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Inspirational leadership and its relationship to the level of organizational excellence among heads of academic departments in Jordanian universities

This study of 328 faculty members in Jordanian universities reveals a statistically significant positive correlation between the average levels of inspirational leadership practiced by department heads and the average level of organizational excellence, leading to recommendations for targeted training to further develop these leadership skills.

Khaledah Khaled Alkailanee, Hazem Ali Badarneh, Luai Taleb Obaidat, Radi Mohammad Al Shannaq2026-07-23

📄 social_science

From FoMO to Social Media Addiction: The Mediating Role of Mindfulness and the Moderating Role of Mental Well-Being

This study of 840 Turkish university students reveals that mindfulness mediates the positive relationship between Fear of Missing Out (FoMO) and social media addiction, while mental well-being further strengthens mindfulness's protective effect against such addiction.

Deniz Mertkan Gezgin2026-07-23

📄 social_science

Teaching Interreligious Dialogue for Peacebuilding in Higher Education: Evidence from a University Intervention

This study demonstrates that a seven-week university-based interreligious dialogue intervention significantly improved Pakistani students' awareness, trust, and dialogue skills across diverse religious groups, with effects sustained over one year, thereby supporting the integration of such literacy programs into higher education to foster peacebuilding in plural societies.

Sara Rizvi Jafree, Syeda Khadija Burhan, Gloria Calib2026-07-23

📄 social_science

Disciplinary differences in epistemic beliefs and the moderating role in research approach preferences among postgraduate students in Tanzania

This study of 479 Tanzanian postgraduate students reveals that academic disciplines significantly influence epistemic beliefs and moderate how these beliefs shape research approach preferences, highlighting the need to integrate epistemological awareness into postgraduate training to foster methodological flexibility.

Maximillian Mgeni, Harun Magosho, Afrael Sarakikya2026-07-23

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Resource Adequacy and Uneven Equity Gradients in Creative Thinking: A Multilevel Analysis of PISA 2022 Indonesia

This multilevel analysis of PISA 2022 Indonesian data reveals that while educational resource shortages significantly hinder student creative thinking and equity gradients vary across schools, the mediating role of creative self-efficacy observed in high-performing systems is not yet active in this context.

Miftah Aria Kusuma, Hari Purnomo, Winda Nur Cahyo, Widodo Brontowiyono2026-07-23

📄 social_science

Reshaping Learning Experience and Learning Outcome Through Student Input

This mixed-methods study conducted in Nigeria demonstrates that integrating AI-driven, voice-mode student feedback into secondary mathematics education effectively overcomes literacy and anxiety barriers, thereby transforming teacher-student dynamics and enhancing learning outcomes through human-centered, data-informed instructional practices.

Oluwasanmi Samuel Owolabi2026-07-23

📄 social_science

Design-Driven Intergenerational Integration: A Co-Creation and Service Design Framework for Community Education in Aging Societies

Drawing on multi-case research in Chinese urban communities, this paper proposes a Design-Driven Intergenerational Integration (DDII) framework that utilizes service design and co-creation methodologies to transform age-segregated service systems into sustainable, endogenous community practices through a structured "Senior-Youth Pairing" model and a graded volunteer governance architecture.

Jianbin Wu, Liying Wang, Chuhe Liu, Xiangfang Ren, Shunfeng Zhang2026-07-22

📄 social_science

Artificial Intelligence in AML/CFT: A Criminological Evidence Map and Multilevel Governance Framework for Organised Financial Crime Control

This article reframes AI in anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing as a criminological dual-use challenge rather than a mere efficiency tool, synthesizing evidence to reveal how AI simultaneously enhances detection capabilities and empowers criminal actors, thereby necessitating a comprehensive multilevel governance framework that balances opportunity reduction, legal accountability, and rights protection.

Raymond L.M. Tang, Bo Wen2026-07-22

📄 social_science

The university as a node: network diagnostics of human capital reproduction in Ukraine’s wartime higher education system

Contrary to expectations of collapse, Ukraine's higher education system demonstrated remarkable resilience during the full-scale war, with its forty largest universities not only maintaining but significantly strengthening their internal and European research collaboration networks while successfully reconfiguring human capital training toward reconstruction-relevant fields.

Svitlana Bondarenko2026-07-22

📄 social_science

Understanding Public Stigma Toward Mental Disorders in Spain: A Systematic Review of Trends, Determinants and Dimensions

This systematic review of 36 studies from 2000 to 2025 reveals that public stigma toward mental disorders in Spain persists in subtle, ambivalent forms rather than direct rejection, with lower stigma levels associated with women, younger people, higher education, and prior contact, suggesting that future interventions must address emotional and social factors beyond mere knowledge dissemination.

José Germán Arranz-López, Francisco H. Machancoses, Borja Domínguez-Jiménez, Jorge Pérez-Corrales2026-07-22

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