This cross-national study used a vertical accountabilty model to examine the extent to which eight information-communication indicators would influence perception of corruption in 150 countries. The model appeared strong, given that all of the indicators were negatively and significantly correlated with perception of corruption and were individually supported in the literature for their inverse...

Forest managers and academics seeking to forge an interdisciplinary blend of natural and social scientific research confront a formidable challenge. In addition to the daunting array of conceptual and methodological frameworks, there are fundamental questions and methodological issues regarding the respective roles of biology, social context and culture as influential factors in environmental p...

BACKGROUND Studies reporting similar figures of couple (man-woman) violence and works questioning the validity of the instruments employed have generated controversy about the conceptualization of this construct. One of the critical issues is the different ways of perceiving violence between men and women, as well as its nature in the cultural context. This may affect self-reported answers. M...

occupational road traffic crashes account for a large portion of killed and seriously injured road traffic victims. several organizations have introduced driver-training programs in order to determine a safety culture and improve the safety of employees and society, as well as to comply with insurance company requests to reduce risks. the aim of these programs is to identify and promote desirab...

Accurately determining the proper captive environment for apes requires adequately assessing the psychological similarities between apes and humans. Scientists currently believe apes lack mental complexity (Millikan, 2006), raising questions concerning the evolution of human culture from ape-like societies (Tomasello, 1999). A long-term cultural study with bonobos suggests less intellectual div...

The literature on the effects of cultural diversity on conflict and team performance has been dominated by the information processing and social categorization theories. This article adds to the existing literature by adopting a dynamic constructivist approach detailing the effects of interpersonal conflict on cognition in multicultural environments. The fulcrum of this model is whether the con...