Historically, nostalgia has been viewed as a disease of the brain or the mind. However, in recent years, nostalgia has received a conceptual rehabilitation due to a revival of scholarly interest accompanied by the use of contemporary empirical methods. Drawing upon this recent work, we propose that nostalgia is an important resource for psychological health and well-being. We begin by detailing...

In its history, production, plots and gestures, slapstick comedy was tied to the rise of modern labor in terms of both Taylorist theory and Fordist practice. Comic heroes ranging from live action comedians Chaplin or Keaton to animated animals Felix or Mickey worked against work through the playful excesses of their obediences and transgressions within an increasingly rationalized, industrial w...

The literature has highlighted that international students abroad exhibit a strong preference for products from their country compared with foreign and services, thus suggesting the cultural disposition of consumers influences purchasing decisions. Therefore, this current research aimed to determine how feeling groundedness could affect students’ behavior in Malaysia through services. To end, q...