This business of kidnapping: Making sense of kidnapping within a business transaction perspective

This paper looked into the personal accounts of Chinese-Filipino kidnap-for-ransom victims in Manila. It sought to (a) explore the experience of kidnapping from the point of view of the victims, and (b) discover and make sense of the common features in their experiences. Five respondents were interv...

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Main Author: Mateo, Niño Jose C.
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spelling oai:animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph:faculty_research-106922023-04-14T07:12:56Z This business of kidnapping: Making sense of kidnapping within a business transaction perspective Mateo, Niño Jose C. This paper looked into the personal accounts of Chinese-Filipino kidnap-for-ransom victims in Manila. It sought to (a) explore the experience of kidnapping from the point of view of the victims, and (b) discover and make sense of the common features in their experiences. Five respondents were interviewed. The environmental, cognitive and behavioral conditions of the kidnapping ordeal were outlined. The Business Transaction Perspective was then used to structure this information. Similarities were found between kidnapping and a business transaction in that they were both (a) about money, (b) not personal, (c) share similar roles, (d) were governed by similar rules, and (e) temporary. Implications of these similarities were then outlined. This perspective only takes into account the stories included in this research. However, it still offers a fresh way for us to make sense of a phenomenon we know so little about. 2004-01-01T08:00:00Z text https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/12249 Faculty Research Work Animo Repository Psychology
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Mateo, Niño Jose C.
This business of kidnapping: Making sense of kidnapping within a business transaction perspective
description This paper looked into the personal accounts of Chinese-Filipino kidnap-for-ransom victims in Manila. It sought to (a) explore the experience of kidnapping from the point of view of the victims, and (b) discover and make sense of the common features in their experiences. Five respondents were interviewed. The environmental, cognitive and behavioral conditions of the kidnapping ordeal were outlined. The Business Transaction Perspective was then used to structure this information. Similarities were found between kidnapping and a business transaction in that they were both (a) about money, (b) not personal, (c) share similar roles, (d) were governed by similar rules, and (e) temporary. Implications of these similarities were then outlined. This perspective only takes into account the stories included in this research. However, it still offers a fresh way for us to make sense of a phenomenon we know so little about.
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author Mateo, Niño Jose C.
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title This business of kidnapping: Making sense of kidnapping within a business transaction perspective
title_short This business of kidnapping: Making sense of kidnapping within a business transaction perspective
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