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Self‐Discontinuity as a Barrier to Identity and Behaviour Change: Evidence From Smoking Cessation
European Journal of Social Psychology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Extensive research has shown that resistance to behaviour change is often driven by the management of self‐related threats, traditionally conceptualized as threats to self‐esteem. The present research offers a novel perspective by examining behaviour change as a threat to self‐continuity (i.e., the perceived stability of one's self‐image over ...
Jérôme Blondé +1 more
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Epilepsia Open, EarlyView.Abstract Infantile epilepsy spasms syndrome (IESS), formerly known as infantile spasms or West Syndrome, is a severe epilepsy syndrome affecting about 3 in 10,000 newborns in the United States. Characterized by clusters of epileptic spasms, interictal hypsarrhythmia, and developmental delays, IESS has diverse causes, including structural‐metabolic ...
Kayla Vieira +5 more
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Feminist Anthropology, EarlyView.Abstract This article explores how Afro‐Brazilian communities in Pernambuco respond to state‐led industrial development through culturally rooted practices of resistance and repair. Drawing on archival and ethnographic research in the coastal municipalities of Cabo de Santo Agostinho and Ipojuca, this study traces the effects of Brazil's large‐scale ...
Shelly Annette Biesel
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Caught in the fire: An accidental ethnography of discomfort in researching sex work
Feminist Anthropology, EarlyView.Abstract Drawing on fifteen years of engagement with researching Israel's sex industry, this article uses accidental ethnography to propose discomfort‐as‐method for feminist anthropology. I argue that discomfort is not a by‐product of fieldwork but a constitutive condition that disciplines researchers and shapes what can be known.
Yeela Lahav‐Raz
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Guestworker Programs for Low-Skilled Workers: Lessons from the Past and Warnings for the Future [PDF]
, 2004 Public testimony by Prof. Briggs given before the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Citizenship of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, February 12 ...
Briggs, Vernon M., Jr.
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Talent Management in SMEs: Unraveling the Role of Contextual Factors
Human Resource Development Quarterly, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Employing a multiple case study analysis, this paper explores the contextual factors—internal, external, and relational—that affect small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) in designing their approaches to talent management (TM). Results underscore the significance of two prominent internal variables—namely, organizational size and ownership ...
Franca Cantoni +2 more
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Human Resource Development Quarterly, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Workplace bullying (WB) remains a pervasive concern across all sectors, including higher education institutions (HEIs), where shifting power dynamics, performance pressures, and transformation mandates often create fertile ground for systemic abuse.
Helen Meyer
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Mrs. Azra: The Life of a Brick Kiln Worker in Pakistan [PDF]
, 2009 This story is part of ILRF\u27s Mothers\u27 Stories series, which highlights a working mother around the world every day before Mother’s Day. Mrs. Azra works in a brick kiln in Pakistan along with her husband and six children.
International Labor Rights Forum
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