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Role of Guanxi (interpersonal relationship) in bribe-taking behaviors: evidence from China
Bribery, an illegal conspiracy between two transactional parties, has a wide range of destructive effects on society. From an interpersonal...
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Substance Use
This chapter starts out with a theoretical discussion of the meaning of “drug”. As it turns out, three different kinds of psychoactive drugs can be...
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Are greedy individuals more corrupt?
It is a widespread belief that greed keeps corruption alive. We tried to testify this belief and further proposed that this pattern would fade under...
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Why Public Policy and Administration Need Psychology
Public policy at Princeton University has flourished with the involvement of psychology research. This chapter illustrates connections by applying...
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Whether Prayer Among Polish Employees Is Related to Egoism at Work: The Moderating Role of Employees’ Perception of Their Relationship With God and the Mediating Role of Humility
Prayer can provide some benefits at work, but only if it is connected with strengthening the person’s close and truthful relationship with God. There...
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Intelligence and Wisdom’s Role in Moral Versus Amoral Creativity
Whereas research has generally viewed creativity as a benevolent construct, more recent work has started to explore creativity’s dark side. Much of...
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The Power of Ethical Climates
The key issues in this chapter address the shortcomings of common measures to prevent unethical work behavior. These specify how character traits,...
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On Happiness and Beauty: A Force Field View
According to the World Happiness Report, national differences in happiness can partially be explained by looking at six variables: 1. GDP per capita,...
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Use of food to soothe preschoolers and feeding behaviors of mothers: a qualitative study
Parents can use food (sweets, junk food) and drinks to calm the child when their children are crying, bored, etc. With this method, children are more...
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Examining the Components of Integrity
The purpose of this paper is to understand the underlying components of integrity and examine its value. The approach is through identifying and...
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“You don’t notice it, it’s like boiling water”: Identifying psychological abuse within intimate partner relationships and how it develops across a domestic homicide timeline
Despite evidence that nonviolent coercive control (NCC) is a predictor of intimate partner femicide (IPF), little research exists that can guide...
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Parent–Child Relationships and EI
Parenthood can be a joy for some and a daunting challenge for others. Many of us are thrown into the deep end and learn to stay afloat while facing...
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Indigenous Psychology as Religious: Slavic Understanding of Human Psycho-Sexual Development
In this chapter we will present the knowledge and beliefs of the early, pre-Christian Slavs about sexuality and psycho-sexual development of a human...
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Genuine Altruism
The seventh instinct of Genuine Altruism is described as unselfish concern for sand support of others. The authors posit that altruism is not rooted...
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Collecting Child Victimization Information from Youth and Parents: Ethical and Methodological Considerations
Collecting up-to-date and accurate information on children’s exposure to violence is critical to understanding this important source of risk, to...
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Sociocultural Context Perspectives to Social Influence
Humans’ social nature is a fundamental characteristic, and therefore people consistently engage in social interactions that also include influencing...
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Effects of Rational Emotive Behavior Occupational Intervention on Perceptions of Work Value and Ethical Practices: Implications for Educational Policy Makers
Ethical issues such as value decadence, moral laxity, and negative attitudes to work among Nigerian employees such as teachers remain worrisome...
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Press Reset
Anyone who has ever played a video game has likely experienced the joys of a reset button. The game didn’t go well, and so you gave yourself an...
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The Interface Between Significant Others and Workplace Bullying, Emotional Abuse and Harassment
Though limited, the extant international literature on the interface between significant others, such as family and friends, and workplace bullying,...