In this paper, we firstly show that the $N$-dual operation of the right residual implication, which is induced by a left-conjunctive right arbitrary $vee$-distributive left semi-uninorm, is the right residual coimplication induced by its $N$-dual operation. As a dual result, the $N$-dual operation of the right residual coimplication, which is induced by a left-disjunctive right arbitrary $wedge...

IT affordances have gained much attention in theoretically interpreting social media-associated behavior in information systems literature and played a crucial role in conceptually realizing IT-implicated mechanisms of human-computer interaction. But these efforts have been practically impeded in empirical research due to the lack of a validated scale. Here we address a context-specific concept...

For several decades, development theorists, planners and policy makers have experimented extensively with poverty reduction strategies to arrive at some kind of a consensus on the essential elements of such strategies. The World Bank’s recent World Development Report 2000/2001, Attacking Poverty provides an example of a consensus view that identifies poverty as the consequence of lack of access...

The emerging model for development assistance in the coming decades is based on supporting the full integration of developing countries into the global economy by correcting for failures in product and factor capital markets. ‘Aid’ as such would be confined to humanitarian emergencies and activities with large international externalities. However, without free labour movement, the logical impli...

Traditionally, behaviouristic models have been used for the design of many interactive learning environments. In contrast, we propose a pedagogical model based on social constructivism and phenomenography, which we believe is more adequate when, for instance, information seeking and the use of the WWW are natural components in the learning situation. To see learners as persons who continuously ...

This paper is a response to Ray Pawson’s critique of critical realism, the philosophy of science elaborated by Roy Bhaskar. I argue that Pawson misinterprets critical realism’s positions on both natural and social science. His charges concerning its totalising ontology, its arrogant epistemology, and its naive methodology are largely unfounded, such that the differences between critical realism...

This paper develops a formal economic theory that is mainly proposed to explain and study the Easterlin paradox — a puzzle at the heart of our lives: average happiness levels do not increase as countries grow wealthier. This theory provides a foundation for studying happiness from the perspectives of social happiness maximization and pursuing individual self-interest. It takes into account both...

In this paper, I illustrate the importance of both dynamics and network constraints in the group formation process. I introduce a class of games called sequential group formation games, in which players make their group membership decisions sequentially over time, and show that the dynamics act as an equilibrium refinement. However, the resulting equilibrium is highly suboptimal–groups tend to ...

Building on broad discussions between many universities, this paper presents a research agenda based on a holistic, comprehensive view of the issues. It proposes that our infrastructure is a system of systems involving different technical manifestations and social organizations. The implication is that we need a fundamental reconsideration of how we look at system design, away from traditional ...

W develop a dynamic cognitive model of network activation and show that people at different status levels spontaneously activate, or call to mind, different subsections of their networks when faced with job threat. Using a multimethod approach (General Social Survey data and a laboratory experiment), we find that, under conditions of job threat, people with low status exhibit a winnowing respon...