1) Social (including marriage, children, social recognition, and social contribution to society); (2) Material (comprising meeting basic needs; economic independence; material wealth); (3) Educational; and (4) Religious (e.g., God's work, relationship with God). Three pathways to success were also observed in the data: (a) Divine blessings; (b) Adaptability; and (c) Striving. Discussion focuses on social, policy, counselling, and research implications.

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‘My Own House, Car, My Husband, and Children’: meanings of success among Ghanaians

Osei‐Tutu

Dzokoto

Adams

et al. 2018

Heliyon

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Not just by rates of recidivism: how NYC black men define success after prison

DeVeaux¹

2022

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With Friends like These: Dale Carnegie and the Speech Communication Professoriate

White

2023

Journal for the History of Rhetoric

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This article examines the reaction to Dale Carnegie’s seminal self-help book How to Win Friends and Influence People by the field of speech communication in the context of Carnegie’s prior connection to that field and as the field developed over the course of the twentieth century. It identifies four general categories of response: immediate rejection, cautious and partial incorporation, rhetorical sublimation, and metacommunicative reflexivity. It locates these responses within a historical trajectory that outlines the changing nature of the field and, to a lesser extent, the evolution of the Dale Carnegie organization and shows how this account invites attention to the relationship between self-help and speech education.

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Fitting‐In: The Redefinition of Success in the 1930s

Cited by 3 publications

References 8 publications

‘My Own House, Car, My Husband, and Children’: meanings of success among Ghanaians

‘My Own House, Car, My Husband, and Children’: meanings of success among Ghanaians

Not just by rates of recidivism: how NYC black men define success after prison

With Friends like These: Dale Carnegie and the Speech Communication Professoriate

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