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Time Spent in Canada and Ethnic Identity Moderate the Relationship Between Race-Based Traumatic Stress Symptoms and Cognitive and Emotional Processes
Get PDFIntroduction: Racial stress is a form of race-based stress triggered by real or perceived discriminatory racial encounters experienced directly or vicariously. Racial stress symptoms resemble post-traumatic stress disorder, which is linked to significant cognitive and emotional disturbances. Objectives: This study investigated the relationship between racial stress symptoms and executive functioning. It explored the moderating effects of potentially protective factors like racial socialization processes, ethnic identity, and proportion of time spent in Canada (PTSC). Methods: Seventy-three participants (M = 29.01 years, SD = 11.10 years; 42 women, 30 men, and one non-binary) were recruited through purposive and convenience sampling and subsequently completed online measures of racial stress, executive functioning (EF), ethnic identity, and racial socialization. Demographic data were also collected. Results: About 20% of participants reported clinically significant symptoms in at least one racial stress domain. Racial stress, executive functioning, and racial socialization were significantly associated. Ethnic identity and racial socialization were significantly associated. Ethnic identity and PTSC moderated the relationship between racial stress and EF in such a way that lower levels of ethnic identity and higher PTSC, respectively, predicted a worse effect of racial stress on two domains of EF. Conclusion: Racialized individuals experience high levels of racial socialization. Although there are differences in those levels across and within minoritized communities, these high levels of racial stress likely lead to executive dysfunction akin to traditional stress. Environmental variables like minority status and high rates of discrimination likely contribute to this association. Specific aspects of the psychological impact of racial discrimination on EF are moderated by PTSC and ethnic identity
Towards Wisdom: Knowledge Management and the Ethical Use of Big Data in Organizational Decision-Making
No full textThe volume, velocity, and variety of big data pose enormous opportunity for organizations looking to gain competitive advantage. As they look to derive new insights from massive datasets, Knowledge Managers play a crucial role in how data is ethically utilized by organizations to produce knowledge, and subsequently, how that knowledge is operationalized. This paper advocates that those in the evolving responsibilities of knowledge managers require the prioritization of KM strategies that consider the ethics of using big data and that they should advance those considerations in all areas of their organization. This paper discusses what big data is and how traditional definitions can be expanded to account for factors like embedded bias and its associated risks. It discusses the intersections of big data and Knowledge Management in organizational practice and considers how using big data in Knowledge Management and organizational decision-making can be done in a socially responsible way. It argues that this can be achieved through knowledge managers implementing Knowledge Management strategies and systems that contend not only with big data\u27s magnitude, but also with its depth
Diversity in YA fantasy
No full textThis article discusses the issue with the whiteness that has traditionally been prevalent in High Fantasy. Outlining some of the ways Fantasy gets whitewashed, this article also gives a list of more diverse High Fantasy novels
Imaginary exploration: World maps and landscapes in YA fantasy
No full textIn this article, high fantasy world building and map making are discussed.