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📄 social science

The Role of Psychological Contract Breach and Leader-Member Exchange Quality in Dark Triad Personalities and Organizational Cynicism among Hotel Employees in China

This study investigates how psychological contract breach mediates the relationship between Dark Triad personalities and organizational cynicism among Chinese hotel employees, while also examining the moderating role of leader-member exchange quality, based on a multi-wave survey of 545 respondents from Southwest China.

Hao Wu, Anusuiya Subramaniam, Syafiqah Rahamat2026-10-12
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Hospital Management Team Characteristics and Hospital Rankings: An Upper Echelons Theory Perspective

Based on Upper Echelons Theory, this study of 87 Chinese tertiary hospitals reveals that management teams with higher proportions of leaders possessing cross-departmental experience and high-level talent program participation are associated with better hospital rankings, whereas reliance on externally appointed managers and specialty-hospital status correlates with poorer rankings.

Zhijian Li, Mengying You, Jumi Xu2026-10-12
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Community-Based Tourism and Cultural Experience Strengthen Sustainable Heritage Tourism Beyond Digital Visibility

This study of Mount Penanggungan, Indonesia, demonstrates that while digital branding effectively fosters community-based tourism, sustainable heritage tourism is most directly driven by authentic cultural experiences, necessitating an integrated strategy that prioritizes community empowerment and cultural interpretation over mere digital visibility.

Nuansa Bayu Segara, Sumarmi Sumarmi, Enok Maryani, Rosniza Aznie Che Rose, Anam Miftahul Huda2026-10-12
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Home culture travel writing makes intercultural competence visible among Thai learners of Indonesian as a foreign language

This study analyzes travel writing by Thai undergraduates in Indonesian to demonstrate how describing their home culture for a third-culture audience serves as a rich site for developing intercultural communicative competence, particularly through the mediation of cultural knowledge, even though critical cultural awareness remains uneven.

Tassana Nualsomsri, Nisachon Chuchai, Gatut Susanto, Ade Eka Anggraini, Khusnul Khotimah, Nanang Syaiful Rohman2026-10-12
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Embodied Visibility, Identity Boundaries, and Relational Negotiation: A Qualitative Study of Digital Illness Narratives Among Chinese Patients With Breast Cancer on Douyin and Xiaohongshu

This qualitative study explores how Chinese breast cancer patients on Douyin and Xiaohongshu utilize digital platforms to negotiate identity boundaries, manage bodily visibility, and reconstruct life trajectories through longitudinal illness narratives that evolve via interactive peer engagement.

Bo Deng, Zhiqiang Wang, Xiaoya Li, Qingkang Hu, Xiangxue Gao, Yuchen Yang, Jing Wang, Li Yu2026-10-12
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Peer Relationship Buffers the Pathway From Neglectful Parenting Through Social Withdrawal to Depression Among Adolescents From Multicultural Families in Korea

Using a three-wave longitudinal study of 1,635 Korean adolescents from multicultural families, this research demonstrates that neglectful parenting predicts later depression through increased social withdrawal, a pathway that is significantly attenuated by supportive peer relationships.

Shanshu He, Suyeon Lee, Ji Jun Lim, Yiran Li2026-10-12
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A Study on the Construction of a Medical PADD Class Virtual Teaching and Research Community Based on "Integrated Research and Training"

This paper presents the design, implementation, and evaluation of a 14-week "integrated research and training" medical virtual teaching and research community for the PADD Class, demonstrating its effectiveness in enhancing teachers' instructional skills and professional development through a three-phase framework supported by digital platforms.

Zuo Xiaohong¹, Zhang Lei², Li Tianhao³, Zhou Shiyi⁴2026-10-12
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Nursing Students' Experiences with Large Language Models in Academic Writing: A Qualitative Systematic Review Based on the Technology Acceptance Model

This qualitative systematic review synthesizes evidence from 11 studies to reveal that while nursing students generally perceive large language models as useful and easy to use for academic writing, they also express significant concerns regarding content quality and ethical risks, highlighting the need for systematic training and guidelines that emphasize the irreplaceable value of humanistic care and clinical judgment.

Xiaoyu Wang, Xin Wang, Lele Yang2026-10-12
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Kant, Herder, and the Limits of Developmental Explanation: Language and Human Formation in the 1785 Reviews

This article argues that Kant's 1785 critique of Herder's *Ideas* was not a simple rejection of developmental history but a fundamental challenge to whether natural and historical processes alone could explain human rationality and normative agency, thereby establishing a lasting framework for distinguishing language as a product of historical formation from language as a medium of rational agency.

Memetniyaz Osman, Ghenijan Memet2026-10-12