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What you know can influence what you are going to know (especially for older adults)

Stimuli related to an individual's knowledge/experience are often more memorable than abstract stimuli, particularly for older adults. This has been found when material that is congruent with knowledge is contrasted with material that is incongruent with knowledge, but there is little research on a possible graded effect of congruency. The present study manipulated the degree of congruency of s...

I Will Divorce if You Don’t Give Me More Children, Especially Sons: Evidence from a Vietnam

Although divorces place millions of women from poor countries into hardship, we know little about this issue and its causes. This paper shows that the lack of children is a leading cause for divorce. We use twins and gender of firstborns as instruments to estimate the effect of the number of children and the existence of a son on mother’ marital statuses. The 2009 Vietnam Population Census show...

Flattery Will Get You Everywhere (especially If You Are a Male Caucasian): How Ingratiation, Boardroom Behavior, and Demographic Minority Status Affect Additional Board Appointments at U.s. Companies

This study examined influences on the likelihood that directors of U.S. corporations will receive additional board appointments. We tested hypotheses with original survey data from 760 outside directors at large and medium-sized U.S. firms. Supplementary analyses assessed post-Enron era generalizability. Directors increased their chances of board appointments via provision of advice and informa...

Troubleshooting With You Transformation . Fatemeh Mehrpooyan*

You get what you pay for.

As Nursing Standard went to press, chancellor Alistair Darling was putting the finishing touches to his pre-budget report. Speculation was rife that he would announce efficiency savings - or cuts to use more direct language - across the public sector, including the NHS.