There is hardly any cross-cultural research on the measurement invariance of the Brief Multidimensional Students' Life Satisfaction Scales (BMSLSS). The current article evaluates the measurement invariance of the BMSLSS across cultural contexts. This cross-sectional study sampled 7,739 adolescents and emerging adults in 23 countries. A multi-group confirmatory factor analysis showed a good fit of configural and partial measurement weights invariance models, indicating similar patterns and strengths in factor loading for both adolescents and emerging adults across various countries. We found insufficient evidence for scalar invariance in both the adolescents' and the emerging adults' samples. A multi-level confirmatory factor analysis indicated configural invariance of the structure at country and individual level. Internal consistency, evaluated by alpha and omega coefficients per country, yielded acceptable results. The translated BMSLSS across different cultural contexts presents good psychometric characteristics similar to what has been reported in the original scale, though scalar invariance remains problematic. Our results indicate that the BMSLSS forms a brief measure of life satisfaction, which has accrued substantial evidence of construct validity, thus suitable for use in cross-cultural surveys with adolescents and emerging adults, although evaluation of degree of invariance must be carried out to ensure its suitability for mean comparisons.

Building on the premise that societal sustainability depends on mental and behavioural sustainability, this paper provides a framework within which the complex challenges of sustainable early childhood education in the majority world is discussed. The work contends that entrepreneurial mindsets priming is a viable component of early childhood education through life skills orientation within the family. It argues that historically, vocational training of children has been the primordial responsibility of the family before the advent of schooling, a source of mismatch between acquired skills and sustainable livelihood. The work considers the family a major socialising agent in early childhood, and also an enterprise for knowledge production, strategies in entrepreneurial upskilling and sustainable lifeskills. The work does not advocate for rejection, but for the deconstruction of dominant capitalist learning values, which are fraught with crisis of relevance in sustainable childhood learning and development. As a proactive measure in developing entrepreneurial minds and societies discussions are oriented towards current policies and cultures in sustainable childhood education in context. RÉSUMÉPartant du principe que la durabilité d'une société repose sur la durabilité de la pensée et comportements, ce document offre un cadre au sein duquel seront abordés les défis posés, dans l'ensemble du monde, par la nécessité d'une éducation durable dans le domaine de la petite enfance. Ce travail soutient le point de vue selon lequel l'esprit d'entreprise, favorisé au sein de la famille par des activités centrées sur la vie quotidienne, est une composante primordiale vitale. Se fondant sur l'histoire, il postule que la formation professionnelle des enfants a représenté, avant l'introduction de la scolarisation génératrice de disparités entre les connaissances acquises en son sein et les compétences durables pour la survie, une responsabilité primordiale de la famille. Ce travail n'entend pas se faire l'avocat d'un rejet mais bien plus d'une reconsidération ou « déconstruction » des valeurs capitalistes actuellement promues à l'école, valeurs qui ne sont pas étrangères au manque de durabilité de l'éducation et des apprentissages durant la petite enfance. Afin de mettre en évidence des mesures préliminaires au développement de l'esprit d'entreprise au niveau des esprits et des sociétés, les contributions qui composent ce travail se pencheront sur les cultures et les politiques éducatives actuelles, s'agissant de leur impact sur le caractère durable de l'éducation de la petite enfance. RESUMENConstruyendo la premisa que la sustentabilidad social depende de la sustentabilidad mental y comportamental, este artículo provee de un marco de trabajo en el que los complejos cambios para una educación preescolar sustentable en la mayor parte del mundo, son discutidos. El trabajo aborda el establecimiento mental de emprendimiento como componente viable de la educación preescolar, apoyando el desarrollo de las habilidades para la vida en e...

There is growing interest in creativity and innovation at work, and the role of reward types in creative problem solving dispositions of workers in organizations. However, extending creative performance to problem resolution during critical incidents remains a virgin ground pending exploration. This study examined employees' perceptions of creativity rewards and effects on creative motive, competence and feelings of satisfaction. Participants were 50 and a reliable instrument was used to determine the opinions of respondents. Descriptive analysis, bivariate correlation and regression were applied for data analysis. According to results, nonmaterial reward significantly predicted intrinsic creative motive of workers while material reward significantly determined extrinsic creative motive. Analysis also reported that nonmaterial reward significantly predicted creative competence of employees. While non-material and material rewards significantly predicted satisfaction of employees, material reward by contrast failed to predict satisfaction. It is evident that intangible and tangible incentives determined creativity dimensions though at varying directions and degrees. Findings also supported theories used in explaining rewards and creative behaviors. Discussion is centered on creative and innovative culture, and how the use of reward types can improve creative responses at critical incidents. Furthermore, expansion of investigations on incentive types and creative behaviors has been suggested.

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Emerging debates on work and nature interface have recognized cultural ecology as an adaptive mechanism capable of energizing work behaviors, and driving a sustainable future for fisheries. Cultural ecology has been positioned as a utilitarian facility capable of ensuring adaptability to occupational demands while preserving aquatic and marine resources. The paper submits that inland fishers integrate cultural patterning into mainstream fishery operations, which simultaneously acting as catalyst to eco-sensitive work behaviour. Despite the economic benefits, the paper equally laments that certain exploitative practices are fraught with predatory attitudes and behavior due to non-reverence of nature. Building on existing models of man-ecology interface, the study investigated whether material and mental cultural ecology has any relationship with occupational drives of inland fishers. Participants constituted 130 fishers (35.7% females, 64.3% males) in Bamabalang, North West Cameroon, and a structured instrument was used to collect information. Descriptive statistics and regression were used for data analysis. According to results, physical ecology (β = 0.34.4, t=41.142, P< 0.01) and mental ecology (β = 0.337, t=4.045, P< 0.01) were reported as determinants of occupational motivation of fishers. Results suggest that though cultural technologies are seemingly invisible in the operations of fishers, they should be captured and integrated into conventional adaptive modes to ensure productivity and marine ecosystem. Discussion is centered on current participatory fishery management system having homegrown eco-values, and challenges in bridging between economic and ecological interest. While advocating sustainability benefits of ecosystem-based fisheries management, the paper suggests further research areas on fatalistic beliefs and relationships with risk taking behaviour, safety and health of inland fishers.107 This is mostly realized through occupational activities such as fishery, which has become a great source of economic development and subsistence for many, and where valuables such as water, fish species, nets, and practices are revered and even worshipped. Although fishery is a social and economic activity, Madakan et al. (2015) further explained that it is an essential component of the ecological system. Work therefore, does not only play a psychosocial and economic function, but equally a cultural ecology function since work is perceived as a cultural activity. In the fishery sector, culture demands occupational drives to satisfy needs and in the process, survival drives often affect the environment with great losses on marine biodiversity. With gross disregard for nature, man-ecology interface appears to be dominated by exploitative values due to survivalist tendencies. Although the motivation to work is moderated by social, cultural, and ecological norms, it is often determined by high economic interest and drives, and characterized by unsustainable consumption patterns (Fomba, 2012). Among others, disto...