International Journal of Social and Educational Innovation (IJSEIro)

RECONSTITUTING THE SENSE OF THE REAL: A SCHUTZIAN PERSPECTIVE ON ONLINE GAMING

Lucian MOCREI-REBREAN — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0300

The ongoing virtualization of daily life represents one of the most significant shifts of the 21st century. The actual boundaries between physical and digital are increasingly negotiated, challenging common conceptions of what is “real”. Using a conceptual framework grounded in Alfred Schutz’s phenomenological sociology, the paper explores the intersubjective experience of online gaming as participation in a very specific "finite province of meaning" within an expanding social multiverse. As millions of individuals chose to regulary migrate from the paramount reality of the "world of work" to the immersive alternative worlds of massive multiplayer games, social life undergoes unpredictable transformations. The study analyzes how the very sense of reality is reconstituted within these digital environments, where sensory immersion and the suspension of everyday physical limitations alter the subject's cognitive style and temporal experience. By contrasting the everyday "world of work", characterized by wade awakeness and vivid pragmatic interest, with the world of play, the research investigates the shifts in the "tension of consciousness" that define virtual sociality.

WOUNDS OF THE PAST AS ROOTS OF SHAME: THE LINK BETWEEN EARLY EXPOSURE TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, CHILDHOOD TRAUMA, INSECURE ATTACHMENT, AND SHAME PRONENESS

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0300

The present study aimed to investigate the relations between early exposure to domestic violence, childhood trauma, insecure attachment (i.e., anxious and avoidant), and shame proneness. The sample comprised 718 Romanian participants aged 17 to 62 (M = 27.16, SD = 10.28; 76.60% female). Results suggested that participants’ exposure to domestic violence during childhood was positively associated with anxious and avoidant attachment and shame proneness. Though childhood trauma was positively associated with early exposure to domestic violence, it was not significantly associated with anxious or avoidant attachment nor with shame proneness. Further mediation analysis suggested a complete, statistically significant positive mediation of the relationship between exposure to domestic violence and shame proneness through insecure attachment. We discuss these findings and consider their implications for practical interventions aimed at addressing the adverse long-term effects of childhood traumatic events and the complex implications of insecure attachment styles.

IMPACTS OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND ACCOUNTING CONTROL PRACTICE ON FINANCIAL REPORTING QUALITY OF MICROFINANCE BANKS IN NIGERIA

Ahmed Oluwatobi ADEKUNLE — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0300

The persistent failures of microfinance banks in Nigeria have undermined stakeholders' faith in the quality of financial reporting of these institutions, attributable to board inefficiencies and inadequate internal control systems in many MFBs. This study investigated the influence of corporate governance and accounting control practices on the quality of financial reporting in Microfinance Banks located in Kwara State, Nigeria. This study employed a cross-sectional survey research methodology and utilized a purposive sample technique to pick 252 target respondents from the staff of 28 licensed Microfinance Banks in Kwara State, Nigeria. Primary data were gathered by a questionnaire distributed to the chief finance officer, internal audit manager, accountant, and other personnel, and the quantitative data were analyzed utilizing multiple regression techniques. The study demonstrated that board expertise positively and significantly influences the financial reporting quality of MFBs and board independence does not significantly affect the financial reporting quality of MFBs. The study indicated that board competence, board responsibility, and internal control effectiveness had enhanced the quality of financial reporting for MFBs in Kwara State. This study recommends that microfinance banks in Kwara State enhance board knowledge, board accountability, and internal control efficacy to improve financial reporting quality.

INNOVATION IN FRANCHISING SYSTEMS UNDER THE IMPACT OF DIGITALIZATION AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Beatrice IPSALAT, Raluca ZOLTAN — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0300

This paper provides an analysis of the franchising system, synthesizing the theoretical foundations of vertical cooperation, the innovator’s psychological profile, and customer loyalty mechanisms, correlating them with cutting-edge research on the Motivation-Opportunity-Ability (MOA) framework and the impact of Artificial Intelligence. The results highlight the importance of integrating the traditional rigor of the franchise-specific business package and the agility provided by new technologies. Additionally, the paper emphasizes the importance of technological education and demonstrates that the future success of franchise networks depends on the capacity to generate not only economic but also social value, in the form of Digital Social Innovation (DSI) in accordance with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which defines franchising not just as a replicable business model, but as one capable of continuous evolution through innovation.

BEYOND STRESS: EMOTION REGULATION, BURNOUT, AND WORK ENGAGEMENT AS PREDICTORS OF TEACHERS’ OCCUPATIONAL SELF-EFFICACY IN SUSTAINABLE EDUCATION SYSTEMS

Monica TURTUREAN — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0300

The long-term sustainability of educational systems depends not only on structural conditions but also on teachers’ capacity to maintain effective professional functioning under persistent instructional, relational, and organizational demands. Although teacher stress has been widely examined, stress-centered explanations alone do not fully account for variation in teachers’ occupational self-efficacy.

The present manuscript develops and reports an integrative structural model in which emotion regulation operates as a personal resource, burnout reflects resource depletion, and work engagement functions as a motivational mechanism linking resources to professional confidence. Framed by Social Cognitive Theory and the Job Demands–Resources model, the article reports a coherent structural equation modelling (SEM) analysis for a sample of 412 in-service teachers. The model demonstrated good fit, χ²/df = 2.41, CFI = .94, TLI = .93, RMSEA = .052, SRMR = .047. Work engagement emerged as the strongest direct predictor of occupational self-efficacy (β = .49, p < .001), whereas burnout showed a substantial negative effect (β = −.41, p < .001). Emotion regulation predicted self-efficacy directly (β = .34, p < .001) and indirectly through work engagement (β = .18, p < .001).

The findings support the argument that sustainable teacher functioning is best understood as the outcome of interacting emotional, motivational, and depletion-related processes rather than as the simple absence of stress. Implications are discussed for teacher development, school leadership, and sustainable educational policy.