This six-year study of new venture growth continues renewed research about the effects of entrepreneurs’ personal characteristics. I applied goal theory and social-cognitive theory to propose that entrepreneurs’ personal traits and general competencies cause new venture growth indirectly through situationally specific motivation mediators. Data about traits (passion and tenacity), competencies ...

The alternative economies of the Ecoxarxes (eco-networks) are created by autonomous networks like-minded groups that use social currency and mutual support practices for producing exchanging goods, services knowledge in Spanish region Catalonia. Drawing on ethnographic research, we show these commoning projects aim to establish sustain predominantly framed as fostering cooperation, aid commons....

Developments in ubiquitous computing mean that domestic appliances are increasingly programmable, providing new opportunities for end-user control and configuration. Unfortunately home programming, just as with end-user programming in professional contexts, is associated with stereotypically masculine learning styles. This is likely to result in future inequalities surrounding domestic technolo...

The occupational therapy services for adults with severe and persistent mental illness are concerned with their quality of life. A correlational study explored the relationship between the meaning of daily activities and the subjective quality of life of this group of people. In this study, the meaning of activities was defined by three elements, related to the Human Occupation Model: perceived...

Examining from a gender perspective religious education within a prominent branch of Dutch Protestantism, this article investigates the interplay between oppressive and emancipating educational forces. The so-called Neo-Calvinists--progressively minded, yet orthodox--sought successfully to update traditional Calvinism and keep it abreast with modern developments from circa 1870 onwards, notably...

The Arg-e Bam is a remarkable example of earthen architecture and construction that was heavily damaged in the Bam, Iran earthquake of 26 December 2003. This paper presents the hypothesis that the collapse of the walls was caused largely by a combination of the effects of (1) the additive changes made to the walls, particularly in recent restorations resulting in variations in the density and r...