Editorial: Emerging Cultural and Behavioral Systems Science

Social and Behavioral Science Editorial

reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page Editorial The resilience of the elderly provides an opportunity for many to learn about this cohort of adults, and to do what is necessary to ensure that we understand all that is involved in the aging process. Becoming older (aging) is inev...

Editorial - Marketing Science in Emerging Markets

In this editorial accompanying the special section on Marketing Science in Emerging Markets (MSEM), we describe how research on emerging markets can contribute to richer theoretical and substantive understanding of markets and marketing. Such research can also aid in providing managerial guidance on how to operate in emerging markets. We conclude with a description of the selection and review p...

Editorial: Emerging Perspectives on System-of-Systems

Light Will be Thrown: The Emerging Science of Cultural Evolution

Culture evolves, not just in the trivial sense that cultures change over time, but also in the strong sense that such change is governed by Darwinian principles. Both biological and cultural evolution are essentially cumulative selection processes in which information – whether genetic or cultural – is sieved, retained and then transmitted to the next generation. In both domains such a process ...

Editorial: emerging issues in sociotechnical systems thinking and workplace safety

UNLABELLED The burden of on-the-job accidents and fatalities and the harm of associated human suffering continue to present an important challenge for safety researchers and practitioners. While significant improvements have been achieved in recent decades, the workplace accident rate remains unacceptably high. This has spurred interest in the development of novel research approaches, with part...