background: professionalism is an important feature of the professional jobs. dynamic nature and the various interpretations of thisterm lead to multiple defi nitions of this concept. the aim of this paper is to identify the core attributes of the nursing professionalism. materials and methods: we followed rodgers’ evolutionary method of concept analysis. texts published in scientifi c database...

Purpose Drawing on the literature victim precipitation theory, workplace ostracism (WO) and paranoia, this paper examines mediating role of WO paranoia–service performance (SP) relationship. This further postulates that team cognitive diversity (TCD) moderates paranoia–WO Design/methodology/approach Data were collected from 228 nurses a leading hospital located in an eastern province China. Hyp...

Self-mutilative behaviors (SMB) were examined in a sample of male veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The primary objective was to determine the prevalence of SMB and any physical, cognitive, or affective antecedents and correlates for these behaviors. Participants included 509 male veterans with PTSD and levels of PTSD, depression, alcohol use, hostility, and impulsivity were e...

The Chomskyan revolution in linguistics in the 1950s in essence turned linguistics into a branch of cognitive science (and ultimately biology) by both changing the linguistic landscape and forcing a radical change in cognitive science to accommodate linguistics as many of us conceive of it today. More recently Chomsky has advanced the boldest version of his naturalistic approach to language by ...

Research into permission-based mobile marketing is increasingly common due to the widespread adoption of mobile technology and its use as a communication channel. Yet few studies have attempted to analyze the factors that determine attitudes toward mobile advertising while simultaneously considering: the links among them and consumers' intentions, behavior, and/or cognitive and affective variab...

Flow, a state of mind experienced by those deeply involved in an activity, has become increasingly relevant to online merchants. Flow leads to positive and excited engagement with a website and an increased likelihood of return visits, or e-loyalty. However, researchers have struggled with the definition and measurement of flow in an e-commerce environment. Recent work has examined flow as a fu...

This study assessed the impact of extremely preterm birth on academic attainment at 11 years of age, investigated neuropsychological antecedents of attainment in reading and mathematics, and examined early predictors of educational outcomes. Children born extremely preterm had significantly poorer academic attainment and a higher prevalence of learning difficulties than their term peers. Genera...