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Organizational Culture as a Strategic Human Resource Mechanism for Employee Productivity in Indian Municipal Corporations

This study utilizes structural equation modeling to demonstrate that the Denison Culture Model, functioning as a strategic second-order HR construct, significantly enhances employee productivity in Indian municipal corporations through the integrated influence of involvement, consistency, adaptability, and mission, thereby supporting sustainable public service delivery and relevant UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Priya Bijalwan, Ashulekha Gupta, Soniya Gambhir, Shikha Mittal Shrivastav, Mathew Thomas Gil2026-09-11

📄 social science

Football Civilization Maturity Index (FCMI): Quantifying Societal Development Through Tactical Network Dynamics in the FIFA World Cup 2022

This study introduces the Football Civilization Maturity Index (FCMI), a novel metric derived from 2022 World Cup tactical network data that demonstrates a statistically significant positive correlation with national human development and GDP, suggesting that collective football performance serves as a valid proxy for broader societal structural capabilities.

saber Saffar2026-09-11

📄 social science

Integrated Validation Framework for Educational Module Development (IVF-EMD): A Systematic Evidence Synthesis of Validation Practices and Methodological Gaps

This study synthesizes evidence from 51 educational development studies to reveal significant methodological fragmentation in current validation practices, leading to the proposal of the Integrated Validation Framework for Educational Module Development (IVF-EMD) as a comprehensive, four-domain architecture that reimagines validation as a progressive and iterative evidence-building process.

THILAGAM BIRMA, RAVINDARAN MARAYA, SELVAJOTHI RAMALINGAM2026-09-11

📄 social science

Sri Lankan Ethnic Cuisine on YouTube: A Computational Netnographic Study of Food- Neophobic and Food-Neophilic Audience Reactions and the Digital Transmission of Culinary Heritage

This computational netnographic study of nearly 22,000 YouTube comments reveals that Sri Lankan ethnic cuisine garners overwhelmingly positive global engagement, driven by a peer-to-peer cultural translation mechanism where knowledgeable commenters mitigate food neophobia by reframing unfamiliar dishes through familiar references, thereby digitally sustaining culinary heritage.

Rohan Laksiri2026-09-11

📄 social science

When Cooling Becomes Refuge: Emotional Spaces of Underground Heat Adaptation in Chongqing

Drawing on extensive fieldwork in Chongqing, this study argues that public underground cooling shelters function as everyday refuge not merely through thermal relief, but through the relational accomplishment of accessible, flexible, and socially legitimate spaces that enable sustained, unselfconscious use.

Zhehao Sun2026-09-11

📄 social science

Substitution or Multiplication? How Personal Networks Modify the Association Between Perceived Neighbourhood Social Capital and Loneliness: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of 124,175 adults in England

This cross-sectional analysis of over 124,000 adults in England reveals that personal network resources differentially modify the link between neighbourhood social capital and loneliness, with intimate partnerships reinforcing the protective effect (multiplication) while friendship scarcity heightens reliance on neighbourhood ties (substitution).

Li Haoran, Sami Altalib, Akinwale Fadoju, Waseem Jerjes, Agustin Tristan, Austen El-Osta2026-09-11

📄 social science

Decolonizing Digital Platforms: Post‑ and Decolonial Critiques of North-South Power, Inequality, and Social Transformation in the 21st Century

Drawing on post- and decolonial theory, this article critiques how digital platforms perpetuate North-South power imbalances through infrastructural enclosure, hidden labor, and AI colonialism, while also highlighting emerging global resistance movements for digital sovereignty and decolonial alternatives.

Bahram Kazemian, Shafigeh Mohammadian2026-09-11

📄 social science

Engaging with the Law in the AI Era: Legal Interpretability, Institutional Reliance, and Citizenship-Based Disparities in the UAE’s Cybercrime and Data Protection Frameworks

This mixed-methods study of 500 UAE residents reveals that while perceived legal interpretability strongly predicts institutional reliance, greater AI exposure and digital literacy paradoxically correlate with lower reliance due to "velocity anxiety" and significant disparities between citizens and the expatriate majority.

Kayaty Ashour, Abdesselam Salmi, Mohamed Mekheimer2026-09-11

📄 social science

Character Formation in the Age of Generative AI: Integrating Classical Islamic Educational Philosophy into AI-Assisted Learning

This paper proposes a pedagogical model that integrates five stages of classical Islamic educational philosophy—Fitrah, Tazkiya, Hikmah, Ihsan, and Amal al-Salih—to address the ethical uncertainties Muslim students face when using generative AI, offering a culturally resonant framework to guide their moral development in digital learning environments.

Afet Suleymanova2026-09-11

📄 social science

Psychosocial Burden Among Iranian Mothers of Children With ADHD: A Descriptive Phenomenological Study

This descriptive phenomenological study of thirteen Iranian mothers reveals that raising a child with ADHD imposes a profound multidimensional burden characterized by significant psychological distress, marital strain, and social isolation, highlighting the urgent need for culturally responsive, family-centered support systems.

MohammadBagher Hassanvand, Maedeh Asadi Rajani, Masoumeh Sajadian, Reyhaneh Ghahremani2026-09-11

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