This paper describes how much families know about their health insurance coverage and investigates whether consumer education and simplified benefit structures would improve knowledge. Families' perceptions about their insurance benefits were measured in two household surveys administered in six sites. Knowledge was assessed by comparing families' responses with policy data collected from the c...

abstract personal knowledge management has been developed in various fields such as knowledge management, personal information management, communication psychology and philosophy of science, management, communications, and so a lot of research to a few experimental or approved about (pkm) is a research that the original data is just a few pages. so research in this area seems to be very focused...

identity has emerged gradually within contemporary debates in social science and has led to vivid debates in international relations. the aim of this article is to show how identity, or identity-oriented approach, may affect fundamental theoretical concepts of ir. at first the importance of identity in theoretical and meta-theoretical debates in ir is discussed. then identity itself is conceptu...

Abstract Individuals often face financial incentives that challenge their desire to behave honestly. Strategically making excuses justify dishonesty allows them give in the temptation of benefit and retain moral self‐image. In context insurance underwriting, stakes are high, as providing false information or redacting customers reduce premiums. This is particularly true for smoking disclosures ...

It has been established that normative social influence can be used effectively in persuasive technology. However, it is unknown whether the application of more social pressure makes it more effective. To test this hypothesis, a quantitative experiment was conducted on the online social network Facebook. Although evidence to support the hypothesis was found, it cannot be concluded from this exp...

There exists well-founded knowledge that is necessary for social responsibility of scientists and engineers. This knowledge should be transferred in the science and engineering curricula as otherwise it will remain unknown to (future) scientists and engineers. Examples of such necessary knowledge are described about two selected subjects, namely: (1) the factual (“positive”) and normative prope...

Evolving family structure and economic conditions may affect individuals' ability and willingness to plan for future long-term care (LTC) needs. We applied life course constructs to analyze focus group data from a study of family decision making about LTC insurance. Participants described how past exposure to caregiving motivated them to engage in LTC planning; in contrast, child rearing discou...

Juries are distinct groups in which scholars have been investigating for decades past. Members of these groupscalled jurorsare key players in the court process and are susceptible to psychological concepts such as social conformity. With previous studies showing that jurors can be affected by both normative and informational influences, this calls into question the idea of being influenced thro...