Investigating the performance of companies is one of the most important issues for the users of accounting information. The purpose of this study was to provide evidence about the effect of asymmetric appropriateness on investors' expectations. The results of the research on accepted companies In the Tehran Stock Exchange during the period from 2012 to 2016. To collect data, a library method wa...

The present paper examines the microfoundations of how households form subjective expectations about the macroeconomy. In particular, we are interested in the role of perceived news. The paper outlines a theoretical model where households may give unequal importance (or weights) to „good‟ and „bad‟ news. We also consider whether the relationship is state-varying and has any structural changes. ...

Waiting for uncertain news is often distressing, at times even more distressing than facing bad news. The goal of this article was to investigate strategies for "waiting well" during these periods of uncertainty. Specifically, we propose 2 definitions of waiting well. First, people can wait in such a way as to ease their distress during the waiting period. Second, people could wait in such a wa...

BACKGROUND While both patients and physicians identify communication of bad news as an area of great challenge, the factors underlying this often complex task remain largely unknown. Emotional intelligence (EI) has been positively correlated with good general communication skills and successful leadership, but there is no literature relating EI to the delivery of bad news. PURPOSE Our objecti...

BACKGROUND The manner in which healthcare professionals deliver bad news affects the way it is received, interpreted, understood, and dealt with. Despite the fact that clinicians are responsible for breaking bad news, it has been shown that they lack skills necessary to perform this task. OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to explore Iranian mothers' experiences to receive bad news abou...