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\"This is a scholarly work of anthropological archaeology in which Wonderley and Sempowski use their combined scholarship to shine a spotlight on what are perhaps the most significant yet neglected issues in the Iroquois past: When and how did historically known tribes begin to coalesce, what factors allowed the success of those population amalgamations, and when did the League of the Iroquois achieve its final form?\"-- Provided by publisher.

This article presents the first assessment of how the five-factor model of personality and political ideology are associated across the world. Personality traits become more and more important in the study of political behavior. And the relationship with ideology virtually parallels the history of this line of research. Yet, many existing studies are limited to single, highly developed countries and mostly draw on nonrandom or nonrepresentative samples. Our study, in contrasts, makes use of the most recent wave of the World Value Survey and analyzes the relationship comparatively in 21 countries from all continents. Results corroborate the most prominent findings about personality and ideology. However, effects of personality traits cannot be generalized easily across the world as effects vary considerably from country to country. Therefore, we additionally analyze specific preferences concerning social and economic policies on the one side. On the other, we theorize as well as model the moderating role of the country context by introducing cross-level interaction effects.

\"The period of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms (907-960) has long been treated as an anomaly in the history of China, an age of great disunity between the empires of the Tang and the Song dynasties. Breaking with previous scholarship on China's middle period, this edited volume presents individual studies that focus on the art, culture, and politics of the interregnum, challenging underlying assumptions about the unitary nature of dynastic culture and its value as a category of historical analysis. It understands these decades as a time of important transition in which the incipient cultural shifts of the mature Tang dynasty turned into the foundations of Song society. Consequently it highlights the complex narrative processes that gave birth to Song culture.\"--Publisher's web site.

It's Julian, Dick and Anne's first visit to Kirrin to meet their cousin George - never call her Georgina! - and her loyal dog Timmy. Exploring together, they discover the location of some ancient family treasure marked on a hidden map. They must work quickly to find it as they are not the only ones searching for it.

The Big Five personality traits have been linked to dozens of life outcomes. However, metascientific research has raised questions about the replicability of behavioral science. The Life Outcomes of Personality Replication (LOOPR) Project was therefore conducted to estimate the replicability of the personality-outcome literature. Specifically, I conducted preregistered, high-powered (median N = 1,504) replications of 78 previously published trait–outcome associations. Overall, 87% of the replication attempts were statistically significant in the expected direction. The replication effects were typically 77% as strong as the corresponding original effects, which represents a significant decline in effect size. The replicability of individual effects was predicted by the effect size and design of the original study, as well as the sample size and statistical power of the replication. These results indicate that the personality-outcome literature provides a reasonably accurate map of trait–outcome associations but also that it stands to benefit from efforts to improve replicability.

Classic fiction (children's / teenage). Meet Julian, Dick, Anne, George and Timothy. Together they are THE FAMOUS FIVE - Enid Blyton's most popular adventure series. 'There was something else out on the sea by the rocks - something dark that seemed to lurch out of the waves ...What could it be?' Julian, Dick and Anne are spending the holidays with their tomboy cousin George and her dog, Timothy. One day, George takes them to explore nearby Kirrin Island, with its rocky little coast and old ruined castle on the top. Over on the island, they make a thrilling discovery, which leads them deep into the dungeons of Kirrin Castle on a dangerous adventure. Who - and what - will they find there? This edition features the text from the Classic edition and contains the original cover art and inside drawings by Eileen Soper.

Research Summary We introduce to the upper echelons literature a novel, linguistic measure of CEOs' Big Five personality traits that we specifically developed and validated using a sample of CEOs. We then provide a predictive test of the measure by applying it to a sample of more than 3,000 CEOs of S&P 1500 firms to explore the direct and interactive effects of CEOs' Big Five personality traits and firm performance on strategic change. Our validated, unobtrusive measure of CEOs' Big Five traits provides a strong foundation for future theory development on the firm‐level effects of CEOs' personality traits. Our specific findings also extend our understanding of how CEO personality influences firm‐level change and how both person and situation‐based factors interact to jointly influence firm strategy. Managerial Summary This paper introduces a language‐based tool we developed to measure the Big Five personality traits (i.e., openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism) of more than 3,000 CEOs of S&P 1500 firms. After describing our process to develop and validate the tool, we test it by examining how CEOs' Big Five traits influence strategic change, both in isolation and in combination with recent firm performance. Our results suggest that CEOs' personality traits have a meaningful impact on strategic change, but that the nature of these effects differs based on their firms' recent performance. Our tool also provides a strong basis for scholars seeking to measure the personality traits of large samples of public‐company executives.

Based on the five-factor model (FFM), the Five-Factor Narcissism Inventory (FFNI; 148-item; Glover et al., 2012), along with a short form (FFNI-SF; 60-item; Sherman et al., 2015), is a self-report questionnaire developed to assess both grandiose and vulnerable narcissism. Since no French version of this instrument, originally written in English, was yet available, this study proposed a French adaptation of the FFNI-SF (FFNI-SF-F) and aimed to verify its psychometric statistics with a French-speaking sample. Reliability analyses were conducted, as well as exploratory structural equation modelling, regression and correlational analyses including FFM measures and other relevant measures of narcissism to assess the instrument's validity. A total of 259 adults, aged 18-81 (M = 33.90, SD = 16.16), participated in the study. Reliability analyses revealed good coefficients. The results also supported the validity of the previously derived three-factor model (Antagonism, Agentic Extraversion, and Narcissistic Neuroticism) as the latent structure of the instrument. Correlations with FFM theoretical factors and with other measures of narcissism were consistent with the instrument conceptualization. Moreover, incremental validity analyses showed that FFNI-SF-F explained additional variance in narcissism scores beyond that explained by normal personality measure. In conclusion, although the results need to be replicated with other samples, the evidence reported here points to the reliability and validity of the FFNI-SF-F as a French adaptation of the original FFNI-SF of Sherman et al. (2015). Basé sur le modèle à cinq facteurs (Five-Factor Model [FFM]), l'inventaire du narcissisme à cinq facteurs (Five-Factor Narcissism Inventory [FFNI]; 148 items; Glover et al., 2012), ainsi qu'une forme brève (FFNI-SF; 60 items; Sherman et al., 2015), est un questionnaire auto-révélé élaboré pour évaluer à la fois le narcissisme grandiose et le narcissisme vulnérable. Comme aucune version française de cet instrument, initialement rédigé en anglais, n'était encore disponible, cette étude a proposé une adaptation française du FFNI-SF (FFNI-SF-F) et visait à vérifier ses statistiques psychométriques auprès d'un échantillon francophone. Des analyses de fiabilité ont été réalisées, ainsi que des modélisations d'équations structurelles exploratoires, des analyses de régression et de corrélation incluant les mesures du FFM et d'autres mesures pertinentes du narcissisme afin d'évaluer la validité de l'instrument. Au total, 259 adultes, âgés de 18 à 81 ans (M = 33,90, écart-type = 16,16), ont participé à l'étude. Les analyses de fiabilité ont révélé de bons coefficients. Les résultats ont également soutenu la validité du modèle à trois facteurs (antagonisme, extraversion agentique et neuroticisme narcissique) préalablement obtenu en tant que structure latente de l'instrument. Les corrélations avec les facteurs théoriques du FFM et avec les autres mesures du narcissisme étaient cohérentes avec la conceptualisation de l'instrument. De plus, les analyses de validité incrémentale ont montré que le FFNI-SF-F expliquait une variance supplémentaire dans les scores de narcissisme au-delà de celle expliquée par la mesure normale de la personnalité. En conclusion, bien que les résultats doivent être reproduits avec d'autres échantillons, les indices présentés ici soutiennent la fiabilité et la validité du FFNI-SF-F en tant qu'adaptation française du FFNI-SF original de Sherman et al. (2015). Public Significance Statement The short form of the Five-Factor Narcissism Inventory, a measure of maladaptive narcissism, is not yet available in French. The aim of this study was to adapt the measure to French and to verify that it produces results similar to the original version and adaptations in other languages.