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Accuracy of only children stereotype [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Both expert and folk psychologists believe that only children are spoiled, selfish, lonely, and socially estranged. In this study, we demonstrate that the stereotypical personality profile of a typical only child differs consistently from the ...
Allik, Jueri   +2 more
core   +1 more source

‘It's all very well having a diverse curriculum, but if there is no curriculum, it can be as diverse as you like’: Precarity and decolonising in the neoliberal UK higher education system

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Drawing upon interview research across two academic departments as part of the early stages of a ‘decolonise the curriculum’ initiative at a Southern UK university, this study highlights a growing gulf between policy and practice in efforts to address systemic racial inequalities in UK universities. A reliance upon precarious labour, a culture
Triona Fitton   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fear of Failure as a Gendered Barrier to Building Sustainable Entrepreneurial Ecosystems

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Drawing on four well‐established theoretical perspectives, this paper proposes an intersectional, emotionally grounded framework for understanding how gender and age jointly shape entrepreneurial perceptions across psychological, social, and cultural domains.
Giusy Sica   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assertiveness and adaptation: Prospective teachers’ social competence development and its significance for occupational well‐being

open access: yesBritish Journal of Educational Psychology, 2020
Background Difficult social interactions with students are reported to be among the main stressors of beginning teachers, and although social competence has been suggested to represent a vital resource for their transition into practice and early‐career adaptation, this assumption has rarely been empirically ...
Bastian Carstensen, Uta Klusmann
openaire   +2 more sources

Waiting for a Release: The Expectation in Virtual Gaming Communities

open access: yesJournal of Consumer Behaviour, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how virtual gaming communities influence and maintain player expectations before, during, and after a game's release. A mixed‐methods study was conducted, comprising a netnography followed by an experiment. First, a netnographic study was conducted over 12 months, tracking communities to understand player behavior and ...
Lucas Lopes Ferreira de Souza   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Self-esteem, assertiveness and resilience in adolescents institutionalized [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The institutionalization of children and adolescents has been an increasingly visible problem in modern society. Unfavourable socio-economic conditions have been joining the behavior problems and school absenteeism.
Anastácio, Zélia
core   +4 more sources

Proactive Environmental Strategy and Green Brand Positioning: Implications for Sustainable Development and Firm Performance in B2B Markets

open access: yesCorporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how proactive environmental strategy, operationalized through company environmental strategy (CES) and green marketing strategy (GMS), shapes green brand competitiveness (GBC) and new green product success (NGPS) via green brand positioning (GBP).
Haozhe Ma, Arnaldo Coelho, Célia Santos
wiley   +1 more source

Flexible Assertive Community Treatment in Rural and Remote Areas: A Qualitative Study of the Challenges and Adaptations of the Model

open access: yesFrontiers in Public Health, 2022
Background Flexible assertive community treatment (FACT) is an innovative model for providing long-term treatment to people with severe mental illness. The model was developed in the Netherlands but is now used in other countries, including Norway, which has a geography different from the Netherlands, with many ...
Trane, Kristin   +5 more
openaire   +4 more sources

The Evolution of Impression Management Research in Social Media: A Bibliometric Perspective

open access: yesCorporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The purpose of the present study is to investigate impression management (IM) usage by companies in the context of social media communication and emerging technologies through a comprehensive mapping of the scientific literature. In this matter, a bibliometric analysis has been conducted, extracting a sample of 262 peer‐reviewed journal ...
Antonio Iazzi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Modeling general, specific, and method variance in personality measures: Results for ZKA-PQ and NEO-PI-R [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Reprinted by permission of SAGE PublicationsContemporary models of personality assume a hierarchical structure in which broader traits contain narrower traits. Individual differences in response styles also constitute a source of score variance.
Abad García, Francisco José   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

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