Measuring Individual Difference in Implicit Cognition: The Implicit Association Test Previous research indicates that there is a difference when associating genders and names to faces. The IAT was developed in order to measure implicit attitudes. The experiments (three experiments were conducted) aim to evaluate the reliability of the IAT to measure implicit associations ("pleasant" and "unpleasant" associations were measured). The researchers took Japanese Americans and Korean Americans and
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Women and International Assignments: The Impact of Supervisor-Subordinate Relationships Arup Varma Linda K. Stroh Lisa B. Schmitt During the past two decades‚ more and more organizations have been going global‚ and‚ as a result‚ more and more employees are being sent on international assignments. For the most part‚ though‚ the percentage of females being sent on these assignments is much lower than the percentage of males. Several recent studies have suggested that the supervisor-subordinate
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Explain the place of anonymity in theories of crowd behaviour. Is it always associated with a ‘loss of self’? Crowd behaviour has long been a point of interest for social psychologists. Psychologists have looked at how people exhibit different behaviours when they are part of a crowd. The anonymity of a crowd allows people to assume a mask which permits them to behave in a manner which is untypical for them. This can be demonstrated in both negative and positive roles‚ such as people rioting
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knit social frameworks in which people primaily operate as individuals or in immediate families; here‚ the task prevails over relationships. Collectivist societies are composed of tight networks in which people operate as members of in-groups and outgroups‚
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choose which option will produce the greatest outcome. This theory bases actions on the greater benefit of the group rather than the individual. This theory has pros for some that can be considered cons for others. There is no doubt an in group and an outgroup in Luke’s case. He has a connection to both sides. His workplace and its stakeholders are up against his brother‚ Owen and the neighbors. Both sides would see benefit based on Luke’s decisions. First and foremost‚ though‚ Luke has an obligation to
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Cultural Influences on Leadership What is leadership? What is Cross-Cultural Leadership? Related Theories 1. Implicit Leadership Theory 2. Hofstede’s cultural dimensions 3. GLOBE 4. Leadership Styles Accross Cultures Paternalistic Leadership Transformational & Transactional Leadership What is “national culture”? Analysis of Hofstede ’s cultural dimensions theory Hofstede ’s cultural dimensions theory is a framework for cross-cultural communication‚ developed by Geert Hofstede
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phylums. Starting out with a character matrix allows us to determine synapomorphies and apomorphies between theses two group‚ allowing us to construct the cladogram (Reece). My cladogram consisted of various phylums from the Animal Kingdom. The outgroup for my cladogram was the Choanoflagellates due to the fact that “they are the closest‚ living‚ unicellular relatives of animals” (Leadbeater). The phylum Prorifera has the ability to be asymmetrical and to reproduce by budding‚ but lacks true tissue
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Ageism: The Aged and the Elderly Senile‚ decrepit‚ wrinklesare words that might pop into some people’s heads when they think about the aged and elderly. Ageism is defined as a social construct that discriminates or holds stereotypical ideas about people of a certain age group (Blythway‚ 1995). While ageism can affect anyone‚ this paper will focus mainly on the discrimination of the aged and the elderly. Most people want to live long lives‚ consequently growing older as a result. The only
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to be the least favorable coping mechanism. Research provides that a positive social support reduces the toll a traumatic experience will bestow upon an officer‚ resulting in lesser reported symptoms of PTSD. Humans are inclined to thrive once an ingroup has been established. Humans simultaneously desire to be a part of a group and distinguish themselves from the group‚ the group provides a comfort and heighten of self-esteem that seemingly cannot be matched by a lone individual. As humans search
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CHAPTER I THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND Introduction Differences in the ways people think and act are inevitable (Newton‚ 1975). Such differences create conflicts. Conflicts occur for a number of reasons such as different expectation from the management and the working groups‚ different views of values‚ desired outcomes‚ and procedures (Monday et al.‚ 1990; Mastenbroek‚ 1993). Conflict is the central problem in organizational life and managers at all levels are faced with eruptions
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