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BEYOND GOOD GOVERNANCE: Reconstructing Conflict Bureaucracy in Timor-Leste through Institutional Healing

This study proposes a Culture-Based Management model centered on Timor-Leste's indigenous value of "Servi Humildade" and institutional healing as a superior alternative to New Public Management reforms, demonstrating through mixed-methods analysis that embedding local cultural integrity enhances bureaucratic performance and resilience while mitigating the negative impacts of political interference in post-conflict settings.

Edio Mariano Piedade Soares2026-09-15

📄 social science

A dual-route model of facial trait impressions: Dissociating the perceptual and conceptual components

This study demonstrates that facial trait impressions are formed through a dual-route mechanism where both visual appearance and semantic knowledge uniquely contribute to judgments, with the specific influence of each route varying across traits, cultural contexts, and levels of target familiarity.

Amber X. Chen, Caixia Liu, Shangcheng Zhao, Ava Ma de Sousa, Xiaozhe Peng, Hongbo Yu2026-09-15

📄 social science

Assessment of Psychological Factors Affecting Training and Performance among Student-Athletes

This cross-sectional study of 30 student-athletes reveals that while motivation is generally high, elevated stress and anxiety levels negatively impact training participation and performance, suggesting that addressing these psychological factors could enhance athletic outcomes.

Chidinma Obi2026-09-15

📄 social science

Monetized knowledge: Commodification of knowledge in Chinese Internet space and its impact

This paper analyzes three distinct forms of knowledge commodification in the Chinese Internet space—knowledge payment, knowledge internet celebrities, and live streamers—revealing that while usefulness and popularity are their respective core features, the market and algorithmic mechanisms jointly shape knowledge production, diffusion, and user behavior.

Jun LI, Ruiqi YANG2026-09-15

📄 social science

Innovative and Sustainable Practices in People Leadership Development in Hospitals in India: A Critical Analysis

This study critically analyzes innovative and sustainable leadership development strategies for Indian hospitals, demonstrating that integrating technology, immersive learning, and inclusive pipelines can significantly enhance organizational resilience and reduce errors, while highlighting regional disparities and offering evidence-based recommendations to support India's 2047 health equity goals.

Rupam Kumar Saha, Sachin Sidhra2026-09-15

📄 social science

Decolonizing AI Ethics in Education: A Systematic Review and Glocalized Framework (FGAIEE)

This study critiques the Global North-centric dominance in current AI ethics frameworks for education and proposes the Framework for Glocalized AI Ethics in Education (FGAIEE), a multi-scalar governance model that integrates Indigenous knowledge and participatory oversight to transform ethical principles from symbolic compliance into structurally enforceable practices rooted in epistemic justice.

Dwi Mariyono, Muhammad Yunus, Akmal Nur Alif Hidayatullah2026-09-15

📄 social science

Perceived COVID-19-Related Discrimination and Anxiety Severity Among Asian Americans: The Moderating Role of Acculturation

This study of 554 Asian American adults reveals that while higher levels of perceived COVID-19-related discrimination are associated with increased anxiety severity, acculturation significantly moderates this relationship, with highly acculturated individuals experiencing a stronger psychological impact from discrimination.

Stacey Diane Arañez Litam, Tara Kyaw, Mary Bentivegna, Elizabeth Jacobs, Yilin Zhao, Seungbin Oh2026-09-15

📄 social science

Human Rights as Moral Grammar: Inclusion, Dignity, and Conditional Agency in Western Modernity

This article offers a sociological reinterpretation of human rights in Western modernity as a "moral grammar" that simultaneously universalizes dignity while structurally conditioning political agency, using empirical evidence from migrant youth in Italy to demonstrate how the gap between rights recognition and effective participation is a constitutive feature of the regime rather than a mere implementation failure.

Federico Farini, Angela Scollan2026-09-15

📄 social science

Beyond Competencies: Unpacking Institutional Emotional Architectures and Stratified Burdens for Social-Emotional Learning in Indian Higher Education

This mixed-methods study reveals that while Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) competencies correlate with student well-being in Indian higher education, low awareness, inadequate teacher training, and systemic inequities necessitate a paradigm shift from individualized SEL to a contextually grounded framework addressing institutional emotional architectures and stratified burdens.

Rupam Kumar Saha¹, Preet Kanwal²2026-09-15

📄 social science

Scaffolding Trajectories in Small-Group Mathematical Modeling Discussions: A Teacher–Student Interaction Perspective

This qualitative study of eighth-grade students in China reveals that scaffolding in mathematical modeling is a dynamic, non-linear process where teacher–student interactions continuously negotiate responsibility, with support levels fluctuating across different modeling phases rather than following a simple, progressive transfer from teacher to student.

Yuan Yan, Xiaoli Lu2026-09-14

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