Abstract In response to the mixed views about appointment-based connectedness between CEO and subordinate C-level executives, we systematically analyze net effect of top management team (TMT) in context real corporate investment activities. We document a robust negative association TMT investments, driven by reduction R&D spending acquisitions. Further tests show inefficiency firms with closely...

As a fairly new establishment for childcare, afterschool programs are understudied. However, some research proposes that these environments provide risk prevention for problem behavior. This research investigates the roles of attendance and connectedness in afterschool programs upon children's substance abuse and problem behavior. Multiple regression analysis was used among 22 programs to gauge...

in this paper, a certain new connectedness of l-fuzzy subsets inl-topological spaces is introduced and studied by means of preclosed sets. itpreserves some fundamental properties of connected set in general topology.especially the famous k. fan’s theorem holds.

Research in high income countries shows parent-child connectedness to be protective against undesirable sexual and reproductive health (SRH) outcomes among young people. Little has been done to understand the nature of parent-child connectedness, the structural factors that impact on connectedness and parents' understanding of how connectedness affects their children's sexual behaviour in sub-S...

The study investigated factors associated with internalising emotional and behavioural problems among adolescents displaced during the most recent Chechen conflict. A cross-sectional survey (N=183) examined relationships between social support and connectedness with family, peers and community in relation to internalising problems. Levels of internalising were higher in displaced Chechen youth ...

The influence of environmental attitudes on environmental behaviors has long been discussed. However, few studies have addressed the foundation of such attitudes. In the present study, we explored primitive belief underlying environmental attitudes, i.e., connections with nature, and its relationship with pro-environmental behaviors. Specifically, we used scales, a computerized Implicit Associa...

A general notion of connectedness with respect to a closure operator on an arbitrary category X is used to produce some connectedness notions in the category of fuzzy topological spaces. All these notions turn out to be connectednesses in the sense of Preuß. Some already existing notions of connectedness in the category of fuzzy topological spaces are obtained as special cases of ours.

The central premise of this paper is that firm level characteristics or behavioral traits, referred to as predispositions, influence how the firm behaves and interacts in its interfirm relationships (IFRs). This augments traditional approaches that focus on the intra-relationship perspective and/or on environmental influences on the relationship. Firm predispositions of strategic intent and rel...

The purpose of this paper is to introduce the concepts of fuzzy soft βopen sets, fuzzy soft β-continuous functions, fuzzy soft β-connectedness, fuzzy soft β-strongly connectedness, fuzzy soft β-C5 connectedness. Some interesting properties of these notions are studied. In this connection, interrelations are discussed. Examples are provided wherever necessary. 2010 AMS Classification: 54A40-03E72

This study examined the relationships between defenses and depressive experiences. Two questionnaires, in counterbalanced order, were administered to a community sample of 205 adults: the Depressive Experiences Questionnaire (DEQ; S. Blatt, J. D’Afflitti, & D. Quinlan 1976, 1979) and the Defense Mechanisms Inventory (DMI; D. Ihilevich & G. C. Gleser, 1986). Although turning against self related...