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Conscientiousness in the Classroom: A Process Explanation [PDF]

Journal of Personality, 2012
AbstractAlthough the research literature has established that Conscientiousness predicts task performance across a variety of achievement contexts (e.g., ; ), comparatively less is known about the processes that underlie these relations. To the latter end, the current research examines effortful strategies and achievement goals as mediating factors ...
Oswald, Frederick, Donnellan, Brent, Corker, Katherine   +2 more
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Brain structure links trait conscientiousness to academic performance

Scientific Reports, 2019
In the long history of identifying factors to predict academic performance, conscientiousness, a so-called ‘big five’ personality trait describing self-regulation and goal-directed behavior, has emerged as a stable predictor for this purpose.
Song Wang, Yajun Zhao, Jingguang Li, Xu Wang, Kui Luo, Q. Gong   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Climate Change Initiatives, Environmental Management Training, and Firm Performance: The Trickle‐Down Effect of Board‐Level Gender Diversity on Gender Diversity in the top Management Team

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We examine the interrelationships among climate change initiatives, environmental management training, and firm performance while considering the trickle‐down effect of board‐level gender diversity on gender diversity in the top management team (TMT).
Mushtaq Hussain Khan, Inam Ul Haq, Muhammad Umer Azeem, Abdul Ghafoor   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Personality predictors of levels of forgiveness two and a half years after the transgression [PDF]

, 2008
The aim of the present study was to explore whether the domains and facets of the five-factor model of personality predicted motivational states for avoidance and revenge following a transgression at a second temporal point distant from the original ...
Alex M. Wood, Allison, Ann Colley, Berry, Brose, Cohen, Cohen, Costa, Exline, Gordon, Hebl, John Maltby, Komorita, Liza Day, McCullough, McCullough, McCullough, McCullough, P. Alex Linley, Pargament, Tabatha W.H. Kon, Walker   +21 more
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Conscientious refusal or conscientious provision: We can't have both

Bioethics
AbstractSome authors argue that it is permissible for clinicians to conscientiously provide abortion services because clinicians are already allowed to conscientiously refuse to provide certain services. Call this the symmetry thesis. We argue that on either of the two main understandings of the aim of the medical profession—what we will call ...
Kulesa, R, Giubilini, A
openaire   +3 more sources

Sustainable Meat Consumption: Values, Drivers, and Barriers—A Mixed‐Method Study With Post hoc Qualitative Analysis

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Growing health and environmental concerns associated with traditional meat production and consumption drive the commercialization of sustainable meats (SMs) as a viable alternative. The greatest challenge to feed the growing population can be addressed with SMs that are produced, consumed, and disposed of in a manner that protects our ...
Munish Saini, Gyan Prakash, Reeti Agarwal, Rsha Alghafes, Laura Broccardo   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Personality, Lifetime Earnings, and Retirement Wealth [PDF]

Studies of adolescents and young adults have shown that schooling impacts economic outcomes beyond its impact on cognitive ability. Research has also shown that the personality trait of conscientiousness predicts health outcomes, academic outcomes, and ...
Angela Lee Duckworth, David R. Weir
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Humility in Personality and Positive Psychology [PDF]

, 2020
A case could be made that the practice of philosophy demands a certain humility, or at least intellectual humility, requiring such traits as inquisitiveness, openness to new ideas, and a shared interest in pursuing truth.
Church, Ian M., Samuelson, Peter
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A Social Cognitive Lens on Employment Anxiety and Career Optimism in the Transition from School to Work

The Career Development Quarterly, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Drawing on the social cognitive model of career self‐management, the present study examined the relationships among job search support, career optimism, and employment anxiety, as well as the mediating role of job search self‐efficacy in these relationships among youths in the school‐to‐work transition.
Ersoy Carkit
wiley   +1 more source

Champion, Activist or Intrapreneur? A Typology of Change Agents for Corporate Sustainability

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Focus on employee sustainability change agents is growing within corporate sustainability literature yet is fragmented across multiple research streams and disciplines. Increased consistency and clarity are needed for research to support these employees to enact change.
Elaine M. Daly, Rachael K. Gould, Patricia Lagun Mesquita   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source