IT Evaluation - are Individual Differences Relevant?

Cultural differences are not always reducible to individual differences.

We show that differences in social orientation and in cognition that exist between cultures and social classes do not necessarily have counterparts in individual differences within those groups. Evidence comes from a large-scale study conducted with 10 measures of independent vs. interdependent social orientation and 10 measures of analytic vs. holistic cognitive style. The social measures succ...

The Development and Psychometric Evaluation of Iranian Coping Style Scale (ICSS): Associations with Individual Differences

Are There Any Differences in Seismic Performance Evaluation Criteria for Concrete Arch Dams?

Differences between stress-based and strain-based criteria are investigated in seismic performance evaluation of the arch dams in time domain. A numerical model of the coupled dam-reservoir-foundation system is prepared with the finite element technique. Reservoir is modeled using the Eulerian approach as a compressible domain, and the foundation rock is assumed to be massless. Dynamic equilibr...

Employee Engagement and Individual Differences: A Study in Indian Context

The employee engagement has emerged as a pivotal business driver for organizational success. High level of engagement in domestic and global firms is supposed to have multiple enriching effects on an organization. Studies have highlighted the importance of both organizational and individual factors in ensuring highly engaged employees. The present paper explores the individual differs across fo...

Individual differences

The enduring differences between individuals have been one of psychology’s central concerns over the past 100 years or more. In the last 25 years, evolutionary thinking has begun to make a huge impact on psychological explanation, particularly in social and cognitive psychology. However, the integration of evolutionary thinking into the study of individual differences has been more uneven (for ...