PDF Button Racial Abuse and the Public Career of Mario Balotelli Mario Balotelli has played decisive roles in the English Premier League title for Manchester City F.C. in the 2011/12 season and Italy’s amazing run to the final at Euro Cup 2012. Recently, the football prodigy has proved his credentials in France, too, with OGC Nice. However, the Italian National is subject to the worst racial abuse on social media

PDF Button The Good Story: Exchanges on Truth, Fiction and Psychotherapy is a dialogue between novelist J. M. Coetzee and psychotherapist Arabella Kurtz about memory, self-narration, truth, and the stories people construct to make life intelligible. The original review treats the book as an inquiry into whether a psychologically useful story must also be factually true. That question remains the heart of the discussion. Coetzee approaches it as a writer

PDF Button Introduction Workplace absenteeism refers to nonattendance when an employee is scheduled to work. The original essay described absence as usually intentional, but that assumption is too narrow. Employees may be absent because of illness, disability, caregiving, bereavement, unsafe working conditions, transportation problems, burnout, workplace conflict, approved leave, or deliberate withdrawal. Research must distinguish authorized from unauthorized absence, occasional episodes from chronic patterns, and absence frequency from total days

PDF Button Electronic media today influence the behavior of young people. The use of iPods, televisions, cell phones, computers, and video game systems is widespread due to the advancement of media technology. Urbanization and scarcity of land have led many families to lack essential facilities in their neighborhood, such as playgrounds, making many youths spend more of their time at home on media, up to four hours every day. Parents

PDF Button Introduction Employee productivity depends not only on professional competence but also on workers’ physical health, psychological well-being, motivation, and ability to recover from occupational demands. Every organization aims to generate sustainable revenue through the coordinated efforts of trained employees. However, some employers attempt to reduce operational costs by limiting staff numbers while assigning additional responsibilities to the employees who remain. Although such a strategy may reduce immediate labor