Academic Writing

  • Culturally contextualized suicide prevention for international students: New opportunities for research and practice

    The rising incidence of suicide-related thoughts and behaviors among international students presents a significant public health challenge and growing concern among college campuses. Current intervention strategies often rely on Western-centric and colonized approaches developed and tested with primarily Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich and Democratic (WEIRD) samples. Exclusion and historical underrepresentation of ethnoracially minoritized groups in…

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  • Support for the Development of Technological Innovations: Promoting Responsible Social Uses

    Abstract How can technological development, economic development, and the claims from society be reconciled? How should responsible innovation be promoted? The “responsible social uses” approach proposed here was devised with these considerations in view. In this article, a support procedure for promoting responsible social uses (RSU) is set out and presented. First, the context in…

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  • The Ethical-Acceptability-Based Approach to Technological Development

    The Framework for the analysis of nanotechnologies’ impacts and ethical acceptability: Basis of an interdisciplinary approach to assessing novel technologies by Patenaude et al. (2015) (hereafter, “the Framework”), like many approaches that incorporate ethical, legal, and social concerns, was devised within the trend of applied ethics. The proposed tool is rooted in the philosophical tradition,…

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  • How to Write a Research Proposal: Samples of 30 Winning Research Proposals Included Writing the proposal of a research work in the present era is a challenging task due to the constantly evolving trends in qualitative research design and the need to incorporate university guidelines into the format and outline. The proposal is a detailed…

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  • Welcome on board to this guidebook containing everything you wanted to know but were afraid to ask about writing thesis, dissertations, statement of purpose, personal statements, and standard university essays. The book contains a toolbox of essay writing skills and resources that you can choose from to suit your undergraduate, master’s, and PhD research needs.…

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  • Student behaviors, class management, and pedagogical outcomes

    Research hypotheses In terms of academic engagement (Finn et al., 2003), this study uses student attentiveness, involvement and class participation as the student learning behaviors. Student attentiveness refers to concentration in the learning process (Blatchford et al., 2009) and may be adversely impacted by disruptive behavior of students or poor classroom management, which may be…

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  • Which academic writing challenges are you facing now?

    Language issues One of the most common academic writing challenges is language issues, which can include grammar, vocabulary, spelling, punctuation, and coherence. These issues can make your writing unclear, confusing, or unprofessional; they can also lead to plagiarism or misunderstanding. To avoid these problems, you should proofread and edit your writing carefully with tools such…

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  • The consequences of electronic performance monitoring in organizations: theory and evidence

    Purpose The potential applications of information and communication technologies in the workplace are wide-ranging and, especially since the COVID-19 pandemic, have increasingly found their way into the field of electronic performance monitoring (EPM) of employees. This study aims to examine the influence of EPM on individual performance considering the aspects of privacy invasion, organizational trust…

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  • Online sentiment analysis in marketing: A literature review

    Abstract Purpose The explosion of internet-generated content, coupled with methodologies such as sentiment analysis, present exciting opportunities for marketers to generate market intelligence on consumer attitudes and brand opinions. The purpose of this paper is to review the marketing literature on online sentiment analysis and examines the application of sentiment analysis from three main perspectives:…

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  • Technology-Enhanced Learning: Conclusions and Future Directions

    Abstract This chapter aims to establish a positive vision for the technology-enhanced learning design field. It commences by summarizing the current state of technology-enhanced learning research, as established by the previous analysis, in order to clarify the foundations upon which the field can build. The future of learning technology is considered, in the first instance,…

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  • You’ll often see us talking about how great the tech industry is (naturally), and we truly believe it is. It’s a place where we see all kinds of people build the careers of their dreams, no matter their background, socio-economic status, demographic, or even personality type.  However, we would be remiss to discuss the state…

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  • Tips for choosing MBA dissertation topics

    What is a Business Management Dissertation? A business management dissertation is a long-form research paper that students in master’s or PhD programs in business management are required to write. It is a capstone project that requires students to demonstrate their mastery of the field and their ability to conduct original research. A business management dissertation…

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  • Academic writing rules for beginners and professionals

    Academic writing is a formal style of writing used in universities and scholarly publications. Whether you are a student working on essays, research papers, or your dissertation, following these rules will help you communicate effectively: a. Use Formal Language: b. Be Clear and Precise: c. Maintain Structured Writing: d. Well-Sourced Content: e. Remain Objective: f.…

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  • A literature review on teacher turnover

    Identifying the causal impact of teacher turnover is a difficult task. The main threat to a causal interpretation of the association between teacher entry rates and student performance is, of course, the self-selection or assignment of incoming teachers to student groups that are already lower or higher performing. To address this concern, we focus on…

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  • What are the roles of educational institutions?

    School functions Idealist philosophers, such as Plato, Augustine, Descartes, Berkeley, Hume, Kant, Hegel, and Royce had a tremendous impact on the notion of schools as a means of promoting knowledge and preserving social norms and values [14]. School functions are based on idealistic educational beliefs about observing schools as miniature societies that must provide students…

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  • Field experiments in marketing research: a systematic methodological review

    Abstract Purpose The purpose of this study is to present a systematic methodological review of the application of field experiments in the domain of marketing research. By performing this study, the authors seek to offer necessary advice and suggestions to marketing scholars interested in the application of field experiments and to promote the adoption of…

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