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Most of the students experience struggles in academic, financial, and also struggle in physical
aspects in school .New students can also be considered to be struggling despite of excitement.
Consumer decision making styles in retailing: evolution of mindsets and psychological impacts
India has undergone dramatic change in its retail markets since economic liberalization in 1992.
The authors aim to use the framework of consumer decision making styles to investigate
longitudinally how these styles have changed from 1994 to 2009. They also conducted a cross-
sectional analysis of the 2009 data to determine whether decision making styles are shaped by
psychological variables: perceived time pressure, shopping opinion leadership, shopping self-
confidence, consumer susceptibility to interpersonal influence, and materialism. The longitudinal
analysis showed that four of the eight decision making styles changed statistically between
1994 and 2009; there were increases for brand consciousness, novelty-fashion consciousness,
and impulsive-careless shopping while perfectionist-quality consciousness decreased. The
study shows that decision making styles do change as an emerging economy becomes more
developed. The study also shows that psychological variables can explain some of the
differences in decision making styles among consumers (Steven Lysonski).
Mindsets That Promote Resilience: When Students Believe That Personal Characteristics Can
Be Developed
Because challenges are ubiquitous, resilience is essential for success in school and in life. In
this article we review research demonstrating the impact of students’ mindsets on their
resilience in the face of academic and social challenges. By discussing why psychological
interventions that change students’ mindsets are effective and what educators can do to foster
these mindsets and create resilience in educational settings. (David Scott Yeager & Carol S.
Dweck).
Students tend to lose their selves when they fail in one thing, especially in academics .So
creating great personal characteristics can be great for students who can and will burnout
easily.
Strategic leadership, resource management and effective school reform
Author(s):
Brian J. Caldwell (Professor and Dean of Education, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)
Changing the school principal and staffs may change the schools' arrangements, it may affect
the students, school activities, teachers and co-staffs .It needs deep analysis and investigations
before such change may happen.