This study examines firms’ responses to performance assessments relative to multiple aspiration levels. We argue that comparisons of performance to multiple aspiration levels over time affects the interpretative clarity of feedback and, consequently, shapes a firm’s responsiveness. We further conceptualize the relationship between performance relative to social and historical aspirations as amb...

Abstract This study aimed to provide evidence of validity for the Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS-2) based on its internal structure. The results 1,001 participants, aged between two and 73 years, indicated through Path Analysis that Perception predicts 56%, while Cognition 79% social responsiveness, Communication 92%, Motivation 70%, finally Interaction subscale can predict 96% responsiveness...

background considering patients’ needs and expectations in the process of healthcare delivery improves the quality of services. this study aimed to investigate the responsiveness of general public and private hospitals in mashhad, iran.   methods in this cross-sectional and explanatory study, hospitalized patients (with at least 2 days of stay) in general private and public hospitals in mashhad...

Social insects possess remarkable learning capabilities, which are crucial for their ecological success. They also exhibit interindividual differences in responsiveness to environmental stimuli, which underlie task specialization and division of labor. Here we investigated for the first time the relationships between sucrose responsiveness, behavioral specialization, and appetitive olfactory le...

The study aimed at investigating the impact of children temperament, maternal responsiveness and maternal childrearing practices on children externalizing behavior problems and social competence. The study involved 23 child-mother dyads from different socio-economical backgrounds. In the baby’s third month after birth, child temperament and maternal responsiveness were evaluated. In the child’s...

BACKGROUND Social phobia aggregates in families. The genetic contribution to intergenerational transmission is modest, and parenting is considered important. Research on the effects of social phobia on parenting has been subject to problems of small sample size, heterogeneity of samples and lack of specificity of observational frameworks. We addressed these problems in the current study. METH...

How can social network sites (SNS) foster relationships when most status updates on SNS are mainly entertaining and not very intimate? This finding cannot be explained by classical social psychological theories such as social penetration theory which regard disclosure intimacy as the main driver of relational outcomes. By building on literature on the role of capitalization and humor in relatio...

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