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Learner-Targeted Bullying Against Internationally Educated Teachers: A Comparative Mixed-Methods Study Across Twelve Countries

This mixed-methods study of twelve countries reveals that internationally educated teachers frequently face verbal harassment and classroom disruption driven by cultural distance and institutional neglect, while positive school climates and discipline serve as protective factors, prompting calls for enhanced cultural training and international security protocols.

Adeniran Gregory Adewusi2026-07-08
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Lexical variables that affect integrated speaking test scores among EFL learners

This study analyzes Korean EFL learners' integrated speaking responses to reveal that while lexical fluency, diversity, and sophistication consistently predict proficiency in listen-to-speak tasks, read-to-speak tasks exhibit distinct patterns where lexical sophistication uniformly aids all levels while diversity peaks at intermediate stages, suggesting that written source texts fundamentally alter the developmental trajectory of productive vocabulary.

Hyojung Lim2026-07-08
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The Electoral Business Cycle of Wikipedia: What Elections Reveal About Partisanship, the Public's Attention, and the Production of Political Knowledge

By analyzing 1.8 million edits to U.S. Congress members' Wikipedia pages, this study reveals that while reader interest remains steady for both sitting and retired politicians, editor activity disproportionately favors current officeholders, creating a structural bias in decentralized knowledge systems where information production lags behind public attention once institutional power is lost.

Juan Diego Alvarado, Carolina F.T. Batista, Ernesto Calvo, Giovanni Luca Ciampaglia, Rojin Ziaei2026-07-08
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Factors Determining the Effectiveness of Skill Development Programs Using Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling

This study utilizes Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling on data from 630 Indian trainees to identify that Assessment Methodology, Context Linkages, Trainees' Empowerment, Trainers' Responsibility, and Facilitating Conditions collectively explain 64.4% of the variance in the effectiveness of skill development programs, with Assessment Methodology emerging as the strongest predictor.

Ananta Narayana, Utkarsh Kumar Verma, Uma shankar Yadav2026-07-08
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Zambian Secondary School Teachers’ TPACK and their Attitude Towards Artificial Intelligence in Mathematics Classrooms: A Case of Mufulira District

This study of 127 mathematics teachers in Mufulira District, Zambia, reveals that while TPACK is a vital competency, it does not significantly influence teachers' attitudes toward adopting Artificial Intelligence in mathematics classrooms, suggesting that policymakers should focus more on addressing best practices to shift general perspectives on AI integration.

Donald Siame, Allan Musonda2026-07-08
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A Sustainable Operations and Management System for Urban Design Administration - Comparative Evidence from South Korea and Japan

This study constructs and validates a sustainable operations framework for urban design administration by comparing South Korea and Japan, revealing that institutional governance maturity and procedural fairness are more critical to policy sustainability than short-term execution capacity, while highlighting Japan's strengths in long-term continuity and South Korea's in implementation momentum.

Seokhyun Lee, YOSHIAKI KUBOTA, Changhee Ahn2026-07-08
📄 social science

Reconfiguring Policy Diffusion: Development Aid and Diffusion of Gender Responsive Budgeting in Developing Countries

This study reconfigures policy diffusion theory by demonstrating how unconditional development aid, rather than coercive conditionality, serves as an enabling instrument for spreading gender-responsive budgeting in developing countries when global-national policy coherence, early-stage technical assistance, and supportive government partnerships converge.

Arup Barua2026-07-08
📄 social science

“Haste makes Waste”: Exploring the Hidden Cost of XiangQin for Marital Mental Health

Using China Family Panel Studies data, this paper demonstrates that individuals entering marriages through the traditional XiangQin matchmaking system experience significantly higher post-marital depressive symptoms than those in free-love unions, primarily due to unobservable compatibility mismatches that are exacerbated by household constraints and urban individualistic norms.

Yuandong Mu, Yidonglin Liu, Yidan Ao, Shuchan Ning, Chun-Chieh Hu2026-07-08
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Collaborative Governance in Circular Food System Transformation: A Systematic Literature Review

This study systematically reviews 98 peer-reviewed articles to synthesize the relationship between collaborative governance and circular food system transformation, ultimately proposing an Integrative Collaborative Governance Framework that connects institutional mechanisms, circular practices, and sustainability outcomes to guide future research and policy.

Novi Rahardjo, Moses Glorino Rumambo Pandin2026-07-08✓ Author reviewed ⓘ