📄 social science

When competence does not breed confidence: A systematic negative deviation from the global performance-confidence trend

Analyzing PISA 2022 data across 72 economies, this study reveals that while mathematics performance generally predicts self-efficacy, seven diverse systems exhibit a significant negative deviation where high achievement fails to translate into confidence, a pattern likely driven by standardized, examination-driven curricula rather than specific cultural or regional factors.

Takenari Fujio2026-10-06
📄 social science

The pantry, the printer, and the desk: sensing where workplace serendipity really happens

By combining minute-resolution occupancy sensor data with employee surveys in a Chinese architectural firm, this study reveals that workplace serendipity is a patterned behavioral phenomenon driven by the rhythmic interactions of public spaces like pantries, challenging the view of such encounters as rare accidents and offering evidence-based insights for designing AI-era workplaces that foster creativity and restoration.

Lingzi Pan, Ying Jin, Yu Hu2026-10-06
📄 social science

An Inclusive and Gamified Design Framework for Educational Serious Games Targeting Children with ASD: A Longitudinal Exploratory Study of Behavioral Patterns

This study proposes an inclusive, gamified design framework for educational serious games targeting children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and presents a preliminary longitudinal analysis of a single tapping activity that suggests improved reaction times and behavioral consistency in the intervention group, while explicitly cautioning that methodological limitations and a small sample size preclude definitive statistical inference.

Camila Barros Couceiro d'Amorim, Ellen Beatryz Maria Silva Lago, Marcos Gomes da Silva Filho, Caio Endson de Souza Lima (…)2026-10-06
📄 social science

Military and Public Attitudes Toward Autonomous Weapons: Stage-Specific Drivers and Value-Based Moderation

This study of South Korean military personnel and the general public reveals that acceptance of autonomous weapons is stage-dependent, with support for development driven by interest and just war perceptions while support for use is hindered by AI knowledge and moderated by value orientations, particularly post-materialist concerns.

Ho-Suk Yang, Eunseon Park, Seunghoo Jeong, Ji-Bum Chung2026-10-06
📄 social science

Communicative empowerment after certification: digital marketing gaps in a community-based tourism village in Indonesia

This paper argues that despite receiving national certification, the Indonesian community-based tourism village of Ampiang Parak suffers from strategic, representational, and evaluative digital marketing gaps, prompting the author to propose adding a "communicative empowerment" dimension to Scheyvens' framework to ensure communities can effectively narrate their own tourism stories.

Revi Marta, Yuliandre Darwis, Andri Rusta2026-10-06
📄 social science

Adoption of Educational Neurotechnologies: A Mixed-Methods PLS-SEM and fsQCA Approach

This study employs a mixed-methods PLS-SEM and fsQCA approach to reveal that while the direct impact of neurotechnological adoption on teaching transformation in Peruvian private universities is moderate, it is significantly amplified by perceived technological efficacy and institutional resilience, yet nullified by extensive teaching experience, thereby demonstrating the necessity of combining symmetrical and asymmetric modeling to capture complex causal pathways in educational innovation.

Israel Barrutia Barreto, Guillermo Gomer Cotrina Cabello, Rosalvina Campos Perez, Manuel de Jesus Mejia Carrillo, Eli Ro (…)2026-10-06