Abstract The extent to which long-term individual-oriented flexibility in working hours is associated with beyond retirement age not known. aims of the present study were identify trajectories worktime control (WTC) and examine whether membership WTC was individual’s pensionable age. A total 1,953 older employees participated had data up 16 years before Group-based latent trajectory modeling us...

due to the growing emphasis of modern language pedagogy on meaningfulcommunication, l2 willingness to communicate (wtc) has recently become animportant concept in second language learning and communication. the presentstudy investigated the effects of individual differences on iranian efllearners' willingness to communicate. as many as 431 students who were learningenglish as a foreign language...

Abstract The researchers have been interested to explore the impact of personality traits on second or foreign language learning. The current study is an attempt to investigate whether there exists a statistically significant relationship between introvert and extrovert EFL learners’ willingness to communicate and ambiguity tolerance. To this end, a total of 150 EFL learners completed the Intro...

Due to the growing emphasis of modern language pedagogy on meaningfulcommunication, L2 willingness to communicate (WTC) has recently become animportant concept in second language learning and communication. The presentstudy investigated the effects of individual differences on Iranian EFLlearners' willingness to communicate. As many as 431 students who were learningEnglish as a foreign language...

Computerized dynamic assessment has been proposed as a solution to the practicality issues involved in ordinary dynamic assessment procedures. However, most of computerized dynamic assessment studies have addressed receptive skills (i.e., reading and listening). Responding to the scarcity of CDA studies of productive skills, the present study was an attempt to design and implement a computerize...

BACKGROUND The Sept 11, 2001 (9/11) World Trade Center (WTC) disaster has been associated with several subacute and chronic health effects, but whether excess mortality after 9/11 has occurred is unknown. We tested whether excess mortality has occurred in people exposed to the WTC disaster. METHODS In this observational cohort study, deaths occurring in 2003-09 in WTC Health Registry particip...

Although insects are a sustainable meat alternative, the willingness to consume (WTC) them remains generally low. We synthesised effects of WTC correlates reported in 37 studies and also investigated moderating certain study characteristics. Across large number studies, affect-based factors, such as ‘food neophobia’, ‘disgust’ ‘the expected unpleasant taste insects’, were consistently strongly ...