Empirical Object Research Articles

The mutual influence between entrepreneurial marketing and causal and effectual entrepreneurship: an empirical study in an emerging and developing economy

PurposeEntrepreneurial marketing (EM) literature has evolved recently, but more understanding is needed on how the seven dimensions of EM impact causal and effectual entrepreneurial behavior and, similarly, how entrepreneurial behavior influences the results of all dimensions of the EM construct. This study investigates the association and mutual influence between EM and entrepreneurship.Design/methodology/approachThis study uses a qualitative strategy, addressing gaps due to its low incidence and employs theoretical replication, which is practically unexplored. It investigates two cases in Brazil: small companies (eight cases selected by literal replication) and a structured network of companies (one case selected by theoretical replication), predicting a positive influence of EM in the first case and a negative or neutral influence in the second.FindingsThe influence of EM on entrepreneurship is context-dependent and varies according to the empirical object. In turn, the impact of entrepreneurship on the results of the EM dimensions is more stable, primarily causal and varies slightly between structures.Originality/valueFirst, by studying how the dimensions of EM impact causal/effectual behavior, this study broadens the understanding of the area, which was previously focused on only a few dimensions. Second, by investigating the impact of entrepreneurship on EM outcomes, this study sheds light on the influence of and differences in causal/effectual behavior in each of the seven dimensions. Finally, it extends the understanding of EM and entrepreneurship in small businesses and a structured network by identifying similarities and distinctions hitherto unexplored.

Abilities in Modern Foreign Psychology

The article is devoted to the problems of the state of abilities in modern foreign psychology. At the basis of American psychology, the historical dynamics of a significant increase in the interest of foreign psychologists in the development of problems of abilities in the 20th-21st centuries are stated. The analysis is carried out on the basis of research in leading scientific publications published in 1991–2024. Their multidimensional and qualitative characteristics are based on a methodological and functional method of analysis, which makes it possible to distinguish types of research, their subject, method, empirical object, as well as relation to abilities such as object formation or measurement. A comparative description of the abilities of American and Russian psychology allows us to establish their thematic unity at the level of research (dominance of empirical potential), their subject (predominance of interest in general abilities), method (predominance of quantitative potential), as well as the predominance of functional measurement potential for determining problems of abilities. The distinctive features of the capabilities of American psychology are the Western volume of meta-analytic theoretical research, as well as the predominance of groups of subjects as the object of empirical research. In conclusion, it is argued that the experience of American psychology can be used in international studies of problems of abilities, in organizing discussions of some classification bases of types of abilities, in work on the number of specialized scientific publications.

A Study of Factors in Women’s Choice of a Potential Partner in the Context of Internet Dating

Introduction. The study aims to investigate the factors of women’s choice of partner in an online dating situation. In the period of digitalization, many women seek to expand their opportunities to find a suitable partner through the use of online dating services. At the same time, many women have certain concerns and do not know what exactly to pay attention to when dating so that it leads to the creation of a romantic relationship. This is the first time that the question of the existence of a relationship between the factors of partner selection and the consequences of online dating is considered, which determines the novelty of the study. Its results will help to identify the most successful strategies for choosing a potential partner that lead to the establishment of long-term relationships. Objective. To identify the most common factors among women in selecting a potential partner in an Internet dating situation. Materials and Methods. A translated version of Liesel Sharabi’s questionnaire-questionnaire was used to establish the peculiarities of women’s use of dating services. Binomial criterion, Fisher’s exact test, and conjugacy test were used as methods of statistical data analysis.Results. The empirical object of the study was women aged 18 to 60 (n = 61). It was found that women are quite selective in the situation of choosing potential partners in dating services. The majority of women feel apprehension regarding the use of dating services, which is associated with the fear of not meeting a suitable partner there. At the same time, women remain convinced of the effectiveness of dating services and hope to get married through their use. The main factor in choosing a partner among women is the way he or she shows himself or herself in correspondence. At the same time, women who got married as a result of online dating also took into account such a factor as the appearance of the chosen one. Discussion. The obtained data are confirmed by the results of other authors’ studies. Thus, women’s selectivity in the situation of Internet dating is explained by the increase in their self-confidence, as well as by the desire to demonstrate themselves from the “right” side. At the same time, women’s fears seem to be quite justified, taking into account that men are much more likely to describe their desired, rather than real, characteristics in questionnaires. Women more often make a choice based on the features of correspondence, since most of the criteria important for selection are revealed in the course of communication.

Improving sustainable performance of China's new energy industry through collaborative innovation network resilience

The sustainable development of the new energy industry is crucial and needs support from collaborative innovation networks (CINs). However, CINs may face hindrances or interruptions under multiple risk shocks, impeding their effectiveness in promoting sustainable performance (SP). Enhancing CIN resilience is essential for the normal operation of CINs and requires support from the innovation ecosystem. This study aims to improve CIN resilience by optimizing innovation ecological factors, thereby improving the SP of new energy industry. The study selects China's new energy industry as the empirical object. Firstly, the impacts of CIN resilience on SP are explored through regression analysis. Secondly, the impacts of nine driving factors proposed based on innovation ecosystem on CIN resilience were uncovered by the temporal exponential random graph model. Lastly, network simulation was utilized to study how to optimize CIN resilience through network edge addition strategies and identify key regional cooperations for enhancing CIN resilience more effectively. The results indicate that: (1) CIN resilience can improve SP, with adaptive capacity exerting the most promotional effect. (2) Innovation ecological factors dynamically and heterogeneously drive CIN resilience. Innovative market subjects and technical environments exhibit substantial positive impacts on CIN resilience. (3) Promoting innovation cooperations of intermediary bridge regions can optimize CIN resilience. This study offers practical strategies for Chinese local governments and other countries or regions to formulate effective industrial policies and provides valuable insights for new energy enterprises.

The specifics of the monetary culture of students

In modern society, monetary culture of students plays a significant role in the context of forming their competent financial behavior. The financial sphere is constantly changing and influencing money management, which makes it interesting to study money culture. Based on the existing studies of students' monetary culture, the author's sociological research aimed at studying the monetary culture of student youth was conducted. Students of the Financial University acted as the empirical object of the study. The subject of the study was the peculiarities of monetary culture of student youth. The purpose of the study is to identify the specific features of students' monetary culture. A questionnaire survey (n=434) was chosen for the sociological study. The scientific novelty of the research consists in conducting a study according to the author's methodology aimed at quantitative analysis of the characteristic features of monetary culture in the context of its structural components. The main result of the study can be considered the analysis of monetary culture in the context of its structural components: monetary knowledge, monetary values and monetary behavior. The main conclusion of the study was the identification of fragmented formation of students' monetary culture. The index of cognitive component formation was higher than the index of behavioral component formation. At the same time, a significant part of students has no demonstration of conscious, rational monetary practices and attitudes. Understanding the specifics of monetary culture allows us to analyze the problem areas of student youth in the field of financial management, in this regard, the practical significance of the research results, on the one hand, opens opportunities for further research, and on the other hand, acts as an information base for the creation and implementation of strategies and techniques to improve financial literacy of young people.

СИСТЕМЫ ИСКУССТВЕННОГО ИНТЕЛЛЕКТА В СФЕРЕ ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ: ОТНОШЕНИЕ ПРЕПОДАВАТЕЛЕЙ (НА ПРИМЕРЕ ВОЛГГТУ)

The article describes the results of an exploratory research on the basis of Volgograd State Technical University. The empirical object of the study was teachers - students of advanced training courses in the field of digital technologies. The purpose of the study is to identify the attitude of teachers to the wide introduction of digital technologies using artificial intelligence in the educational process. It is shown that different age groups of faculty members demonstrate a rather loyal attitude to digital educational tools, which does not depend much on age. This is confirmed not only by the high level of mastery of digital technologies, but also by the effectiveness of their use in the educational process. Adherence to modern digital tools also does not show a noticeable relationship with the scientific and publication activity of teachers.

Практики формирования финансово грамотного поведения российского студенчества

The relevance of financial literacy is underscored by both government attention, as evidenced by the implementation of programs aimed at its enhancement among the Russian population, and the acknowledgment by Russians themselves of their low level of financial culture, as reflected in the results of sociological studies. This article presents various approaches to defining financial literacy and describes governmental initiatives to introduce practices aimed at raising the level of financial literacy in Russia. The empirical object of the study is chosen to be student youth, due to the specificity of this socio-demographic group for the study of the financial sphere. The article presents data from the author's sociological research conducted using the in-depth interview method. The main result of the scientific work is the identification of various practices for the formation of financially literate behavior among Russian students. The foundation of this identification lies in the data from content analysis of official documents, legislative acts, and information obtained during interviews. In other words, the identified practices constitute a symbiosis of practical and theoretical approaches, taking into account the positions of both official government structures and the population. In conclusion, through empirical research and analysis, the article identifies a range of effective practices for fostering financially literate behavior among Russian students. By incorporating both practical and theoretical approaches, these practices aim to bridge the gap between official policies and the needs of the populace, ultimately contributing to the cultivation of a more financially savvy society.

Say Her Name: Remembering Anarcha, Betsey, and Lucy in Thinking About Algorithmic Finitude and Digital Sufficiency with Foucault and Laruelle

In The Order of Things, Michel Foucault first articulates what he calls the empirico-transcendental doublet, a circular logic according to which the subject, unlike other objects, can at once be an empirical object in experience and the transcendental conditions that make experience of the empirical possible. This doublet structure is tied, moreover, to what Foucault calls the analytic of finitude, a circinate pattern vacillating between a psychology of represented needs and an anthropology of the finitude of human life. Foucault’s argument is that it is this paradoxical structure which forms the historical a priori of knowledge in the modern episteme and, we may surmise, undergirds the enclosing logics of disciplinary societies. In time, Foucault’s contemporary, Gilles Deleuze, will describe the emergence of novel ambient and modulatory conditions that provoke a partial remaking of the boundaries of the subject into the dividual, or data-individual. This transformation, while unparalleled in some ways, relies on many extractive and surveilling methods and technologies developed in the previous episteme. Similarly, the somatechnical facialisation capabilities of digital technologies – described variously as digital epidermalisation, digital phrenology, and recursive redlining – are, I hold, prefigured by plantation logics. But while these are important historical contextualisations, the new algorithmic architectures we are embedded in have occasioned a veritable structural reorganisation of the circularity of the empirico-transcendental doublet. This new recursive epistemological arrangement – or algorithmic-transcendental doublet – causes dividuals to continually be assimilated into computerised temporalities that elicit financialised closed-loop epistemologies and grant the digital illegitimate authority over the radical immanence of life as lived. In addressing the interrelated theses presented here, I invoke François Laruelle’s project on non-standard philosophy to propose an alternative posture – one which refuses the violence of sufficiency: a knowledge that doubles the world via a transcendental synthesis by which the structure of possibility is precipitated always as a doublet.

The Relationship of Emotional Intelligence and Psychological Reasonableness of Adolescents with the Peculiarities of Child-parent Relations

Introduction. The article is aimed at studying the relationship of emotional intelligence, as well as psychological reasonableness of adolescents with the peculiarities of the mother’s relationship to the child. The novelty of the study lies in the fact that today in Russian scientific works the topic of psychological intelligence is not sufficiently covered. The study of its connections with emotional intelligence will allow us to understand the relationship between these characteristics for a deeper understanding of the emotional sphere of adolescents, and the study of its connections with the mother’s parenting style will allow us to better understand the process of its formation.Objective. investigate the interrelationships of emotional intelligence and psychological reasonableness of adolescents with the peculiarities of maternal attitude towards them.Materials and methods. Adolescents aged 13 to 15 years (n = 43) were studied as an empirical object. To study emotional intelligence, the methodology “Emotional intelligence of adolescents” by Sadokov and Voronkin was chosen, and the “Scale of Psychological reasonableness, SPR/PMS” was used to study psychological reasonableness in the adaptation of Novikova and Kornilova. The “Teenagers about parents” technique was using the peculiarities of the mother’s relationship to the teenager were established.Results. The emotional intelligence of adolescents tends to be low, while maintaining the average values of psychological reasonableness. Statistically significant negative associations were found between hostility, inconsistency, and criticality of the mother towards the teenager with factors of emotional intelligence and psychological reasonableness. A positive relationship was also revealed between the closeness of the mother with the teenager and his psychological intelligence.Discussion. The results obtained are confirmed in the concepts of other authors. Thus, the preservation of an average level of psychological intelligence with low emotional intelligence of adolescents is explained by the abundance of psychological information in the Internet space in which adolescents spend most of their time. Data on the negative relationship of hostility and criticism of the mother with the peculiarities of emotional intelligence and psychological reasonableness are also confirmed: parents who reject, ignore and criticize a teenager can mainly raise teenagers with a low level of emotional intelligence who do not seek to discuss their problems.

Attitudes of Labor Migrants from Central Asia to International Integration Organizations in the Post-Soviet Space

The article presents the results of a sociological empirical study that was conducted from May to August in 2023. Its purpose was to study the attitudes of labor migrants in Russia towards various international integration processes in the post-Soviet space. The objects of the study were workers from Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan, working in Moscow and the Moscow region. The choice of these countries is not accidental, as they are the main migration donors to the Russian Federation in Central Asia. The uniqueness of the research results lies in the fact that despite the certain “popularity” of such an empirical object as “labor migrants.” The analyzed subject has not yet been sufficiently developed theoretically and empirically. Particular attention is paid to the political preferences and migration attitudes of labor migrants. The issue of awareness of foreign workers of the activities of international integration and military-political associations, such as the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), European Union (EU), the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) and also the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is examined. The paper also presents the respondents’ assessment of the role of these associations in the development of international processes. Separately, the article examines the relationship between Russia and migrant-sending countries. Based on the results of the study, the authors conclude that respondents have a positive attitude towards integration associations in which Russia plays a key role. Moreover, the socio-political attitudes of foreign workers are characterized by a high degree of loyalty to the foreign policy of the Russian Federation. Migrants overwhelmingly support international cooperation between their countries and Russia and share the foreign policy position of the Russian Federation. In conclusion, labor migrants from Central Asia can be considered as a resource and capital of the influence of Russian “soft power.”

What is governance? Projects, objects and analytics in education

ABSTRACT The term ‘governance’ is one of the most widely applied concepts in education policy and research. Yet its meaning has changed over space and time both analytically and normatively. This history is a complicated one marked by both shifts and continuations in the politics of language and the development of unique intellectual histories and conceptual and empirical turns in the field of education. In this paper we systematically delineate the different meanings ascribed to governance within education with a focus on its polyvalence as a political project, empirical object and research analytic. Specifically, we highlight the various complementarities and tensions flowing from this rich and evolving language. We conclude by calling for more education researchers to reflect on this complicated history and attendant language as part of their framings and interpretations of governance.

Friedrich Hölderlin or Emanuele Severino? The Sacral Dimension of Nature in the Context of Modern Technology

The main purpose of inquiries undertaken in this study is to present a synthesis of the views of the German poet Friedrich Hölderlin and the Italian thinker Emanuel Severino on nature and technology, and to analyze the contemporary manifestations of the re-sacralization of nature in many ecological currents, as discussed in her studies by the French philosopher Chantal Delsol. For Hölderlin, nature is never limited to being an empirical object of scientific investigation. It is a divine reality that does not undergo change. It is a space inhabited by the sacred. Nature constitutes the sacred All, beyond which nothing else exists. Severino, in turn, analyzes the impact of modern technology on nature, man and the entire existing world. He believes science and modern technology have become an extremely effective tool of man’s dominion over the natural world. The Italian philosopher says that today the human will to power applied to nature leads to its objectification and desacralization. Delsol, on the other hand, points out that throughout Western culture we are now witnessing the birth of a new religion of nature, which is a modern form of ancient paganism. The analyses performed demonstrate that, on the one hand, nature is currently being subjected to profound changes due to science and technology, while on the other – its former sacral character is being restored, forming the foundation of a new form of religiosity.

Social adaptation features of Chinese students to online learning in a university

The article presents the results of a search sociological study conducted in September-October 2023 on the problem of impact of online learning practices on the social adaptation of foreign students in a Russian university. The empirical objects were Chinese citizens studying at Lomonosov Moscow State University and currently located on the territory of Russia. In the research, the online questionnaire method provided answers to questions about the attitude of Chinese students to organisation of the educational process, to the practices of their interaction and communication in small study groups. It has been empirically proven that the attitude of Chinese students to any form of education depends on how much the issue of overcoming the language barrier and building intercultural communication has been resolved in a particular educational practice. At the same time, a positive attitude towards online learning is associated by Chinese students with the opportunity to study without having to stay in the territory of the Russian Federation, and a negative one is associated with communication problems, in particular, with the lack of direct communication with a teacher or supervisor. It was revealed that the most psychologically comfortable leaning forms for Chinese students are online classes. There is significant evidence of this category of students’ preference for a separate position, being inside their foreign cultural group and social circle. A more general project on the study of social well-being of students with special educational needs, has been specifically identified as a promising direction for the development of the research topic.

Disruptive development path measurement for emerging technologies based on the patent citation network

Studying disruptive innovation development paths for emerging technologies helps trace and grasp key core technologies development, promoting innovation and development in emerging technologies and industries. This paper measures the innovation development path for emerging technology, including: (1) improving the triple citation network and quantifying disruptive measurement by designing a technological disruption model; (2) proposing a contraction method for the citation network from the dataset perspective; (3) proposing a method to extract the main path using technology disruption degree as a criterion for citation networks importance; (4) taking the sintering technology in 3-D printing technology as the empirical object with 12,662 patent families from 1997 to 2019. The empirical results indicate that the disruption degree value is determined by the transitive citation relationship without the co-citation relationship, and the closed-loop structures are effectively removed, thereby reducing the size of the dataset. The proposed disruption quantification method can support effective evaluation of technological innovation levels and decision-making for the research and development (R&D) direction and resource allocation.

Epistemologi : Rasionalisme, Empirisme, Kritisisme, Pragmatisme Positivisme dan Positivisme Logis

Epistemology in Philosophy, Epistemology comes from the Greek words, namely epistememe = knowledge and logos = words, thoughts, knowledge. Epistemology aims to critically examine the logical presuppositions and conditions that underlie the possibility of knowledge and tries to provide rational accountability for its claims to truth and objectivity. Rationalism is a philosophical ideology which states that reason is the most important tool for gaining knowledge and gaining knowledge. If empiricism says that knowledge is obtained by experiencing empirical objects, then rationalism teaches that knowledge is obtained by thinking. The tools in thinking are logical rules or logical rules.

Образ будущего в дискурсе политической элиты

The article presents the results of the analysis of New Year’s addresses by the Head of state, who has the highest level of trust among all political entities, as well as the Heads of the Central Federal District and the Southern Federal District. Attention to this type of texts is determined by their functionality in relation to the formation of an urgent agenda in the context of the political decisionmaking process; they are more informative in terms of declaring the key themes of the modeled image of the future. It caused the authors to choose them as an empirical object of research. The volume of the sample consisted of 12 documents namely transcripts of New Year’s addresses by the President of the Russian Federation and the governors of the Tula and Rostov regions for the period 2020-2023 The time frame was determined by the growing uncertainty associated with the unstable epidemiological and geopolitical situation. Cognitive mapping was chosen as the research method, which allowed the authors to analyze the structure of speech, nodal topics, and the nature of the relationship between blocks. A comparative analysis of New Year’s addresses over several years makes it possible to trace the dynamics of the main indicators. The results of the study showed a complication of the semantic load of the president’s discourse, an increase in the number of connections, a trend towards their univocality, an increase in the severity of the core of the text, concentration of speech, starting in 2022. It makes it possible to substantiate the tendency to increase the impact on the target audience, which, due to the specifics of the speech situation, is undifferentiated. The results of the analysis of the speeches by the Heads of regions show significant differences in the volume of congratulatory texts. The pool of key phrases used in the speech by the Governor of the Tula region A.G. Dyumin is limited to issues of consolidating the regional community and overcoming challenges. At the same time, the substantive message has remained unchanged for four years. In turn, the speech by the Governor of the Rostov region V.Y. Golubev raises a wider range of topics that largely correspond to both the discourse of the federal elite and the specifics of the current agenda. The expressiveness of the speech is more typical for the Governor of the Rostov region, while it differs from year to year, maintaining a positive modality.

Leaving the walls of mental health institutions

This article offers first of all an analysis of the representation of the person suffering from mental disability or mental disorders which is found in the call for deinstitutionalisation aired by the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (United Nations). It then shows how this anthropology, which is at the same time demanding and perfectly in sync with the ideals of a society in which personal autonomy is the right and the duty of each individual, is practically negotiated on the field of a mental health residential facility which provides support for its patients when they leave the institution at the end of their stay. The paper takes as empirical object a central feature of this process, the “partner-meetings” and the conversations taking place between the patient and other actors. The paper shows that, far from the abstraction of juridical texts, the care providers’ perception of the patient as a partner is a fragile process. The partnership is always conditioned, for the care providers, by an absence of worries about the persons’ (in)abilities to look after themselves, and by a demonstration of the latter’s desire for and capacities for autonomy. In these negotiations, the patient in mental healthcare is always potentially, but never completely, the partner in the process of leaving the institution.

Проблема адаптации иностранных учащихся к практикам онлайн-обучения в российском вузе

The article presents the results of an exploratory sociological study conducted in September-October 2023 on the problem of the influence of online learning educational practices on the social adaptation of foreign stu-dents at universities in Russia. The empirical object of research was Chinese citizens studying at Lomonosov Moscow State University and currently located on the territory of the Russian Federation. The study, using an online survey, obtained answers to questions about the attitude of Chinese students to the organization of the educational process, the practices of their interaction and communications in small study groups. It has been empirically proven that the attitude of Chinese students to any form of education depends on the extent to which the issue of overcoming the language barrier and building intercultural communication is resolved in a particular educational practice. At the same time, they associate a positive attitude towards online learning with the opportunity to study without the need to be on the territory of the Russian Federation, and a negative one with communication problems, particularly the lack of direct communication with a teacher.

STUDI KOMPARASI KONSEP TUHAN MENURUT BARUCH DE SPINOZA DAN KARL THEODOR JASPERS

Recognizing God in empirical knowledge is indeed very difficult and even impossible to understand the reality of God. Philosophers and theologians both have different understandings of God, so that from the time of Ancient Greece to modern human civilization, there is no agreement about God. Various views of God emerged along with the development of human thought. Various characters appear with different concepts. This research focuses on examining the thoughts of Baruch de Spinoza and Karl Theodor Jaspers. This research uses a philosophical hermeneutic method. The results of this research are as follows: according to Spinoza, God is a single substance and has many attributes, everything in this universe comes from God. Spinoza also thought that the universe was identical with God. Meanwhile, according to Jaspers God is a mystery and transcendence. God can only be trusted, but cannot be recognized as an empirical object. God also cannot be reached by logical thinking. God can only be understood as a metaphysical reality.

THE EDUCATIONAL ROLE OF HARMONICS IN PLATO’S REPUBLIC VII

<p>The purpose of this study is to discuss Plato's views concerning the mathematical aspects of music and its educational role, through the science of harmonics in <em>Republic</em> VII. Plato in his <em>Republic</em> includes harmonics as the fifth of the courses in a program of mathematical sciences (arithmetic, geometry, stereometry, astronomy, and harmonics) to be studied by the future philosopher-rulers, who are to become the best guardians and govern the ideal State. These mathematical sciences constitute the preparatory courses of the highest of all, which is dialectics. Τhe prominent place that mathematical sciences occupy in Plato's educational system, as that stage of education which helps the soul to turn towards true philosophy, is based on the fact that they contribute to the cultivation of cognitive skills, teach people how to think and help in the exercise of abstract thought. Harmonics have an equal, if not superior position, among the other mathematical sciences. Τhey are all connected with each other in terms of the result achieved by their study, that is, the conversion of the soul from the visible world to the intelligible world. This happens due to their mathematical way of thinking and their intelligible character, excluding their practical use and their involvement with empirical objects.</p><p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/soc/0014/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>