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Negative / Null Result ReportSocial Sciences

Explaining the Marginalization of Women in Legislative Institutions

Yann P. Kerevel, Lonna Rae Atkeson · 2013 · The Journal of Politics

Previous research suggests that women tend to be marginalized in legislatures or denied access to important agenda-setting resources that reduce their effectiveness as legislators after gaining office. However, previous studies have not…

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Negative / Null Result ReportSocial Sciences

Couples as Partners and Parents Over Children's Early Years

Marcia J. Carlson, Natasha Pilkauskas, Sara McLanahan et al. · 2011 · Journal of Marriage and the Family

We used data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study to examine how couple relationship quality and parental engagement are linked over children's early years-when they are infants, toddlers, and preschoolers. Our sample…

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessSocial Sciences

No Replication, No Trust? How Low Replicability Influences Trust in Psychology

Tobias Wingen, Jana Berkessel, Birte Englich · 2019 · Social Psychological and Personality Science

In the current psychological debate, low replicability of psychological findings is a central topic. While the discussion about the replication crisis has a huge impact on psychological research, we know less about how it impacts public trust in psychology. In this article, we examine whether low replicability damages public trust and how this damage can be repaired. Studies 1–3 provide correlational and experimental evidence that low replicability reduces public trust in psychology. Additionally, Studies 3–5 evaluate the effectiveness of commonly used trust-repair strategies such as informati

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Negative / Null Result ReportSocial Sciences

Exploring Teachers’ Depressive Symptoms, Interaction Quality, and Children’s Social-Emotional Development in Head Start

Amy Roberts, Jennifer LoCasale‐Crouch, Bridget K. Hamre et al. · 2016 · Early Education and Development

Research Findings: This study explored the role Head Start teachers’ (n = 355) depressive symptoms play in their interactions with children and in children’s (n = 2,203) social-emotional development, specifically changes in children’s…

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Negative / Null Result ReportSocial Sciences

Show Don’t Tell: Diversity Dishonesty Harms Racial/Ethnic Minorities at Work

Leigh S. Wilton, Ariana N. Bell, Mariam Vahradyan et al. · 2020 · Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Organizations aim to convey that they are diverse and inclusive, in part, to recruit racial minorities. We investigate a previously unexamined downside of this recruitment strategy: diversity dishonesty, that is, belief that an…

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessSocial Sciences

Firm efficiency, foreign ownership and CEO gender in corrupt environments

Jan Hanousek, Anastasiya Shamshur, Jiří Trešl · 2017 · Journal of Corporate Finance

We study the effects of corruption on firm efficiency using a unique dataset of private firms from 14 Central and Eastern European countries from 2000 to 2013. We find that an environment characterized by a high level of corruption has an adverse effect on firm efficiency. This effect is stronger for firms with a lower propensity to behave corruptly, such as foreign-controlled firms and firms managed by female CEOs, while local firms and firms with male CEOs are not disadvantaged. We also find that an environment characterized by considerable heterogeneity in the perception of corruption is as

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessSocial Sciences

The heart trumps the head: Desirability bias in political belief revision.

Ben M Tappin, Leslie van der Leer, Ryan McKay · 2017 · Journal of Experimental Psychology General

Understanding how individuals revise their political beliefs has important implications for society. In a preregistered study (N = 900), we experimentally separated the predictions of 2 leading theories of human belief revision-desirability bias and confirmation bias-in the context of the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Participants indicated who they desired to win, and who they believed would win, the election. Following confrontation with evidence that was either consistent or inconsistent with their desires or beliefs, they again indicated who they believed would win. We observed a robust

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessSocial Sciences

The Impact of College Diversity on Behavior toward Minorities

Scott Carrell, Mark Hoekstra, James E. West · 2019 · American Economic Journal Economic Policy

This paper estimates the impact of racially diverse peers on white males’ subsequent behavior toward minorities. To overcome selection bias, we exploit data from the US Air Force Academy where students are randomly assigned to autonomous…

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessSocial Sciences

The effect of digital marketing and e-commerce on financial performance and business sustaina-bility of MSMEs during COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia

Mas Intan Purba, Demak Claudia Yosephine Simanjutak, Yois Nelsari Malau et al. · 2021 · International Journal of Data and Network Science

The purpose of this study is to analyze the effects of digital marketing (DM), e-commerce (EC), business sustainability (BS) and financial performance (FP) of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) during Pandemic Covid19 in Indonesia. The relationships between digital marketing and business sustainability, e-commerce and business sustainability, digital marketing and financial performance, e-commerce and financial performance, financial performance and business sustainability are investigated. This research is quantitative research with a questionnaire approach. Data processing tools use

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessSocial Sciences

From the Lab to the Field: Cooperation among Fishermen

Jan Stoop, Charles Noussair, Daan van Soest · 2012 · Journal of Political Economy

We conduct a field experiment to measure cooperation among groups of recreational fishermen at a privately owned fishing facility. Group earnings are greater when group members catch fewer fish. Consistent with classical economic theory,…

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessSocial Sciences

Foreign Aid and Government Legitimacy

Simone Dietrich, Matthew S. Winters · 2015 · Journal of Experimental Political Science

Abstract Branding of foreign aid may undermine government legitimacy in developing countries when citizens see social services being provided by external actors. We run a survey experiment on a sample of Indian respondents. All subjects…

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessSocial Sciences

How Much of Interviewer Variance is Really Nonresponse Error Variance?

Brady T. West, Kristen Olson · 2010 · Public Opinion Quarterly

classical intra-interviewer correlation (q int ) provides survey researchers with an estimate of the effect of interviewers on variation in measurements of a survey variable of interest. This correlation is an undesirable product of the…

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessSocial Sciences

The unresponsive avenger: More evidence that disinterested third parties do not punish altruistically.

Eric J. Pedersen, William H.B. McAuliffe, Michael E. McCullough · 2018 · Journal of Experimental Psychology General

Many social scientists believe humans possess an evolved motivation to punish violations of norms-including norm violations that do not harm them directly. However, most empirical evidence for so-called altruistic punishment comes from…

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessSocial Sciences

Sustainability of Communication, Organizational Culture, Cooperation, Trust and Leadership Style for Lecturer Commitments in Higher Education

Abd. Syakur, Tri Achmad Budi Susilo, Wike Wike et al. · 2020 · Budapest International Research and Critics Institute (BIRCI-Journal) Humanities and Social Sciences

This reserach was focused and related to effect of sustainability communication, bureaucracy structure and public support which have significant effect toward policy implementation performance and to execute Three Dharma (education, research and comunity service) in higher education. Communication, resources, bureaucracy structure and public support has its influence against disposition. In bureaucracy structure, public support has significant effect toward its main resources which is lecturer or its teaching staff. This study aimed to analyze the effect of communication and organizational cul

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessSocial Sciences

Sentiment cascades in the 15M movement

Raquel Álvarez-Urdiola, David García, Yamir Moreno et al. · 2015 · EPJ Data Science

Recent grassroots movements have suggested that online social networks might play a key role in their organization, as adherents have a fast, many-to-many, communication channel to help coordinate their mobilization. The structure and dynamics of the networks constructed from the digital traces of protesters have been analyzed to some extent recently. However, less effort has been devoted to the analysis of the semantic content of messages exchanged during the protest. Using the data obtained from a microblogging service during the brewing and active phases of the 15M movement in Spain, we per

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessSocial Sciences

The role of e-marketing and e-CRM on e-loyalty of Indonesian companies during Covid pandemic and digital era

Haudi Haudi, Erna Retno Rahadjeng, Ruby Santamoko et al. · 2021 · Uncertain Supply Chain Management

The aim of this research is to analyze the effects of e-Marketing, e-CRM and e-Marketing on e-Loyalty and company performance. The study is quantitative with a questionnaire approach. Data processing tools use the SmartPLS 3.3.3 software.…

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Negative / Null Result ReportSocial Sciences

Nonstandard Work and Marital Instability: Evidence From the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth

Ariel Kalil, Kathleen M. Ziol‐Guest, Jodie Levin Epstein · 2010 · Journal of Marriage and the Family

This article replicated and extended Harriet Presser's (2000) investigation of the linkages between nonstandard work and marital instability. We reexplored this question using data from a sample of 2,893 newlywed couples from the National…

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessSocial Sciences

Flipped Classroom in Organic Chemistry Has Significant Effect on Students’ Grades

Caroline Cormier, Bruno Voisard · 2018 · Frontiers in ICT

The flipped classroom as a form of active pedagogy in post-secondary chemistry has been developed during the last 10 years and has been gaining popularity with instructors and students ever since. In the current paradigm in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education, it is widely recognized that active learning has significant positive effects on students’ grades. Post-secondary organic chemistry is a difficult course for students and the traditional way of teaching does not foster students’ active involvement. Implementation of active pedagogy could increase students’ a

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