Abstract

It may legitimately be asked, “What is a psychiatrist doing delving into the longstanding philosophical question about the nature of evil?” As we know, finding meaning and redefining reality to incorporate the experience of trauma is a fundamental task for the survivor of overwhelming life experiences (Herman, 1992; McCann and Pearlman, 1990; Janoff-Bulman, 1992). So too, is it one of the funda...

In recent years the longer working lives and the postponing of the retirement age have been topics of extensive discussion in Finland. Disability pensions play an important role in this debate. Working lives will lengthen if the incidence of disability retirement diminishes. Efficient actions can be focused on preventing disability retirement, if the groups at risk of disability retirement are ...

Emeline Tanguy, Qili Wang, Pierre Coste de Bagneaux, Laetitia Fouillen, Tamou Thahouly, Mohamed-Raafet Ammar and Nicolas Vitale 1 Institut des Neurosciences Cellulaires et Intégratives, CNRS UPR 3212, Université de Strasbourg, 5 rue Blaise Pascal, 67000 Strasbourg, France 2 Laboratoire de Biogénèse Membranaire, UMR-5200 CNRS, Plateforme Métabolome, Université de Bordeaux, 33883 Villenave D’Orno...

This article advances a theory of incivility as a veiled manifestation of sexism and racism in organizations. To support this argument, I draw from social psychological research on modern discrimination. The result is a multilevel model of selective incivility, with determinants at the level of the person, organization, and society. Selective incivility could be one mechanism by which gender an...