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Layers of rotting wood: a meditation on the curricular value of the ugly
Cogent Education, 2018 In this piece, I argue that the marginalized status of ugliness in the field of aesthetics, particularly in aesthetic conversations in the broader field of curriculum, is indicative of an as-of-yet unexplored source for understanding our societal values.
James Grant
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A Risk–Neutral Characterization of Optimism and Pessimism, and its Applications [PDF]
This note gives a simple, but useful characterization of optimism and pessimism represented by a convex and concave shift of probability weighting functions, and applies it to two comparative static analysis.Optimism, pessimism, rank dependent expected ...
John Quiggin, Yusuke Osaki
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Adult siblings who have a brother or sister with autism: between-family and within-family variations in sibling relationships [PDF]
, 2018 Prior research on the sibling relationship in the context of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has included only one sibling per family. We used multi-level modeling to examine aspects of the sibling relationship in 207 adults who have a brother or sister ...
Fulford, Daniel, Orsmond, Gael I.
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CEO Overconfidence, Industry Competition, and ESG Performance
Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the interplay among CEO overconfidence, industry competition, and firms' ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) performance. With the growing importance of ESG management, firms are investing more in ESG initiatives as a strategic approach to mitigating downside risk. However, overconfident CEOs, characterized by their
Taehyung Kim, Jaeseog Na
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Cognitive Dissonance, Pessimism, and Behavioral Spillover Effects [PDF]
This paper reports results from a unique two-stage experiment designed to examine the spillover effects of optimism and pessimism. In stage 1, we induce optimism or pessimism onto subjects by randomly assigning a high or low piece rate for performing a ...
David L. Dickinson, Robert J. Oxoby
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Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Digital transformation is increasingly reshaping how social enterprises organize work, engage stakeholders, and pursue social value. While prior research has examined digitalization in hybrid organizations, limited attention has been paid to how responsibility for inclusive digital transformation is enacted internally.
Riccardo Maiolini +2 more
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Open Library of HumanitiesThe following article explores Oscar Wilde’s and James Joyce’s different approaches to language. To offer a new perspective on the authors’ distinct approaches to words and syntax, I incorporate the philosophy of Arthur Schopenhauer that connects the ...
Talia Abu
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The effect of trait choice on hybrid species distribution model projections under climate change
Ecography, EarlyView.Species distribution models (SDMs) have been increasingly combined with thermal performance data to enhance their transferability and to provide a physiological explanation for the predicted geographic patterns. Yet, while it is widely acknowledged that thermal sensitivities may vary among biological traits, it remains largely unexplored to what extent
Soria Delva +7 more
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Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines how farmers perceive and respond to climate policy risk in the context of drought and argues that understanding such responses is as important as understanding farmer reactions to the biophysical impacts of climate change.
M. Anne Visser +3 more
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Words of truth (Eecclesiastes, interpretation) [PDF]
Zbornik Radova Filozofskog Fakulteta u Prištini, 2013 Ecclesiastes speaks of a man and the glory of God! The thesis of the book is that there is no happiness on Earth for a man without God in heaven. This constitutes its literary basis. The story of a man who honors God! is probably the earliest instance of
Kostić Dragomir J.
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