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ABSTRACT Circular textile management is essential to achieving sustainable consumption, as outlined in SDG 12, but consumer behavior and economic factors often hinder its adoption. This study investigates how environmental policies, such as carbon taxes and subsidies, influence consumer choices in the fast fashion sector by examining purchasing ...
Alessandro Cascavilla +3 more
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Fear of Failure as a Gendered Barrier to Building Sustainable Entrepreneurial Ecosystems
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
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ABSTRACT This study examined the effectiveness of a brief educational intervention designed to reduce sex trafficking (ST) myth acceptance. Using a 2 × 2 mixed design, participants (N = 189) viewed either an educational video addressing common ST myths or a control video on human memory.
Dara Mojtahedi +2 more
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Mind the Gap—An Empirical Analysis of the Attitude‐Behaviour Gap in Grocery Retailing
ABSTRACT The attitude‐behaviour gap describes the mismatch between what consumers express in terms of preferences and how they actually behave when making purchase decisions. This gap is particularly relevant for organic food, where consumers often show strong positive attitudes but do not consistently buy organic products.
Kevin Ermecke +3 more
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Guidelines for Scale Development and Validation
ABSTRACT Scales, serving as measurement instruments composed of carefully designed items intended to capture latent constructs, play a critical role in advancing consumer theory and marketing practice. Yet, developing and validating scales poses a formidable challenge due to the diverse methods required to ensure rigor and robustness.
Weng Marc Lim +3 more
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Sudan at War With Itself: Civilian Devastation in the Civil War
ABSTRACT A civil war is raging in Sudan between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) along with militia groups. Beginning on April 15, 2023, and continuing at least to this writing (October 15, 2025), civilian noncombatants have been subjected to bombings, beatings, torture, shootings, rape, and murder on a large scale. Since
Daniel Rothbart +3 more
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The Role of Social Media in Exposing Greenwashing: Consumer Sentiments and Discussions
ABSTRACT This study examines consumer responses to greenwashing on social media, with a focus on X (formerly Twitter), where exaggerated or deceptive environmental claims are subject to heightened public scrutiny. As sustainability becomes a pressing concern, consumers are increasingly holding companies accountable for their environmental messaging ...
Mitra Salimi +3 more
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The construction of “official outlaws”. Social-psychological and educational implications of a deterrent asylum policy [PDF]
With the increasing numbers of immigrants seeking to obtain political asylum, the receiving conditions and the deportability of refused asylum seekers have emerged as major issues. Concern with these questions has been addressed through renewed asylum policies involving expeditious processing of applications, tight restrictions upon the right to work ...
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Profiling Social Entrepreneurship Orientation Through Machine Learning Predictive Modeling
ABSTRACT This study examines the prediction of Social Entrepreneurship Orientation (SEO) in youth using machine learning techniques to generate a robust predictive model. Drawing on a large cross‐country survey of European youth, results indicate that cognitive–attitudinal indicators—such as concern for environmental goals, purpose‐driven motivation ...
Ángel Peiró‐Signes +2 more
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Psychological predictors of deterrence from travel due to terrorist action [PDF]
Research has shown that terrorism is associated with a decline in tourism to targeted countries (Enders & Sandler, 1991). The existing studies are based on a retrospective analysis of tourism statistics in relation to occurrences of terrorism. The present research moves beyond these earlier studies by identifying in realtime the duration and extent
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