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Career adaptability in higher vocational education: examining crossover effects from headteachers to students
Authors: Jiang Xiaochuan , Yang Jianfeng , Wang Xiyan , Hou Yanhui 
Published: June 2024

PurposeTo enhance the understanding of the antecedents of students' career adaptability, this study employs the crossover model to explore the potential transfer of career adaptability from headteachers to students and the underlying mechanisms involved.Design/methodology/approachThis study examined the proposed moderated mediation model using matched survey data collected from 37 headteachers and 1,598 students in Chinese higher vocational colleges.FindingsHeadteachers’ career adaptability is positively related to students’ career adaptability via students’ psychological capital. An increased frequency of headteacher–student interactions strengthened the indirect relationship between headteachers' career adaptability and students' career adaptability.Originality/valueThe findings suggest that, under certain conditions, headteachers’ career adaptability could be transferred to students via students’ psychological capital.
The search for greener pastures: a qualitative analysis of employee job search dynamics
Authors: Kanar Adam , Bouckenooghe Dave 
Published: June 2024

PurposeThis study explores job search dynamics among employed individuals. We focus on factors related to employees initiating their job searches and changing its intensity.Design/methodology/approachWe conducted a qualitative study with 41 employed job seekers using semi-structured interviews.FindingsOur analysis reveals six catalysts that initiate employee job searches and nine modulators that influence fluctuations in job search effort. We highlight the significant roles of social actors, resource dynamics, and personal, professional, and environmental factors in shaping employees’ job searches.Research limitations/implicationsThe diverse sample strengthens theory building but may not represent all employed job seekers. Future research would benefit from longitudinal designs.Practical implicationsThis study underscores the influence of social actors on employee job search processes. Our findings offer valuable insights for policymakers and employers seeking to support employed job seekers and proactively manage voluntary turnover.Originality/valueThis research advances our understanding of employee job search beyond its traditional role in voluntary turnover. By integrating Conservation of Resources (COR) theory, we provide a framework for understanding employee job search initiation and modulation.
Loving the skin, you’re in: a deconstruction of children’s literature that focus on body (size) issues
Authors: Smith Delphia 
Published: June 2024

Purpose
This paper aims to evaluate children’s literature that focuses on body size issues for elementary readers.

Design/methodology/approach
The paper used an evaluative tool based on three categories: content, audience and other considerations.

Findings
The evaluative tool was used to evaluate six children’s books identified as critical literature supporting body image. The books evaluated focused on body image but were also tied to other themes such as body positivity, body neutrality, self-love, acceptance, diversity and inclusivity. All books acknowledged and celebrated the uniqueness of varied body types.

Research limitations/implications
Because of the number of books evaluated, the evaluative results may lack generalizability. Therefore, researchers are encouraged to evaluate other critical children’s literature focused on body image.

Practical implications
The paper offers recommendations for parents, teachers and schools.

Originality/value
This paper encourages the need for parents, teachers and schools to help children embrace body positivity and neutrality so that they would love their skin.
Bringing joy back into higher education: the potential contribution of coaching
Authors: Lynden Jenny , Gallaghan George , van Nieuwerburgh Christian J. 
Published: June 2024

PurposeThere are significant challenges facing academics and senior leaders in higher education (HE) institutions internationally. These challenges have led to increasing levels of metrification and managerialism, which has fostered work intensification, reduced professional autonomy, stress and burnout amongst faculty staff. Traditional approaches for supporting and developing staff, such as mentoring and training, do not provide the resources faculty staff need to meet the challenges they face. In contrast, experiences in various other educational and professional settings have demonstrated the effectiveness of workplace coaching in fostering well-being, adaptability, flexibility and sustainable performance. This review argues that workplace coaching could similarly support academics.Design/methodology/approachA critical literature review evaluates coaching interventions across educational and comparable sectors to identify positive well-being and performance-based outcomes.FindingsWhile there is limited research into the efficacy of coaching interventions for faculty staff in HE, research in other educational, as well as comparable professional contexts, identifies significant sustainable improvements in well-being and performance for professional staff.Practical implicationsThe evidence that identifies positive outcomes of coaching in professional workplace contexts is compelling. This critical review uses some of that evidence base to propose an agenda to implement coaching programmes that support faculty staff to improve their well-being and performance.Originality/valueWhile there are published research studies on the positive outcomes of coaching in primary and secondary educational contexts, as well as for postgraduate research students, there is very limited knowledge, practice and research about coaching faculty staff in HE. This article addresses this by critically reviewing a broad range of literature to identify coaching and research initiatives for faculty staff in HE institutions.
Analyzing downside risk of BRICS stock indices: insights from value at risk and time series econometrics
Authors: Ghulam Younis Ahmed , Joo Bashir Ahmad 
Published: June 2024

Purpose
This paper aims to analyze the downside risk for the stock indices of BRICS countries. The study also aimed to study the interrelationship, directional influence and interdependence among the stock exchanges of BRICS economies to provide insights for policymakers, fund managers, investors and other stakeholders.

Design/methodology/approach
The authors used Value at Risk (VaR) as an indicator of downside risk and time series econometrics for measuring the long run relationship, directional influence and interdependence.

Findings
The calculated VaR estimates, long-run linkages and strong interdependence among these indices especially with the returns of Brazil exerting a notable impact on the returns of other BRICS nations. These results emphasize the significance of taking into account cross-country spillover effects and domestic market dynamics in the context of portfolio management and risk assessment strategies. Further, from the extended results of variance decomposition analysis, the authors find that Brazil’s, China’s and South African stock market returns have a significantly lagged impact on their own stock market, while Russia’s and India stock market returns do not have a significantly lagged impact on their own stock markets.

Originality/value
To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first study comprehensively analyzing the BRICS indices downside risk through the historical simulation method of VaR estimation, which is an unexplored area of risk management.
Mental health, positive psychology and forgiveness: a positive autoethnographic case study of Everett Worthington
Authors: Worthington, Jr. Everett L. , Gonot-Schoupinsky Freda 
Published: June 2024

Purpose
The purpose of this article is to elicit understanding of how forgiveness, religion and spirituality, and relationships can better our lives. It draws from the life of Everett L. Worthington, Jr, a positive psychologist and Commonwealth Professor Emeritus at Virginia Commonwealth University. He has published almost 50 books and over 500 scholarly articles or chapters.

Design/methodology/approach
This is a case study, followed by a ten-question interview. The core methodology is positive autoethnography which is embraced by Worthington to reveal life lessons from things he has done.

Findings
Worthington reveals a life honoring the interwoven lives of people. He has studied forgiveness intensively and finds it to be an essential way of making our way in the world and in a world community that all too often hosts hurt.

Research limitations/implications
An extensive literature has developed to understand what forgiveness is, how it comes about naturally and how the REACH Forgiveness method can help people who struggle to forgive themselves or others, and do it more quickly, thoroughly and frequently. Forgiving has psychological, social, spiritual and physical benefits to the forgiver.

Practical implications
This article is filled with practical information on how to forgive and how to pursue eudaemonia, which Worthington defines as virtue for oneself.

Social implications
Forgiveness has widespread social implications. Good relationships are those that can help form, maintain, grow and repair when damaged close emotional bonds. Forgiveness helps repair, maintain and grow those bonds.

Originality/value
Worthington has been instrumental in the establishment and growth of the subfield of forgiveness studies and in the study of humility.
Colombia's economic relations with China: The role of economics and politics in trade, investment, and economic agreements
Authors: Quan Xiang (Joanna) 
Published: June 2024

AbstractOver the past two decades, many Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) countries have deepened their economic relationship with China by accepting large amounts of Chinese investments and signing up for China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). However, Colombia has not followed such a path. Using cross‐border data on trade, investment, and economic agreements, this article demonstrates that Colombia's under‐engagement with China is driven by Colombia's lower competitiveness in the commodities sectors, where Chinese demand for LAC products is highest. Colombia's limited competitiveness has led to lower exports to China and lower amounts of Chinese investment. The low level of bilateral economic activities has resulted in a lack of incentives for Colombia to sign economic agreements with China, as well as general public skepticism toward China and more favorable attitudes toward the United States even though this trend has been on the decline since 2016. Colombia can benefit from strengthening ties with China, without distancing itself from the United States, on issues pertaining to energy transition and the development of rural infrastructure, which will help reduce inequality and broaden export diversification in the medium to long term.
Emerging trends in peacebuilding: The case of Colombia
Authors: Vuković Siniša , Dore Giovanna Maria Dora , Paz Guadalupe 
Published: June 2024

AbstractThe implementation of the 2016 Peace Agreement has produced one of the most comprehensive and exhaustive peacebuilding efforts to date. The ambitious peace agreement, centred around six core themes, has expanded the scope of peacebuilding into areas that traditionally have been largely ignored or overlooked by policymakers. While the implementation process is still maintaining an overall trajectory that can be considered as success, the same process is still poised with a range of engdogenous and exogenous challenges that may undermine both the pace and the quality of peacebuilding efforts. This article surveys the current trends in the implementation phase, highlighting the key dynamics that stand in the way of an effective and timely implementation of the Colombian peace plan. In addition to exploring the emerging challenges to the liberal peacebuilding approach, this article also highlights the significance of concurrent opportunities and liabilities that stem from developmental approaches to peacebuilding.
Italy: Political Developments and Data in 2023
Authors: BIANCALANA CECILIA , SEDDONE ANTONELLA , GALLINA MARTA 
Published: June 2024

AbstractThe year 2023 was a year of consolidation for the government of Giorgia Meloni (Fratelli d'Italia). After the turbulent 2022, the 2023 electoral landscape in Italy saw minimal changes at the national level. However, while there were no national elections, regional elections were held in five regions, bearing witness to shifts and stances within both the majority and the opposition. At the national party level, leadership changes occurred both in the center‐left and in the center‐right. On the one hand, following primary elections, Elly Schlein became the first woman to lead the Partito Democratico. On the other, Forza Italia faced uncertainty following the passing of Silvio Berlusconi, with Antonio Tajani appointed interim leader. Other than that, the political landscape in Italy remained relatively stable in 2023, with Giorgia Meloni seeking to consolidate her leadership within the coalition and her credibility as head of government, while the opposition strove to reorganize.
Alcohol sipping patterns, personality, and psychopathology in Children: Moderating effects of dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (dACC) activation
Authors: Ferariu Ana , Chang Hansoo , Taylor Alexei , Zhang Fengqing 
Published: June 2024

AbstractBackgroundAlcohol, the most consumed drug in the United States, is associated with various psychological disorders and abnormal personality traits. Despite extensive research on adolescent alcohol consumption, the impact of early alcohol sipping patterns on changes in personality and mental health over time remains unclear. There is also limited information on the latent trajectory of early alcohol sipping, beginning as young as 9–10 years old. The dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (dACC) is crucial for cognitive control and response inhibition. However, the role of the dACC remains unclear in the relationship between early alcohol sipping and mental health outcomes and personality traits over time.MethodsUtilizing the large data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development study (N = 11,686, 52% males, 52% white, mean [SD] age 119 [7.5] months, 9807 unique families, 22 sites), we aim to comprehensively examine the longitudinal impact of early alcohol sipping patterns on psychopathological measures and personality traits in adolescents, filling crucial gaps in the literature.ResultsWe identified three latent alcohol sipping groups, each demonstrating distinct personality traits and depression score trajectories. Bilateral dACC activation during the stop‐signal task moderated the effect of early alcohol sipping on personality and depression over time. Additionally, bidirectional effects were observed between alcohol sipping and personality traits.ConclusionsThis study provides insights into the impact of early alcohol consumption on adolescent development. The key finding of our analysis is that poor response inhibition at baseline, along with increased alcohol sipping behaviors may accelerate the changes in personality traits and depression scores over time as individuals transition from childhood into adolescence.
Ceramic archaeometric studies in the Amazon and Caribbean regions: A review
Authors: Lozada‐Mendieta Natalia , Villagran Ximena S. 
Published: June 2024

AbstractArchaeometry had a slow start in the study of Amazonian and Caribbean ceramics, practiced almost exclusively by professionals outside of the archaeology discipline, primarily geologists, physicists and chemists, but is now slowly gaining track among archaeologists. In this paper, we summarize the archaeometric research done in the last thirty years in ceramics from the Amazon and Caribbean regions, emphasizing its main questions, aims and future developments for archaeometry in Latin America. Archaeometric studies are a growing field of research and improve understanding of past networks, technological knowledge and cultural traditions.
Leveraging deep learning for detecting red blood cell morphological changes in blood films from children with severe malaria anaemia
Authors: Moysis Ezer , Brown Biobele J. , Shokunbi Wuraola , Manescu Petru , Fernandez‐Reyes Delmiro 
Published: June 2024

SummaryIn sub‐Saharan Africa, acute‐onset severe malaria anaemia (SMA) is a critical challenge, particularly affecting children under five. The acute drop in haematocrit in SMA is thought to be driven by an increased phagocytotic pathological process in the spleen, leading to the presence of distinct red blood cells (RBCs) with altered morphological characteristics. We hypothesized that these RBCs could be detected systematically and at scale in peripheral blood films (PBFs) by harnessing the capabilities of deep learning models. Assessment of PBFs by a microscopist does not scale for this task and is subject to variability. Here we introduce a deep learning model, leveraging a weakly supervised Multiple Instance Learning framework, to Identify SMA (MILISMA) through the presence of morphologically changed RBCs. MILISMA achieved a classification accuracy of 83% (receiver operating characteristic area under the curve [AUC] of 87%; precision‐recall AUC of 76%). More importantly, MILISMA's capabilities extend to identifying statistically significant morphological distinctions (p < 0.01) in RBCs descriptors. Our findings are enriched by visual analyses, which underscore the unique morphological features of SMA‐affected RBCs when compared to non‐SMA cells. This model aided detection and characterization of RBC alterations could enhance the understanding of SMA's pathology and refine SMA diagnostic and prognostic evaluation processes at scale.
Leadership and discursive mobilizing of collective action in the Jonestown mass killing
Authors: Durrheim Kevin , Blackwood Leda 
Published: June 2024

AbstractWe study a transcript of discourse recorded on an open mic during the mass suicide/murder of 909 members of a religious community in Jonestown in 1978. The ‘Jonestown massacre’ is often cited in psychology textbooks as a warning example of how powerful situations and charismatic leaders can lead ordinary people to extreme and destructive behaviours. These accounts suggest that individuals lose control of reason and will such that their behaviour becomes subject to outside control. We develop an alternative explanation of the mass killing as identity‐based collective action. Our analysis shows how a shared understanding of the community's situation and the options available to them were constructed and contested in discourse. We demonstrate how Jim Jones served as impresario, entrepreneur and champion of identity, recognizing his followers' agency, initiating collective meaning‐making and mobilizing action. Jones engaged his followers in jointly constructing the situation as hopeless, developing a shared view of their situated social identity and collectively formulating the identity‐congruent solution of collective suicide as a hopeful act of collective agency. Our analysis points to the importance of addressing the conditions that sustain narratives of collective hopelessness and helping groups successfully choose non‐extremist pathways out of hopelessness.
How ingroup norms of multiculturalism (and tolerance) affect intergroup solidarity: The role of ideology
Authors: Long Feiteng , Çakmak Hakan 
Published: June 2024

AbstractMulticulturalism and tolerance, as two sets of normative beliefs about how to deal with intergroup diversity, have been recognized as effective at reducing outgroup negativity among majority group members. However, whether majority group members' normative beliefs regarding them might motivate their solidarity‐based collective actions and how their political ideology might qualify this influence remained unclear. To answer these questions, we conducted two pre‐registered experimental studies (N = 626), both zooming in on the multiculturalism issues in the context of the relationships between native Dutch citizens and citizens with a Moroccan background within Dutch university campuses (Study 1) and broader Dutch society (Study 2). In both studies, we found an ingroup norm of tolerance (vs. control) undermined majority group members' engagement in collective actions in support of ethnic minorities. Additionally, ideological leftists were more sensitive to norms than rightists: Study 1 showed a facilitative effect of the multiculturalism norm (vs. control) on solidarity‐based collective action intentions particularly among leftists, whilst Study 2 revealed a dampening effect of the tolerance norm (vs. control) on these intentions particularly among leftists.
The microbiota in patients with interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome: a systematic review
Authors: Fu Chaowei , Zhang Yuwei , Liang Linghui , Lin Hao , Shan Kai , Liu Fengping , Feng Ninghan 
Published: June 2024

ObjectiveTo comprehensively review and critically assess the literature on microbiota differences between patients with interstitial cystitis (IC)/bladder pain syndrome (BPS) and normal controls and to provide clinical practice guidelines.Materials and methodsIn this systematic review, we evaluated previous research on microbiota disparities between IC/BPS and normal controls, as well as distinctions among IC/BPS subgroups. A comprehensive literature search was conducted across PubMed/MEDLINE, EMBASE, Web of Science, and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials. Relevant studies were shortlisted based on predetermined inclusion and exclusion criteria, followed by quality assessment. The primary focus was identifying specific taxonomic variations among these cohorts.ResultsA total of 12 studies met the selection criteria. Discrepancies were adjudicated by a third reviewer. The Newcastle–Ottawa Scale was used to assess study quality. Predominantly, the studies focused on disparities in urine microbiota between IC/BPS patients and normal controls, with one study examining gut microbiota differences between the groups, and two studies exploring vaginal microbiota distinctions. Unfortunately, analyses of discrepancies in other microbiota were limited. Our findings revealed evidence of distinct bacterial abundance variations, particularly involving Lactobacillus, alongside variations in specific metabolites among IC/BPS patients compared to controls.ConclusionsCurrently, there is evidence suggesting significant variations in the diversity and species composition of the urinary microbiota between individuals diagnosed with IC/BPS and control groups. In the foreseeable future, urologists should consider urine microbiota dysbiosis as a potential aetiology for IC, with potential clinical implications for diagnosis and treatment.