“Would it be fair to say that you actively sought out material?”

Would you say you "had sex" if...?

CONTEXT The current public debate regarding whether oral sex constitutes having "had sex" or sexual relations has reflected a lack of empirical data on how Americans as a population define these terms. OBJECTIVE To determine which interactions individuals would consider as having "had sex." METHODS A question was included in a survey conducted in 1991 that explored sexual behaviors and atti...

It's not what you say, but how you say it.

IRWA’s Communication/Acquisition Courses emphasize that successful right of way agents, when conducting an acquisition, listen far more than they talk and typically demonstrate exceptional listening skills. Scholars researching the field of human behavior and communication have concluded that the best negotiators, which would include the best right of way acquisition agents, not only have outst...

Who would you like to be when you grow up?

In February 2005, the Annals of Internal Medicine, a highly respected journal, published a systematic review of 59 manuscripts covering a total of 62 samples that reported on the relationship between medical knowledge/healthcare quality and years in practice/physician age. The implication of the data presented is that throughout their careers, physicians fail to upgrade their knowledge to keep ...

What Would You like to Be When You Grow Up?

Would you please stop that!?

Purpose – Meetings are ubiquitous in organizational life and are a great source of frustration and annoyance to many employees in the workplace, in part due to counterproductive meeting behaviors (CMBs). CMBs include engaging in irrelevant discussion, complaining about other attendees, arriving to the meeting late, and other similar, disruptive behaviors. Consistent with conservation of resourc...