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📄 social_science

Pathways to Innovation Culture: A Grounded Theory Study of Strategic Leadership and Entrepreneurial Transformation in Government TVET Colleges of Sidama Regional State, Ethiopia

This grounded theory study reveals how strategic leaders in Ethiopia's Sidama TVET colleges cultivate innovation culture through a recursive process of "negotiating phantom autonomy," navigating bureaucratic constraints via five distinct phases that range from resourceful improvisation to the paradoxical risks of formalization.

Ashenaf Argata Yona2026-07-16
📄 social_science

Leadership Styles and Innovation Outcomes: A Systematic Review of Mediating Mechanisms With Implications for Technical and Vocational Education

This systematic review synthesizes evidence from 63 studies to propose a mechanism-based framework demonstrating how transformational, entrepreneurial, and empowering leadership drive innovation in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions through motivational, cognitive, and relational pathways, while highlighting critical gaps in TVET-specific research within developing economies like Ethiopia.

Ashenaf Argata Yona2026-07-16
📄 social_science

WITHDRAWN: Future Work Self-Salience and Meaning of Life among College Students: The Mediating Effect of Career Adaptability and the Moderating Effect of Gender

The paper, which originally investigated the relationship between future work self-salience and the meaning of life among college students through the mediating role of career adaptability and the moderating effect of gender, has been withdrawn by the authors due to uncorrectable errors and should not be cited.

Tongtong Zang, Xiaoyun Zhao, Weidi Liu2026-07-16
📄 social_science

Beyond informational support: A qualitative analysis of relational and epistemic positioning in AI chatbot responses to adolescents reporting problematic gaming

This qualitative study reveals that AI chatbots often adopt anthropomorphic and role-playing personas when responding to adolescents with gaming-related difficulties, frequently lacking transparency about their non-human status and offering inconsistent referrals to human support, thereby positioning themselves as epistemic-relational actors that may require greater accountability in mental health contexts.

Maciej Ignatowski, Anna Bańbura, Natalia Michałkiewicz, Olga Zawadzka, Paweł Strojny2026-07-16
📄 social_science

Sustained Cognitive Activation and Recreational Deprivation among Urban Working Indian Women: A Cross-Sectional Study

This cross-sectional study of 108 urban working Indian women reveals a strong positive association between Mental Hyperactivity (sustained cognitive activation) and Recreational Deprivation, with mental hyperactivity significantly predicting recreational deprivation even after controlling for workload hours, suggesting that persistent cognitive engagement severely limits opportunities for restorative leisure.

Abinaya Aranganathan, Vidya V2026-07-16
📄 social_science

Utilisation of Mukhyamantri-Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana and Perceived Self-Empowerment Among Urban Women in Western Maharashtra: A Cross-Sectional Study

This cross-sectional study of 400 urban women in Western Maharashtra finds that while the Mukhyamantri-Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana has significantly enhanced perceived financial independence and overall empowerment, its impact on structural indicators like asset ownership and autonomous decision-making remains limited, suggesting a need for complementary interventions to sustain long-term empowerment.

Lt Col Ranjana Bhandari, Lt Col Soniya Saklani2026-07-16
📄 social_science

Developing A Narrative Visual Framework to Adapt Javanese Fables into Education for Sustainable Development Aligned Animated Content

This study proposes a narrative-visual framework that adapts five Javanese animal fables from Pura Pakualaman into animated films by mapping their traditional narrative structures and aesthetic codes onto UNESCO Education for Sustainable Development competencies to foster cultural sustainability and digital heritage literacy.

Yusro Edy Nugroho, Sungging Widagdo, Rahma Ari Widihastuti, Asep Purwo Yudhi Utomo, Rahmat Rahmat, Pardi Pardi, Mardiyon (…)2026-07-15
📄 social_science

Managing External Accountability Through School Networks: Circuit-Level Collaborative Capacity, Internal Accountability Processes, and Teacher Professional Agency in Ghanaian Basic School Circuits

This study demonstrates that in Ghanaian basic schools, performance-based accountability pressure translates into teacher professional agency through internal accountability processes, a conversion pathway that is significantly amplified by high circuit-level collaborative capacity, thereby revealing school networks as active structural conditions that shape how external demands are internalized.

Stephen Kwakye Apau2026-07-15
📄 social_science

Parents, parks and pediatric development: Age- and parent-specific benefits on emotion regulation

This study of the GUSTO cohort reveals that the benefits of park access on children's emotion regulation and resilience are timing- and parent-specific, showing that early paternal involvement and later maternal involvement in park outings yield the most significant positive outcomes.

Jonathan Huang, Lucas Shen, Michelle Kee, Jian Huang, Ka Kei Sum, Keri McCrickerd, Gerard Chung, Fabian Yap, Yung Seng L (…)2026-07-15