This study contrasted the moderating effects of deriving integrative meaning (a primary appraisal process) with the use of specific, cognitive-behavioral strategies (a secondary appraisal process) in confronting stressors involving harm or loss. Eighty young adults and eighty older participants with varying levels of chronic illness were assessed. Open-ended responses to recalled experiences wi...

This paper reports on the intra- and interbattery scaling of three morale and depression batteries comprised of self-reported items: PGC, G-H, and ZUNG. Responses to the three scales were sought from a sample of long-term residents of a state mental hospital. First, the batteries were factor analyzed separately to identify the intrabattery scales; then the resultant scales were compared using c...

In this paper we study the social norms to abstain from cheating on the state via benefit fraud and tax evasion. We interpret these norms (called benefit morale and tax morale) as moral goods, and derive testable hypotheses on whether their demand is determined by prices. Employing a large survey data set from OECD-member countries we provide robust evidence that the demand responds to price pr...

When the previous Surgeon-General, Sir Cameron Moffat, invited me to give this lecture, I had just finished writing a book about the development of the armed • forces of the major military nations in the 20th century, and in doing so had become more aware of the great changes that have occurred during this century in attitudes to death, injury, disease and war. At the beginning of the century, ...

Globalization presents organizational leaders with a series of challenges towards developing, building, and creating effective groups/teams within the modern work environment. While a culturally diverse work environment poses unique challenges to group formation within the 21st century, a review of Romans Chapter 1-3 suggests evidence of this organizational phenomenon existed millennials ago. T...

Free riders are individuals who decide not to participate in cooperative learning group activities and often lower the group’s morale, productivity, and effectiveness. This research paper presents a review of free riding and the results of a research study to examine the perspectives of faculty members about free riders and how they address them. Implications for human resource development and ...

A good leader is a who understands the needs and desires of his subordinates, because survival industry depends on employees act as driving force carry out industrial activities. The purpose this research to confirm re-examine impact leadership employee morale, using work motivation mediating variable. This study used non-probability sampling method with saturation technique (census), in which ...

La questione del cristocentrismo dell’enciclica Veritatis splendor non riguarda appena la cornice teologica di un nucleo dottrinale che apparterrebbe solo all’etica razionale. Lo studio mostra come esso sia il perno dell’insegnamento etico, collegando così intimamente dottrina sugli assoluti morali con cuore cristiano della morale. Dopo aver tracciato una panoramica dei percorsi nella teologia ...

Christine Baron remarque dans La Littérature à la barre (2021) que le début du xxie siècle est caractérisé par une très grande présence droit les arts et littérature. Plusieurs auteur·rices tendent insérer des extraits de documents juridiques même leur texte pour se coller au réel. Or cet intérêt justice — fois éthique institutionnelle n’est pas sans effets sur sujets procédures judiciaires, co...