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A mediated-moderation model of non-financial rewards, employee engagement and innovative work behaviour in a culturally pluralistic public sector

This study utilizes a mediated-moderation model grounded in the Job Demands-Resources and Social Exchange theories to demonstrate that non-financial rewards significantly enhance innovative work behaviour in South African public sector municipalities through full mediation by employee engagement, with collectivist culture exerting a stronger moderating influence than individualistic culture.

Dickson Mdhlalose2026-10-14

📄 social science

Learning art history through embodied experience with virtual reality

This study demonstrates that Immersive Virtual Reality (IVR) outperforms traditional 2D methods in art history education by enhancing students' explicit recall and their ability to understand spatial relationships and architectural elements through embodied experience.

Joseph K. Brown, Eric Hupe, Luis F. Schettino2026-10-14

📄 social science

Igniting the Light of Hope: How Disability-Inclusive HR Practices Enhance the Job Well-Being of Employees with Disabilities

Drawing on conservation of resources theory and data from 267 employees with disabilities, this study reveals that disability-inclusive HR practices enhance job well-being by fostering thriving at work, a process that is further strengthened by perceived organizational support.

Zonghua Liu, Siyi Li, Lanya Wu, Tingting Tu, Kun Wang, Huaqiang Wang2026-10-14

📄 social science

Digital Communication Empowering Wellness Ecotourism in Western China: A Study on Sayram Lake’s Tourism Marketing and Health Value Co-Creation Based on the AISAS Model

This study evaluates Sayram Lake's digital marketing in Western China through the AISAS model, revealing that while its ecological resources and tourist health perceptions are strong, a critical gap in official health communication and product development hinders the conversion of wellness interest into consumption, prompting a proposal for a digital-intelligent system to reposition ecological assets as public health resources.

Pengcheng Zhao, Fan Wang, Zhaopeng Wu2026-10-14

📄 social science

Flexibility Without Boundaries: How Post-Pandemic Remote Work Trajectories Drive Longitudinal Stress and Burnout Over Time

Using a two-wave Canada-wide panel design and Job-Demands Resources theory, this study reveals that while baseline stress predicts burnout across all work arrangements, continuous remote workers experience a significantly stronger transmission of stress into long-term work and family burnout compared to essential workers, highlighting the critical need for structural supports to mitigate the negative mental health impacts of poorly executed remote work.

Linda Duxbury, Michael Halinski2026-10-14

📄 social science

Evaluating a Train-the-Trainer Program “Taming the Adolescent Mind” for Filipino Youth Practitioners

This study demonstrates that a one-day train-the-trainer adaptation of the "Taming the Adolescent Mind" program significantly enhanced personal mindfulness and self-efficacy among Filipino school counsellors and psychology students, while highlighting the need for extended training and systemic support to address implementation challenges in a collectivist context.

Lucy Tan, Gabrielle Liamzon, Kaethe Del Mundo, Karina Fernandez2026-10-14

📄 social science

Walk and talk interventions across psychotherapy, counselling, and coaching: a scoping review of designs and components

This scoping review of eight nature-based "walk and talk" interventions across psychotherapy, counselling, and coaching reveals significant heterogeneity in their design and a critical gap between practitioner-developed clinical content and empirical testing, highlighting the need for more rigorous reporting and research to support evidence-informed practice.

Pier-Olivier Paradis, Jasmine Piché, Marie-Claude Lallier Beaudoin, Catherine Malboeuf-Hurtubise2026-10-14

📄 social science

From Shock to Disengagement: How Natural Disasters Reshape Politics in Low-Trust Democracies

This paper argues that in low-trust democracies, natural disasters like the 2024 Valencia floods act as performance shocks that erode political confidence and trigger electoral demobilization and populist shifts, rather than fostering the traditional "rally-around-the-flag" effect.

Sandra León, Amuitz Garmendia Madariaga2026-10-14

📄 social science

Governing Electric Three Wheelers for Last Mile Mobility in South Asian Secondary Cities

This study argues that electric three-wheelers are a vital, cost-effective, and inclusive last-mile mobility solution for South Asian secondary cities, yet their full potential remains unrealized due to institutional failures that treat them as problems rather than integrating them through flexible, tiered governance policies.

Fahim Faisal, Sumaia Kashem, Lubaena Masud, Md. Fahim Montasir Zisan, Abdulla Al Fahad, Sabab Rashid2026-10-14

📄 social science

Artificial Intelligence Platform Integration Into Collaborative Learning Environments: Opportunities, Challenges and Educational Implications Among Undergraduates in Nigeria.

This study utilizing a mixed-methods approach at the Air Force Institute of Technology, Nigeria, reveals that while AI integration in undergraduate collaborative learning offers significant educational benefits, its effective implementation is currently hindered by critical infrastructural deficits, capacity gaps, and policy challenges.

Abubakar Mallam Aliyu, Amosu Ishiaka Gambari, Isma’il Muhammad Bello, Taliha Abiodun Folorunso2026-10-14

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