the innovative behaviour of employees and the innovative culture that supports innovative behaviour in the workplace. These findings outline implications for management that require the development of employee innovative capability if they are to gain a competitive advantage in the contemporary business arena.

of translation vs. culture on DIF 5 exists for measurement equivalence of cognitive ability tests, and current cross-cultural theories do not easily relate to performance on cognitive ability tests, the current study is exploratory in nature and aimed at expanding our understanding of the issue. The next section

oc ci io ol lo og gy y R Re ev vi ie ew w Abstract Whereas technology has been the focus of much discourse in both public theatres and sociological arenas, comparatively little attention has been given to the study of the ways that people actually deal with technology as realms of human knowing

with the others to create a robust and vibrant public sphere." Spano (2001:27) The purpose of this article is to bring together, on an exploratory level, two areas of scholarship that have evolved in parallel; namely, deliberative theory and dialogue studies. The former represents one of the most

This report focuses on the evidence about the health.consequences of smoking for women, and is intended to serve.the public health and medical communities as 'a unified source of existing scientific research. The major issues about tobacco use and women's health are examined, including trends in consumption, biomedical evidence, and determinants of smoking ititiation, maintenance, and cessation. The biomedical aspects ofsmoking are presented in terms of mortality, morbiplity, cardiovasculaidiseases, cancer, pregnancy and infant,health,, Teptic ulcer disease, drug reactions and, interactions, food constituents, and responses to,diagnostic tests. The psychosocial and behavioraj. aspects, of smoking in women are discussed, along with the docffiented increases in- the risk of contracting lung cancer, heart,disease, or lung disease. The harmful effects of pregnant mothers smoking behaviors, are also docudented. Adhitionally, recent data are enumerated to indicate a trend of,decreasing tobacco usage among women in response to the warnings of the gavernMent, voluntary agencie, and physicrins. (Author /NRB)' DOCUMENT RESUME cc 015 465

in these markets to develop the necessary trust to cooperate. The state can fight illegal markets, but it can also become an accomplice, or even the main supplier of illegal products and services Conclusion Despite the potential importance of the study of illegal markets for market sociology, interest in illegal

on autoethnography, I offer a brief overview of the concept of Blackness in Canada and then I discuss the key ways in which my Black identity was developed and is sustained. The key mechanisms discussed are altercasting, interacting with Blacks, and studying the Black community. Keywords Altercasting

conflict within (he domain of diplomacy is that of negotiation, an interactive process thar ap pelrs 10 have a semblance of uJli"cr~alit)' at a generic level, even dlOugh cultural diffcrcuces in approaches and «yles are :1 current focus of study (e.g.. Cohen. 1997). Negotiation is typically