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Volume 09 - Issue 05


Paper Title :: Investigation of the Achievement of Agility and Training Needs of Executives in Sports Programs for People with Disabilities in Local Government
Author Name :: Angeliki Stella || Krinanthi Gdonteli || Marios-Ioannis Sotiras || Pinelopi Athanasopoulou || Efthalia Chatzigianni
Country :: Greece
Page Number :: 01-13
The present study investigates organizational flexibility (agility) and the training needs of staff working in the Sports Directorates of Local Government Organizations (LGOs), within the context of implementing sports programs for people with disabilities (PWDs). The research is based on a quantitative methodology, using structured Likert-scale questionnaires. The total sample included 332 municipalities across 13 regions and 180 staff members from Municipal Sports Directorates of LGOs, as well as an analysis of 93 municipalities regarding their digital readiness. Data analysis was conducted using SPSS software, employing descriptive statistics, correlation analyses (Pearson), comparative tests (t-test, ANOVA), and multiple regression analysis. The reliability of the scales was particularly high (Cronbach’s α = 0.896–0.964). Electronic leadership is primarily influenced by responsiveness (β = 0.419), competence (β = 0.330), and flexibility (β = 0.234). At the same time, organizational agility remains low (M ≈ 2.35), alongside moderate development of digital skills and limited utilization of training in practice. At the same time, a significant relationship was identified between staff training and the provision of specialized programs. The findings highlight the need to strengthen education, technological competence, and administrative flexibility.
Keywords: People with disabilities (PWDs), local government, organizational agility, professional development, digital skills, digital leadership
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Paper Title :: The Message of Death: Critical Discourse Analysis of Sebujur Bangkai Song by Rhoma Irama
Author Name :: Wisasongko
Country :: Indonesia
Page Number :: 14-19
This study analyzes the song Sebujur Bangkai, which literally means „a lifeless corpse‟ by Rhoma Irama through the lens of Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) to uncover its deeper messages about death and morality. As one of the most influential figures in Indonesian dangdut music, Rhoma Irama often conveys religious and social themes in his lyrics. This research examines how linguistic features, discursive strategies, and sociocultural contexts shape the song‟s meaning. Utilizing Fairclough‟s three-dimensional framework, the study explores the textual, discursive, and social dimensions of Sebujur Bangkai. The findings suggest that the song serves as a moral reminder, emphasizing human mortality, the futility of material wealth, and the importance of spiritual devotion. The discourse constructed in the lyrics reflects broader religious and cultural values in Indonesian society. This study contributes to the understanding of how music functions as a medium for ideological expression and social critique.
Keywords: after life, CDA, death, morality, mortality, religion
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Paper Title :: A Visual Re-Narrating of Loneliness during the COVID-19: A Study of Painting Practice Based on Personal Isolation Experience
Author Name :: Li Jialin || Dr. Mohd Zahuri bin Khairani
Country :: Malaysia
Page Number :: 20-28
The background of this study is based on personal experiences during the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic from 2021 to 2022. At this stage, the epidemic has not completely ended, and social life is still in a state of repeated lockdown, home isolation, and travel restrictions. And the emotions in this state are longer, quieter, and more of an inner loneliness. This study focuses on the visual reconstruction of "loneliness emotions" in painting during the pandemic, exploring how painting can serve as a medium for emotional expression and memory retelling, transforming personal isolation experiences into visual images that are viewable, perceivable, and empathetic. The research adopts a qualitative research method based on studio practice and is carried out through three paths: visual research, visual analysis, and artistic creation. Secondly, by combining The constructive memory theory and the visual method of re-narration, the works "The Window" and "Sleep" were finally completed. Researchers collected the results by conducting questionnaires among professional artists and scholars. The research findings indicate that the loneliness during the epidemic is mainly expressed through visual elements such as enclosed Spaces, still figures, soft but depressing tones, Windows, beds, plants and sleeping states. Through painting, researchers not only re-narrated individuals' feelings of loneliness during the pandemic, but also transformed private memories into emotional images that resonate with society.
Keywords: Emotion of loneliness, Re-Narrating, Epidemic Painting.
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Paper Title :: Chinese “Helen of Troy”: the development of Qin Ke-qing’s tendency and fate in the Story of the Stone
Author Name :: Vivien Jiaqian Zhu
Country :: USA
Page Number :: 29-30
This study implements a praxis of relational comparison to reconfigure our understanding of 18th-century Sinitic vernacular fiction. Rather than evaluating Cao Xueqin’s masterwork through the standard linear progression of the Eurocentric novel, this paper establishes a cross-cultural triangulation between Homeric epic fate and late imperial allegorical structures. Specifically, I argue that Qin Keqing operates as a macro-cosmic somatic catalyst whose physical desire and early death drive the structural decline of the Jia clan. Drawing on Zhuangzi’s non-dualist philosophy of wuhua (物化 - the transformation of things), the study demonstrates that Keqing’s hyper-aestheticized bedroom functions as an active ontological threshold—resembling the performative "Ghost Gateway" (Guimendao) found in early Chinese drama. This spatial configuration creates a system of concentric spectatorship that actively destabilizes the objective gaze of the reader, transforming the act of reading into an ongoing, tactile performance of psychological transformation.
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