Being Perceived as a Vital Force or a Burden: The Social Utility-Based Acceptance/Rejection (SUBAR) Model [PDF]
Frontiers in SociologyThis paper proposes a new theoretical model to explain the acceptance/rejection of agents (co-workers) and various social groups (people with mental disorders or disabilities, the elderly, the unemployed/poor, ethnic minorities) in a given social system:
Michael Dambrun, Michael Dambrun
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The Social Utility of Ambivalence: Being Ambivalent on Controversial Issues Is Recognized as Competence [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2018 Research on attitudinal ambivalence is flourishing, but no research has studied how others perceive its expression. We tested the hypothesis that the expression of attitudinal ambivalence could be positively valued if it signals careful consideration of ...
Vincent Pillaud +2 more
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Il quotidiano alla prova della geografia sociale: riflessioni liminari
Geography Notebooks, 2021 Geography is certainly a discipline little loved by the public, even though the spatial dimension of societies is an element of fundamental importance in people’s life. This contribution aims to show how this spatial dimension is omnipresent in the daily
Isabelle Dumont
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Is Congestion Pricing Effective for Traffic Jams?
Promet (Zagreb), 2022 The complexity of urban congestion requires policy-makers to adopt different congestion control measures that suit the characteristics of the city at the proper time.
Elzat AYRAT, Xiaoyan LIN
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Student Perception of the Social Value of Responsible Management
Societies, 2021 In responsible management, managerial efficiency and sustainable development meet and influence each other. In order to give meaning to their organisation, to respect and look after their collaborators, a manager must promote a set of values on a ...
Crisanta-Alina Mazilescu +3 more
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Social utility of vocational education and training – selected aspects [PDF]
Edukacja Ustawiczna Dorosłych, 2020 The concept of “quality” is not static, is not absolute. It evolves along adapting to changing market and customers’ needs. The training providers’ accreditation systems are the most common approaches aimed to guarantee a pre-emptive check of minimum ...
Małgorzata Szpilska, Giulia Meschino
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The Possibilities, Limits, and Complexities of Triage in COVID-19 Regime
Conatus - Journal of Philosophy, 2023 The new and prevailing Corona virus (COVID-19) pandemic is an extremely contagious virus. Scientific research has gone far in the study and treatment of the virus. One of the things known about it at present is that its spread depends on social contact.
Ndukaku Okorie
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Analysis of the Relationship between Self-Control and Social Desirability with the Ethical Report of Banking Delinquency (With Emphasis on Demographic Characteristics of Employees [PDF]
International Journal of Ethics and Society, 2022 Background: Reporting delinquency as an important and effective moral behavior can be influenced by the moral values that govern the organization and personality traits of individuals.
Mohammad Momenpour Taula +2 more
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On the Utilization of Social Animals as a Model for Social Robotics [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2012 Social robotics is a thriving field in building artificial agents. The possibility to construct agents that can engage in meaningful social interaction with humans presents new challenges for engineers. In general, social robotics has been inspired primarily by psychologists with the aim of building human-like robots.
Miklósi, Ádám, Gácsi, Márta
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