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The varying effects of close relationships on self-esteem: A terror management theory perspective [abstract] [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
only availableClose relationships, such as those with parents or romantic partners, serve important functions in our lives, including resources for comfort and support during times of anxiety.
Hecker, Ann
core  

Security Shaping Sustainability: The Difference Between Securitized and Community‐Based Conservation in Benin

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As global conservation efforts intensify, balancing environmental protection with social sustainability has become increasingly urgent. This study employs a comparative case study approach to examine two natural resource management interventions in northern Benin: one led by African Parks in an insecure zone, and another by TMG Research in a ...
Ramoudane Orou Sannou   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Enhancing Tea Agrifood System Resilience Amid Geopolitical Tensions: A Resource Nexus‐Based System Dynamics Analysis

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Geopolitical conflicts are increasingly threatening global food security, economic stability, and peace, impacting Tanzania's tea agrifood system. This study develops a quantitative Resource Nexus‐based system dynamics simulation model assessing the feedbacks and interdependencies among key environmental and socioeconomic resources shaping ...
Ally Mkumbukiy   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Shaping expectations, losing flexibility: A study of CEO promises as strategic communication tools

open access: yesStrategic Management Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary CEO promises are powerful but understudied communication tools. We develop a dual‐mechanism framework theorizing that while CEO promises elevate stakeholder expectations, they simultaneously constrain strategic flexibility. We argue that CEO promise‐making is shaped by two competing pressures: making more promises when the ...
Majid Majzoubi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A field investigation of flight anxiety: Evidence of gender differences in consumer behaviors among Las Vegas passengers

open access: yesJournal of Airline and Airport Management, 2016
Purpose: This study examines how anxious the Las Vegas public is through a case study of one local international airport. Design/Methodology/Approach: This study examines gender differences in consumer behaviors among the flying public inside Las Vegas
Lindsey A Harvell   +4 more
doaj  

Unconscious Rationalization, or: How (Not) to Think about Awfulness and Death [PDF]

open access: yes
Many contemporary epistemologists take rational inference to be a conscious action performed by the thinker (Boghossian 2014; 2018; Valaris 2014; Malmgren 2018).
Quilty-Dunn, Jake
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The Interactional Pathways of Mass Killings: Toward a Novel Understanding of Rampage School Shootings

open access: yesSymbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
Rampage school shootings, where students go to their own school to randomly kill classmates, teachers, friends, and strangers, are among the most drastic types of human behavior. While research increasingly points to interaction dynamics as being key for the emergence of crime and violence, scholars have not yet systematically studied interaction ...
Anne Nassauer
wiley   +1 more source

Moral Entrepreneurs of the Mastodon Migration

open access: yesSymbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
Social media platforms are imbued with politics and values through an interplay of coded architectures, platform policies, economic models, and algorithmic curation, together shaping and shaped by the activities of users. This dynamic set of relations is most evident during moments of disruption, in which platform politics and values come under debate.
Sean Ward   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

“Bad Things Happen in Philadelphia”: Managing Stigma and Threats in the Wake of False Criminal Accusations

open access: yesSymbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
In the aftermath of the 2020 U.S. election, the boundary between activism and extremism blurred, with election officials reporting violent threats and false accusations of election fraud. From a symbolic interactionist perspective, these attacks provide a unique lens for examining the consequences of being falsely labeled a criminal.
Steven Windisch
wiley   +1 more source

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