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This study examined the relevance and limitations of research on the benefits of choice. The study finds that, while choice generally seems beneficial, Asian American children were, in fact, more intrinsically motivated when choices were made for them.  

Across four studies, East Asians showed a preference for conformity while European Americans demonstrated a preference for uniqueness. Researchers suggest the results highlight the relationship between individual preferences and the adoption and perpetuation of...

The researchers review 150 studies on the difference in risk-taking behaviour between males and females, concluding that males are typically more risk-seeking than females but that the gap appears to be shrinking over time.  

This study into the risk preferences of people from various nations found Chinese people and Americans both exhibited the same appetite for risk, but that perceived risk varied greatly between the two cultures.  

Researchers discuss theories and research on the differences in what we see and what we perceive in an effort to further study on why we don't always perceive what we see, and why we sometimes perceive things we don't see.  

Following three experiments that manipulated participants' self-image, researchers suggest stereotyping may be a common way to maintain one's self-image.  

IT security professionals strive to instill a systematic approach to security management through awareness training, procedures and policies that govern end user computing. In order to better understand end users’ attitudes about performing relevant security...

This paper reviews literature on computer-mediated communication up to its 1996 publication date, explaining that computer-mediated communication can both depreciate as well as enhance how personal a communication is.  

A robust meta-analysis of social loafing; the tendency for individuals to avoid putting effort into a task when working collectively over individually. Factors that moderate social loafing are also discussed.    

Anomalies are decisions that are hard to justify or rationalise. This paper discusses three: the endowment effect, status quo bias and loss aversion. The endowment effect is a bias for things you own, status quo bias is a bias for the current state of affairs and loss...

This study investigated whether believing an idea is a part of understanding an idea, or whether choosing to believe an idea is in fact a subsequent process to comprehension. Counter to conventional wisdom, it seems as though the former is the more likely of the two....

This study looked into how the big five personality factors influenced job performance across five occupations. It found that only conscientiousness showed a consistent relationship with job performance across all five occupational groups, and that some personality...

Ajzen's theory of planned behaviour suggests attitudes towards a particular behavior, subjective norms and perceived behavioural control all shape an individual's behavioural intentions and behaviours. This study reviews literature concerning the theory and provides...

This article compares the experiences of white collar and violent crime victims. It finds victims of white collar crime tend to be older, more affluent and relatively more likely to be female than victim crime; it finds generalised anxiety disorder and major...

Researchers designed two studies to test three components of commitment to an organisation: affective commitment (ie, emotional attachment); continuance (ie, the costs of leaving); and normative (ie, feelings of obligation). They found affective and continuance...

The adjectives "objective" and "subjective" frequently precede the noun "measurement," but all too often the terms are used without precision. Kerlinger has described objective measurements in terms of reliability. He states, "An objective procedure is one in which...

This research investigates risk perception, focusing on how individuals assess and evaluate potential hazards and risky technologies. The aim is to support risk analysis and policy-making by offering insights into public reactions to hazards and enhancing risk...

This article reviews research on fear appeals before revising protection motivation theory based on the authors' literature review.