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A review on the outcomes of comes narcissism regarding political psychology

Collective narcissism is a form of social identity that reflects the convictions about an in-group’s greatness and exceptionality. Since these grandiose beliefs are dependent on getting validation from other groups, those identiying with their in-groups in the narsissistic way have preoccupations about these in-groups being underappraciated. This review aims to provide a comprehensive summary on the outcomes of collective narcissism regarding political psychology in the Turkish literature. Accordingly, the first part of the review includues the theoretical background of collective narcissism and the empirical studies investigating its origins. The second part includes the review of the empirical studies that examined the effects of collective narcissism on politics under four sections (perceptions about country and history, conspiracy theory beliefs, voting preferences and views on democracy, supported policies and applications). The research reviewed demonstrate that collective narcissism studied in the national contexts predicts electorates’ political preferences and beliefs that could have harmful consequences both for internal and external politics. The last part of the review points out research gaps based on the critical analysis of the reviewed studies, and presents future research suggestions for the researchers and students who would like to study on this topic.

The acquisition of nominal gender agreement: praxeology analysis of Arabic second language text book “Silsilah Al-Lisaan”

PurposeAssessing whether a book is relevant or suitable for use in teaching materials is not an easy and haphazard matter, various methods and theories have been offered by researchers in studying this matter. Taking a study of the context of textbooks, researchers found the urgency that textbooks are a foundation for education, socialization and transmission of knowledge and its construction. Researchers offer another approach, namely by using praxeology as a study tool so that the goals of the textbooks previously intended are fulfilled.Design/methodology/approachThe researcher uses a qualitative approach through grounded theory. Grounded theory procedures are designed to develop a well-integrated set of concepts that provide a thorough theoretical explanation of the social phenomena under study. A grounded theory must explain as well as describe. It may also implicitly provide some degree of predictability, but only with respect to certain conditions (Corbin and Strauss, 1990). Document analysis in conducting this research study. Document analysis itself examines systematic procedures for reviewing or evaluating documents, both printed and electronic materials.FindingsTwo issues regarding gender acquisition have been investigated in L2 Arabic acquisition studies; the order in which L2 Arabic learners acquire certain grammatical features of the gender system and the effect of L1 on the acquisition of some grammatical features from L2 grammatical gender. Arabic has a two-gender system that classifies all nouns, animate and inanimate, as masculine or feminine. Verbs, nouns, adjectives, personal, demonstrative and relative pronouns related to nouns in the syntactic structure of sentences show gender agreement.Research limitations/implicationsIn practice, as a book intended for non-speakers, the book is presented using a general view of linguistic theory. In relation to the gender agreement, the presentation of the book begins and is inserted with the concepts of nouns and verbs. Returning to the praxeology context, First, The Know How (Praxis) explains practice (i.e. the tasks performed and the techniques used). Second, To Know Why or Knowledge (logos) which explains and justifies practice from a technological and theoretical point of view. Answering the first concept, the exercise presented in the book is a concept with three clusters explained at the beginning of the discussion. And the second concept, explained with a task design approach which includes word categorization by separating masculine and feminine word forms.Practical implicationsPractically, this research obtains perspectives studied from a textbook, namely the Arabic gender agreement is presented with various examples of noun contexts; textbook authors present book concepts in a particular way with regard to curriculum features and this task design affects student performance, and which approach is more effective for developing student understanding. Empirically, the material is in line with the formulation of competency standards for non-Arabic speakers in Indonesia.Originality/valueWith this computational search, the researcher found a novelty that was considered accurate by taking the praxeology context as a review in the analysis of non-speaking Arabic textbooks, especially in the year 2022 (last data collection in September) there has been no study on this context. So then, the researcher finds other interests in that praxeology can examine more broadly parts of the task of the contents of the book with the approach of relevant linguistic theories.

Possibilities of application of cognitive-behavioral therapy to achieve remission in alcohol dependence

Topicality. The problem of abuse of psychoactive substances and the search for effective means for its treatment remains an acute topic in modern psychiatry and narcology. To date, cognitive-behavioral therapy when applied to patients with alcohol addiction is one of the most promising methods of treatment. This method of treatment is aimed at preventing and minimizing relapse. The purpose of this work was to study the possibilities of using cognitive-behavioral therapy to achieve remissions in alcohol addiction. Materials and methods: modern literary scientific data were analyzed regarding the issues of indicators of the effectiveness of alcohol addiction treatment, understanding the concept of remission and its prognostic factors, the personality profile of addicted persons, and the direct application of cognitive-behavioral therapy to achieve remissions in alcohol addiction. The results. The analysis of literature data showed that the duration, stability and quality of remissions are important for evaluating the effectiveness of alcohol addiction treatment. When a remission is established, such factors as the duration of anti-alcohol therapy, stress resistance, personality profile of the addict and supportive therapy are of prognostic value. Cognitive-behavioral theory views alcohol addiction as an inadequate way to cope with problems or needs. Cognitive-behavioral therapy for alcohol addiction uses a standard set of methods, educational coping strategies that take into account the identification and specificity of situations when coping is inconsistent, as well as training, modeling, role-playing and behavioral rehearsals. These methods are intended not only to increase the level of cognitive and behavioral coping, but also to facilitate the perception of external influences and improve adaptation in stressful situations. Learning coping skills to overcome their deficit, eliminating factors that can prevent overcoming a breakdown and ensuring their adequate application in practice is a necessary condition for the effective use of cognitive-behavioral therapy. The methods of this type of therapy make it possible to show the patient that social learning plays an important role in the development of rigid thinking and maladaptive behavior and are designed to develop and strengthen self-control. Conclusions. Thus, the analysis of literary sources showed that cognitive-behavioral therapy for addicts is a short-term, structured method of psychotherapy aimed at developing the skills of controlling addictive behavior in patients with alcohol addiction in the conditions of forming and maintaining remission.

Knowledge Graph Embedding by Normalizing Flows

A key to knowledge graph embedding (KGE) is to choose a proper representation space, e.g., point-wise Euclidean space and complex vector space. In this paper, we propose a unified perspective of embedding and introduce uncertainty into KGE from the view of group theory. Our model can incorporate existing models (i.e., generality), ensure the computation is tractable (i.e., efficiency) and enjoy the expressive power of complex random variables (i.e., expressiveness). The core idea is that we embed entities/relations as elements of a symmetric group, i.e., permutations of a set. Permutations of different sets can reflect different properties of embedding. And the group operation of symmetric groups is easy to compute. In specific, we show that the embedding of many existing models, point vectors, can be seen as elements of a symmetric group. To reflect uncertainty, we first embed entities/relations as permutations of a set of random variables. A permutation can transform a simple random variable into a complex random variable for greater expressiveness, called a normalizing flow. We then define scoring functions by measuring the similarity of two normalizing flows, namely NFE. We construct several instantiating models and prove that they are able to learn logical rules. Experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness of introducing uncertainty and our model. The code is available at https://github.com/changyi7231/NFE.

CONDITIONAL FLATNESS, FIBERWISE LOCALIZATIONS, AND ADMISSIBLE REFLECTIONS

Abstract We extend the group-theoretic notion of conditional flatness for a localization functor to any pointed category, and investigate it in the context of homological categories and of semi-abelian categories. In the presence of functorial fiberwise localization, analogous results to those obtained in the category of groups hold, and we provide existence theorems for certain localization functors in specific semi-abelian categories. We prove that a Birkhoff subcategory of an ideal determined category yields a conditionally flat localization, and explain how conditional flatness corresponds to the property of admissibility of an adjunction from the point of view of categorical Galois theory. Under the assumption of fiberwise localization, we give a simple criterion to determine when a (normal epi)-reflection is a torsion-free reflection. This is shown to apply, in particular, to nullification functors in any semi-abelian variety of universal algebras. We also relate semi-left-exactness for a localization functor L with what is called right properness for the L-local model structure.

Administrative justice as a way of ensuring public order

In the article, from the point of view of the modern theory of administrative law, administrative proceedings considered as a way of ensuring public order. The methodological basis of the article consists of a systematic approach and a system-functional analysis. The category «public order» considered. Attention drawn to the lack of a single theoretical approach to defining the concept of «public order» in administrative law. The problematic aspects of the category «public order» are considered, the legislation and judicial practice are examined, which allow us to conclude that there is no unified understanding and theoretical approach to the definition of the concept of “public order” in administrative law. It proposed to understand public order as an administrative-legal institution that ensures the supremacy of the law in the sphere of management. Public order is a complex construction of law, the content of which is important, as it allows identifying the sphere of administrative activity of the state in public management, to separate administrative activity from judicial activity in the context of administrative justice. It indicated that general local and administrative courts and the system of commercial courts carry out administrative proceedings within the current judicial system. According to the current legislation, disputes related to the administrative responsibility of legal entities and individual entrepreneurs handled in the commercial court. Administrative proceedings in commercial courts is a field of judicial activity introduced as a means of judicial control in the field of public legal relations, but the specified activity must be conducted within the scope of administrative proceedings. Proceedings in cases of administrative offenses are assigned by the legislator to the competence of executive (public) authorities, occupy a separate place in the sphere of public administration, are not a function of the judiciary from the point of view of the current legislation of Ukraine and scientific views on administrative and jurisdictional activity that take place in scientific circles countries of the European Union.

Basic Views of School-Based Management Theory in Improving Education Quality

The main role of education is to improve the quality of human resources, both through government and non-government institutions. One solution is through School Based Management (SBM) as a management of resources to improve the quality of education. Schools are given direct authority regarding services in schools both internally and externally. This is in line with the decentralization policy which encourages schools to make decisions in a transparent, accountable and participatory manner by involving school members such as principals, teachers, students, parents and the community.

Analysis of Merariq Kodeq Tradition Practiced by Sasak Indigenous People in Lombok Based on Max Weber and Georg Simmel's Theory

Sasak ethnic group still maintains the ancient tradition of abducted marriage or called Merariq, in which women are hidden in the homes of male relatives with the approval of traditional institutions. The tradition called 'merariq' initially required the consent of both parties and was only conducted under the strict supervision of traditional elders. The study aims to analyze Merariq Kodeq tradition practiced by Sasak indigenous people in Lombok from the point of view of max weber and georg simmel's theory. The study used a qualitative method with a literature review approach. The concept of social action initiated by Weber represents traditional Merariq tradition of Sasak indigenous people in Lombok. Compared to other sociologists, Weber's ideas are comprehensive.

Kontroversi Penerapan Presidential Threshold Dalam Pemilihan Presiden

This article aims to examine article 222 of law number 7 of 2017 concerning general elections which limits the right to vote for citizens to become president / vice president with a presidential threshold of 20% ( twenty percent ) of the number of seats in the DPR or obtan 25% (twenty five percent ) of the nationally valid votes in the previous election for members of the DPR were reviewed from the point of view of democratic theory.

Leveraging data-driven decisions: a framework for building intracompany capability for supply chain optimization and resilience

PurposeCompanies are turning to big data (BD) programs to help mitigate supply chain (SC) disruptions and risks that are increasing in frequency and severity. The purpose of this paper is to explore exactly how companies translate data into meaningful information used to manage SC risk and create economic value; an area not well researched. As companies are turning to big-data programs to help mitigate supply chain (SC) disruptions and risks that are increasing in frequency and severity, having the capability to internally integrate SC information is cited as the most critical risk to manage.Design/methodology/approachInformation processing theory and resource-based view are applied to support capability development used to make value-based BD decisions. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with leaders in both the oil and gas industry and logistics SC partners to explore each companies’ BD transformation.FindingsFindings illuminate how companies can build internal capability to more effectively manage SC risk, optimize operating assets and drive employee engagement.Research limitations/implicationsThe oil and gas industry were early adopters of gathering BD; more studies addressing how companies translate data to create value and manage SC risk would be beneficial.Practical implicationsGuidance for senior leaders to proactively introduce BD to their company through a practical framework. Further, this study provides insight into where the maximum benefit may reside, as data intersects with other company resources to build an internal capability.Originality/valueThis study presents a framework highlighting best practices for introducing BD plus creating a culture capable of using that data to reduce risk during design, implementation and ongoing operations. The steps for producing the maximum benefit are laid out in this study.

APPLICATION OF INNOVATIVE EDUCATIONAL METHODS IN TEACHING MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL DISCIPLINES

The article examines the peculiarities of the generation of modern students and teachers involved in the educational process from the point of view of generational theory and modern ideas about general and professional competencies in medical/pharmaceutical higher education. Innovative approaches and methods, and modern educational technologies used in teaching medical and pharmaceutical disciplines are summarised, and the prospects for transition to a new design of the educational space are analyzed.

Achieving stability and prosperity: The Chinese way

State governance in corporations controls the economy and employment to develop prosperity in China. Does privatization achieve both objectives? Privatization theory views that giving up state control benefits firms economically but is quite silent on the value of employment benefits. However, market mix theory (Sappington and Stiglitz, J Policy Anal Manag 6(4):567–582, 1987; Stiglitz, Whither Socialism? MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, and London, England, 1994) views that state control of firms to provide employment is valuable. It further implies that corporate performance and employment objectives can co-exist well together. We formalize Market Mix Theory to reveal its testable implications on dual objectives and performance. We test the notion that Chinese corporations pursue two objectives: maximizing economic value and employment, unlike the singular objective of value maximization in Western firms. As well, we test the benefit of partial privatization. First, we test the market mix theory by studying the relationship between state ownership and employment and financial performance as a combined objective. We show that mixed firms have the highest performance in wealth maximization and employment compared to private and state-controlled firms. Second, we examine Chinese SOEs’ Employment with a large sample of 2536 public firms using panel regressions. We find that state ownership and firm employment have a positive relationship. State ownership is positively related to employment stability. Moreover, performance has a negative relationship with state ownership–employment. This result supports our over-employment hypothesis, meaning that economic performance is sacrificed to provide employment. Lastly, we show executive pay for SOE managers is positively related to employment. The employment objective is real in determining state control in Chinese corporations without conflicting to maximize shareholder wealth. Rather, the mixed form of ownership is optimal and vitally contributes overall to the stability and prosperity of China. Our formalization of market mix theory better reflects the reality of motivation, performance and benefits of partial privatization as exemplified in Chinese state-owned enterprises.

Modeling Public Sector Corruption and the Institutional Environment in Emerging Economies: An Institutional Theory View

This paper models and empirically explores the institutional environment in emerging economies concerning public sector corruption. Employing perspectives from institutional theory, the paper develops strategies for reducing the perceived level of corruption by assessing the interaction between regulatory, cognitive, and normative institutional elements. We find that the regulatory, institutional elements, the legal system, and business, and professional associations have a positive linear relationship with reduced perceived level of corruption. In contrast, the freedom of the media does not have a linear relationship with the perceived level of corruption and serves as a moderator. Finally, the interaction effect between the legal system and the media is stronger than the interaction effect between the media and business and professional associations.

Kewenangan Panitia Urusan Piutang Negara Ditinjau Dari Teori Sistem Hukum

The position of the Committee for State Receivables (PUPN), from a constitutional point of view, should be able to become a strong and professional representative interdepartmental institution in line with the goals and expectations of its establishment in accordance with laws and regulations to support the wheels of the economy and benefit the country's finances at a macro level. The problem in this study is regarding how PUPN's authority is viewed from the point of view of the legal system theory. The method used in this research is descriptive research method with a normative juridical approach. Law Number 49 Prp of 1960 concerning the Committee for State Receivable Affairs, is the forerunner of the paradigm for settlement of State Receivables by incorporating elements of managing and collecting state debts with very effective and strong authority from a legal standpoint. In addition, the institutional form that is interdepartmental gives a special image and the presence of law enforcement officials in it can have a significant psychological effect on the debt guarantor. Not to mention that the PUPN itself is equipped with parate execution powers which are the same as the court's execution powers.

Protect Hakka Architecture: A Concept of Cultural Inheritance

Hakka culture takes the traditional culture of the Han nationality as its core, and the breeding and formation of Hakka culture conform to the laws of cultural development. It is a complete system that integrates Hakka customs, values, and aesthetic sentiments. However, preserving traditional Hakka buildings confronts challenges due to a lack of protection awareness and negative external impacts. It is urgent to explore strategies and approaches for the protection and sustainable development of the Hakka architecture. We conduct ethnographic research methods in fieldwork, which can provide the researchers with detailed and rich resources to further support the architectural analysis of explicit and implicit attributes in Haka historical architectures. On the basis of the concept of cultural inheritance, it is necessary to explore and research the protection and renewal of current historical buildings from the explicit and implicit aspects. Taking the Hakka architecture in Heyuan as an example, preservation and renewal strategies from the view of cultural inheritance theory are proposed, providing a practical reference for solving the problems that arise during historical building protection. Although external factors may influence cultural inheritance during the inheritance process, we must ensure that with complete cultural attributes and in line with the requirements of the times, we integrate diverse cultural inheritance to promote the effective continuation of cultural inheritance.

Do fintech adoption and financial literacy improve corporate sustainability performance? The mediating role of access to finance

Corporate sustainability performance (CSP) has recently garnered considerable traction worldwide. Adopting industry 4.0 technologies such as financial technology (Fintech) and leveraging critical organizational resources are of great importance to the sustainability and performance of firms. This study draws upon the ecological modernization theory (EMT) and resource-based view (RBV) to assess the effects of a firm's Fintech Adoption (FA) and Financial Literacy (FL) on different dimensions of its sustainability performance. We also examine the mediating role of Access to Finance (AF) in the associations among these understudied variables. Empirical data was collected from 262 firms in the Bangladeshi apparel industry, and the CB-SEM approach was employed to assess the proposed hypotheses. The findings revealed that FA and FL are significant drivers of firms' sustainability performance. Additionally, access to finance was found to have a robust mediating impact on both the fintech adoption-sustainability performance relationship and the financial literacy-sustainability performance relationship. Moreover, the findings indicated that access to finance positively spurs a firm's sustainability performance. These results are robust to several sensitivity checks. Our findings extend the EMT and RBV theories' scope by establishing FA, FL, and AF as valuable resources for firms to drive their sustainability performance. Given the dearth of primary-data-based research, our empirical study addresses the gaps in the fintech, FL, and sustainability literature and yields crucial implications for theory and practice. Our research provides managers of RMG enterprises and policymakers with a constructive model for implementing fintech and managers' FL to enhance firms' access to credit and sustainability performance.

Change Management Practices and Performance of Kenya Bureau of Standards

Management of state corporations in Kenya faces quite a number of challenges including corruption, poor management of resources, stringent regulations, political support, and policy gaps among others which influence organizational performance. The study sought to investigate the influence of change management practices on the performance of Kenya Bureau Standards in Nairobi City, Kenya. The specific objectives were to examine the influence of technology adoption, strategic leadership, stakeholder involvement and resource mobilization on the performance. The study was anchored by balanced score card model, diffusion of innovation theory, stakeholder theory and resource-based view theory. The study used a descriptive research design. The study target population was Kenya Bureau of Standards. The respondents were 730 employees working with the organization who were obtained from various departments. The respondents were categorized into departments whereby stratified sampling method was used. Simple random sampling method was used to select the respondents. The sample size was 258. A total of 26 questionnaires were piloted at the same organization but they were not included in the final study. Collection of primary data was done through the use of questionnaires which were administered to all the respondents. Descriptive statistical analysis such as mean and standard deviation was used in analyzing the quantitative data which were presented in terms of tables. Multiple regression analysis was done in establishing the relationship between variables. The study found that technology adoption, strategic leadership, stakeholder involvement and resource mobilization had a positive significant influence on the performance of Kenya Bureau Standards. The study concluded that adoption of technology enhances communication and collaboration which is important in today’s corporate environment where many organizations are still working from home and face to face interaction is nominal. Strategic leadership is ultimate for success of change programs as it directs all organization resources towards a common goal by effectively motivating employees to achieve a desired common change vision Resource mobilization ensures that the company will always have the resources available to meet its requirements, enabling it to continue offering its customers services. The study recommended that the organizational process in adopting technology should first clearly communicate the change and its benefits to employees, ask employees about their needs to help reduce change resistance by demonstrating that you are taking employee needs into account. The organization should develop a good engagement strategy by considering their grasp of the project's-initiated plan, their motivation for the project, and how each stakeholder will be impacted. The organization needs to establish a network of resource providers, use a variety of mobilization strategies, and concentrate on acquiring access to resources other than only financial ones.

Politics or markets: The dual role of the motivation to achieve organizational legitimacy in the development of knowledge management capabilities and business model innovation.

Despite business model innovation being the object of much interest, limited attention has paid on how and when knowledge management capabilities enhance business model innovation in the literature. Build upon institutional theory and knowledge-based view, we seek to investigate how knowledge management capabilities affect the business model innovation by exploring the dual role of different types of legitimation motivations in triggering knowledge management capabilities, and moderating the relationship between knowledge management capabilities, and business model innovation. The data collected from the 236 Chinese new ventures running their businesses across a variety of sectors. The results indicate the both political and market legitimation motivation positively affect knowledge management capabilities. The relationship between knowledge management capabilities and business model innovation are more strongly in high motivation to achieve market legitimacy. However, the positive effect of knowledge management capabilities stimulate business model innovation is more strongly in moderately motivation to achieve political legitimacy than in low or highly political legitimation motivation. The paper has significantly contributed to advancing the body of knowledge of institutional and business model innovation theory and providing deeper insights on the correlation between firm's motivation to achieve legitimacy and knowledge management capabilities for business model innovations.

Distributed Robust Cooperative Hierarchical Control for Island Microgrids under Hijacking Attacks Based on Multiagent Systems

Today, eliminating the effects of cyber-attacks is essential for stability and synchronization in island microgrids. In this article, island microgrid has been investigated from the view of multiagent systems and graph theory. This study uses the cooperative distributed hierarchical controller in two primary and secondary layers to control the hijacking cyber-attack in the islanded microgrid. Hijacking attacks’ impact on the control of distributed generators (DGs) has been mathematically formulated, and a suitable controller has been designed. Then, global stability and simultaneous synchronization of the frequency and voltage of the microgrid in the presence of a hijacking attack have been investigated by introducing the new Lyapunov function and proving the appropriate theorems. A case study has been simulated in MATLAB/Simulink in a microgrid. Also the effects of false data injection (and its comparison with the hijacking attack) and the time delay in the communication channel of the controller have been discussed. The theory and simulation results confirm the performance of the designed controller in solving this cyber-attack and other disturbances compared to other controllers.

Driving forces for industry 4.0 readiness, sustainable manufacturing practices and circular economy capabilities: does firm size matter?

PurposeDespite just eight years remaining to meet the sustainable development goals (SDG, 2030), the manufacturing industry faces numerous challenges for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Some notable challenges include integrating sustainability, circular economy (CE), and industry 4.0 (I4.0) technologies in a productive manner. However, there is a paucity of evidence available on the role of institutional pressures and organizational resources to promote I4.0 and sustainability. To fill this void, this study develops and tests a model based on institutional theory and resource-based view (RBV) theory while also taking company size into view as a moderating construct.Design/methodology/approachTo test the study hypotheses and validate the model, data were obtained through a survey from 228 randomly selected SMEs manufacturing in China. Structured equation modeling and multigroup analysis were used to analyze the data.FindingsThe research findings indicate that institutional pressure has a positive effect on organizational resources (i.e., tangible and intangible), which are capable of orchestrating I4.0 readiness effectively. Also, I4.0 readiness has a positive effect on sustainable manufacturing practices and CE capabilities. Finally, firm size was revealed to be a significant moderator in driving overall integration.Practical implicationsBased on the findings, practical implications and future research directions are discussed.Originality/valueBased on the institutional and RBV theories, this research shows how SMEs could be influenced by different stakeholders to acquire and develop their resources and capabilities to accelerate I4.0 readiness that further enhances sustainable practices.