期刊名称:International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences
电子版ISSN:2222-6990
出版年度:2011
卷号:1
期号:1
出版社:Human Resource Management Academic Research Society
摘要:Globalization, like a flood tide has destroyed cultural identities, stable localities and displacingpeoples. The present study focuses on globalization and its consequences on socio-cultural andpsychological identity among Pakhtuns belonging to Malakand Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwaprovince, Pakistan. Total samples of 100 teachers were selected from two strata (three universities andeight colleges) of Malakand Division. The data was collected through questionnaire using stratifiedrandom sampling technique (Proportionate method). The data was statistically analyzed and chi-squaretest was used to judge the association between globalization and its consequences on the socio-cultural and psychological identity crises in Pakthuns culture.The results show that globalization has created various cultural, religious and psychologicalidentity crises including cultural imperialism and pluralism, changes traditional social structure,encouragement of secularization, decline in social solidarity and creating complexity in social relations.
关键词:Globalization; crises; social structure; Secularization; Globalization