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From hypothesis testing toward inference to the best explanation: A PEEBI testimonial structure for abductive studies in strategy

open access: yesStrategic Management Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary Though scholars employ abduction, there is no agreed‐upon structure to reporting their findings. Moreover, the traditional hypo‐deductive reasoning structure does not align with the epistemology of abduction. We propose an abductive testimonial structure, termed PEEBI, which consists of five sections in which the authors take ...
Sandeep Devanatha Pillai   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Impact of Anthem Protests, MAGA, and BLM on NFL Attendance

open access: yesSouthern Economic Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT On September 1, 2016, Colin Kaepernick first took a knee during the San Francisco 49ers' final preseason game. The protest quickly became league‐wide, and inspired similar actions by players in the WNBA, NWSL, NBA, college football and other professional sports.
Oskar Harmon, Jungbin Hwang
wiley   +1 more source

Uncertainty and Contract Choice in Two‐Tier Labor Markets

open access: yesSouthern Economic Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We develop a search‐and‐matching model in which firms choose between one‐period temporary contracts and open‐ended permanent contracts after observing persistent match quality. Permanent jobs retain valuable matches by lowering effective job‐to‐job turnover, but expose firms to firing costs; temporary jobs permit costless non‐renewal and can ...
Shutao Cao, Enchuan Shao, Pedro Silos
wiley   +1 more source

When Reform Failure Stabilises Governance Systems: Recursive Regulation and Political Attractor Shifts in Complex Adaptive Governance

open access: yesSystems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article advances a systems‐theoretical framework for understanding reform dissipation in politically governed complex adaptive systems. Rather than treating failure as deviation from intended design, the framework conceptualises reform dissipation as recursive regulation within threshold‐sensitive attractor landscapes—a reframing with ...
Clas Mellby
wiley   +1 more source

An Outline of a Theory of Play

open access: yesSymbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
Play is often dismissed as trivial, yet it is a fundamental and adaptive aspect of human and mammalian life. This paper develops a sociological theory of play, treating it as a total social fact that spans biological, psychological, and social dimensions.
Seth Abrutyn
wiley   +1 more source

Goffman's Tempting the Devil in Stigma: A Close Rereading of Goffman's “Subversive” Construct of “the Normals” Versus “the Stigmatized”

open access: yesSymbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
This article engages in a close rereading of Stigma, relating it to Goffman's biography as a person who faced stigma. Exploring his biography helps us to recognize the ways Goffman applies stigma strategies in how he represents himself as the author in Stigma.
Thaddeus Müller
wiley   +1 more source

“Why Can't They Just Stay?” A Critical Conversation and Membership Categorization Analysis of Racial Neoliberalism in English Language Education

open access: yesTESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract In this article, I analyze the co‐constitution of race and neoliberalism within the discourse of an English language classroom. Appealing to modernist/colonial histories of race and capital, I first examine how racial neoliberalism produces a normalized, unmarked subject‐position through the conflation of moral responsibility with human ...
Justin Lance Pannell
wiley   +1 more source

Implementing Argument‐Based Validity in Second Language Research on Individual Differences

open access: yesTESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Quantitative meta‐syntheses focusing on the psychometric properties of measurement tools in second and foreign language (L2) individual differences (ID) research have drawn scholars' attention to the quality of data collection instruments (Plonsky & Derrick, 2016; Sudina, 2023).
Katalin Piniel, Ekaterina Sudina
wiley   +1 more source

Tracing the Change in the Status of a Language Teacher in University Governance through English Medium Instruction

open access: yesTESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines how a top‐down English medium instruction (EMI) decision changed a language teacher's status and participation in faculty governance in a graduate engineering school at a national university in Japan. Using a longitudinal single‐case design, the study follows one language teacher across the period from policy announcement
Ikuya Aizawa, Yuka Akiyama
wiley   +1 more source

“Heroes Like Me”—Envisioning Possibilities for Enacting Culturally Inclusive Digital Multimodal Literacies

open access: yesTESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract In fostering asset‐based literacy and language teaching in classroom and digital spaces, this study draws on OmoBerry, an educational YouTube channel, to demonstrate how educators can enact culturally inclusive digital multimodal language and literacy instructions with African immigrant youth.
Akinkunmi Oseni, Vaughn W. M. Watson
wiley   +1 more source

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