May 22, 2002 | Research library
Mother Nature knows best–How engineered organizations of the future will resemble natural-born systems.
Apr 20, 2002 | Conference proceedings, Research library
In this study, we analyzed Web users concerns about potential risks and harms from Web use to themselves and to society at large. In addition, we assessed how strongly users felt something should be done to address their concerns. Seventy-two individuals, 24 each from...
Apr 1, 2002 | Research library
Behaviour change is an important concept in relation to health promotion and disease prevention. Self-efficacy has been identified as an important determinant of health behaviour, future health behaviour and health behaviour change. In order to effectively facilitate...
Feb 21, 2002 | Book, Research library
Why does suicide happen? What goes wrong? Why is it more common in some places than others? Emile Durkheim seeks out the answers in a classic text, offering an insight into the social frameworks in which we operate.
Jan 26, 2002 | Research library
Researchers find people’s desire for risk is not consistent in all areas, and varies between things like financial, health and social realms. Regression analysis suggests the changes are due to changes in percieved benefits and risk, as opposed to changes in...
Aug 26, 2001 | Research library
Researchers developed and tested a new measure of ‘the need for affect’ (ie, the probability of someone approaching or avoiding emotion-inducing situations). They concluded the need for affect is important in understanding emotion-related processes....
