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Listening to Hong Kong children's perspectives through pretend play

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Quality in early childhood education and care (ECEC) has become an increasing concern in recent years. The issue has been regularly discussed by different stakeholders. However, the rising concern regarding quality in ECEC has not seriously taken into account children's perspectives.
Suzannie K. Y. Leung
wiley   +1 more source

The Effect of Psychological Capital on Innovation in Information Technology [PDF]

, 2015
In today's competitive world, innovation is considered as a key factor to success and survival for organizations. So far, the literature has recognized various items that affect innovation in organizations.
Mobaraki, Mohammad Hassan, Saeediyoun, Mozhgan, Ziyae, Babak   +2 more
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Reception Baseline Assessment and ‘small acts’ of micro‐resistance

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract In September 2021, following the global COVID‐19 pandemic, the Department for Education introduced a national standardised digital Reception Baseline Assessment (RBA) for all English 4‐year‐old children. We analyse RBA and its associated Quality Monitoring Visits, as a further intensification of the new public management of early years ...
Guy Roberts‐Holmes, Diana Sousa, Siew Fung Lee   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The impact of perceived social support on psychological capital of firefighters: the chain mediating role of exercise self-efficacy and psychological resilience

Frontiers in Public Health
BackgroundThis study explored how perceived social support affects firefighters' psychological capital through the chain mediating role of exercise self-efficacy and psychological resilience.MethodsFirefighters from a Jiangsu Province fire rescue team (N
Bochuan Zhao, Haining Tu, Xinan Zhang, Yongtao Yan, Yuqi Su   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bonding, bridging and linking social capital and psychological empowerment among squatter settlements in Tehran, Iran [PDF]

, 2012
This study aims to determine the effect of bonding, bridging and linking social capital in the psychological empowerment among squatter settlements in Tehran, Iran.
Ahmad, Nobaya, Babaei, Hamidreza, Gill, Sarjit S.   +2 more
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What Makes Entrepreneurs Happy? Determinants of Satisfaction Among Founders [PDF]

, 2011
This study empirically investigates factors influencing satisfaction levels of founders of new ventures, using a representative sample of 1,107 Dutch founders. We relate entrepreneurial satisfaction (with income, psychological burden and leisure time) to
A Clark, A Ferrer-i-Carbonell, A Stutzer, A VandenHeuvel, AC Cooper, AC Cooper, AE Clark, AE Clark, AJ Wellington, B Gilad, BD Phillips, BH Hamilton, C Camerer, C Senik, CA Thompson, D Kahneman, DC Feldman, DE Bradley, DG Blanchflower, DK Sarasvathy, DP Forbes, F Ferrante, G Arabsheibani, G Bhandari, G Hundley, GS Becker, Ingrid Verheul, J Block, J Bonke, JA Katz, JP Wanous, LW Busenitz, M Benz, M Benz, M Benz, M Jamal, M Simon, M Vermeulen, M Wright, MA Carree, MA Lundeberg, Martin A. Carree, MLA Hayward, N Fuchs-Schündeln, P Andersson, R Amit, RA Peterson, RE Kihlstrom, RP Castanias, S Beyer, S Boes, S Fraser, S Gazioglu, S Parasuraman, SC Parker, T Åstebro, V Scarpello   +56 more
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‘Let's talk about the weather’: The activist curriculum and global climate change education

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Activist movements have garnered significant global attention on a range of sustainability issues, often involving collectives of citizens coming together. Invoked is the idea of citizens informed to act, emerging not from a common‐sense understanding of everyday life, but rather from a deep political understanding of the world—one that is ...
Richard Pountney
wiley   +1 more source

The influence of employees’ cross-cultural psychological capital on workplace psychological well-being

SA Journal of Industrial Psychology, 2019
Orientation: In order to withstand the global and local cultural diversity and challenges that South African workplaces face, it is essential for employees to have cross-cultural psychological resources (i.e. cross-cultural psychological capital). A lack
Martina Kotze, Liezel Massyn
doaj   +1 more source

Personal Capital and Emotional Intelligence: An Increasingly Important Intangible Source of Economic Growth [PDF]

This paper focuses on a new source of economic growth, personal capital formation, and provides an explanation for a part of economic growth that has heretofore been unexplained.
John F. Tomer
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‘Where are the adults?’: Troubling child‐activism and children's political participation

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Children's political participation is a well‐established theme in childhood studies. In this article we offer an original account of child activism that takes into account the entangled and emergent aspect of children as activists. We begin with a historical and a conceptual review, noting the importance of mid‐20th century developments such ...
Sharon Hunter, Claire Cassidy
wiley   +1 more source