Come as You Are: Examining Autistic Identity Development and the Neurodiversity Movement through an Intersectional Lens

Harm reduction: come as you are.

The purpose of this paper is to describe what harm reduction is, how it developed, how it works, and why it is becoming a major approach in the addictive behaviors field. Based on principles of public health, harm reduction offers a pragmatic yet compassionate set of strategies designed to reduce the harmful consequences of addictive behavior for both drug consumers and the communities in which...

Examining Teachers’ Development through Past-Present-Aspirational Continuum of English Language Teachers’ Professional Identity

Professional development and professional identity of English language teachers have usually been explored separately in the research agenda. However, there might be a nexus of relationships between professional identity and professional development in the context of English language teaching. This study, therefore, explored how professional identity might contribute to professional development...

Examining the effects of work externalization through the lens of social identity theory.

This study examines whether dissimilarity among employees that is based on their work status (i.e., whether they are temporary or internal workers) influences their organization-based self-esteem, their trust in and attraction toward their peers, and their altruism. A model that is based on social identity theory posits that work-status dissimilarity negatively influences each outcome variable ...

Examining SNS Adoption through Motivational Lens

The impact of social networking has become a focal point for Information Systems researchers; however, its potential benefits and impact have not been fully explored. Membership in social networks has been increasing steadily within the last decade but at the same time some members have abandon their accounts or use them minimally. To understand the differences in usage among members the adopti...

What can physicians learn from the neurodiversity movement?