Waiting for a Release: The Expectation in Virtual Gaming Communities
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
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Beyond Technical Skills: The Value of Perspective-Taking in STEM Education. [PDF]
Xi J, McLean S.
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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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Teaching Financial Fitness: Integrating a Financial Literacy Curriculum Into Radiation Oncology Residency Program. [PDF]
Safa AA, Courtney PT, Steinberg ML.
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The Xenocentric Mindset: Cultural and Personality Drivers Behind Consumer Preferences
ABSTRACT This study examines the psychological and cultural dimensions that influence consumer xenocentrism in Brazil and Iran, focusing on horizontal–vertical individualism–collectivism and the “Big Five” personality traits—extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism, and intellect/imagination.
José I. Rojas‐Méndez +3 more
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THRIVE: Feasibility, Acceptability, and Social Validity of a Brief Recovery-Focused Intervention in Crisis Stabilization Centers. [PDF]
Lockman JD +5 more
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Decoding Emotional Signatures of Ethical Ads: An Analysis of Actor‐Viewer Synchrony
ABSTRACT We examine whether ethical advertisements differ from conventional ads in their on‐screen emotional signatures and whether those signatures transfer to actor‐viewer synchrony. Study 1 analyses 138 professionally produced YouTube ads using Automated Facial Expression Recognition (AFER) and Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) to quantify actor ...
Vik Naidoo, Nicolas Hamelin
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Supporting New Faculty at Community Colleges Through Mentoring Circles
ABSTRACT Although community colleges work to support faculty at all stages, it is especially important for colleges to support new faculty, who may be both new to the institution and new to teaching. Many colleges rely on dyad mentoring models where new faculty mentees are assigned one mentor, often a senior faculty member in the department.
Susan Altman +2 more
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JACC: Basic to Translational Science 2016-2025: Ubi Fuisti? [PDF]
Mann DL.
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Community College Adjunct Faculty Perceptions of Meaningful Professional Development
ABSTRACT Community colleges increasingly rely on adjunct faculty yet often overlook their professional and pedagogical development. Adjunct faculty in community colleges are key to the mission of educating students while operating in a fiscally constrained environment.
Deborah S. Arnold, Nicholas R. Stroup
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