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Agent‐Related Perceptions of Automated Versus Human Agents and the Role of Task‐Related Risk: A Meta‐Analysis

open access: yesPsychology &Marketing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Firms often seek to replace human agents (HAs) with automated agents (AAs) for customer service, but customers still tend to react more negatively to AAs than to HAs. This meta‐analysis examines agent‐related perceptions (i.e., humanlikeness, warmth, and competence), which represent the key upstream customer reactions shaping downstream ...
Sandra Miederer   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

'God exists': meaning, reference and Anselm’s proslogion [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
Over the last century, philosophy has comprehensively criticised the 'common- sense' view of the proposition 'God exists' as being meaningfixl. The purpose of this thesis is therefore to show that instances of 'God exists' can be considered meaningful ...
Foyle, Stuart Mark
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Beyond Reality Avoidance: Unraveling the Paradox of Escapism Through Self‐Monitoring and Autonomy Mechanisms for Consumers' Life Satisfaction

open access: yesPsychology &Marketing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study introduces the Paradox of Escapism, exploring how the act of escaping reality can evolve from a short‐term avoidance strategy to a mechanism for self‐regulation and enhanced life satisfaction. Employing five rigorous, multimethod investigations, including qualitative interviews and sentiment analysis (Study 1), Structural Equation ...
Thamiris Magalhães de Sousa   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ursodeoxycholic Acid and Parkinson's Disease Risk: An Emulated Target Trial in UK Electronic Health Records

open access: yesMovement Disorders, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) has shown mitochondrial and neuroprotective effects and has been proposed as a treatment for Parkinson's disease (PD). However, population‐level evidence on its effect on PD risk is lacking. Objectives To compare the risk of incident PD among UDCA initiators versus matched non‐initiators within a ...
Chengsheng Ju   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mobilizing Presence across Borders: Devotion to Papua New Guinea's Blessed Peter To Rot in Australia

open access: yesOceania, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article engages with the conjunctures between migration and religion by focusing on the celebration of Papua New Guinea's ‘National Patron Saint’, the Blessed Peter To Rot, in the Australian diaspora. Both in Sydney and Brisbane, Catholic Papua New Guinea (PNG) migrants have been ‘relocating’ PNG shrines, regalia, relics and ritual ...
Anna‐Karina Hermkens
wiley   +1 more source

Islamic Public Administration in Practice: The Taliban's “Gender Apartheid” Governance in Afghanistan

open access: yesPublic Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article analyzes the Taliban's post‐2021 governance model through the Islamic Public Administration (IPA) framework, focusing on justice, equality, and women's inclusion. It asks: (1) How does the Taliban's governance align with core IPA principles?
Parwiz Mosamim   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. [Pages 2 and 3]

open access: yes, 2012
ye will not come unto me that ye may have life. Business & engagements keep some away : Pleasures & allurements detain others : Dead formality & false security stop many. To all these God variously addresses himself: Applying to their fears, their hopes,
Wesley, John, 1703-1791
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Administering an Islamic Public Value by a Non‐Muslim Agency: The UNHCR Refugee Zakat Fund

open access: yesPublic Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The post‐Arab Spring conflicts generated large‐scale displacement across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), producing acute humanitarian needs among predominantly Muslim refugee populations. The United Nations High Commissioner to refugees responded by opening the Refugee Zakat Fund, to be used to mobilize the Islamic philanthropic ...
Abdulfatah Said Mohamed
wiley   +1 more source

There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. [Pages 4 and 5]

open access: yes, 2012
the people of God, seems rather to mean that exceeding great & eternal weight of glory reserved in the Heavens. The original word (Greek) used in the Text, (which may imply the eternal sabbath) I think, fixes the sense thus.
Wesley, John, 1703-1791
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Stabilising Routines in Complex Emergencies: How Basic Service Continuity Shapes Perceived Security

open access: yesPublic Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how locally embedded actors describe the relationship between basic service continuity and perceived security in complex emergencies, with particular attention to the stabilisation of everyday routines. Using Proximity‐Predictability‐Attributability (PPA) as an analytic lens, we trace how interviewees relate access to water,
Abdullah Gökhan Yaşa, Orçun İmga
wiley   +1 more source

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