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When emotions enhance students’ engagement in e-learning processes
No full textRecently, a growing body of literature has shown the importance of emotions in e-learning processes by pointing out their effect on academic achievement. Nevertheless, within innovative teaching models, the affective-behavioral notion of engagement has been neglected. The aim of the present pilot study is to analyse the experienced emotions by students within different e-learning contexts (chats with teacher, private group discussions, forum threads and content activities) and understand their possible relation with students’ engagement. Our results point out that when e-learners experience positive emotions across synchronous learning activities (chats with teachers and among students) the engagement dimensions of affective relevance and participation significantly increase. Further, we found that negative emotions play a central role during the interactive activities with teacher, as performing these learning tasks can be a first warning of an insufficient preparation. Therefore the study demonstrates the importance for an e-teacher to regulate students’ negative emotions experienced across the e-learning activities, as they can negatively influence both affective and behavioural dimensions of engagement
Ethical Consumer Decision Making: The Case of Fair Trade in Italy
No full textFair Trade is an alternative market-based approach
aimed to promote better trading conditions for
disadvantaged producers in developing countries, fostering
a sustainable development and a full respect
of workers' rights (Bowen, 2001; De Pelsmacker &
Janssens, 2006; Guido, 2009). It has experienced
a constant and signicant increase in popularity, attracting
a growing number of socially and ecologically
concerned consumers (DAWS, 2008). Nonetheless the
market share of fair trade brands is still extremely limited
(MacGillivray, 2000), emphasizing a relevant gap
between consumers' attitudes and behavior (De Pelsmacker
& Janssens, 2006) and claiming for a deeper
investigation of ethical concern in purchasing behaviors
(Freestone and McGoldrick, 2008). Hence it is
critical to understand the decision-making process of
actual and potential consumers of fair trade products,
particularly where marketing must consider alternative
means of product promotion that do not rely on the
large cash resources of large mainstream companies.
This will be critical to understanding the drivers to
growth and how these may be further developed. The
main goal of our study is investigating fair trade consumers'
decision making process and its implications
for market sustainability and growth. In particular we
adopted as theoretical framework a modied Theory
of Planned Behavior model (Shaw & Shiu, 2000, 2002,
2003) that, besides the original model measures of attitude,
subjective norm and perceived behavioral control
additionally includes dimensions of personal moral' or
ethical' obligation and self identity. As further factors
of potential in
uence we investigated also scepticism,
personal values and civic moral disengagement (Shaw
& Shiu, 2000, 2002, 2003; De Pelsmacker & Janssens,
2006; Guido, 2009). The participants for this study
were about 300 adults with a mean age of 39 years
(SD = 13). An anonymous self report questionnaire
was administered. Results of our analysis revealed that the addition of such measures has been found to improve
the explanation of intention to buy fair trade
products. In summary the tendency to hold strong
feelings of obligation for others has an impact on the
purchase choices. Furthermore ethical consumers make
ethical consumption choices because ethical issues have
become an important part of their self-identity
MAPPING EMOTIONAL RESPONSES ACROSS THE INDIVIDUAL MORAL SYSTEM IN SOCIAL NETWORK ETHICAL PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: A QUASI-EXPERIMENTAL STUDY
No full textSocial networks are meant to be environments of interconnection, but nowadays are emo-tionally charged and fuelled by polarizing dynamics, particularly on ethical issues. What appear to be overlooked are the moral motivational systems that can moderate emotional responses prompted by the communicative online content. Based on the individual Moral Foundations, namely Care, Fairness, Loyalty, Authority, and Purity (Graham et al., 2008), this quasi-experimental study aims to understand how certain online public messages structured through different moral framings affect distinct emotions. We explored with a sample of adult participants (N=306, F=58.5%) the different emotional responses after the presentation of posts on immigrants' reception in Italy, simulating interactions in an online context through three different framings: the first focused on the safety, the second on the relevance of help, and a neutral message. The results confirm distinct emotional responses according to different frames and within individual moral systems and political orientation. Keywords: Toxic emotions, prosocial emotions, Moral Frame, Social Networks, Ethical Com-munication, Moral Foundations
Prosocial words in social media discussions on hosting immigrants. Insights for psychological and computational field
No full textThe present work is aimed at exploring prosocial social media stances by means of real words used in on line discussions. In particular within online dynamics, the aim of the present study was twofold: 1) investigation of prosocial orientations emerging from a particular case of supportive communication on immigration promoted by a public figure (Morandi, a famous Italian singer). The methodology used is based on a machine learning approach combined with a psycho-lexical analysis of online discussions; more than 5 thousand prosocial comments were identified allowing to extract the peculiar words of people who stand for hosting immigrants. Results showed peculiar ‘prosocial’ moves expressed by means of identified group of words such the disconfirmation of stereotypes, the reflexive move, the recalling of universal values and the processing of causes and possible problems of immigration. The used lexicographic approach allows to develop a prosocial lexicon aimed at extracting the possible prosocial orientation also in other contexts exploring the peculiarity, and to develop a general model for user generated content in social network
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
[Counterproductive behaviors and moral disengagement of nurses as potential consequences of stress-related work: validity and reliability of measurement scales],I comportamenti controproduttivi e il disimpegno morale degli infermieri quali possibili conseguenze dello stress lavoro correlate: validit{\`a} e affidabilit{\`a} delle relative scale di misura
No full text«Counterproductive behaviors and moral disengagement of nurses as potential consequences of stress-related
work: validity and reliability of measurement scales». Background: Several studies, but no one in the nursing,
have shown that work stress can facilitate the adoption of specific behaviors that the literature identifies as Counterproductive
Work Behaviors (CWB). Individuals, however, not giving up to their moral principles, may transgress
social, organizational, moral and ethical norms, through the adoption of moral disengagement (MD). Objectives:
The purpose of this study is to validate two specific scales of deviant behaviors and MD in nursing: the
Nursing Counterproductive Work Behaviours Scale (Nursing CWBS) and Nursing Moral Disengagement Scale
(Nursing MDS). Method: 460 nurses participated in the study. After the adaptation of the Counterproductive
Work Behavior Checklist by Spector and Fox to Nursing context (Nursing CWBS) and the ex novo development
of the Nursing MDS, the psychometric properties of the two scales were tested. Also, the two scales were correlated.
Results: Through a cross-validation approach and based on the results of exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and
confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), we have shown that the scales have good psychometric properties. Furthermore,
the results, attest that the nurse with high levels of MD implements more CWB in the workplace. Conclusions:
The Nursing CWBS and Nursing MDS represent a valid starting point for the study of such phenomena
in this specific context where stress among nursing staff is sometimes of considerable extent, especially in specific
contexts of clinical care
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