From data to decisions: Processing information, biases, and beliefs for improved management of natural resources and environments

PD Glynn, AA Voinov, CD Shapiro, PA White - Earth's Future, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Our different kinds of minds and types of thinking affect the ways we decide, take action, and
cooperate (or not). Derived from these types of minds, innate biases, beliefs, heuristics, and …

Developing political trust in a developing country: The impact of institutional and cultural factors on political trust in Ghana

A Godefroidt, A Langer, B Meuleman - Democratization, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Political distrust is often widespread in African countries, but the prospects for increasing
trust are uncertain given the lack of research on the origins of political trust in the region …

Cross-national work-life research: Cultural and structural impacts for individuals and organizations

A Ollier-Malaterre, A Foucreault - Journal of Management, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Increasing attention is being paid to the impacts of country-level contexts on the work-life
interface. However, lack of theoretical clarity as well as operationalization challenges are …

On buyer selection of service providers in online outsourcing platforms for IT services

Y Hong, PA Pavlou - Information Systems Research, 2017 - pubsonline.informs.org
The Internet has presumably created a level playing field that allows any service provider
across the globe to compete for contracts on online outsourcing platforms for information …

Cultural change, slow and fast: The distinctive trajectory of norms governing gender equality and sexual orientation

RF Inglehart, E Ponarin, RC Inglehart - Social Forces, 2017 - academic.oup.com
This article builds on research demonstrating that high levels of economic and physical
security are conducive to a shift from materialist to postmaterialist values—and that this shift …

Engaging with natural beauty may be related to well-being because it connects people to nature: Evidence from three cultures

CA Capaldi, HA Passmore, R Ishii… - …, 2017 - liebertpub.com
Connecting with nature has been described by some as an important psychological need.
Indeed, research shows that a strong connection to nature predicts flourishing across a wide …

Eight-minute self-regulation intervention raises educational attainment at scale in individualist but not collectivist cultures

RF Kizilcec, GL Cohen - Proceedings of the National …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
Academic credentials open up a wealth of opportunities. However, many people drop out of
educational programs, such as community college and online courses. Prior research found …

Individualistic values, institutional trust, and interventionist attitudes

H Pitlik, M Rode - Journal of Institutional Economics, 2017 - cambridge.org
A popular explanation for economic development is that 'individualistic values' provide a
mind-set that is favorable to the creation of growth-promoting institutions. The present paper …

Public policy meets morality: conceptual and theoretical challenges in the analysis of morality policy change

S Heichel, C Knill, S Schmitt - Morality Policies in Europe, 2017 - taylorfrancis.com
This contribution examines morality policies from the perspective of the comparative public
policy literature. We analyse which concepts, theories and explanatory factors are useful …

Contextualising diversity management in the Middle East and North Africa: a relational perspective

S Hennekam, L Tahssain‐Gay… - Human Resource …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
This study examines the clash between diversity policies as designed in the West and the
challenges in implementing these in the Middle East and North Africa region. We contribute …