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Formalising prestige bias: Differences between models with first-order and second-order cues
Evolutionary Human SciencesKnowledge and behaviour are transmitted from one individual to another through social learning and eventually disseminated across the population. People often learn useful behaviours socially through selective bias rather than random selection of targets.
Seiya Nakata, Akira Masumi, Genta Toya
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Readability and Prestige in Scientific Journals [PDF]
Hartley, Trueman and Meadows [3] contribute useful evidence on whether scientists can gain prestige by writing in a manner that is difficult to read. This has been called the bafflegab theory by some. They concluded that the evidence was not strong. This
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By Reverence, Not Fear: Prestige, Religion, and Autonomic Regulation in the Evolution of Cooperation
Frontiers in Psychology, 2019 Recent evolutionary theories of religions emphasize their function as mechanisms for increasing prosociality. In particular, they claim that fear of supernatural punishment can be adaptive when it can compensate for humans’ inability to monitor behavior ...
Hillary L. Lenfesty +3 more
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT There is strong evidence that design for remanufacturing (DfRem) can reduce initial‐design carbon emissions by up to 30%, and that product design can critically affect remanufacturing feasibility, yet academic adoption of DfRem remains limited.
Okechukwu Okorie +4 more
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Category Reporting in Charitable Giving: An Experimental Analysis [PDF]
, 2009 Harbaugh (1998a) has shown theoretically that charities can increase the size of donations by publicly acknowledging their donors using categories. In a complementary paper,using the data on the donations given by 146 lawyers to their almamater law ...
Li, Jingping, Riyanto, Yohanes E.
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Environmentally oriented ventures pursue a dual mission: to create both environmental and financial value. This dual mission adds complexity and can influence ventures' funding prospects, as investors mostly pursue financial motivations.
David Flore +2 more
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The motivation as the main way to increase the efficiency of public servants (sociological analysis)
Aspekti Publìčnogo Upravlìnnâ, 2019 The article is devoted to the study of the motivation of the civil servants and local government officials’ work. The concept of the motivation was revealed. The elements of moral and psychological methods of the motivation were analyzed.
Sergiy Serohin +2 more
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Greens in Regulation: Biodiversity Strategy Implementation Across the Golf Industry
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Although much of the business and biodiversity literature focuses on extractive industries, we turn our attention to the golf industry. Golf courses occupy millions of acres globally, yet biodiversity strategy implementation across the golf industry remains understudied.
Jordan P. Howell, Jordan Moore
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Semio-linguistic Characteristics of Power and Status in Anglo-Saxon Epic Poetry of Early Middle Ages
Научный диалогThis study explores the cultural specificity of linguistic representation of power in Anglo-Saxon heroic epic poetry. Focusing on the poem “Beowulf,” the author examines the epic heritage as a source of insights into the value orientations and ...
I. V. Palashevskaya
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Business School Prestige ^V Research versus Teaching [PDF]
We examined the relationships between the research originating at business schools, students^R satisfaction with the schools, and the published ratings of the school^Rs prestige. Research was positively correlated to prestige (where prestige was based on
J. S. Armstrong
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